Everyone has awakened, but I am the only mortal!

Hei Zi kicked the father in the shoulder, and the two, caught off guard, fell heavily to one side.

Everyone knows that Su Bai has always protected that father and son, and Hei Zi's actions were aimed at Su Bai.

Old Zhou pressed down on Su Bai, who was about to get up, and said gruffly, "You sit down, I'll do it."

After saying that, he rolled up his sleeves, walked to the desk, picked up a chair, and headed towards Hei Zi: "If you're so capable, you can kill me today, or I'll kill you."

Hei Zi wasn't afraid of him and stared intently at Lao Zhou.

He sneered, his tone carrying a blatant threat: "Old Zhou, you'd better mind your own business."

"I'm doing what I'm doing, so what are you going to do about it?"

As he spoke, Lao Zhou rushed forward, grabbed a chair, swung it in an arc through the air, and slammed it down in front of Hei Zi with a loud bang.

"If you're so capable, come at Grandpa. It's not like you're capable of bullying an honest person."

The people inside watched coldly, and no one stepped forward to stop them.

Ma Jun looked impatient and said in a deep voice, "What time is it? You still have time to argue?"

As he spoke, he lightly kicked Hei Zi, his tone leaving no room for argument: "Hei Zi, apologize."

Hei Zi noticed that Ma Jun was angry. Although he kept his eyes on Lao Zhou, he still relented and said, "Okay, I apologize."

"They are the ones you should apologize to," Old Zhou said, pointing at the father and son, refusing to budge an inch.

Hei Zi's face instantly contorted into a ferocious expression, his gaze fixed on Lao Zhou with a hint of malice.

Old Zhou didn't back down, his eyes meeting his gaze coldly: "Do I need to remind you one more time?"

Everyone watched all this blankly, indifferent.

In the face of life and death, such a dispute is utterly insignificant.

Luo Zheng and Zheng Yi merely raised their eyebrows, a faint, detached smile playing on their lips, as if it were none of their business.

Su Bai sat on the bed, his gaze sweeping across the room without making a sound.

Everyone else reacted normally, except for Xiaoli, who kept her head down and didn't say a word.

Even though she was disturbed by the argument earlier, she didn't raise her head even slightly.

Even before entering the otherworld, Xiaoli was already like this, her silence almost eerily silent.

A sense of unease swept through Su Bai's mind. He had a vague guess, but he didn't intend to interfere.

There's no need to meddle in things that don't concern him.

In the end, Kuroko lowered his head and said in a hoarse voice to the father and son, "I'm sorry about what happened earlier."

Neither the father nor the son responded.

The father simply sat up again, bent down, and hugged the child in his arms tightly.

Instead, the boy being held in his father's arms glanced at Hei Zi, then shrank back and buried himself in his father's arms.

Ma Jun looked at Lao Zhou: "You've apologized, that's enough. People could die at any moment, and everyone's in a bad mood. Let's all compromise."

Out of consideration for Ma Jun's intervention, Lao Zhou didn't say anything more, dragged the chair back to its original position, and turned to sit back on the bed.

The farce finally came to an end, and the room returned to silence.

After staying up all night with their minds constantly on edge, many people find themselves unable to resist dozing off as soon as they relax, but dare not sleep and can only struggle to stay awake.

Su Bai lay back on the bed, and Lao Zhou followed suit, turning his back to everyone and moving closer to Su Bai. He raised his chin and brought his face right up to Su Bai's.

Su Bai noticed the commotion and turned to look at him.

Old Zhou said in a serious tone, "Don't look at me, I have no feelings for you."

Su Bai: "..."

Old Zhou immediately lowered his voice, his mouth almost touching Su Bai's ear: "That father and son... don't you find it strange?"

Su Bai pulled away, looked at him quietly, and didn't say anything.

"That boy's face was as white as paper, do you think that's normal?" Old Zhou paused, then continued, "I've observed them secretly, they never eat anything. Start paying attention now and see if I'm right."

Su Bai asked casually, "Anything else?"

Old Zhou paused for a moment before saying, "Also... Hei Zi smells terrible. No, Ma Jun smells terrible too."

He smelled it when he went over; it really stank.

Su Bai: "We're all stinky."

Old Zhou was stunned.

"That's the smell of the dead," Su Bai said calmly. "Only the smell of the dead is so hard to get rid of once it's on your body."

"But...but no one died."

Su Bai closed his eyes: "What the eyes see is not necessarily the truth."

Old Zhou became increasingly confused, scratching his head in frustration. "I don't understand what you're saying. But since you're not in a hurry, I'm not in a hurry either. You must have a way to find that monster, right?"

Su Bai: "No."

Old Zhou's smile instantly froze: "Hey Xiaobai, you can't joke like that, you'll lose me as a friend."

Su Bai slowly opened his eyes and looked at him: "Friends can't be kept here, only the living can."

Old Zhou: "..."

While the two were whispering to each other, Luo Zheng and Zheng Yi, who were sitting against the wall opposite them, were also talking quietly, obviously discussing countermeasures.

The others looked numb, knowing full well that they couldn't think of a way to break the deadlock; their only hope lay with Su Bai and Luo Zheng.

Since those people didn't move, they could only remain still as well.

All they could do was wait.

A deathly silence spread through the room.

After an unknown amount of time, Ma Jun suddenly stood up, strode up to Luo Zheng and Zheng Yi, and said, "Aren't we going to do something?"

Zheng Yi lowered his eyes and ignored him.

Luo Zheng remained amiable, smiling as he asked, "How? What should I do?"

Ma Jun was speechless for a moment, and after a pause, he reorganized his thoughts: "Without food and unable to sleep, if this continues, no one will be able to hold on."

Luo Zheng chuckled softly, his tone revealing undisguised contempt for the first time:

"What does this have to do with me?"

Ma Jun froze on the spot.

Although Luo Zheng was arrogant in the past, he had never been so bluntly indifferent.

He pursed his lips, a flash of anger crossing his face, and patiently continued, "Could there be other rooms? Maybe there are more clues or food in other rooms."

Luo Zheng nodded slightly: "Perhaps."

Ma Jun waited for a long time, only to receive this sentence.

He met Luo Zheng's gaze; those eyes held a faint smile, yet they made him feel uneasy.

Ma Jun forced a smile: "Then I'll go tell everyone."

Luo Zheng's eyes suddenly turned cold as he stared directly at him, reminding him word by word: "In this strange realm, one wrong step could cost you your life."

Ma Jun's Adam's apple bobbed slightly. He didn't say anything more, nodded, and turned to leave.

Zheng Yi's gaze fell on Ma Jun's back.

Luo Zheng asked in a low voice, "What did you figure out?"

Zheng Yi said coldly, "I can tell that people are going to die soon."

Luo Zheng chuckled: "It's just a matter of the strong preying on the weak. Haven't we seen enough of that in the past seven months of the apocalypse?"

Zheng Yi did not respond.

On the other side, Ma Jun returned to his men and immediately told them to lower their heads and discuss the matter quietly.