Xia Chuhe shook his head, ignoring the silly child.

During mealtime, the temple was bustling with activity. The slow-witted indigenous people spoke fluently, and many chattered incessantly.

Xia Chuhe overheard things like "breeding," "hunting," "mutant humans," and "mutant beasts."

With just a few words, the life in the Heavenly God Temple has been vividly depicted.

The main industry of the Temple of Heaven is animal husbandry, and the animals raised there prefer to eat mutants and mutant beasts. Some farms are profitable and can directly obtain mutants from the Temple, while less profitable farms require workers to go out hunting to hunt mutants and mutant beasts to feed the animals.

As Xia Chuhe listened, he lost his appetite.

Mutants...were once human too.

Like Blackie and her disabled children, and many other disabled people in Dream City, they are somewhere between normal people and mutants.

If Dream City hadn't been taken over by Changsheng, Hei Niu would probably have slowly become completely paralyzed, then gradually lost her mind, and eventually turned into a mutant...

However, since he had already decided to give up absorbing the rules of the Heavenly God Temple, Xia Chuhe didn't think much of it.

When they checked into the hotel that evening, Li Qiusheng learned that her little scheme had failed; free lunches don't come every day.

The hotel owner said that if outsiders stay in the city for more than seven days, they will be sent to work on a farm.

Those who do not work are not entitled to eat.

"Being pulled into work is also good. Not only can you get enough to eat, but you can also..." The innkeeper stopped halfway through his sentence.

Li Qiusheng, feeling agonizingly uncomfortable from being suspended, quickly asked, "What else could it be?"

"You outsiders wouldn't understand even if I explained. Go and rest." The innkeeper's face showed a mixture of envy and resentment.

Xia Chuhe tugged at Li Qiusheng: "Go to sleep."

...

The next morning, the six people left from the other end of the Heavenly God Temple.

The six people climbed out of the ground one by one. Xia Chuhe cautiously observed the surroundings, while Wang Yan took over the role of tour guide in place of Zhu Guanshan.

Lu Dangui noticed a sandbag moving incessantly ahead: "There seems to be something over there, I'll go take a look."

“I’ll go with you,” Xia Chuhe said.

Lu Dangui: "No need, it's very close."

Xia Chuhe nodded, stood still, and kept an eye on Lu Danggui's surroundings to prevent any accidents.

However, no matter how closely she watched, the accident still happened.

Before Lu Dangui even got close to the sandbag, the ground suddenly exploded with a loud bang, and the spot where she had just stepped on burst open.

Lu Dangui was instantly blown to pieces.