Earth, River City.
Allen Walker was slowly walking down the street, holding his younger sister's small hand.
It was the middle of a scorching summer noon, and the blazing sun cast a dazzling glare. Even the air began to shimmer and distort from the intense heat. Allen Walker silently endured the scorching heatwaves, already drenched in sweat without realizing it.
Even the few stray dogs on the street looked listless, as if their fur had been singed by the sun.
But unlike the impatient adults, the still young Yasmin was not afraid of the muggy weather at all. On the contrary, she was happily humming a tune.
"It's good to be young."
Looking at his sister happily skipping, Allen Walker yawned lazily, "After all, I'm getting old. I only worked until ten in the morning and I'm already exhausted."
For Allen Walker, an old anime fan, staying up all night watching anime and playing games was already a norm.
Unfortunately, a body that had been working for many years could not compare to that of a young person. Looking at Yasmin's youthful appearance, enjoying her summer vacation, Allen Walker, as her older brother, couldn't help but sigh. He remembered how he used to be a ruthless person who could mine for four days and three nights straight without sleeping.
But now, under the exploitation of the capitalists, all the intense gaming stamina he developed in his youth was used for overtime work.
It was precisely because of this that he would play games like crazy during his breaks, resulting in his dark circles that hadn't faded for three whole years. At the company, he was even often jokingly called the "Panda Keeper" by many colleagues.
"You love me, I love you, Mixue Ice City, so sweet and lovely~"
As he was thinking, a very catchy and magical jingle from a cold drink shop suddenly came from across the street.
"Brother, I want ice cream."
Yasmin was still a child after all. Hearing the jingle, she immediately looked up at Allen Walker, her big, round eyes blinking, putting on a pitiful and well-behaved look: "Brother, can you give me two yuan?"
"Little glutton."
Allen Walker smiled dotingly, then took Yasmin's small hand and walked towards the other side of the street: "Let's go, Brother will treat you to a sundae."
"Yay!"
Yasmin raised her small fist and cheered.
Then, the two of them chatted and laughed as they crossed the sidewalk, preparing to go to the cold drink shop.
But at that moment, a piercing horn suddenly sounded from not far away. Allen Walker turned his head and saw a dump truck that had run a red light at the intersection, speeding towards him without slowing down.
As for Yasmin, she was already scared stiff on the spot.
Allen Walker's heart suddenly sank when he saw this. He immediately wanted to pull Yasmin away, but the cumulative effects of more than ten years of staying up all night finally bore fruit at this moment. A sudden sharp pain shot through Allen Walker's chest, and he was so paralyzed by the pain that he couldn't move for a moment.
"I... f*ck..."
Seeing the dump truck getting closer and closer, Allen Walker gritted his teeth and barely squeezed out his last bit of strength to kick Yasmin away.
Accompanied by a long screech of brakes, blood almost saturated the entire street.
Allen Walker lay on the ground, his mind buzzing. His lower body had completely lost sensation, and he could only vaguely feel something warm and sticky slowly flowing out of his abdomen.
"Brother!!!"
In his ears, Yasmin's heartbreaking cries echoed.
Hearing the call, Allen Walker forced his eyes open. What greeted him was Yasmin's tear-streaked little face, and not far away, a puddle of minced flesh mixed with shredded cloth and bone fragments. A few minutes ago, that shredded cloth had been a complete pair of jeans.
"Am I... going to die?"
After seeing this scene, for some reason, Allen Walker found that he wasn't as scared as he had imagined.
How to put it, after all, dying young means he'll have several decades less to struggle. His colleagues probably won't have time to envy him... But dying without a complete corpse would be too tragic. He couldn't imagine how his parents would collect his body then. It couldn't really be like those car crash compilations, where it starts with five dogs and ends with a shovel, right?
[Confirmation complete: Body datafication successful.]
Huh?
Allen Walker was slightly stunned. He seemed to have vaguely heard something just now, but Yasmin was crying so miserably in front of him that he couldn't quite hear what the voice said. However, he probably thought it was just a passerby.
His current tragic state, to be honest, was almost like an oni "chan." It was indeed worth them making a morbid short video or something. Perhaps he would then appear in those car crash compilation videos.
"don't cry yet..."
Thinking of this, Allen Walker reached out and gently patted Yasmin, who was on him. Although a child doesn't weigh much, he was now cut in half. After the initial numbness, there was only boundless pain. Even a slight touch would make it unbearable for him.
[Confirmation complete: Datafied body parameters adjusted, pain blocked successfully.]
"Brother, I won't cry, I won't cry anymore..."
Hearing Allen Walker's voice, Yasmin started desperately wiping her tears, but the more she wiped, the more her tears fell uncontrollably.
"Brother is not doing well, so listen carefully to what I'm about to tell you."
For some reason, Allen Walker felt the pain suddenly disappear. He guessed it was probably his last burst of energy, so he quickly seized the time to instruct Yasmin: "The Police should contact Mom and Dad later. Don't be afraid. You must truthfully convey what I'm about to say to them. Tell them it's my last wish, and they just need to follow it."
"Brother... wuwu... Brother, don't die..."
Hearing this, Yasmin couldn't help but cry out.
"You silly girl... why are you crying? I'm dying in my twenties. Everyone will only envy me, this leek, for being harvested decades less. You should be happy for me instead."
Allen Walker forced a smile at Yasmin, then suddenly became serious: "Listen, after I die, remember to burn or sell all the furniture I used—my bed, computer desk, chairs, and so on. Don't keep them at home to stir up memories."
[Confirmation complete: More furniture mods unlocked.]
"Hmm? What the hell was that noise?"
Allen Walker frowned and looked around, but perhaps due to excessive blood loss, his vision became increasingly narrow, and he could no longer clearly see if there was anyone around. So he could only continue to instruct Yasmin: "After I die, no one is allowed to touch my computer. After you burn me, just put my ashes directly into the computer case for burial. Otherwise, I'll be all alone down there, without even a game to play."
[Confirmation complete: Gravestone mod unlocked.]
Yasmin could no longer speak. She just kept nodding while crying.
"Oh, and my phone..."
In his dying moments, Allen Walker suddenly remembered his phone's browsing history. So, he somehow found a surge of strength, struggling to turn over and crawl towards his phone not far away. However, he only crawled twice before losing strength again, only able to look at his phone in frustration.
[Confirmation complete: Flexible Movement mod unlocked.]
"Bro... Brother!"
Seeing this, Yasmin, with a tear-streaked face, handed Allen Walker his phone.
Allen Walker forced a smile. After taking the phone, he quickly deleted the browsing history. Then, after thinking for a moment, he opened QQ and sent her a message:'Sorry, I can't play games with you anymore.' After doing all this, Allen Walker then slumped to the ground as if all his strength had been drained: "Finally... it's done. Now I can rest in peace. But being hit by a dump truck... I wonder if I'll also transmigrate to another World after this?"
[Confirmation complete: Mystcraft mod unlocked.]
"What the hell has been making that noise since just now? It keeps ringing and ringing, it's so annoying..."
By this point, Allen Walker's pupils had begun to lose focus, and his thoughts became increasingly muddled. An indescribable darkness began to envelop his consciousness, and only then did Allen Walker realize the horror of death.
"Is this death?"
"I... I really don't want to die..."
[Confirmation complete: Game mode set to Survival Mode. Lose all items and experience upon death, but can respawn infinitely.]
"There are still so many things I haven't eaten..."
[Confirmation complete: Pam's HarvestCraft mod unlocked.]
"There are still so many sights I haven't seen..."
[Confirmation complete: More biome mods unlocked.]
"I'm sorry Brother can't be with you. If Mom and Dad don't come later, you can just navigate home yourself using the Minimap..."
[Confirmation complete: Minimap mod unlocked.]
"It's all those damn capitalists exploiting me! I could have dodged it, it must have been the angina caused by overtime that harmed me. These capitalists... hanging them from lampposts would be letting them off easy. If I had the chance, I'd really want to kill these Vampires with my own hands..."
[Confirmation complete: Avaritia mod unlocked.]
Allen Walker lay on the ground, the light in his eyes gradually fading, and Yasmin's wailing in his ears slowly receded. He had wanted to play a 'don't stop' meme with Yasmin, but before he could even speak, his consciousness completely blurred.
Only darkness consumed everything Allen Walker once was.