Everyone has awakened, but I am the only mortal!

Luo Zheng could only look at Chen Hua: "What exactly happened? Where did you all go?"

Chen Hua seemed to have recovered, and his tone became much calmer: "When you went into the kitchen, I was standing at the door. He rushed out of the kitchen, ran to the table, tripped and fell, got up and ran straight to the door, grabbed me and dragged me out."

At this point, he stretched out an arm, revealing a shocking large bruise on his wrist: "Look, this is what he scratched me with."

"Why didn't you call for help?" Luo Zheng frowned.

"It's good that you can still shout." Chen Hua said calmly, "I was being held by him and couldn't make a sound at all. When I regained consciousness, I was already in the woods. He was in this stupid state. I originally wanted to come back by myself, but I was afraid you would say I was a monster, so I had to drag this idiot back with me."

Currently, there is only Chen Hua's side of the story, so its credibility is not high.

But ironically, no one dared to voice their doubts.

Chen Hua coldly swept his gaze over everyone in the room: "Believe it or not, it's up to you."

After saying that, he closed his eyes and ignored everyone.

Luo Zheng walked up to Jiang Fan, squatted down, and carefully searched his body.

A moment later, his hand stopped in Jiang Fan's right pocket.

Carefully turning the pocket inside out, several shards of glass fell out, fragments of the missing cup.

According to Chen Hua, Jiang Fan must have tripped and fallen while running out, breaking the cup he was carrying in his pocket, leaving several fragments on his body.

But why would Jiang Fan do this?

Luo Zheng looked up at Jiang Fan, whose eyes remained vacant, like a walking corpse.

Looking at the fragments on the ground, the others guessed the outcome without Luo Zheng saying anything more, and their faces were all clouded with gloom.

Luo Zheng sat down next to Zheng Ge and said in a deep voice, "Let's talk about it when it's light."

After saying that, he closed his eyes.

When Jiang Fan was discovered missing during the day, everyone was prepared for incomplete clues. Now that he has returned, they couldn't get anything out of him, so there was no reason to be disappointed.

There were eleven people sitting in the room, yet it was eerily quiet; even their breathing was so soft it was almost inaudible.

Su Bai looked out the window.

Old Zhou crept closer and whispered, "Won't anything else happen tonight...?"

Su Bai said calmly, "You should ask the monster that question."

Old Zhou: "..."

Hei Zi, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but smile slightly as he listened to their conversation.

But the next second, his gaze inadvertently swept across the table in the center of the hall, and his face instantly froze.

Old Zhou ran into a wall with Su Bai, and turned to chat with Hei Zi, only to find him staring straight at the center of the hall with a look of utter disbelief.

Old Zhou looked back in confusion, but found nothing. He looked at Hei Zi again, but Hei Zi was still frozen in place.

Old Zhou felt uneasy and slowly turned his head to look at the hall for the second time.

This time, his gaze also suddenly stopped.

The piece of raw meat on the table in the hall... seems to have shrunk.

No, it really has shrunk.

It was a large piece before, but now it's only half the size it used to be.

As for why I noticed the flesh had shrunk, the change was simply too obvious.

But everyone remained in the hall, not moving an inch.

How exactly did half of that meat disappear silently and without anyone noticing in full view of everyone?

Old Zhou's throat bobbed.

He subtly withdrew his gaze and leaned closer to Su Bai.

Su Bai looked at him calmly: "Would you like to sit on my lap?"

Old Zhou: "Brother, I like women."

Su Bai's expression was somewhat subtle, then he said, "I know."

Old Zhou said, "Then why did you let me...?"

Following Su Bai's gaze, Old Zhou also looked over, but he couldn't say anything more because he found that he had grabbed Su Bai's arm without him noticing, and his legs were casually draped over Su Bai's body through the crook of his arm.

His whole body was on his buttocks, and his limbs seemed to be attached to Su Bai's body, making him look as sticky as could be.

Old Zhou: "...It's a bit cold tonight."

Su Bai: "..." He looked at Old Zhou wiping the sweat from his forehead. So that was cold sweat?

Old Zhou pulled his leg back, his hand still tightly gripping Su Bai's arm: "How can the flesh just disappear for no reason?"

Su Bai raised an eyebrow: "Eat it."

Old Zhou then asked, "I didn't see anyone eating it?"

Su Bai: "Then it's not fit for human consumption."

Old Zhou: "..."

Su Bai couldn't figure out what he was doing, but when he heard him mention meat, he turned his head to look at the table in the hall. When he saw the piece of fresh meat turned into a piece, Su Bai's gaze paused. No wonder Old Zhou was so frightened.

He was certain that the meat was still a lump of meat before they sat down.

Old Zhou's low voice sounded in Su Bai's ear: "You said it's not for human consumption, then it's... a monster, right?"

Su Bai had to admit that Lao Zhou had a great mindset. In this situation, he could still deceive himself. Most people really couldn't do that.

Su Bai closed his eyes: "Go to sleep."

It was nighttime, and although the lights were on, Su Bai didn't want to risk going to see how the meat had disappeared.

We'll talk about everything when it's light tomorrow.

Old Zhou whispered, "How can I sleep like this?"

Su Bai laughed and said, "Then you won't sleep."

Old Zhou was about to say how could he not sleep, but then he remembered that he was the one who said he couldn't sleep before, so he fell silent.

Just like Su Bai said, there's really nothing else to do besides sleep.

Before going to sleep, Lao Zhou turned back and told Hei Zi, "Go to sleep, you'll have all sorts of dreams when you're asleep."

Hei Zi, who was originally preparing to sleep after watching Su Bai sleep, found himself having trouble sleeping because of something Lao Zhou said.

I don't know what Lao Zhou meant by that?

Little did they know that Old Zhou had just casually uttered a nonsensical remark, without any real intention.

The meat on the table wasn't only noticed by the three of them. Luo Zheng, who was sitting next to Su Bai and the others, reminded them while Su Bai was talking to Lao Zhou.

As for Chen Hua, who was sitting alone by the south-facing window, he had already closed his eyes and dozed off, while Jiang Fan, who was left in the middle of the room, was still staring blankly.

Huang Xiang and the other three sitting by the west wall also noticed that the flesh had shrunk. It was their first time entering this strange realm, and they were clearly frightened.

So when Su Bai and the others woke up the next day, they saw that Huang Xiang and the other three had dark circles under their eyes, clearly indicating that they hadn't slept all night.

On the contrary, the six people on Luo Zheng's side slept very well.

When Luo Zheng woke up and looked outside, his brows furrowed again. It seemed to have been raining all day, almost without stopping.

The clue they obtained, a twelve-character proverb, is "No clamor, no disturbance; do not wade into deep streams, what can one gain?" The second line, "Do not wade into deep streams," is related to water.

He turned to Su Bai and asked, "The phrase 'not venturing into the abyss' should refer to a small river or something similar. Although the word 'break the deadlock' is missing, does it mean that as long as you stay away from the small river, you can break the deadlock?"