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  A middle-aged man laughed and said, "The ones who should be thanked are them. Besides... I don't want the gratitude of a little kid, what I hate the most is kids like you who have nothing better to do." As he spoke, he walked towards Su Yu and the others.

  The little girl didn't take the middle-aged man's words to heart, she knew that although he said he disliked children, in fact, for his own sake, he had almost lost his life.

  "Thank you everyone, my name is Fang Kuang, 32 years old, a special-grade chef. Before coming to this forest and now still am." The middle-aged man's face showed a smile as he looked at Su Yu, introducing himself. When he said that he was a special-grade chef, Mr. Fang Kuang's face revealed a proud expression.

  Fang Jiong's eyes were very accurate, and he had already seen that among the group of people in front of him, Su Yu was the strongest. He guessed that he should be the leader, so when speaking, his attention was mainly focused on Su Yu.

  This Fang Jiong was also a 4th-stage strongman, and Su Yu didn't dare to be rude. He politely said: "I'm Su Yu, a student, these are my companions." Then he roughly reported the names of Qin family's nobles.

  Behind her, the little girl also walked up and said in a crisp voice: "My name is Kou Xiao Wei, everyone can just call me Xiao Wei, thank you big brothers and sisters." As she spoke, she bowed to give everyone a greeting, then smiled especially warmly at Zhou Bi Rong among them.

  At that time, it was Zhou Bichen who rushed out first and saved her.

  Zhou Bicong stretched out her hand and gently stroked Kou Xiaoyu's hair, the radiance of maternal love re-emerging on her face. Ding Shan's incident had a great impact on her, but now she suddenly saw Kou Xiaoyu, who was only a few years older than Ding Shan, and her thoughts and feelings for Ding Shan gradually shifted to Kou Xiaoyu.

  Zhang Zhongmou, however, began to search the body of the black-shirted man with no head. This black-shirted man was a fourth-stage strongman, and his background seemed somewhat mysterious. He also mentioned something about "White Tiger". Zhang Zhongmou thought that he might be able to find something useful on him, and if he could find a treasure or something like that, it would be even better.

  After feeling all over, nothing else was found, but six or seven pieces of black flat pebbles were found. These small stones were very smooth and had a square shape with four sides, like a quadrangular coin with a small, strange "time" character engraved on them.

  "What is this thing?" Zhang Zhongmou asked in surprise. Upon closer inspection, each piece had the character "time" engraved on it.

  Everyone else furrowed their brows, unsure what it was, but that little girl Kou Xiao Wei said: "This is 'Time Coin'! This guy's really poor, he only has this much on him."

  "What's a time coin?" Everyone was stunned and looked over, even the middle-aged man Fang Jiong did the same, clearly he didn't know either.

  "Didn't you all know? This is 'time currency', each piece represents one hour, and can be used to buy all sorts of things."

  "Buy something? Buy what?" The crowd was amazed, but Kou Xiao Wei suddenly covered her mouth as if she had just woken up, shaking her head and saying: "Nothing...". Then, curiously sizing up Su Yu and the others, she seemed to come to a realization and said: "Xiao Wei understands now, you guys are like Uncle, being chosen to enter... That means you also need to buy time, Xiao Wei doesn't have to anymore."

  Everyone was confused, Su Yu interrupted: "Xiao Wei, why does this black-clothed man want to kill? What is the White Tiger he mentioned?"

  Just as the question was asked, Kou Xiao Wei suddenly covered her ears and shrieked: "Don't... don't say it anymore..." Her whole body trembled, and she suddenly fell backwards, collapsing to the ground. Her face was filled with fear.

  Su Yu immediately shut her mouth.

  Zhou Bicong hurriedly stepped forward to support Kou Xiaoyi, gently patting her back and softly saying: "Don't be afraid, it's okay now, it's okay now."

  Kou Xiao Wei began to sob lightly, her whole body trembling. A pair of eyes that were originally clear and bright revealed an indescribable fear.

  Su Yu and Qin Jiagu exchanged a glance, both somewhat perplexed. What was this "White Tiger" that could make Kou Xiaowei so fearful?

  Of course, everyone knows that in ancient times, "White Tiger" represented one of the four sacred beasts, but in this world, looking at what the black-shirted man said about "White Tiger", it shouldn't be this meaning, or is it hinting at something? Or is it referring to some kind of code name?

  "Fang Kuang suddenly said in a low voice: 'Bury him.' He pointed to the black-shirted man's corpse on the ground."

  Kou Xiaoyi's strange behavior, this weird "time coin", and the unknown meaning of "White Tiger" cast a shadow over everyone's hearts, even evoking some fear. Fang Jiong's words were exactly what they wanted to hear, so everyone immediately set out to bury the black-shirted man's body, and only then did they let out a sigh of relief.

  Qin Jiagui asked about Fang Jiong's itinerary, and Fang Jiong roughly told them. Then everyone also had a deeper understanding of him.

  He was originally a top chef at the Seven Star Hotel, with exquisite culinary skills, but relatively speaking, his personality is also quite strange, especially when it comes to his obsession with cooking, which is beyond imagination. After earning some money, he quit his job as a chef and traveled around the world, aiming to visit every corner of the globe to learn various local dishes. It can be said that he is a person who lives for cooking.

  Later, while participating in a culinary competition at a food festival in Sichuan, the scene suddenly triggered a "heavenly pit", and Fang Kuai fell into this forest along with these cooking utensils and that half-finished dish, where he encountered Little Brother Lin Bu.

  Due to years of tempering, Fang's knife skills were exquisite, with a tiger's back and bear's waist, his strength was extremely great. When he picked up the butcher's knife, he was even more ferocious than a small Glimmerbeast, killing one and gaining power. Slowly but surely, he grew stronger, wandering alone in the forest, also searching for a way out. It was then that he coincidentally bumped into Kou Xueyi who had strayed from her group.

  Although he always said he disliked kids, Kou Xiao Wei followed him anyway and he didn't refuse. Instead, he saved Guan Xiao Wei many times. In the end, the two of them wandered in the forest for several more days. When Fang Yang was bored, he would even use Lin Bu or Earth Spirit's meat to experiment with cooking. With his exceptional culinary skills, the flavor turned out to be quite good.

  Fang Kuai never inquired about Kou Xiao Wei's origins. In his words, a little kid, who cares what her origins are? Since she is willing to follow him, let her follow then.

  A brief conversation, and Fang Jue's willingness to risk his life for Kou Xiao Wei, a person with whom he had no close relationship, made Su Ye and others nod in secret, knowing that this was a worthy man to befriend. Most importantly, he was not only a powerful fourth-stage warrior but also an excellent chef. Having such a person on the team would bring obvious benefits.

  Qin Jia Gui had the idea of making friends, so he simply told them about their origins. He said that their school encountered a "heavenly pit" and fell here. Some people banded together to explore and found a map, which might lead to an exit.

  Fang Kuai's face lit up with joy, and this news also made him excited. These days of wandering aimlessly in the forest had finally brought some hope of leaving this place, and he couldn't help but feel thrilled.

  The other girls surrounded Kou Xiao Wei, wanting to ask about her background. However, as soon as they asked anything related, she would be filled with fear and shake her head, saying nothing. In the end, everyone could only give up in frustration, but still felt that this girl was not simple and seemed to be hiding many secrets.

  Fang Kuai and Kou Xiao Yi were willing to join their team, and in the end became a row of sixteen people continuing on their journey.

  Su Yu has now become strong enough that he can't help but think of Ning Xue, wondering what her current situation is like, and whether he already possesses the ability to help her. But for now, the exit is right in front of him, and everything else can only be decided after finding a way out.

  This afternoon, nothing unexpected happened. On the road, I only encountered a few small Goblins. When they saw this large group of people, they took a step back and escaped quickly. These monsters can sense that these humans are not to be trifled with.

  An hour later, the crowd encountered a bottomless cliff, Qin's family looked at the map, his eyebrows furrowed together, because on this map, there was no indication of this cliff. The road ahead was blocked, and Qin's family could only rely on speculation to guide the crowd to detour. The forest gradually became undulating, and the road became increasingly difficult to navigate. The speed at which the crowd moved forward became slower and slower.

  As the sky gradually darkened, the crowd had yet to pass this precipice, Qin Jia Gui rolled up the map and began searching for a suitable location to prepare for the night.

  He soon pointed to a vacant spot leaning against a large pile of rocks and said, "How about here? It's windproof. Let's rest here for the night and I think we can find the exit tomorrow."

  Su Yu nodded and agreed, Zhang Zhongmou raised his voice: "Then let's rest here, grandma, why the closer to the exit, the more uneasy I feel." While speaking, he put down the big bag of food on his body.

  Others also put down large bags of food and looked around for any potential dangers.

  Fang Kuai put down the pot spoon and other tools on his back, but Kou Xiaoyi asked curiously: "Uncle, what do they mean by the exit of the forest?"

  Fang Kuai Dao said: "What's the point of a child knowing so much? It's really annoying."

  Kou Xiaoyi raised the corner of her mouth, and Zhou Bicheng smiled: "It's just the exit from this forest, at that time, there won't be those terrifying monsters."

  Kou Xiao Wei was stunned for a moment before saying: "Leave the forest? This... isn't possible, is it?"

  Zhou Bicong pointed to Qin Jiagui and then said in a low voice, "We inadvertently obtained a map, the map has an exit marked to leave this forest, don't ask more questions, you'll know tomorrow."

  Kou Xiao's face was incredulous, but he obediently shut his mouth and didn't ask again.

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