Cruel Truth

As the scene replays, they quickly see Baron Coleman frantically copying experimental data, his shock upon seeing the corpse, and his retreat from the laboratory.

But at an even earlier point in Baron Coleman's time...

They soon saw another man—another man swaggering out of the passageway.

In this "reverse" world, he also retreated backward from the passage, holding a screen in his hand, as if editing some information.

Then, his figure froze in place.

The man was wearing a field uniform, with bloodstains on his forearms and an empty scabbard at his waist; he was clearly the murderer of Reed Christopher.

Seemingly realizing that everyone had seen "what they wanted to see," [Ancient Notebook] stopped rewinding.

Not only that, the whole world froze in time.

Looking at the man's tall figure and uniform, Pankto spat.

"The fieldman wasn't wearing his armband and shoulder insignia; it seems he knew he was doing something dishonorable."

"They were supposed to be reformed specifically to deal with the Great Wilderness People, but now they've been caught up in this infighting and become criminals who murdered their own colleagues... It's truly despicable."

Fu Luo stroked his chin. "So this guy is probably just a knife, right? Who's behind him?"

"This [Ancient Notebook] is quite thoughtful," Lin Yu stepped forward. "This guy is texting with the mastermind behind the scenes... Heh, not even encrypted. He probably thinks his phone is secure enough."

"This is really outrageous... [Ancient Notebook]... It can even recreate things that are clearly not in 'Baron Coleman's' Memory. What's the principle behind this?"

Lin Yu asked with great interest.

However, the underlying principles can be explored later.

The most important thing now is to investigate the real culprit.

Lin Yu leaned closer to look at the Communicator's screen, and the other three followed suit.

A message that had been edited but not yet sent appeared on the screen.

"Mission accomplished."

The name of the contact who will receive this message is...

"Minister Paris."

"Wow—what a coincidence!"

Baron Coleman was somewhat surprised, but then calmly accepted the fact. "No wonder, no wonder he was so eager to kick me when I'm down, even at the cost of pushing me to the opposite side."

"This whole thing was orchestrated by the then-Minister of the Security Department!"

Baron Coleman clenched his fist as he spoke.

"That's not bad. I didn't make any new enemies on this trip."

Pankto shook his head. "No, there's also the actual executor... Although this guy is just a 'knife,' I still can't forgive him—as a modified field operative, he actually did such a despicable and dirty task."

As he spoke, Pankto stepped forward, stared at the other person's hood, and reached out to try to remove it.

It's strange...

Although the group should have been bystanders, the moment Pankto Do made his move, he successfully interfered with the field agent's mask.

"Hey, Pankto, let's just forget about it!"

Baron Coleman tried to intervene, but it was too late.

The mask was lifted by Pankto, revealing a young, thin face.

Pankto shocked that he was speechless and instinctively took a step back.

Because the face in front of me is just like his.

"Wh... what?"

Not only Pankto, but Baron Coleman also spoke in a trembling voice, his expression one of disbelief.

Their eyes met, but before they could react...

The whole world suddenly began to "distort"!

Before he could process the jumbled messages in his mind, Baron Coleman spoke instinctively.

"The 'Memory' seems to have ended... Our consciousness is about to return!"

After the prompt, a heavy, resounding "whoosh" echoed in everyone's minds...

"Bang!"

Lin Yu regained consciousness and opened his eyes again.

[Ancient Notebook] Turn a page.

But before I could fully process the shock of what I had just witnessed in the last scene, my emotions were interrupted once again.

"You're awake?! You're awake! Come help me! I'm about to be beaten to death!"

A girl's sharp scream rang out, and Li Nian was being chased and intercepted by eleven burly men wielding Short Staff — Li Nian was holding eleven guns in her hands, panting heavily but still managing to dodge and weave.

Without a moment's hesitation, Pankto made his move.

"Hello!"

He seemed to have spotted the insignia on those people, and with a shout, he rushed forward, drawing the same type of Short Staff.

However, it must be said that the former leader of the Delta Group who was exiled on the Despair Train was much stronger than the current active members of the Delta Group!

Although Pankto Do could not remember many things, he had not lost his muscle Memory and physical fitness.

Once in combat mode, Pankto Do took down the two almost instantly.

Baron Coleman wasn't idle either. He tapped his temples, a red glint flashing in his eyes, and the actions of the field personnel slowed down to varying degrees.

Lin Yu and Fu Luo rushed forward to join the battle—but Fu Luo ran back after only two steps.

"Why would I go up there and join the fun?! What the hell!"

His running up there was a completely subconscious action.

Once reason regained its footing, Fu Luo quickly found a corner and crouched down, covering his head in his hands.

However, Lin Yu was genuinely involved in the battle.

He pulled out the [Fear Torch] and lit it—this thing seemed to be a natural nemesis to these guys. Just by taking Lin Yu out, these field agents retreated as if they had seen a ghost.

Let alone these eleven armed men, even Pankto and Lin Yu seemed to feel somewhat uncomfortable when they got a little closer.

With the pressure suddenly reduced, Li Nian was able to take advantage of the chaos to start slashing people with a knife and stealing their equipment.

The situation gradually deteriorated from chaos to a stalemate.

Just as the situation was gradually developing into a protracted struggle...

Baron Coleman suddenly spoke up, "Paris, you know I've been operating on this train for a long time, and you want to kill me... and you only sent a few men?!"

As if venting some kind of resentment, Coleman slammed his hands together, his forearms trembling slightly.

"Come out and kill them all!"

Accompanied by Paris's low growl...

A noisy, almost chaotic sound came from the direction of carriage number two.

Like a swarm of bees, a dense mass of tiny robots surged in from the doorway, flying wildly through the air and tracing chaotic paths as they swiftly pounced on the armed personnel.

"Go to hell!"

As Paris spoke, the tails of the robots that had covered the people in a dark mass began to glow red.

It looked like a bee just now.

At this moment... they resemble fireflies.

Fu Luo's expression Cataclysm as he stood in the corner.

"'Calamity Series'! Holy crap! The prototype of this thing is on this vehicle?! You guys get back!"

Then, a small explosion suddenly rang out.