Chapter 76

"Xu is injured." Wei heard Xu Mo's cry and shouted loudly.

Zhu added, "It was that thing that attacked him, let's go in and take a look."

These two did not know that Xu Mo was actually following behind them. Hearing his feigned cries of pain, they thought the monster had attacked him and immediately quickened their pace, rushing into the hall.

"So many luminous grasses!" In a moment, they entered the hall and were surprised to see the small glowing grasses on the ceiling. Wei couldn't help but exclaim, his voice filled with obvious surprise.

"Turns out these little grasses are called luminous grass. What a fitting name," Xu Mo couldn't help but think upon hearing Wei's words.

Zhu, however, had no time to care about anything else. He scanned the hall, not seeing Xu Mo, and said, "Oh no, where is that Xu? Why can't I see him?"

Wei saw the caves around the hall and responded, "He must have been dragged into one of those caves by that thing." He paused for a moment and then asked curiously, "This luminous grass is a specialty of the island. How could it be here?"

"Do I even need to say?" Zhu, seeing that he was still concerned about trivial matters, replied irritably, "It must be the seeds that the thing accidentally brought back from the island and grew here." Changing the topic, he continued, "Forget about it for now, let's find that Xu and that thing first. Strange, that Xu was clearly injured, but after one cry of pain, he went silent. Could he have been bitten to death?"

Hearing his wild guesses, Xu Mo secretly sneered. He listened with his ear to the monster's return and, upon hearing it nearby, quickly hid in a side passage. A moment later, he saw the monster's figure pass through the corridor and rush into the hall.

Although the monster's hearing was far inferior to Xu Mo's, it could already sense that there were people in the hall at such close range. Without Xu Mo's control, it would automatically attack the two men.

Both men's shoes were coated with aphrodisiac powder. As soon as the monster smelled it, they would be doomed. Therefore, Xu Mo took no further action and simply waited to watch the show.

"Roar..." The monster rushed into the hall and, upon seeing the two men, immediately let out a roar.

"Heaven! It's it, it... it... it has changed into this form," Zhu exclaimed upon seeing the monster's appearance.

The ground shook again, indicating that the monster had launched an attack, charging at the two men.

"How did it get in from outside? Damn it, shoot!" Wei was puzzled and then shouted loudly.

There was something he didn't say, but the meaning was clear: If it came in from outside, who bit that Xu?

Then came a few scattered gunshots, mixed with the monster's angry roars.

Hearing the gunshots, Xu Mo was startled and couldn't help but worry: Not good, don't let them kill the monster with their guns.

This worry lasted only a short while. He immediately heard Zhu shout, "Oh no! Its skin is too hard, the pistols can't penetrate it." His voice was filled with panic and confusion.

Hearing this, Xu Mo couldn't help but feel a surge of joy. Then he heard the sound of stones falling, accompanied by the monster's roars, indicating that the monster had accidentally collided with the stone wall while charging at the two men, causing a section of the wall to collapse.

Seeing that the pistols couldn't injure the monster, the two men in the hall were already in a panic. Wei anxiously said, "That Xu is dead, where is his body?"

"Right, find his body and throw it to this thing. While it's eating his body, we can escape," Zhu, reminded by his words, suddenly realized and added.

"Hurry! Hurry! Check those caves," Wei urged.

Zhu said, "You hold it off for a moment, I'll go look."

"Okay!" Wei agreed and fired a few shots, apparently to hold off the monster and give Zhu time to search the caves for Xu Mo's body.

Hearing this, Xu Mo was furious: These two not only wanted to harm me, but even after my death, they wouldn't let my body rest in peace.

He couldn't resist shouting, "Xu's body is here!"

Feeling mischievous, this time the voice came from the monster's body.

Both men heard it clearly. Wei was surprised, "H-he... that Xu is speaking from inside this monster." He was so shocked that his speech was broken.

"Damn it!" Zhu also shouted in surprise, seemingly frightened, and asked, "Xu, where are you?"

The situation was too sudden, and they hadn't had time to react or think it through.

Hearing this, Xu Mo couldn't resist playing a trick on them and said, "I'm inside this monster's stomach. Kill this monster and save me, and I'll give you the recipe for the fine wine."

Wei, frightened, asked, "A-are you a man or a ghost?"

He had harmed many people, so he was naturally suspicious. Hearing Xu Mo's voice from inside the monster, his first reaction was that it was a ghost.

"I'm obviously a man. Try making a ghost speak," Xu Mo said angrily.

"How can you be alive after being eaten by this monster?" Zhu was uncertain, his eyes scanning the surroundings, trying to find Xu Mo.

The situation was too bizarre to believe, so Zhu suspected that Xu Mo was hiding somewhere else and speaking to them. But Xu Mo's voice was clearly coming from inside the monster, which he had heard with his own ears, so it couldn't be fake.

He scanned the area but saw no sign of Xu Mo, thinking: Could he really have been eaten by this monster? But if he was eaten, how could he still be alive and speaking?

"How do I know how I'm still alive?" Xu Mo pretended to be furious, "I'm not dead now, but I will be soon. I'll tell you, I can brew more than one kind of wine. The jar you drank that day is called Red Fruit Wine, made from wild red fruits and a few herbs. Drinking it regularly can preserve youth and delay aging. Think about it, if this fine wine is taken out of the mountains, wouldn't rich women go crazy to buy it? At that time, you could charge one million, even ten million per jar, and people would still buy it. In addition, there are mango wine, mulberry wine, and grape wine, each with special effects. As long as you save me, I'll give you the recipes for all four kinds of fine wine."

The monster also heard Xu Mo's voice and, seeing it come from its own body, became even more agitated, chasing after Wei and Zhu around the hall, thinking they were playing tricks.

Wei and Zhu, chased by the monster, still listened to Xu Mo's words.

At this moment, Wei suddenly remembered something and sneered, "How big is this monster's stomach? Even if it really ate you, it would have torn you apart first. How could you still be alive with your body in pieces?"

Seeing him say this, Xu Mo decided to play a trick on them further. He also used the conversation to keep them in the hall, exhausting their strength so they couldn't escape. If they ran out of the hall and down the corridor, the monster wouldn't be able to catch them.

He then shouted loudly, "Ha ha!" to buy time, thinking about how to respond.

Wei coldly asked, "What are you laughing about?"

Taking advantage of this moment, Xu Mo had already thought of what to say, "Since I'm still alive, I must not have been torn apart. This monster's habits are like a snake; it swallowed me whole without chewing. How could you not know its habits?"

The monster's origin was rather special, and Wei and Zhu really didn't know its habits. Hearing Xu Mo's words, they were half-believing, half-doubting. Wei asked, "How can we save you?"

Xu Mo said, "Kill this monster, cut open its stomach, and you can release me. Ouch, ouch!" As he spoke, he suddenly cried out loudly.

Wei, hearing the pain in his voice, couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with you?"

Xu Mo said, "You need to hurry. In a little while, I'll be digested by this monster."

"You..."

Wei was about to say more but was interrupted by Zhu, who coldly said, "Old Wei, don't listen to him. That Xu must have put some kind of sound device in the monster's stomach and is hiding somewhere else, making it sound like his voice is coming from inside the monster. He's just trying to delay us."

Hearing this, Xu Mo thought: This Zhu isn't stupid; he figured it out so quickly. His guess isn't entirely wrong, though not entirely right.

Wei, reminded by him, suddenly realized and then remembered something, cursing, "Damn it, that Xu must have used the same trick to lead us in here."

He then raised his voice and shouted, "Xu, where are you? Get out here!"

Hearing him curse in the cave, Xu Mo was annoyed but didn't want to argue like a hag, so he remained silent.

Zhu stopped him, "Don't curse. That Xu won't come out. We need to think of a way to escape from this monster. We've already taken its picture, so we have something to show when we return."

"Damn it, don't let me catch him," Wei cursed a few more times, his teeth grinding in hatred, but he had no plan.

The two men fired a few shots at the monster, trying to lure it away and escape through the entrance.

But the monster was very smart and guessed their plan. Each time they were about to reach the entrance, it would block them, preventing their escape.

Zhu and Wei tried many methods but couldn't lure the monster away from the exit. They felt their strength being drained and gradually became more anxious.

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