Everyone has awakened, but I am the only mortal!

Zheng Ge saw the broken pieces of the cup on the ground, walked over and picked them up, but the cup wall and the bottom where the writing was visible were gone.

Not wanting to do nothing, Luo Zheng walked straight to the door and pushed it open. The ground outside was still wet, but there were no footprints, and the young man was nowhere to be seen.

Everyone knew the situation as soon as Huang Xiang and the others came out of the kitchen.

Xu Chen stood beside Huang Xiang: "The twelve-character motto, 'No clamor, no peace; no entanglement in the deep stream, what brings life?' is missing two of the most crucial words. What do we do now?"

Huang Xiang pursed her lips and remained silent; it was clear that she was also disgusted with Xu Chen.

Luo Zheng walked back into the house and closed the door behind him. "It looks like it's getting dark outside. Let's look for some more clues before it gets dark."

Huang Xiang said, "A person has gone missing, are we just going to ignore it?"

Luo Zheng said, "Besides the person being missing, there's also a clue: the last two words on the bottom of the cup. We haven't figured out the rules yet, so let's not make any rash moves."

I haven't forgotten the tentacles with black holes outside the window before, and now everyone has disappeared without a sound, not even the sound of a cup breaking. This kind of strange thing doesn't make sense.

But this is in another world, so it's hard to say for sure.

Old Zhou didn't care what others arranged; he only cared about what Su Bai did.

Su Bai said, "Let's find a place to rest first."

Who knows what might happen tonight?

Su Bai didn't say it directly, but Lao Zhou and Hei Zi understood what he meant.

Luo Zheng, who was a few steps away, heard Su Bai say that he wanted to find a place to rest first, but he didn't say anything.

Finally, Su Bai and Lao Zhou sat on the north wall near the kitchen. To their east was a window, and directly in front of them were also windows and doors. To their west was the living room, in the middle of which was a square table and a piece of raw meat.

Seeing that Luo Zheng and Zheng Ge were still looking around the room, the others also looked around. As it got dark, Luo Zheng turned on the light and found that it worked. But before it got dark, he also sat down against the kitchen wall to the east of Su Bai and the others.

He said to Su Bai, "Something's not right this time."

When Su Bai heard him speak, she simply turned to look at him without saying a word.

Luo Zheng said, "Chen Hua is missing. I thought back, and when everyone rushed into the kitchen because of the clues, I didn't see him."

Su Bai remained calm. Luo Zheng asked, "Did you already find out?"

Su Bai nodded.

After Huang Xiang said that Chen Hua had a problem, Su Bai secretly kept an eye on Chen Hua. When everyone was in the kitchen, Chen Hua was not there. At the time, Su Bai did not think anything of it and assumed that Chen Hua was in the room. When he came out, he found that the young man was gone, and Chen Hua was not there either.

Luo Zheng only discovered it later. It was already dark outside, so he sat down to talk to Su Bai about it. After finding out that Su Bai had already found out but hadn't mentioned it to him, Luo Zheng felt a little uneasy.

He understood that Su Bai had a problem because he had shown favoritism towards Huang Xiang in the kitchen.

Between men, misunderstandings are resolved through discussion.

Although Su Bai doesn't have any special abilities, he's very intelligent. Luo Zheng didn't want to lose such a partner. After weighing the options, he said in a low voice, "Huang Xiang has a lot of influence at the observation post and the ability to bring good luck to everyone. You're just an ordinary person. If you offend her, you won't have a good time at the observation post."

Luo Zheng himself knew that such behavior was far too hypocritical.

He gave a wry smile and said in a low voice, "Su Bai, I've seen far too many dirty things in the three months since the apocalypse."

The voice was kept very low, and Huang Xiang and the others, who were leaning against the west wall across the long table in the hall, couldn't hear it at all.

Through Luo Zheng's narration, Su Bai gradually learned about his past.

Luo Zheng was originally just an ordinary power maintenance worker. On the day the meteorite fell, he was working on a high-voltage power tower when he was thrown off by the shock wave and crashed down from the sky.

He thought he was going to die, but when he woke up he was unharmed and saw that everything around him was a mess.

Before he could react, a three-headed mutant dog pounced on him.

Luo Zheng's mind went blank. He instinctively grabbed the high-voltage wire wrapped around his body and threw it away. That high-voltage wire became his weapon.

As for leaving the stronghold this time, he wanted to go home to see his family, but all that was left was ruins, and his family had long since disappeared.

On his way back, he encountered this group and became aware of the monster's existence, which led to everything that followed.

Luo Zheng looked out the window; it was already completely dark.

It started raining again outside, the raindrops tapping against the glass.

In the past, this sound would have been calming and soothing, but now everyone knows that floodwaters can swallow people instantly, and the sound of rain only makes people feel restless and uneasy.

After recounting the past, Luo Zheng looked at Su Bai and forced a smile: "It's not easy to survive in the observation post. You'll understand why I'm biased towards Huang Xiang once you get there."

Su Bai remained silent.

The door was suddenly pushed open.

Chen Hua walked in, dragging someone behind him.

It was the young man who had gone out to get the cup earlier.

The two were soaked to the bone, water droplets streaming down their hair and cheeks, looking like two drowned rats just pulled from the water.

Luo Zheng stood up immediately, but did not approach them, instead keeping a wary eye on the two.

Chen Hua's face was frighteningly gloomy. He coldly glanced at Luo Zheng and pointed at the wooden-faced man on the ground: "Ask yourselves what kind of things you brought."

After saying this, he ignored everyone's gaze, walked straight to the window on the south wall, sat down, and turned his back to everyone.

Luo Zheng's gaze followed him all the way, and only after confirming that Chen Hua did not make any other moves did it return to the man on the ground.

After a moment of silence, he looked at Huang Xiang: "Does any of you know him?"

Huang Xiang did not answer, but turned her head to look at the four men beside her.

All four shook their heads, but three of them looked at Xu Chen in unison.

Xu Chen said impatiently, "I met Jiang Fan first. A mutant dog bit me, and he rushed out to save me. After that, we walked to the observation post together. I only know that his name is Jiang Fan, and I didn't ask anything else."

Jiang Fan was the young man who was dragged back by Chen Hua.

After saying that, he hurriedly added, eager to distance himself from the situation: "What he does has nothing to do with me. I'm not familiar with him."

When faced with their savior, their first reaction after the incident is to sever all ties.

Such callousness would disgust anyone who saw it.

Huang Xiang was arrogant and looked down on Xu Chen's attitude, but there was nothing he could do because his cousin had power over the observation property.

She looked at Luo Zheng and said calmly, "You handle it."

The implication was clear: she wouldn't interfere no matter how Luo Zheng dealt with Jiang Fan.

Jiang Fan, soaking wet, had been sitting blankly on the ground ever since Chen Hua brought him back. His eyes were vacant, as if he had lost his soul, and he couldn't utter a single word.