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Chapter 180: Chapter 180: The Future “Colin”_1 Chapter 180: Chapter 180: The Future “Colin”_1 I’m not me, don’t talk nonsense…

Colin’s pupils shrank as he rapidly denied the possibility within his heart. How could he be dead when he was alive and well?

‘No wonder everyone who glanced at this paper then looked at me weirdly. I only read the first sentence and didn’t continue. Even I am starting to doubt if I really am who I think I am.’

After taking a deep breath, he continued to read, to confirm whether it was just a big misunderstanding due to identical names.

“On December 31, 2031, as I write this will, the world has deteriorated to an irreparable state. Multiple S Level Disasters have broken out consecutively, reflecting on each other, and civilization has completely collapsed. The extinction of humanity is just a matter of time…”

“However, before that, relying on the missions from ‘Bonfire,’ we at The Hague Shelter were able to hold on amidst the calamities from ‘Twilight’s Children,’ but unfortunately, as the world fell apart, ‘Bonfire’ seemed to have encountered issues too and stopped assigning missions…”

“We don’t have much time left, so we decided to take a risk by using some methods to open a path to leave this world.”

“Sadly, if you’re reading this parchment, it means our route failed, that guy deceived us, turned us into sacrifices, and even caused a bigger problem, an S Level Disaster related to The Rat…”

“Its purpose is different from other disasters; it has a strong desire to leave this world. In a sense, I even suspect that the dysfunction of ‘Bonfire’ is related to it, and even that all the S Level Disasters were triggered by its planning…”

“The related content, I cannot write here, it remains only in the shelter…”

“If you are just some scavenging survivors who stumbled upon this, you can leave now, there isn’t anything here.”

“If you’re someone from another area who fled here still in search of salvation, I think you can give up already. At least, this region no longer holds that possibility, but of course, you could try to search the shelter to see if there is anything you need.”

“If you are a group of people who are also seeking a path to leave, in the shelter, there are a few other projects that we didn’t get to attempt…”

“My only request is…”

“if you could give some assistance to those inside the shelter, or… at least don’t kill them, that would be enough.”

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The contents of the parchment were not written in system text, but rather with a kind of dark brown pigment, dabbed on with fingertips in a crooked and twisted manner. The farther down he read, the more erratic and weak the writing became, as if the person who wrote it was losing strength.

“Is it blood?”

Colin took a deep breath, not letting his thoughts wander too far. The contents of the paper were far more significant than whatever material was used to write it, but first, a misconception had to be clarified.

He looked up at the people around him and said, “As you can see, I’m sitting right here, fine and dandy. Aside from the name, I didn’t see anything on that paper that proves it has anything to do with me. Maybe it’s just a coincidence. Can’t your robot perform various checks? Just a DNA test should do it.”

“That’s possible.” They did not object and let the robot proceed to acquire a tissue sample from the body and took a little body fluid from Colin, then began the comparison.

The result came out very quickly—

The DNA of the person sitting in the wheelchair was nearly identical to the one sitting against the wall.

Well, this is awkward…

Upon hearing this result, everyone looked at Colin, and even he fell silent—Could it really be me?

Or could it actually be a future him?

“Could the machine have made a mistake?”

Colin raised his objection, and then two more tests were conducted by other machines, yielding no discrepancies in the results.

This definitely made the atmosphere a bit delicate…

Which means…

“Do you have an identical twin?” Xia Liufang finally asked, seeing as only an identical twin could explain it all.

Otherwise, that body was really unexplainable.

“If I remember correctly, there was none,” he said.

Colin shook his head, slightly annoyed, “But, based on the information above, is there a possibility that the dead one is me from a decade or so in the future, rather than the present me?”

“How is that possible…” The middle-aged uncle in his forties or fifties couldn’t believe it. He had also looked at the parchment while testing DNA but hadn’t looked at it much and didn’t remember some details.

“It is indeed a possibility. Who knows, this place might be a future area that came to the present in an unknowable way, or it might be a Parallel World that is ten years ahead of our world in terms of time…” The person who had been staring at Colin spoke up, and he seemed to be a practioner of the “Fate Propeller” path, now starting to speculate.

Compared to others, they who were adept at predicting the future, were quite open to this kind of possibility.

“Indeed,” Colin agreed, and then glanced at the body on the ground. He felt that the man did indeed look a bit like himself, with thin, slightly curly hair, and on the body, he could vaguely see a shadow of himself.

It’s just…

“Why do I feel like I’m disabled no matter what world it is?”

Colin glanced at the mechanical prosthetics on the corpse’s legs and couldn’t help but complain inwardly.

Afterward, the group analyzed a bit and concluded that there was a certain probability that this suddenly appearing place was a Parallel World from the future.

And that person on the ground could be “Colin” of this world.

“It might be due to some reason that Colin of this world has established a strong connection with our Colin, causing both to approach each other under some guidance. In the study of ‘Fate’…”

The suspected “Fate Propeller” wielder began to speak, attempting to explain the precedents, but was interrupted before finishing,

“Say something we can understand,” Qin Chuan reminded him.

“Oh, it might be related to the Ancient God mentioned above,” the other person finished and furrowed his brows, “Regardless, we must report these messages quickly, because according to the description above, there might be something that slipped from this Parallel World to ours.

“Also, if this Inner World is destroyed by some uncontrollable S Level Disaster, that disaster might appear in our world as well.

“Upon arriving, I discovered something crucial, the ‘Book of Fate’ indeed does not deceive me…” he murmured fervently to himself as he uttered the last sentence.

“So do we continue the investigation, or do we send some people back first?” Colin asked. They had just arrived, and the progress of the investigation regarding this place was less than ten percent.

This suggested there was still much that hadn’t been uncovered…

“The countdown is less than one hour; if we go back now, we won’t have time to return,” they said.

“And… I always feel there is a lot more here that we don’t understand…”

“As for sending some people back, it’s best not to split up at this time.”

After a brief discussion, everyone decided to continue delving into the matter and took “Colin’s” body with them, planning to drag it back for research later on.

Regrettably, Colin did not see items like “Time Stasis” on this body, he didn’t know if they were lost, or if they never were obtained.

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