Everyone has awakened, but I am the only mortal!

No one present sympathized with Xu Chen, after all, he had brought all of this upon himself.

Xu Chen vomited violently until he had vomited up all the meat he had eaten the night before, and even his bile was almost up. Only then did he walk back, pale-faced and weak-legged. He forced himself to reach out and deal with the corpse on the table.

Just as he was dawdling while working, Hei Zi, who had been unconscious, suddenly woke up. He opened his eyes and stared blankly at the people surrounding him, his gaze unfocused. After several dozen seconds, he slowly exhaled, his eyes gradually clearing, and he finally came back to his senses.

Seeing this, Luo Zheng immediately leaned over and anxiously asked, "What exactly happened last night? How did you suddenly fall into the puddle?"

Hei Zi rubbed his throbbing temples, his voice weak: "Last night when I was relieving myself, something on the ground was blinding me. I instinctively turned my head to look, and suddenly it felt like a gust of wind was pushing me forward from behind. Before I could react, I plunged headfirst into the water."

Su Bai and Lao Zhou were at the scene last night. They exchanged a glance, a hint of doubt flashing in their eyes. They hadn't felt any strange wind at all. The "wind" that Hei Zi was talking about was too eerie.

Although Kuroko's face was still pale, his spirits gradually improved, and he spoke more fluently.

When he learned that Chen Hua was still unconscious after trying to save him, his face was full of guilt: "I always thought Chen Hua was suspicious, but now it seems that I misunderstood him."

Everyone remained silent; no one responded.

Su Bai didn't know what others were thinking, but he wouldn't dismiss his suspicions about Chen Hua just because Chen Hua saved Hei Zi.

The mud on Chen Hua's shoes and his deliberate probing still raise many questions.

His gaze paused slightly, then fell on Hei Zi's face. He asked Jin Dazhong calmly, "What were you and Chen Hua talking about in private before entering the alternate realm?"

Hei Zi paused for a moment, and it took him two seconds to realize what Su Bai was referring to. He shook his head with a wry smile and said, "It's nothing. Chen Hua just asked me why I'm no longer listening to Ma Jun."

After he finished speaking, he subconsciously glanced at Ma Jun.

Ma Jun sneered and met his gaze without any politeness: "You and Chen Hua love to gossip so much, we should have made you both soak in the water last night to teach you a lesson."

A hint of embarrassment flashed across Hei Zi's face, and he lowered his head without saying another word.

Su Bai looked at his calm profile, gave a soft "Oh," and then looked away.

Everyone felt that this matter was unimportant and there was no need to dwell on it.

On the other side, Xu Chen had already cleared away all the meat from the table, leaving only a pool of congealed dark red bloodstains stuck to the tablecloth, still exuding an eerie aura.

Luo Zheng briefly explained to Hei Zi what had happened while he was unconscious, while Su Bai stood aside, subtly observing Hei Zi until Hei Zi turned to look at him, at which point he casually looked away.

Actually, the meat doesn't need to be thoroughly cooked. Just put it in hot water and simmer it for a few seconds. After all, that's how Xu Chen treated the fresh meat yesterday.

Clearly, the thing that secretly stole the fresh meat only cared about its freshness, not whether it was cooked or not.

The twelve-character motto was still missing the last two characters. Luo Zheng would often approach Su Bai, pondering and guessing what the missing characters were, but he still had no clue.

In the afternoon, Chen Hua, who had been in a coma for a long time, finally woke up.

However, his mental state was extremely poor. After waking up, he vomited several times intermittently. He was weak and powerless all over, and soon fell into a deep sleep again.

Even more surprisingly, the rain that had been falling for three days finally stopped.

The sun broke through the clouds, casting warm rays that dispelled the chill and bloodlust in the room.

It was a rare opportunity to bask in the sun in peace, and everyone had already figured out the rules: as long as they didn't step into puddles or make loud noises near the water, there would be no danger.

So everyone went outside and stood in the yard to bask in the sun, enjoying the long-lost warmth.

The ground has gradually dried, with only a few small bubbles remaining not far away, clearly visible and perfectly safe.

At this moment, the illusion outside the east window reappeared, still that pitch-black hole, accompanied by writhing tentacles, eerie and sinister.

Last time, only Su Bai went out to check. This time, Old Zhou got interested and insisted on going out to take a look. Su Bai had no choice but to accompany him out of the courtyard. Only Chen Hua and Hei Zi, who were still unconscious, and Xu Chen, who was ostracized by everyone and huddled alone in a corner, remained in the room.

The illusion remained the same as before: after the black hole and tentacles appeared, they were soon enveloped by layers of colorful orbs of light and slowly dissipated, as if they had never existed.

Watching the dissipating colorful balls, Old Zhou joked, "Could these colorful balls be gods?"

Su Bai raised an eyebrow, clearly intrigued by the topic: "God?"

As Old Zhou led him deeper into the courtyard, he casually remarked, "Have you ever played Cthulhu games? There's a god in them who controls time and space, what was his name again... I forgot his name, I only remember that he could change forms all the time."

"Yog-Sothoth." Su Bai's eyes narrowed slightly, but he naturally continued the conversation, "He has countless expressions in the eyes of the world, and sometimes he appears in this form of a collection of multicolored orbs of light."

Old Zhou had only mentioned it casually, but he hadn't expected Su Bai to actually know, so he immediately became interested: "Yes! That's it! Yog-Sothoth, the god who saved mankind, right?"

"Yes." Su Bai nodded.

Su Bai smiled and turned his gaze back to the direction where the illusion had appeared: "Perhaps you were right."

Old Zhou was stunned for a moment, then looked at Su Bai with a bewildered expression: "I was just guessing, don't take it seriously!"

Su Bai's smile remained unchanged as he slowly said, "That black hole you thought it was might not be a black hole at all."

"What is that?" Old Zhou pressed.

"What if it's the nostrils?"

Old Zhou's mouth dropped open instantly, and he was stunned for a moment before Su Bai added, "And those tentacles you thought were tentacles are naturally not tentacles."

Old Zhou's eyes suddenly lit up, and he blurted out, "Those are nose hairs?!"

Su Bai smiled and nodded, a hint of understanding flashing in his eyes.

The two were talking enthusiastically, which attracted the attention of Luo Zheng and the others in the courtyard, who all asked what had happened.

Old Zhou quickly recounted his and Su Bai's analysis that "the black hole is a nostril and the tentacles are nose hairs." Upon hearing this, the others' eyes lit up instantly, and their faces revealed a long-lost hope.

Luo Zheng was even more excited: "This must be a crucial clue! This god appears on time every day; maybe he's hinting at something!"

Old Zhou looked at everyone excitedly: "Has any of you played Cthulhu games or know anything about them? Maybe we can find more clues!"