Everyone has awakened, but I am the only mortal!

One sentence instantly silenced the crowd who had been full of hope.

Of everyone present, except for Su Bai, no one knew anything about Cthulhu.

Luo Zheng didn't wait any longer, his gaze urgently falling on Su Bai: "Su Bai, since you understand all this, you must know what to do next, right?"

Facing the expectant gazes of the crowd, Su Bai remained calm and slowly spoke: "I know what the last two missing words of the twelve-character mantra are."

Everyone's eyes were instantly fixed on him, and they even subconsciously lowered their breathing.

"A ritual prepared in pursuit of immortality," Su Bai's gaze swept over everyone, finally landing through the window on the empty hall. "For example, the piece of meat on the table that has been shaved and cut into pieces is a sacrifice. As long as the requirements of the sacrifice are met, the person who performs the sacrifice can obtain immortality."

"So this is a sacrificial ceremony?" Luo Zheng asked.

Su Bai nodded: "Yes."

"How do we crack it?"

Su Bai laughed and said, "Naturally, it's about breaking the sacrificial ritual."

Ma Jun said, "What you said is as good as nothing at all. You still haven't mentioned a way to break the deadlock. How do we break the sacrificial ritual? If you don't tell me, you're just trying to use everyone's lives to break the deadlock, aren't you?"

Upon hearing this, Old Zhou was the first to get angry: "Ma Jun, watch your mouth! If it weren't for Su Bai in the first alternate realm, you would have died there long ago. You, who survived by eating human flesh, what right do you have to question Su Bai?"

Old Zhou exposed Ma Jun's most embarrassing side, which immediately angered Ma Jun. He slapped Old Zhou, whose superpower was great strength. However, Old Zhou was not afraid and withstood the slap.

Ma Jun's palm finally scraped against the corner of the wall, leaving a large scrape.

Huang Xiang and the others then realized that Ma Jun's special ability was strength.

But looking at Lao Zhou, after being slapped, he showed no symptoms whatsoever and stood calmly in place, dispelling the contemptuous looks of Huang Xiang and the other two who had previously looked down on him.

With Lao Zhou blocking his way, Su Bai coldly stared at Ma Jun through Lao Zhou's eyes: "Since you think I'm using everyone's lives to break the deadlock, then you come and try."

He paused for a moment: "The monster is right among us. Come on."

When he said, "The monster is among us," everyone's expression changed instantly. They instinctively distanced themselves from those around them, their eyes filled with vigilance and suspicion as they sized each other up, fearing that the person next to them might be the monster.

However, Ma Jun was the first to recover, sneering, "Keep pretending. In the first alternate realm, you analyzed that monsters were among us, and now you're using that as a reason. Who do you think you are? Just because you say there are monsters among us doesn't mean there are monsters!"

Su Bai ignored him and called Lao Zhou into the house.

Old Zhou followed, but gave Ma Jun a cold look as he left.

Huang Xiang no longer held the disdainful attitude she had shown towards Su Bai. Her tone was now somewhat urgent as she asked Luo Zheng, "What do we do now?"

Luo Zheng said, "Wait, we want to go out, and Su Bai wants to go out too."

After saying that, he also stepped into the house.

Zheng Ge followed.

Ma Jun had always been seen going in and out with Luo Zheng, so when the two went in, he naturally followed.

Huang Xiang led another person into the house, since Xu Chen hadn't come out with them when they came out earlier.

The people inside the room were still sitting in four separate locations.

Su Bai and Lao Zhou leaned against the east wall. Hei Zi, who had been with them, was now taking care of Chen Hua under the south wall. Huang Xiang was left with Xu Chen and another man, sitting against the west wall near the door. Luo Zheng and his two companions were still in their original positions, not far from Su Bai and the others, against the kitchen wall.

There were thirteen people when they came in, but now there are only 10 left.

Xu Chen was very quiet today, sitting there looking out the window, seemingly lost in thought.

Su Bai turned his gaze back to Hei Zi and Chen Hua under the south wall. Chen Hua had woken up, but he was dazed and then fell into a coma again.

After reading it, Lao Zhou whispered to Su Bai, "Hei Zi is actually quite a kind person."

Su Bai said, "If it weren't for Chen Hua last night, Hei Zi wouldn't have been saved."

He witnessed Chen Hua's hand go into the water bubble and loosen its grip on Hei Zi, so Chen Hua leaned into the water himself to rescue Hei Zi.

Although Chen Hua has now been brought back, Su Bai doesn't know what others would do. Even if he were in Chen Hua's position, he might not be able to do it.

Old Zhou withdrew his gaze, his voice lowering even further: "What's next?"

Su Bai understood that he was asking about breaking the deadlock. Su Bai's lips moved very slightly, and his voice was even lower: "Let's wait. If my guess is right, we're not in a hurry. That thing is in a much more urgent situation than we are."

Old Zhou didn't know which direction Su Bai was guessing, but Su Bai neither spoke nor asked. However, he was a chatterbox: "The first alternate realm had two monsters, one real and one fake. Could this one also have two?"

Su Bai chuckled softly: "Perhaps."

Old Zhou turned to look at Su Bai: "You've become naughty now."

Su Bai looked at him very seriously: "I'm serious."

Old Zhou's first action upon hearing this was to move closer to him. Su Bai laughed, "Just kidding."

Old Zhou: "..." This kid has gone astray.

Everyone sat in the house all day, and since there was nothing to do, they slept. After all, no one had rested well because of what happened last night. As dusk approached, Luo Zheng walked alone to Su Bai's side.

All eyes turned to him, but Luo Zheng ignored them and instead asked Su Bai in a low voice, "Are we just going to wait like this?"

Su Bai said, "If we consider the pursuit of immortality, there are people among us who will perform sacrifices. The other side cannot allow the sacrificial ritual to end. We just need to wait."

Luo Zheng still didn't understand what he was waiting for.

Su Bai said, "Those fresh meats are not just meat. Why does the meat have to be fresh? It's like when I asked Xu Chen to cook the meat because someone would definitely die the next day. That thing only eats fresh meat. I also want to confirm one thing: it shouldn't take too long to break the deadlock."

That thing was obviously a monster.

All you have to do is hold out and prevent the monster from getting any fresh meat. Then the monster will expose itself.

Luo Zheng was silent for a moment, then said, "In that case, let's all sit together tonight."

His voice was so loud that everyone in the room could hear it.

Seeing the questioning looks from everyone, Luo Zheng looked at them and asked, "Does anyone have a problem with this?"

Having opinions means you have a guilty conscience.

Naturally, no one spoke up.

As Luo Zheng requested, everyone sat together that night, and even during the day, no one left each other's sight. The past two days have been quiet, and no one has died.

However, because there is no food, people like Su Bai who do not have superpowers will feel hungry.

This also includes Xu Chen.

Su Bai, with the biscuits Luo Zheng gave him, could still hold on, while the people Huang Xiang brought were having some difficulty. However, Xu Chen remained calm. After dealing with the corpse that day, he vomited everything in his stomach, almost even his bile, and he hadn't had any water to drink. He hadn't eaten for two days, yet he was still able to endure it. On the other hand, the other man's eyes would turn green whenever he saw Su Bai.

After all, Su Bai was the only one carrying cookies.