Those who reincarnate must die.

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Although it was a weekday, the mall, being the largest in the university town, was always packed with people.

This cafe on the first floor is a favorite among students because of its wide variety of products and cheap prices. Here, groups of girlfriends sit and chat about gossip, while there, a couple squeezes together, sharing the same ice cream scoop by scoop...

Among the many customers, only one girl sat at a small round table by the window. She was dressed somewhat old-fashionedly, with two thick braids and large black-rimmed glasses, but her features were quite beautiful and she had a good figure. If she dressed up properly, she would definitely be a stunning beauty.

However, at this moment, the potential beauty was only focused on the table in front of her.

Two drinks were placed on the table, and in the middle was a small and exquisite square wooden box. The lid of the box was carved with intricate and delicate patterns, like some kind of ancient heraldry, exuding mystery and enigma.

"This is the tool that can bring the dead back to life?"

Following the question, a tall man sat down opposite the bespectacled woman.

"You're here!" Gu Shushu's eyes lit up when she saw Zhang Lang. She pointed to the glass opposite her and said, "I knew you'd come! This is for you. I didn't know what you liked to drink, so I ordered what I like!"

Zhang Lang was quite direct: "Why did you invite me here?" He was somewhat puzzled by Gu Shushu's invitation.

This girl has an eccentric personality and does indeed ponder supernatural things like resurrection, but why would she choose to ask Zhang Lang to share this with her?

After all, the two weren't very close, and Zhang Lang had explicitly rejected her.

Faced with Zhang Lang's question, Gu Shushu adjusted her black-rimmed glasses: "Because I know you're not an ordinary person, and you have someone you desperately want to bring back to life!"

"Oh?" Zhang Lang narrowed his eyes. Could this girl also be related to the altar, or even know his secret?

Thinking of a potential conspiracy, Zhang Lang unconsciously straightened his back and leaned slightly forward. This sight made Gu Shushu giggle, and she said confidently, "Looks like I guessed right, you really were..."

Zhang Lang unconsciously clenched his fist...

"Want to bring your girlfriend back to life?"

"ha?"

Hearing an unexpected answer, Zhang Lang's mouth dropped open, which made Gu Shushu even more certain: "I knew it! I investigated you. More than half a year ago, you ran naked at school because your girlfriend died unexpectedly. Since then, your personality has changed drastically. You've become taciturn, withdrawn, and don't like to socialize... So you haven't gotten over the shadow of your girlfriend's death yet? You must love her very much and wish she could come back to life, right?"

This is both unexpected and perfectly reasonable.

But thinking about it carefully, if Zhang Lang were really still alive, he would try to revive Ye Weiwei even if there was only a sliver of hope...

Just like he wanted to revive Xiaoya!

"So... you also have someone you want to resurrect?" Zhang Lang looked at Gu Shushu.

"No," Gu Shushu shook her head, "But think about it, coming back from the dead, isn't that mysterious, exciting, and fun?"

Zhang Lang was somewhat speechless, then turned to look at the small wooden box on the table: "What's in this box?"

Gu Shushu shrugged: "I don't know either..."

"Huh?" Zhang Lang was even more puzzled: "You didn't open it and look at it?"

Gu Shushu shrugged: "I tried, but it won't open..."

"Can't open it?" Zhang Lang looked at the box. Although its design was somewhat intricate, it looked like an ordinary wooden box. "Is it locked?"

"I don't know either..." Gu Shushu shook her head: "From the outside, you can't see any mechanisms or anything. I tried to pry it open with tools, but this thing doesn't seem to be ordinary wood. No matter how I handled it, there wasn't even a scratch... I even tried shining a light on it, and even asked the subway security guards to use an X-ray, but I still couldn't see the internal structure..."

Based on Gu Shushu's statement, it's almost certain that this isn't an ordinary box. Zhang Lang frowned: "Where did you get this thing?"

Upon hearing the question, Gu Shushu's face lit up with undisguised pride: "I dug it up in the woods at school!"

"Dug it up?" Zhang Lang was taken aback. "How persistent must you be? To dig up such a small box in such a large forest?"

"Of course it wasn't just randomly dug up!" Gu Shushu explained, "The story goes back a few months."

"I remember, it was when I was observing the direction of the tree roots, trying to divine the truth of the world's destruction. Guess what I saw?" Gu Shushu deliberately lowered her voice, her mysterious demeanor piquing Zhang Lang's attention.

"What?"

"I noticed a group of ants dissecting the corpse of a locust!"

"Uh..." Zhang Lang felt a jolt: "Seeing ants near the tree roots is quite reasonable."

"It's perfectly normal!" Gu Shushu pushed up her black-rimmed glasses. "But it soon became abnormal, because I saw that the locust, which was completely dead and covered in ant bites, suddenly come back to life, kicked its legs, and jumped away!"

Zhang Lang narrowed his eyes: "Perhaps that locust was just feigning death and has recovered?"

"Unlikely!" Gu Shushu shook her head in denial. "I've studied those ants. They're small, omnivorous, and not very aggressive. They rarely hunt live insects, let alone such large locusts. They must have confirmed that the locusts were completely dead before daring to devour the corpses!"

Zhang Lang frowned slightly upon hearing this. Gu Shushu, thinking he still didn't believe her, continued, "This was just the beginning. After that, I frequently checked the roots of that tree and found several small insects that had died there, only to revive shortly afterward... To confirm my theory, I even brought over a dead frog and placed it there, and it came back to life soon after!"

"Hiss..." Zhang Lang stroked his chin. It wasn't that he didn't believe it; on the contrary, as a reincarnator assassin who had adventured in countless worlds, he had experienced even the most bizarre and strange things.

He frowned because he remembered seeing Gu Shushu squatting under a tree staring at the ground before... So, the girl probably wasn't lying.

"So, you dug this box out from under the tree?"

Gu Shushu nodded heavily: "It's a pity I can't open it. You're the first person I've turned to for help. I believe that you, who hope to bring your girlfriend back to life, will definitely help me unlock the secret of this box!"

Zhang Lang nodded. The best way to uncover the box's secret was to open it. Gu Shushu's claims about the box being indestructible and unopenable were simply unbelievable to an ordinary person; Zhang Lang didn't believe there was anything about it that couldn't be opened!

But the problem is, if this box really holds some secret, will his ability to return to simplicity destroy the mysterious power on the box if he forcibly opens it?

Just as Zhang Lang was feeling a bit awkward, a familiar figure walked over: "Hey, Zhang Lang, what are you doing here?"

Zhang Lang looked up and saw a tall, short-haired beauty approaching – none other than Su Jie!

Because the chair back blocked her view, Su Jie didn't see Gu Shushu at first. When she got closer and saw a girl sitting opposite Zhang Lang, her cheerful smile suddenly froze on her face...

"Oh dear... I'm so sorry to interrupt your date..." After a brief pause of about a second, Su Jie casually placed her raised hand behind her head and scratched her head apologetically: "Your girlfriend is quite pretty. I didn't realize you, a quiet guy, were so capable... You two chat, I'll be going now..."

After saying that, Su Jie turned to leave, but Zhang Lang grabbed her hand: "Don't go yet!"

Su Jie was stunned. She turned to look at Zhang Lang, then at Gu Shushu, and blushed. She struggled a couple of times, saying, "You... let go... it's not right in front of my girlfriend..."

Zhang Lang, however, was completely oblivious to her embarrassment. His eyes were fixed on the box on the table, his brows slightly furrowed.

"It's responding!"