Boonie Bears: Another World Fantasy

Deep city.

As the sunset faded, the sun disappeared below the horizon.

It cast its last rays of sunlight onto the rooftop of this tall building, just as it was about to be swallowed up.

When she ran to the rooftop, her partner was already waiting there.

"Huff—huff," she murmured, clutching her heaving chest. Holding onto the barbed wire fence that completely surrounded the rooftop, she slowly approached him, his back to her. He looked different today; his all-black attire made him seem much stranger. She tried to walk as quietly as possible, standing side-by-side with him, watching the clouds in the distance gradually lose their color.

Although I was reluctant to disturb the quiet moment the two of them were alone, I hadn't taken the fastest subway line here just to admire the rooftop view.

"Think twice before you act... okay?" She walked around to the front of Peng Fei, hoping his eyes, which were gazing into the distance, would notice her. But he remained unmoved, only bowing his head symbolically. Zhao Lin clearly saw the disappointment in Peng Fei's eyes.

"I may have to leave here, Zhao Lin," he said calmly.

Zhao Lin didn't hear the answer she wanted. Peng Fei was hiding something, but he just wouldn't tell her.

"Hey, aren't we the best partners...? You can say anything to me..."

He looked up and gently flicked Zhao Lin's high ponytail.

A trace of sorrow flashed in her eyes, but she quickly hid it, forcing a smile. Peng Fei's palm rested on her cheek, the warmth of his hand helping her calm down.

"How much money did that woman give you?! You quit the daily newspaper so you could join the ranks of 'Sunset'?" She couldn't take it anymore and exposed his lies mercilessly. He had woven this web of deception from the very beginning of their relationship to conceal his ultimate goal. Hearing this, Peng Fei felt as if the shackles binding his heart for many years had been broken, and he felt completely liberated.

His hand slid down to Zhao Lin's shoulder, and she grabbed it tightly.

"Lin, Shenzhen has already been destroyed. There's no point in staying here."

Zhao Lin suddenly raised her hand, and just as her slap was about to land on Peng Fei's face, the girl stopped.

Peng Fei said nothing, withdrew his hand, and walked with his back to her towards the ladder leading down from the rooftop. The whole process was silent and long; for a moment, she only wished she had never met or loved this person.

"..." She tried to shout something, but no sound came out of her throat, and her feet felt like they were nailed to the ground, preventing her from moving forward.

Peng Fei descended the first step, his steps heavy.

Zhao Lin took off her coat, wrapped it up in a ball, and threw it at him hard.

At this moment, she hated the "Sunset" Corporation with a burning passion. They had destroyed most of the people around her, and they were all just young people who had recently graduated from university...

Zhao Lin slumped to the floor, tears blurring her vision and his silhouette.

"You... get as far away as possible..." she choked back tears, which welled up in her chin and dripped down her cheeks.

The city awakens in the darkness, and neon lights illuminate the entire city once again beneath the rooftop. If she had another chance, she would never have taken that fastest subway line to come here and ruin her wonderful mood.

Peng Fei has changed, but it's beyond his control. After releasing her emotions, Zhao Lin wasn't overly sad; instead, a sense of ease became her defining characteristic.

In a sense, at least for now, there shouldn't be any bigger difficulties.

Goodbye, Peng Fei.

……

It all started with "L Day".

(While Sharp participated in the final battle to reverse time and interfered with the outcome, at the same time, Fukasaki was also affected by the change in the result.)

a few days ago.

The Shenzhen Daily's private helicopter hovered in the air before hastily landing on the grass in a park not far from the city center.

Zhao Lin didn't wait for the plane to come to a complete stop; she jumped out of the cabin and rushed towards the city center.

The situation in the entire city center is far from optimistic. A huge and deep black hole has appeared in the sky above the city, and its bizarre and colorful spectrum can be seen from below.

Walking down the street, you can see the ruins of buildings that are moving forward like a tide due to gravitational anomalies.

Parked vehicles, streetlights, fire hydrants, and newsstands were leveled by the oncoming gravity, debris flew everywhere, nearby buildings and parking lots were also destroyed, and countless vehicles were sucked into the air by the enormous suction force before falling back down.

But Zhao Lin was completely oblivious to the danger and rushed towards the towering building like a madwoman.

In the sky, a daring jet fighter approached the black hole. In an instant, it was caught by the strange force generated by the black hole, lost control, and crashed into a nearby building. Broken bricks and burning debris rained down on the streets and alleys, striking the sidewalks like missiles.

The shockwave forced her to stop.

"Zhao Lin, are you crazy?!"

Her colleague, panting behind her, shouted excitedly, completely unable to understand her behavior.

"Come on, let's go to a safe place!" Her colleague was about to pull her away, but Zhao Lin shook off her hand.

"No!" The girl pointed desperately at the building that belonged to the daily newspaper office, which was now teetering on the brink of collapse.

"There's very important information in there! My life's work is all in there!!"

"That doesn't matter at all!" the colleague yelled.

Then, pointing to the enormous, unidentified black hole in the sky, she said:

"Can't you see? This place will soon become everyone's tombstone..."

The black hole spun faster and faster, and at the boundary where it met the sky, it was accompanied by streaks of sharp lightning and the roar of thunder.

The city center buildings were first cut in half, then uprooted and sent into the abyss. Zhao Lin witnessed the destruction of the Daily News building; the shattered buildings and streets seemed to surge towards her, and within seconds, she would become one of the many pieces of debris.

With a heavy heart, she had no choice but to leave with her colleagues.

The wind howled across her face and through her hair. All the rare news reports she had painstakingly collected and compiled vanished in an instant. Only she knew the value of those materials, but what could she, an ordinary person, do now?

Many people did not escape; they were trapped and died inside the collapsed building, disappearing completely with the black hole.

The entire process lasted for about ten minutes. As the black hole approached its critical mass, it bounced across the city like a greedy black sun, leaving a wound with a gravitational pull in the real world.

The terrifying light disappeared and retreated back into the crack, and the thunderous noise gradually subsided.

The sky, which had just been covered in dust, quickly cleared. As the sun sank below the horizon, thick smoke and flames rose from the ravaged city.

Is it over?

Looking at the ruins all over the street, Zhao Lin and her colleagues leaned against a piece of wall debris that seemed to have come from nowhere, shivering incessantly.

What neither of them expected was that a battle that would change everything was taking place on the other side of the black hole...

……

now--

This is "L-day".

The darkest day since Shenzhen was founded.

The city's order and economy suffered devastating damage, and thousands lost their lives in this unexpected disaster...

However, the "Sunset" companies saw all of this as an opportunity for survival. They continuously hired employees from various companies that were still rebuilding after the disaster, provided benefits that other companies simply could not offer during this period, and also acquired and merged with other bankrupt companies.

In a short period of time, "Sunset" became the largest and most influential enterprise in the entire city of Shenzhen... and countless people wanted to go inside.

But Zhao Lin is not.

Perhaps there would be better opportunities inside, but she would rather be an unremarkable junior reporter than go to "Sunset" to curry favor with those hypocritical high-ranking officials for nothing.

Looking at the downtown buildings still under reconstruction, the girl smiled bitterly.

Her gaze then fell upon the row of neatly arranged photo frames on the makeshift desk. Through the glass, she saw Qiang Ge and the two bears standing beside her, in their familiar poses. She remembered these photos were taken seven years ago in the forest, back when she was stubborn and immature, insisting on going into the forest alone…

But after I went to university, those memories were gradually worn away, and then came the endless search for a job, until today I finally managed to get a place at the Shenzhen Daily.

Perhaps... it's time to go back?

Zhao Lin picked up the necklace hanging on the pen holder and held it in her hands. At the end of the knot hung a badly oxidized tiger tooth.

Without hesitation, she tied it back around her neck.