Under the gun's watchful gaze, the fused three-headed person dared not continue their reckless behavior.

The head in the middle continued speaking:

"At the beginning, during the first few days after getting lost, my younger brother suddenly appeared one night. At first we thought he had come to rescue us, but unexpectedly, he had completely lost his mind. He used a knife to kill our mentor, and..."

"And ate his flesh! That madman! He actually ate human flesh!"

"No, that's not right! My brother must have also been..."

"That wasn't your brother! That was a devil! A cannibal demon!"

"Stop, stop arguing..."

The head that had remained mostly silent used its two hands to cover the mouths of the other two heads.

It offered Ye Qiyan an awkward smile, afraid he might open fire, and hurriedly continued the story.

"We wanted to avenge the professor, but we couldn't catch up to that guy. He was incredibly fast—far beyond what should be possible for a human. After that... the remaining people remained lost in the snowstorm for over ten days. That guy would appear out of nowhere every day to kill one of us and then eat them."

"Just when we thought everyone would die there, the guide appeared and found us. He brought the three of us to this third supply point."

"The guide left the day before yesterday. He said the mountain descent route and communications were completely cut off, and the only way down was by physical descent to seek help. He told us to wait here for a while. And then... then we met you, young sir. You... you really are the rescue the guide sent for us, right?"

The three heads' eyes shone with hopeful light.

But Ye Qiyan didn't nod in agreement as they expected.

His gun remained firmly aimed, without any intention of lowering it.

The story told by these three heads was full of holes.

Not to mention how they could have survived being lost in the snow for over ten days without supplies.

And then, eating people?

A normal adult male could kill someone right before their eyes, then eat the person in front of them?

Were these guys turtles or something?

Eating people... a madman?

Ye Qiyan's gaze swept over the lower body of the three-headed person.

He hadn't observed carefully before—their lower bodies weren't just formed from the fused legs of three people. There were some extra components mixed in.

Was it really just that madman who ate people?

"You're lying."

Ye Qiyan's voice was completely flat, making it impossible to discern any emotion.

But for some reason, the three-headed person before him suddenly felt an indescribable fear rising in their hearts.

"Don't you think your constructed story is missing something?"

The three heads dared not speak; that fear was suffocating them.

"Tell me, why did you become what you are now? Your story completely skipped this part."

As these words were spoken, a moment of confusion flashed in the three-headed person's eyes. Immediately after, the roar of a snow monster sounded outside the cabin.

But at the same time, the Pure Cleansing Stone emitted its radiant light, and the snow monster instantly dissipated.

The three-headed person let out a piercing scream.

Tears of blood-red color flowed from their eyes.

"No, it's not like that! We had no choice! If we didn't eat, we would die, we would die!"

"The mentor was the first one willing to sacrifice himself! He committed suicide, it was suicide!"

"It was him, that diary-writing madman! He turned us into this!"

The three-headed person's condition grew increasingly deranged.

Their fused body began to twist and deform, as if having lost support from some mysterious power, unable to maintain this bizarre form, and they collapsed to the ground.

"Save, save us! Only the mountain, the mountain's endpoint! Only there can we leave!"

"Sorry, sorry, sorry! I was too hungry!"

"Monsters, those monsters, they're all coming!"

Another roar sounded.

Different this time, the sounds outside the log cabin didn't come from just one source.

But rather continuous waves after waves.

Looking up and out.

Dozens of snow monsters of various sizes charged toward the cabin from all directions.

This time, the Pure Cleansing Stone's light couldn't disperse these snow monsters.

"Fully materialized, huh? But this might be better."

Taking a deep breath, Ye Qiyan drew the Sky Eagle from his waist. With dual pistols in hand, he pulled the triggers.

Bullets accurately struck the snow monsters' heads, chests, and abdomens.

Although they could evade the Pure Cleansing Stone's attacks after materialization, this meant they could no longer dodge his bullets.

In less than ten seconds, all the snow monsters fell silent on the ground.

Returning to the cabin, the three-headed person lay trembling on the ground.

Their rationality seemed to have recovered somewhat with the fall of the snow monsters.

The middle head lifted slightly, its gaze toward Ye Qiyan still filled with that suffocating fear.

"Hmm? Too scared to speak now?"

Demon Card · Bewitchment.

Ye Qiyan had just used its second effect: [Consume stamina; your actions will instill fear in others.]

The Demon Card's ability was more useful than he had imagined.

Because this effect strengthened according to the amount of stamina/mental points consumed.

Just now, he had only used 10 stamina points to make these three heads so fearful they lost their rationality and descended into madness.

"Now you can speak. I don't care whether you ate people or not. What I want to know is why you became what you are now."

At this point, Ye Qiyan's tone suddenly softened considerably.

"Regardless, I'm here to save you. Once I understand the situation, I'll take you away. If there's an opportunity, I'll also find a way to help you return to normal. This is my duty as an exorcist~"

[Bewitchment: Consume mental energy; the lies you speak will be believed.]

All three heads lifted instantly, believing his lies in that very moment.

"An exorcist! My God, exorcists actually exist in this world!"

"Sir, I'll talk, we'll talk!"

Among the three, it was still the most timid head that explained the reason for their transformation.

After the guide went down the mountain, these three thought: since they had already come this far, with so many people dead, if they returned down the mountain empty-handed in disgrace, plus the negative impact of cannibalism, their futures would likely be completely ruined.

So they took supplies from the supply point and headed to the snow mountain's highest point—the endpoint marked on the map.

There, the Research Team members they had eaten appeared completely unharmed.

Along with that diary-writing madman.

That madman stood with a snow monster, smiling at the three of them.

Then everything went black, and when they regained consciousness, they were back here, their bodies transformed into their current state.

The extra human components in their lower limbs... were exactly from the Research Team members they had eaten...

"This is a curse, a devil's curse! It must be, it must be that we angered a demon!"

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