He had encountered several fleeing passengers just now, and recognized at a glance that they were not the person he was looking for.
Fear, panic. True masters would never react like this when encountering 'themselves.'
Of course, if Fang Qian had lied or exaggerated the other party's strength, Shi Tou would have no choice.
However, he had already scouted the outer perimeter and hadn't found the person he was looking for.
"Could they have already entered the inner area?"
Without much hesitation, Shi Tou headed directly towards the inner area.
Not long after entering, he spotted Li Chonglou and the other two from afar, who were also on the move.
Li Chonglou was completely lost at this moment.
Although he knew the general direction of Xiao Bai's departure, there were many dense green plants here. After walking only a short distance, they found many branching paths ahead.
After randomly choosing a path, they ended up circling back to where they started.
"Big Brother, this is the third time..."
Gao Shan reminded him. Before Li Chonglou could reply, Ge Li chimed in.
"It's okay, it's okay. There's only one path left to try, so that must be the correct one."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Shan's expression changed, and he noticed a figure appearing behind them.
"There's another one over there!"
Li Chonglou looked in the direction Gao Shan pointed, his brow furrowed slightly.
"Forget it, let's go. These things have no sentience; they won't be able to keep up."
The two immediately nodded. They had always followed Li Chonglou's lead and placed absolute trust in his words.
The three then quickly headed towards the last passage.
However, during that brief exchange, Shi Tou instantly confirmed that the man before him was the one he was looking for!
He immediately sped up to pursue.
About a minute later, the three arrived at a passage.
Next to the passage hung a sign with the words "Inner Area" written on it.
Inner Area? Li Chonglou quickly recalled the previous提示, surprised that he had to come here after all.
"Big Brother, that guy is catching up!"
Gao Shan cried out from the side. Li Chonglou then noticed that the ghoul had indeed followed them.
"Never mind, I'll deal with it first."
If it were just him, he could have ignored it. But since he had promised to let the other two accompany him, Li Chonglou didn't want to have a ticking time bomb following them.
He moved his feet and went directly to meet Shi Tou.
As if guided by an unseen force, Shi Tou swallowed the words he was about to shout and controlled the body, which wasn't his own, to lunge at Li Chonglou.
As they got close, Shi Tou suddenly leaped into the air and executed a spinning kick.
This move stunned Li Chonglou. Did these ghouls actually possess combat skills?
However, his reaction was incredibly swift. He bent his body, dodged Shi Tou's flying kick, and then used a sliding step to get behind Shi Tou, pushing off the ground with both hands and kicking towards Shi Tou's tailbone.
Shi Tou's expression changed. He quickly raised his hands to protect his tailbone, and then he was sent flying towards Gao Shan and Ge Li.
"Damn it, run!"
The two were not as monstrously powerful as Li Chonglou. Seeing the ghoul flying towards them, they dared not offer any resistance.
If Li Chonglou's current strength alone was not enough to send Shi Tou flying so far, it was because Shi Tou had intentionally intended to diffuse Li Chonglou's force in mid-air. Thus, his body directly flew past the two and crashed onto the passage.
As he fell, he blocked the path of the two.
"We're done for."
Ge Li's legs immediately went weak, and he lost all capacity for thought, with only these three words filling his mind. Gao Shan beside him was no better, looking at Shi Tou, who was less than a meter away, with a look of despair, his body trembling.
However, in the next second, Shi Tou bypassed the two and continued to charge at Li Chonglou.
The two, who had already closed their eyes waiting for death, only smelled a gust of foul wind brush past them, but felt no pain.
What was going on?
Hearing the commotion behind them, they instinctively turned around, only to be astonished to find that Shi Tou was ignoring them.
No way, do ghouls pick their prey?
The two were instantly petrified.
Meanwhile, Li Chonglou stared intently at the still-charging Shi Tou, his brow furrowed. At this moment, he finally realized that this ghoul was different from the ones he had encountered before; he could clearly see a human-like intelligence in its eyes.
"Wait a moment!"
Li Chonglou tentatively called out to stop him. As expected, after his words, Shi Tou's movement halted, and he looked at Li Chonglou with a confused gaze.
"You're not a ghoul?"
Li Chonglou asked directly.
Shi Tou hadn't expected Li Chonglou to react so quickly. With a hint of regret, he could only say, "Alright, is your name Li Chonglou?"
"You know me?"
Shi Tou shook his head and then recounted everything Fang Qian had entrusted him with.
Several minutes later.
"My time is running out. How you choose to proceed is up to you; I've delivered my message. However, I still want to ask, can you really help us find release?"
Having learned the full story, Li Chonglou's expression was exceedingly complex.
Facing Shi Tou's question, he stated frankly, "I have one chance to unseal. This should be the way to help you find release, shouldn't it?"
Shi Tou's eyes immediately lit up with excitement. "Yes, that's it! If you use it, we can be reborn through reincarnation! Please promise me you'll use it before you leave!"
Li Chonglou nodded solemnly. "Don't worry, I will."
At this point, Shi Tou's body suddenly began to tremble.
"My soul is about to return. This body might turn back into a semi-corpse. Don't show any mercy later."
Semi-corpse? So the true name for these ghouls was semi-corpse.
Before long, Li Chonglou clearly saw the intelligence in the eyes of the body before him rapidly receding. Before it completely turned into a semi-corpse, he preemptively destroyed the tailbone of the corpse, just as he had done before.
He then returned to the two with a complex expression.
"Damn it, Big Brother, you can actually communicate with ghouls!"
The two, unaware of the situation, only saw Li Chonglou conversing with the corpse. Although they couldn't hear what was being said, it was enough to shock them immensely!
Li Chonglou offered no explanation, only saying "Let's go," and led them towards the inner area.
"Fang Qian..."
Although they had known each other for a short time, and even the number of times they had met could be counted on one hand, the name and Fang Qian's appearance were now deeply etched in his heart.