The apartment complex where Gu Qingxiang rented was over twenty years old, lacking maintenance. The dim lighting in the stairwell, coupled with the haphazardly strewn wires over the fuse box and the walls plastered with dusty old advertisements, created an atmosphere straight out of a horror movie.

"The previous one was damaged, so I replaced it!"

The casual tone of the unfamiliar man startled a woman who was descending the stairs to head to her night shift. She paused for a moment before turning and running back upstairs.

"Big sis, it's okay, he's just joking with me!"

Lin Baici shouted after her, not wanting to cause a scene that might bring the police. But with his current status, he wasn't afraid of the police anyway.

"What's that in your hand?"

Lin Baici frowned and sniffed the air. Ordinary people wouldn't notice, but his sense of smell was now stronger than a dog's, and the stench of blood was overwhelming.@@novelbin@@

"A gift for you."

The stranger hurriedly opened the cake box he was holding, but instead of a cream-filled cake, it contained a human head with eyes wide open in death.

The woman who had gone downstairs saw this and collapsed on the stairs, her legs giving out before she screamed the next moment.

Ah! The woman turned and scrambled back upstairs on all fours.

"Who gives a human head as a gift?"

Lin Baici was both amused and exasperated. Even as a divine hunter who had seen plenty of death, such a sudden presentation was still shocking.

"This isn't just any head; it belonged to that monster that eats innards!"

The stranger explained, grabbing the hair of the head and lifting it to show Lin Baici more clearly.

"Alright, alright, let's go outside and talk!"

Lin Baici quickly closed the door behind him, not wanting to bring a severed head into his home.

The stranger who had appeared was Yi Jisheng, the same man Lin Baici had previously captured for collecting human models.

He thought Yi Jisheng would become a test subject for the Jiuzhou Security Bureau and never be free again. To his surprise, he was out and, judging by his calm demeanor, must have been released with the Bureau's permission.

The two made their way to the pavilion in the northeast corner of the complex.

"Spill it, what's going on?"

Lin Baici sat down.

"You caught the wrong guy. I only stole some human models, never did anything evil. The one eating innards was this guy!"

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