Terrible news! My deskmate's first chapter is gone!

This wasn't the first time Chen Xi had used the Reflection technique to capture Lin Fan, but the last time was relatively close to the time Lin Fan was swallowed by the Black Tower.

Therefore, it is not surprising that he is still alive.

But this time is different.

It has been almost a year since Lin Fan was devoured!

According to what the audience said at the time.

He has never seen an ordinary person who has been swallowed up and is still alive after a year.

Given Chen Xi's current experiences, he believes that an ordinary person wouldn't survive.

The answer is obvious: Lin Fan has definitely awakened!

Lin Fan in his ordinary human form couldn't survive, but Lin Fan as a superhuman could!

I just don't know what their identity is.

Chen Xi felt a little emotional when she thought about this.

Lin Fan, you said the "Fan" in your name meant "ordinary," but it turns out it means "extraordinary"!

"Judging from this result, it's quite possible that fat Lin Fan is actually in this safe zone!"

"If there's really no danger here, we might actually find him!"

Chen Xi showed a rare excitement.

The probability of running into your old tablemate in this unfamiliar black tower is about the same as the probability of a gambler saying he'll retire from gambling after this round and actually doing so.

"Chen Xi!"

Yan Mingliang suddenly spoke, his voice trembling slightly, not out of fear, but out of nervous anticipation.

"Could you use the image to help me confirm if Wang Qingqing is still alive?"

Lin Fan's news gave Yan Mingliang a glimmer of hope.

His purpose in entering the Black Tower was to rescue Wang Qingqing, whom he secretly loved.

Furthermore, Yan Mingliang had previously refused to know whether Wang Qingqing was still alive, fearing that he might waver.

However, after entering the Black Tower, based on her own experience and Chen Xi's description, the probability of Wang Qingqing surviving in the Black Tower is infinitely close to 0.

However, Yan Mingliang was unwilling to admit it, so he kept it to himself.

Hearing the news that Lin Fan was still alive, he couldn't hold back anymore.

"Okay." Chen Xi didn't say much, performed the Dragon Claw Hand again, and then returned empty-handed.

"How did it go?" Yan Mingliang asked with a mixture of anticipation and trepidation. Chen Xi's expressionless face made it impossible for him to discern the answer.

Yan Mingliang's requirement was to confirm whether the object was alive or dead, so nothing would be pulled out regardless of whether it was alive or dead.

Chen Xi turned slightly to face Yan Mingliang, her expression still blank. Seeing Yan Mingliang nervously swallowing, Chen Xi suddenly broke into a big smile:

"Still alive!"

"Wang Qingqing is still alive!"

The words "still alive" lifted a huge weight off Yan Mingliang's mind. At that moment, he felt like he had been injected with adrenaline, and all his fatigue vanished.

"It's even possible that Wang Qingqing and Lin Fan are both in this safe zone!"

Chen Xi increased the dosage, although this was his way of comforting Yan Mingliang, but the possibility did exist.

"Then let's get going!"

Yan Mingliang unusually urged them on.

Chen Xi smiled and continued to lead the way.

As he had expected, nothing dangerous came to stop him along the way, which meant that this was indeed a safe zone.

In this environment, everyone's tense emotions relaxed a lot.

After a while, Chen Xi and the others passed through the dense forest.

Contrary to their expectations, behind the forest was a building resembling a city!

It resembles a city because it contains many structures built of massive stones, which can be considered as houses.

They have neat shapes and unusual styles.

It looks like a house inhabited by giants.

This scene made Chen Xi's slightly relaxed heart tighten again.

If this really is the lair of giants, then these insignificant humans are nothing more than food!

Everything here is so huge, it certainly fits the environment where giants live.

But they didn't find any huge footprints in the forest they had just passed through.

Soon, Chen Xi and the others approached the stone building.

Chen Xi carefully examined the stone buildings; the interior layout truly resembled a home.

But it was empty, clearly indicating that no one had lived there for a long time.

Seeing this, Chen Xi breathed a sigh of relief.

When he came over, he had many thoughts in his mind. The worst one was that there were other intersections here. The forest road they had taken before was just an abandoned old road, or even a trap!

Lin Fan, on the other hand, was captured and taken to a warehouse to be used as reserve food, or even as a breeding pig!

It's because he's fat.

It turns out that the terrible situation I had imagined did not occur.

Judging from the traces at the scene, giants should have lived here, but they disappeared long ago.

The reason is unknown, but it was definitely earlier than when Lin Fan entered the Black Tower.

"Was this... once a land of giants?"

Yang Wei looked around, his expression somewhat shocked.

"It seems this isn't a truly safe zone after all."

"Or is it that there are no truly safe zones?"

"Are the remaining truly safe zones only considered truly safe zones after all the dangers within them have been eliminated?"

"Possibly."

"However... there's another possibility: all the safe zones were truly safe zones at the beginning, but they only became unsafe later due to these dangers!"

Chen Xi did not refute the author's words, but simply offered another perspective.

Chen Xi and his team quickly completed their search of these giant stone structures.

Unfortunately, no useful information was found.

No trace of Lin Fan or any other humans was found.

And so, the four continued deeper into the safe zone.

Soon, something else came into their view.

A huge egg!

In an abandoned stone city, a giant egg appears!

It was abrupt, but it was true.

Chen Xi narrowed his eyes slightly. It was obvious that the core of this safe zone was this giant egg!

After a brief deliberation, Chen Xi chose to approach the giant dome.

The giant egg, full of memorable moments, led Chen Xi to name this place the City of Giant Eggs.

"Holy crap, that's huge!"

This is Yang Wei's first impression of the Giant Egg, objective and true.

"Tsk tsk, is that a giant's egg?"

The author looked him up and down and muttered to himself.

"It's hard to say. Normally, giants should be mammals, and mammals are almost always viviparous, so they shouldn't hatch from eggs."

"Unless those giants aren't just enlarged versions of us."

As Yan Mingliang spoke, his voice unconsciously grew softer and softer. It wasn't that he realized he had made a mistake halfway through his speech, but rather that he realized that discussing science inside the Black Tower was inherently unscientific!

"Chen Xi, what do you think?"

Yan Mingliang wanted to hear Chen Xi's understanding of the giant egg, but found that Chen Xi did not respond for a long time.

Turning his head, he saw Chen Xi looking up at something on the eggshell, his expression somewhat solemn.

Yan Mingliang walked over and followed Chen Xi's gaze, only to find that there was nothing special about it, just some irregular graffiti resembling flame patterns.

The graffiti is mainly yellow and white. Although it is only found in a small number of places, it is just a pattern and looks very common.

Have you seen these patterns before?

Yan Mingliang knew that Chen Xi had a photographic memory and thought he had seen something similar somewhere.

"No." After a while, Chen Xi shook her head slightly in denial.

However, the content of the denial differed from what Yan Mingliang had in mind.

"The flame-like pattern on it isn't graffiti, it's text!"

"On this..."

"It even contains records about the ultimate fake man!"

(Tomorrow we'll reveal who the ultimate imposter is, so remember to follow along! I'll try my best to fill in some plot holes every day.)