Everyone has awakened, but I am the only mortal!

The moment the flames landed on the monster, it was like cotton meeting a raging fire; the monster's entire body was instantly engulfed in flames, transforming into a giant fireball.

The piercing roar rang out again, mournful and painful, shaking the walls of the room.

Driven mad by the fire, the monster suddenly turned around and pounced on Su Bai and Lao Zhou.

This happened so fast that Su Bai and Lao Zhou had no time to react. As the fireball-like monster was about to pounce on them, the two instinctively closed their eyes, waiting for the burning pain to come.

The expected pain did not come, and the monster's roar gradually faded away.

Su Bai and Lao Zhou slowly opened their eyes, and the scene before them completely stunned them.

The little boy, who had been held in his father's arms, stood up at some point. His small body blocked Su Bai and Lao Zhou, and he stretched out his little arms to hug the monster engulfed in flames tightly.

That is, his father.

The little boy's voice was soft and gentle, with a touch of childishness, yet it pierced through all the noise and clearly reached everyone's ears:

"Daddy, let's not hurt people anymore, okay?"

The monster seemed to understand the little boy's words. It slowly lowered its sharp claws and gently hugged the little boy in its arms.

He stopped roaring, and the flames continued to burn on his body, but they no longer harmed the little boy in the slightest.

The little boy looked up at his father in the flames, a pure and innocent smile on his face, and he chuckled.

The laughter, clear and soothing, contrasted sharply with the eerie scene before them, making one's heart ache.

The flames quickly spread to the little boy, but he seemed to feel no pain at all, still quietly leaning against his father's chest, smiling innocently.

After a while, he slowly turned around, and a small hand full of flames gently reached out to Su Bai. The tiny fingertips seemed to be saying a final goodbye, and his eyes were full of reluctance.

The outstretched little hand lingered, as if it were stubbornly waiting for Su Bai's response, waiting for a farewell.

Su Bai's eyes instantly blurred with tears, her heart aching with bitterness and heartache.

He slowly reached out and gently grasped the little boy's small hand, which was covered in flames.

There was no burning sensation as I had expected, only a faint coolness, gentle and soothing.

"Thank you, brother." The little boy's voice was very soft, as if he were saying thank you, or as if he were saying goodbye.

As soon as he finished speaking, the little boy slowly withdrew his hand from Su Bai's. His small body was gradually enveloped in flames, and he embraced his father tightly.

Su Bai slowly withdrew her hand, the little boy's gentle words, "Brother, thank you," still echoing in her ears.

The fingertips still retained a faint coolness, but the pain in my heart grew stronger and stronger.

As the fireball slowly shrank and burned out, wisps of white smoke drifted into the air, and the entire room was suddenly enveloped in a strong white light, warm and soft, dispelling all the darkness and the smell of blood.

Su Bai felt a wave of dizziness and his consciousness gradually faded.

Finally, he completely lost consciousness.

In his last moments before losing consciousness, he seemed to see the little boy's pure smile again and hear his gentle farewell.

When Su Bai woke up, he found that they were still in the desolate wilderness with yellow sand everywhere. Old Zhou was lying next to him, snoring loudly. Hei Zi was close to Old Zhou, and neither of them was hurt.

Luo Zheng and Zheng Ge were sitting a few steps away, talking to Ma Jun. The atmosphere among the three was very good, especially Ma Jun, who seemed to be in a good mood.

Yes, it's Ma Jun with the missing arm.

Su Bai never expected that he would survive without his wounds being treated or the bleeding stopped.

He was even quite energetic, and Su Bai's gaze froze when it fell on his severed arm.

The wound at the amputation site was not covered by clothing, and the wound was smooth, as if the person had never had an arm and there was no trace of the wound at all.

Recalling what Luo Zheng had said before, as long as one survives the alien world, one will gain superpowers.

It seems that Ma Jun also benefited from this and gained a superpower, but it's unknown what that superpower is.

As for himself, Su Bai didn't feel anything unusual in his body, but... he lowered his head, opened his palm, and saw an irregular piece of copper inside.

He was slightly taken aback, suddenly recalling the coolness he felt when his hand touched the little boy's in the other world. At that time, he only thought it was the coolness of the little boy's body and never expected it to be a copper block.

The copper block looked like it had been knocked off something, and it was engraved with auspicious cloud patterns, but it was too small to be more than that.

"Su Bai, you're awake?"

Hearing Luo Zheng greet him from not far away, Su Bai looked up, nodded to Luo Zheng, and at the same time quietly put away the copper block.

"What kind of superpower did you acquire?" It was Ma Jun who asked.

At the same time, he got up and walked over.

Su Bai sat on the ground while Ma Jun stood. When the two looked at each other, Su Bai was at a disadvantage because of his height. He could feel a powerful force emanating from Ma Jun, and as they got closer, a force seemed to press down on them.

Su Bai said, "No."

Ma Jun clearly didn't believe it and scoffed, "In the other world, some conflicts were inevitable as everyone tried to escape. Now that you've managed to escape, you've done a lot of work. Let bygones be bygones, so you don't need to worry about that."

After hearing the implication, Su Bai no longer needed to be wary of him.

Luo Zheng and Zheng Ge walked over.

At this moment, Lao Zhou and Hei Zi also slowly woke up.

Old Zhou woke up and immediately saw the faces of Luo Zheng, Zheng Ge, and Ma Jun. He stared blankly for a moment before slowly asking, "Did you come to visit me while I was sick?"

The three of them: "..."

At that moment, Kuroko slowly sat up and said happily, "We've come out of the alternate world."

A few seconds later, Lao Zhou finally came to his senses from his unconscious state. His eyes lit up, and he excitedly sat up, looking around frantically.

The eerie and oppressive laboratory was no longer in front of him. When he saw Su Bai sitting quietly beside him, a smile instantly bloomed on his face.

He patted Su Bai on the shoulder forcefully: "Brother, from now on, I, Old Zhou, will stick with you! Without you, we wouldn't have made it out of that hellhole alive this time!"

Old Zhou's words were like a key, unlocking the floodgates of memories for everyone else present.

Luo Zheng, Zheng Yi, Hei Zi, and Ma Jun, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but recall the scenes from the otherworld.

If it weren't for Su Bai's meticulous planning and calm approach to breaking the deadlock, they would probably have already become sacrifices to the monsters, let alone survived and left the alien realm.

At this point, Luo Zheng stepped forward and asked the question that had been lingering in his mind: "Su Bai, I've always wanted to ask, how did you know that was the way to break the deadlock?"

Zheng Yi nodded in agreement, his eyes full of doubt: "Yes, did you already know that the father and son were monsters? And how did you figure out that their bodies were hidden in the wall?"