A dark field of vision, unable to see anything clearly.

When he opened his eyes, he thought he was still in a dream.

This place is...

Ye City?

When their eyes finally adjusted to the darkness, one by one, the Ye City citizens then realized they had returned...

Was everything just now a dream?

No, it couldn't have been a dream, that space, those words, they were just too real.

Li Ming looked around, his mind buzzing incessantly.

As an ordinary office worker, ever since that red rain began to fall, his worldview had been continuously shattered.

He even lost his wife in that rain.

The wife he deeply loved... his first love, from school uniform to wedding dress.

What on earth has happened to this world?

Li Ming painfully crouched down, he still remembered the blood letter formed by the mist in that space.

[Corpses are not corpses, remains are not remains, I am not I, humans are not humans]

He didn't want to think about what it actually meant, ever since his wife was dissolved and melted by the bleeding bones, he completely lost the will to live.

And just when he was curled up painfully on the sofa, Li Ming suddenly felt an abnormal sensation.

It was as if... something was staring at him from behind.

This feeling was very real, that gaze seemed to pierce through flesh and blood.

There's something behind me, and it's very close...

As soon as this thought occurred, Li Ming found it absurd.

How is that possible?

He had no children, his parents had already passed away, and his newlywed wife had just passed, how could there be anyone else in the house?

However, at that moment he heard it even more clearly... a breath.

That sound is?!

Li Ming felt his scalp tingle.

Although the breathing sound wasn't quite clear, it was unmistakably the voice of his wife!

Li Ming wanted to turn around to cut but his neck seemed to be pressed by something, he couldn't move at all, no... not just the neck, his whole body was stiff, completely unable to move.

Except... the mouth.

"Who are you?"

"Siyi? Is that you, Siyi?"

Li Ming's voice carried a hint of fear, his heart also started to accelerate uncontrollably.

However, there was a slight, concealed expectation within him.

What if it really was Siyi? What if Siyi really came back?

At that moment, Li Ming suddenly relaxed.

He opened his eyes wide, covered in sweat.

"Huff... huff..."

Li Ming panted heavily on the sofa, he looked out the window, the red rain had already stopped.

Was it a dream?

Li Ming reached towards his heart.

His heart was beating fast and weakly, as if it might stop at any moment.

Was it really a nightmare?

Li Ming walked towards the window, he clearly remembered the tragic state of Ye City during the scarlet storm.

Even if the rain had stopped now, there must be traces left behind.

However, as he came to the window and looked at the street below, Li Ming was dumbfounded.

Where's the blood?

Where are the scattered limbs and flesh?

What about that apocalyptic scene?

There wasn't even any sign of rain, the trees along the street still stood lazily, the city's greenery, public facilities, nothing showed any trace of being washed by rain.

Could it be... from the moment the red rain started falling, everything was just my dream?

Li Ming couldn't comprehend, if it was a dream, it was way too realistic, too terrifying.

However, if it was a dream, then it meant Siyi was unharmed, still alive!

Wait a minute...

Li Ming tremblingly reached for his phone, without hesitation dialing the first number.

"Beep—"

"Beep—"

It was the tone of a connected call, it really got through.

Li Ming swallowed his saliva, feeling a bit parched.

Was it a dream, was it really all a dream?

Answer? Or not?

Li Ming's emotions were extremely conflicted.

At that moment!

"Ding-dong—"

The crisp sound of the doorbell jolted Li Ming back to reality.

He looked at the connected phone, then to the ringing doorbell.

A highly eerie atmosphere was spreading toward him...

"Who is it?"

Li Ming called out loudly towards the entrance.

The only response he got was the continued "ding-dong".

Li Ming had no choice, he glanced at the connected phone with no answer, then took steps toward the entry door.

Who could it be?

Neighbor? Impossible... he's quite solitary, not familiar with the neighbors at all.

Friend? Even more unlikely, he did have one or two friends, but none so close as to know his address.

Relatives had long since cut off contact, unless... was it a friend of Siyi?

Step by step, Li Ming moved toward the door.

That was possible.

However, the closer he got to that door, the colder he felt.

Reaching the last step, just an arm's length from the doorknob, the hair on his arms was already standing.

"Ding-dong—"

The doorbell continued to ring.

But Li Ming's heart seemed even louder, making it impossible for him to calm down.

Summoning his courage, Li Ming looked through the peephole.

He felt he couldn't just open the door, better to take a look first...

Confirm who it really was before opening the door.

Li Ming exhaled a breath of turbid air, slowly putting his right eye to the peephole.

The moment he pressed against it, his pupil suddenly contracted!

Siyi?!

It's Siyi!

It's his wife, Siyi!

No, this can't be... it must be a dream!

His mouth opened instinctively, but no sound came out.

He seemed to have fallen into a trance, his right eye fixed on his wife outside the door.

He realized he actually...

Was a little afraid to recognize her.

It clearly was his wife, but... he always felt it wasn't.

This feeling grew stronger and stronger, to the point where Li Ming seemed to feel a chill sneaking into his collar.

It was then he realized, his body was already drenched in cold sweat.

And at that moment, another eye almost as if by instant teleportation also glued itself to the peephole!

"Ah!!!"

Li Ming screamed in fright.

However, the next moment, a voice came from outside the door.

"Li Ming! You sluggish fellow, since you're home, why don't you open the door!"

Siyi's familiar voice came through, filled with a kind of annoyance, but Li Ming let out a huge sigh of relief.

He knew this wasn't actually his wife getting angry, it's just her personality, or rather, people from their city in general were of this character.

After a sigh of relief, a surge of joy overwhelmed him.

It was real...

Everything was just a dream!

No red rain, his wife wasn't torn limb from limb in the storm.

Nor was there that mysterious eerie space, and [Corpses are not corpses, remains are not remains, I am not I, humans are not humans] those hair-raising words.

Li Ming opened the door, pulling his wife into his embrace, tears pouring like rain.

"Siyi, you came back... so good... really so good..."

But his embraced wife wore an expression of complete confusion, seemingly unaware of what occurred.

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Similar scenes played out in every household in Ye City.

Today, all those important people had returned...

And outside Bai Yanliang's door, at this moment, the sound of knocking was heard.

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