David carried Tyler on his back and rushed toward the coal mine. He didn't even have time to check the latter's situation, and he quickly ran outside. He didn't care whether he would alarm the police or not.
At least, he could save Tyler like this. So David wasn't worried about himself, but instead worried about Tyler's life!
Just then, Tyler's breath felt against his ears as the latter parted his lips and said in a voice as low as a whisper, "So, you came."
This tone was feeble as if it would disappear any moment if David failed to catch. But he didn't dare to pause his steps, fearing he would delay the matter.
But Tyler didn't care. He knew he was already dying, but before he could leave this world, he wanted to clarify one thing. "Why? Why did you send me here? Did you hate me? Or did you…"
'Did you want something from me?'
David knew this person was asking this. And his heart ached, thinking Tyler only thought of him as a selfish person who just had a hidden intention because of which he was constantly trying to get closer to the other person.
How could he explain himself?
But he wasn't a person who liked to explain himself. Even though he was a talkative person, he would talk even less when it comes to feelings.
So he just parted his lips and lied, "Yes."
Tyler snorted out a laugh. "I knew you were a selfish b*stard." He paused and coughed for a while. Some of the blood from his stomach stained David's back, and Tyler had to take deep breaths to calm himself before he could speak again. "Why me?"
"Shut up!" David knew that the more Tyler spoke, the higher were the chances of him dying. So he didn't bother explaining himself at this point. Tyler was more intelligent than him, so he knew he would figure it out once he got his memories back.
David stopped before the coal mine and opened the gate to the field with one hand. The pill worked for half an hour, so it should be enough for him to search for that thing in this coal mine.
He also sneakily opened his system. Thankfully, Tyler's vision was hazy. So the latter couldn't see what the male lead had done.
After opening it, David clicked open the information sent by the system that day. Even seeing this interface gave him a headache.
He didn't know the situation was initially that worse! Originally, he had thought Tyler was just suffering from amnesia and just had to keep him busy while the higher-ups were working on the system.
But the information in the system made the whole situation troublesome to the extreme. He didn't know Tyler's life was in danger!
After controlling his emotions, he went through the information and could tell that thing was perhaps inside the cave.
He placed Tyler at the cave entrance and started searching the entire place after fishing out the flashlight.
"You remember that time when you suddenly called me?" Tyler muttered something, but the voice was crystal clear. Since this was a cave, even the smallest voice echoed throughout the place.
"Huh?" David didn't focus on what the other person was saying. He didn't have time. Tyler was dying, and he had to find that thing before the former could leave his body!
"You suddenly…"—cough—"called me. Don't you remember?"—cough—"why did you do that? It wasn't in the story."
David seemed to remember such a thing. He knew he had called Tyler just when they had entered this world. But just as he was about to speak, the last sentence suddenly stuck in his head.
It wasn't in the story—Tyler just blurted it out without thinking twice. Did he realize that David wasn't really a character from this world? When he pondered over it, he didn't really have any intention to hide it from Tyler. Instead, he wanted the latter to find it out on his own.
The reason was simple—Tyler's life was in danger. And with this kind of amnesia, it was possible that things would turn worse!
So it was better to wait for Tyler to realize and find out on his own rather than giving him a sudden shock.
Any small thing that could stimulate Tyler's power would be fatal for his life, and David didn't want that. So he simply didn't say anything but didn't hide his identity either.
And the reason why he had called Tyler was…
"I wanted to find you as soon as possible."
The answer was something that Tyler was expecting. It didn't fail to prove his point that David was someone like him, transmigrating from one world to another!
Since Tyler was dying anyway, he decided to be blunt out of curiosity. "Who're you?"
David's actions paused at that. His eyes darted toward the person and narrowed for a moment before a smile formed on his lips. "You'll know."
"I'm curious. Why did you come after me?" Tyler's voice was really low this time, as if it was about to disappear.
Hearing that, David hurried his actions and started finding that thing he was yearning for! Where the hell was it?! He had no intention of replying to Tyler at this moment. The more he would respond, the more this person would ask. And the more he would ask, the higher were the chances of his death.
And David absolutely didn't want that!
But Tyler was the person who listened to David's silent plea. He parted his lips that had dried already. "Do you like me?"
David nearly threw away the stone he was holding. Just what kind of nonsense was Tyler thinking at this moment? Even though he was clear about his feelings, he didn't want to confess yet. The situation wasn't right, and Tyler also had a profound misconception about him.
So it was better just patiently to wait.
Soon enough, David found what he was looking for—it was a golden coal that glistened so bright that he had to squint his eyes.
Finally! His shoulders relaxed, and he rushed toward Tyler, whose face was so pale that it almost felt like the person had died.
David hurriedly placed the coal on Tyler's lap and stared at it.
The stone's color slowly started fading. When the coal finally became black, David finally relaxed. Then he glanced at the person, but the latter's body had already become cold.
David smiled bitterly. He couldn't even reply. Even though he didn't know what to answer, he still wanted to clarify this misunderstanding.
But who knew what they would face in the next world?
Suddenly, there was another notification on his system. He opened the message.
It was from User568.
[Respected @#&()vdj,
You have successfully saved the world from falling apart, and Mr. Tyler's condition has improved. It seemed we were really right. These worlds were really sucking Mr. Tyler's powers, and the process of dying had increased rapidly.
So we will investigate and send both of you to the next world where there's a possibility of finding the thing that was sucking his powers.
But there's some bad news. Since you saved this world, you would have to spend the next fifty years to stabilize it. We will try to reduce the time, but since you are the male lead, you cannot leave this world until then.
And if you do, the world would snatch back the power that was recently sucked, and you would have to restart this world. But this would again be a risky thing for Mr. Tyler.
So we hope that you will cooperate with us.
Yours faithfully,
User568]
David had a dark expression on his face when he read that.
He would have to spend fifty years?! In this gloomy prison?!
He wanted to kill the higher up on the other side! What kind of person couldn't handle such a situation? How could he be able to live without seeing Tyler?!
Ahh...he was still worried about him! He yet didn't know if Tyler's spirit had strengthened. Even though the message said it had, he was still concerned!
But this sudden message made him go crazy. He was so angry that he gripped the stone tightly in his hand until it crushed into powder. But when he was about to reply, the other person had already turned offline.
Great! Now he would have to live for another fifty years. What could be worse than this?