My World

Shen Feng jumped in fright and rolled out of bed, only to immediately step on something painfully hard and nearly twist his ankle.

A massive gold brick lay on the floor, gleaming brightly.

Beside the gold brick was a portable hard drive.

Looking down at his wrist, the black metal bracelet was shining as if it were trying to tell him something.

Everything that had happened in the Stone Statue Apocalypse was real!

It hadn't been a dream!

He also discovered that he wasn't wearing a single stitch of clothing. The clothes he had worn in the Stone Statue Apocalypse had vanished without a trace.

The next instant, a sharp pain shot through his chest and abdomen. Cold sweat broke out all over Shen Feng as he doubled over.

His body was still covered in wounds of all sizes, none of them fully healed.

Most of them had been caused when he exploded with power after injecting the serum and used his petrified skin to tank bullets head-on.

Fortunately, they were all minor injuries.

Shen Feng hurriedly found some gauze and rubbing alcohol in the room and gave himself a simple bandaging.

"Woof... woof..." A weak bark came from beneath the bed. Golden Fur staggered out and rubbed against Shen Feng's foot.

Shen Feng quickly crouched down and picked up Golden Fur, immediately sensing how weak it was.

Golden Fur's injuries hadn't healed completely either.

He needed to take it to a hospital right away.

Shen Feng had no time to worry about anything else. He quickly tidied up the room, covered the girl statue and the gold brick with a blanket, grabbed his bank card, and rushed out of the rental apartment with Golden Fur in his arms.

Fortunately, there was a pet hospital not far from his home. Shen Feng took the weak Golden Fur in for an examination, and only relaxed after learning that there were no serious injuries.

"Young man, what happened here? If you're going to raise a dog, then take proper care of it. Why is it covered in injuries?" the doctor administering Golden Fur's injection asked with a frown.

Shen Feng paused, then explained, "It was wandering alone in the wilderness before. It only started following me yesterday."

The young nurse beside him couldn't help but snort with laughter.

"Wandering in the wilderness? That sounds way too edgy... Still, the fact that you adopted it means you're a... a good person..."

As she spoke, she secretly glanced up at Shen Feng, her cheeks flushing faintly.

This boy's eyes held a maturity beyond his age. They were sharp yet clear, his long hair hanging casually down his back, the lines of his body distinctly defined. As he gazed into the distance, he seemed a little melancholy and lost. Was he an art student?

He had such great presence...

Naturally, Shen Feng had no idea what the young nurse was thinking. Looking at the bustling street outside, he felt as though a lifetime had passed.

Nearly a month had gone by. His teachers and classmates, along with Brother Hai and the others, must have been frantic looking for him. They might have even called the police.

He casually asked, "What month and day is it today?"

The young nurse beside him froze for a moment before answering, "July 23rd..."

Then she added, "It's already the middle dog days of summer. It's scorching out, little brother, so be careful not to get heatstroke... What school do you go to? How old are you?"

Though this young nurse was only around twenty herself, she was already treating Shen Feng like a little brother.

July 23rd!?

One day!?

Shen Feng clearly remembered that the day he entered the Stone Statue Apocalypse should have been July 22nd!

The month he had spent in the Stone Statue Apocalypse had only been one night in this world?

Perhaps it had only been a single instant in this world!

What the hell was going on?

Was it a difference in the flow of time between parallel universes, or could the Real Doomsday Game control the point in time where he entered?

Shen Feng shook his head and stopped thinking about it for now.

The principles behind it had to be as mysterious as the origin of the Real Doomsday Game itself. They were beyond anything he could grasp at present.

The fact that his own world hadn't been affected at all was a good thing.

Otherwise, he would have had to explain where he had gone, and might have been deemed insane and locked up in a hospital.

The young nurse was still unwilling to give up and continued asking Shen Feng, "Little brother, are you already in college? You look so mature. Do you have time this afternoon?"

Shen Feng turned to look at the fairly cute young nurse and said righteously, "Big sis, I'm still a minor. What you're doing is against the law! Please take care of Little Gold for now. I need to go to school."

With that, he turned and pushed open the door, leaving behind several doctors and nurses at the pet hospital staring at each other. Then they burst into laughter and began teasing the young nurse.

After leaving the pet hospital and returning to his rental apartment, Shen Feng stripped naked and began examining his body in the mirror.

The changes his body had undergone after injecting so many serums were simply too horrifying. Even though he had returned to normal, he still needed to check whether anything was wrong.

Fortunately, other than the various scars covering the surface of his body, everything was normal. It seemed that the mutated state would only emerge after being triggered.

After taking a thorough shower to relax, Shen Feng carried the girl statue and placed it beside his desk.

He didn't have time to study the statue for now. He would have to make long-term plans.

The gold brick gave him a bit of a headache, so he could only hide it beneath the bed for the moment.

He carefully put away the portable hard drive filled with research materials on various viruses, intending to study it slowly later.

Then he used scissors to cut his hair short. It was a little uneven, but at least it looked clean and neat.

Only then did Shen Feng put some money in his pocket and head downstairs to a breakfast stall. He ordered a large bowl of wontons, a large bowl of douhua, and half a kilogram of fried dough sticks, wolfing them all down before patting his stomach in satisfaction.

This was the life.

He hadn't eaten breakfast for nearly a month. He was about to throw up from eating grilled meat and biscuits every day.

By then, the sky was fully bright, and more people had begun appearing on the streets. Shen Feng paid the bill, got up, went to a phone shop to buy a phone, and headed toward school.

His old beat-up Mi phone had been turned into a bracelet, leaving him without a phone instead.

On the way, Shen Feng was already somewhat unaccustomed to the bustling world around him. At the slightest disturbance, even the sound of someone honking, he would become intensely alert, afraid that some wild beast might suddenly leap out from somewhere.

After all, he had spent the past month fighting for his life in the wilderness. He had changed completely.

It wasn't until he reached the school gate that he gradually returned to normal.

Familiar classmates were arriving one after another, greeting Shen Feng now and then. Clearly, none of them had noticed the changes in him.

Some girls who normally paid little attention to Shen Feng suddenly noticed that this boy had a tall, slender frame, wheat-colored skin, sharp eyes, and a sharply defined face. He was actually rather handsome, and they kept stealing glances at him.

Why hadn't they noticed before?

"Shen Feng!" Just then, a hoarse voice rang out. Li Chang led a group of people rushing over from one side of the school gate and blocked Shen Feng's path.

Shen Feng paused, looking puzzled as he asked, "You are... who again?" Too much time had passed, and he couldn't quite remember.

Li Chang flew into a rage and cursed, "I'm Li Chang! Stop playing dumb, you bastard!"

"Oh, right!" Shen Feng said in sudden realization. "Li Chang the Male Thief!"

"You're still running your mouth when you're about to die!" Li Chang said menacingly. "Today, even if you call the police, I'll beat the hell out of you first!"

"Call the police? Why would I call the police?" Shen Feng scratched his head and said with an honest-looking smile, "But let's agree on this first: no one gets to call the police."

"Haha, kid, you said it yourself! If you've got the guts, come with me!" Li Chang said excitedly.

He had gotten up early and come to block Shen Feng today. What worried him most was that this kid might finally get smart and go call the police, yet the idiot had actually set such a rule himself.

"Let's go." Shen Feng nodded.

...Half an hour later, in a park.

"Bro, bro, sob... I was wrong. I'm Li Chang the Male Thief. I really was wrong. Please stop hitting me..." Li Chang, whose face had already been beaten into a pig's head, knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

He bullied people every day, never expecting to finally run into someone truly tough today.

The moment they entered the alley, before they could even react, Shen Feng moved as if he had hacks enabled. In an instant, he slapped every one of them, leaving their heads spinning, then followed up with fists and kicks.

They had been beaten for a full half hour. In the end, the school bell for morning reading had saved them.

Shen Feng twisted his neck and smacked his lips, his face full of disdain.

These trashy middle schoolers were far worse than gorillas. He didn't even dare use much force, afraid he might beat someone to death.

These idiots had no idea of their own limits and bullied their classmates every day. Giving them a lesson today had at least helped Shen Feng kill some time.

Besides, he had been fighting nonstop in the Stone Statue Apocalypse. Suddenly returning and no longer fighting left him feeling a little uncomfortable. Beating up some kids was a decent mental buffer.

"If you dare bully your classmates or extort money again, strip naked and run ten laps around the school yourselves. Got it?" Shen Feng said listlessly.

"Yes, Brother Feng's lesson was right. What we did before truly betrayed the expectations of our teachers and parents. I regret it so much!"

"Brother Feng's education has brought me back from the wrong path and saved my future!"

"Brother Feng, thank you!"

Shen Feng rolled his eyes. These punks sure had plenty of lines. It looked like they hadn't been beaten enough.

Just then, the sound of the morning news came from a house beside the alley.

"...The Ice Dragon Expedition Team's Arctic expedition has made a major breakthrough. A prehistoric human statue has successfully been recovered from beneath a thousand-meter ice sheet in the Arctic..."

Shen Feng shot to his feet!