I Like This World

This time, Shen Mo answered without the slightest hesitation, "I do. It would be even better without the apocalypse." The affection in his eyes was utterly genuine.

At least this world has an older sister who loves me. In my world, aside from that close friend, there wasn't a single person I could talk to. They all left, leaving me alone in that lonely world.

But the memories I received after coming here were only the plot of this world. Everything here seemed to develop according to the plot, just like a novel.

I don't know anything beyond the plot. I don't even have this body's original memories.

But there are many things in the plot that don't make sense. There were several apocalyptic disasters, on top of zombies and mutated animals and plants. It didn't look at all like the way a normal world would evolve. I really don't understand what is going on with this world's Heavenly Dao.

The information bombarded everyone until they were dizzy. The world they lived in was actually the world of a novel? Did that mean they were all fictional, paper-thin characters?

For a long while, no one could digest this shocking truth.

Although Shen Yue doubted whether this world truly existed, she knew clearly that her younger brother had indeed returned to her side. He had merely lost some of his memories.

Seeing that no one responded, Shen Mo did not think much of it. He assumed everyone had tacitly accepted what he said and was feeling sentimental about the world before the apocalypse.

As they neared the gas station, the vehicle slowly came to a stop, and everyone got out.

"There's no one here either." Yang Xuan looked somewhat dejected. He stared listlessly at Shen Mo, looking like he wanted to say something but did not dare. After all, he was still wary of the fierce look his cousin kept giving him.

He wanted to say that he was not fake, Shen Yue was not fake either, and his love for Shen Yue was even less so. In the end, he swore that he would never die such a pathetic death.

He might have been foolish, but he had not considered the possibility that Shen Mo had become a different person. He thought perhaps Shen Mo had only awakened a precognitive ability, and those so-called plots might merely be one possible future. Now that they knew what would happen in the future, how could things possibly remain unchanged?

Surprisingly, Yang Xuan might have looked foolish, but he had thought things through quite clearly. Though he had been angry about his pathetic death just now, once he calmed down, he no longer cared about it.

Su Ze's thoughts were similar to Yang Xuan's. He had never been the type to agonize over things internally. If there was a problem, he would solve it.

Seeing the somewhat oppressive atmosphere, he took the initiative to change the subject. Looking toward the curtains fluttering in the distance, he casually said, "Those people are in the dormitories next door."

"Forget about them for now. Check whether there's any gasoline left here first." Leng Shiyi had mostly digested the information as well and stopped dwelling on such irrelevant matters.

Yang Xuan was the most obedient when it came to his cousin. He eagerly ran forward, inspected the place carefully, then shook his head helplessly. "There's no fuel left."

"Let's go take a look at the dormitories. We have to go there sooner or later anyway. Maybe they have information that could be useful to us. Besides, the fuel here was probably collected by them already."

Su Ze frowned deeply, his gaze fixed on the eerily quiet gas station. He had the feeling that something about this place was not quite right.

Leng Shiyi had clearly sensed it as well and immediately began making arrangements. "Shen Mo, you said you awakened a Spatial Ability. How large is your space? Can it hold this vehicle?"

Shen Mo nodded without hesitation and answered confidently, "No problem. My space is very large."

"Good! Then we'll proceed according to plan. Our car may be unusable, but those people drove here in a van. Shen Mo, put our vehicle away first. Our supplies are still inside. Everyone, get into the van and squeeze in. Yang Xuan, drive it somewhere outside their line of sight or into a blind spot, then Shen Mo, use your Spatial Ability to store that vehicle too."

"Then we'll head to the dormitories on foot. During that time, everyone must remain highly alert and be ready to defend yourselves at any moment." Leng Shiyi's expression was calm and stern.

After everyone got back into the vehicle, Yang Xuan skillfully drove it behind the gas station.

The moment they got out, the vehicle disappeared. Everyone readied their defenses and circled around the back of the gas station toward the dormitory area.

The dormitory area was overgrown with weeds and utterly desolate. Every first-floor window had been sealed tightly with thick steel plates, which bore several dents and gouges of unknown origin.