Rona Muir held Miles Gu tightly in her arms, sharing the last of her breath with him.
Miles, hold on!
You can't die!
Cici entrusted you to me—I can't let her down!
Miles, stay strong! Everyone is waiting for you outside!
Rona Muir dared not hesitate any longer, carefully avoiding the jellyfish swarm as she swam quickly toward the surface.
At that moment, a sudden current swept past her feet.
Rona Muir didn't even have time to scream before the current pulled her in.
Just as Rona Muir and Miles were swept away by the current, Jiro Hirayama suddenly rushed over.
Jiro Hirayama watched helplessly as Rona Muir and Miles were swept away by the current. Without hesitation, he dove in, chasing after their trail.
Drip, drip.
The sound of water droplets falling.
A gentle breeze whispered past her ear.
Strangely, the rain had stopped?
Cici's eyelashes fluttered, but her eyelids felt as heavy as stone.
She wanted to reach out and rub her eyes, but found she had no strength at all—she couldn't even lift a finger.
Her thoughts gradually returned.
Am I... already dead?
Why is it so quiet here?
Even if I'm dead, I want to open my eyes and see this world one last time.
After resting for a while and gathering enough strength, Cici finally overcame the heaviness in her eyelids and opened her eyes.
All she could see was darkness.
There was hardly any light here—everything was vague and shadowy, impossible to see clearly.
Do people become nearsighted after they die?
Finally, Cici managed to gather enough strength to move her fingers.
She flexed each of her ten fingers, one by one. Good, none were useless.
After recovering a bit more, she moved her arm. Good, that worked too.
She moved her neck to check her body again. —Hmm? What was that?
Cici's gaze was suddenly drawn to an unidentified object not far away.
It was too dark to see anything.
Forcing herself to move, Cici pushed her body up in segments, like folding a ruler, and slowly crawled toward the object.
The closer she crawled, the more familiar the object looked.
Could it be that someone else had come to the afterlife with her?
By the time Cici reached the object, she had used up all her strength.
Cici had to rest for more than ten minutes before she could crawl to the front of the object.
At that moment, the dim light finally allowed Cici to see clearly—the object lying not far away was actually a person!
Thank goodness, she had finally found another human!
Cici reached out and gently pushed the person, but there was no response.
"Hey," Cici called softly, trying to wake the person, but they were sleeping so deeply there was no sign of waking.
Exhausted, Cici leaned against the person, panting heavily as she looked around.