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  This attempt to probe, it turned out that he was indeed the "wild man" we had encountered many times in the mountains and forests. It seemed that he had been lurking around us all along, waiting for an opportunity to come out and meet with Lao Tie to design a plan together, and to perform that act at the Shengfo Cave. Logically speaking, since he was one of them, now that we were caught, he should have reported back up, rather than throwing us into his old den.

  It seems that Liang Ge was poisoned by a snake and fell into a coma, and he didn't seem to have handed it over either.

  I thought for a moment and said to him, "Let's give you a name, how about Ah Man?" The wolf monster nodded at this title, which was obviously derogatory. They were using him to do things, but didn't show any respect. It could be inferred from the words that he indeed had a connection with wolves.

  "Ah——man——" He repeated the two words with a broken tone, and then his mouth corners rose and he nodded vigorously, looking very pleased.

  A soft hum came from the side, I thought it was Lu Xun, but when I turned around, I saw that Liang Ge had already opened his eyes and was staring at this side. I raised my eyes to look at Lu Xun's expression, seeing him with a mysterious attitude.

  The atmosphere changed in an instant, and the invisible confrontation was born again. However, Ah Man seemed to be unaware of it, still immersed in the excitement of having a new name, repeatedly reciting the two words "Ah Man" in a monotonous tone. To say that I'm a bit ashamed, this name was just taken casually, thinking that he grew up in the mountains and had great strength, with a hint of barbarism.

  At this time, the rumbling sound of my stomach rang out inopportunely. Instinctively, I lowered my head to look at my watch and found that the hour hand had stopped moving. From dawn till now, Lu Xun and I had been rushing through the forest, and when we discovered the traces of San Kuai outside, we temporarily left our luggage in the woods, each carrying a limited amount of food. But we hadn't had time to eat yet, and then we climbed mountains, crossed flower seas, and finally entered this cave. Judging by the time, it was almost evening, so I hadn't eaten for nearly a day.

  Didn't go to see anyone, took out a piece of chocolate from his pocket, unwrapped it and started biting into it. At the time I decided to put down my burden, I had carefully thought that chocolate is one of the best foods to replenish energy and calories, basically two pieces of chocolate per day are enough to supplement energy, so I bought as much as possible when purchasing.

  After chewing, the mouth was very sweet and dry, but the water had been tied to his waist with a bag, now after several fights, it's probably all gone. Hunger can be contagious, hearing that side of Lu Xun asking in a low voice: "Can you sit up?" When he turned his gaze, he had already helped Liang Ge up and handed him a compressed biscuit.

  In this brief moment of distraction, I suddenly felt a void in my hand and found that half of the chocolate was gone.

  She turned around, found Ah Man holding it in her hand, examined it for a while, put it to her nose and sniffed, hesitated to lick it with her tongue, and couldn't tell whether she liked or disliked the expression. But then she stuffed the remaining half block into her mouth and started chewing loudly.

  It was all gone in no time, with a hint of Zhu Bajie eating the Ginseng fruit. When finished, he even licked his lips and looked at me expectantly, blinking his eyes, meaning he wanted more. I still had two long strips left in my pocket, which I had to save for later, so I shook my head and said: "There's none left."

  It can be described as disappointment, the expression of Ah Man's frowning eyes flashing with green light, but then his gaze shifted to Lu Xun and Liang Ge leaning against the cave wall. I spoke up first: "Lu Xun, toss a biscuit over."

  This was to prevent them from fighting over the compressed biscuits again, and soon a biscuit flew through the air, just as I was about to catch it, Ah Man had already grabbed it first, his arm was originally long, and with just one hook, the biscuit was scooped into his hand.

  He also first put his nose in front and smelled it, with an unpredictable expression, ready to bite when I shouted: "Wait a minute, that's going to tear off the outer plastic packaging." After a pause, he stretched out his hand in a friendly manner, "I'll help you."

  A Mu was unwilling to hand over the cookie, lowered his eyes and looked at the chocolate wrapper by my feet, then looked at the rectangular cookie in his hand, and once again put it to his mouth, ripped open the packaging with a tearing sound, barbaric yet effective.

  I could only silently withdraw my hand.

  I thought Ah Man would gobble it down like the chocolate earlier, but he only took one bite and spat it out on the ground, and threw the rest back.

  Not biased, just right on the head of Lǔ Xù, this time Lǔ Xù was done for. He shouted "Hey!" and jumped up from the ground, ready to make a scene. I wanted to persuade him, but suddenly ā Mán emerged from the hole and disappeared with his shadow. At that moment, a stone slab fell down, just blocking the entrance of the hole. Two single-syllable words came through the stone slab from outside, followed by complete silence.

  This mutation came too suddenly, it was really in the blink of an eye, let alone the momentum that had been accumulating and waiting to erupt, even I, sitting at the entrance of the cave, didn't react in time.

  "Is he gone?" Lu Xun asked dazedly.

  I have the urge to roll my eyes, didn't three people with six eyes see it? In fact, he's muddle-headed, and I'm not much better. Ah Man left without any warning, and before that, he was always blocking the entrance with his back, making us think he was afraid we'd escape, but it turned out to be for his own convenience to suddenly withdraw...

  It seems that everything before was just to numb us? But no, if he really wanted to trap us here, when he kept throwing things in earlier, he could have simply pulled down the stone slab. The two words he said as he left just now seemed to be: Wait for me.

  He continued to push, lift and pull the stone slab at the entrance of the cave, but it didn't budge, firmly sealing the only exit. He turned around with a bitter smile: "Well done, we've all been fooled by that wild man. At this time, he must have gone to call Old Iron and his gang."

  I didn't think so, and analyzed in a low voice: "It shouldn't be, if he wanted to do that, Liang Ge would have been handed over long ago."

  "Xiao Jiu, don't be naive. This savage is too clever. He's trying to catch us all at once and intentionally used Liang Ge as bait."

  I frowned, "Can't you stop calling him a savage? He's obviously a normal person."

  "Normal person? Which normal person grows hair all over their body, eats raw meat and growls at people?"

  "That's because," I met Liang Ge's cold gaze, "of his living environment."

  In such a deep mountain valley, there is a group of people unknown to the outside world. The unknown black flowers all over the ground hide the secret of the "Valley of Death". This is one corner of the living environment of the Abominable Snowman that we have seen, but how big this corner is, nobody knows.

  It may be huge, maybe just the tip of an iceberg.

  Liāng Gē initially disliked me, after giving me a disdainful glance, he shifted his gaze and stopped dwelling on the issue. He asked Lù Xù how we got to this place, followed by a long conversation, with both sides exchanging information.

  I learned from Liang Ge that some things that San Kuai Zi couldn't express fully were somewhat similar to what I had expected earlier. Lao Tie was a person who hastily ran back, he said in a flustered manner that I and Lu Xun were dragged into the swamp by savages. At that time, he was covered in mud, his clothes were torn apart, and there were many scratches on his body, just like someone who had barely escaped with their life after being robbed.

  Because it involved Lian, Liang Ge believed him at the time and carried San Feng Zi to follow Old Iron to run towards the swamp. However, after running for a while, he felt something was off. Old Iron seemed to be covered in injuries but ran without any issues. Moreover, he realized that if Old Iron had just narrowly escaped from death, he was just a local guide with no relation to us, why would he risk his life again?

  No matter how much money is given, it's not as important as one's life. He didn't believe human nature could be so kind, so he kept a watchful eye and intentionally fell back some distance. After quietly putting down the three lunatics, he pounced on Old Iron and knocked him to the ground. Just as he was about to interrogate him, he suddenly felt a strong gust of wind behind his neck and had to dodge out of the way. When he turned around, all he saw was a tall black figure attacking with swift and deadly moves.

  Only Lao Tie let out a loud shout: "It's a savage!" Then he curled up into a ball, trembling with fear, making Liang Ge doubt his previous guess. Needless to say, this dark shadow, the wild man in Lao Tie's words, was none other than the Ah Man we had encountered earlier. He wasn't a mindless brute, but rather someone who directly grasped Liang Ge's intentions and picked up the still-sleeping San Fengzi, using a throat-lock to convey his message clearly: if Liang Ge didn't behave, he would strangle San Fengzi to death on the spot.

  Liang Ge had no choice but to listen to Ah Man's arrangements, as he couldn't ignore San Fuzi.

  It wasn't until then that Old Iron was still acting. The whole scene seemed to be led by Ah Man, who pulled down a section of vines and then ordered Old Iron to tie up Liang Ge. During this time, Old Iron pretended to be reluctant, but when Ah Man came over and bit his neck, he was so scared that he shouted "stop" repeatedly, then trembled as he walked in front of Liang Ge and said: "Brother, I'm sorry." With a few quick movements, he used the vines to tie up Liang Ge tightly, while the other end of the vines was held by Ah Man.

  Three lunatics were assigned to Lao Tie, who was also tied up with vines and led by Ah Man. Later, Ah Man walked in front, pulling one end of the vine, and shuttled through the dense forest to the outside stronghold. Originally, the three were locked in the same room, but halfway through, two fierce men rushed in and dragged Lao Tie away, and at that time, the miserable cry was like a howl, it was so tragic.

  However, Liang Ge's suspicion of Lao Tie never dissipated, even though Lao Tie didn't have any flaws throughout the entire process. What Lao Tie overlooked was that he used the excuse "wild man" too frequently. Clearly, previously it was said that I and Lu Xun were dragged into the swamp by wild men, but then they appeared again, not to kill us, but to bring us to this base. So why didn't they also capture us together, instead of drowning us in the swamp?

  This is contradictory, Liang Ge judged that I and Lu Xun should have escaped, so as long as Lu Xun is unharmed, he can know his current location through the tracker. To prevent any changes, after San Kuai Zi woke up, he took back the tracker, and when San Kuai Zi made a chaotic escape, he quietly took back the tracker on Lao Tie's body.