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"Liu Nan?" He Ao picked up the bag and handed it to her. "Have you eaten?"

"Not, not yet."

Liu Nan answered subconsciously.

"Me neither."

He Ao smiled and shrugged. It was understandable for Liu Nan, a student, to be flustered in such a situation, so he had been chatting to ease her emotions. However, it seemed Liu Nan was quite brave herself and wasn't too startled.

Just as he finished speaking, a rush of footsteps sounded. A small team of police officers instantly burst into the alley, escorting the two 'enthusiastic citizens' who had run away earlier. They looked up and saw He Ao talking to Liu Nan and the unconscious thug lying on the ground.

"Team Leader Liu," He Ao excitedly greeted the middle-aged police officer leading the group. Before the officer could speak, he quickly added, "Class C wanted criminal, Zhang Shi'an, ten thousand yuan."

"Got it, got it," Team Leader Liu waved his hand with a smile, directing the police officers behind him to handcuff Zhang Shi'an, who was lying on the ground. "I knew you wouldn't be this active if you weren't short on money. Don't do such dangerous things next time."

"Hehe, got it." He Ao showed a harmless smile.

"He Ao?" It was at this moment that the still somewhat bewildered Liu Nan finally reacted, looking at He Ao who was chatting with the police. "You know me?"

"Yep, the study committee member of Class 1. I even helped you pick up your pen this morning. That counts as an extra service, no additional charge." He Ao nodded, then took out a black notebook from the side pocket of his backpack, flipped to a middle page, and handed it to Liu Nan. "Liu Nan, sign your name and leave your phone number."

Liu Nan took the notebook in a daze, looking at the densely packed names and phone numbers written on it. Some she recognized, some she didn't. Some names had a checkmark after them, while others had no mark at all.

She hesitated for a moment, but still wrote her name and phone number on it.

"He Ao, what's this for?"

She handed the notebook back, asking with some confusion.

"It's not for anything," He Ao smiled and took the notebook back. "Look, I saved you once, and neither of us has eaten. It's not too much to ask you to treat me to a meal, right?"

"Not too much..." Although Liu Nan found the request a bit strange, she still nodded gently. "Are we going to eat later?"

"No rush," He Ao counted the names in the notebook. "It's not your turn yet. When it is, I'll call you."

"Are everyone on this notebook people you've saved?" Liu Nan found that He Ao wasn't as difficult to get along with as she thought, and her courage grew a little. She asked.

"Some are, some aren't."

He Ao closed the notebook and casually put it back in the side pocket of his backpack.

"Then..." Although Liu Nan felt that treating him to a meal was fine, she often treated people to meals, but, "You saved me, and just one meal is enough?"

"Huh?" He Ao frowned and carefully looked Liu Nan up and down. "Liu Nan, are you thinking of repaying me by offering yourself? That's not repaying kindness, that's seeking revenge!"

Liu Nan: ???

"He Ao," However, before Liu Nan could speak, the leading police officer called out, "Where is this fugitive from?"

"Coming," He Ao was always very proactive towards his benefactors. As he walked, he said, "Fugitive number C121574024, from Liang Province, a human trafficker."

Liang Province is located in the northwest of the Central Earth Republic, over a thousand kilometers away from West Capital, where He Ao was currently.

"You have a really good memory, kid," Team Leader Liu patted his shoulder, then looked at a police officer who was taking notes nearby. "Did you get that?"

"Got it."

The police officer nodded gently. Just now, He Ao had read out the number word by word to make it easier for him to write down.

"Liu Nan, you're here," the short-haired girl's voice called from behind. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," Liu Nan was startled, turning her head blankly. She touched her delicate cheek and asked softly, "Nan Nan, am I very ugly?"

At this moment, He Ao, who had finished talking with Team Leader Liu, glanced at Liu Nan, who now had company, and quietly left.

He wasn't good at dealing with this kind of social interaction. To him, it was a waste of time and meaningless.

He Ao's home wasn't far, right next to the university. After turning into a small alley ahead, he arrived at the entrance of the residential complex.

An delivery driver was standing at the entrance pacing back and forth, occasionally looking inside the complex. He had been waiting for several minutes.

"Thank you."

He Ao stood in front of the driver, thanked him, and took the cake from his hand. A slightly cool sensation traveled from the paper box to his fingertips, and then he walked step by step into the depths of the complex.

The delivery driver also got on his electric scooter, ready to leave. However, just as his scooter started, he was stopped by a figure in a sharp suit.

"Excuse me, have you seen this person just now?"

Climbing the old stairs step by step, Unit 3, 502. He Ao took out his key and opened the empty door of his home.

He entered the house, closed the door, and hooked the anti-theft chain.

Today was his birthday.

He Ao placed the cake on the old table and glanced at the quartz watch on his wrist.

Eighteen years ago today, in another hour, he would arrive in this world.

Few people could remember the exact time of their birth, but He Ao was an exception, although he didn't particularly want to be this exception.

7:32:56 PM, the time he was born.

He Ao shifted his gaze, and everything in his vision moved with it. However, in the lower right corner of his field of vision, there was a place where the scene remained unchanged. No matter how He Ao moved his gaze, it was still there.

It was a string of gray, semi-transparent, pulsating numbers.

A countdown composed of hours:minutes:seconds, which had been ticking since the second he was born, all the way until now.

157799 hours, not a moment's rest.

And at this moment, that countdown reached 01:00:00, the final hour.

For a long time, He Ao thought it was the countdown to his death, and he lived in fear every day. But now, he had long since gotten used to the existence of this countdown.

He used a small knife to cut the cake into many pieces, then calmly ate the entire cake piece by piece, calmly watching the string of numbers constantly ticking.

00:00:01

Survival or death, there was always a result.

Bang bang bang—

An urgent knocking sound suddenly rang out, followed by the crisp sound of the lock cylinder turning. Accompanied by creaking sounds, the old anti-theft door was slowly pushed open.

00:00:00

In that instant, time reset, and He Ao's vision went black.

[Do you find life boring?]

[Do you want to experience a different life in another world?]

[We have countless random identities for you to experience, such as tycoons, assassins, hunters, and beggars.]

[Start the game now?]

[Yes][No]

A page similar to a computer pop-up appeared in his field of vision.

So, the thing that had followed him for eighteen years was this game?

Ridiculous. How could I, a law-abiding good person, find life boring?

He Ao sneered and chose [Yes].

[Initializing system...]

[Loading game.]

[Welcome to the Life Dungeon Game]

[Newbie mission loading, randomly matching a life character for you.]

[Match successful]

[Your character is: Evil God Priest Yezuola]

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