Everyone has awakened, but I am the only mortal!

The next second, Su Bai exerted force with his wrist and pushed forward.

"Snap—"

With a soft sound, a bright light suddenly shone from the darkness.

The moment the light illuminated their surroundings, the two of them realized that they were standing in a long, narrow, enclosed corridor.

It was no longer just a room, but included a corridor and another closed room.

It's like a new map being quietly opened.

Old Zhou went to the window and looked into the new room.

The layout was exactly the same as the previous one, but the furnishings were completely different.

This place is more like an abandoned lounge.

A single bed stands against the east wall, with a framed photo hanging above it. The photo is yellowed, and you can't make out what's in it from here. Near the window is an old desk and chair, with four yellowed old newspapers spread out on the table, only the first page open.

Su Bai quickly scanned the entire room, then turned to Old Zhou and said calmly, "Call them over."

"Okay!" Old Zhou replied, quickly walking to the original window and tapping on the glass. "Come out!"

No one moved inside.

Old Zhou shouted again, "Come out!"

This time, he was the first to realize something was wrong: "...Can't they hear me?"

Su Bai looked back and through the glass, he could see a group of people crowded at the window, staring straight outside, but seemingly unable to hear anything at all.

Su Bai's eyes darkened slightly: "It should only be able to be opened from the outside. Try pushing this window open."

"There are so many rules," Old Zhou muttered, pushing harder with his hand.

No matter how hard he tried, the window remained motionless, as if it had been welded shut.

"That's strange, I can't open it."

Su Bai stepped forward and reached out to test it. The place his fingertips touched was cold and hard, not glass at all, but more like a solid wall.

Old Zhou immediately moved closer to him, lowering his voice: "Do you think... there might be something hidden here again?"

Su Bai didn't reply. After thinking for a moment, he turned around and walked back to the window opposite, reaching out to gently close it.

The surroundings were instantly plunged into darkness. Old Zhou was so frightened that he clung tightly to the wall, not daring to breathe.

Until Su Bai walked back and pushed him away.

The window that I couldn't open no matter what I tried, opened easily.

A series of exclamations erupted from inside the room, clearly startled, but the sounds vanished instantly upon seeing that it was Su Bai and the others.

Luo Zheng appeared at the window, somewhat surprised: "You're back so quickly?"

Su Bai paused slightly: "How long have we been gone?"

"It'll only take about two minutes."

Two minutes?

Old Zhou's eyes widened immediately: "How could it only be two minutes?!"

They walked around outside for quite a while, taking detours, observing, and probing—it must have taken at least ten minutes.

Luo Zheng's expression was grave: "What happened outside?"

Su Bai said frankly, "We've found another room."

Luo Zheng's eyes lit up: "Where?"

The others were instantly filled with hope as well.

Su Bai paused for a moment, then said, "I need to confirm something first."

Before anyone could ask a question, he turned and stepped into the darkness behind him.

The lights in the room were bright, but the light seemed to be blocked by something, and just one step away was complete darkness.

Su Bai took only one step before disappearing completely into the shadows.

In the darkness, he reached out again to touch the window of the new room.

This time, no matter how hard I tried, it wouldn't budge.

A knowing glint flashed in Su Bai's eyes.

it is as expected.

He didn't linger. He turned back to the window and said to Luo Zheng, "To get into this room, you have to go out the door and come around here."

Inside the room, Kuroko asked, "Can't we just jump out the window?"

"no."

Why?

"You can't get out."

As soon as Su Bai finished speaking, the room fell silent for a moment.

Hei Zi scoffed, his face full of defiance: "You say it can't be done? I don't believe it."

Old Zhou immediately retorted, "Fine, fine, you're the best. If you trust us, you're a dog."

Hei Zi glared at him fiercely and said no more.

He walked away from Ma Jun, braced himself against the windowsill, and sat down on the windowsill unharmed.

He gave Su Bai a defiant smile outside the window, then suddenly exerted his strength and jumped out.

"boom--"

A muffled thud was heard.

Everyone watched as Hei Zi seemed to have crashed into an invisible wall, bounced back, and slammed heavily back into the window.

He had used all his strength, and the force of the rebound made him turn pale with pain, unable to get up for a long time.

Everyone gasped.

Su Bai remained calm and said to Luo Zheng, "Close the window from the inside, then go through the door."

Luo Zheng nodded and, without the slightest hesitation, immediately closed the window.

"Walk."

Seeing this, no one dared to question it anymore, and they all followed Luo Zheng out the door.

Hei Zi stumbled to his feet and limped after him.

Watching the door close automatically again, Su Bai turned around and pushed open the window behind him.

Light burst forth, dispelling the surrounding darkness.

Old Zhou patted Su Bai on the shoulder, saying in a smug tone, "When that bastard comes over later, we'll make him bark like a dog."

Su Bai: "..."

After waiting for about ten minutes, Lao Zhou was eagerly waiting for Hei Zi to come over, completely unaware of the seriousness of the situation.

Su Bai frowned slightly: "They haven't arrived yet."

Old Zhou said nonchalantly, "Probably just like what happened to us earlier, we've run into a maze."

Time passes little by little.

The area outside the window remained deserted, without a single person in sight.

Su Bai looked at the open window and suddenly said, "Let's go inside first."

Although Lao Zhou didn't understand, he was already used to listening to Su Bai, so he followed along without saying a word.

The two jumped into the room one after the other and landed on the ground.

Su Bai turned around and closed the window from the inside.

Just as Lao Zhou was about to ask why the window was closed, he saw Luo Zheng and his group appear outside the window through the glass.

They looked flustered, groped around, and frantically found the window. With a push, the window opened.

Apart from Luo Zheng and Zheng Yi, who remained relatively calm, everyone else was disheveled and pale-faced, as if something was chasing them, and they scrambled to squeeze towards the window.

Su Bai's tightly furrowed brows relaxed slightly when he saw the father and son following behind.

One by one, the people jumped into the house and then quickly moved away from the window.

Su Bai reached out to help the father and son, but the father simply held the child tightly in his arms, braced himself against the windowsill with one hand, jumped onto the table, landed steadily, and didn't look at him once throughout the whole process.

Su Bai didn't care.

Along the way, he tried to help several times, but the other party deliberately avoided him.

He no longer took the initiative to approach them, but simply kept his distance discreetly, secretly protecting the two of them.

He stood by the table, took one last look at the empty window, and reached out to close it tightly.

Turning around, Su Bai's gaze slowly swept across the crowd of survivors.

Suddenly, his gaze faltered.

A calm voice rang out clearly in the room: "One person is missing."

The previous fifteen people.

Now, only fourteen people remain.

Sure enough... something bad happened.