Eat.

This is the only advice from Master Zero.

In its mouth, Yun You's eating ability seems to be omnipotent.

And thinking about it carefully, the little girl finds this makes some sense.

So far, she has swallowed three types of "food": food, monsters... and the Apprentice Death God.

Once these things enter her stomach, they all turn into delicious energy for her to enjoy, and she never has any stomach troubles.

"Maybe, I should really give it a try?"

The little girl pondered for a moment and finally decided to trust herself.

She gritted her teeth, reached out to grab the lung, and with its slightly panicked movements, activated "eating"!

In order to successfully eat, one must meet the condition of "subduing the enemy."

Although the lung could still move, it had no ability to resist, so it naturally met this condition!

With two "rustling" sounds, the once hard lung, like a weathered sand dune, first cracked open with a few gaps, then slowly turned to sand, gradually becoming pure nutrients flowing into Yun You's body.

Before long, the palm-sized lung was completely "eaten" by the girl.

As for the taste...

Yun You found it hard to describe.

Its texture was soft, but it lacked any sweetness, instead carrying an old-fashioned breath, much like those rice grains that haven't spoiled but have lost most of their freshness and nutrition.

To call it tasty would be unrealistic; it couldn't compare with the Apprentice Death God and resentful corpses.

But to call it unpalatable... it wasn't all that bad either, at least it was better than those industrial meat cans produced on an assembly line, and it didn't carry the original weird smell of the lung, nor did it bring cyanide into the little girl's body.

Of course, taste and texture were secondary; Yun You was most concerned about the help it could offer her.

In that regard, the lung was equally peculiar.

It enhanced Yun You's physique, but only by about 1%, a result inferior to a drop of the Apprentice Death God's blood.

This was quite far from its "immortal" performance.

Most of its energy poured into the Death God's Emblem on the back of the little girl's hand, being absorbed by the Inverted Crown hidden in the Three-Phase Diagram... it's being absorbed by the "lord sequence."

At first, Yun You thought it might help her activate the lord sequence.

Because its energy was truly astonishing, in sheer magnitude, it might rival an Apprentice Death God in their internship period.

But in the end, it couldn't illuminate the Crown pattern.

[Maybe it's because the energy still isn't enough]

Master Zero murmured softly.

[After all, there are still a few more pieces of internal organs here, you can eat them all later! Maybe you will activate the sequence attributes then]

"Mm."

Yun You nodded, not really disappointed.

She "ate" the lung mainly to destroy this piece of Undying Internal Organs; she wasn't particularly concerned about the benefits.

After all, her main focus is on clearing the task now.

[Speaking of which, do you feel any discomfort? Your body shouldn't be affected, right?]

"I don't feel anything."

Yun You shook her head gently.

At first, she worried whether she would also turn into a lump like the Boy King, accidentally gaining an "ageless and undying" effect, with her body slowly becoming a mass of flesh...

But it seems now that such an effect won't occur.

"In any case, this method is useful."

Yun You braced herself and stood up, murmuring: "I wonder if 'it' will be affected after losing a piece of internal organs."

"Just keep trying, and you'll find out, won't you?"

Jack stepped forward, patted the little girl on the shoulder, and smiled: "Let's go, to the next place."

"Let's see if we can clear out all the internal organs tonight."

Jack and Frost Moon had seen Yun You's "eating" actions before, so they weren't too surprised.

In the eyes of mortals, the Apprentice Death Gods are forever mysterious entities; they are almost omnipotent and have little quirks, like turning people and things to ash with their hands and then consuming them... it's not too outrageous.

The people of Nest City have seen far too many bizarre things, and they've heard of even the most fanciful things, so small matters like this naturally wouldn't shock them.

Thus, after a brief rest, the three planned to head toward another Sentry Tower.

But just as they stepped out of the tower's door, a deep and powerful voice suddenly came from behind them.

"We...we..."

"We once...had a...vanguard team..."

The voice was incredibly rich, like a war drum, sounding as if a group of people were singing.

Their faces stiffened, and they simultaneously turned around to look back, only to see that the townspeople who had been avoiding them were now standing uniformly together, with crossed arms beating their chests, performing a gesture that was both ancient and impressively memorable.

[Miner's Salute]

This is how Nest City miners express "trust"; it is also the highest etiquette of the worker group.

Mining is a dangerous profession, often requiring work in narrow underground spaces.

The oxygen here is sparse, and the air is often thick with dust and irritating smells, so even the physically strongest workers often fall unconscious from breathing difficulties.

In the bottomless underground, without medicine, medical tools, or even a breathing aid, miners can only pound on the chest of the unconscious, helping them cough out the dust from their trachea and complete the contraction of their lungs.

For this reason, chest-pounding is considered both sacred and serious among miners.

And the two-handed chest pounding of the Miner's Salute means that the miners are willing to trust each other and entrust their lives and wealth to one another.

At this moment, the miners in the Sentry Tower performed this gesture while singing loudly.

Although they kept repeating the phrase "We once had a vanguard team," and their speech was choppy and hesitant...

Yun You could very clearly feel the respect conveyed in their words.

Yun You didn't understand why the miners suddenly performed this ritual, nor did she understand why these people respected her; she even felt an inexplicable "sense of guilt," feeling she shouldn't receive these.

But there was one thing she understood.

And that was, what she was doing now was undoubtedly right.

This was not only for her own benefit but also for these unfamiliar townsfolk, to restore them to "normalcy."

And upon realizing this, the girl also formed a theory about the miners' identities.

Although she couldn't be sure yet, she felt...

She should soon be able to find the answer.

With this thought, Yun You took a deep breath and, with renewed determination, stepped forward in the miners' watchful gaze and singing, heading toward another Sentry Tower.

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