Minute by minute, time kept passing, hours went by as they waited.
"It's been so long, and there's no sound from outside. Do you think we might have been mistaken? Could that thing have left already, and we just can't hear it?" Chu Jun said.
"It's possible," Li Xiu nodded in agreement.
"Should we open the door a crack and take a look outside?" The silent waiting was unbearable. Chu Jun was struggling to hold on.
"Let's wait a bit longer," Li Xiu said, maintaining his posture with his ear pressed against the door, expressionless. "If you're tired, you can sleep for a while. I'll wake you up later."
"Alright," Chu Jun said as he lay down beside him. But he tossed and turned, unable to sleep, his mind a chaotic mess, unsure of what he was thinking.
At some unknown point, Chu Jun fell into a hazy sleep, dreaming of a nightmare where a tsunami from the Black Sea engulfed Black Death City, submerging him in seawater, his body corroded by black water.
