Thump...thump...thump...
"grass!"
In the darkness, someone muttered a curse, and everyone's heartbeats involuntarily quickened. To their horror, they discovered that everyone's heartbeats were at the same frequency, as if it were the same person's heart beating.
Yun Chen, who had been sitting next to Mo Shuwan, stood up with a frown on his face. He slowly walked to the cave entrance, glanced at the defensive talisman shield, and suddenly took off his long robe and threw it at the shield.
Strangely enough, he just casually tossed his outer garment onto the defensive light shield, and it completely covered the shield. The only light in the cave disappeared instantly after he did that.
Yun Chen actually used a single garment to cover the light barrier formed by a large number of defensive talismans.
Everyone noticed that the synchronized heartbeats, which had sounded like they came from the same person, had disappeared. They instinctively reached out and covered their chests, feeling their own hearts beating normally. They slowly exhaled a long breath, but soon, everyone's hearts started pounding again.
"ah!"
"ah!"
Two different shouts came from nearby. If you didn't listen carefully, you would definitely think that they were made by humans. But if you listened carefully, you would find that the sound was like the sound of something being struck. It was very pleasant to hear, but everyone felt a dull pain in their heart.
The monster's voice, coming from a great distance, affected them!
Hold your breath!
Upon hearing Yun Chen's icy voice, Mo Shuwan and the others immediately did as he was told, while Zheng Shanhe and the others held their breath a beat later.
After enduring this agonizing wait for about a minute, just when everyone felt they were about to suffocate, light finally appeared before their eyes. Yun Chen actually took back the outer robe that had been spread out on the defensive light shield, put it on nimbly, walked to Mo Shuwan's side with a cold face, sat down, took out a few black crystals from his storage bag, threw them into his mouth, and chewed them up like candy before swallowing them.
After an awkward silence, Mo Shuwan suddenly grabbed Yun Chenjing's hand, frowned, and said, "You ate it?"
Yun Chen seemed to be stunned for a moment. After staring at Mo Shuwan for a few seconds, he suddenly sighed and said apologetically, "Mother, I was going to tell you just now, but I forgot. But don't worry, I have a lot in my storage bag. Our family can eat our fill together."
As he spoke, Yun Chen distributed five or six black crystals to each of Mo Shuwan, Wen Zuo, and Liu Dongcheng, just like handing out candy. Then he put one crystal into his mouth and chewed it.
Upon hearing this sound, Zheng Shanhe felt his heart slowly churning. That was... he actually ate it like that?!
"Eat crystals? Do you even know how many points you could get by selling these..."
Mo Shuwan stared blankly at the crystal in her hand, then looked up at Yun Chenjing, who was seriously crunching on a 'candy bean'. Suddenly, she grabbed his shoulder and said earnestly, "Boss, calm down. This isn't candy. You can't eat it like that. I remember you squeezed it in your hand before, and the crystal disappeared. Does that mean you ate it? This thing was dug out of a monster's head. Don't you... think the taste is a bit strange?"
Yun Chen, upon hearing this, suddenly looked enlightened and said in a daze, "No wonder it didn't taste good; it turns out it was dug out of a monster's head."
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Help! This crazy person has selective amnesia!
Chen Jiaxu, who had been holding back for a while, glared at Yun Chenjing, momentarily forgetting to warn himself that this was a big shot who had slaughtered tens of thousands of people. He complained angrily, "Why do the captain and the others get crystals but I don't? Didn't you just say that the family could eat to their hearts' content? I'm family with you too!"
"You're so weak, you must not be my family."
Hearing Yun Chen's unequivocal rebuttal, Chen Jiaxu's face twisted slightly. "Can you please stop bringing up my weakness all the time?"
"Alright, don't dwell on this little thing." Mo Shuwan tossed two crystals to Chen Jiaxu and was about to speak when Yun Chenjing stuffed a few more crystals into her hand. She tried hard to avoid looking at Yun Chenjing's matter-of-fact expression and whispered, "Yun Chenjing just went out. It seems that not only the monsters we encountered had crystals in their heads, but all the monsters in this dark world have crystals in their heads."
"Ah, that means I'm rich..."
Wen Zuo glanced at Yun Chen, who was pretending to sleep with his eyes closed, then tossed the black crystal in his hand into his storage space and called his name.
"Father, you called me."
Wen Zuo, who disregarded the previous title with his strong will, nodded and said, "When you encountered those monsters just now, did you notice anything special about them?"
Yun Chen pondered for a moment, then asked, "What kind of monster did I just encounter?"
"You killed all the monsters."
Seeing Wen Zuo calmly exchanging words with Yun Chen, Mo Shuwan quietly squeezed his fingers.
Yun Chen frowned and thought for a long time before shaking his head amidst everyone's anticipation, "I forgot."
Zheng Shanhe, who was usually unfazed even when Mount Tai collapsed before him, twisted his expression slightly for a moment. He tried to control his rapidly accelerating breathing and told himself that he had to stay calm, otherwise the dark toxins would erode his body at an accelerated rate.
The hot-tempered Zou Zhiqing then swore.
"Sister Zou!" Having witnessed Yun Chen's incredible perception, Zou Zhiqing's team members, unwilling to offend him, quickly changed the subject. "What kind of monster was that? How did our heartbeats suddenly become connected?"
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