As the corpse was being dragged, it somehow bumped its mouth, causing it to open and a piece of gold to fall out.

"This guy is quite particular; he even knew to ask for a mouthful of money before he died." The fat man saw the corpse being pulled out and crawled out as well.

“It’s not just one person.” Xie Yuhua pointed to the area behind the fat man, where something seemed to be peeking out.

Curious, the fat man reached out and pulled out a human leg. Upon further investigation, he discovered several corpses buried inside the gold mine.

"Damn it, this gold mountain isn't going to eat people, it's more like a mass suicide, how unlucky!" the fat man cursed.

"Young Master! What are you doing?" Hei Xiazi couldn't help but ask, seeing Ling Xiao running up to the first corpse and looking it over.

"I'm getting old," Ling Xiao said.

"What do you mean 'old'?" Xie Yuhua followed her to the front.

“He looks just like the last person who fell from the sky, only a bit older,” Ling Xiao said, pointing to the face.

The fat man also felt that the person looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before. After carefully recalling what Ling Xiao had said about the last person who fell from the sky, he slapped his thigh and realized that they had been separated because Shunzi and Panzi were thrown out by the impact. Sure enough, this person really did look like Shunzi.

"Could this guy be Shunzi's father?" The fat man wasn't sure either, since it's best to have the person himself acknowledge the father.

“I don’t know if he’s a father or not, but this guy didn’t just eat something that could be swallowed whole; he choked to death,” Black Bear said.

"Choked to death? I didn't see anything strange on his face." The fat man didn't quite understand how Black Bear could tell.

“You’ve been dead for so long, your eyeballs have long since turned to dust, and your skin is so dry, what’s wrong with you?” Black Bear laughed.

The fat man was still a little confused, but Jieyuhua smiled and explained to Lingxiao, "If you believe him, pigs will fly. This group of people obviously starved to death here because they had no food. The so-called 'gold in the mouth' was probably just a hallucination caused by hunger. They thought the gold was food, but they starved to death before they could eat it."

"Eat gold? But aren't these all food?" Ling Xiao's gaze fell on the corpses. The fat man shivered and reached out to pinch Ling Xiao's ear. He hadn't done this in a long time, whether it was since Ling Zi got together with Master Hua or after he learned that Ling Xiao wasn't a naive man. The touch was still the same, only the eyes of his subordinates had changed.

Lingzi used to cry out in pain and admit her mistakes, but now she's like a stubborn mule. No matter what he does, she refuses to admit that her ideas are wrong. Her ears turn bright red when she sees someone, and the fat man is really afraid of hurting her, so he stops.

"It's just a matter of the strong preying on the weak, and only the fittest survive." Ling Xiao's eyes showed no resentment towards the fat man, and he even quietly watched the corpses as the fat man laid his hands down.

Why play the good guy when you've come all this way to explore? If he's really starving, he'll probably be the first one to be torn apart. It's survival of the fittest, and he's at the bottom of the food chain now. So he just goes along with whatever others say, neither resisting nor showing weakness. This is the most comfortable way he can live within his own sphere.

The fat man meant well, and Xie Yuhua didn't say anything. She just rubbed Ling Xiao's ears without resisting or refusing. Then she said to him, "No matter when or how dangerous it is, we will never choose to eat you."

"Hey! How come you're starting to discuss cannibalism so easily? We're civilized people, and besides, nothing happened, so how could you starve to death? In medicine, this is called... persecution complex. Young master, you need to go back and see a doctor!" Black Bear said.

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