Everyone has awakened, but I am the only mortal!

Su Bai, who was standing next to Lao Zhou, was also affected, tumbling twice in the air before crashing heavily to the ground.

Unlike Lao Zhou, Su Bai was just an ordinary person. The moment his body hit the ground, he felt as if his internal organs were about to come out. He was in so much pain that he dared not breathe for a moment. It took him a while to catch his breath before he finally let out a heavy sigh.

Although Old Zhou was thrown far away, he was unaffected and quickly ran back. He worriedly helped Su Bai up, asking, "Old Bai, are you alright?"

Su Bai didn't speak, but when Lao Zhou saw Su Bai's bloodless face, his anger flared up instantly, and he glared at Huang Xiang in front of him.

The people in front had already stopped, and Huang Xiang raised his chin high: "Blame him for getting close to people like you, and you should watch your mouth from now on."

Old Zhou cursed, "You son of a bitch, if you've got the guts, come at my grandpa! What kind of skill is it to hurt an ordinary person?"

Old Zhou was about to start cursing again, but Su Bai stopped him, saying, "I'm fine."

As he spoke, Su Bai felt a sharp pain in his chest. He looked at Huang Xiang and asked, "When are you going to pay me back the fifty packs of cookies you owe me?"

Huang Xiang scoffed, "Don't worry, I don't care about what's over there. I'll give it to you when we get to the observatory, but..."

She paused for a moment: "Are you sure you two can save fifty packs of cookies?"

We live in a dog-eat-dog world, and it's very damaging to a man's self-esteem to be rejected by a woman.

Su Bai didn't care: "That's my business, no need for you to worry about it."

Old Zhou gritted his teeth. He wanted to say that he didn't want those biscuits, he wouldn't go to the Western Regions, and he wouldn't endure this humiliation.

However, Su Bai has no special abilities, and if he doesn't eat, he won't last more than a few days.

What he found most unbearable was the attitude of Luo Zheng and the others. When Huang Xiang bullied Su Bai, they didn't stand up for Su Bai at all, not even to say a word for him.

In that strange realm, they were able to escape entirely thanks to Su Bai.

Even crossing the river and then dismantling the bridge is not as fast as their changing of face.

Su Bai felt Lao Zhou's body trembling, and he gently patted his arm: "I'm fine."

Old Zhou gritted his teeth: "Su Bai, if we enter the alien realm again, we won't help anyone, we'll just come out on our own."

Looking into Old Zhou's bloodshot eyes, Su Bai felt a warmth in his heart: "Okay."

Luo Zheng paused for a moment before speaking, "Old Zhou, it's not that we don't want to help Su Bai, the problem lies with you. Huang Xiang is right. If you don't watch your mouth, there will be even more powerful people at the observation post. Not to mention Su Bai, you yourself will be in danger."

Old Zhou said with a look of disgust, "Okay, okay, it was my fault for being so talkative. It's all my fault."

This is hardly an attitude of admitting mistakes.

However, Luo Zheng had already expressed his attitude, so he didn't say anything more. The group continued on their way. Su Bai was originally an ordinary person and walked slowly. This time, after being thrown out, his speed slowed down even more.

They were quickly left far behind by Luo Zheng and his group.

Fortunately, after a day's journey, we had entered the city ruins, where we could still see people dressed in tattered clothes, thin and weak, searching for food.

The scenery here is unlike what they saw on their previous journey. Here there is green grass and sunshine, which is very suitable for human life, but they have not seen any water source along the way.

Su Bai and Lao Zhou did not chase after Luo Zheng and the others. Instead, they found a place to sit down. Lao Zhou said, "I'll go see if there's a water source. You wait here for me."

Su Bai was left sitting under some ruins. Old Zhou turned and walked away quickly, heading towards the direction where there were people. These people had survived, so they must know where to find water.

Not long after Su Bai sat down, he heard someone behind him call "Tongtong," in a child's voice. He turned around, glanced around, but didn't see anyone. The voice calling "Tongtong" disappeared.

A gentle breeze caressed his cheeks, and Su Bai was reminded of the clear sky after the rain in the other world. The name "Tongtong" never rang out again. Su Bai assumed it was someone passing by while looking for someone and calling their name, and didn't think much of it.

The sun was shining brightly here. Su Bai was sitting in the shadow of the ruins, with a stone stone beneath him. He rested his hands on the stone. Su Bai moved his hands and looked down. Only then did he realize that there were words on the stone he was sitting on. He wondered if it was... a tombstone.

Although he had seen too many dead people in the apocalypse, Su Bai still stood up and glanced around before realizing he had made a mistake.

It is not a tombstone.

However, there were words on the bluestone. He lowered his head and carefully examined them. It turned out to be an inscription: "Mount Tai is the essence of the constellations Jiao and Kang above, and the boundary of Qing and Yan below."

Mount Tai...

The ancients also said: Mount Tai is located in the east, corresponding to the star Jiao Kang in the east, which is the guardian mountain of the east and the head of the Five Sacred Mountains.

Su Bai looked around at the ruins and noticed that most of them were covered by weeds, but upon closer inspection, he found that the buildings in the ruins were very ancient, made of bluestone like those in temples.

To confirm his suspicions, Su Bai looked around at the ruins. Although there was some modern cement, it wasn't much; most of the ruins were made of bluestone.

The Taishan inscription found here confirms that this is indeed Taishan.

But Luo Zheng and the others clearly said before that they were heading west to the observation post in the Western Regions.

So they went the wrong way, but nobody noticed?

This discovery made Su Bai's heart race.

His concentration was so great that he didn't even notice when Lao Zhou returned. It wasn't until Lao Zhou stood in front of him that he snapped out of his reverie.

"Old Bai, what's wrong?"

Seeing Su Bai's grave expression and his head shake, Old Zhou said, "We found water, but we have to go there to drink it. The water is polluted in the apocalypse, and we can't touch the rivers outside. However, the survivors here say there's a crevice in the rocks where the water dripping from is drinkable."

Cracks in the rocks.

Su Bai chuckled lightly, leaving Old Zhou completely bewildered. He said, "I've been tricked?"

Su Bai asked, "Does a city even have cracks in its stones?"

Old Zhou said, "How could there not be? Don't some parks have artificial hills?"

Su Bai: "..."

Old Zhou laughed heartily: "Just kidding, but you're absolutely right. Now that I think about it, something does seem off. How can there be mountains in a city?"

He turned his head and looked around: "This doesn't look like a city on a mountain, does it?"

Su Bai led him to the stone: "Take a look at the words on it."

Old Zhou lowered his head, glanced at it, and then suddenly looked up again: "Mount Tai...Mount Tai, are we in Mount Tai?"

Su Bai nodded: "This should be the 'Ode to Mount Tai,' which is in the Dai Temple on Mount Tai."

"But didn't Luo Zheng say we were going west?"

Su Bai chuckled: "Yes, so is he lying? Or has he gone down the wrong path too?"

Old Zhou fell silent.

If he's lying, why would Luo Zheng lie? If he's not lying, why would a superhuman like Luo Zheng get the direction wrong?