Crossing the wilderness to survive, starting with a broken kitchen knife.

Huo Xiuxiu, who had been watching the fight from the sidelines, grew impatient and decided to take action herself. She summoned a ball of dark blue will-o'-the-wisp fire from thin air, which coalesced into a ghostly face, threatening to charge at the winged monster. Ge Dalong and Zhao Feng, who were watching, quickly dispersed to avoid being accidentally injured by the will-o'-the-wisp fire.

The winged monster was no ordinary creature. He flapped his wings behind him, forming a storm cyclone under his feet, and easily blocked the ghost fire in front of him.

Huo Xiuxiu snorted coldly, then clenched her hands, controlling the will-o'-the-wisp flames. The will-o'-the-wisp flames surrounding the winged monster exploded. The shockwave shattered the cyclone beneath the winged monster's feet, and the will-o'-the-wisp flames quickly spread across its body. The winged monster roared in pain, then struggled, flapping its wings and flying high.

Ge Dalong and Zhao Feng were shocked by Huo Xiuxiu's methods. This kind of method was not something that the survivors at this stage could perform. Ge Dalong began to silently guess Huo Xiuxiu's current condition in his heart.

However, Huo Xiuxiu's methods went far beyond that. She put her hands together, and countless pale ghost hands appeared around the three-headed monster in an instant. As Huo Xiuxiu waved her slender hands, those ghost hands all grabbed the three-headed monster's legs and then pulled hard.

The three-headed monster was suddenly pulled to the ground by the ghost hand that appeared out of nowhere, and its body lay on its back in the shape of a "big" character.

Zhang Shi struck at the perfect moment, severing the three-headed monster's arms. Huo Xiuxiu seized the opportunity and used her ghost hand to firmly grasp the monster. Even though the monster possessed the ability to heal itself, it was unable to do so and was restrained by Huo Xiuxiu, becoming a prisoner.

Huo Xiuxiu walked slowly to the three-headed monster, squatted down, and gently exhaled into its face. The three-headed monster, which was still struggling violently, suddenly calmed down. Zhang Shi noticed that the three heads of the monster seemed to be bewitched, and their eyes were all blank, as if they had lost their minds.

Huo Xiuxiu patted her skirt, released her ghost hand, and pointed at the stunned three-headed monster and said.

"Take the person you want back alive. Hopefully, we can get some useful clues, so that all my efforts will be worthwhile."

The men, escorting the three-headed monster controlled by Huo Xiuxiu, set out on the road back to the cabin. Zhang Shi secretly felt fortunate. Although this expedition had yielded no results, capturing the three-headed monster alive undoubtedly provided them with important leverage for their next move.

As night fell, the group finally returned to the cabin. The sight before them was unsettling. The door was ajar, and the inside was in a mess, clearly someone had broken in. Zhang Shi exchanged a quick glance, signaling everyone to remain vigilant, and slowly approached the cabin.

When she pushed open the door, she saw the tables and chairs overturned, the cabinet doors wide open, and the items inside scattered all over the floor. Huo Xiuxiu frowned, her eyes quickly scanning the room, as if searching for some clue.

Zhang Shi walked to the window and looked out cautiously, but he could see nothing in the fog except a vague shadow. He retracted his gaze and turned to Huo Xiuxiu: "Miss Huo, who do you think it is?"

Huo Xiuxiu shook her head, her expression solemn. "It doesn't look like a monster. It looks like they have a clear goal. And they obviously know where we are, otherwise they wouldn't have found us so accurately. We must be careful, they might have bad intentions."

After cleaning up the place and not finding any dangerous factors, they closed the door and pressed the three-headed monster to the open space outside the wooden house, preparing to deal with the matter at hand first.

"Tell me, what are your backgrounds and what's the situation between Chen Beipan and mother-in-law?"

Zhang Shi originally thought that the three-headed monster would speak obediently after being under Huo Xiuxiu's spell, but he never expected that the other party would be indifferent to his questions and still maintain that dazed look.

This time, even Huo Xiuxiu was a little surprised and came closer to check the situation.

Huo Xiuxiu stretched out three hands from her robe at the same time and pressed on the three heads of the three-headed monster. After a moment, Huo Xiuxiu narrowed her eyes and whispered.

"These three people are alive, but this thing is not alive. We have to find a way to separate them safely."

Huo Xiuxiu's words stunned everyone present. They hadn't expected such a complex secret to be hidden behind this seemingly simple three-headed monster. Zhang Shi frowned and asked, "Are you saying that these three monsters are being controlled by someone?"

Huo Xiuxiu nodded, her expression becoming more serious. "Yes, I can feel a breath of life in the skull, but their bodies and consciousness are dead. They are controlled by some force and cannot move on their own. We must find a way to separate them, otherwise they may be trapped in this monster forever."

Ge Dalong and Zhao Feng were stunned listening to this. They had never encountered anything so bizarre before. Zhao Feng couldn't help but ask, "So what should we do now? We can't just use a knife to peel them out."

Huo Xiuxiu pondered for a moment, then said, "Your idea is quite good, it's worth a try."

Zhang Shi quickly shook his head and said, "Miss Huo, the old woman among these three is considered our friend. We still have something important to ask her. I don't want to hurt her unless it's absolutely necessary."

Huo Xiuxiu chuckled and casually tore off a piece of flesh from the monster.

"Who said it would hurt them? The substance connecting the three of them is essentially a magical substance, not a living thing. That's why it can heal itself indefinitely. Find a way to clear it all away, and these three people will naturally wake up."

Huo Xiuxiu's words brightened everyone's eyes, as if they saw a glimmer of hope. Zhang Shi's frown gradually relaxed, and he looked at Huo Xiuxiu gratefully: "Miss Huo, I'll leave it to you."

Huo Xiuxiu shook her head and said jokingly.

"Why thank me? I just provided you with an idea. I can't separate them."

After saying this, Huo Xiuxiu once again placed her hands on the three heads of the three-headed monster, closed her eyes, and began to sense the magical substance that controlled them. Zhang Shi and the other two stood by, watching nervously with distressed expressions, not knowing what to do.

Huo Xiuxiu said that there was no way, but she was still trying to dispel the filthy substances of the three-headed monster.

Time ticked by, and beads of sweat gradually formed on Huo Xiuxiu's forehead. Finally, she suddenly opened her eyes and swung her hands swiftly. Strands of blue will-o'-the-wisp fire shot out from her fingertips, accurately hitting several key points on the three-headed monster.

As the will-o'-the-wisp burned, the parts connected by the magical substance began to emit a hissing sound, as if something was melting. Then, puffs of black smoke rose from the monster, accompanied by a pungent smell of burning.

Everyone held their breath, watching the scene nervously. Finally, with Huo Xiuxiu's delicate cry, the three-headed monster's body suddenly collapsed, its three heads drooping limply to the ground. The black substance on the monster's body had noticeably shrunk.