Chapter 75

"Xu Mo is the one. He's actually hiding in the cave." The man surnamed Chu was startled by Xu Mo's voice and shouted loudly.

"Everything we just said, he heard it all." The man surnamed Wei said with a hateful tone, his voice filled with frustration and unwillingness.

"So what if he heard it?" The man surnamed Chu suddenly sneered. "Can he escape in this cave? Let's catch him first." In his anger, he had completely shed his pretense, revealing his true nature.

As he spoke, he rushed into the cave in a fit of rage. Xu Mo, hearing their footsteps, knew they had passed the cave entrance and stepped on the aphrodisiac powder, leaving it on the soles of their shoes. He was delighted and quickly hid in a side passage.

He pretended to be hysterical and shouted loudly, "I kindly hosted you, but you want to harm me and steal my fine wine. Fine, let's die together. I'll bring out that monster, and no one will survive."

His voice, though he was outside, came from inside the cave, and as he spoke, the source of the sound seemed to move further into the cave, clearly heading deeper.

The man surnamed Wei was in a panic. "Quick, catch him, don't let him escape."

The footsteps grew louder, and the two men had already entered the cave, passing by the side passage where Xu Mo was hiding. They didn't stop but followed the direction of Xu Mo's voice, heading deeper into the cave.

Once the two men were far enough away, Xu Mo came out of his hiding place and followed them, keeping a distance while making loud noises to lead them deeper into the cave.

Although the monster was powerful, its running speed was slow. If the two men realized something was wrong and turned to escape, the monster might not catch up. Moreover, the two men had guns, and he couldn't appear in front of them to block their way.

They had planned to trick him, using cruel methods to steal his wealth and even his life, leaving no room for mercy. If he couldn't repay them in kind, how could he be satisfied?

He was outwardly cold but inwardly passionate, with a somewhat impulsive nature. If others didn't provoke him, he wouldn't cause them trouble. But if they did, he would not tolerate it, and he would seek revenge, making them pay double. If he did something, he would do it thoroughly.

Therefore, he had already decided to lead these two men to the deepest part of the cave, cut off their escape route, and then let the monster deal with them.

He followed the two men, making two different sounds. One sound led them deeper into the cave, while the other led the monster in circles inside the cave, to prevent them from encountering the monster prematurely. If they had a brief encounter and realized something was wrong, they would immediately flee.

The men surnamed Wei and Chu never imagined that there could be such a miraculous ability to blend with nature, where a person's voice could come from a different place. They followed Xu Mo's voice without noticing anything unusual.

As they pursued, the man surnamed Wei said with hatred, "Xu Mo has seen that thing before but lied to us, wasting our time searching for it. He truly deserves to die."

The man surnamed Chu spat and said regretfully, "He was determined to die in front of that thing rather than be caught by us. It's a pity we won't get the recipe for the fine wine."

The man surnamed Wei was so angry that he gritted his teeth and said with hatred, "If we can't get it, we can't. With the wine in the cellar, we can still live a carefree life for a while."

Though he said this, his tone was even more regretful than the man surnamed Chu's. He then cursed, "Damn it, if I catch him, I'll make him regret being alive. I'll skin him alive."

As he said "skin him alive," his expression became excited, and his tone turned sinister. He couldn't help but lick his lips, his eyes gleaming, looking like a bloodthirsty wolf.

After a pause, he continued, "Just like that arrogant girl. After I skinned her, she didn't die immediately and screamed for three days and three nights, finally begging me to kill her. Xu Mo, hmpf, I'll make him scream for at least seven days."

"Old Wei! Stop talking about it." The man surnamed Chu was disgusted and quickly stopped him.

He and the man surnamed Wei were familiar with each other and knew that what he said was true. The man surnamed Wei's father died early, and his mother remarried. A few years later, his mother died of a serious illness.

He was raised by his stepfather, who was violent and alcoholic. Whenever he was dissatisfied with life, he would take out his frustrations on him, often hanging him from the ceiling and whipping him until he was nearly dead. A few times, if the neighbors hadn't discovered him in time, he would have died.

This experience shaped his extremely extreme and twisted personality. His dark and gloomy nature made it difficult for anyone to befriend him.

When he grew up, he was tall and strong. At the age of nineteen, he took advantage of his stepfather's drunkenness and threw him into a boiler, boiling him alive. The act was so cruel, and he remained so calm afterward that no one suspected him, thinking it was an accident.

In town, there was a beautiful girl he liked. When he was twelve or thirteen, he had the courage to confess to her. The girl, being a rich and spoiled child, was always pampered and adored. She rejected him with insults, and he harbored a grudge.

After killing his stepfather, he remembered this incident. By then, the girl had grown up and was studying out of town. He waited for her to return home during the summer and ambushed her on the way, taking her to his cellar and skinning her alive.

This time, he took too long to kill her and didn't block her mouth to hear her screams, which gave him a twisted pleasure. The neighbors heard some noise. When the girl went missing, her family reported it to the police. The neighbors, hearing her screams, became suspicious and called the police.

After the incident was exposed, he escaped and lived in hiding for a few years. Somehow, he joined the organization he was now part of, seeking protection.

The organization was notorious for its evil deeds, and its members were of mixed quality. But someone as evil and cruel as him was rare.

Xu Mo, hearing their conversation from a distance, felt an intense disgust. He thought that if these two could do such evil things, letting the monster eat them would be too lenient.

The deeper they went into the cave, the darker it became. The two men took out powerful flashlights to illuminate their path.

After chasing for a while, the man surnamed Wei suddenly said, "Xu Mo keeps running. It's not easy to catch him. We originally planned to catch him, force him to reveal the wine recipe, and use him as bait. Now that plan is ruined."

"Ha ha!" The man surnamed Chu suddenly laughed.

"What are you laughing about?" The man surnamed Wei, puzzled, couldn't help but ask.

The man surnamed Chu laughed and said, "I'm laughing at how Xu Mo is finding his own death. How can you, Old Wei, be so confused? He's running into the cave, isn't he the perfect bait?"

The man surnamed Wei was stunned and asked, "What do you mean?"

The man surnamed Chu asked, "What was our purpose in using him as bait?"

The man surnamed Wei replied without hesitation, "To lure that thing out, observe its condition, and see if we can bring it back."

The man surnamed Chu smiled and said, "Exactly. We planned to make Xu Mo walk in front to lure that thing out and let it attack him first. We would observe its condition during the attack and either capture it or bring back information. Look..."

He pointed forward and continued, "Isn't Xu Mo walking in front?"

The man surnamed Wei suddenly understood and said joyfully, "Damn, Xu Mo is a fool. He's doing exactly what we wanted without us forcing him. He wants to fight us and feed himself to that thing, but he's actually helping us."

"Shh! Be quiet!" The man surnamed Chu put a finger to his lips, signaling the man surnamed Wei to be quiet. "Don't let Xu Mo hear us."

"Got it." The man surnamed Wei immediately lowered his voice and laughed, "So let's follow him slowly and don't shoot. We don't want to injure the little Xu Mo. He's walking in front, and he'll naturally attract that thing. Ha ha!"

The man surnamed Chu nodded and said, "We should also prepare. That thing could attack Xu Mo at any moment. I think with our two guns, we have a 99% chance of not being able to defeat it. So it's best to take out the camera and capture its mutated form as soon as it appears and attacks Xu Mo. This way, even if we can't capture it, we'll have something to show when we return."

"You're right." The man surnamed Wei immediately took out his camera, adjusted the focus, and was ready to take pictures.

Xu Mo, following behind them, heard their conversation and sneered inwardly.

Seeing that the two men were gradually heading deeper into the cave, he led the monster back and pretended to be in danger, shouting in the deepest part of the cave, "Oh my God, what is this? Ah..."

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