The Managers' Doomsday

Real World, inside the halo.

The scattered campfires had their faint flames smothered beneath heavy snow.

A few black traces of charcoal remained on the white snowfield. In the boundless silence, the wind wailed, heralding the Annihilation of All Things.

The corpse, as cold as ice and snow, lay quietly beside the campfire.

He looked as though he were asleep—quiet, well-behaved, and alone.

This man had a face identical to Ji Li's, but his name was Li Yi.

"Where are you going?"

The Third Question echoed beside his ears.

Li Yi stood with his hands behind his back, his posture proud and solitary as he silently watched his own future.

The black crow was silent, its gaze profound. He stood utterly alone.

No one knew how he had submitted his answer to the Second Question.

But one thing was certain: this answer had been recognized by the Manager Mission, and the Third Question had followed.

Back then, the halo before Li Yi had been different from everyone else's. There had been only one.

Just like his name, he would forever be "one."

Having passed the Second Question and reached the Third Question, Li Yi was clearly the manager closest to clearing the mission.

Yet this Third Question gave him no opportunity to answer...

"Where do you wish to go?"

"Nowhere."

Li Yi's future had long since been decided.

He would die in the snow, beside a campfire.

Li Yi, so lofty and aloof, would ultimately collapse into the dirt like a stray dog.

This ending...

Li Yi's expression did not change in the slightest. His sharply defined features seemed frozen into an ice sculpture, devoid of any emotion.

Yet the black crow on his shoulder seemed to grow restless, continuously flapping its wings and shaking loose several feathers.

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