Li Mu Chuan sweated profusely in the gym.
With every step he ran, it felt as though he was breathing scorching air into his lungs.
Li Mu Chuan took several deep breaths and began adjusting his pace, gradually slowing down on the treadmill.
After walking slowly on the treadmill for a few minutes, Li Mu Chuan finally stopped the machine.
He rested off to the side for a moment, then switched to another machine and began working on his arm strength.
Tomorrow at noon, Li Mu Chuan would begin his next crossing.
He had no idea what kind of world he would end up in this time. To be honest, Li Mu Chuan felt somewhat uneasy.
After all, he had no idea what sort of world he would cross into.
Only after training until not an ounce of strength remained in his body did Li Mu Chuan stagger out of the gym.
He ate by the roadside before returning home.
Nine o'clock the next morning.
Li Mu Chuan quickly climbed out of bed, washed up, and headed out.
As usual, he bought a small piece of gold to keep as a backup.
Then Li Mu Chuan went to a restaurant and began stuffing himself.
His next crossing was about to begin, and he had no idea what godforsaken place he would be sent to.
After giving it some thought, Li Mu Chuan figured that if he ate his fill now, he could hold out longer after reaching the New World.
Still, Li Mu Chuan did not stuff himself to bursting, or it would affect his mobility.
When the time was nearly up, Li Mu Chuan returned home with a full stomach.
The instant the countdown ended, Li Mu Chuan's entire body turned into starlight.
On Blue Star, amid a ruin scarred beyond recognition, a light lit up. Then, a figure suddenly appeared in the street.
Li Mu Chuan opened his eyes, and when he saw the devastation wrought by war all around him, his pupils contracted.
"Damn, had he arrived in an era of war?"
Everywhere he looked, there were places where reinforced concrete had been blasted into fragments.
Many cars had crashed together in the streets, and flames still rose from several spots.
The air was filled with the smell of burning, along with a foul stench Li Mu Chuan had never smelled before.
Beads of sweat the size of soybeans began rolling down Li Mu Chuan's face. The worst-case scenario had come to pass.
He did not know what had happened here, but he at least knew that the surroundings had to be extremely dangerous.
Li Mu Chuan looked around and decided he should first find somewhere to hide.
Without hesitation, Li Mu Chuan put his remaining Interference Points into his constitution.
A tingling sensation passed through him. Li Mu Chuan felt the lingering soreness from his earlier workout quickly vanish, while his body seemed to grow much lighter.
He did not know whether it was just an illusion, since the feeling vanished in an instant.
Li Mu Chuan moved cautiously, wanting to find somewhere to hide first.
His gaze swept over a nearby stairwell. There was little light inside, and it looked pitch-black, as if some man-eating beast lurked within.
Feeling unsafe in his surroundings, and with the darkness making his heart pound even more, Li Mu Chuan hesitated and ultimately did not dare enter the stairwell.
He felt that the street seemed safer than that pitch-black stairwell.
Still, Li Mu Chuan did not feel especially safe staying out on the street either.
After hesitating for a moment, Li Mu Chuan carefully walked forward. Every step was exceedingly cautious, afraid he might touch something.
A moment later, Li Mu Chuan's eyes suddenly lit up slightly. One collapsed building had landed against another building.
The collapsed building provided a way for Li Mu Chuan to climb along it to the other building.
He did not dare take the stairs. It was pitch-black inside, and he had no idea whether something might be lurking there.
But if he could climb directly to a window and see whether there was anything in the room, it would be safer.
With that in mind, Li Mu Chuan steadied himself and began climbing along the collapsed building, making his way directly to the third floor.
On the way over, Li Mu Chuan had seen quite a few dried bloodstains, a horrifying sight.
That made his heart sink even further.
After climbing to the third floor, Li Mu Chuan peered through the glass into the room.
The room was a complete mess. From this position, he could see things such as a refrigerator and an air conditioner.
The refrigerator had already been opened, as if someone had searched through it for food.
After confirming that this room held no danger, Li Mu Chuan cautiously looked toward the room next door.
This room was accessible straight from the collapsed building, which felt far too dangerous. The next room would feel a little safer.
Fortunately, the protruding balconies were not too far apart, and since the windows had not been sealed off, Li Mu Chuan made it smoothly into the room next door.
He casually picked up a fallen steel bar from the ground, gripped it in his hand, and cautiously felt his way into the room.
He first checked the front door.
The door was open. Li Mu Chuan carefully shut it, then locked it from the inside.
Fortunately, the building seemed to have been newly built, so closing the door did not make much noise.
It was a three-bedroom apartment with a living room, and all the rooms stood open.
Li Mu Chuan inspected it carefully. Aside from being rather messy, as though burglars had been through it, he found nothing dangerous.
The curtains...
Li Mu Chuan looked toward the curtains to one side, then decided not to draw them.
If he drew all the curtains in the room, anyone who came by would definitely notice something unusual about it.
Even now, he still did not know what had caused the danger outside.
But human nature made Li Mu Chuan feel that caution was the wiser course.
After looking around the room, he took a new quilt from a cabinet and laid it on the floor.
He planned to make do for the night.
Only then did Li Mu Chuan begin paying attention to how long he would be staying in this world.
15:23:12.
Sixteen days!
He had to stay in this world for sixteen days?
Seeing the number, Li Mu Chuan immediately felt a chill run through his heart.
How was he supposed to survive in such a dangerous world for sixteen days?
If he only had to stay for three or four days, Li Mu Chuan would have decided to hole up here and never leave.
That way, he might not earn any money, but at least he would keep his life.
But now that he had seen the time, Li Mu Chuan knew he had to think things through carefully.
Over sixteen days, even food and water would become a problem.
If Li Mu Chuan was not mistaken, there might not even be anything left to eat in the supermarkets.
The two apartments he had just seen made that clear. The refrigerators had both been opened, and he had just checked the kitchens too—there was not even a single grain of rice left.
In an instant, Li Mu Chuan felt utterly stumped.
He could not help thinking of a disaster sci-fi film series he had rather enjoyed back on Earth: Resident Evil...
Could he have arrived in a Resident Evil-like world?
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