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A figure in a theatrical robe squeezed out of the red paper monster, hanging upside down in mid-air.

Sensing Chen Ling's imminent return, the red paper monster struggled frantically, its body becoming increasingly transparent, like wet paper being soaked in rain, getting thinner and thinner.

Chen Ling, hanging on it, flew close to the ground, swaying constantly, feeling dizzy.

The torn paper edges kept wriggling, as if trying to swallow Chen Ling back, while Chen Ling held on to the upper body tightly, enduring the dizziness and wrestling with it!

Just then, a drenched teenager ran across the devastated land, heading straight towards here! "Brother!!" A hand grabbed Chen Ling's arm and pulled it down forcefully!

Chen Ling felt a surge of strength, and his lower body detached from the paper, passing through the gap between the theater and reality, falling heavily to the ground! At the moment Chen Ling broke free, the airborne paper monster completely melted away, as if it had never appeared.

Chen Ling, draped in a bright red theatrical robe, lay on the muddy ground, breathing heavily.

The sky was gloomy and oppressive, with scattered water droplets sliding down his hair.

In the midst of the whirlwind, Chen Ling saw a familiar face appear before him, anxiously shaking his body.

"Brother! Brother!! Are you okay?" The dizziness gradually faded, and Chen Ling focused his gaze, slightly stunned.

"Yan? What are you doing here?" The young man in front of him was none other than his brother, Chen Yan.

In the memories of the original owner, Chen Ling's proudest moments in life were only two things.

First, passing the law enforcement exam through his own efforts; second, having a brother like Chen Yan.

This is not to say that Chen Yan is particularly smart or talented; on the contrary, Chen Yan is not smart, his grades in class are at the bottom, and he stutters when talking to others, making him the easiest target for bullying in school.

But since Chen Yan was still wearing open-crotch pants, he followed him every day, doing whatever he asked, even when he mischievously buried Chen Yan in the sand almost suffocating him, Chen Yan's first reaction after being rescued was not to cry, but to laugh foolishly at him.

Since then, he took Chen Yan everywhere, and no matter what he did, Chen Yan unconditionally trusted him.

Chen Ling was ordinary, but through Chen Yan's eyes, he saw a different side of himself...

a self that was admired.

"I, I...”

the soaked teenager stammered, "After waking up from the surgery, I've been waiting in the hospital for you guys to pick me up...

and then I heard outside that a 'world-ending' level disaster was invading, and I was very worried about you guys.

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While the hospital staff weren't paying attention, I sneaked out, planning to go home to find you, and then I saw you being hung on a monster...”

"Aren't District 2 and District 3 sealed off? How did you get here?" "It seems that the law enforcement personnel are short-handed.

They only sealed off the outside of Districts 2 and 3, but there aren't many people stationed between the two districts, so I sneaked over.”

Chen Ling shook his head, finally managing to sit up, looking at the worried face with complex emotions.

Li Xiuchun and Chen Tan conspired to murder him, just to give Chen Yan his heart...

to save his life.

In a sense, it was Chen Yan who killed Chen Ling.

But upon closer inspection, Chen Yan himself did not know all this, he was just a fifteen-year-old boy, he only knew that his parents said there was a way to cure himself, and then he obediently lay on the operating table...

Even if he was cured, he wouldn't know that the beating heart in his chest came from his brother.

Thinking of this, a hint of faint sadness flashed in Chen Ling's eyes as he looked at him.

"Brother...

did you kill someone?" Chen Yan's gaze fell on the blood-covered Han Meng, his young face as pale as paper.

"I didn't kill him.”

Chen Ling subconsciously replied, "That's not me, it's...”

But before he could finish his sentence, he froze.

He didn't know how to explain all this to Chen Yan.

Chen Yan had seen with his own eyes the scene of himself coming out of the red paper monster, and now there was a fierce wound on his neck, covered in blood, looking nothing like a normal human being...

Should he tell him that there was actually a group of "audience" in his mind? That he had just been possessed? Chen Ling's mind was in chaos.

He inherited the memories of the original owner and also inherited the feelings towards his younger brother.

Deep down, he was even a little afraid...

afraid that Chen Yan and his parents would see him as a monster too.

Chen Yan just looked at him quietly, with no fear in his chestnut-colored eyes.

After a moment of serious thought, he walked to Han Meng's side, exerted all his strength to lift him up, and then staggered towards the deeper wilderness.

"What are you going to do?" Chen Ling was stunned.

The slender figure of the young man, carrying Han Meng who was almost twice his weight, left deep imprints in the damp wilderness with every step.

Despite this, he gritted his teeth and stumbled forward.

"Brother, he is a law enforcer.”

"I know.”

"Killing a law enforcer is a serious crime.

Once they find out, whether or not it was you who killed him...

they will come to kill you.”

"...I know, I...”

"Brother," Chen Yan said softly, "I'll help you bury him.”

Seeing Chen Yan's firm and serious gaze, Chen Ling's heart trembled slightly.

He was stunned for a moment, and finally finished the second half of his sentence: "No...

Yan, what I mean is...

he's not dead yet!" Chen Yan: ? Chen Yan, who was confused, turned around and saw Han Meng behind him, his eyelids twitching, emitting a slight groan, as if he was about to wake up soon.

He exclaimed, lost his balance and fell to the side, causing the unconscious Han Meng behind him to fall to the ground with a thud.

In a daze, Han Meng gradually opened his eyes a crack...

A red figure suddenly rushed to his side, raised a fist high, and smashed it on the back of his head! Bang! Just as Han Meng was about to wake up, he felt a sharp pain in the back of his head, and his eyes rolled back as he passed out again.

Chen Ling shook his aching hand and breathed a sigh of relief.

He almost let this guy counterattack! Just now, through the stage curtain, Chen Ling saw the whole process of Han Meng fighting the red paper monster.

Although he didn't know what kind of special ability this man was using, without the red paper monster, he would definitely not be a match.

"Let's go.”

Knocking out Han Meng, Chen Ling glanced at the increasingly heavy rain and immediately pulled Chen Yan away from there.

In District Three, there was not only one law enforcer like Han Meng.

Han Meng appeared here probably because he was the fastest...

If they delayed any longer, after the other law enforcers arrived, they would have no chance to escape.

Han Meng lay unconscious in the pit, while the two young men gradually moved away.The heavy rain washed away the desolate wilderness, muddy water flowing, erasing all footprints, and a few minutes later, a group of figures in black and red uniforms hurriedly arrived..