Chapter 106

106 3.03.11 – Parasite – Downfall of Humanity

An oxygen mask supplied a man in a coma with oxygen for ten consecutive months. Bandages that covered his wounds were now gone, showing off a pale, sickly face. During the collision, the airbags didn’t open up, and due to the shock, he didn’t cover his face in time, resulting in a few scars across his face. The narrow eyes which didn’t see sunlight for an extended period, opened up. Squinting, they looked around the sunny room.

When a nurse walked inside the room to check on him, she exclaimed in surprise. “Mr. Ren Han! You are up!?!” She came to the bed and pushed the emergency button. “How do you feel?”

The man stared at her in puzzlement. Then, an immeasurable pain assaulted his brain. “Arrrrgh....” He grasped his head in pain. Scene after scene, memory after memory of a man called Ren Han shoved themselves inside of his mind. Almost at the edge of breaking down, the pain subdued. His mind finally settled down.

‘Fuck...’ Tearing off the oxygen mask with the IV, he tried to get out of the bed. The nurse was determined to stop him, but he didn’t pay attention to her. When his bare foot touched the cold floor, he knocked over the chair and fell, the weak body wasn’t used to such rapid movements. ‘Fuck this...’

When the doctors arrived, they helped him up and attacked him with a ton of questions. After finding no issues with his brain, they told him to take a rest.

Finally alone, he grabbed a nearby phone and opened the front camera. It was not a face he was used to. Instead of a handsome youth with a rustled brown haircut, there was an average looking man in his late twenties, with scars all over his miserable face. The previous short hair grew in length; it spread across his forehead like stray streaks of charcoal. Long bony fingers touched the stubbly jaw, his brows scrunched in disdain. ‘I look like shit.’

When he browsed through the internet, his expression darkened. ‘Apocalypse? Bing Shi? The fuck is this world?’

As soon as his parents appeared, he acted like Ren Han in the memories; the difference was his calculative smile. ‘I should as well go with the flow.’

During the psychical rehabilitation, he binge-watched this Bing Shi person, who seemed to have authority over the whole network. She gained his recognition; the kinds of stuff she was capable of was humanly impossible.

.....

From her videos, it was evident that the apocalypse was going to occur. After watching the last video, he became a bit cynical. With that much power, rather than being so passive, she could rule the world.

After a week, he refused to go to his parent’s house. Learning from Ren Han’s memories, with a freshly shaved face, he drove outside of the city at full speed. The car accident had no impact on him. After a refreshing drive, he drove to his apartment. Previous Ren Han declined any help from his parents. His apartment was small enough for one person to live.

The bland bedroom was clean from dust. It seemed like his new mother sent someone to clean it up. In the corner, there was a simple bed with navy colored sheets, next to it were heavy dumbbells and other strengthening equipment.

In the opposite corner, there was a small wardrobe, next to it was a desktop computer. After ordering some food and clothes, he went to the dark web, skipping through the bounties on Bing Shi’s head and the black market, he investigated this world.

He got a phone call, picking it up, one of his colleagues spoke up. “Ren Han, I know you are on vacation, but the military asked the police department for assistance. Could you do the Bing Shi’s boyfriend test? We are out of single men.”

Ren Han, ‘Fuck her test.’

The colleague, hearing no response, continued in a warning tone. “Ren Han, it’s an order from the higher-ups.”

‘Fuck them.’ Ren Han hanged up the phone and continued to do his thing.

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The next day in the morning...

Sitting on the couch, Bing Shi was munching on her sweet potatoes. Wearing black cargo pants and a thin jumper, she went through the videos. Stopping on a particular one, she started to choke. Pumping her chest with teary eyes, she saw a man with a black hoodie covering half of his upper face. He was licking a lemon with a broad smile while pointing a middle finger at her provocatively.

Ren Han: I was forced into this bullshit.

His upper lip was deformed by an unsightly scar, while a few smaller ones on his chin enhanced his harsh look. Bing Shi hid his unruly finger with her thumb. Her eyes filled with melancholy, studied the way he ate the lemon as if it was the tastiest candy in the world.

Going through his database, she found out a piece of interesting information. Ren Han, twenty-nine years old male from an elite family. Instead of following his father’s steps, he joined the SWAT. After a car accident, he ended in a coma for ten months, the day she arrived in this world.

Bing Shi: Too shy to show your face?

Ren Han: Asked the shiest one.

He implored how she wore a mask to hide her face.

‘Xuan Mu, I found your twin.’

Bing Shi: Do you want to continue chatting?

Ren Han: Fuck, no.

Bing Shi: Why?

Ren Han: Not interested in used goods.

He was not interested in girls who were in a relationship.

Bing Shi: Hypothetically, what if I was raped? Does it count?

Ren Han: Still a second-hand good.

Bing Shi: What if it was you who took my innocence, but you don’t remember it?

Ren Han: Can you be any more stupid?

Bing Shi: There is no limit to stupidity. So what’s your answer?

Ren Han: Fuck you.

Bing Shi rubbed her heart in discomfort. The first time she found someone who enjoyed sour food the same way Xuan Mu did. And the most wonderful part was... the rejection.

‘I don’t mind curses and hate words from the citizens...but this man is another league... Ouch...’

After finishing her breakfast, she sat in front of the computer and typed down the military base address into a tracking software. All nearby cameras around the base appeared on the computer screen.

‘I despise this stalking job.’