I dropped the chair and bowed my head, wanting to rush over. However, more birds seemed to know Xuan Yu's intentions and swooped towards me, like a large black net, blocking my way. It was too late.

  Yan Yu lifted Zhu Zhongling's head, revealing a smile similar to Xu Zifeng's, seemingly joyful and sorrowful at the same time. The knife light flashed across Zhu Zhongling's neck, revealing a bloody glow.

  "With a loud crash, the door was kicked open and gunshots rang out at the same time. Yan Yuan's expression was momentarily stunned, and then he lowered his head to look at the blood hole in his chest. The birds suddenly gathered around him. My hands and body were already covered in fresh blood, I raised my head to see Shen Shiyan's face as cold as ice, walking in with a gun, followed by Tan Jiao."

  She ran towards me and anxiously asked: "Are you okay? Is everything all right?"

  I held her hand and said, "It's okay, it's just a superficial wound."

  The police rushed in and rescued the Zhu siblings. Shen Shiyan put away his gun, handcuffed Yan Yuan who was lying on the ground, then quickly lifted him up and shouted: "Call an ambulance immediately! He's not going to make it!"

  "With a 'whoosh', the birds flew out of the doors and windows, dispersing instantly. But they didn't leave immediately, instead circling above the roof, letting out wave after wave of eerie cries that sent shivers down one's spine. The police were all shocked, Shen Shiyan looked up at us."

  He held in his arms Yan, who was actually Zhu Shu Yun. His face was pale and his eyes were half open and half closed.

  For a moment, I felt as if it was fate, whether Zhu Sheng's uncle was telling the truth or not, the ending would be the same.

  I walked over with Tan Jiao.

  Zhu Shu Yun raised his eyes and looked at us, his gaze was scattered, he was on the verge of death.

  Suddenly, he opened his eyes wide, as if he had seen something extremely terrifying, or as if his mind had been suddenly stimulated. He raised his hand and pointed at us: "You... you... how could it be?" Before he finished speaking, the luster in his pupils was gone, as if he had sunk into some kind of illusion, staring fixedly, his eyes unmoving, his hand slowly falling.

  I disregarded the police's obstruction and rushed up in one step, grabbing his hand to ask: "What do you want to say? What did you remember?"

  But his eyes were filled with fear, he seemed to have stopped listening to me, his whole body trembling and convulsing, suddenly his legs kicked out, his eyeballs rolled back, and he was still.

  Everyone was stunned, I was pulled away by the police, slowly standing up, Tan Jiao rushed into my arms, and asked in a low voice: "Is he dead? How could this be? Why did he suddenly become so scared?"

  I fell silent for a moment before saying, "Perhaps... he had a mental breakdown before his death and saw not us but the fears in his heart."

  Tan Jiao's expression slightly relaxed upon hearing this, but she still had lingering fears: "Oh..."

  It's all over.

  The birds have left, and the dying members of the Zhu family were all rescued. I and Tan Jiao walked out of the Zhu house under police escort. The sky had darkened, surrounded by police lights. I turned back to look, only to see that Uncle Zhu was still lying on the floor, his eyes still wide with fear. Tan Jiao also wanted to turn back, but I caught her and pressed her head down again.

  ……

  It wasn't until much, much later that we learned the true reason for Zhu Shu-Yuan's panicked collapse before his death.

  Because for some of the people who got off that ship, those who acquired extraordinary abilities, only at the moment of death, when time stops or can be said to become eternal, would recall all the things that happened on the ship after that day.

  I am the same as Tan Jiao.