Everyone has awakened, but I am the only mortal!

The noisy room suddenly fell silent.

Everyone froze in place, no one expected that Chen Hua would be so impulsive as to plunge headlong into the darkness.

Kuroko's cold sneer broke the silence.

"He wanted to go out on his own; it has nothing to do with me."

Li Wei opened his mouth, panicking and at a loss for what to do: "Then... what do we do now?"

Kuroko retreated to the wall and sat down nonchalantly: "How should I know?"

Li Wei glanced around the room with a disgruntled expression. Seeing that no one stepped forward, he hesitated for a moment, then walked to the window and stood guard, clearly waiting for Chen Hua to return.

Just then, Su Bai suddenly realized something was wrong.

He leaned close to Old Zhou's ear and whispered, "The newspaper is gone."

Old Zhou's mind was still entirely on Li Wei by the window, so he casually replied, "What's missing?"

"The newspaper was just on the bed, but it's gone now."

Old Zhou suddenly turned around and met Su Bai's gaze.

Su Bai nodded slightly.

Old Zhou immediately searched the bed, then got out of bed and bent down to scan under the bed. When he straightened up, his face finally darkened.

"It really has disappeared."

The room wasn't big to begin with, and his commotion was extremely conspicuous, drawing everyone's attention.

Luo Zheng, sitting opposite him, frowned and asked, "What happened?"

"The newspaper is missing," Su Bai said calmly.

If a newspaper appears in the room, it must be useful, perhaps even crucial.

But now it's gone.

Upon hearing that it was lost, Luo Zheng's expression instantly turned serious, and he immediately got up and walked over.

Su Bai made way for her: "It was just placed on this bed."

"When did you discover it was missing?"

Su Bai's gaze slowly shifted to the doorway, landing on Hei Zi, and he calmly said, "After they fought and rolled past here, the newspapers were gone."

Hei Zi, already furious, exploded on the spot: "What do you mean? You suspect we stole it?"

Su Bai remained silent; his silence spoke volumes.

Hei Zi stood up with a sinister expression: "I didn't take it. Search me if you don't believe me."

Su Bai remained silent.

Everyone's gaze unconsciously turned to Li Wei by the window.

Li Wei was uncomfortable being stared at by so many people. He fidgeted with his fingers and timidly said, "I...I didn't take it. You can search me too."

He looked honest and unassuming, and spoke with a hint of timidity, so people were more inclined to believe him.

Someone in the crowd whispered, "Could it be... that Chen Hua, who just rushed out, took it?"

Zheng Yi spoke calmly, his tone icy and leaving no room for argument: "You say you didn't take it, so you don't? What if you took it and then secretly slipped it to someone else?"

The "you" here naturally refers to Kuroko.

Because after the argument, he was the only one who returned to the crowd.

Ma Jun also stepped forward at the right time: "There must be a crucial clue hidden in the newspaper, which concerns everyone's lives. Zheng Yi is right. Search everyone."

Before anyone could respond, Ma Jun started investigating the haters.

I turned all my pockets inside out, unzipped them, and even took off my shoes and socks, but found nothing.

Seeing this, the people nearby also took off their shoes to check themselves.

Soon, everyone at the door had finished being checked, and Ma Jun also had Hei Zi check him as well.

After going around the circle, everyone except Xiaoli and the father and son in the corner had been checked.

Ma Jun said, "Xiao Li has been staying alone in the corner and hasn't contacted anyone, so we can rule her out. Then there are the other two."

He pointed to the father and son: "They didn't go near the crowd either, so they're ruled out too."

Su Bai and Lao Zhou didn't make any exceptions and searched their entire bodies in front of everyone.

Li Wei, standing by the window, cooperated by stripping down to his underwear, still completely naked.

Luo Zheng and Zheng Yi stood still.

The two sat to the side the whole time and did not have any contact with anyone.

After all that fuss, the four newspapers, which were quite heavy, simply vanished without a trace.

Hei Zi frowned and said in a deep voice, "Chen Hua and I were fighting so fiercely just now, he didn't have a chance to grab the newspaper. Besides, those are several large sheets of paper. If he really had them on his person, we couldn't possibly not have seen them."

At this point, he suddenly looked at Su Bai, his eyes instantly turning dark: "Could it be that you found some clues yourselves but don't want to share them, so you're deliberately hiding them and then crying wolf here?"

The room fell silent the moment Kuroko made her accusation.

These words clearly touched on the suspicions in some people's hearts.

Su Bai said calmly, "I don't have any newspapers on me."

Old Zhou immediately retorted, "When did you go blind? Didn't you already search it?"

The two men's words enlightened everyone.

Yes, Su Bai and Lao Zhou just searched us in public, so there's nothing to hide on us.

Hei Zi was speechless for a moment, then became furious and rushed towards the bedside.

Everyone thought he was going to start a fight again, but instead he went crazy and pulled off the sheets, tore off the mattress, and even dismantled the bed frame. He turned it over and over, but it was still empty.

Su Bai and Lao Zhou stood aside, watching coldly without interfering.

Only after Hei Zi had vented his anger did he pant heavily, glare at them fiercely, and retreat sullenly to the doorway.

Luo Zheng broke the silence: "Perhaps the newspaper wasn't taken away, but swallowed up by this room."

He looked at Su Bai, "I remember part of what's above, and you've seen it too. Which parts do you think are key?"

Su Bai shook his head: "I only glanced at it once, and haven't had time to think about it in detail yet."

A hint of disappointment flashed across Luo Zheng's face, but he quickly regained his composure: "It's alright, take your time."

As soon as he finished speaking, the lights above his head suddenly started flashing wildly.

Someone exclaimed in surprise, "Why is it going to get dark again?!"

Instinctively, everyone pushed towards the center, and fear surged back like a tide.

Luo Zheng nodded slightly to Su Bai and quickly returned to Zheng Yi's side.

Li Wei, anxiously pacing by the window, cried out, "Chen Hua hasn't come back yet, what should we do?"

The lights were flickering, and everyone was too busy taking care of themselves to pay any attention to him.

Li Wei gritted his teeth and hurriedly rushed into the crowd on Ma Jun's side to hug his companion tightly.

next moment.

"Snapped!"

The lights went out completely, and the room was plunged into endless darkness once again.

Even though I already know that speaking normally may not trigger the rules, the fear brought by the darkness itself is still suffocating.

The room fell silent instantly, and even breathing became a cautious affair.

The bed had been completely dismantled by Hei Zi, so Su Bai and Lao Zhou simply sat down against the bed frame.

Old Zhou laughed and said, "It's good that the bed is broken, so I won't fall asleep while lying down and be sacrificed."

He paused, then added casually, a sentence aimed straight at Hei Zi's heart: "Good dog."

Su Bai: "..."

In the darkness, someone couldn't help but chuckle softly, slightly easing the oppressive atmosphere.

Old Zhou yawned deeply, unable to suppress his sleepiness, and whispered to Su Bai, "Keep an eye on me. If I'm about to fall asleep, pinch me."

These words made everyone feel even heavier.

I haven't slept for a day and a night.