Reverse-Flash

Like wind and lightning.

The scenery raced backward, and the surroundings in Lin Li's eyes turned into points of light, then into multicolored streaks that shot past him.

The Speed Force.

Unparalleled speed.

More than ten kilometers vanished in the blink of an eye.

The howling wind whipped against his face as Lin Li came to a stop outside Jitters.

"This is so cool, Barry. You're like lightning, like a ray of light."

Watching it a million times on television could not compare to personally experiencing such ultimate speed. This limit, this exhilaration, the feeling of watching everything get surpassed bit by bit, the sense that he was the only self in the entire world—it was more addictive than the strongest drug. It felt incredible.

Barry looked at him expectantly, grinning. "How does it feel, Lin Li?"

Lin Li's eyes were wider than ever. No words could describe the feeling.

"Awesome!"

Lin Li finally understood why so many people raced cars and drove Formula cars at extreme speeds. The feeling of surpassing himself, surpassing everything, leaving all things behind—it was like a drug. It made people unable to stop, and it was absolutely addicting.

Barry led Lin Li into the café. Barry's childhood sweetheart was nowhere to be seen. The two ordered a huge amount of food and coffee, eagerly talking about their respective worlds and getting along splendidly.

STAR Labs.

After confirming that no one was around, Dr. Wells controlled his wheelchair to a wall.

He placed his hand against it. A beam of light scanned it, and the wall flowed like data before parting to reveal a door. Beyond it lay a white space with a book-like console.

Dr. Wells stood up, walked to the console, and placed his hand on it.

"Gideon, show me the future."

"Yes, Doctor."

The console projected future news reports.

They mainly reported that the United States Postal Service had shut down its mailing counters and that packages would be returned to their senders.

"Oh no."

Dr. Wells could not believe it. Covering his face with both hands, he said fearfully, "Gideon, search for all information related to The Flash."

"No information related to The Flash has been found."

Bang!

Dr. Wells slammed his fist into the wall, his face twisted in fury.

"Damn it. Barry has already developed super speed. It must have been that transmigrator using Barry's Flash identity, preventing The Flash from appearing."

Wells gritted his teeth, rage boiling inside him. To return to the future, he had spent more than a decade waiting for Barry to grow up. He had even impatiently manipulated the Particle Accelerator explosion to give Barry the Speed Force ahead of time. Now, a transmigrator from another world had changed the future, rendering over a decade of his efforts useless. How could he possibly accept that?

He was consumed by rage. With a gloomy expression, he looked at the yellow suit that belonged to Reverse-Flash.

"Lin Li, I want you dead..."

Lin Li and Barry had a wonderful conversation. Barry had already begun treating him as a close confidant and had even told Lin Li the deepest secrets in his heart.

Naturally, Lin Li said he was saddened. After seriously listening to it all, though, his attention remained on the fried chicken bites, pizza, and hamburgers. He had to replenish his energy, after all. By the time he was roughly half full, he had spent over 2,500 dollars. Lin Li felt that was enough and was too embarrassed to say he was only half full. After all, he had eaten nearly 20,000 yuan's worth of food. Coffee was truly expensive.

When they reached the entrance, the two parted ways. Lin Li did not ask Barry to take him home. He borrowed a hundred dollars from Barry and planned to look around.

What had happened over the past two days left him deeply troubled. He could smile and get acquainted with Cisco, Caitlin, Barry, and Dr. Wells, becoming friends with them, but it could not erase his loneliness here. In this place, he truly was alone, no matter how close he became to those protagonists.

As he wandered down the street, the strange looks people gave him as a foreigner made him feel even lonelier.

How had he transmigrated?

How had he ended up here?

Damn it!

Damn it!

Heaven, may you die a miserable death! So many people wanted to transmigrate, yet you didn't send them. Why the hell did you send me?

Lin Li cursed inwardly, burning with indignation.

Suddenly, a yellow phantom streaked through the street.

Lin Li experienced high-speed travel once more. A yellow hand pressed against his chest, bending his entire body like a shrimp.

The scenery flowed backward, turning once again into points of light and streaks that flashed before his eyes.

In an instant, Lin Li was hurled away at high speed, rolling across a dirt road, covered in dust.

Lin Li choked for breath and took several deep breaths before tearing off and tossing aside the STAR Labs tracksuit that was giving off sparks.

When he had been carried along at Speed Force velocity, the Speed Force had protected him, leaving him unharmed. His clothes, however, could not withstand the friction with the air and had caught fire.

He looked miserable, but he was not actually injured.

A blurry yellow figure stood before him.

A magnetic voice roared angrily, "Who are you? Who the hell are you? Why did you come to this world?"

Lin Li had already been in a terrible mood. The pressure of transmigrating here and possibly never being able to return gave him nowhere to vent his anger.

After Reverse-Flash pulled this stunt, his rage instantly exploded.

Lin Li rose to his feet, fury surging.

"Who am I? I'm Lin Li. Do you think I wanted to come to this world?"

Lin Li bellowed, "I don't give a damn about your world."

As he roared, countless bolts of lightning burst from his body in an instant.

He felt every cell in his body being frantically mobilized, the positive and negative electrons and nuclei within every cell spinning wildly, generating terrifying currents.

Lightning erupted from his body and shot into the sky. Like the descent of a thunder god, it illuminated the night with a brilliant pillar of electrical light.

Both men were furious beyond measure.

One had spent over a decade of effort that might now be wasted, leaving him unable to return to the future.

The other was a visitor from another world, who had always dreamed of finding a way back to the real world.

Their furious fists shot toward each other. There was no longer any reason, no need for excuses. The enraged men simply wanted to kill one another. Their savage fury erupted so fiercely that neither could think rationally.

Relying on instincts honed over countless years, on his instinctive mastery of the Speed Force, Dr. Wells flashed in front of Lin Li in a streak of yellow light and unleashed dozens of wild punches into Lin Li's chest.

The concentrated lightning scattered with a single blow.

Lin Li's chest suffered agonizing pain from the dozens of punches. Mixed with fragments of his organs, blood sprayed from his mouth as he was knocked through the air.

He had absolutely no ability to fight back. Lin Li was sent flying seven or eight meters, vomiting blood mixed with pieces of his organs. His breastbone had shattered, and the force of the blows had ruptured his internal organs. Fortunately, he was seven times stronger than the most physically capable human. Otherwise, his chest would have been punched through, and he would have been dead beyond saving.

Lin Li's vision went black, and he nearly passed out from the pain. In more than twenty years of life, he had never suffered such injuries.

The pain in his chest also sobered him. Super-Speed Thinking calmed him down. He gathered a few weak sparks of electricity again, concentrating them in his chest to heal his physical injuries and numb the pain.