Take out the Star Compass; you can already see the locations of the four people on it.

Su Bai commanded remotely.

He guided the group along the path leading to the Shadow Chapel.

His primary objective this time was to defeat the Tier 3 boss monster in the Shadow Chapel, but he needed to replenish his supplies first.

Twenty minutes later.

The group successfully gathered at the crossroads in front of the Shadow Chapel.

The group's overall equipment and strength were quite good, and even when they encountered elite monsters, they were able to escape unscathed. They did not encounter any danger along the way.

"You can take these first."

Su Bai distributed one of the healing artifacts he had made to each person.

"Where do we go next? You specifically asked us to come, so it can't be to explore ordinary areas, right?"

Nine Lives, having anticipated this, asked.

"You guessed right. I came to you to hunt down the chieftain. As before, I'll only take what I need, and the rest of the loot is yours."

Su Bai nodded.

Having experienced it before, everyone knew his character and had no objection to his way of allocating the top share.

"Chief? Good, good, good! I was practically suffocating in that wretched village!"

Ning Hongchen said excitedly.

"Speaking of which, we really have to thank you. You shared such an important opportunity, and I don't know how to repay you enough."

Nine Lives earnestly said.

Su Siyao and Moyu immediately expressed their gratitude, while Ning Hongchen gritted his teeth inwardly, his eyes filled with a desire to devour Su Bai whole.

Su Bai waved his hand and laughed, "Let's not talk about that."

He shared the opportunities in Sin Village with several people.

It wasn't to make those people forever owe him a favor they could never repay.

It was simply because, when he was hostile to the Yaoshi Dynasty, the others stood on his side without much hesitation.

This friendship alone is enough.

"This is your first time here..." Su Bai paused, glanced at Jiu Ming and Ning Hongchen, who immediately glared back at him. He ignored them and continued, "Let me first introduce the situation here to you."

As he spoke.

He introduced the place as he led everyone into the Shadow Chapel.

Boom...

The secret door opened.

Su Bai nodded slightly to the old man who opened the door for him, and at the same time, a weight was lifted from his heart. The old man was still alive, which meant that the freak in the woman in the yellow dress had not yet been born.

He subconsciously lowered his voice and continued:

"That's the situation. If you want to go deeper into the area, you must first deal with the five boss monsters and one lord monster in this area."

"However, some of these monsters may be found in rather... unsettling environments."

"If you can't accept this, you can choose to leave."

"Whom do you look down on?"

Ning Hongchen was immediately displeased upon hearing this.

However, before she could continue speaking, a hoarse, sinister laugh rang out.

"You're back again... Hehehe, and you even found two suitable mothers for me to be born. I really should thank you."

The sound came from a corner of the shrine.

Su Bai turned his head to look.

At this point, the woman in the yellow dress was almost unrecognizable. Her belly was swollen large, as if she were pregnant with quadruplets. Her thin dress could no longer completely cover her figure. Her exposed skin was covered with bluish-purple veins, and her pupils had disappeared, leaving only a bluish-white patch, like a female ghost seeking death.

Her mouth was stretched out in an exaggerated backwards, as if she were cosplaying the Slit-Mouthed Woman. The dim light made it difficult to see clearly, but it seemed as if something was constantly wriggling in her throat.

"What the hell?!"

Ning Hongchen was startled, but immediately picked up his spear, intending to kill her as if she were a monster.

Su Bai raised his hand to stop her.

Although the Shadow Chapel is not a strictly restricted safe zone and you can act freely there, once you make a move here, you'll never be able to enter again.

The threat posed by the woman in the yellow dress is secondary.

That's truly terrifying.

It was that withered old man who had always served as the gatekeeper of the ancestral hall without a name or surname.

He was able to carve out a safe zone here, in the Shadow Chapel, a dangerous area with tier 3 boss monsters.

Its true strength is unfathomable.

Furthermore...

Missing out on a special merchant like 'Twisted Fate' would mean missing out on many good things.

"You'd better hurry up and be born, so I can see what you really are."

Su Baiping said in a flat voice.

He knew that the woman in the yellow dress had been completely possessed by the monster inside her, and the one communicating with him was the terrifying freak that was searching the entire city for a mother to give birth to.

"Hehehe... It's almost here, almost here... The time is about to come..."

The woman in the yellow dress let out a chilling laugh.

"That damn thing..." Ning Hongchen narrowed his eyes, his gaze flashing with a fierce light as he looked at the woman in the yellow dress, then said with dissatisfaction, "Why won't you let me kill it?"

"If we kill her now, it will be harder to find it."

Su Bai did not offer any further explanation.

He kept in mind the words the woman in the yellow dress had said when he entered, then turned to Ning Hongchen and Su Siyao and said, "You two be careful of any unusual behavior. This thing seems to be parasitic; don't get infected without realizing it."

"Eek!"

Ning Hongchen glanced at the woman in the yellow dress and immediately shuddered with disgust.

Su Bai suddenly regretted bringing the two of them in.

Although the player's identity can grant immunity to many troubles in this world, there are some special circumstances that suicide and resurrection cannot resolve.

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