"...Vitality signs critical...Identity scan...Civilian in the dust zone...No valid medical insurance account...Emergency protocol activated...Consciousness upload protection procedure...Authorization to execute..."
A cold, synthesized electronic voice rang in her ears. Immediately afterwards, some kind of powerful adhesive device was attached to her temples and the back of her neck, bringing a strong numbing sensation.
They've arrived.
A strong, cold white light descended from above, as if to pierce her soul. Jiang Chan felt her consciousness being forcibly pulled and extracted by a tremendous, irresistible force. It was as if her soul was being torn apart bit by bit from her shattered body.
The pain, coldness, and sound of the wind in the real world are rapidly receding, blurring, and disappearing. Only that all-consuming white light remains before my eyes.
Just as her consciousness was about to completely detach from reality and plunge into the unknown abyss of "heaven"—
Sizzle!!
An indescribable, distorted sound pierced the depths of her consciousness like a red-hot steel needle!
That wasn't a sound a human could make. It was like countless fingernails scraping against metal, countless panes of glass shattering simultaneously, countless dying beasts howling in despair, countless mad murmurs mixed with screams of extreme pain...
All the sounds were forcibly compressed, distorted, and superimposed, forming a terrifying shriek so pure it froze the soul! It came from the data stream interface that was extracting her consciousness! From the depths of that passage to "heaven"!
This sound was completely out of place with the holy white light and any imagination of a "perfect paradise." It was pure, naked suffering itself.
The cold white light completely swallowed up Jiang Chan's last remaining consciousness. Darkness surged in like a tide, drowning out the lingering echo of that terrifying shriek.
The dust-covered district fell silent in the dead of night. Only a pool of rapidly cooling, dark red blood and a broken, soulless body remained on the tracks. Above, the rusted billboard support groaned softly in the wind.
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