December 14

"I don't know whether you're Xu Nan or Xu Cha. I'll give you three seconds.

Once you step through this door, there'll be no time to regret it."

Li Yi faced the ashes swirling through the air, dragging Xu Nan like a corpse as he drew closer step by step.

Chen Jie's face flushed, then paled. She followed behind him toward the secret chamber.

The seventeen pipes on the ceiling were continuously feeding ashes into this secret chamber.

Behind that door was what she had always been waiting for. Her heart pounded wildly as she desperately wanted to go in and see for herself.

But after hearing Li Yi's words, she looked down at Xu Nan on the ground.

Xu Nan still looked the same.

Ever since Xu Cha had been revived on the highway, he had fallen into a deep coma. By now, it had been nearly an entire day.

Yet from Li Yi's words, Chen Jie heard a shocking piece of news.

Xu Nan had seemingly completely merged with Xu Cha and had been pretending to be unconscious all along.

Why would he do that...

Before Chen Jie could process that question, Li Yi had already kicked open the main door of the secret chamber.

The seventeen pipes connected to the door shattered along with it, and vast amounts of ash fell like snow being thrown through the air.

The drifting ashes blurred their vision.

Through the hazy shadows, Chen Jie seemed to see another version of herself.

She wore a vivid red dress beneath a leather jacket, her long wavy hair spilling over her chest.

Through the fragments of ash that clouded her sight, time seemed to freeze at that moment.

Chen Jie could not tell what was real and what was fake. What she saw looked