He stood frozen in place.
Staring at the information displayed on the screen of light, Ye Lin went rigid, his mind utterly blank.
It was only a name, yet the meaning behind it struck like a sledgehammer, shattering his reason in an instant.
He felt as though he had plunged into an ice cellar, swallowed by boundless cold.
How could this happen!? How could this happen!?
That grave-the person the organization behind him would spare no cost to find-was actually himself!
"Impossible... Something must have gone wrong!!"
"How could the dead person be me!?"
The answer was utterly absurd. Reeling from the shock, Ye Lin could no longer stay calm and immediately pressed the system for answers.
If he was the one who had died, how could he still be alive!?
If the person inside was Ye Lin, then who was he!?
"System! Is the [Ye Lin] inside the grave really me!?"
Beep. Query failed. Further information is classified as S-Rank. Please obtain S-Rank clearance before querying. The cost...
"System, search for other information related to [Ye Lin]!"
Beep. Query failed...
"System, search...!"
Five minutes later.
Ye Lin clenched both fists. Line after line of failed-query notifications filled the entire screen.
At that moment, he felt as though the whole world had abandoned him, leaving him surrounded by an endless sense of emptiness.
He could not comprehend that the person he was searching for was his own dead self. Still less could he accept that the answer running through his entire life was his own grave.
He could not even imagine whether, had he opened that door that day, he would have seen another version of himself.
The room was dark and deathly silent.
Under the violent fluctuations of his emotions, even his enhanced will