Cheng Wei Cai, Pan Xiaoxin, and Zhu Shu, lacking the ability to protect themselves, went upstairs.
Lü Ang's leg hadn't fully healed yet, so he couldn't help and also went upstairs.
Bai Youwei was still hiding in the storage room.
The remaining five people, Shen Mo, Tan Xiao, Yan Qingwen, Li Li, and Su Man, stayed in the living room on the first floor.
After facing the bear and the anglerfish, everyone's faces showed less panic and more composure.
Su Man stood by the door, holding the large glass bowl that had previously contained loquats. Now, it was full of nails.
After receiving Yan Qingwen's signal, she pursed her lips and stared at the doorway: "Please come in, guest."
Click—
The door slowly opened.
…
Seeing the monster up close, they found its appearance even more comical than they had imagined.
Its head was disproportionately large, while its two front claws were pitifully short. They had initially thought it resembled a shark with limbs, but now it looked more like a dwarf Tyrannosaurus Rex, just without a tail.
It plodded inside, walking straight to Su Man, then sat on the floor, raised its head, and suddenly opened its mouth wide!
How wide?
Its upper and lower jaws opened to an angle of almost 90 degrees!
No tongue was visible, only a mouth full of tiny pits, resembling the suckers of an octopus tentacle. Iron nails protruded from several of these small suckers!
Su Man was disgusted by these dense pits, her face turning pale.
The Nail-Tooth Monster sat motionless in front of her.
"Su Man," Yan Qingwen prompted her from the side.
Su Man came to her senses, bit her lip, and with trembling hands, took a nail from the glass bowl…
A random one, black, slender, with a spiral pattern at the tip.
She pinched the nail and cautiously approached the Nail-Tooth Monster's gaping maw.
At this moment, the dense suckers in the Nail-Tooth Monster's mouth contracted "joyfully," as if sensing the nearby nail. They contracted and expanded, contracted and expanded again, like countless little fleshy buds, desperately waiting to be fed!
Disgusting!
As a tough woman, Su Man wasn't afraid of hooligans, wolves, or tigers, but she couldn't stand these disgusting things!
With a pounding heart, she clenched her back teeth, her fingertips trembling as she placed the nail into the Nail-Tooth Monster's mouth—
The fleshy suckers had a strange attraction to the nail. As soon as they touched the iron nail, they sucked it in! It was firmly fixed in the fleshy sucker, at first glance, as if it had grown out of the flesh!
One nail was placed, and the other small fleshy suckers contracted even faster!
They seemed impatient!
They even secreted a sticky, oily liquid that dripped out, like drool!
The Nail-Tooth Monster seemed uncomfortable with the suckers and saliva in its mouth. It made a rumbling sound in its throat, lowered its mouth, and pursed its lips tightly—
Su Man thought it was going to go berserk and immediately withdrew her hand in fright!
However, the Nail-Tooth Monster only shook its head. As if still not satisfied, it tilted its head and rubbed its mouth against the floor, smearing oil everywhere.
Everyone looked at each other.
No berserk outburst. It seemed the nails were the right approach, but they didn't know… what did the Nail-Tooth Monster's behavior mean?
The Nail-Tooth Monster rubbed on the floor for a while, then sat up again and opened its mouth wide towards Su Man once more.
Su Man was slightly stunned.
"Continue placing the nails," Yan Qingwen said.
Su Man nodded, took a deep breath, and again took a nail from the bowl, placing it into the Nail-Tooth Monster's mouth—
The fleshy sucker quickly sucked the nail in!
Practice makes perfect. Su Man's nail-placing speed increased, and her movements became more fluid.
When she heard the rumbling sound from the Nail-Tooth Monster's throat, she knew the monster was unbearably itchy. She would withdraw her hand, wait for it to rub itself for a bit, and then continue placing the nails.