Physical devastation, plague invasion, and an assault on the Consciousness Layer.
They had caused Han Dong to fall into a Deep Coma, to the point where he could not even sense that Earl had carried him into Destiny Space.
However.
As they crossed Destiny Space and arrived at the Black Tower, the center of world interactions, a sensation from deep within Han Dong's head drew his weakened consciousness into a pitch-black region.
Staring at the darkness around him and sensing the state of his consciousness, Han Dong came to a rather unpleasant conclusion.
"Hmm? Could it be... Earl failed to escape, and I'm already dead?"
That was how Han Dong saw it.
If Earl had escaped successfully, then when his consciousness awakened, he should have been in some medical ward at the Black Tower transit station, not in a place of utter darkness like this.
Sensing the state of his consciousness, he initially concluded that Eugenis had gained control of his body...
However.
Within the dark space of consciousness, a streetlamp resembling one from the 1980s suddenly appeared.
Bzzzt, bzzzt... The streetlamp flickered constantly due to voltage problems.
At the same time, a woman slowly stepped out of the darkness and into the streetlamp's flickering light.
Shoulder-length black hair and vivid red lips.
A red trench coat, pale calves, and red high heels.
Holding a red umbrella, she seemed unwilling to expose her body to the light. The angle of the umbrella also happened to conceal her face, revealing only her red lips.
"Who are you?"
Just as Han Dong felt an overwhelming sense of familiarity and tried to search his rather chaotic memories for information about her.
Click. The streetlamp went out.
The next second.
The red umbrella had already enveloped Han Dong. Cold red lips pressed against his