Qingxing was still sitting in the same spot as before, a cigarette in her hand.

Shen Zhiyi and Nalan Zhao exchanged a glance, both seeing the meaning in each other's eyes.

The two men stepped forward and pinned Qingxing down from both sides.

"Hey, what are you two doing?!" Qingxing was startled, and the cigarette in her hand fell onto the sofa.

When Qingxing saw that her sofa had a hole burned in it, she screamed, "No, at least help me pick up the cigarette! My sofa!"

Shen Zhiyi and Nalan Zhao didn't say anything, and directly attacked Qingxing.

That Qingxing is really asking for it! I won't be satisfied until I give him a good beating!

After they finished fighting, the two left the living room directly through the hallway.

The receptionist's eyes widened as she saw the two emerge from the corridor.

How is that possible?!

The receptionist never expected that these two people and the wolf could actually get out of the basement safely!

You should know that no one who went into the basement ever came out alive.

Even if they exist, they are barely alive.

The receptionist looked at the two of them with a horrified expression, wondering what had happened in the basement.

Then, the phone on the counter rang.

The receptionist answered the call, and after listening, her expression changed. She gritted her teeth and glared at Shen Zhiyi, who was contacting Su Wuning.

Reluctantly, he picked up the medicinal wine stored in the counter and re-entered the living room.

After coming out of the basement, Shen Zhiyi immediately contacted Su Wuning, but the message she sent seemed to sink without a trace, and there was no response at all.

"Let's go directly to Wujin Mountain to find him." Shen Zhiyi closed the panel.

Nalan Zhao nodded.

The two headed directly towards Wujin Mountain.

However, Su Wuning did not tell Shen Zhiyi where he had told the girls to hide. Wujin Mountain was so big that it would not be easy to find a few people.

"Huh? Why are we back at Wujin Mountain again?" The little jellyfish flew out of Shen Zhiyi's pocket.

Since leaving Wujin Mountain, the little jellyfish has been sleeping in Shen Zhiyi's pocket, but it wakes up again as soon as they arrive at Wujin Mountain.

Shen Zhiyi's eyes lit up. "You're awake just in time. You're familiar with Wujin Mountain, so help me find a few people."

"Who are you looking for?" The little jellyfish rubbed its eyes, looking sleepy as if it had just woken up.

Shen Zhiyi paused for a moment, "Or, is there a place in Wujin Mountain where people can hide?"

The little jellyfish thought about it carefully and realized that, apart from the place where its former owner lived, there seemed to be quite a few other places on Wujin Mountain.

"Yes, I'll take you there." The little jellyfish looked in the direction it knew, and after confirming its current location, it headed in that direction.

I searched two or three places, but still couldn't find him.

When we finally passed by Mirror Lake, we discovered that the water monster was lying on the shore.

As Shen Zhiyi passed by, the water monster quickly crawled in front of her and blocked her way.

"?" Shen Zhiyi looked down at it, puzzled.

Nalan Zhao frowned, cautiously watching the water monster, afraid that it might harm Shen Zhiyi.

"Roar—" the water monster cried out.

For the first time, Shen Zhiyi realized that the water monster's cry was so unpleasant.

"It seems to want you to follow it." The little jellyfish thought for a moment and felt that the water monster must mean that.

The water monster glanced excitedly at the little jellyfish. Yes, that's exactly what it meant!

The water monster changed direction, crawled two steps, then looked back at Shen Zhiyi, signaling her to follow.

Shen Zhiyi and Nalan Zhao exchanged a glance and then followed.

The water monster led them through a forest, where Shen Zhiyi spotted a splash of red on a plant.

Shen Zhiyi stopped, reached out to touch it, and looked at it in front of her eyes, discovering that it really was blood.

Her expression changed drastically; something terrible had really happened.

The group quickened their pace and, after walking a short distance, spotted a figure lying prone ahead.

Shen Zhiyi rushed forward to help the person up, only to find that the person was nothing but skin and bones.

She stood there, stunned.

Nalan Zhao came over and took a look. "Sister, this is the result after the goddess's sacrifice."

Shen Zhiyi took a deep breath. She hadn't expected that after the goddess completed her sacrifice, these girls would actually...

What about Su Wuning? Where did he go?

The water monster saw that Shen Zhiyi was looking at it, and then walked in another direction.

Not long after, Shen Zhiyi saw Su Wuning sitting dejectedly under a tree, holding a girl who was also just skin and bones in his arms.

"Su Wuning..." Shen Zhiyi called out carefully.

Near him, three girls were also lying on the ground.

Hearing the sound, Su Wuning looked up.

However, the light in his eyes had vanished.

He said, "Zhiyi, you're here."

Su Wuning's voice was very calm, so calm that it was lifeless.

Shen Zhiyi walked over and squatted down next to Su Wuning.

"Are you... okay?"

But Su Wuning did not answer Shen Zhiyi's question. Instead, he asked, "Zhiyi, do you think I really can't save anyone?"

"Look, they're all dead."

The person in Su Wuning's arms was Hongyue, the last person to die under the sacrifice.

Shen Zhiyi opened her mouth, a sour feeling welling up in her throat, unsure of what to say.

"Zhiyi, was I too presumptuous? I thought I could save them, but it seems that's not the case."

“It was my arrogance that ruined them, wasn’t it? They clearly had a chance to live, it’s all my fault, I killed them.”

Su Wuning was immersed in his own world.

His mind was filled with the scene of Hongyue dying in front of him, and her words, each one filled with blood, piercing his heart like countless needles.

Shen Zhiyi fell silent. She wasn't good at comforting people, and for a moment she didn't know how to console Su Wuning.

After a long silence, she said, "Let's bury them."

Su Wuning looked down at Hongyue for a long time before finally nodding.

Shen Zhiyi asked Black Wolf and Dried Fish to help dig a hole, and she and Nalan Zhao went to help, bringing the other girls back from the vicinity.

Su Wuning personally lowered them into the pit and stood by the edge watching for a long time, so long that raindrops began to fall from the sky.

Shen Zhiyi called out to him, and the three of them then covered the soil back up.

Su Wuning somehow obtained a stone tablet and placed it in front of him.

After standing in the rain for a long time, they finally left Wujin Mountain with Shen Zhiyi and the others.

Back at the hotel, Su Wuning became even more depressed, locking himself in his room and refusing to eat or drink.

Shen Zhiyi knocked on the door but received no response, which left her feeling quite helpless.

For a fleeting moment, she really wanted to rush to the basement and question Di Xi about what else she had done to turn Su Wuning into this.

But Su Wuning was only depressed for a day. He recovered the next day and greeted and joked with Shen Zhiyi as if nothing had happened.

But Shen Zhiyi knew that the knot in his heart had not been untied; it would remain like a thorn, forever stuck in Su Wuning's heart.