Everyone has awakened, but I am the only mortal!

When Luo Zheng and the others arrived, they were visibly stunned when they saw Su Bai and Lao Zhou. Ma Jun immediately adopted a defensive posture as he looked at the two of them.

Old Zhou was still asleep; only Su Bai and a few others were exchanging glances.

After about ten seconds, Luo Zheng spoke up: "Are you Su Bai?"

Su Bai nodded: "Yes, that's me."

Although she didn't understand why Luo Zheng asked that question, Su Bai still answered him politely.

Luo Zheng then asked, "How can you prove that you are Su Bai?"

Su Bai: "..." This is really hard to prove.

He remained silent.

Luo Zheng paused for two seconds before saying, "You are Su Bai."

This time, the tone was affirmative.

Su Bai nodded: "Yes, that's me."

With his affirmative answer, Luo Zheng and the others breathed a heavy sigh of relief, their legs went weak, and they sat down on the spot.

However, Ma Jun remained vigilant, watching Su Bai intently, as if ready to attack him at any moment.

Su Bai didn't ask. Luo Zheng paused for a moment before saying, "Yesterday, you and Lao Zhou were following behind us. At first, nothing seemed different. But as it got dark and everyone sat down to rest, you two suddenly changed. You were covered in scales and kept saying you'd hand over the stuff. If Huang Xiang hadn't noticed something was wrong and hadn't gone to sleep, you wouldn't be able to see us anymore."

Scales! Something!

Just like the dream Su Bai had.

Su Bai knew that none of this was a coincidence.

He impulsively wanted to ask Luo Zheng if anyone had brought anything out of the otherworld, but in an instant, he dismissed the idea.

He simply said with a serious expression, "I had the same nightmare last night too."

The group of people were taken aback.

Luo Zheng said, "This situation is very strange. Also, you and Lao Zhou weren't with us yesterday, but we didn't notice anything unusual at first. This is not right."

Luo Zheng explained why this was wrong: "For people with superpowers, although they can't be sure if there are monsters around, they would never be unaware if a monster was following them."

Su Bai simply listened quietly. He had no special abilities, no right to speak, and no questions about special abilities.

Zheng Ge looked around before turning to Su Bai and asking, "Why didn't you and Lao Zhou follow us yesterday?"

Before Su Bai could speak, Old Zhou, still half-asleep, was woken up: "You guys left so fast, in such a hurry to shake us off, how are we supposed to keep up?"

Luo Zheng said, "We said we'd all go to the Western Regions together, how could we possibly leave you behind? It must be a trick by those monsters."

"Didn't you say we were about to reach the Western Regions and there wouldn't be any monsters? How come we're already being targeted by PHC monsters again after just coming out of the Otherworld?"

Faced with Lao Zhou's questioning, Luo Zheng frowned deeply: "To be honest, I don't understand what's going on either. It's completely different from what we've heard and discussed before. Perhaps these things don't have any inherent patterns. It's just that people who are new to this place encounter similar things, which is why people say there are patterns."

Now Luo Zheng has refuted all the rules and verified things they put forward, and the others are even more newcomers, so they have no right to speak.

Luo Zheng steered the conversation back to the dream: "Su Bai, what do you think that dream represents? And what exactly was that person talking about?"

Huang Xiang, who had been silent all along, finally spoke up: "Did any of you take anyone's things?"

Ma Jun glanced at her sideways: "We didn't separate along the way, so where are you going to take someone else's things?"

Huang Xiang remained silent, but her gaze fell on Su Bai and Lao Zhou.

Old Zhou angrily said, "What are you looking at? Are you implying we stole something?"

Huang Xiang snorted coldly: "Only when the two of you are separated from everyone else can you take other people's things. Whatever you took, I hope you will return it and not implicate everyone else."

Old Zhou scoffed, "What could two newbies like us possibly steal? I think you should ask yourselves. You're so capable, who knows if you'll use your special abilities to rob others?"

Huang Xiang couldn't argue with Lao Zhou, so he raised his hand, but was stopped by Luo Zheng who was standing to the side.

"Now is not the time to argue. Everyone should think about what clues we might have." Luo Zheng looked at Su Bai. "The fact that we've been brought back here today shows that if we can't solve this problem, none of us can leave."

"When you run into Su Bai, it's no use. Su Bai is like air. You get all the good and bad things."

The others didn't respond to Lao Zhou's words.

Su Bai looked at Luo Zheng: "You said we're going to the Western Regions. Is the Western Regions in the west?"

Luo Zheng nodded: "Yes, is there a problem?"

Su Bai said, "I'll take you to see something."

As he spoke, Su Bai stood up.

No one knew what Su Bai was going to do, but they still got up and followed him. When they arrived at the place, Luo Zheng glanced at the inscription Su Bai was pointing to and his expression changed.

"How...how did I get here?"

Some of the characters on the inscription were illegible, but everyone could still make out the two characters for Mount Tai.

Ma Jun asked, "Is there something wrong with this inscription?"

Zheng Ge glanced at him and then said, "This is an inscription of 'Ode to Mount Tai,' which should be in the Dai Temple."

Seeing that Ma Jun still looked blank, Chen Hua explained, "Dai Temple is at the foot of Mount Tai, and Mount Tai is in the east."

Ma Jun's mind seemed to freeze; he still hadn't figured out what was going on.

Old Zhou scoffed, "A wild bull."

Ma Jun glared at him.

Old Zhou said dismissively, "Luo Zheng said the Western Regions are in the west, but this inscription is in the east. What do you think is going on?"

Ma Jun forgot his anger and was instead shocked by the news brought by Lao Zhou.

He opened his mouth in surprise and turned to look at Luo Zheng.

Luo Zheng stared at the inscription: "How could this be? It's impossible... We were clearly heading west, how could we be heading east?"

Huang Xiang said irritably, "This rock must have been blown here by the wind. I know best that I've been away for several days and have only been in the Western Regions. How could it have ended up in the east?"

Luo Zheng's idea also wavered. He felt that it was impossible to conclude that this was the East just because of an inscription. Perhaps it was moved here due to tectonic movement during the end times.

Seeing that Luo Zheng already believed the reasons Huang Xiang had come up with, Su Bai didn't want to say anything more.

"Let's go, everyone. Stay close this time and don't stray too far."

No one objected, and everyone continued on their way under Luo Zheng's leadership. Originally, Su Bai and Lao Zhou were at the back, but after what happened yesterday, Luo Zheng put Su Bai and Lao Zhou in the middle to ensure that they would not fall behind.

However, after walking out of the ruins and through the fields for a whole day, they still couldn't find the observation post that Luo Zheng had mentioned.

Although Luo Zheng didn't say anything, Su Bai could tell from the growing anxiety on his face that there was indeed a problem with the direction.