Everyone has awakened, but I am the only mortal!

Before Su Bai could even look away from Xu Chen, Xu Chen looked over with a calm expression, then turned to look at Huang Xiang.

Huang Xiang felt that Xu Chen was shameful, but he was also Captain Ding's cousin, so in the end Huang Xiang could only lower her head and beg Su Bai for cookies.

Su Bai didn't give it to her, and Huang Xiang was both ashamed and angry. Although she didn't say anything, judging from her expression, she was also annoyed with Su Bai.

The other man, who had been holding back, suddenly sprang to his feet. Xu Chen also got up, but before he could reach Su Bai, Hei Zi blocked his way.

With a flick of his wrist, Hei Zi sent the man flying. The man let out a soft groan and then fell silent.

No one knows what kind of superpower Hei Zi gained after emerging from the first alternate realm. However, his actions now seem very similar to Ma Jun's, both possessing great strength.

Xu Chen seemed to be intimidated and stopped rushing forward, instead taking two steps back.

Seeing that he had behaved himself, Hei Zi sat back down on the ground.

Old Zhou looked at Xu Chen with a mocking expression and said sarcastically, "Oh, it's only been two days, and your face has become so thin? It's been seven months since the apocalypse, looks like you haven't lacked food along the way? I just wonder what you've been eating?"

Xu Chen pointed at Su Bai: "You've outdone this pretty boy. If he's alive, why can't I be?"

Old Zhou chuckled lightly: "Let me tell you, he's fair-skinned, but he's not a pretty boy."

Everyone: "..." Is this the key point? Shouldn't you be refuting it?

Once the argument started, everyone got up from the ground, except for Chen Hua, who was still unconscious.

Huang Xiang said to Su Bai, "You gave Xu Chen a few of your cookies. When we return to the Western Regions, I'll return ten times that amount to you."

Su Bai didn't respond.

Huang Xiang sneered: "Twenty times?"

Old Zhou said, "Who do you think you are? Even if you offered us a hundred times the amount, we still wouldn't agree."

The next second, Su Bai said, "One hundred times."

Old Zhou: "..."

Huang Xiang smiled sarcastically: "Okay."

She readily agreed, clearly indicating that this was not a difficult task for her.

Su Bai took the biscuits out of his pocket, ate half of one biscuit, and counted them; there were exactly three left.

Xu Chen stepped forward and reached out to take it, but Su Bai didn't give it to him. Instead, she handed it to Huang Xiang: "Three yuan, which is half a bag. You have to give me back fifty bags of Oreos."

Huang Xiang scoffed, "Fine."

The biscuits were taken from Huang Xiang's hand and handed to Xu Chen.

Seeing that Xu Chen was holding the biscuits but hadn't eaten them, Su Bai smiled and said, "Weren't you hungry? Why aren't you eating?"

Xu Chen replied, "I can eat whenever I want, what's it to you?"

Su Bai chuckled again: "You can't eat it, can you?"

Xu Chen's expression changed.

The expressions of the people standing on either side also changed.

Su Bai ignored him and turned to whisper something to Ma Jun, who was standing next to him. Ma Jun was stunned for a moment, but then suddenly rushed out and grabbed Xu Chen.

Xu Chen's expression changed drastically: "What are you doing?"

Ma Jun sneered: "Fuck your grandpa."

After speaking, Xu Chen, whom he was holding, was lifted up like an object and then, to the astonishment of the crowd, was slammed heavily onto Hei Zi.

All of this happened too fast. The instant Xu Chen slammed into Hei Zi, a white light burst forth, and everyone lost consciousness.

When everyone woke up, they were still on that grassy field, under the moonlight, with crickets chirping in their ears.

They emerged from the strange realm just like that, but apart from Su Bai, no one knew how they had broken the deadlock.

Of those who emerged from the other world, only seven people survived; Kuroko died inside.

Su Bai slowly said, "In the core setting of Cthulhu, there is a rule for pursuing immortality. One of the taboos is that the possessed person and the possessor cannot come into contact, otherwise the immortality ritual will fail and the two will annihilate each other."

"Failed? What exactly do you mean?" Luo Zheng pressed.

Seeing the blank looks on everyone's faces, Su Bai said briefly, "Simply put, annihilation means disappearing and being destroyed. If we want to break out of this predicament and leave this other world, we still need to kill the monsters here. And right now, the monster in this other world is among us. It is itself a successful possessor."

Su Bai continued, "The way to eliminate it is simple: find another person who has been possessed in the other world, and make the possessor and the possessed come into contact. This will annihilate the real monster."

"Therefore, I deduced that the last two are dispersions."

Luo Zheng: "Silence brings peace, untroubled by deep currents, and life is found in the absence of turmoil. So that's how it is!"

Huang Xiang said, "Xu Chen and I have always been inseparable, we've never been apart. How can you be sure he's been possessed?"

Su Bai met her questioning gaze: "That night in the kitchen, he went in alone to eat. Everyone should remember that he seemed to have fallen in the kitchen, but was it really a fall, or was he possessed?"

"That can't be determined based on that alone; it's just your guess."

Su Bai scoffed, "He hasn't eaten for two days, and his appearance has changed. You really think it's because he's hungry?"

Huang Xiang was slightly taken aback, and the color drained from her face instantly.

Old Zhou suddenly remembered something: "You told us to cook the fresh meat before, and then said that if the monster didn't eat the fresh meat, it would reveal its true form?"

Su Bai nodded: "In the Cthulhu Mythos of seeking immortality, there is a type of body-possessor who wants to be resurrected from another person's body. After the body-possession begins, the person needs to keep eating fresh flesh to maintain their original form until the ritual is over."

These words struck several people like a thunderbolt.

Huang Xiang stared at Su Bai, her face ashen, unable to utter a single word.

Luo Zheng remained calm: "We can confirm that Xu Chen has been possessed, but what about Hei Zi?"

Su Bai said, "Xu Chen is the one who was possessed, which means Hei Zi is the controller. But at first I said to wait because I didn't know who the controller was. It wasn't until Xu Chen came over to ask for cookies to cover his identity that I realized Hei Zi's identity."

Ma Jun said, "I understand. When Xu Chen saw Hei Zi, he backed away and didn't dare to go forward. He didn't dare to touch Hei Zi."

Su Bai nodded: "Yes."

However, his brows were furrowed tightly: "But there are still many things that don't make sense here."

"Because the haters had problems from the very beginning."

A voice then broke in.

The group looked over and saw that Chen Hua, who had been unconscious, had woken up.

Chen Hua rubbed his head and slowly sat up: "When you were outside, I was unconscious and didn't wake up, but I heard Xu Chen and Hei Zi talking. Hei Zi was talking to Xu Chen. At first, I was very confused. From their conversation, it was clear that the two had known each other for a long time. It wasn't until later, when Hei Zi told Xu Chen that it would be soon and that he shouldn't rush, that I realized that Hei Zi was talking to another 'acquaintance' inside Xu Chen's body, not Xu Chen himself."