Earth.

233rd Misty Border.

7th Border Fortress.

A middle-aged man stood on the fortress wall with a group of students, looking at the mist in the distance, and slowly introduced:

"Two thousand years ago, in the mid-21st century, the first white fog suddenly appeared in South Africa."

“In the old era, a joint expedition team from various countries on Earth entered the fog to investigate and study it. Half a month later, the expedition team completely lost contact.”

"Six months later, the number of mental illness cases in South Africa increased twentyfold, with many patients saying that they saw monsters in their dreams, but could not describe the monsters in detail."

“Some mental patients become extremely aggressive after the onset of the illness. In severe cases, their bodies undergo mutations, and their ethical concepts become completely different from those of normal people.”

"Two years later, a second fog appeared in the center of the Pacific Ocean."

"Soon, the number of mental patients in the Pacific Rim countries also increased significantly, showing the same pathogenesis characteristics as in South Africa."

"Scientists have discovered through research that these white mists carry special magnetic field radiation, which can directly affect the human mind, and mental illness can then lead to physical illness."

"As scientists have found, Sapporo, Japan, was the first city to be shrouded in fog. In just five hours before the city's communications were cut off, one-third of the people in the fog showed signs of mental illness, and one-fifth of them developed physical ailments."

"Sapporo lost contact ten hours after the fog appeared."

"The residents who escaped the fog fell ill one after another within five days of being brought under control, with a survival rate of...0%."

"Although after two thousand years of evolution, the white fog area has become more and more numerous, and humans have developed a certain level of resistance to mental radiation, a normal person still cannot survive in the fog."

"Teacher!" At this moment, a young man raised his hand, his voice sounding somewhat strange.

The middle-aged man nodded in agreement: "Go ahead and ask."

"Teacher, is it really impossible for a normal person to survive in the fog?"

The middle-aged man nodded seriously: "Yes, no, not any normal person."

"Then... what's the deal with that person?" The young man asked, his hand trembling as he pointed towards the direction of the mist.

Many of the other students were staring wide-eyed in the direction of the fog, their eyes filled with fear.

The middle-aged man was facing the students with his back to the mist, and he could see the students' expressions.

He paused, then abruptly turned his head to look in the direction of the mist.

A figure staggered out from the white mist.

He walked slowly across the barren land, each step seemingly extremely difficult.

The middle-aged man's eyes widened, and he muttered, "...Normal people really can't survive in the mist. Those who can survive in the mist are either not normal people, or...not human."

…………

Lu Ning, who had just emerged from the fog, looked up at the sun in the sky.

Above the golden sun, long tendrils danced.

The sun contracted and expanded, as if a living being were breathing, or as if a heart were beating.

Lu Ning's gaze swept around.

Under the azure sky, one can vaguely see huge, distorted phantoms, dim and appearing and disappearing intermittently.

Meanwhile, the faint wails and cries for help emanating from deep underground also reached Lu Ning's ears from time to time.

Lu Ning remained completely unmoved by all of this.

He had been in the fog for too long.

From the initial tension and fear of entering the fog, to the later loneliness and madness, everything eventually turned into numbness.

Moreover, the scene Lu Ning saw before coming out was far more insane than what he is seeing now.

Lu Ning took a deep, almost greedy breath, then revealed a maniacal smile.

"Hahahaha! I'm back! I'm finally back! I can finally go home!"

Lu Ning took a step to move, but just then, hunger and exhaustion struck him. His vision went black, he staggered, and collapsed heavily to the ground.

…………

Base City No. 116.

Bureau of Mystery Affairs.

Inside a metal room, Lu Ning lay on a hospital bed.

His body and limbs were fixed to the edge of the bed with black metal.

Three men in black trench coats stood to one side, looking at Lu Ning with serious and wary expressions.

The middle-aged man with black hair, who was at the head of the group, held a report in his hand with a strange expression.

"Name unknown, race is human, physical strength is average, mental strength is also average, mental contamination level is 0%... Heh..."

He shook his head, a complicated smile appearing on his face.

The black-haired young woman next to him rolled her eyes and said, "Captain Lin, are you still looking at this report? There must be a mistake! How could there be a human with 0% mental pollution? Even a newborn baby is exposed to mental radiation in the womb, so the pollution level can't be 0%!"

Another blond young man wearing glasses adjusted his glasses and said seriously, "But the people in the examination department have repeatedly stated that they have conducted twenty-four tests, and even used analogies such as testing other people and changing instruments to ensure that it is not an instrument problem. The final conclusion is that the level of mental pollution is 0%!"

"I simply don't believe it! Humans with 0% mental pollution could only exist on Earth before the fog appeared, right? There must be some mistake here!"

The woman's delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly as she stared intently at the unconscious Lu Ning: "Even if such a human truly exists, he couldn't possibly be someone who has just emerged from the mist!"

Lin Xiao casually placed the report on the table, took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, took a deep drag, and slowly exhaled.

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