Zheng Yingxiong ran toward home with a face full of terror, but all along this journey he felt dizzy and lightheaded, with not a single person nearby.

But right now he only wanted to find his family.

What exactly had happened in that enormous prison… that caused the people in reality to disappear as well?

He returned to his front door, panting heavily. After gasping for breath for a long while, he finally mustered the courage to reach out his hand and slowly touch that door.

The moment he touched the door handle, the street behind him became bustling, and snoring sounds like memories came from inside the house.

The scene inside the house came into Zheng Yingxiong’s view—Father was still sleeping inside. But this time he hadn’t broken any plates, he had just drunk a lot of alcohol.

This was reality…? But it also seemed like a reality slightly different from usual.

“Yingxiong!” A voice rang out behind Zheng Yingxiong. He turned around to see Mother returning from grocery shopping with her basket.

“M… Mother?” Zheng Yingxiong stared at her blankly.

“You still know to call me?” Mother reached out and grabbed Zheng Yingxiong’s ear. Although it looked frightening, she didn’t use much force. “What time is it now? Have you finished school? Why are you at home?”

Looking at Mother’s appearance, Zheng Yingxiong instantly trembled and tears flowed down.

He didn’t know what had happened, but this was the first time he smelled the scent of a living person on Mother.

No matter how many times he had woken up in reality before, he could only smell the stench belonging to the prison.

Mother was stunned for a moment and reached out to touch Zheng Yingxiong’s nose tip: “What’s wrong with you? Did you get in a fight?”

At this moment, he suddenly wanted very much to talk to Mother. He wanted to say so many, many things.

He wanted to say that he had experienced everything she had ever worried about.

He wanted to say that he had indeed encountered bad people outside, and had indeed been bullied.

He wanted to say that he had indeed thought about giving up during those most difficult moments, and had wanted to die, and had wanted to escape.

But he also wanted to say that he persevered.

He wanted to say that he had become very, very strong—so strong that even he himself couldn’t believe it.

He wanted to say that no matter how difficult things became in the future, no matter what hardships he encountered, he would persevere with this strength and would never let Mother worry again.

He wanted to say he loved them.

He loved them just as he loved Mother.

Just as the cigarette in Lawyer Zhang’s hand was about to burn out, the door to the safety corridor was pushed open.

The noisy sounds from the wedding outside also poured into Lawyer Zhang’s ears at this moment.

“Sister Zhang?” Little Sun poked his head out and looked at her curiously.

Lawyer Zhang’s entire body froze, and cigarette ash scattered all over the ground.

She raised her head and looked at him at a loss. A few seconds later, she subconsciously reached out to feel her pocket.

According to normal memory… Little Sun should appear after she finished her phone call in the safety corridor, but why was this time somewhat different?

Where was the phone…?

“Looking for this?” Little Sun stuck a hand through the door and held up a phone, gently waving it. “Not only did you smoke without calling me, you don’t even want your phone anymore?”

Zhang Chenze was a bit confused. She threw the cigarette on the ground and hurriedly walked forward to take back her phone. She unlocked it and looked—

There were no missed calls at all.

She pondered for a few seconds, then began to swipe through her contacts with her finger. Before long, her entire body began to tremble.

She discovered that she had never saved any family member’s number.

What… was… going on?

“What’s wrong, Sister Zhang?” Little Sun asked in confusion. “I’ll say it first—I definitely didn’t peek at your phone.”

“Jia… Jiaqi… my parents’… numbers?” Zhang Chenze was obviously somewhat stuck when saying the words “parents.” She raised her head and looked at Little Sun in bewilderment.

“Parents…?” Little Sun was also puzzled after hearing this. “Sister Zhang… have you been under too much pressure lately? Do you want to take a long vacation?”

“What…”

“Didn’t you say you grew up in an orphanage?”

After hearing this, Zhang Chenze slowly froze in place, her entire body as motionless as a statue.

…

Qiao Jiajin sat in Liang Wa’s car. Jiu Zai, just like before, kept sharing with him the interesting stories he had collected over the years.

But Qiao Jiajin just stared blankly out the window.

They turned out from the prison, and in just two intersections, he saw dazzling colorful high-rises that he had never seen on Portland Street.

Those high-rises shot straight up into the clouds, dozens of floors high.

The buildings were covered with special materials he had never seen before, flashing brilliant lights on the street like the arrival of “Terminator.”

What… was… this?

At another intersection, the car passed through Beijing’s Qianmen Alley and turned toward Chengdu’s Qingyang Avenue.

Wait a minute… what was this again?

“Jiu… Jiu Zai…” Qiao Jiajin kept his eyes wide open the entire time, looking at the completely unfamiliar scenery outside. “What’s… going on outside?”

“Hmm?” Jiu Zai was stunned. “A’Jin, are you crazy? Outside… hasn’t it always been like this?”

“Always… like this?”

Qiao Jiajin’s tone began to gradually become hesitant. He felt as if something had been carved into these people’s subconscious.

But they were so real…

Liang Wa laughed after hearing this: “Jiu Ge, you’re crazy too. Jin Ge was locked up for many years and just got out.”

“Oh! Right!” Jiu Zai also laughed. “No problem, A’Jin. With me here, I’ll introduce everything to you properly.”

Under Qiao Jiajin’s shocked expression, Liang Wa’s car drove through many blocks.

He saw that the world here was colorful, and he also saw that the world here was far more vast than he had imagined.

…

That day, some people raised their heads in bewilderment.

They saw the figure of Heavenly Dragon flash past the “door” high in the sky, and then someone reached out their hand and completely closed that “door.”

In that instant, all the glimmers of light completely disappeared from high in the sky, and the “immortal techniques” on everyone’s bodies also seemed to lose their connection at this moment, slowly receding.

That day, countless people appeared out of thin air with their own small worlds, and once again connected with the entire world along with all the people from their memories.

That day, Chen Junnan returned to a home where no fire had occurred, Zhang Lijuan didn’t encounter the middle-aged woman who came to cause trouble for her in the workshop, and Qian Wu saw all his cats.

That day, under one scan after another, all the fallen comrades revived from everyone’s minds with their complete memories.

That day, all those whose memories had been preserved for the longest time survived to the end, becoming seeds filled with hope.

That day, people heard someone say “As long as you miss them, you will meet them.”

That day, they met, one after another, with those they missed.

Also on that day, the figure of Qi Xia inexplicably flashed through everyone’s minds, but Qi Xia ultimately did not appear.