第 24 章

zhuang wei was jolted awake by a series of ringing noises. he felt exhausted, as if he hadn’t rested at all. rubbing his eyes, wei still felt not fully awake. he turned over in bed, hoping to drift back to sleep.

however, the annoying ringing resumed, growing louder and louder. with determination, wei reached out and silenced the alarm on the bedside table.

yesterday morning, rumors circulated that someone had seen a large licker near the warehouse. in response, a group from the moanization went to inspect the underground warehouse. nie ge, possibly feeling indebted to rong duanmu, decided to join them.

anyway, wei didn’t want to get involved in this.

last night, when nie ge found wei, he mentioned that he had previously followed rong duanmu’s suggestion to extract some tissue samples from rong duanmu’s body. the results revealed that the virus in rong duanmu was not the usual kind; instead, it was identical to the virus found in the mutated licker.

could it be possible that…. a thought rose in wei’s mind. could the licker seen in the warehouse actually be….

shocked by this thought, wei opens his eyes immediately.

to his surprise, he doesn’t see the cramped single room in the safety zone. instead, he finds himself in an apartment that feels both familiar and strange. wei blinks and suddenly sits up in his bed.

instinctively, wei’s first reaction is to find his gun, an item that has be indispensable in his life. however, there is no such thing in this room.

wei looks around. the furniture and surroundings are just like those in his room in california. it’s not the penthouse he bought with fei han; instead, it’s the apartment in the city center that he rented during graduation season to make job hunting easier.

the curtains are tightly closed. wei hesitates for a moment, then puts on his slippers and walks to the window.

the sunlight, blocked by the curtain, falls on the floor in a narrow golden line. swallowing hard, wei draws the curtain open.

the bright morning sunlight dazzles his eyes. outside the window is a busy street, workers in the office building across the street have already cleaned the floor-to-ceiling windows.

for a moment, wei wonders if he is still dreaming.

so…he really is back, back to the day before the resident evil outbreak

suddenly, the handphone on the bedside table vibrates, indicating a new message.

wei looked at the screen of the handphone, it showed ‘april 12th, 1996’.

what a joke, bringing him back to the past just before his death. could god really have listened to his wish