Dawn broke.
When Yu Ruoli woke again, it was already afternoon.
She looked at her hands in terror. They were clean, just as they had always been, without any fish scales, and her legs were normal too.
The setting sun hanging over the city skyline shone through her window. Its warmth made everything feel a lifetime away.
I'm back...
I'm really back.
Her final memories came flooding back too.
That man was... Mr. Qin.
But if [Professor] is Qin Manjiang, who is [Abyss]?
Mr. Qin... he saved me.
Trembling, Yu Ruoli took out her phone, but just as she was about to press the call button, she hesitated.
No... he wore 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 stay 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, as though walking a completely different road 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 that voice, but compared with before, something seemed to be missing.
"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: eliminating Yu Ruoli, who had already undergone "transformation."
But Yu Ruoli hadn't died, and neither had Qin Manjiang.
He must have done something.