In normal times, even with his eyes covered, Dong Fengpo could still swiftly sense someone approaching.

But just now, after having used the "Roc Wing Slash" Title Skill too many times and having devoured an entire bellyful of chicken wings, he had exhausted too much Sanity Value. His brain was muddled, leaving him only able to mechanically and numbly open his mouth to keep chewing. He appeared weak, pitiful, and helpless.

"BLECH—"

As if he had eaten too much, Dong Fengpo suddenly vomited. His features contorted, and tears slid down his cheeks. He was so grief-stricken he could barely breathe, yet he still had to continue chewing on the chicken wings.

Li Ang shook his head, put away the Triangular Bone Tipped Spear, and moved closer, lifting his two stone arms toward the monster's midsection and smashing down.

He was careful not to harm Dong Fengpo, who was trapped inside, and didn't use much strength. Instead, he applied powerful Ripple Energy to his stone arms.

BANG—

The first stone arm hit the midsection unerringly. The Ripple Energy, combined with the "Cutter" Title Skill, directly eroded a large chunk of the monster's body, exposing the kidney hidden within.

Before the monster could heal, the second arm came down and precisely hit the constantly dripping kidney, flattening it on the spot.

The System prompt sounded. Li Ang ignored it and swung his dual sets of stone arms, creating afterimages. Like a chef pounding pork, he hammered back and forth on the monster's body, melting away chunks of its shell.

The monster trembled as if struck by thunderbolts, unable to move. To make matters worse, the other players also made their moves, unleashing various skills at it.

In some martial arts novels, when the protagonist is surrounded and attacked by villains, they often shout, "Evil heretics, what heroes you are for ganging up on me! If you have the guts, fight me one-on-one!"

But when it's the protagonist's turn to gang up on the villain, they shout, "Fellow righteous warriors, there's no need for chivalry when dealing with such evil heretics! Let's fight together!"

Under the selection and refinement of the slaughter game, the players' integrity and moral bottom line were almost nonexistent, their shamelessness far surpassing that of martial arts novel characters. They didn't need to come up with any grandiose reasons; they just ganged up without explanation, each method more sinister and malicious than the last.

Soon, the monster collapsed entirely. Dong Fengpo, as if shedding a heavy coat, freed himself and collapsed into the reservoir.

The Stonemason reached out and violently pulled Dong Fengpo up from the reservoir.

Li Ang also took out his modified Triangular Bone Tipped Spear. With a flick of the spear, he scooped out the flattened kidney from the pool, as well as a cowering ball of flesh fragments covered in carpet pieces.

"[Abnormal Torso resolved, one abnormal organ remaining]"

The System's prompt came belatedly. Li Ang activated Cat's Eye, gently swept the Triangular Bone Tipped Spear through the reservoir, then carefully scanned the pool again. After confirming nothing was left at the bottom, he nodded to his teammates.

The group jumped out of the second-layer reservoir and walked out of the water prison. The Stonemason placed the slightly dazed Dong Fengpo on the ground, checking his breath and shining a light into his eyes.

Just as the Stonemason hesitated and finally braced himself to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on the urine-smelling Dong Fengpo, the latter finally came to, opening his eyes and staring numbly at the room's ceiling.

Like a puppet broken from play.

After a moment, Dong Fengpo suddenly sat up from the ground, propping himself on the floor with one hand and clutching his mouth with the other, vomiting again.

The others tactfully took a half-step back. Only Li Ang stood calmly in place, coldly inspecting the mosaic of vomit Dong Fengpo spewed out, discerning what kind of food he had just consumed.

After a while, Dong Fengpo finally returned to normal. He struggled to stand up from the ground, his hair disheveled, his limbs shaking, his complexion as pale as paper.

"You guys..."

Dong Fengpo spoke with a hoarse voice, trembling as he said, "You're finally here."

"...We've searched through most of the estate and haven't seen you."

The Stonemason nodded awkwardly, enduring the strong smell of urine coming from Dong Fengpo, and asked, "Are you okay?"

"I'm alright." Dong Fengpo glanced down at himself. Besides his torn clothes and slightly swollen skin, his body hadn't suffered much damage.

It was just that he felt too full from eating so much; the sense of satiety and the urge to vomit were too strong. Moreover, his Sanity Value had been excessively depleted, causing dizziness and a headache. He probably wouldn't recover his peak combat form anytime soon.

"Let's skip the small talk."

Dong Fengpo waved his hand, in no mood for chitchat. "Let's talk more once we get out."

The group left the room and returned to the corridor, continuing forward under Dong Fengpo's lead.

Along the way, Dong Fengpo briefly recounted his experience.

He had suddenly found that everyone had mysteriously disappeared in the first-floor hall, leaving only him behind.

Then, the carpet in the hall transformed into a monster that surged toward him and swallowed him whole.

Dong Fengpo cried out loudly for help but to no avail. Relying on the "Roc Wing Slash" Title Skill, he barely managed to keep his mouth and nose from being buried, preventing himself from suffocating.

With just a bit of visibility, he noticed the monster taking him down a hidden passage into a room at the bottom of the estate—the water dungeon—where he clashed with that kidney.

Ur Wunnian furrowed his brow and asked, "Didn't you experience any hallucinations?"

"No." Dong Fengpo thought his teammate was asking if he had been affected by the Mental Shock from the abnormal organ. He shook his head, continuing to lead the way at the front of the group. "I only felt suffocated and blinded. Other than that, I didn't have any hallucinations."

Ur Wunnian nodded thoughtfully, not saying much, while Li Ang, also at the front of the group, narrowed his eyes almost imperceptibly.

Dong Fengpo didn't experience hallucinations, why is that? And what were the chain shadows and the inverted white-skirted figure I saw at the flowerbed before entering the mansion?

Li Ang couldn't be certain whether the other teammates had experienced similar hallucinations.

If they had, why didn't they speak up?

If they hadn't, then what factor distinguished Li Ang from the other players?

With various thoughts drifting through his mind, Li Ang's face remained expressionless. He suppressed his doubts and watched as Dong Fengpo confidently led them, taking familiar turns in the corridor.

"Where are we going?"

Unable to contain himself, Li Ang asked, "Feng, do you know the way?"

"I do," Dong Fengpo said indifferently, not caring about Li Ang's way of addressing him. "When that abnormal torso wrapped around me and took me down to the secret passage, I used my Scout skill to survey this corridor a little. There's a room here that feels ten times, a hundred times more eerie than that abnormal torso…"

As he spoke, Dong Fengpo stopped, reeking of urine, and looked at an ordinary wooden door.