Everyone has awakened, but I am the only mortal!

It turns out that people weren't eating cookies to fight off sleepiness at all; they were actually... eating human flesh!

Even Luo Zheng and Zheng Ge looked at Ma Jun with disbelief in their eyes.

The room was deathly silent.

The strong smell of blood filled the air, making it suffocating and nauseating.

Faced with Su Bai's accusations, Ma Jun suddenly chuckled softly, his tone almost overflowing with sarcasm.

He stared intently at Su Bai, his eyes sinister and arrogant: "Of course I have human flesh on my body. I am a human being, so isn't my flesh human flesh? As for what you call 'other people's human flesh,' I don't have any."

Before he could finish speaking, and before anyone could ask any more questions, he voluntarily unzipped his shirt, revealing a T-shirt clinging tightly to his body, leaving no room to hide anything.

His hand slid down smoothly, from his waist to his ankle, the movements crisp and clean, each one carrying a deliberate provocation. His gaze remained fixed on Su Bai the entire time, without the slightest evasion, as if he were showing off his "innocence".

After a thorough inspection, it was found that Ma Jun had nothing hidden on him.

He curled his lips into a cold smile, his tone growing increasingly sarcastic: "If anyone's got a problem, I think the father and son you're protecting are the most suspicious! They stay silent all day, not eating or drinking—can a normal person do that?"

Su Bai remained unmoved, not letting him change the subject, his tone calm yet imposing: "After your girlfriend's accident last night, you hid the rest of the meat, didn't you?"

"Enough, Su Bai!" Ma Jun interrupted him sharply, his face flushed red. "This is all speculation, without any evidence! I could also say that you killed those two people and framed me! I could even say that the father and son you're protecting are the monsters hiding among us!"

Su Bai was too lazy to argue with him. She turned to look at Hei Zi, whose face was pale, and said clearly, "You stayed by Ma Jun's side last night. You know best whether he ate anything or not."

All eyes instantly focused on Kuroko.

Hei Zi's face turned pale and then red, his hands clenched so tightly they turned white. He neither denied Ma Jun's involvement nor testified for Su Bai.

But her evasive eyes and stiff limbs had already given away the truth.

Anyone could guess that Ma Jun had indeed eaten something last night, and it certainly wasn't cookies.

They still remember the chewing sounds in the darkness, bite by bite, as if they were chewing meat that could never be chewed!

Su Bai hadn't expected Hei Zi to speak, so after asking, she turned to Ma Jun again, her words piercing his pretense: "Since you ate something, what did you eat? Don't tell me it was biscuits; you were out of food long ago. Everyone else was eating that day, but you and 'Xiao Li' didn't move at all. That's why you were so eager to drag others out."

"You've run out of food!"

In the apocalypse, cannibalism is an open secret.

Within their ranks, there was an unwritten rule: the dead would be used as food by the living, just to prolong their lives by one more day.

But no one dared to bring this up in the open; everyone still had a last shred of humanity left in their hearts.

As the leader of the group, Ma Jun not only eats people, but also condones and even encourages his girlfriend to kill for food. If this matter is fully exposed, he will not only be ostracized by everyone, but will also completely lose his leadership and become the target of public criticism.

Ma Jun remained undeterred, making a final attempt, his tone tinged with a hint of wishful thinking: "If it's really as you say, why didn't my girlfriend get a face transplant before, but only now? It doesn't make any sense!"

Su Bai seemed to have anticipated this question and bluntly stated, "Because there are fewer and fewer people, you're afraid of being exposed. With each person gone, suspicion will increase. If you don't change your faces, you'll be discovered sooner or later."

Ma Jun fell silent instantly, the panic in his eyes becoming impossible to conceal.

Seeing this, Old Zhou immediately stepped forward, his tone full of sarcasm: "Why aren't you making excuses anymore? Did I guess right?"

Ma Jun suddenly laughed, but there was no trace of remorse in his laughter, only ruthlessness and arrogance.

He stared intently at Su Bai, shamelessly admitting, "That's right, your deductions are all correct. But so what? Can you call the police to arrest me? It's the apocalypse, the strong prey on the weak, only the capable survive! Even if you know the truth, what can you do to me? Besides, my girlfriend killed him; I only ate some meat, what does that matter?"

Su Bai remained silent.

He knew from the beginning that revealing the truth would be useless.

In the apocalypse, there are no laws, no rules, only the instinct to survive.

So when he first discovered that something was wrong with "Xiao Li", he didn't immediately expose her or meddle in her affairs.

Luo Zheng, standing to the side, frowned and broke the silence: "If that's the case, then why was Ma Jun's girlfriend killed by the monster? She didn't make any sound, nor was she sleeping; logically, she shouldn't have broken the rules."

Everyone snapped out of their daze and looked at Su Bai.

This is the key.

They were so fixated on Ma Jun's cannibalism that they forgot the original question: Why would the monster kill Ma Jun's girlfriend?

Su Bai met everyone's gaze and said calmly, "This should be another rule of the other realm—you can't kill people, otherwise you'll be killed by the monsters."

His gaze met Ma Jun's again, and a faint smile curved his lips: "Thank you for your last sentence, which made me completely certain about this rule."

Just a second ago, Ma Jun was arrogant and domineering, but his face turned ashen, and his smile froze on his face.

He not only exposed his cannibalistic nature and ruined his reputation, but also became a "tool" for Su Bai to verify the rules. Like a clown jumping around, all his struggles and arrogance became a joke.

Ma Jun's face turned pale and then red, and his eyes were so sinister they seemed to drip water.

But the next second, he laughed again, a laugh that grew even more grotesque: "Very well, with these rules, I'm safe!"

Yes, no one dares to touch him anymore.

"Of course we won't kill people, but we will beat them!" Old Zhou gritted his teeth, rolled up his sleeves, and walked towards Ma Jun step by step with a fierce look in his eyes.

Ma Jun's face darkened, and he said sternly, "Don't think that just because Hei Zi is afraid of you, I'll... Ouch! You dare hit me?!"

"I'm going to beat you up, you man-eating beast!"

Old Zhou punched Ma Jun in the face, the crisp thud echoing through the room.

No one present tried to stop him. Even Hei Zi, who had been following Ma Jun, quietly took a few steps back and gave up his spot, showing no intention of helping.

Caught off guard, Ma Jun was punched and momentarily at a disadvantage. However, he quickly recovered and the two began to wrestle, exchanging blows and kicks. The scope of the fight expanded, and the dull thuds and shouts broke the silence of the room.

Everyone's attention was drawn to the fight, and Su Bai was no exception. He didn't notice Hei Zi until he quietly walked up to him.

Before Su Bai could speak, Hei Zi, using the movement of dodging the fight, turned slightly to the side and quickly said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Li Wei also fell asleep last night."

As soon as he finished speaking, Hei Zi immediately distanced himself from Su Bai, pretending to be caught in the crossfire and dodging around.