6

Today, the doctor told me that the tumor on my knee has worsened and spread, and I need to prepare for high-level paraplegia. My hair has fallen out a lot due to the recent chemotherapy. I couldn't accept this fact, and I cried in Lucas' arms. Why is the way of heaven so unfair?

The Internet was full of reports about Julian's youth and success, and Jasmine's endorsements. They were doing very well. But I was lying in the hospital room all day, counting the sound of the medicine dripping. I couldn't stand it without Lucas . I didn't want anyone to laugh at me, so on a sunny afternoon, I signed a consent form to give up treatment. The pain in my knee intensified, and I closed my eyes and waited for everything to end.

"Hello host, congratulations on completing the entire system process. Now you can return to your original world." The system's voice suddenly sounded in my mind.

I stood in a dark hole, and my face popped up on the big screen in front of me. Several doctors and nurses were trying to save me, and Lucas was crying around me. This was the last picture before I closed my eyes.

I asked the system: "Am I dead?"

" Congratulations, you got it right! You are dead!" the system replied.

I laughed at myself and said, "Then I didn't get the tears of sincerity and I died anyway. Is this a system bug ?"

"Yes, this system has long said that if you obtain the Tears of Truth, you can survive and go through the entire process to return to your original world. But you and your sister were traveling too fast, so I didn't have time to tell you - if you don't obtain the Tears of Truth when you die, you will also return to your original world."

It turns out that Julian's tears are not important at all, it's just the difference between dying early and dying late. I suddenly felt that my fate was so miserable. What difference does it make to die early or die late? What's the difference between the original cold world and this world?

I asked the system: "Can I return to my original world?"

" Not yet, my dear. You still have to wait for someone." The system replied.

I asked confusedly, "Jasmine? Didn't you say I could go back?"

"No, it's Lucas," the system corrected.

I looked up at the big screen in front of me, and a string of numbers appeared above everyone's head. The system's mechanical voice sounded: "The numbers above are the countdown of everyone's life. It was Lucas who brought you to this world. You can only return to your original world after Lucas dies."

I looked at Lucas next to me, he was still crying. The number above his head was: 2025 days 17 hours 20 seconds, and the number was still counting down.