Li Mo sat on a public chair and closed his eyes, as if taking a nap.

Mei sat beside him, looking to the side from time to time, pursing her lips, and placing her hands on her slender, round thighs, interlacing her fingers back and forth, not knowing where to put them.

Maybe it was because she hadn’t slept all night, but soon, Meiyi closed her eyes due to sleepiness, rested her head on Li Mo’s shoulder, and slightly opened her pale lips.

She fell asleep peacefully without disturbing Li Mo.

Her long eyelashes trembled slightly, like a sleeping lavender, swaying in the cool breeze.

A hint of restrained tranquility appeared on her delicate and elegant little face, and her long dark purple hair was draped over her waist, falling onto the chair and spreading out in a messy manner.

Only after Mei fell asleep did Li Mo open his eyes again, look down and then shift his gaze to the cemetery.

Desolate, bleak, dilapidated, old...exactly as described in the notebook.

No wonder it is called the Old World.

But who maintained the prosperity of the old world before?

Li Mo wasn't sure whether the world stopped disguising itself after he saw the truth, or whether Guiqi had done something that made it impossible for the world to disguise itself.

If the old world has existence that maintains the illusion, then the new world must also have it.

Is this the pattern of the strange derivatives left behind by Mei?

How would Guiqi deal with that being? Lock it in time and space, or simply devour it?

Li Mo tried to infer the confrontation between Guiqi and Guiya through past events.

As for him at the moment, the stronger Guiya is, the better. If he can't hold back Guiqi, then everything will be in vain.

After leaving the old world, he will lose the core of law and the Star of Eden. Although the running speed after dying three times is almost the same, there is always a certain gap between running on the ground and flying in the sky.

It takes time to escape from the cabin to the cave.

If Guiqi catches me during this short period of time...

"Well……"

Mei's eyelids trembled and she murmured like a dream.

Suddenly he opened his eyes, and fear was evident in his eyes.

She had a nightmare.

"..."

Mei raised her head and looked at Li Mo. When Li Mo turned his head and met her gaze, she looked away guiltily.

"Just say whatever you want to say. You won't have the chance again." Li Mo said calmly, his cold voice without a trace of emotion.

Sunlight filters through the gaps between the leaves, casting dappled light on the ground like an abstract painting. A breeze sways the leaves, and sunlight filters through the treetops, creating a dreamy play of light and shadow.

"Just forget it." Li Mo said calmly.

Finally, Mei spoke.

She lowered her head and asked cautiously: "Brother, do you think I am fake..."

"You know this problem better than I do, but you have been avoiding it." Li Mo chose to reveal the truth.

"Yes, yes..." Mei's clenched little hands couldn't stop shaking.

"I am a fictional person, a fake person."

"I have all of Mei Raiden's memories... I thought I was her, living happily with everyone in the old world..."

"But I had to come here, to the new world, and my body entered the cabin uncontrollably."

"I was brutally treated by someone who looked exactly like my brother, yet I felt happy and excited... I even enjoyed it at one point."

"I clearly don't want to be abused and want to get along with everyone, but why..."

Li Mo: "Because you are not Raiden Mei, nor are you a human. You are a ghost with Raiden Mei's personality. It is Raiden Mei's beautiful memories that make you think you can live a good life, but your nature is not like that, so you are self-contradictory."

"You follow the laws of ghosts, but possess a human personality. As a ghost, you want to resist but cannot; as a human, you want to sink but cannot."

"After all, ghosts don't have free will; they're just slaves to the rules."

Li Mo's words were like a sharp scalpel, peeling off Meiyi's skin layer by layer, revealing her true appearance.

"Brother, can the ghosts you mentioned... cry?"

Yayi raised her head and faced Li Mo, her beautiful cheeks already covered with two lines of tears.

The sound was like a taut string, trembling.

"Are all my emotions, actions, and family members fake? My thoughts, emotions, joys, sorrows, anger, and happiness...are they all fake? No."

"Even if I feel guilty, it's only because Mei Raiden feels guilty towards her brother, so I listen to her, right?"

The introverted Mei asked a lot of questions in one breath. She seemed to have made up her mind and mustered up all her courage to ask Li Mo.

The expressions on the face and the emotions expressed are exactly the same as those of a real person.

"Yes." Li Mo answered indifferently as usual.

There was no euphemism at all. After dying three times, his emotions sank into the Lost City along with his life and were sealed forever.

"Sorry……"

"Have I caused my brother a lot of trouble..."

"Does Mei look ugly now?"

Mei sniffed and wiped the tears from her face with the back of her hand.

She found it hard to accept this fact.

Everyone who loves her is fake, and everyone she loves is also fake.

Because she is fake, everything is fake.

Li Mo remained silent. He could not feel the other person's pain at all, nor could he empathize with him. He couldn't even say a word of comfort.

When the truth is as sharp as a knife, every fact spoken by a rational person is sharper than the knife.

"I will return to my original world at 8 o'clock tonight. I want to put an end to this long-lasting nightmare."

Li Mo explained his thoughts and abruptly changed the sentimental topic.

It doesn't matter whether Mei agrees or not. She has to agree even if she doesn't agree. After all, no kind of weirdness can go against its own laws. Ghosts are a branch of weirdness, and are naturally no exception.

The target of abuse in the new world is Mei, and after the organ swap, the target of abuse becomes Li Mo again.

Regardless of her subjective will or unwillingness, she would pick up the torture instruments and be manipulated like a puppet to torture Li Mo.

"Yes, Mei understands..."

Mei slowly stretched out her hand, and Li Mo subconsciously grabbed her wrist to prevent her from extending it further.

But reason told him that the other party had no possibility of hurting him, so Li Mo let go of his hand.

The next second, Mei's hand touched Li Mo's heart unhindered.

"Brother, your heart is cold..."

"Because I'm dying soon. If I don't get rid of this fictional new world quickly, I'll be dead in three days at most." Li Mo said numbly.

"Mei won't let you die."

Mei retracted her left hand and covered her left hand with her right hand, feeling the long-lost warmth.

"Absolutely not."

After she stopped running away, she saw Guiya's memories and roughly understood what Li Mo wanted to do.

But that is too dangerous and cannot be done by one person alone.

"Back in the basement... why was brother so nice to Meiyi? Meiyi wants to ask one more question, just one... at that moment, did brother... treat Meiyi as a real family member?"

The sunlight was like golden silk, soft and bright, gently covering her face.

The light purple eyes were illuminated brightly and brilliantly.

"Ah."

Li Mo did not lie. When he took the risk to take care of Meiyi in the basement, he really treated her as his own sister and gave her respect as a human being.

Chapter 20: Strolling to the End of the World

"Thanks……"

"Thanks……"

Mei covered her mouth with one hand, lowered her head and used the other hand to wipe the tears that kept flowing from the corners of her eyes.

Li Mo watched silently without saying a word.

He didn't understand why Mei was crying, and he didn't need to understand.

Ghosts with personalities are actually not much different from humans, except for the laws imprinted in their souls.

However, Li Mo didn't care too much about her affairs at this time. He was more concerned about how to escape after returning and summoning Guiqi.

As long as he can escape into the cave, he can travel back to the original time and space. If Guiqi didn't leave any coordinates, it would be impossible to trace his location.

In the previous world, the medium that Guiqi left on him was incomplete and did not pose much danger to him for the time being.

"..."

Li Mo recalled what happened in the Eigenworld at night.

Guiqi was able to come to him, although when he came through a medium, his condition was relatively stable and he did not kill him.

But Li Mo didn't dare to assert that she would be so calm every time. Once she went berserk, there would be no chance of him surviving.

The solution given in the notebook was too risky and it didn't explain how he survived.

It only stated that Guiya would fight against Guiqi, and was unwilling to reveal any specific information.

Therefore, even though the original intention of the second page was to hope that Li Mo would survive, Li Mo did not dare to pin all his hopes on it.

Thinking of this, Li Mo couldn't help but glance sideways.

He stared calmly at the fictional Mei Raiden, looking straight ahead.

Li Mo could not see any strange traces on her, as if she were a living person.

You will get hurt, bleed, feel wronged, and cry like an abandoned child.

If the source of all the strange phenomena did not point to her, Li Mo would have found it difficult to conclude whether she was a human or a ghost.

In a very stable state.

Weird Mei is escaping from reality, and Thunder Mei is also escaping from reality.

It’s just that the weird Mei is hiding inside Mei’s body, so as long as the lightning Mei doesn’t want to escape, the weird Mei theoretically has no chance of coming out.

So... could this be used for his benefit?

Taking advantage of this guilt and family emotions?

Li Mo rationally analyzed the pros and cons of taking Meiyi away.

Her condition is very stable, so she will not bring pollution to the surrounding environment. As long as it remains stable, the weirdness will not spread.

The shortcomings are also obvious, just like Guiqi.

Once it gets out of control and the strange Mei wakes up, the Eigen world will be facing an apocalyptic catastrophe.

Li Mo pondered. The first page of the notebook had said that he must find the existence that restrained Guiqi. If he missed this opportunity now, he might not be able to find such a controllable weirdness next time.

The reasons for the strange contamination are different, and it is almost impossible to replicate it.

"All conclusions must be based on the assumption that Guiqi can be suppressed to some extent, otherwise I have no reason to bring her home."

Li Mo whispered softly.

"What is brother talking about?"

"Nothing, if you have any unfulfilled wishes, I can help you realize them now while it's still light."

“But there’s nothing left here…”

"indeed."

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