No One Is Closer to Each Other Than We Are

In the West District, a few people going missing was nothing new. After all, it was the most chaotic place on Earth. But when several people living alone vanished in quick succession, people couldn't help speculating. Some said there was a huge conspiracy behind it, and that they'd been abducted by some mysterious organization for human experiments.

Yan Hao, a mercenary who had been happily minding his own business, never expected that one day this conspiracy would have anything to do with him.

Yan Hao: "So you really want me to be his handler?"

The truth behind the so-called conspiracy was a strikingly handsome young man with white hair and green eyes, beautiful enough to make people stare. The only problem was that his mind seemed a little off. He couldn't communicate normally with others and had a strong tendency toward indiscriminate violence.

Researcher: "Yes. We randomly selected 100 volunteers, and you were the only one who wasn't attacked by it and managed to survive. You're the best candidate."

Yan Hao: "No way. I'm just an ordinary mercenary. I'm not up to a responsibility this important."

You've got to be kidding. If he had to stay around a monster like that, he could die at any moment! This was way scarier than the petty theft jobs he'd taken before.

Researcher: "May I ask whether you think you have the right to refuse?"

Yan Hao: "..."

The story takes place in 2076. In simple terms, it's about time travel.

The protagonists are an unlucky mercenary and a beautiful clone.

After the Third World War ended, the global population plummeted. Some regions were contaminated by nuclear radiation, and the world order changed beyond recognition. People lived in separate zones: the East District, a high-tech haven for elite talent; the North District, a heavy-industry zone inhabited by ordinary people; the South District, where livestock farming was fully automated by robots; and the West District, known as the City of Freedom, the City of Wanderers, the Cradle of Crime, and the Dumping Ground for Unwanted People.

Yan Hao was an ordinary mercenary in the West District. An accident made him the handler of the mysterious creature 1124, whose extraordinary beauty and abnormal physical abilities set it apart from ordinary people. As the two spent time together, their relationship gradually changed, and 1124's true identity was revealed...

A clone who appears beautiful and powerful but is actually sensitive and vulnerable, paired with a mercenary who seems carefree but is in fact deeply calculating, scheming so carefully that he ends up falling into his own trap.

Warning:

Some of the knowledge featured in this work, including history, religion, mythology, science, and medicine, is fictional. Please don't look for real-world explanations.

The story is set in a future not far removed from the apocalypse, and the killings depicted in it should not be judged by present-day moral standards. Neither protagonist is a traditional hero. Though this work contains criminal elements, it absolutely does not advocate criminal behavior.

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Theme: Emptiness does not bring despair. Instead, it gives you the widest possible space to create meaning for yourself