Su Xiaobai's eyes tearing up from the sheer beauty of it.
The chicken had sacrificed herself.
To save him...
He began to fall.
Unconscious.
Drained.
Descending like a fallen war god who just witnessed his favorite snack become a martyr.
On the ground, the team stood frozen.
They had just watched… a chicken die for its master.
The lightning illuminated not just the sky, but something deeper—
Their souls.
"…Did a chicken just… take a lightning strike for him?" Shi Yan whispered, half-conscious.
Deng Lei wiped a tear from one good eye. "She didn't have to. She chose to." He teared up. "That… that was loyalty."
"Catch him—someone catch him!" Nalan Yufei shouted, already running forward with tears in her eyes, toward the falling masterpiece that was Su Xiaobai.
Yu Feng hesitated, visibly conflicted, before running forward, preparing to catch the falling Su Xiaobai with both hands and maybe some awkward emotions.
And above them, still in the sky—
