Chapter 30 Civilized Sinner
The roar of fighting came from the front.
After Yuan Qing walked out of the cave, he came to a ruin full of rubble and debris. In front of him, a tall and thin monster was waving his arms to destroy the surrounding buildings.
After walking a little closer, he found a dark shadow struggling with the monster.
It was Yan Nan. His physical condition suddenly became amazing. His jumping ability and the strength of his limbs became extraordinary. He was completely different from the Yan Nan he had in mind.
Yuan Qing was stunned for a moment, and in the short moment he was stunned, the fight between Yan Nan and the monster suddenly became fierce and fast, and every move was fatal. After only three or two rounds, Yan Nan suddenly jumped onto the monster's back, raised his long knife with both hands, and pierced the monster's head cleanly.
The monster's counterattack stopped for a moment. It remained frozen in place, as it remained pierced. The scene remained still.
After witnessing the monster's death, Yuan Qing watched Yan Nan's body sway and then fall off the monster's back.
He immediately rushed over and caught Yan Nan before he fell to the ground.
The monster's tall body collapsed with a loud bang, and the ground around it was cracked. Yuan Qing used his body to block the dust and rubble that splashed everywhere.
He bent down and looked down, and saw Yan Nan in his arms with his eyes tightly closed, as if he had fallen into a coma.
At the same time, a subtle change spread rapidly in the air.
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With the help of the plug-in provided by the system, Yan Nan was instantly transformed from a weak clerk who was powerless into an extremely agile Popeye. In just a few moves, he pinned Yan Qiusi, the mastermind behind the incident, to the ground and beat him up. Unfortunately, he failed to capture the black group that brought the virus and let him escape.
Yes, according to the system, the virus that destroyed a small world was not born from the small world, but was brought by the black group that invaded the small world.
The moment the black group escaped, zombies all over the world suddenly froze, the polluted land regained its vitality, the withered plants sprouted new buds, and the wounds on animals that were injured by the virus returned to normal.
All over the world, whether it is the superpowers fighting zombies, or the ordinary people bitten by zombies and hiding in the corner dying, or the survivors staying safely in the base without any disaster.
People all over the world raised their heads at the same time and looked in the same direction.
Invisible emotions spread in the air, the haze was dispelled, and everyone felt this change from the bottom of their hearts, affecting the change of everyone's destiny.
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The moment Yan Qiusi was killed, the task completion prompt sounds in the system space rang one after another.
Yan Nan let out a long breath, and then the only thing left for him to do was to wait silently for the backlash after the props passed by, waiting for his body to die from the backlash of the virus and leave this world. However, he waited for a while, and not only did the backlash not happen, he even felt that his body was getting better and better.
[What's going on? Is the mission not over yet?] Yan Nan asked the system.
The system told him, "Because your health is too high, it is not suitable to escape at this time."
If that's the case, Yan Nan thought to himself, can't he just stab himself and get away? Please, I really don't want to stay in this class for even a minute longer.
Just as he was about to draw his sword, the system's warning suddenly sounded, "Important plot characters have been detected nearby. Operators are prohibited from doing anything that seriously violates the character's setting in front of the plot characters. Also, it is prohibited to forcibly leave the plot characters in front of them in violation of the laws of life and death."
This reminder scared Yan Nan so much that he stopped his actions immediately. He caught a glimpse of Yuan Qing's figure out of the corner of his eye, and then he came up with an idea and pretended to be exhausted and fell off the monster.
Since he couldn't escape from the world by committing suicide, he could only hope that the protagonist would be able to see through the situation and give the villain a finishing blow. But the protagonist suddenly got the upper hand and took him down. After he closed his eyes and waited for a long time, he didn't see Yuan Qing's intention to finish the job.
Just when he was about to close his eyes as he could no longer act, a cold water stain suddenly fell on his face.
But soon another warm hand came over and wiped away the water droplets.
Is it raining?
Yan Nan couldn't help but opened his eyes. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Yuan Qing pursing her lips tightly, with crystal tears rolling in her eye sockets like little white flowers that were about to fall out.
"Why are you crying..." Yan Nan suddenly felt a little funny. He sat up with his arms propped up and asked.
"Teacher Yan..." Yuan Qing blinked, and the tears were squeezed down by his eyelashes. His face still looked a little confused, "I thought you..."
"Did you think I was dead?" Yan Nan stood up from the ground. He had just experienced a fierce battle and his limbs were still sore and painful, but he still tried his best to control the trembling in his body and pretended nothing had happened.
He stood up straight and reached out his hand to Yuan Qing who was kneeling on the ground, "Go back."
The sun rose behind him, shining brightly.
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A month passed, and the survivors gradually adapted to life without having to worry about survival every day.
People gathered together again, changed order, reclaimed wasteland, and rebuilt their homes.
In this hopeful and inspiring collective atmosphere, everyone is moving forward in unison towards a better future.
Except for Yan Nan. From the day he went back with Yuan Qing, his health began to decline rapidly.
The entrance of a temporary medical clinic.
"What's going on?" Yuan Qing stood up anxiously and asked as he saw the doctor coming out after examining Yan Nan.
The doctor looked solemn and spoke slowly, "It's hard to say... It's a very strange situation. We still have to wait for the team from the West District to come to know what's going on, but you have to be mentally prepared in advance..."
"Oh, okay, okay, thank you, doctor." Yuan Qing agreed dejectedly.
After sending the doctor away, Yuan Qing sat down again, staring blankly at the gray door. Inside the door lay Yan Nan, who had just separated from him.
Mingming Yan Nan was fine when he came back with him. Yuan Qing still remembered that the two of them rushed for a whole day and finally caught up with the main force on their way back to the camp in the evening.
The sky was dark. After parting with him, Yuan Qing turned around and went back to the tent. The surroundings were calm, but Yuan Qing's heart suddenly beat uneasily. He tried to suppress this inexplicable premonition, but his heart beat faster and faster, so violently that it could not be ignored.
The night was quiet. A strong wind suddenly blew over, brushing his cheeks and making his light coat spin. Yuan Qing stopped, his pupils dilated, then he turned around and ran back the same way.
This journey was longer than he had imagined. His heart was still beating fast, and the dark scenery passed by quickly. Finally, a familiar figure appeared in front of him. He stopped, propped up his knees with his hands, opened his mouth and gasped violently. Just when he was about to shout -
The gray-black figure suddenly became shorter. Yuan Qing was stunned for a moment, then realized that he had fallen.
Yuan Qing rushed over, the dark clouds in the sky dispersed, the moon shone down, and the unconscious figure on the ground was illuminated in a bleak white.
Yan Nan curled up on the ground, his hair disheveled, his face in pain, blood oozing from the corners of his mouth, and he was almost not breathing.
After a brief shock, Yuan Qing reacted quickly and took Yan Nan to see a doctor in the camp.
The doctor examined Yan Nan and he woke up on his own soon after.
Looking at the crowd of people surrounding his bed who were concerned about his health, Yan Nan lowered his head without saying a word.
On the way back, several people took turns to look after him 24 hours a day, so they saw clearly that Yan Nan's body was rapidly weakening day by day, his sleeping time was getting longer and longer, he kept coughing up blood, and his body was getting thinner and thinner.
During this period, people tried various drugs or supernatural treatments on him, but they were of no use to treat this sudden exhaustion. He was still sick every day, and his coma time was getting longer and longer.
Now a month has passed, and doctors from all over the world have participated in the research of Yan Nan's disease, but no one can solve this problem.
They were powerless and had no way to do anything. It seemed that they could only watch helplessly as this saint who had given everything to solve the virus and save humanity ended up with premature aging.
No one could save him.
The sound of footsteps interrupted Yuan Qing's memories. He looked up and saw Song Yanghui and Pan Yi walking towards him with a messy bouquet of flowers in their hands.
Song Yanghui glanced at him casually, nodded, and then walked towards the door with an expressionless face. When he reached the door, he threw the flowers in his hand out, then opened the door and went in.
Outside the door, Pan Yi hurriedly caught the bouquet and found that the door had been closed to him. He stood there awkwardly, looking at Yuan Qing who was looking at him with a confused expression.
Song Yanghui silently looked at the figure sleeping on the bed with his back to him.
The room was decorated in a monotonous gray and white color. Apart from all the monitoring instruments, there was only a bed. Yan Nan was still sleeping soundly at this moment, his breathing was steady and light, his pale face was sunken in the soft pillow, his long hair was dishevelled, revealing only a pointed chin.
Song Yanghui pulled out a chair beside the bed and sat down, staring blankly at the bed for a long time.
After a long while, when he was sure that Yan Nan would not wake up for the time being, Song Yanghui suddenly spoke to the back.
"I'm sorry..." The voice was light and floating, like the leaves swaying and falling to the ground outside the window.
After he said this, the room fell into silence again.
The dim setting sun slowly shone in, Song Yanghui stood up gently and left silently.
After he left, Yan Nan, who was sleeping soundly, turned over and then opened his eyes.
【System?】
【What's the matter? 】
【離脫離世界還有多久。】
【大概。】系統算了一下，【不出三天這具身體大概就崩潰了。】
宴南點頭，系統空間內的任務條和洗白值都走到了頂頭，雖然比計劃的多加了一段時間的班，任務也是以一種出乎意料的方式完成了，但是好在過程雖然全錯但是結果對了。
因為小世界恢複了健康，世界外的時空亂流自然也消失了，系統重新和總部建立了聯絡，它将這邊的各種意外頻發的情況彙報了過去，收到了總部催促他們盡快回去的消息。
宴南當然是想早點回去的，在和原青分開後他就預備強行脫離了，但是中途被打斷了，後來二十四小時身邊總有人守着，他也找不到機會離開，才一直拖到了現在。
好在如今一切都要結束了，畢竟反派必死的結局是無法改變了，總部也不會讓執行員在一個地方浪費那麽多時間。
事實上宴南早就之前就已經死亡了，他是因為和病毒發生了融合才一直活到現在，但是在攜帶病毒過來的黑團逃走後，小世界中所有違背規則的病毒也在一瞬間灰飛煙滅，即使是宴南體內的母株病毒也不可避免。
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宴南快死了。
所有人都接受了這個無可挽回的結果。應本人的要求，衆人帶他離開醫療所，回到之前的住所。
白日裏前來探望的客人依然絡繹不絕，不過他們大多數都被原青攔在了外面，沒有機會打擾裏面休息的宴南。
到了晚上，房子裏的客人總算都是離開了。
宴南躺着卧房裏，聽見原青輕聲送走最後一位來訪者，然後猶猶豫豫的腳步聲停在他房門口，宴南等了好一會，也沒有聽見敲門聲響起。
客廳燈滅了，原青也離開了。
宴南翻了個身，看着灰黑的天花板，嘆了口氣。
明天就是系統預計的脫離時間。
衆人都以為他已經睡着，所以沒人來打攪，但其實他完全沒法安睡，因為每時每刻皮膚底下像是有無數螞蟻在啃噬一樣，冰冷的藍血在身體裏流淌，因為失去了病毒的控制，來自慘死人魚的藍血仿佛複活了過來，它一點一點，侵蝕啃咬着宴南體內的血肉器官。
這種身體逐漸崩潰，靈魂卻不能脫離反而越來越清醒的痛苦實在不好受。他受此折磨，難以安眠，連系統對此都毫無辦法。
窗外的月亮升上高空，全世界都寂靜了。
昏黑的房間裏，宴南艱難坐起身，慢慢騰騰摸索着下了床，他頭暈眼花，四肢無力，但還是一點一點挪到了門口。
系統幫他打開門，他扶着牆走了出去。
不遠處蹲着一個人，宴南吓了一跳，問。
“你怎麽了？”
聽見他的聲音，将腦袋埋在膝蓋裏的原青擡起了頭，他眼睛周圍一圈都是紅的，吸了吸鼻子，帶着竭力壓制的哭腔出聲，“宴老師……”
“你怎麽哭了？”宴南驚訝，他快走了兩步，很快就感覺眼前一陣一陣發暈。
原青急忙站起身扶住了他，“宴老師，宴老師！”他焦急地喊。
宴南全身上下都虛弱無比，依靠着原青勉強站直了身體，“你怎麽了，能和我說一說嗎？”
“我沒事……”原青否認了。
“和我說吧，怎麽一個人哭呢？”
“我就是……”原青被翻湧的情緒梗了一下。
“我就是心裏難過，老師，命運怎麽能對你如此不公呢？”
“怎麽算不公呢？”宴南笑了一下，視線慢慢看向窗邊，“其實我有時候覺得，我還是挺幸運的，至少還有你們在這裏，不是嗎？”
“對不起。對不起老師。”原青神色愧疚，眉頭皺起來，面上很難受的樣子，“我一直想和你說很久了。”
“你攏共救過我兩次，我卻連謝謝都沒和你說過……”
“當時在研究所一次，後來的工廠裏又是一次，你曾經為我做過那麽多事，可我甚至……”
原青不由自主又沉浸在回憶中，這時，宴南突然捂住嘴爆發出一陣劇烈的咳嗽。
“宴老師！”原青心髒驟停，立刻伸手摟住他，輕拍着病人的脊背。
咳嗽很快停下了，宴南全身都癱軟下去，他無力閉上眼，倚靠着原青，雙手自然垂下，掌心的血液自然滴落在地面上。
手掌下的身軀單薄柔軟地像是一張紙，忍住難過的眼淚，他把宴南抱回床上，就去按響了床頭的急救鈴。
短促的鈴聲響起，節拍的頻率此時和原青心跳達成了一致，他雙手撐在床邊，茫然地注視着床上因為痛苦而蜷縮成一團的人，思緒都陷入了一片空白。
這時一點點力道從手腕處傳來，他低頭看去，虛弱的病人不知道什麽時候醒了過來。睜着眼慢慢伸手勾住了他的袖口。
見他看過來，宴南微微笑了一下，他張嘴，似乎有話要對他講。
原青将腦袋湊過去，病人輕輕的聲音傳進他耳朵裏。
“不要愧疚了，這一切本來就是因為我和他的緣由，從來都不是你們的錯……而且……”他停頓，又輕輕喘了幾口氣，才繼續說下去，“而且……我從來不怪你，不要替我難過了……我早就該走了，好好生活下去，你很重要……你很重要，還有很多人……都需要你的幫助……”
原青愣愣地看着，腦子裏卻完全沒有辦法消化聽到的內容。
這時，大門被狠狠地撞開，五六個衣冠淩亂的醫生提着醫箱撞了進來，沒工夫和原青打招呼，他們立刻默契又熟練地開始搶救病人。
“……沒用。”
“麻醉沒有生效……”
“藥物已經完全不起作用了。”
“要用那個嗎？”
……
原青愣愣地看着，床上的宴南被幾人包圍着，他臉上滿是痛苦和掙紮，嘴張開，急促地呼吸着，眼皮半阖，裏邊盈滿了淚花。
他看起來好痛。
原青感覺自己身上也開始不停地疼痛了。
他雙臂環住自己肩膀蹲下來，眼睛卻沒法離開宴南一秒鐘。
時間慢慢過去，周圍的溫度一點點降下來，原青被凍得嘴唇發紫。
突然，病床上的宴南猛地拽住身邊人的手，他力氣突然大得離譜，身體卻因為疼痛而抖個不停，“不要繼續了……”
“不要繼續了，求你了……”
“我好痛……”
“好痛……”
“讓我走吧……”
“求你了……”
房間裏寂靜一片，只有宴南痛苦的哀求在衆人心頭回蕩。
所有人都同時停下了動作，一齊轉頭看向原青。
原青慢慢起身，走過去，在床邊蹲了下來。
二人久久地對視着，似乎是讀懂了他的想法，原青慢慢将手伸過去。
宴南輕輕握住原青的手，他滾燙的體溫飛快地降下去，慢慢合上了眼。
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雖然生命的威脅早已去除，但是想在現在這個時候湊齊一整套體面的喪服也不是簡單的事情。
宴南的葬禮舉辦得很隆重，盡管他本人未必樂意這麽辦，但即使是抛開他堪比救世主的身份，僅僅是作為在病毒消失後，卻因為病毒而去世的唯一人類來說，這也是很理所當然的待遇。
稀稀拉拉的小雨落了下來，這是一個月來落下的第一場雨。
宋陽輝剛收到消息從外圍趕回來，滿城都挂上了白色的哀布，從城裏到城外街道上站滿了人，密密麻麻彙成一股黑色的海洋。
屍體還停在空白教堂裏，宋陽輝沒有理會招呼的熟人們，直接朝着裏面走去，見他過來，人群自發地讓出條道來。
在一片鋪滿鮮花的木板上，身上蓋着白布的宴南正躺在那兒，他面色和唇色都是一片蒼白，緊閉着眼，和以往睡着時的樣子比起來也沒有什麽分別。
宋陽輝步伐僵硬地走過去，周圍各種痛哭聲不絕于耳，他卻好似什麽也沒有聽到那樣從人群中走過去。
快要走到那裏的時候，他突然撞上一個人，宋陽輝慢慢低頭看去，攔住他路的是坐在地面扶着木板的原青。
他神情呆愣愣的，上半身趴在木板上，壓壞了一片鮮花，腦袋和死者挨得很近，一動不動被宋陽輝撞到也沒有一點反應。
“原青。”宋陽輝叫了他一聲，後者沒有給他一點反應。
“他什麽時候去世的？”沒在乎他的态度，站着的男人又問。
“昨天。淩晨。”原青還是一動不動，但是回答了他的話。
“他離開的時候，難受嗎？”
“我不知道……我寧願……是我就好了……”原青被他這個問題勾起了不好的回憶，神情恍惚地開始呓語。
二人的交談剛開始就結束了。
這時人群中傳來一陣騷動，二人轉頭看去，是連夜被接過來的牧師、大師還有道士們都進來了。
他們滿頭滿身的汗水，手裏帶着亂七八糟東拼西湊的做法道具。
“讓一讓，讓一讓。”
房子裏本來就塞滿了人，此時又要擠進來三四個大漢哪有那麽容易，于是大師也只能放下包袱，大喊着讓人群讓出條道。
Yuan Qing withdrew his gaze, but Song Yanghui's eyes never left these strangely dressed humans.
The masters finally rushed to the deceased, and the others left the room after receiving the order, and the space suddenly became much more spacious.
Song Yuan and the other person never left. The former kept staring at the masters who were about to perform the ritual, not missing any unusual spots.
The masters didn't pay attention to his target and focused on using their best skills on the deceased.
Except for a tall, thin, white-skinned strange guy, he had nothing in his hands and walked straight towards Yan Nan.
He squatted down in front of Yan Nan, put his hands beside his head, and then stopped moving.
His action was so strange that even Yuan Qing couldn't help but look up at him.
Song Yanghui was watching from not far away and always felt that the back figure was very familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a moment.
At this moment, the man suddenly reached for his sleeves. A familiar feeling instantly struck Song Yanghui, and he shouted, "It's you?"
Ignoring him, the suspicious man threw out several smoke bombs, and the people in the room could not see anything for a moment. The guy was about to escape with Yan Nan, but was stopped at the window.
Yuan Qing blocked his way, his face gloomy.
The man held Yan Nan's body in his hands and confronted him silently.
At this time, Song Yanghui ran over from behind and said his name, "Lin Ye! What else do you want to do!"
Lin Ye came here in a hurry. He rushed here impulsively after hearing the news of the funeral and made almost no preparations.
As a result, he was surrounded by two people and could not find any hope of escape.
Otherwise? He would just die here with Yan Nan's body.
Thinking of this, Lin Ye's face under disguise gradually became fierce. He held Yan Nan's body with one hand, and the latter's head naturally hung on his shoulder. One hand reached into his pocket again.
However, a cold hand suddenly touched his arm, and at the same time a familiar yet puzzled voice rang in his ears, just like what he heard when he and Yan Nan first met.
"……who?"
He was stunned for a moment, forgetting what he was supposed to do with his hands, and his body froze in place.
Just as he was in a trance, Song Yanghui and Yuan Qing, who had been staring at him closely, immediately seized the opportunity and rushed over.
The two of them had a great understanding of each other. Song Yanghui controlled Lin Ye from behind and pressed him to the ground mercilessly, while Yuan Qing grabbed Yan Nan's body and immediately retreated a long distance.
Originally, the matter should have ended there, but the three people present all had the same stunned expression on their faces.
In Yuan Qing's arms, the man who was confirmed dead by multiple doctors slowly opened his eyes.
He tilted his head, looking at the scene in front of him with clear yet confused eyes.
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"What on earth is going on?"
"Don't make it hard on me. If I knew what was going on, why would I still be standing here?"
"This is really... amazing..."
"But... if it happened to him, it wouldn't be that strange. So many things that happened to him could no longer be explained by common sense."
While the two were discussing, Yuan Qing, who had been staying in the ward, came out with the doctor.
"There is indeed nothing abnormal about him. He is as healthy as can be." The doctor spoke first.
"Thank you for taking the trip."
"Thanks, I'm very polite. I'm actually curious about what you mentioned before... suspected amnesia? Is this something I can know?"
Yuan Qing nodded, "It can only be explained by amnesia. Teacher Yan and I have known each other for six years, but this time he was resurrected... after waking up, he didn't recognize me at all. Not only that, but he didn't remember any of the other people he had contact with in the base... except for one person, Lin Ye, who was his assistant in the institute before the apocalypse."
"Your memory has completely regressed to several years ago, right?"
"Yes... During the unguarded conversation with him, I found that he had no idea about the history of the virus after its birth... Teacher Yan now is like returning to the age of seventeen, a complete blank slate..."
"Is that so? If we use the reason of time travel to explain it, it seems more reasonable than the scientific theory that human development is in chaos after the virus invasion."
"Going back in time... could it be... God's compensation to him...?"
Yuan Qing looked inside slowly and saw that the young man in the room had been staring at the window for a long time.
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Yan Nan felt very strange. It had been many days since he woke up, but he still didn't quite understand the current situation.
It seemed like a normal day to him before he went to bed, but he only slept for a while, and when he woke up, the world outside had turned upside down.
The research institute he was most familiar with no longer existed. Strangers appeared around him one after another. They seemed to be very familiar with him, but Yan Nan didn't know them at all.
Those strangers all had strange looks on their faces. Some liked to hide in the dark and peek at him, while others asked strange questions in a veiled and hesitant manner.
He couldn't understand their behavior but he could feel that these people were always paying special attention to his physical and mental condition.
Yan Nan was a little flustered when he discovered this. He was not used to it. This feeling of being cared for made him feel unfamiliar and at a loss.
Even the smartest brain can't figure out why this is happening.
Yan Nan slowly touched his chest, feeling the unusual heartbeat there.
At this moment, a gentle knock on the door interrupted his feelings.
He turned around and saw that the door was opened from the outside before he could open his mouth.
A man's head was the first to stick his head in from the door. After looking at Yan Nan who had just woken up in bed, a brilliant smile immediately broke out on his face.
The owner of the head looked behind him and said, "He's awake, go in directly."
The door closed again and the overhead light flickered out.
Yan Nan didn't understand what he meant, so he just sat on the bed, staring blankly at the darkness in the room.
Then, all the colorful lights that had been put up around the room lit up. Relaxing and cheerful music came from far away.
The sound of a door opening was heard, and a small sea of stars appeared in front of Yan Nan's eyes.
He was dazed for a moment, and when he looked again, he saw that it was Yuan Qing who came in pushing a six-layer cake, which was full of beautiful and exquisite candles.
Behind Yuan Qing, unfamiliar faces walked in one after another, and the empty room was immediately filled with people.
They gathered around the bed, laughing, singing, and everyone's face was filled with genuine joy.
Yan Nan watched the scene expressionlessly, catching the repetitive words in the song's lyrics.
happy birthday……
What is that?
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In system space.
Executive Yan Sifang and system 0813 completed their mission and returned to the General Administration. As soon as they got back, the system was busy preparing various materials and reports, while Yan Sifang, who had nothing to do, lay at home for several days and did nothing.
[Alive.] The busy system suddenly spoke.
[What?] After completing the mission, Yan Sifang got rid of the heavy shell and returned to his own body, but he was obviously not used to it yet. His mind was working slowly and he didn't understand what the system was saying.
[Yan Nan is alive, that guy didn't lie to us.] As the system said this, a screen with a small world image was displayed.
Yan Sifang looked at the scene on the screen, which had a somewhat unfamiliar but still very warm atmosphere, and the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously.
It was not his or the system's credit that allowed Yan Nan in the original novel to go back in time and be reborn.
However, there was no point in thinking too much, he should prepare for the next mission.