The Domain of Time had not actually been broken. It was merely suppressed within a thousand-meter radius centered on the Sun-Moon World-Illuminating Mirror.
Now that Zhong Dian was dead, the entire domain instantly collapsed on its own.
Across Mingzhu City, the previously missing Rescue Team members reappeared one after another. Realizing they had escaped the prison of time, they embraced one another in celebration.
The scene returned to the barbecue stall.
Amid the wreckage, Chu Li stared uncertainly at Zhong Dian's desiccated corpse on the ground and asked, "What happened? How... how did he die?"
"I don't know." Cheng Xuejie shook her head.
Nameless emerged from the distant ruins. He flew over, saw Zhong Dian's desiccated corpse, and immediately looked at Lin Renmei. "Renmei, did you do this?"
"I don't know. He suddenly died in the blink of an eye." Lin Renmei was equally baffled.
Nameless stroked his chin and said thoughtfully, "He probably used some sort of superpower on you, Renmei. It might not have been a type he could control himself. Then the consumption became too great, and he ended up killing himself."
"Lifespan?" Lin Renmei immediately guessed.
She had beaten up countless Zhu Chengmians across innumerable Parallel Worlds.
Every Zhu Chengmian would fight her desperately with a Death-Dealing Throwing Knife. Once they had gambled away most of their lifespan, they would become like gamblers who had lost their minds, trying to drag her down with them in the end.
As for the outcome, the fact that she was still alive and well said it all.
"Mm, possible. Leave the corpse with me for now. I'll study it for a while before handing it over to the Medical Research Group. His body should be able to provide us with quite a bit of information." Nameless nodded.
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