I Went to Mars Too??

The chance to communicate was incredibly precious. Lin Xu should have asked every question he wanted answered.

But he did not have the time.

A round trip for information between Earth and Mars took twenty minutes, while only twenty-eight minutes remained until the apocalypse descended.

Even if he successfully received Jiang Xingye's reply, the amount of information she could convey in that limited time would be pitifully small.

Was he really going to waste his chances to enter the Bracelet World, repeatedly fight his way into the Purple Mountain Observatory, repeatedly go through battle after battle, finally ask his questions, then try to memorize as much as possible in just a few minutes before communicating again?

That efficiency was terrifyingly low.

So the best solution was to find a contact closer to him.

The moment he entered the Bracelet World, he would establish contact with them.

That was the most efficient way to communicate!

Lin Xu refused to believe that an organization as large as Planetary Reincarnation could not find a single trustworthy contact on Earth.

Although he could not immediately obtain more information about the apocalypse this time, nor could he find out what had happened to the Zhurong probe, as long as he opened up a channel, getting information in the future would be easy, would it not?

Plan successful √!

Lin Xu struggled to lie down on the ground. He wanted to press his hand against his severed arm to stop the bleeding, but he discovered that the wound torn open by the 8.6-millimeter bullet was simply too large.

So large that even when he desperately contracted his muscles and gripped beneath his armpit, the bleeding did not slow in the slightest.

Three minutes had already passed.

And he would have to wait at least another twenty minutes to receive Jiang Xingye's response.

Could he survive?

Lin Xu pulled a drag strap from his waist and wrapped it tightly around his arm, trying to stop the bleeding. But he quickly realized that the biggest problem was no longer his physical condition.

Voices were already calling out from beyond the door.

All nearby police and military forces had been mobilized. How long would it take them to breach this place?

The thought circled through Lin Xu's mind.

The next second.

"Buzz—"

A tremendous humming sound rang out.

It was here again!

That incapacitation weapon he had experienced before!

Fuck!

So soon?!

Lin Xu tried to struggle, but the power of will was absolutely incapable of resisting such an advanced weapon.

He convulsed on the ground. Then light shone in from outside the observation station.

The fully armed soldiers effortlessly found Lin Xu collapsed before the main console. The instant he saw him, surprise flashed through the squad leader's eyes.

"You?!"

Lin Xu panted violently.

"You know me??"

The squad leader did not answer.

"First aid. Take him away!"

"Keep him alive!"

"Understood!"

The medic stepped forward in response. After confirming that Lin Xu could not resist, he skillfully bandaged his wound.

One shot of adrenaline later, Lin Xu was wide awake.

"I can't go... I have to stay here!"

"Give me twenty minutes—no, eighteen minutes!"

"Something huge is about to happen. I have to find out what exactly is going on!"

"Just eighteen minutes! Ask me anything you want right here, and I guarantee I'll answer truthfully!"

Lin Xu delayed for as long as he could, but it was obvious that those who had come to arrest him were not buying it.

"You killed four people! And you still want to negotiate!?"

The squad leader glared furiously at Lin Xu. Lin Xu clung tightly to the edge of the main console with one hand, refusing to let go.

"I had no choice! I was coerced!"

His mind raced.

"If I hadn't fought my way in, those people would have killed all my friends and family!"

"Please, seventeen minutes. We only need to wait another seventeen minutes!"

"Who wants to kill your family?"

the squad leader demanded sternly.

"Planetary Reincarnation! Planetary Reincarnation!"

"They threatened me!"

Lin Xu tried his best to present himself as a victim. Seeing the true state he was in, hesitation flickered in the squad leader's eyes.

It seemed... somewhat believable?

The man before him was already severely injured, yet he had not left.

Did he really have someone threatening him?

What would happen if they forcibly took him away?

Looking into Lin Xu's eyes, the squad leader asked:

"What if I insist on taking you away? What will happen?"

"The end of the world!"

Lin Xu's voice was hoarse as he said solemnly:

"The end of the world will definitely happen!"

"...Take him away!"

At the squad leader's command, the soldiers who had long been unable to hold themselves back stepped forward and kicked him.

Lin Xu nearly blacked out from the kick, and his hand loosened involuntarily.

By the time he came to his senses, his hands and feet had been bound with zip ties. He had completely lost the ability to move.

"I really wasn't lying to you..."

Lin Xu bared his teeth in pain.

The roughly fastened zip ties stabbed into his wounds, making his entire body tremble uncontrollably.

"Wait another fifteen minutes. Maybe we won't even need fifteen minutes. We'll receive a response very soon."

"You can spare those fifteen minutes... Give me a chance!"

No one paid Lin Xu any attention.

He was quickly carried into the accompanying armored riot-control vehicle. The squad leader looked down at him from above. After several seconds of silence, he asked in a tone tinged with disbelief:

"How could you do something like this??"

"You know me?!"

Lin Xu asked again.

"...I've seen you before."

The squad leader slowly nodded, and the riot-control vehicle started moving.

Through the vehicle's narrow window, Lin Xu saw lights flashing endlessly outside.

He tried to sit up, only to be stomped back onto the floor.

"Stay still!"

"I fucking... forget it."

Lin Xu sighed.

"When did you see me? What kind of person am I? What did I do before?"

he asked.

The squad leader looked at him with disbelief in his eyes.

"You don't remember any of that?? Don't tell me you have amnesia."

"Unfortunately, I do."

Lin Xu lay there obediently and stopped trying to struggle.

He knew that under these circumstances, there was truly very little he could do now.

Next time.

Next time, he had to figure out how to escape—and how to maintain contact with Jiang Xingye after escaping.

Seeing his expression, confusion appeared in the squad leader's eyes.

After a brief silence, he said:

"You should have stayed on Mars and never come back."

At that instant.

Lin Xu's mind was struck as if by a sledgehammer.

Me?

Stayed on Mars??

When had I ever gone to Mars?

What the hell happened to me over these past twenty years??

He stared dumbfoundedly at the man across from him, wanting to ask something, yet unable to utter a single word.

"I... when did I go to Mars??"

The squad leader did not speak again.

Lin Xu glanced at the watch on his wrist.

One minute left.

"There's no time!"

"Tell me, when did I go to Mars? What did I go there for??"

"Think about it carefully after you go in."

The squad leader's tone was cold.

"Fuck!"

Lin Xu angrily struggled into a sitting position.

"Forty seconds left! The end of the world is coming!"

"If you don't die immediately, remember to tell me why I went to Mars!"

"Remember! You have to remember!"

As his words fell, astonishment appeared on the squad leader's face.

And at that moment, Jiang Xingye's voice suddenly rang out from outside the vehicle window.

"Bai Mo!"

"Go find Bai Mo!"

Lin Xu looked out the window in shock.

Jiang Xingye was still using the entire city's equipment to broadcast to him.

She had anticipated that he might be restrained!

Lin Xu instantly calmed down.

Then white light flashed.

The apocalypse descended.

In the final second before losing consciousness, he saw the squad leader's lips moving rapidly.

Then the words reached his ears.

"You shouldn't have brought Zhurong back!!!"