The apocalypse begins with a dungeon game.

Li Can's thoughts began to swirl.

Something's not right.

When exactly did his parents die? Why does he have no recollection of it at all...?

What happened to my sister's leg? In my memory, Li Lan was healthy, without any disabilities, loved reading, and always went to the library early in the morning during holidays with her schoolbag...

My parents have been diligently running the family toy store. On the day I time-traveled, weren't they out buying supplies?

That's why he was left alone in the shop to watch over it...

Which memory is real? Did he forget some important information?

"Li Lan, do you remember when we were kids, my friends and I went to play by the river, and your brother Qi Xin almost drowned?"

A hint of unease flashed across the girl's face. "Why are you suddenly asking this? Of course I remember."

"I was really terrified at the time. If he had drowned, I would never have been able to get over it for the rest of my life..." Li Can continued talking to herself, her thoughts seemingly drifting away.

"Our two families lived close by. My family owned a toy store, and his family owned a small restaurant next door. We used to always go to his place to play."

"Unexpectedly, his house later experienced a natural gas explosion..."

"Luckily you weren't there that day; I was the only one watching the shop, so you were alright."

"Brother, don't think about the past. I'm really happy to see you're doing well now. Come back with me." The girl pushed the wheelchair closer and closer.

The outstretched hand remained in place, still awaiting Li Can's response.

But then his expression suddenly turned cold, and he took a step back.

"You're not Li Lan at all. Who are you?"

"Brother, what nonsense are you talking about?"

"But I was the one who almost drowned back then." Li Can knew that her understanding of her family might be getting confused.

However, he would never confuse the memory of his near-death experience as a child, because he was not saved by the adults who arrived at the scene later.

Instead, it was lifted out of the deep water by a large fish in the river!

Therefore, his family always believed that he was delirious due to a high fever after being drowned.

They even found a master to exorcise the evil spirits for him for three days and three nights...

He knew the matter was too bizarre, so he gradually stopped talking about it. While everyone else had forgotten about it, he remembered it vividly.

From a young age, he believed that the world was not as scientific as it seemed, which is why he quickly accepted the reality when he encountered the garbled cloud after time travel.

"Brother, come with me. That's all just your fantasy, it's not real." She continued to approach.

Li Can stepped back, then his feet seemed to fly, and he ran a long way away.

"I don't believe it! You're the fake one, it's all fake!" he shouted.

The sound echoed again and again in the empty space.

"Brother, are you going to abandon me?"

"It's all fake!"

He laughed breathlessly as he ran.

"Hahahaha, I've seen through your trick! You're not Li Lan at all, it's all a lie!"

Like a giant bubble being blown in the void, it burst with a "pop" the moment he repeated his words.

Li Can's consciousness gradually returned, and he felt a weight on his shoulder as if someone had patted him.

One, two, three.

"Wake up, patient, it's time for your medication." It was a gentle female voice.

The air is filled with the fresh scent of gardenias.

He slowly opened his tightly closed eyes, and sunlight poured into the room, making him feel warm all over.

The first thing you see is a snow-white ceiling and a pair of beautiful eyes.

The woman in the light pink nurse's uniform leaned down and kept calling his name: "1610, did you have a nightmare? Get up."

Damn, where did I get this done this time?

Li Can looked around.

The hospital, the ward, the clean white sheets and blankets, and she was still wearing the same blue and white striped hospital gown.

The sun was shining brightly outside the window, and several sparrows perched on the treetops, their chirping filling the air.

A few white clouds drifted across the azure sky, and a gentle breeze caressed my face.

The nurse in front of him seemed a little worried about his condition, and touched his forehead with her warm hand.

"Do you feel unwell anywhere? Do you have a fever?"

Li Can suddenly trembled all over, and an uncontrollable chill surged into his heart.

No, he hasn't woken up yet; this is still a dream...

He jerked to the side to avoid the nurse's touch, jumped off the bed to the floor, and shouted, "You're fake!"

"I won't be fooled by you, I won't go with you."

In the bright and clean ward, Li Can and the nurse faced off.

"You...it's okay, 1610, you don't need to come with me." The nurse's expression remained unchanged as she gently coaxed him, "Look what this is?"

As she spoke, she took out a small package of cotton candy from her pocket and waved it in front of him. "Here, if you take your medicine obediently, I'll give you candy. It's very sweet."

Li Can: "..."

He felt something was off; it seemed like this dream was somehow different.

This is just trying to fool him like a child.

His gaze suddenly locked onto the hospital bed near the door, where a familiar bald man was lying.

"Wang Qing?"

He dodged the nurse and rushed over. All the hair on Wang Qing's upper body was burned off, even his eyebrows were gone.

He looked completely bald, like a braised egg.

He quickly pulled off the blanket covering him.

"Fortunately, all four limbs are intact."

Wang Qing's clothes appeared to have been changed into a new set, with no signs of burning.

No matter how much he patted him, he remained in a deep sleep and could not wake up for a long time.

"1610, you can't disturb the other patients' rest like that. He's taken his medicine and is still sleeping." The nurse grabbed Li Can's arm to stop him.

Then he covered Wang Qing with the quilt again, carefully tucking in the corners on both sides.

A second layer of dreams? Li Can quickly analyzed in his mind.

If Li Lan's appearance just now was a trial from a dungeon, then what is the purpose of this layer of the dream?

Trapping the player and hindering their progress in the quest?

Taking advantage of the nurse's inattention, Li Can suddenly opened the ward door and ran into the corridor.

"This is……"

The furnishings are exactly the same as when I first entered the hospital. Different wards are set up on both sides, and the round island of the nurses' station is in the center. The medicine preparation room behind the glass door is still there.

At this time, around noon, the corridor was bustling with people.

It was full of unfamiliar faces he had never seen before.

There were patients dressed in hospital gowns, nurses passing by, and a doctor's office near the elevator exit.

Li Can raised her hand and reached out to touch a male patient standing next to her in a daze. His hand was warm, and his heart was beating normally.

If you get closer, you can even see the fine downy hairs on his face and the oil secreted from the sides of his nose.

"Are you sick, you pervert?" The man slapped Li Can's hand off his chest.

The nurse was chasing after him.

"1610, you haven't taken your medicine yet, don't leave."

Li Can awkwardly withdrew her hand.

"Excuse me."

Taking medicine? Why would he take medicine if he's not sick?

Li Can weaved through the patients who came out for a stroll, then took off running, leaving the nurses far behind.

After winding his way through a maze of twists and turns, he passed a storage room and, seeing no one inside, quickly closed the door and locked it from the inside.

"The puppet eggs have all been retrieved." Li Can hurriedly checked himself over, finding himself completely unharmed.

As he reached into his pocket, he pulled out a hard plastic bracelet. "Isn't this ID tag number 1612?"

Suddenly, a commotion broke out at the main entrance of the hospital. A large crowd gathered around a man, pointing and whispering. He was peering out the window.

Chen Qi, dressed in a dark blue security guard uniform, used a backhand grappling move to pin his colleague to the ground.

Li Can understood instantly.

"Role-playing, huh...?"

My eyes caught sight of a cardboard box in the corner, inside which was a worn-out set of caregiver's clothes.

So, he silently put the "caregiver" bracelet from 1612 on his wrist...