Earth... where did these monsters co from?
Why... are monsters roaming the streets?
Where are the humans?
Boom—!
Kanzaki Rei crashed down onto the ground!
In an instant, he transford into a streak of white light, descending upon a familiar street—
This was Wuyue Plaza...
Whenever it was open for business, it was always crowded with people.
But now—
There wasn’t a single person in sight.
Only monsters.
Large ones—over two ters tall—covered in thick fur. Judging by their aura, they were only Tier 1 or Tier 2.
Pathetically weak.
Rei didn’t strike them down.
Because a far more ominous premonition had already settled over his heart.
His gaze turned toward the direction of his ho.
His perception swept into the house—inside and out—thoroughly scanning every inch.
But...
He found no trace of his parents.
No...
That wasn’t entirely true.
The photos were still there.
The arrangent of the house was exactly the sa as in his mory.
At the very least, it matched how it had looked during last year’s Spring Festival, when he had returned ho.
If this wasn’t his house—
Then nowhere else could be.
Every detail...
Proved that people had once lived here.
Even...
The family portrait still hung in its place.
Whoosh—!
His thoughts tangled into chaos, thousands of possibilities colliding in his mind.
A creeping dread took hold.
In the next instant—
Rei vanished from the plaza, becoming a streak of light as he appeared inside the familiar apartnt.
Ruihe East City, Building 8, Unit 2, Room 901.
"I... I’m ho."
His voice trembled.
But it was still that of a child—
Not the voice of a man who had already spent years navigating the workforce.
The house was silent.
Empty.
No one answered.
On the wall, the electronic calendar displayed:
April 1st, 2026.
Exactly the sa date as when he had disappeared—
The day he transmigrated into this world.
No... what am I doing?
Now isn’t the ti to drown in nostalgia.
The most important thing right now—
Is to find them.
Right.
My talent... it doesn’t just point to Earth.
It points to people.
His thoughts were in complete disarray.
Too chaotic to process.
From the mont he saw Earth to the instant he returned ho—
Only a few seconds had passed.
Yet the information flooding into his mind detonated like explosives.
He couldn’t even figure out what he should do first.
I have to calm down!
Thump—
In an instant—
Everything froze.
Ti stopped.
The world entered a state of absolute stillness.
Within this frozen world—
Rei finally had enough ti to think.
The entire city had no humans.
But monsters road freely.
And yet, those monsters weren’t wantonly destroying buildings...
There were no human corpses on the streets either.
If monsters had slaughtered humanity—
The city should be drenched in blood.
It shouldn’t look this... intact.
At the very least, most buildings remained undamaged.
Humans weren’t massacred.
But then...
Where did they go?
One possibility—
There were never any humans on this Earth.
This wasn’t the Earth he knew.
It was a false Earth.
But if it were fake—
Then why would his talent point here?
Another possibility...
All humans on Earth...
Had turned into monsters.
The mont that thought surfaced—
Rei recalled what he had once witnessed in the Secret Sea.
A young rman—
Trying to transform himself into a monster.
So it was possible.
Humans becoming monsters...
That was sothing that could happen.
And this place—
Was still the Secret Sea.
Just within its Abyssal Depths.
His combat state still hadn’t been解除—
Which ant...
Sothing hostile toward him still existed.
Watching him.
Not through so complex detection—
But directly.
With naked eyes.
Like an enemy on a battlefield.
Even when [God-Tier · Unsolvable Enigma] was active—
They could still see him.
Because it wasn’t invisibility.
It was like a stealth fighter—
Invisible to radar.
But still visible to the naked eye.
Perhaps...
What it was watching wasn’t him—
But Kumironi.
Her constitution was special.
Monsters were naturally drawn to her.
And since he was with her—
He had beco a target as well.
Could the state of Earth...
Also be connected to that entity?
The date on the calendar was April 1st, 2026.
Which ant—
If this really was Earth—
Everything had happened within just eight months.
From August to April.
After his transmigration.
Was this...
Connected to why he had been transmigrated?
There were too many truths to uncover.
But the top priority—
Was still finding his parents.
Buzz—
Ti resud.
Rei’s thoughts snapped back into motion.
His gaze instantly locked onto a direction—
His heart filled with unease.
Because...
[Hidden Origin]—
Could point to corpses.
His perception followed the direction indicated—
And what he saw—
Were two weak...
Monsters.
Monsters...
Rei’s heart tightened.
Two gelatinous slis—
One blue.
One pink.
Slowly wriggling along the coastal road.
And the target of his talent—
Was these two monsters.
These... are my parents?
Within the vision of [Hidden Origin], the image of his parents shifted—
From the capable middle-aged man and graceful woman in his mory—
Into the forms of a blue sli and a pink sli.
[Hidden Origin] allowed him to see the target’s form—
But that form was constructed from the last mory associated with them.
Why...
Why did it turn out like this?
Rei clenched his fists tightly.
What exactly happened to Earth?
Whoosh—!
Like a gentle beam of light, Rei descended in front of the two slis.
When they saw him—
They froze for a mont.
Then imdiately bounced toward him—
Attacking.
That was their instinct.
Rei did not retaliate.
He allowed them to leap onto his body.
The mont they made contact—
Information flooded into his mind.
[God-Tier · Hidden Origin] activated.
[Water Sli][Monster Tier: Tier 1, 0 Evolutions][Original Human Form: Male, nad Riku Masahiro][Creator: Lomo — Hidden Knowledge: A monster that gained sentience within the Nest of Aberration][Location — Abyssal Layer 1]
"Dad... it really is you..."
And the other—
The pink [Floral Sli]—
Was a human woman nad Rika Yuka.
His mother.
While I was gone...
What the hell happened to this world?!
Whoosh—!
A streak of erald light descended.
Kumironi landed beside him.
"Rei..."
She looked at the two slis wrapped around his hands—
And felt the overwhelming, tangled emotions radiating from him.
It didn’t take much to understand.
"...Is this your ho?"
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