“This monster… seems a bit weak?” Bai Hanlin looked surprised.
However, he dared not slacken his guard. What if the monster he just killed was merely weak, and the others were incredibly powerful? What if the first monster was deliberately showing weakness to lower his defenses, while the others prepared to catch him off guard?
Yes, that was highly possible! He absolutely could not let his guard down!
Bai Hanlin didn't dare to pause for a moment. He meticulously attacked each monster, starting from the Baihui acupoint and working his way down. He had originally mastered only one fatal pressure point technique, but now he knew over ten. Yet, he still didn't dare to be careless. He wouldn't stop until the monsters completely dissipated into mist.
What would have originally taken only a few minutes to eliminate the monsters, took Bai Hanlin over ten minutes. Even so, many monsters were still scared away by Bai Hanlin's terrifying combat power and scattered.
“Phew… thank goodness, thank goodness, I managed to survive by sheer luck!”
Bai Hanlin nervously scanned his surroundings, confirming that there were no lurking monsters before he finally breathed a sigh of relief. When he looked back, the other Bai Hanlin, who had been fighting while retreating, was already several hundred meters away. From a distance, the other Bai Hanlin's clothes were stained with blood. He was wielding an energy scalpel, fighting defensively rather than offensively. Over a dozen lizardmen corpses lay scattered on the ground. Despite this, he was still surrounded by dozens of lizardmen. At this rate, the other Bai Hanlin would certainly be dead within minutes.
“I have to save him!”
Without time to think, Bai Hanlin quickly ran a few steps towards the other Bai Hanlin. Suddenly, his foot stepped on something. He looked down; it was a photograph! Picking it up, he saw a family photo of the other Bai Hanlin and his family. The photo must have been in the other Bai Hanlin's pocket, and now, with his clothes torn by the lizardmen, it had fallen out during the chaotic fight.
Xu Lu in the photo was smiling so brightly, so beautifully, that Bai Hanlin's heart suddenly clenched. As long as the other Bai Hanlin was around, Xu Lu would never be with him… because they were the real couple… But if the other Bai Hanlin died…
Bai Hanlin took out a pair of gloves from his ring. As long as he put on the gloves, he would become the other Bai Hanlin, and he could directly win Xu Lu's favor, reliving the days with his wife. Since it was a parallel world, and they were both married, the experiences would likely be similar. As for the things that happened after the apocalypse, which Bai Hanlin was unaware of… he could simply claim he had amnesia due to a head injury…
If the other Bai Hanlin died, then everything he had always dreamed of would return. People couldn't come back to life… but the Xu Lu in the parallel world was still Xu Lu, after all… He still needed to kill everyone in that camp just now, they also knew he was from a parallel world…
Bai Hanlin’s heart was filled with mixed emotions, and a wicked thought suddenly emerged from his heart. In an instant, he had meticulously planned the entire event. In the apocalypse, without cameras or witnesses, no one would ever find out!
Suddenly, a deep voice whispered into Bai Hanlin's ear: “You don’t need to do anything. Just stand here quietly. In a few minutes, the lizardmen will help you get rid of that person.”
“From now on, there will only be one Bai Hanlin in the world, and only you can enjoy all of this!”
“Xu Lu should only belong to you…”
“Xu Lu belongs only to me…” Bai Hanlin murmured to himself.
He watched as the other Bai Hanlin in the distance was gradually losing the fight, his wounds increasing, his healing unable to compensate for the damage sustained.
*Crack!*
The other Bai Hanlin's left arm was broken by a lizardman, and his left hand hung limply by his side. The intense pain made the other Bai Hanlin groan. Then, he looked at Bai Hanlin and shouted, “Go save Xu Lu, you must save her! Hurry!”
Bai Hanlin snapped back to reality, a cold shiver running down his spine from his own wicked thoughts.
“Hold on, I’m coming to save you!” Bai Hanlin shouted, rushing forward. His hands moved swiftly, continuously striking the fatal pressure points of the lizardmen.
*Splish! Splish!*
Wisps of white mist rose into the air. The surrounding lizardmen were all eliminated. The other Bai Hanlin sat on the ground, covered in blood.
“You are a good person…” the other Bai Hanlin said indistinctly. A horrifying gash ran across his face, making him wheeze even when he breathed. His right thigh was torn open, exposing bone. The countless other wounds on his body were more than he could count.
“It’s all my fault… actually, I’m not a good person… When I saw you surrounded, the first thing I thought of wasn't saving you… but thinking…”
“In short, I’m not a good person, and I don’t deserve Xu Lu…” Bai Hanlin said with his head bowed, his voice filled with pain. He had always believed himself to be a person who could maintain his original intentions in the apocalypse. He never expected such terrible thoughts to flash through his mind just now.
“No… it’s not your fault.”
“The skin of the lizardmen contains negative energy… direct contact can stir up the desires and wicked thoughts deep within people…” the other Bai Hanlin said, gasping for breath. He took a pill from his ring.
“This is an antidote pill. It can immediately neutralize toxins below level 3 and reduce the damage from level 4 and 5 toxins…”
“Cough cough… cough cough…”
He was about to explain how to use the pill, but speaking agitated his lung wound, causing him to cough violently.
“Also, this is a shapeshifting potion bound to my DNA. After using it, you can transform into my current appearance… including the color of the ring…”
“Actually… this appearance of mine is fake… In a battle, I was disfigured… but I didn’t tell anyone…” the other Bai Hanlin said, reaching up and grabbing his face. Then, a terrifying face with all its features melted together appeared before Bai Hanlin.
“I should have died long ago, but for Xu Lu, I’ve managed to hold on until now. Even without the lizardmen, I wouldn’t have lasted much longer!”
“Now… cough cough… I have only one wish… I hope you can live on for me…”
“I don’t want Xu Lu to be sad… and… and…”
The other Bai Hanlin had spoken too much in one breath, and after panting for a while, he continued, “And you are originally me, so this won't be a deception for her…”
“You should understand me. I have a habit of keeping a diary. I’ve written down everything that happened after the apocalypse in my diary…”
“Take this. It will allow you to truly become me, to live for me… and take good care of Xu Lu…”
The other Bai Hanlin forced out his last sentence, then his head lolled to the side, and he breathed his last. The diary slipped from his hand and gently fell into Bai Hanlin’s.