When Aoki opened his eyes again, he seemed to smell a rich aroma of meat.

His memory was still stuck on the unexpected premature eruption of Mount Xu, the panicked flight of the Aoki Mercenary Group, and how he accidentally stumbled into the territory of a bird-faced python and was unfortunately swallowed up.

The pressure from the snake's abdominal muscles made it impossible for him to breathe, and his ribs broke. He thought he was dead.

He seemed to be inside a cave, with a burning fire in front of him. A plump Swift Rabbit was roasting over the fire, and the branches in the fire were making a crackling sound.

Behind him was a flat boulder, and the blood on his body was still there, almost dried into black clots.

"woke up?"

Xu Milu walked over and placed the kettle within Qingmu's reach: "Can you still move your hand?"

Aoki's expression shifted slightly: "You saved me?... Thank you."

He's finally not as irritable and arrogant as before.

Xu Milu shrugged:

“I’m not capable of killing a bird-faced anaconda by myself, so consider yourself lucky—but if you’re asking who dragged you away from that pile of carcasses and saved you from being devoured by wild beasts—that was me who saved you.”

She was curious and couldn't help but ask:

"What happened? How did you end up deep in the Black Rock Forest? Shouldn't you be searching for the Flame Glass Leaf in the Xu Volcano area to the west?"

Aoki seemed to remember something, a flash of anger crossed his eyes, and he gritted his teeth, saying:

"It's Su Lang, damn it, he's not dead! He escaped from the castle dungeon! He ambushed me by taking advantage of the premature eruption of the Xu Volcano! We stumbled into the territory of that bird-faced serpent during the fight—"

He suddenly remembered something and sneered, "But I'm much luckier than him; I survived."

Xu Milu raised her eyebrows but made no comment. As an outsider, it was best for her to remain unaware of the full story and refrain from commenting on the feud between the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and the Green Wood Mercenary Group.

"I'll save your life because we're friends. Thank you for the map."

Xu Milu approached the fire, flipped the Swift Rabbit over, and brushed it with honey. The aroma of roasted meat was irresistible.

Aoki's expression was somewhat complicated, and he gasped for breath as he clutched his wound.

"You're a strange person—aren't you curious why Aomori and I went to such lengths to scheme against Su Lang?"

Xu Milu looked at him strangely: "Do you know the saying that the more you know, the faster you die?"

Aoki, enduring the pain, picked up the water bottle and poured it over the wound. The intense pain made him wince involuntarily.

"Hiss—you seem to be a smart person."

Xu Milu nodded seriously: "Yes, I've always believed that only intelligent people can live longer—if you don't mind, could you tell me how you managed to completely transform into someone else?"

Aoki was somewhat surprised, not expecting Xu Milu to be interested in this, but he didn't try to hide it:

"It's not really a big secret—on the other side of the Sand Mountain, there's a country called Mandolin, where a special plant grows. Its fruit is called the 'Human Face Fruit,' and eating it gives you the ability to disguise yourself as another person."

"There are such amazing fruits?"

Xu Milu suddenly had a thought.

She's already considering cooperating with the authorities; having the ability to impersonate someone else might provide an extra layer of insurance for her future.

"Then how can we find the Human-Faced Fruit?"

Xu Milu said hopefully.

As Aoki spoke, it seemed to aggravate his wound. He gasped sharply, and after the intense pain subsided, he said, drenched in sweat:

"The Human-Faced Fruit is extremely special; only the royal family of Mandolin can enjoy it—hiss… If I can get back alive, I… I can…"

As he was speaking, he suddenly fell silent, his mouth agape, his eyes filled with a desperate desire to live.

Xu Milu could only see clearly by the firelight that the wound on his abdomen was bleeding profusely, his face was as white as a sheet of paper, and his lips were an ominous bluish color due to the large amount of blood loss.

"Hey! Don't die! You haven't finished speaking yet!!"

Xu Milu dropped the firewood in her hand and rushed over. First aid knowledge flashed through her mind. She pressed hard on the wound with both hands, but the blood could not be stopped and gushed out from between her fingers.

She was truly panicked now. Even though she had seen death before, this was the first time she had witnessed someone she knew so well walk towards death at such close range.

"Hey, don't die!! You still owe me a life-saving favor!!"

Seeing that Aoki was about to completely lose consciousness, Xu Milu suddenly had the idea of ​​taking him back to the modern world for treatment.

However, in just a moment, she coldly rejected the idea.

She might be a selfish person.

"Heh...heh..."

Due to excessive blood loss, Aoki had fallen into a semi-comatose state, his mouth wide open, with red blood foam slowly oozing from the corner of his mouth—his internal organs were also bleeding!

"younger brother……"

Aoki was slightly out of breath, and he practically squeezed out those two words.

He didn't want to die.

The fear of death overwhelmed him like a tidal wave, and he even humbly begged the god of food to save his life.

"!!"

A seasoning packet! A seasoning packet that the people of this world call a "dark cuisine packet"!!

Instant noodle seasoning packets that can unleash the talent of a gourmet hunter!!

Xu Milu had a sudden inspiration and hurriedly took out the instant noodle seasoning packet from the system slot and stuffed it into his mouth:

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