America: I'm really not crazy

Chapter 66 Li Wei Wakes Up

Li Wei had a dream.

In his dream, he returned to that abandoned little village.

However, he was no longer alone.

He had found comrades.

Wesker, Thomas, Tessa, Antonio, Danielle...

They fought side by side, repelling wave after wave of attacks.

Until... they ran out of ammunition and food.

They were trapped, and the situation was even worse.

Six people do not represent six times the combat power, but they do bring six times the supply pressure.

Danielle was the first to be injured, and then died from her festering wound.

Then came the oldest, Antonio, who was really too old and collapsed from exhaustion during the transfer.

Next up were Tessa and Thomas.

To be honest, Li Wei thought they would be the first to die.

Of course, their miraculous survival was not only due to luck and willpower, but also to the care they received, whether intentionally or unintentionally, from others.

But when only Levi and Wesker remained in the team, they couldn't take care of them all, and Thomas and Tessa also died.

When only Levi and Wesker remained, the opponent resorted to a very despicable "targeted tactic".

Twenty million!

Hand over Li Wei!

Then, Wesker shot himself.

Because, he said, he was really "smitten" and afraid he wouldn't be able to resist.

In the end, just like last time, only Li Wei was left.

Li Wei continued to resist.

But this time, reinforcements arrived as promised.

The swirling sandstorm obscured Li Wei's vision, but he could clearly see the same military uniform and sky-blue helmet that matched his own.

However, when Li Wei left the village, he saw an extremely strange scene.

The faces under each helmet were exactly the same.

Lawrence Chambers!

"You're more boring than I thought..."

With a contemptuous laugh, Li Wei was engulfed by rapid-fire cannons.

Li Wei suddenly opened his eyes and saw a pale ceiling, while the lingering smell of disinfectant filled his nostrils.

How could someone survive being hit at least four times by a rapid-fire cannon?

Li Wei, who was not yet fully awake, had only one thought in his mind.

"You're awake?"

It wasn't until Tessa's voice rang in his ears that Levi realized where he was.

The sky was already beginning to lighten.

He sat up in bed and looked around.

In the next bed, Thomas was peeling a banana, while Wesker had already eaten almost half a trash can's worth of banana peels.

Antonio was whispering to Danielle about why hand-ground coffee is better than canned coffee.

Danielle, however, stubbornly believed that convenience and usefulness were the most important things, while taste and flavor were merely "added value" that could be ignored.

Tessa held his hand and sat quietly by the bed.

Everyone is alive, including himself.

A dream? An omen?

Or... fear.

Yes, that was my own fear.

The fear is that my friends will fall one by one in front of me.

What terrified him even more was that he couldn't even take "revenge".

This fear... is even greater than death.

At this moment, the system, which had been silent for many days, suddenly became active.

If you're afraid, give up; only by living can you have a chance.

[Mission: Abandon opposing the "Revival Society".]

[Reward: Go home.]

Li Wei was stunned.

Come back home?

His apartment that's already been mortgaged?

After a moment of realization, Li Wei finally understood.

The "home" the system mentioned... refers to the home he had before he transmigrated.

Yes, that was his home, even if he was the only one in that "home".

As for the apartment that was mortgaged to the bank, it was just his house.

Well, strictly speaking, that house doesn't belong to him, but to the bank.

but……

"How are you?"

When Tessa saw that Li Wei hadn't spoken for a long time after waking up, she squeezed Li Wei's hand slightly, her face full of worry.

Did he wet his pants?

Wesker's crude and not-so-funny jokes followed, filling Levi's ears.

"Um...maybe you'd like a banana?"

Thomas said, handing the freshly peeled banana to Levi.

Still not fully awake? Want a can of coffee to perk yourself up?

"I think Levi might need a freshly brewed hot coffee more."

Danielle and Antonio started arguing about coffee again.

Well, Levi has to admit, this place has become his "second home".

Because they exist here.

"I am indeed a little hungry."

Li Wei took the banana Thomas handed him and devoured it in a few bites.

Like shooting a basketball, he threw the banana peel into the trash can and then opened his mouth.

"I'm sorry, I kept something from everyone before."

"I won't make excuses, because the essence of this is that I failed to trust you."

Li Wei used this as his opening remark, and although the reactions of the crowd varied, none of them expressed indignation or dissatisfaction.

At most, only Danielle and Antonio had some doubts.

The two exchanged a glance, then looked at the others.

Then, Antonio spoke first.

"It seems that only Danielle and I were kept in the dark."

The old man started speaking fluent Chinese again.

Danielle was even more confused.

"Did Antonio mention my name just now?"

Li Wei was speechless—how come he never realized before that this old man was so mischievous?

"That's enough joking around. What I have to say is..."

Li Wei suddenly paused, then shrugged.

"Okay, it's not that important."

Then he gave a brief account of the “Revival Society” and looked at Thomas.

"Do you have anything to add?"

Thomas, who had just peeled a banana for himself and hadn't even had a chance to eat it yet, stopped what he was doing and thought about it seriously.

In the end, only one sentence was added.

"If you fail, you will die, not necessarily physically, but also through institutional failure."

But Thomas's words didn't have much effect...

Apart from Tessa, who seemed lost in thought, the rest of the people all wore expressions of confusion.

Thomas, who was about to take a bite of the banana to replenish his energy, had to put it down again and gave a brief explanation of what "institutional death" meant.

"That was a death on a social, legal, and historical level."

"If we fail."

"From a societal perspective, we face industry blackouts, credit manipulation, flagging investigations, social isolation..."

He found that some people still didn't quite understand, such as Wesker and Danielle, so Thomas gave a few examples.

"The direct result is losing your job, being unable to get a loan, and not even being able to rent a place or socialize."

Wesker and Danielle then realized what was happening, and their expressions turned serious along with the others.

But what Thomas has to explain is only just beginning.

"Besides social death, there is also legal death."

"We will be arrested on crimes that don't exist, our property will be legally confiscated, our names will appear on the criminal list, and we will spend the rest of our lives in prison."

Thomas learned his lesson this time and skipped the theory, opting instead for direct examples.

However, he hadn't finished speaking.

"And historic deaths."

"The news will call us a 'criminal gang,' official records will label us as 'terrorists,' children in schools will be told that 'the Levi gang is bad,' and our names will never appear in any positive accounts."

After Thomas finished speaking, he finally got to eat the banana.

Li Wei then took over the conversation and added the last, and most crucial, part.

"This will remain true even ten or a hundred years after we die."

"Because they are..."

"rule."