Ning was looking for something when he suddenly discovered something and retrieved several pieces of meat from the refrigerator.

　　The meat was vacuum-packed and had no labels.

　　Inside… all of them, without exception, had some black stuff.

　　But because of the large amount of crushed ice, they couldn’t see what it was.

　　So Ning handed the meat to Liu, who was standing beside him.

　　“Cut it open and take a look.”

　　Liu took a knife and cut open the vacuum plastic bag, but suddenly stopped abruptly.

　　“Damn…”

　　He looked at the meat in the vacuum plastic bag and couldn’t help but swear.

　　The vacuum plastic bag contained a piece of meat with thick hair!

　　Judging from the position of the hair, it should be from the leg…

　　And it belonged to a human!

　　“What the hell is this… this is human flesh?!”

　　Liu was so scared that he threw the meat in his hand.

　　The frozen piece of meat fell to the floor, making a crisp sound of impact.

　　He suddenly thought of the meat they had eaten earlier and couldn’t help but gag.

　　Liu knew that what he ate was beef, but he still felt nauseous.

　　Ning picked up the meat on the floor, examined it carefully, and finally put it back in the bag.

　　“I think I know why the old woman on the second floor doesn’t eat meat anymore…”

　　Liu, who had finally managed to hold back his urge to gag, said with a pale face,

　　“Why?”

　　Ning said slowly,

　　“Because someone fed the old woman this meat before we arrived, causing her to have a severe psychological aversion to meat…”

　　“And don’t you find it strange?”

　　Liu frowned.

　　“What’s strange?”

　　After wrapping the meat well, Ning put it back in the refrigerator.

　　“The old woman is clearly paralyzed, but the windows in her room have been nailed with many steel bars, as if they were afraid of the old woman escaping…”

　　Liu thought about it carefully and realized that it was indeed the case.

　　But immediately, he felt a chill run down his spine, as if he had thought of something terrifying…

　　“You mean, the old woman’s paralysis…”

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　　Ning’s gaze was sharp, and he nodded.

　　“It’s very possible.”

　　“But that’s not the scary part, the real scary thing… is yet to come.”

　　As he spoke, he selected a piece of lean mutton from the refrigerator and threw it to Liu.

　　“Something even scarier?”

　　Liu caught the mutton, his face pale.

　　Ning’s brows furrowed into a knot.

　　“Haven’t you noticed… this family, they don’t even have a single photo?”

　　Liu, who was cutting the meat, paused for a moment.

　　Indeed.

　　The girl the villa owner was holding earlier was at least 8 or 9 years old, and even if the husband and wife divorced after so many years, there would still be some photos of the woman and her daughter at home…

　　But in fact, there were absolutely no photos of the woman, the girl, or the old woman on the second floor on either the first or second floor!

　　Why… was that?

　　“Moreover, if I’m not mistaken, those women’s shoes in the shoe rack at the door…”

　　Ning paused suddenly, then shook his head.

　　“Forget it…”

　　“Let’s cook first.”

　　“Many doubts… should be answered tonight.”

　　Seeing that Ning didn’t want to elaborate, Liu also wisely didn’t ask further.

　　But he couldn’t help but secretly observe Ning.

　　This man… was too strange.

　　Whether it was the human skin he saw from the fat man earlier or the series of bizarre things they encountered in the world behind the bloody door, he hadn’t shown much panic.

　　He was even… strangely calm!

　　This kind of psychological resilience, something Liu had never seen in his 30 years of life!

　　Was he really a veterinarian in the outside world?

　　Liu began to feel a strong curiosity about this man named Ning.

　　…

　　Dinner.

　　Everyone sat at the dining table, silent.

　　“Liu, why aren’t you eating vegetables?”

　　Xue noticed that Liu, the cook, had only given himself a small amount of plain congee and hadn’t eaten any vegetables at all.

　　The mutton tonight was very fragrant.

　　But Liu hadn’t touched it with his chopsticks.

　　He even put the mutton in the farthest corner from himself.

　　“Ah? Vegetables?”

　　“Oh, right, vegetables… I, I don’t feel very well…”

　　Liu mumbled, his face pale.

　　He and Ning hadn’t told everyone about the human flesh in the refrigerator.

　　After all, two people had already died among them.

　　Everyone was like a bird startled by a bowstring, and if they revealed these things, it would only increase fear.

　　Moreover, even if everyone knew this information, it wouldn’t help them survive.

　　The task stipulated that they had to take care of the old woman in the villa for five days, so they had to stay there for five days.

　　After dinner, everyone faced a new problem—

　　How to accommodate Yan.

　　Since the two girls had already died, only Yan was left in the group.

　　Should… she sleep alone in a room?

　　“I… I don’t want to sleep alone!”

　　Seeing the strange atmosphere, Yan was about to cry.

　　What a joke!

　　Would she sleep alone in such a terrifying place?

　　What was the difference between that and killing her directly?

　　Compared to life and death, things like male and female intimacy were nothing to Yan!

　　“Then, why don’t… you sleep with us tonight, we’ll sleep on the sofa, and you can sleep on the bed.”

　　Beidou said.

　　Xue had no objection either.

　　After all… there were fewer and fewer people left in the team.

　　The more people died, the more dangerous it was for those who remained!

　　Yan nodded and gave them a grateful look.

　　Ning saw this and shook his head slightly.

　　Ning knew that if the thing hiding in the villa wanted to kill someone, it wouldn’t matter if there were a hundred of them gathered together.

　　Seeing that their faces had improved somewhat, he said:

　　“It’s getting late, everyone should get some rest… Also, remember to check your doors and windows, make sure they are closed.”

　　“ Two days passed, we only have three left before we can leave.”

　　Everyone nodded.

　　Turning off the lights in the living room on the first floor, Ning went upstairs with them, and after watching everyone enter their respective rooms, he turned off the lights on the corridor.

　　The light switch for this corridor was at the entrance of the stairs.

　　Normally, the light switch in such places would be two-way or even multi-way, one place to turn it on, another place to turn it off, making it more convenient to use.

　　But for some unknown reason, the light switch for the second floor corridor of the villa was designed as a single-direction switch.

　　As the lights in the corridor went out, the entire villa plunged into pitch-black darkness!

　　Ning felt goosebumps on his skin.

　　He was about to go to his room when he suddenly heard a faint sound coming from behind him, not far away.

　　The sound wasn’t loud, but in the dead silence of the darkness, it sounded so clear!

　　It was… the sound of the iron gate lock to the third floor being unlocked!

　　Ning’s body stiffened.

　　Upstairs…

　　Something seemed to be coming down!

　　Moreover… it was right behind him!