Chapter 126: Ning City

July 1, 2025, 31 days before the crossing.

That day, the sun was blazing, and Ding Mo stood at his front door, yet he felt a chill all over his body.

That was the 31st day before he died.

Having just returned home from work, he looked at the other him who had appeared in his home and was completely stunned on the spot.

This guy, who didn't know where he came from, wore the same face as him and was eating and chatting happily with his parents, looking exactly like a family.

For some reason, this scene made him feel an uncontrollable sense of fear!

Ding Mo wanted to rush in right then and there to question who exactly he was and why he was pretending to be him?!

But he didn't—because the two were almost identical, and doing so would frighten the two elderly people.

When night came, as he went out to take out the trash, Ding Mo, who had been waiting for a long time, finally intercepted him, grabbed him, and questioned him about the aforementioned issues.

But the reply he got was:

"You're the one, why are you pretending to be me? Clearly, I am the real Ding Mo!"

This was simply intolerable!

Ding Mo was immediately enraged and insisted on dragging this bastard to the hospital for a check-up. But after arriving at the hospital, a bizarre thing happened:

The two were actually completely identical!

They possessed the same memories, the same blood type, genes, and traits! The hospital couldn't tell them apart either, and the attending physician even astonishingly referred to them as "peerless twins"!

And he prepared to apply to the state for a related research project.

But only Ding Mo knew that this guy who appeared out of thin air had nothing to do with him!

"You freak!" In his anger, Ding Mo could no longer hold back and beat him up.

Then he returned home to reunite with his parents.

His parents were very surprised at first: why were there two completely identical people in the world?

Then, two days later, they called the police, but the police couldn't tell them apart either, and in the end, they had no choice but to let the matter drop and withdraw the team.

The problem was left for them to solve themselves.

By this time, a week had already passed.

News reports covered them, and at home, Ding Mo and that bizarre "Ding Mo" began to fight over their Identity.

Jobs, friends, relatives, family, and even girlfriends were all maintained based on the "Ding Mo" Identity!

And as their "fame" spread, more and more people came to the house to visit them, hoping to distinguish the difference between them,

or to prove that they were putting on a show, including some scientists who came to study them.

But they reached a unanimous conclusion—the two were completely identical!

They were even exactly the same in the size of every pore and the number of body hairs!

This was simply incredible!

This situation, which transcended human cognition and common biological knowledge, shocked the world.

You have to know, even if they were clones of the same person, it would be impossible for even the number of body hairs to be exactly the same!

Originally, countless people were about to swarm in.

But soon, people discovered that this situation had appeared elsewhere!

In every corner of the world, identical cases began to emerge crazily!

When Ding Mo learned from the news that countless families were falling into fear and chaos because of this, more than half a month had already passed.

And this day was also the last day he stayed at home.

On this day, his parents kicked him out of the house and stated that they no longer recognized him as their son.

Their reason was simple: Ding Mo had become increasingly like a stranger to them!

But he was clearly interacting with them just as he had before, with no difference at all!

Filled with shock and anger, Ding Mo found "Ding Mo" again, wanting to beat him up, and even had the thought of killing him.

This bastard must have done something!

And as long as he did this, there would only be one "Ding Mo" left in the world. His former social relationships would recognize him again.

You have to know that as of today, the two of them shared one bank account, worked the same job, shared one home, and even the same girlfriend...

Ding Mo couldn't take it anymore!

He prepared a small knife and pesticide, ready to act tonight!

July 23, 2025, Wednesday, 7:00 PM.

He explained this plan to the "Lost Ones" who, like him, had been driven out of their homes, and then prepared to set off.

Lost Ones was the nickname society gave to people like them whose inherent Identity was not recognized, meaning "people who have lost their way and are adrift."

But he was stopped by a "Lost One," and this Lost One told him a desperate fact:

"Once you kill him, you will disappear forever! But he won't die, and because of this, he will become the only you in the world!"

This was a fact obtained after several extreme Lost Ones took action—not only did they fail to kill their "selves," but they also disappeared from the world as a result,

leaving not a single trace behind.

... July 23, 2025.

Deep in despair, Ding Mo curled up on the street—his Identity had been completely taken away, and even society and the government began to refuse to recognize "Lost Ones" who lacked the new-style ID card.

What is a "new-style ID card"? It was actually a new policy issued by the government some time ago to deal with this "Identity" incident in the world, namely:

Only those recognized by social relationships would have their citizenship recognized by the government!

In this way, the issuance of two identical ID cards was avoided.

It's just that he heard that among the organizations spontaneously formed by "Lost Ones," there had already appeared "Lost Ones" who claimed to have been government leaders!

If this is true, then the situation above is likely...

Ding Mo, who had never felt such despair, finally thought of a way after experiencing several stormy nights.

"Since you treat me this way, don't blame me for paying you back in your own coin..."

July 25th, 2025.

Having planned everything, Ding Mo, with the help of other Lost Ones, kidnapped "Ding Mo"!

And without his parents noticing, he replaced his daily work and family activities.

He became "Ding Mo" again!

And at least for a short time, all of "Ding Mo's" social connections believed in his Identity.

Ding Mo put on his clothes, disguised himself as him, and spent time with his family.

Until nearly a week later, Ding Mo, in front of his family,

chose to commit suicide!

And he notified "Ding Mo's" social circle of the process of this suicide through a live stream.

In this way, his plan was completed; the Identity of "Ding Mo" had "died" on a social level, which is commonly known as "social death."

That's right, this was not a plan to reclaim his Identity at all; he was completely unable to do that at the time.

This was just a "revenge," a thorough "destruction"!

He wanted to use his own death to tear through the disguise named "Identity"! Even if it was just a gap, even if it could only cause that guy trouble for a while, Ding Mo was happy to see it.

Moreover, this was not without other significance—for the Lost Ones, this was also a trial.

It was a trial to reclaim their own identities, families, and loved ones!

It's just that...

It is unknown what year or month it is.

Ding Mo, with faint bloodstains still on his military uniform, walked out of a small alley.

It is just that he was already dead at the time and could not know what happened later.

Did his actions have an effect? What about the Lost Ones, did they win?

Have those eerie "guys," who were exactly like humans, disappeared?