If you think about it carefully, less than ten years have passed, but when Yu Ningning looks back now, it feels like a lifetime ago.

She then gave a bitter smile.

She has already died once, and her soul has traveled from the apocalypse to this modern society. Isn't it completely like a different world?

She narrowed her eyes sharply, staring at the man before her: "How do you know Long Qiyue? Are you also a time traveler? Did you go to the apocalypse? What is your relationship with Long Qiyue?"

As if he hadn't noticed the wariness and defensiveness in Yu Ningning's eyes, Shen Longcheng lowered his gaze slightly: "Sister Ning, you wouldn't usually pretend to be so naive."

Touched by the man in front of her, Yu Ningning pursed her lips slightly and remained silent for a moment.

Regardless of who Shen Longcheng was in front of him, he truly understood himself.

She is indeed hiding.

Avoiding the answer deep in my heart that I don't want to face.

But ultimately, there's no escaping what she has to face. And she's never been one to procrastinate or back down.

Thinking of the deepest suspicion in her heart, Yu Ningning took a deep breath before raising her head and asking, "How did you die?"

With his immense strength and possession of the largest survival base outside of official sources, Yu Ningning couldn't possibly guess how Long Qiyue would die.

Knowing that she had admitted her identity, Shen Longcheng rarely showed a smile and looked at Yu Ningning: "Sister Ning, it's been eight years, and you're finally willing to talk to me."

Feeling a little uncomfortable under that gaze, Yu Ningning straightened her face and said in a cold voice, "Answer the question."

After being scolded by Yu Ningning three times in a row, Shen Longcheng, like a big dog being reprimanded, subconsciously became docile and pursed his lips, saying, "Suicide."

This answer was completely unexpected by Ningning. She was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why?"

Shen Longcheng pursed his lips, looked up and quietly gazed at Yu Ningning.

Feeling increasingly embarrassed under that gaze, Yu Ningning maintained an even more aloof demeanor, like a radiant yet domineering beauty looking down on her humble suitor, and continued to interrogate him in a deep voice: "Mr. Chen, I await your answer."

Shen Longcheng said calmly, "Because there is nothing left in that world for me to cherish."

Yu Ningning was stunned for a moment, and wanted to ask something else.

Shen Longcheng began to explain: "I left ten years after you, Sister Ning. After you left, there was indeed some chaos within your base, but it was quickly quelled, and your most trusted assistant, An Chen, inherited the base."

"In the third year since you left, the people at the official base have developed a zombie virus drug."

"Two years later, the zombie virus was completely eradicated."

"In the sixth year, the official base took the initiative to contact our two bases, wanting to combine the strength of our three major bases to find a way to control the mutated plants and animals. After half a year of research, they discovered a fact: evolution is irreversible. If humanity wants to survive this disaster, it can only actively embrace change."

"A year later, based on the data that Sister Ning brought out from that research institute, the official base took the lead in announcing the launch of the Global Human Evolution Project."

"In the eighth year, the Global Human Evolution Project officially began, and the first evolved humans appeared."

"In the tenth year, evolved humans have been able to defeat mutated plants and animals and have gradually reclaimed 50% of their habitat."