Ran Xing was still leaning against him, sound asleep. In the darkness, Kang Caijun kept praying that the thing was only passing by.
But his prayers went unanswered. The footsteps stopped near their cave.
From the difference in the footsteps, he could tell it wasn't the thing that had just killed Zhuang Ziyi.
Then could it be...
"Where are they..."
Zeng Deming's voice!
"Where are they hiding, those people who dug the caves..."
"Even if the neighbors don't find them, they're still not protected by the rules if they don't stay in their graves. I can't kill those two, but surely I can catch one of the people hiding in these holes and vent my anger..."
The footsteps circled their cave.
Kang Caijun stared wide-eyed in silence, holding his breath.
His heart was already filled with overwhelming terror.
Every word Zeng Deming spoke, every sound he made as he searched, battered Kang Caijun's fragile mind.
"Right here. I can smell them. They're right here..."
Ran Xing seemed dead to the world. The sounds in his throat warned that he was about to start snoring.
We'll be found. If I keep waiting like this, we'll definitely be found...!!
With a trembling hand, Kang Caijun gently touched Ran Xing.
Then he shoved him out with all his strength!
The item's protective mechanism broke, and the curtain was knocked open.
In the thick darkness, Zeng Deming's face was directly opposite his, wearing a chilling smile.
"I knew it."
"You'd abandon your companion."
True to his word, Zeng Deming killed only one person.
Amid the mournful tolling of the Silver Bell, he said approvingly to Kang Caijun, who had sacrificed his companion:
"Good boy. You did the right thing."
"People who act so high-minded when their own lives are at stake are the worst,