Jiang Cheng turned and walked out.

"Doctor," Fatty jogged to catch up, turning back to frown and ask, "Now that we're leaving, what about them... what should they do?"

"They can do whatever they need to do," Jiang Cheng replied, walking down the steps. "I'm not their parent. Why should I help them take care of their kids?"

Take care of kids...

Fatty thought about Su An's blank expression and figured he wasn't wrong.

"What time did they leave?"

Fatty pondered briefly and replied, "About an hour ago."

"Together?"

"Yeah."

Jiang Cheng had fallen asleep just as dawn broke, meaning they had left an hour after he had gone to sleep.

This timing was very interesting.

At least, according to Jiang Cheng's understanding, they had only left as a group after confirming that he was asleep. Otherwise, they could have waited for him to wake up and act together.

But according to Fatty, they didn't ask any questions when they left, only instructing Fatty to stay behind at the lighthouse.

"Doctor," Fatty leaned against the wall on the side of the stairs. For some reason, he had brought a torch with him. "I think that Su Xiaoxiao seems a bit off." He continued.

"Go on," Jiang Cheng said, walking ahead.

"How could she be so willing to leave her brother for someone else to take care of, and... with that old woman," Fatty shuddered at the thought of the old woman's appearance last night.

Fatty then swallowed again. "Isn't she afraid something might happen?"

"What are you thinking?" Jiang Cheng's voice came.

Fatty licked his lips and continued, his voice noticeably lower, "I think either she noticed some important clue, the kind that could end the mission quickly, so she's willing to take the risk."

"Or... or Su An isn't her brother at all, just a means for her to confuse her teammates. Now that the situation is becoming critical, she simply abandoned this pawn."

Fatty had always been skeptical about Su An's identity, something he had said a long time ago.

"It's the first situation," Jiang Cheng said, "but it's not that she noticed something, it's Chen Ran. It was also Chen Ran who encouraged her to leave her brother behind and go with him."

"How do you know?" Fatty asked, puzzled.

Jiang Cheng paused, slowing his pace. "Fatty," Jiang Cheng asked, "think about it, if Su Xiaoxiao had discovered such crucial information, would she have waited until now?"

"How long can her brother last?"

"Chen Ran seems to have found some very important clues, and then won over Su Xiaoxiao, who was eager to save people. Su Xiaoxiao needed his information, and he needed Su Xiaoxiao to help him test things out. The two hit it off."

"But Doctor, you've seen Su Xiaoxiao, she's no fool," Fatty said in surprise.

"She's not stupid," Jiang Cheng squinted, and after a long while, he slowly said, "But she has no choice. I guess the information Chen Ran revealed to her must be very specific, even precise, otherwise Su Xiaoxiao would not have agreed to take the risk."

The two walked and talked, and soon arrived at the hall on the first floor of the building.

Even with the collapsed stone pillars and various damaged stone carvings everywhere, it was not difficult to see the magnificence of the place in the past.

The ruin here seemed to have happened in an instant.

Liang Long's bizarre disappearance last night had also created a similar sense of fear in Fatty, and he carefully looked around. Although it was now broad daylight, due to the terrain and the obstruction of obstacles, some areas were still covered in darkness.

Looking at it, it was as if black mist was lingering.

"Doctor," Fatty asked softly, "Could it be that Chen Ran found something at the place where Liang Long disappeared last night? Like where he found the watch."

Without Fatty even needing to say it, Jiang Cheng walked towards that place at once. Soon, they found the sports watch that Chen Ran had casually discarded near the remains of a fire.

But other than that, Fatty didn't find anything unusual.

There were no bloodstains here, nor any remnants such as pieces of clothing.

The ground was only covered with shattered stone carvings, sand, and dust.

Jiang Cheng slowly stood up from the ground, then, using the location where the watch was found as the center, he looked around. Fatty saw the doctor frown slightly.

"Doctor," Fatty's throat rolled slightly, "Did you... did you find something?"

Jiang Cheng ignored him, then walked to the already extinguished fire, stood on a broken stone pillar, and looked around.

Fatty didn't dare to disturb him, so he patiently waited.

Until the doctor jumped down from the stone pillar.

"Doctor..."

Fatty had just opened his mouth when Jiang Cheng interrupted him. "Fatty," Jiang Cheng's tone carried an inexplicable meaning, "Don't you think... this place seems a little different from yesterday?"

Blinking, Fatty's expression became strange, and then he turned to look around. After a long while, he lowered his voice and said, "Doctor, I don't quite understand what you mean."

"Did you... did you find something?" Fatty asked tentatively.

Jiang Cheng thought for a while, then suddenly, his gaze paused. He walked a few steps to the already extinguished fire, then looked up at Fatty, "Give me the torch."

Fatty immediately handed over the torch.

With the help of the torch, it was now clearer. There were some fragments of what appeared to be shattered porcelain in the fire, but they were made of stone.

Jiang Cheng picked up the fragments and found that both the texture and color of the fragments were the same as the stone pillars and stone carvings inside the building.

It was as if... they had fallen off from somewhere.

Moreover, the fragments as a whole had a strange arc shape, somewhat like the shoulder armor used by ancient soldiers, but significantly larger in size, although the workmanship was much rougher.

Jiang Cheng repeatedly examined the fragments, then, as if he had discovered something, or... sensed something, he brought the fragments to his face, then gently sniffed.

The next second, a faint, fishy smell... rushed into his nostrils.

A few seconds later, Jiang Cheng suddenly raised his head and looked around. Immediately afterwards, his breathing became rapid.

Fatty had rarely seen the doctor show such an expression, and he was so frightened that his face changed. He followed the doctor's gaze and looked around, but apart from the darkness not far away, he didn't find anything.

After a long while, his slightly opened mouth finally made a sound: "Do... Doctor..."

"Shut your mouth," Jiang Cheng's voice even fluctuated. He took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled, "Stick close to me, we... get out of here."

Fatty was almost glued to the doctor's back as they walked out together.

Jiang Cheng's pace was not fast, but Fatty had to run a step or two from time to time to keep up.

The doctor must have sensed some kind of danger to be like this, Fatty knew this, but he didn't know what the doctor had discovered.

Moreover, judging from the doctor's appearance, the crisis was hidden inside this building, very close to them... very close.