Deities Are All Just My Food
Chapter 685 - 335: Muscular Gnoll_1

Chapter 685: Chapter 335: Muscular Gnoll_1

In the suburban forest at the dead of night, where the stars glimmered faintly and gusts of cold wind blew, a sudden scream made everyone’s hair stand on end.

There was danger!

Whoosh!

Everyone stopped in their tracks, looking toward the source of the scream, and Lin Baici suddenly accelerated, rushing over.

Upon seeing this, Gao Heng immediately shouted, "Let’s go together!"

A few heeded the command and ran over, but most lingered where they were.

"Damn, a bunch of selfish ghosts!"

Gao Heng was furious.

A monster had appeared outside the apartment—if everyone wanted to escape, they would inevitably need to continue exploring this place, meaning they’d have to face the monster.

With the enemy hidden and us exposed, it’s too dangerous; better to charge now and fight it out.

This was the best solution, easy to think of but hard to do.

Because nobody knew what kind of monster it was.

If it’s unassailable, charging in rashly could mean death.

"That kid is pretty strong, no wonder so many people follow him!"

The red-haired woman sized up Lin Baici’s retreating figure, planning to find an opportunity to humbly ask to join his team—if they could cooperate in the future, all the better.

Lin Baici stopped beside a body.

The deceased was a man in his thirties, lying in the undergrowth.

With so many people, all God Hunters, no one was scared enough to huddle together; thus, there was some distance between each person.

This man was located at the northwest side, toward the back of the crowd.

"How did he die?"

The red-haired woman approached Lin Baici, trying to increase familiarity through small talk.

Lin Baici ignored her.

"Dammit!"

Gao Heng glanced at the body, his mouth twitching slightly.

The man was lying in the undergrowth, seemingly unharmed, but his neck had been twisted 360 degrees, with his entire cervical spine broken.

"This is big trouble; the monster is strong!"

Bath’s scalp tingled—to instantly twist the neck of a God Hunter and escape before Lin Baici arrived displayed terrifying combat power and speed.

"It could also be that this man was very weak!"

Hua Yue Yu speculated.

"That’s unlikely, look at the muscles on his legs, and the calluses on his fists; he must be the kind who trains regularly!"

Apagan gripped his leg knife tightly, scanning the surroundings with his eyes.

Lin Baici was ready for battle, but unexpectedly, he didn’t even catch a glimpse of a shadow.

"Let’s go!"

Lin Baici continued forward.

"Which way?"

Dorisan asked.

"Forward!"

Lin Baici’s tone was matter-of-fact.

"Ah? Aren’t we going back to the apartment?"

Big Ocean Horse was somewhat panicked.

"Since we’re out here, we might as well get a clear picture of the surrounding environment!"

Lin Baici was pondering—what did Eater God refer to as a "midnight snack"? Was it the creature that killed someone, or the "Taboo things" that spawned this monster?

Or could it be the Meteorite?

"Couldn’t be God’s bones, could it?"

Lin Baici broke into a jog, activating A Sip of A Hundred Flavors.

The scent of grass, the smell of earth, mixed with the body odor each person emitted, all blending together and drifting past his nose with the night breeze.

Achoo! Achoo!

The scents weren’t pleasant, causing Lin Baici to sneeze twice in quick succession.

Because someone had died, everyone was somewhat anxious, so they drew closer together; but the area was planted with many low trees, their sprawling branches acting as barriers, so they had no choice but to spread out again, dodging around them.

The crowd was focused, on guard in all directions.

Five minutes went by without incident, but no one dared to relax.

"If we could just keep running away like this!"

Hua Yue Yu remarked.

"Someone’s dead!"

A panic-stricken shout tore through the silent night like the claw of a demon: "God Lin, someone’s dead!"

Lin Baici turned and ran back.

Two men stood by a pear tree, pointing toward a body lying more than ten meters away, reporting it to Lin Baici.

"We three were together just now, circling around from this tree. He fell behind a few steps—I didn’t take it seriously, just called out twice to hurry him up, but there was no response. When I turned back, I saw him lying on the ground!"

The speaker was a young man with large eyes, his body still trembling: "He must be dead, right?"

Lin Baici walked over for a look.

"Dead!"

After Lin Baici confirmed it, the large-eyed young man gasped in a breath of cold air.

"He was out of my sight for maybe seven or eight seconds, and the whole time, I didn’t hear any other noise..."

Gulp!

The large-eyed young man swallowed nervously.

How strong must the enemy be to kill a person soundlessly in such a short span of time?

The cause of death for this God Hunter was the same: someone had twisted his neck full circle, a full 360 degrees. The force was so great, and so swift, that the skin on his neck had torn, and blood was oozing out—aside from that, there were no other injuries.

Lin Baici sniffed forcefully.

There was a stench of urine on the body.

It was likely left by the monster.

"I’ve said it before, it’s dangerous out here; let’s go back!"

Che Zhengshuo curled his lip, his expression one of disdain as if to say, "You didn’t listen to me, and now someone’s dead, aren’t they?"

"God Lin, what should we do?"

"Should we go back?"

"I suggest we return—it sucks to die here without a clear reason!"

Everyone was arguing chaotically.

Inside the apartment, facing rule contamination was at least an overt danger, survival depended on the ability to purify the contamination; but out here, one wouldn’t even know how they died.

"Let’s move another quarter hour forward; if we still haven’t discovered anything, we’ll go back!" Lin Baici suggested: "Of course, no pressure!"

Dorisan saw Lin Baici continuing forward and quickly followed, tailing close behind.