In the darkness, this insect, which uses the body of its prey as a nest, appears silently. If it doesn't open its eyes, it's hard for people to spot it, and by the time they do, it's too late. But the insect in question clearly hasn't opened its eyes yet.

In other words, Yun Chen actually discovered the dark insects as they approached and accurately killed them after taking action.

"...Thanks to you."

Yun Chen actually said, "I just felt my mother."

Wen Zuo, who was helping Zheng Shanhe sit down, turned to look at Yun Chenjing and asked, "When?"

"Just now, when we left," Yun Chen said, then paused for a moment before adding, "Mother is safe now, you don't need to worry."

"Boss, you've improved now. You know how to comfort us with words." Even though he said that, Chen Jiaxu still breathed a sigh of relief. Judging from the strength Yun Chen had shown, he was willing to believe what he said.

After a moment of silence, Wen Zuo also withdrew his gaze, looked at Zheng Shanhe, whose face was pale, and asked with a frown, "What was that just now? Did you teleport us?"

"Hmm, teleport." These three short words seemed to have taken a lot of effort from Zheng Shanhe. He was panting heavily and collapsed to the ground with a pained expression.

Wen Zuo didn't speak again. Seeing that Zheng Shanhe hadn't produced any recovery medicine yet, he could guess that his consumption was probably not something that could be made up for by ordinary things. He looked at the half of Zheng Shanhe's body that he could hardly exert any strength, and remembered that when they first met, he had said that if he came across any medicinal herbs that could heal dark wounds, he would consider selling them to him first.

What kind of dark wound could it be that even the things inside the bus couldn't do anything about it...?

After temporarily creating a defensive circle with defensive talismans, the group had to temporarily give up asking Zheng Shanhe about the monster because he looked too weak. Instead, they looked at Cheng Leikai, who was looking at them in confusion.

After being stared at like a monkey for five or six minutes, Cheng Leikai finally couldn't help but ask, "...Sister Zou, what exactly are you looking at?"

Zou Zhiqing ignored him, thought for a moment, took out a rope from her storage space, and tied him up tightly under Cheng Leikai's shocked gaze. "Did you see anything?"

Cheng Leikai shook his head blankly, "No."

"Shut up, I wasn't asking you!"

Cheng Leikai immediately shut up after being yelled at by Zou Zhiqing.

Luo Baokun shook his head. "There's nothing strange about it, but we probably need to be wary of him."

Chen Jiaxu reached out and pulled Yun Chen to his side, pointing at Cheng Leikai and saying, "Take a look and see if there's anything wrong with him?"

Yun's opinion was still very valuable. Everyone turned to look at Yun Chenjing, only to see him shake his head. They couldn't help but be surprised. "You say he's fine? How could he be fine? Zou Zhiqing almost couldn't get in because of him."

"There was a problem just now, but there's no problem now."

"...You just said something completely pointless."

Cheng Leikai looked at Zou Zhiqing and then at Yun Chenjing, his face full of confusion, and asked, "Sister Zou, what are you talking about? What's wrong with me?"

Seeing Cheng Leikai's reaction, the two criminals standing not far away burst into laughter at the same time, for reasons unknown. Of course, their laughter was so faint as to be almost negligible. And because of their perverted nature, no one turned around. The two perverts laughing for no reason was really nothing to pay attention to.

Zou Zhiqing's face was very unpleasant. He glared fiercely at Cheng Leikai and said, "Tell me again what happened when you were arrested and when you came back."

Cheng Leikai was stunned by Zou Zhiqing's seriousness. From everyone's reaction, he could guess that there might be a serious problem with him. So he didn't dare to hesitate and quickly told the whole story again, without missing a single detail.

After listening, the group exchanged messages behind Chen Leikai's back for a while and found that what he said was almost identical to what he said last time. Even if there were some discrepancies, it wouldn't be a big deal. If there were no discrepancies at all, they might have doubted it. But now it seems that Chen Leikai is indeed as Yun Chenjing said, without any problems.

"Based on the information we've gathered, there are no creatures in the dark world capable of controlling people silently."

"It seems to be related to the changes in the underworld as well."

After all the twists and turns, everything that has happened now seems to be related to the upheaval, and Zheng Shanhe, the only one who might know the reason for the upheaval, is so weak that he can hardly utter a single word.

"Let's take care of Zheng Shanhe first. We can talk about other things after he recovers."

Thinking of Mo Shuwan, who had been summoned back by the monster, Wen Zuoxin felt a pang of sadness.

For a full half-day, Mo Shuwan remained in the monster's palm, being carried around by it until the young man's voice disappeared, at which point the monster released her.

The monster stretched out a huge finger and poked Mo Shuwan, "Hide..."

"Hiding it, is that it?"

"yes……"

"Why did you make me hide? He is your master. I am collecting the dark essence for you. He shouldn't hurt me." Mo Shuwan's probing words failed to elicit any emotional response from the monster.

The monster only answered with one word, "Yes..."

Then Mo Shuwan was placed on the ground by the monster. Her body was pushed, and the monster said, "Go..."

Mo Shuwan knew that he didn't want to release her, but rather wanted her to collect the dark essence for him. She didn't resist, took out her silver bow, and silently walked into the darkness.

The boy who just left was addressed as "master" by the monster, but the monster was secretly collecting dark essence, and clearly didn't want the boy to discover it. Does this mean the monster has a ulterior motive? Is it planning to betray the boy? Is it collecting dark essence to restore its own power?

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