Chapter 9..Buried in Flames

Heat blasted against his skin.

Bookshelves collapsed. Smoke filled his lungs.

Liang Chen coughed, stumbling backward.

The flames moved unnaturally, swallowing every book except one—the book in his hands.

The shadowy figure appeared again, standing just beyond the fire.

"You remember now, don't you?"

Liang Chen gritted his teeth. "What are you?!"

The figure stepped forward, and for the first time, Liang Chen saw their face.

It was him.

An exact copy of himself.

"You're not real," his double said. "I am."

The fire rushed toward him.

Everything turned black.