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  "I asked him if the aging, siess, ah in the Bckstoown, trapped in the bck fog, were the same as in the real world," Jiang g tinued. "He answered, yes."

  Ran, who was sitting on the ground, squinted and looked behind the Fatty. He suddenly smiled and said, "I testify to what Brother Hao said." He threw the extinguished torch behind him and patted the ash from his hands. "I heard it too."

  The Fatty seemed to be trying to uand what they were saying. After a few seds, his face darkeaking on a grayish tint.

  "So..." The Fatty stared with terrified eyes. "The town chief and them... they... already...?"

  "They didn't temporarily escape from those things as the town chief said," Jiang g said, then paused, as if thinking of a more fitting way to phrase it.

  Ran grinned. "Assimition."

  Jiang g g him before tinuing, "That's right, assimition." He looked at the Fatty and said indifferently, "They did not escape the assimition of those strange, resurrected beings."

  "They were probably killed once, and then their bodies were pced oone sb and mysteriously resurrected."

  "The dead retain their memories from life, so they tio live in Bckstoown," he paused, "just like they did when they were alive."

  "But the only difference is, they don’t age. Each person’s life is permaly fixed at the st moment before their death."

  "They 't escape from this seaside city either." Su Xiaoxiao looked out the window and coldly added, "To them, it's like a prison on the sea."

  The amount of information was overwhelming, and Fatty’s mind seemed to freeze. After a while, he looked at the doctor, a bit dazed, and asked, "So, keeping the lighthouse fme burning won’t help us escape the nightmare, is that right?"

  "This is only beneficial to the people in Bckstoown!" The Fatty said excitedly. "They've lied to us!"

  "We 't determine if the fme in the lighthouse is reted to us esg the nightmare, but ohing is certain, it is beneficial to the things in Bckstoown." Jiang g tilted his head and g the town on the dark sea, where the fmes were burning, giving the appearance of a lively se.

  The word "things" instinctively made the Fatty feel unfortable.

  The people who had talked to them, ihem to dinner, and chatted so casually... turned out to not be human. The entire Bckstoown, floating on the sea, was a "dead city."

  The "night" outside was as thick as an unshakable smear of ink.

  After another exhausting day, Jiang g returo his old spot aed against the wall.

  The Fatty, showing good sense, came over and curled up beside him. He lowered his void said, "Doctor, you sleep well, I’ll keep watch tonight."

  "You sleep," Jiang g id his head on his arm, not even opening his eyes. "It’s probably only two or three more hours before daylight. I’ll sleep o’s m."

  "Then... thank you, Doctor."

  The Fatty didn’t waste time, obediently following the doctor’s instrus. In this nightmare, only the children who listeo the doctor could survive with all their limbs intact.

  Those who didn't listen to the doctor, or even tried to harm him, would have their graves rown with three feet of grass.

  The Fatty chose a spot o the doctor and y down, ensuring he would be noticed by the doctor.

  Especially his bad neck.

  His outer coat had been torn into strips and ed around Su An, and now, he could only shrink himself as much as possible. Fortunately, the room was warm due to the fmes.

  To be fair, the Fatty didn’t want the fmes to go out.

  He just y down, fag Ran's position. His body was half-hidden in the darkness where the firelight didn’t reach. The Fatty wasn’t sure whether Ran had fallen asleep or was staring at him.

  Why would Raaring at him? If anyone was watg, it should be the doctor.

  The Fatty swallowed nervously, then awkwardly turned his body to avoid fag Ran.

  But the sed, his peripheral vision actally caught anaze.

  Almost the momeiced this gaze, his body involuntarily trembled.

  It rimal reflex, like an animal's respoo a higher-level predator, inating from the suppression in his bloodline.

  In the darkness beyond the firelight, a face slowly emerged.

  An old woman’s twisted face, with bloodshot eyes, was staring at him. The moment, a crimson tongue slithered out from her mouth and spun greedily around her lips.

  That night, the Fatty ended up sleepio the doctor. He thought he uood why the doctor refused to sleep.

  If he slept, with his current abilities, he was no match for the old woman, Ran, or Su Xiaoxiao. If any of them used some tricks, he and the doctor’s heads might be off by m.

  That night, he had many strange dreams, some even absurd. He dreamed of a giant white stone sb surrounded by tless people shouting something loudly.

  Hot blood spshed onto the stone sb, its redness searing to the eye.

  The stone sb had an odd carving, and the bright red blood flowed along the grooves, making the picture clearer. Gradually, he widened his eyes.

  It was a creature he had never seen before.

  Just as the picture was about to reveal its full form, the Fatty ped awake. Still immersed in the dream, he shivered violently.

  The person who woke him up y dht after.

  "Wake me up in 2 hours," Jiang g closed his eyes, resting his head on his arm. "Stay here, don’t leave."

  For the while, the Fatty diligently stayed by Jiang g's side. Whehought the time was close, he woke him up.

  "Doctor," the Fatty gently patted him, "It’s time to wake up."

  "Doctor?"

  "Time."

  The Fatty called out three times before Jiang g finally opened his eyes. After a moment, Jiang g slowly sat up, stretched, and then stood up to move his body.

  The Fatty suddenly felt a pang of sympathy for the doctor.

  He was clearly exhausted, and there were faint red blood vessels in his eyes.

  "Where are the others?" Jiang g gnced around and turo look at the Fatty.

  The room only had the old woman and Su An, who had woken up but still looked very weak. He was leaning in the er, gng at Jiang g occasionally.

  Su Xiaoxiao and Ran were gone.

  "Doctor," the Fatty whispered, "They said they went to search for clues nearby and told us to stay here to guard the fme, along with Su An and the woman."

  (End of the Chapter)

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