The sound of cooking came from inside.
The food stewing in the pot bubbled away.
A smell—neither pleasant nor unpleasant—drifted out with the steam.
"Chairman, someone's cooking in here."
Bai Zuo's eyes were gloomy, devoid of any light, filled with nothing but darkness.
He could smell it... the stench of human nature.
"Are you hungry?"
Shen Yu thought about it. Bai Zuo probably had not eaten before they set out.
Bai Zuo twitched the corner of his mouth. "Yes, I'm very hungry."
Heart Gu appeared on his shoulder. Bai Zuo said softly, "Go. Eat it."
Time to eat.
Heart Gu happily jumped down, charging through the steaming vapor and lunging inside.
The monster chopping meat on the cutting board was extremely tall, its head nearly touching the ceiling. Its arms were thick and long.
Its ferocious face resembled that of an evil ghost.
The meat being chopped on the cutting board looked very much like human flesh.
It seemed to sense Heart Gu's presence. The bone cleaver in its hand paused as it turned to look at Heart Gu crawling toward it.
"Roar!"
It let out a howl, laboriously turning around and swinging its bone cleaver at Heart Gu.
Heart Gu nimbly leaped up and crawled onto its body in an instant.
"Roar!" Its other hand viciously slapped at Heart Gu, but missed. It then slammed heavily into itself, leaving a dent in its own arm beneath that massive palm.
Heart Gu crawled up its arm to its shoulder, then agilely jumped onto its head.
Its hard skull was drilled open by Heart Gu.
Heart Gu burrowed inside at once, devouring its brain and the malice lingering within it.
The enormous body instantly froze in place.
It had already been controlled by Heart Gu.
Only after seeing that the monster