Everyone has awakened, but I am the only mortal!

They can manage on the first day, but what about the second day?

The quiet room was filled with an indescribable stillness, along with a faint, pungent odor.

It was stronger and more pungent than yesterday, like something was rotting.

There were fourteen people at the beginning, one died on the first day, and Chen Hua rushed out again tonight, so now there are only twelve left.

That night felt like an eternity.

When the lights came back on, no one was hurt.

Ma Jun and his five companions visibly breathed a sigh of relief; it seemed that as long as they didn't break the rules, they could survive for the time being.

After two days and two nights without sleep, most people have reached their limit.

Dark circles under his eyes, unfocused gaze, and unsteady steps. Even Old Zhou, who is usually a chatterbox, became listless, his face turned pale, and he slapped himself to open his eyelids.

They could still savor the food, but some people were already running out of water.

Luo Zheng and Zheng Yi are superhumans, so not sleeping for two days won't affect them much.

He walked up to Su Bai and was somewhat surprised to see that Su Bai was still energetic and alert: "Five more days, can you hold on?"

Su Bai said calmly, "I have insomnia and often go for days without sleeping."

Insomnia is inherently torment, but under this rule of "sleep sacrifice," it has become an enviable talent.

Luo Zheng then asked, "What are your plans for today?"

Su Bai was also clueless, and after a moment of contemplation, said, "I want to go outside and take another look."

Luo Zheng raised the corner of his lips slightly: "Together."

Su Bai was somewhat surprised.

The fact that the other party was a person with superpowers and was willing to explore the path together was naturally a good thing for him.

After discussing it, Lao Zhou refused to separate from Su Bai no matter what, and together with Zheng Yi, the four of them headed towards the door.

Before leaving, Ma Jun walked over to Su Bai and said, "I will look after that father and son."

Su Bai glanced at him and nodded slightly, accepting the favor.

The four people pushed open the door and walked out, and the door behind them slammed shut automatically.

Su Bai had expected it to be pitch black, but after his eyes adjusted to the darkness, he could vaguely see that there was a bluestone path under his feet.

He looked up immediately; the sky was pitch black, and there was no moon.

Luo Zheng and Zheng Yi also looked up at the same time, clearly trying to verify what Chen Hua had said last night.

The four walked around the back of the house, and the journey was unusually calm; nothing strange happened.

Old Zhou clung tightly to Su Bai's arm the whole time, practically hanging on him.

Upon reaching the window, Luo Zheng did not immediately open it. Instead, he suddenly said, "The newspaper, the syringe, and those few words must be connected clues."

Su Bai looked up at him.

Luo Zheng's gaze was sharp as he spoke each word clearly: "The proverb ends with 'The truly strange have no body,' which means that some of us are not human at all. It hasn't taken action yet because it can't kill people directly; it can only wait for someone to break the rules."

He stared intently at Su Bai: "We can cooperate."

Su Bai did not understand his intention.

In the next sentence, Luo Zheng provided the answer: "To force out the monster and analyze more usable clues, we must actively break the rules."

Breaking the rules means someone will definitely die.

Su Bai's gaze darkened.

Luo Zheng looked completely calm, without a trace of guilt: "I know you think I'm selfish, but if we can't find a way out of this predicament, everyone will die in the end. Since we're going to die anyway, we might as well die with some value."

Su Bai's lips curled into a cold smile as he said indifferently, "We're not on the same path."

Luo Zheng wasn't surprised that he refused, and chuckled lightly: "I've seen too much in these seven months of the apocalypse. You still believe in conscience and humanity now, but once you've seen more life and death and more things, you'll make the same choice as me."

Su Bai's tone was calm, yet unwavering: "I won't."

Luo Zheng said no more, glanced at Su Bai, and looked at him as if he were watching a child throwing a tantrum about not liking candy.

That look made Su Bai very uncomfortable.

But Su Bai didn't argue, and Luo Zheng turned around and pushed open the window.

Zheng Yi and Lao Zhou remained silent throughout, without interrupting.

Su Bai walked at the back. Before jumping into the room, he subconsciously glanced inside and felt that something was wrong.

After he climbed into the house and closed the window, he heard Li Wei walk quickly to Luo Zheng and say in a panic, "You just went out not long ago. Xiao Li said she wanted to go out and take a look too. Ma Jun was worried, so he took another person with her."

Su Bai's heart sank.

No wonder he felt something was off earlier; the room was much emptier now, with three fewer people.

Old Zhou sniffed around and muttered to himself, "After going for a walk, it seems... not so smelly anymore."

Su Bai's eyes narrowed suddenly.

Right at this moment.

"Bang!!"

The window behind me was smashed open with tremendous force.

Ma Jun and another man, covered in blood and with ferocious expressions, appeared outside the window, as if they had been chased by something and were scared out of their wits.

The man clung tightly to Ma Jun's arm, his legs went weak and he could barely stand. He opened his mouth to scream, but he was too frightened to make a sound.

Ma Jun remained relatively calm. He first jumped into the house, then pulled the man in with his other hand, and slammed the window shut with a loud bang, as if trying to lock the hell outside firmly in.

After doing all this, he slowly turned around.

His face was splattered with blood, his eyes were empty and filled with fear, and he uttered a hoarse sentence to the silent room: "There was something in the darkness... it got tangled around Xiaoli's leg. We rushed over to pull it out, but we only managed to pull one leg back."

On the third day, Xiaoli died.

Ma Jun and the man who accompanied her seemed to have all their strength drained away. Their bodies were covered in undried bloodstains that clung to their clothes and hardened. Their faces were ashen, and they trembled uncontrollably.

His eyes were filled with a powerless, desperate look of fear.

Ma Jun briefly recounted what had happened.

Something in the darkness wrapped around Xiaoli's leg with such force that it could crush bones. They tried their best to pull it back, but in the end, they only managed to pull back a bloody, broken leg.

Before he could finish speaking, the frightened man shrank into the corner, hugging his knees tightly with his arms, burying his head in his arms, his body trembling uncontrollably from the shock.

Their accounts are extremely brief, but the bloodstains all over their bodies, the uncontrollable trembling, and the lingering fear in their eyes are enough to vividly depict the scene.

In everyone's mind, Xiaoli was just a vague figure.

She remained silent throughout, only mentioning one sentence on the second day after entering the other world: "Xi means rest. Does that mean that if we rest, we can feed the monsters?"

After that, like a shadow in the corner, he huddled alone to one side, just like the father and son, not speaking or getting involved, as if he had never existed.

Now that she's dead, no one is saddened, no one is saddened; the silence in the room stems from their own anxieties.

Could I be next?

After being rejected by Su Bai, Luo Zheng returned to his original position and closed his eyes to rest. His expression was calm and undisturbed, as if Xiao Li's death was nothing more than stepping on an ant.

Throughout the entire lighting period, he didn't say a word to Su Bai, becoming much more silent than usual, and a chilling aura emanated from him.