Past... Present...

'Sigh'

Yassin sighed while closing his eyes. It was already evening and the sun was gradually disappearing in the horizon. The Dogwood tree seemed to glow in the red glow of the evening sun. He was still sitting there watching the tree. But-

There was an ordinary-looking book quietly floating beside him. Words were surfacing one after another in its white pages.

-

Delia turned her head to look at the happily jumping Linda while creaming the butter and sugar. Staring at her daughter who couldn't contain her excitement her mouth unknowingly curved upwards. It was her daughter's birthday today and she was preparing a cake for her. Linda had just turned 7 this year.

"Mom when will the cake be ready" Linda squealed and Delia could feel her excitement just through her voice.

Delia put the cake in the oven and set the timer to 1 hour and 15 minutes, she said with a smile: "It will be ready in a minute sweety."

Linda still full of enthusiasm smiled with her dimpled cheeks and ran to the living room. The living room was decorated with different colored balloons. There were big words in various colors that spelled 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY'. Linda started to jump on the sofa which was on the right side of the room.

Her daughter's enthusiasm even influenced Delia. She was a single mom raising her 7-year-old daughter. Her husband had died in a car accident when Linda was just 3 years old. Since then she has been raising Linda all on her own. It was hard and stressful raising a child all alone. But today she was full of smiles without any worry.

"Let's play a game while waiting for your friends Linda," Delia said with a happy smile.

"Which game mommy?" Linda asked while still jumping on the sofa.

"Let's play Simon says."

"I wanna be the Simon..." Linda shouted as she ran towards her mother.

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ting-

While they were playing there was a "ting" sound from the kitchen indicating the oven's timer bell ringing.

"The cake should be done." Delia stood up from the sofa while Linda was still jumping around the room expectantly waiting for her friends.

Delia entered the kitchen and took out the cake from the oven.

"AAAAHHHHHHH"

While putting the cake aside Delia suddenly heard a scream. It was the voice of Linda. She hurriedly ran towards the living room with her heart full of worry. What she saw in the living room made her heart gripped with fear and worry.

Linda was crying on the floor while slightly backing up from what seemed like a crack in the space. There was a big lion-like monster on the other side while trying to enter through the hole which was too small for its body. Its dark claws were forcefully trying to tear apart the small hole to enter through it.

Seeing this supernatural phenomenon Delia was full of fear but she nevertheless ran towards Linda and caught her in her bosom. As she was about to run away with Linda she saw that the lion-like monster tore apart the crack and roared. Delia tightly hugged Linda who was in her bosom. The Lion like monster advanced and in a flash, it severed the head of Delia.

Feeling the grip loosened in her body Linda looked up to see her mother's head decapitated and the Lion like monster staring at her with its ferocious eyes. At that moment she didn't fear the monster anymore. Her cheery eyes were without its original luster. She blankly looked at her dead mother.

As Delia's head started to fall she could see her own headless body. There was a calendar on the wall where Linda's birthday was marked. It was today's date.

April 25th, 1959...

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Jingfei closed her eyes waiting for her beloved's kiss. They were sitting in a park bench, making out. Even though there were people around, Jingfei was no longer a shy girl, she had already tasted the forbidden fruit.

Unexpectedly, the kiss from her beloved didn't come. When she opened her eyes, she saw that Gouzhi had shocked expression while looking at the sky. She turned her head to look at the sky as well.

There was a big oval-shaped portal like thing which seemed to connect two different worlds. The portal was outlined by neon blue colored stripes. There was a blood-red sky inside it with serpent-like monsters flying around. Beasts never seen before started to enter through the portal and wreak havoc. The cement houses we considered safe were like paper-toys to them, casually ripping them apart. It was a scene that seemed to be right out of a doomsday movie.

Gouzhi foolishly took out his cellphone and started to video record it. Jingfei hurriedly blocked her mouth with her hand to not scream. Even though she was already shaking with fear, she still knew she shouldn't scream right now. From the corner of her eyes, she saw a crack in the space and a monster came through it. The monster had a purplish head with small arms and legs directly attached to it. Purpurlish gooey liquid slid down from its body. Its red eyes were filled with desire for slaughter and its sharp teeth were still covered in blood.

It flew towards a middle-aged man nearest to it and directly bit the man's neck. Blood gushed out of the man's neck as he tried to struggle free but the monster shook it's head while still biting the man's neck, severing it.

Jingfei hurriedly caught Gouzhi's hand and started to run while pulling him. The people in the park screamed seeing the bloody scene of the man being decapitated. The screams of the people awakened Gouzhi as he realized the danger. He started to run even faster.

Gouzhi turned his head back to see a scene that nearly made him retch. The park's grass was already dyed red with all the blood. Severed limbs, internal organs, and the headless body was everwhere. He hardly gulped with cold sweat oozing out of his body.

The monster turned his head with a creepy smile. Blood and flesh were mangled in his teeth. His head was facing towards Jingfei and Gouzhi. With a flash, he disappeared like a shadow.

Seeing the monster was chasing after them Gouzhi almost tripped with fear. He didn't want to die. He was the son of a rich businessman. He who lived a life of luxury and was always sheltered didn't even know pain. He wanted to live even no matter what. Viciousness flashed through his eyes.

Jingfei suddenly felt Gouzhi forcefully pull her arm downwards, as they were running on high speed it made her trip and fall. The monster was gradually approaching Jingfei while Gouzhi was getting farther and farther away.

Jingfei stared at the gradually disappearing back of Gouzhi while her eyes were filled with desolation. Her gaze seemed to be questioning:

'WHY'

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As the words surfaced on the white pages of the book, scenes flashed one after another in his mind. Yassin couldn't be more familiar with those scenes, he wrote it after all. The difference was it was just words then but its reality now.

His chest felt a bit stuffy. He didn't know what he was feeling right now. While staring at the twinkling stars in the night sky, Yassin questioned himself-

'Did I created it?'

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'Did I created it?'

Yassin frowned while reading the history book in front of him. He was in his father's private library with a mountain of books surrounding him.

He could confirm now that he was inside his novel. The history of this world was incomparably familiar to him. he could still remember the brainstorming he did while trying to create this world background.

April 25th 1959-Planetary Disaster

Space collapsed as the gate to different worlds started to surface all around the globe. The inhabitants of these worlds invaded our earth and wreaked havoc. They were incomparably strong. Our modern weaponry were nothing more than toys to them.

The gate didn't just bring these powerful monsters to our world, it also brought a mysterious energy. This mysterious energy was the reason they were so powerful.

Humans affected by this energy started to manifest various supernatural abilities.

This was roughly this world's history and the history he wrote.

'Well since the world is the same. Is it following the plot as well? Today's date is 12 January. Yingxiong Academy starts on the 10th of February. The novel starts 10 days before the Yingxiong academy starts and the protagonist goes to the academy through the shanghai portal. I'm in shanghai as well. I should investigate a little about him.' Yassin thought while flipping the page.

'Wait-' the hand flipping the page stagnated.

'There's a bit of action before the plot starts. Ye Rong the main protagonist kills a Red Devil before going to the academy and the name of the Red Devil is...

... Yun Long.'