Outside world.

It was currently past nine o'clock.

At this moment, Jiang Ran, carrying a black backpack, was heading to the Starlight gym to begin his daily workout.

He had just stepped out of Building No. 1 of Alice Apartment.

Suddenly, an excruciating, heart-rending pain tore through his mind.

Along with it came the sensation of his body beginning to slip from his control.

He instantly understood. The alternate personalities in his inner landscape world were causing trouble again.

"Damn it! Damn it all! You bastards, fine, fine, fine, pulling this stunt suddenly again, is that it?"

His eyes turned bloodshot, revealing his fury.

Didn't we clearly establish rules before? You were well-behaved for a while, and now you're starting trouble again?

Jiang Ran's eyes snapped shut, and he collapsed right in front of Building No. 1.

...

Inner landscape world.

When he opened his eyes again, he was already in this place he knew all too well within the inner landscape world.

Coincidentally.

The moment he opened his eyes, he saw many old 'friends'.

He was standing right here, while opposite him, gathered by the fountain statue, was a large crowd of alternate personalities.

The distance between the two sides was roughly over ten meters.

They maintained this safe distance.

"What do you want?"

The Jiang Ran who had descended wore a sinister, chilling smile that sent shivers down the spine.

Perhaps there is strength in numbers.

The alternate personalities over there, unlike last time when they scattered in panic, stayed clustered together, holding their ground.

Among them, Noble Jiang Ran stepped forward with a smile and said,

"Nothing much. We just think you're too wasteful with the points, spending ten thousand points here, ten thousand points there, so casually."

"So, we hope to let the main personality with the kind memories temporarily control the body to save up points."

"This way, we can accumulate the 50 million points faster, which is beneficial for both sides, don't you agree?"

Hearing this, Jiang Ran understood instantly.

These alternate personalities thought he was spending points too lavishly?

"Fine, fine, fine. Since that's what you think, don't blame me for what comes next."

Jiang Ran began striding forward.

The alternate personalities all retreated backward.

By the time Jiang Ran reached the spot where the alternate personalities had originally been standing...

They still maintained a distance of over ten meters from him.

Jiang Ran was somewhat puzzled by their behavior.

But soon, he saw that after these alternate personalities retreated, they had left one unconscious alternate personality behind on the empty ground. He understood their plan.

After he killed one alternate personality, he would be expelled from the inner landscape world.

So, these alternate personalities intentionally left one behind for him to kill?

A clever idea. However, they forgot that he, Jiang Ran, was nobody's puppet.

Just because they left someone for him to kill, did that mean he would kill them?

Would he obediently be forced to leave?

Seeing that Jiang Ran did not move to kill the still-unconscious alternate personality, the expressions of the alternate personalities around Noble Jiang Ran all changed slightly.

They began to worry: what if Jiang Ran didn't kill this gift-wrapped offering and instead kept chasing one of them?

But the subsequent development of events exceeded the expectations of all the alternate personalities in the inner landscape world.

Jiang Ran stepped toward that direction, placed his right foot on the head of the unconscious alternate personality, and shouted at them,

"Originally, I was planning to kill one of you."

"But seeing this situation, I've changed my mind."

"Since you all love to play games so much, let's play a bigger one."

"How about I don't even split myself, letting the kind one control the body and the evil one suppress you. Instead, I'll let you all take turns controlling the body freely, however you like?"

Hearing Jiang Ran's words, the faces of the alternate personalities across the way went blank with shock.

However, once they processed it, they didn't believe Jiang Ran. They felt there must be a trick.

Seeing the alternate personalities full of confusion, wearing expressions of utter disbelief, Jiang Ran withdrew his right foot from the unconscious alternate personality's head.

Immediately after, his right foot lashed out, kicking the unconscious alternate personality.

He sent that alternate personality flying with a kick right into the midst of the crowd of alternate personalities.

After that, he turned and walked away.

Witnessing this scene, the alternate personalities still couldn't believe it for a long time. It wasn't until Jiang Ran's figure disappeared from their sight that they began discussing among themselves, half-convinced and half-doubting.

"What does he want to do? Is this really such a good deal for us?"

"Could it be a trap?"

"Hah, a trap? What kind of trap could it be? Don't you all want to go out and stretch your legs?"

Although they weren't clear on what Jiang Ran was thinking, the alternate personalities still harbored a strong, greedy desire to go out and be active again.

Of course, these alternate personalities wouldn't fight amongst themselves for control.

If they did, no single alternate personality could maintain control of the body for long.

Their method was simple: draw lots to go out, taking turns one person per day.

Just like back on Earth, before the crossing.

...

Outside world.

Alice Apartment.

If a person faints within the vicinity of Alice Apartment, it's an utterly terrifying situation.

Because you have no idea how you'll be treated, tortured, or which deranged criminal you might encounter.

This was exactly Jiang Ran's situation. After he fell unconscious...

Hong Nan, who had been keeping a constant watch on him, used a small cart to wheel him to Building No. 2.

Just as the elevator reached the 4th floor...

Hong Nan inside the elevator noticed that one of Jiang Ran's fingers seemed to be twitching.

As if he was about to wake up.

Therefore, she immediately abandoned Jiang Ran. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

She didn't continue pulling him to her home. Instead, she just dumped him outside the elevator on the 4th floor.

She herself took the elevator back down.

This operation was truly baffling.

After all, if she wanted to kill Jiang Ran, the best time would have been while he was unconscious.

But she didn't make a move. It seemed she still wanted to win Jiang Ran's heart and body, planning to toy with him first.

Jiang Ran was now lying on a small cart.

Lonely and abandoned outside the elevator on the 4th floor.

At that moment, a man walked out of one of the apartments on the 4th floor.

This man was dressed like a complete loser.

His hair was a mess, and he was rather ugly.

He wore a white tank top of the style favored by old men, paired with large shorts.

On his feet were a pair of flip-flops.

Although his attire wasn't impressive, considering it was currently the autumn-winter season in Nancheng City, with temperatures fluctuating between single digits and low teens (Celsius)...

Wearing this at home was fine, with air conditioning, heaters, and other warming devices.

But coming outside dressed like this was clearly a bit extreme.

This person seemed to be out to take out the trash, holding several garbage bags in his hand.

After coming out, he walked toward the elevator.

As a result, he saw Jiang Ran, unconscious on the small cart outside the elevator.

Seeing a man on the small cart, this tank top-wearing man stopped beside Jiang Ran.

He looked down, his gaze fixed intently on Jiang Ran.

"Kill? Or not kill?"

The tank top man stared at Jiang Ran, not leaving. Instead, he looked at this prey delivered to his doorstep, pondering this question.

Simultaneously, he shifted all the garbage bags to his left hand. His right hand reached toward the back waistband of his large shorts, where a fruit knife was tucked.

Coincidentally, at that moment, Jiang Ran's body began to show stronger reactions.

As if he was about to wake up.

Within a few seconds, Jiang Ran's eyes slowly opened.