Nexus: Spend My Life? I'm Terminally Ill, What Have I Got to Fear?

[Not a Power Fantasy] [No System] [Nexus] [Modern Urban Setting]

If you had only one month left to live, would you choose to indulge in pleasure, face it calmly, or burn yourself up to protect others?

Zhang Ruoye is an ordinary young man suffering from a terminal illness, with only one month to live.

Despairing, he plans to give up and let himself waste away, but a kindhearted little girl moves him. He decides to face life calmly and pull himself together.

Then, just as he does, another desperate scene unfolds: a monster attacks the city.

The life of the little girl who gave him hope is about to be snuffed out beneath the monster's enormous foot.

At that moment, he grips the Evoltruster, the device that can protect everything.

But the words "Lose the battle, and you die" echo in his mind.

He doesn't have the courage to draw that short sword.

After a fierce inner struggle, he finally draws the short sword that symbolizes protection, choosing to burn away the life he has left to protect a budding new life.

"One month... in exchange for her whole life... worth it!"