The moment Lin Ze returned from the Underworld to reality, he felt dazed, as though everything he had just experienced had been a fantastical dream.
Before he could fully collect himself, however, an insistent alert sounded. He glanced down and saw an incoming video call from Tony.
The man's familiar figure appeared before him, his projection so clear and three-dimensional that he seemed to be standing right there.
"Tony, how's Scott? Is he alive again?"
The instant the call connected, Paimon eagerly poked her head out to ask.
"Well, look who it is. How did our cute little white floater turn into a gray floater?" Tony raised his chin slightly, a teasing glint in his eyes, and leaned aside to reveal someone wolfing down food behind him.
"See? Our friend back from the dead is perfectly healthy. Same as ever, eating like he starved to death in his last life."
Scott was clutching a burrito in each hand and cramming them into his mouth, his cheeks bulging like a little hamster's.
He ate so quickly that he didn't even notice bits of food falling onto his clothes.
When he spotted the camera, Scott jerked his head up, his eyes shining with excitement.
He hurriedly raised a hand and waved vigorously at Lin Ze and the others. His mouth still stuffed with food, he mumbled his thanks. "Thanks for saving my life, everyone. I really don't know how to repay you. Mmph... Come over to my place when you get back. I'll cook for you myself, and I can even show you ants doing somersaults..."
He flashed a brilliant smile full of sincerity and gratitude. It would have looked even better without the vegetable leaf stuck to his teeth.
"What's so interesting about ants doing somersaults? Only you would come up