Day broke.
By the time Yu Ruoli woke again, it was already afternoon.
She looked at her hands in terror. They were clean, just as they had always been, with no fish scales, and her legs were perfectly normal too.
The setting sun hanging over the city skyline shone through her window, its warmth making her feel as though a lifetime had passed.
I'm back...
I'm really back.
Her final memories also came flooding back.
That person was... Mr. Qin.
But if [Professor] was Qin Manjiang, who was [Abyss]?
Mr. Qin... he saved me.
Yu Ruoli fumbled out her phone with trembling hands, but just as she was about to press the call button, she hesitated.
No... he was wearing a mask, and his code name was [Professor]. That means he might not want anyone else to know his identity.
He must be doing something that needs to be kept secret.
So...
Yu Ruoli slowly moved her finger away from the call button.
Not disturbing him would be the best way to help, wouldn't it...
Yu Ruoli looked out the window.
Fu City was still Fu City. The people outside bustled about, seemingly walking a completely different path from theirs.
And they could never return to normal lives again.
Much less have normal relationships.
Yu Ruoli chose not to call Qin Manjiang, but Shen Hai was different.
The moment he cleared the Game, he contacted Qin Manjiang.
"Hello?"
Shen Hai was no stranger to this voice, but compared to before, it seemed to be missing something.
"How did you do it?"
Shen Hai asked.
As he saw it, the final condition for clearing the Game should have been the same as when they eliminated the Director: eliminate Yu Ruoli, who had already "mutated."
But Yu Ruoli hadn't died, and