When Adi woke up again, he found himself lying on a soft straw bed.
He opened his eyes and saw a strange environment around him.
This was a simple wooden house with a thatched roof and walls made of mud and branches. There was only a bed, a table and a few chairs in the house, which was simple and plain.
The warm sunlight shone through the window, dispelling the cold and dampness in the cave and illuminating Adi's pale face.
"Are you awake?"
A gentle voice sounded in Adi's ears.
Adi turned his head and saw a middle-aged woman sitting by the bed, looking at him lovingly.
She was a weathered woman, her face was full of traces of time, but her eyes were still clear and bright, full of love and warmth.
"Mother?" Adi asked tentatively, his voice was a little hoarse, as if he had not spoken for a long time.
"Child, you finally woke up!" The woman excitedly held Adi's hand, her eyes full of tears, "Do you know that you have been in a coma for three days and three nights!"
"Three days and three nights?" Adi was stunned for a moment. He tried hard to recall what happened before he fell into a coma. However, his mind was blank. He only remembered the terrifying black hole and his father's desperate cry.
"Father... Where is my father?" Adi asked anxiously, "And the others in the tribe, how are they?"
Hearing Adi's question, the woman's face suddenly dimmed. She was silent for a moment, and then slowly said: "Child, you have to be strong..."
Adi's heart was filled with an ominous premonition.
"Mother, what happened? My father... Is he okay?" Adi asked anxiously. He was eager to know the answer, but was afraid to hear the cruel truth.
The mother was silent for a long time before she slowly said, "My child, the tribe... the tribe is gone..."
"What?" Adi was struck by lightning. He couldn't believe his ears. "What did you say? The tribe is gone? How... how is this possible?"
"It's true, my child." The mother couldn't hold back her tears any longer. "The disaster came too suddenly and was too terrible... We didn't have time to react at all. The tribe was... destroyed..."
The mother told Adi about the disaster in a broken voice.
The black hole descended, the earth cracked, houses collapsed, trees fell, people fled in all directions, and cries and screams resounded through the sky...
Most of the people in the tribe were swallowed by the black hole, and no bones were left.
Only a few people, for various reasons, escaped by chance.
Adi's mother was one of them.
At that time, she was collecting herbs outside the tribe, so she escaped.
When she returned to the tribe, all she saw was a ruin and...
"Child, your father...he was swallowed by the black hole to save you..." the mother said in tears, "he...he kept calling your name until the end..."
"Father..." Adi couldn't hold back his tears anymore.
He knelt down in front of his mother and cried bitterly.
He knew that his father had left forever, and he would never see his kind face again, nor hear his warm voice again.