Su Li shouted loudly, and soon a faint voice responded. Listening carefully, Su Li realized it was calling his name. "Haha—" Su Li recognized the voice as Ding Longyun's and felt a surge of excitement. He was on the thirty-first floor and immediately rushed toward the sound, quickly discovering it came from the water's surface. Through the balcony of the thirty-first floor, he spotted a kayak with Gong Xiao and Xu Xuehui on it. They were waving excitedly, but Ding Longyun was nowhere to be seen. "Su Li!" Ding Longyun's voice followed, and Su Li noticed he was submerged in the water behind the kayak. One hand resting on the kayak, Ding Longyun waved at Su Li with a panicked expression. "Su Li, come down, hurry!" Unaware that the Nightmare Beast was dead, he urged Su Li to escape quickly. The kayak was about thirty meters from the building, slowly approaching it. It turned out that after Su Li lured the Nightmare Beast away, the three of them had gone downstairs, found the kayak, and instead of fleeing immediately, they circled the building, hoping to bring Su Li along. When they heard the splash of Su Li and the Nightmare Beast hitting the water, they quickly paddled toward the spot, though they dared not get too close. Unbeknownst to them, Su Li and the Nightmare Beast had dived deep underwater. They could only hear occasional explosions and splashes below, unable to see what was happening, guessing that Su Li was fighting the Nightmare Beast. They figured Su Li was using the underwater building's terrain to evade the beast, hoping he would surface quickly and board the kayak to escape together. The three dared not approach, waiting anxiously at a distance, hoping Su Li would emerge. Eventually, the water grew still. Ding Longyun and Gong Xiao felt despair, believing Su Li was in grave danger, but Xu Xuehui insisted he was alive. Because of Xu Xuehui's words, the three didn't leave immediately. Instead, they circled the building, gradually moving away, hoping to spot something along the way. Seeing that they hadn't abandoned him to flee, but had stayed despite the danger, Su Li felt a warmth in his heart and was moved. He smiled and said, "Come back, that thing is dead. No need to worry!" Ding Longyun and Gong Xiao heard him and almost thought they misheard. "What? You're saying the Nightmare Beast is dead? How is that possible?" Ding Longyun exclaimed. Gong Xiao glanced at Xu Xuehui in surprise and said, "Xuehui just said the Nightmare Beast was dead too. So it must be true." Earlier, Xu Xuehui had mentioned the Nightmare Beast's death but hadn't explained the details. Ding Longyun and Gong Xiao hadn't fully believed her, knowing her eyesight was extraordinary but finding it hard to imagine Su Li could kill the beast. They were skeptical. Now, hearing Su Li say the same, they finally believed it. Ding Longyun swam in the water, pushing the kayak toward the building, laughing heartily. "Su Li, tell us, how did you kill the Nightmare Beast?" Su Li smiled faintly. "It's a long story. I don't have the ability to kill a Nightmare Beast." As he spoke, he jumped from the window into the water again, but instead of swimming toward the kayak, he headed for the corpse boat floating nearby. Seeing this, Ding Longyun changed direction and followed toward the corpse boat. Curious, Ding Longyun asked, "Su Li, are you interested in that corpse boat?" Su Li didn't answer but approached the boat. Just moments ago, he thought he heard a faint sound coming from it, though it was too subtle to tell if it was a noise from something, the wind, or waves. Intrigued by the Nightmare Beast's lair, he decided to take a closer look. As he got closer, Su Li heard the sound again, clearer this time. It sounded like a human voice. "What's going on?" Su Li frowned and stopped, the corpse boat now right in front of him. Behind him, the kayak drifted over. "Su Li, this thing is disgusting. Are you really interested in it?" Ding Longyun asked, puzzled. Su Li said, "I heard a sound coming from here, so I came to check." He grabbed the edge of the corpse boat. Having endured many gruesome and nauseating scenes over the past few days, his tolerance had greatly increased. Though the boat was revolting, Su Li held back his disgust. Stepping on the half-rotten, half-melted corpses, Su Li reached the center of the boat. A noise came from behind. Turning around, Su Li saw that Gong Xiao had also climbed aboard. "You're not afraid of this corpse boat?" Su Li asked, surprised. He thought Ding Longyun didn't want to come up, but Gong Xiao, a young woman, wasn't bothered by the disgust. Gong Xiao narrowed her phoenix eyes slightly and said, "If you're not afraid, why should I be?" Su Li felt there was something odd in the way she looked at him, as if there was an extra layer of meaning, though he couldn't quite pinpoint it. He shook his head with a smile and said nothing, walking toward the center of the corpse boat. Suddenly, Gong Xiao lowered her voice and said, "Thank you." "What for?" Su Li stopped. "If it weren't for you tonight... we would have been in danger. Thank you for saving our lives." Su Li smiled and teased, "Since it's a life-saving grace, shouldn't you offer yourself to me?" Gong Xiao's fair face flushed red. She shot him a glare and said, "Forget about offering myself. This humble woman can only repay you in the next life as a beast of burden." Su Li replied, "That reminds me of a saying. In ancient times, if a hero saved a maiden and he was handsome, she'd often want to marry him to repay the debt. If the hero was ugly, she'd say she'd repay him in the next life as a beast. Gong Xiao, are you implying I'm ugly? I think I'm pretty good-looking, at least not bad." Gong Xiao was amused and let out a laugh, then retorted, "Shameless, so narcissistic." Ding Longyun slowly climbed back onto the kayak, watching the two chatting and laughing on the corpse boat. He grew impatient and called out, "Let's go already! This place stinks. You two have quite the nerve, flirting on a corpse boat." Hearing Ding Longyun's words, Gong Xiao's cheeks flushed again. She snapped, "Brother Ding, what nonsense are you talking? Who's flirting with him? If you keep this up, I'll call you Uncle Ding." Ding Longyun quickly waved his hands. "Alright, I'll keep quiet. Don't call me uncle—you'll make me sound old before my time." Su Li reached the center of the corpse boat, and the faint sound echoed again.