Chapter 1821: After Raising the Good Baby, I Faked My Death 15

Wen Zhu found it unbelievable, then summoned the mercenary team guarding outside the factory, ready to transfer, and issued a kill order.

"If you still want to hang around in the fighting arena, then kill him for me!"

"Damn."

Jin Chen suddenly cursed under his breath, dazedly shook his head, the chill in his eyes unable to subside.

【Host, what's wrong with you?】

【This body has a problem; it's rejecting my soul.】

【Ah?? Please wait a moment!】

Ling Gun Gun hurried to investigate the cause.

In just those few short seconds, Jin Chen took out three more mercenaries, his body going limp and unable to keep up.

"It's just a gunshot wound…… is it really that big a deal?"

"When will he wake up? Don't waste time."

Jin Chen even dazedly heard a strange sound, as if coming from a faraway place.

As the sound rang out, Jin Chen let out a muffled groan, slightly surprised as he touched his chest.

A gunshot wound suddenly appeared.

"Brother!!"

How could Wen Si Luo, who constantly watches Jin Chen, possibly not see it?

He didn't have time to wonder how the wound appeared; his vision blurred with blood, his heart clenched tight and unable to beat.

【Host, it's bad! The problematic timeline is about to be reset! You must return to your proper timeline as soon as possible, or you'll be forcibly ejected from this world!】

Ling Gun Gun was extremely anxious, using system power to interfere with the timeline's operation as much as possible, 【I bought you three minutes! Hurry up!】

Jin Chen only needed five seconds to process what Ling Gun Gun said.

Afterwards, his already-blurred eyes lifted, gazing at Wen Si Luo, who kept struggling from worry; he tilted his head, his brows and eyes flashing with killing intent.

Jin Chen seemed unharmed, appearing instantly beside Wen Si Luo in the shocked, fearful gazes of Wen Zhu and the mercenary squad, and fired a shot at Wen Zhu.

Then he caught Wen Si Luo, who was about to fall to the ground, and forcibly broke the handcuffs.

"Brother! Brother…"

Wen Si Luo trembled as his icy hand touched Jin Chen's face, tears soaking and staining the dusty corners of his eyes, which Jin Chen brushed away with a raised hand.

"Guabao."

Jin Chen forced out a voice filled with helplessness and pain, pressing his forehead against his and whispering: "After you go back, have my assistant take over the company; the bodyguard team will protect you…"

"What? What… I won't listen, what exactly happened to you, you…"

Wen Si Luo clung to Jin Chen, not wanting to hear those words that were almost like a last will, but when he saw Jin Chen's body gradually turn pale and fade into nothingness, he fell into shocked helplessness.

"You…… what's wrong? Brother…… don't scare me, don't leave me!" He clung tightly to Jin Chen, sobbing out loud.

Jin Chen swallowed the blood clots blocking his throat, held the person in his arms, and whispered his final words by the ear: "Be good, grow up well."

"Brother will come back, wait for me, Guabao, I will return."

All that remained for Wen Si Luo was a light imprint on his forehead, a kiss so gentle it vanished.

Jin Chen disappeared.

Wen Si Luo still held the embrace, but his arms were empty.

He forgot to breathe, forgot his heartbeat, staring blankly into the void, his eyes dazed and fragile, his pupils gradually losing their luster.

"Brother……"

After a few moments of stagnation, Wen Zhu, who hadn't been shot in the heart, struggled to his feet, staring in terror at that spot, unable to believe what he had just seen.

A person, a living person, how could he suddenly vanish?

—

【Timeline restored! Transmitting the correct timeline……】

【Transmission failed, detected that the host's soul was damaged by timeline compression, now repairing……】

Ling Gun Gun was frazzled.

It and Jin Chen, bound by a life contract, sensed the soul damage and halted transmission, briefly retracting into the System Space for repairs.

On the other hand, it must also control the timeline's flow speed, ensuring that when Jin Chen returns again, it will be correct.

Fortunately, the Heavenly Dao of this small world was fairly cooperative.

But Ling Gun Gun couldn't understand what was affecting things, actually able to injure the soul of a host who possessed divinity.

Only when it took over the Heavenly Dao to control the flow of time did Ling Gun Gun realize the problem: it was the power of Jin Chen's true soul, the divine sandalwood tree.

【Soul Search triggered! Detected the host's primordial power fragment 'Divine Tree Rings', absorption complete, entering Memory Recall.】

The Heavenly Dao felt something was off.

It had the ability to nudge the timeline for a long time, so why would this system, just after taking over, be taken away?

The Heavenly Dao tried to resist, but was torn apart by Ling Gun Gun manifesting as a Pixiu spirit, nearly forced to retire on the spot, and sheepishly returned that ability.

—

"It's just a gunshot wound…… why isn't he waking up yet? So annoying."

"Yeah, doctor, the bullet wasn't taken out? When will Xigemeng wake up?"

……

The chaotic noise made Jin Chen feel annoyed.

"He seems to be waking up!"

At the moment his consciousness cleared, Jin Chen silently opened his eyes, after a hazy half-second his alertness swept over the few people beside the bed.

"……Damn, who are you looking at!"

The slightly younger one, frightened by the cold stare, hid a bit guiltily.

A middle-aged couple protected him, sizing up Jin Chen. The gaunt, thin man said: "It's good you woke up; don't resent your brother—he's going to serve in the upper levels of the fighting arena, much stronger than you."

The woman smeared with low-quality cosmetics put on an act of concern for a few sentences, but it was completely fake.

After a while, the three people exited the room in succession, still urging them to hurry back to work.

The clamor finally faded; Jin Chen lifted his hand and pressed his chest.

【Host! How are you feeling now?】

Ling Gun Gun asked urgently, but the voice sounded a little weak.

When Jin Chen was repairing his soul in the System Space, he could sense what Ling Gun Gun was doing.

Temporarily taking charge of the Heavenly Dao is no easy task.

【No problem, thanks for your hard work, Zero Egg.】

Jin Chen's tone softened a bit.

【Hehe, still okay~】 Ling Gun Gun quickly transmitted the plot before sleeping.

【Host, this is the timeline five years later, when the original plot begins.】

In the original storyline, Wen Si Luo was adopted by Wen Zhu for ten years, becoming the champion of the underground fighting arena; the protagonist Zhengyi appears, snatching Wen Si Luo's healer, Yunran.

【Bad news, your shot back then missed; Wen Zhu didn't die and still took Little Luo away.】

【Good news! You will soon be able to see the twenty-year-old Little Luo, and you, returning to the original timeline, are also twenty years old.】

It's not like an old man munching on tender grass, eh?

Ling Gun Gun didn't dare utter those words.

After hearing those words, Jin Chen searched the room for a broken mirror, saw his current look, and his brows slightly lifted.

No need to worry the child won't recognize him; it's hardly different from when he was first adopted, just a bit more emaciated and with slightly more mixed-race features.

Jin Chen lay back down, closed his eyes, and reminisced about the original owner's memories and his present circumstances.