In an elevated area of the underground cave, which one could reach only by passing through several narrow paths, lay the “secret chamber.”
This was the girl’s home,
where a bonfire built from wood was burning, emitting sounds similar to creaking joints. Some pieces of wood even writhed in the flames, as if they were living limbs.
As for the source of the wood, it was just a matter of walking over three hundred meters along the stone corridors outside the chamber to reach the forest outside the village.
The light from the bonfire strove to illuminate the entire stone chamber,
while water seeping down from the carbonate layers dripped down the stalactites of varying lengths, collected in a handcrafted wooden basin for drinking and washing.
Yi Chen and the girl sat opposite each other in front of the bonfire, with the pig head mask that had been cut by claws temporarily set aside.
“Besides drinking water, what do you usually eat?”
“Most of the time I eat this…”
Because Lene displayed extremely high combat abilities and was very familiar with the underground cave beneath the village, as long as her stance and Heart were determined, an attempt at cooperation could be made.
Seeking to confront the Village Chief directly in a situation with nothing at hand was too risky.
Not to mention whether it was possible to recover weapons and clothing,
once the village’s alarm was triggered, various Butchers, Scavengers, and other special villagers would all attack together.
To kill the Village Chief, every possible means and existing relationship had to be utilized, even if it meant taking on some risk.
“This is where I usually chop wood; it’s quite far from the village, so people generally don’t come here.”
“Just wait for me near the well. I’ll bring the Village Chief down as quickly as I can.”
“Be careful, big brother!”
After bidding farewell to Lene, Yi Chen decided to visit Granny Chicken once more.
Since Lene had mentioned catching chickens before, it hinted that Granny Chicken’s residence couldn’t be too far.
Wearing the Pig Head Mask again (now stitched with plants), he bypassed the patrolling villagers and hurried to Granny Chicken’s dwelling.
He slipped down the slide inside the tree and landed in front of Granny Chicken.
Yi Chen immediately presented his detailed plan to disrupt the village and lure out the Village Chief.
Granny Chicken just looked at him, expressing no opinion about the plan.
Stroking her granddaughter’s head and her now chicken-feathered blonde hair,
Granny Chicken slowly opened dozens of chicken eyes on her forehead, her gaze gradually revealing disdain and even contempt.
She was full of disgust for the young man wearing a pig head mask, wrapped in tattered shorts.
“Your actions have already failed once, what makes you think I should gamble the children’s lives to assist you? A companion stronger than you has been captured, and you alone think you can kill the Village Chief?
Ha! Trash should be aware of their own worthlessness.”
Granny Chicken’s scoff echoed around the chicken coop area,
Perhaps she had never truly valued Yi Chen; she merely wanted to use him as a ‘Central Axis’ to adjust Jin’s major combat forces for her revenge plan.
The previous conversation was indeed heartfelt,
but was only about her longing for her granddaughter and her hatred for the Village Chief, using these genuine feelings to mask her duplicity.
Yi Chen, who had returned alone to the chicken coop and lost his equipment, was nothing in her eyes, no different from those human teams who had ventured into the forest seeking Death.
“Considering our past friendly exchanges, I’m giving you one minute to leave my chicken coop… otherwise, I won’t hesitate to turn you into fodder for the chicks.”
Hearing this, Yi Chen meaningfully tapped his pig-head mask and didn’t respond.
The shift in Granny Chicken’s attitude reminded him of the type of people he despised the most—those revolting people.
Suddenly, he raised the Slaughter Knife high and swung it downward… Swish!
This strike was not aimed at Granny Chicken, but at Yi Chen himself.
The blade sliced into his right torso, tearing off a large chunk of flesh and revealing his ribs.
Granny Chicken, sitting across from him, was confused about what the young man was trying to do and even suspected he had gone mad.
A strong and forceful heartbeat was heard by Granny Chicken.
She stared with all her chicken eyes towards the self-mutilated chest of Yi Chen.
Through the blood-rimmed gaps between his ribs, she saw a bizarre heart covered in black fur that was beating.
the surface of the dark heart slowly formed a mouth, and an eyeball even rolled out of its throat!
A potent spiritual power blasted through all of Granny Chicken’s eyes, overwhelming her brain.
By the time she regained her senses,
Yi Chen was already standing next to the chair, one hand holding the bloody Slaughter Knife, the other clutching a chick-embryo-like tumor he had just extracted from her body.
Just as Granny Chicken’s attitude had changed,
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