After sending people inside, their task was completed, and after bidding farewell to Feng Zhekai, they headed home.
On the way, the two couldn't help but reflect on the perilous events occurring during the extreme night. Initially, they had thought that the perpetual day and night would be minor disasters, with the perpetual day indeed being relatively calm. But who could have imagined the extreme night would drive people to madness?
As they discussed this, they realized one issue: the three years of apocalypse had exacted a heavy toll on many people's mental and physical health, likely making this period one of the highest mortality.
Those who had survived thus far were relatively robust in body and spirit, and probably more adaptable to the post-disaster environment.
However, if survival so far had depended on familial protection or something else, their chances of living much longer were slim.
Discussing all this, they returned home.
