"Maybe!" Jiang Yuan replied with a slight smile.

"Then!" Ning Yanlan was silent for a moment, then kissed him. Although they separated quickly, the experience was very enjoyable for both of them.

"If you leave something with me, I'll leave something with you, and we'll be even!"

After saying that, Ning Yanlan stuck out her tongue and gave Jiang Yuan a teasing look.

Jiang Yuan was dumbfounded. Who could resist this? He stretched out his arms to pull Ning Yanlan into his embrace.

"Hey, Jiang Yuan, what are you trying to do? Are you trying to be a pervert?!"

But Ning Yanlan raised her hands, blocking Jiang Yuan's movements, and smiled.

"Just now..." Jiang Yuan was about to explain.

"So you agree, but I don't agree now!" Ning Yanlan's previous teasing had turned into provocation without any trace. After saying that, she broke free from Jiang Yuan's arm and muttered to herself, "No sincerity at all, just trying to be a scoundrel!"

"Uh!" Jiang Yuan was extremely frustrated. So, when you act like a hooligan, it's called flirting, but when I act like a hooligan, I get scorned?

"The storage ring is full, let's go find the computer to retrieve the data!" Ning Yanlan quickly squeezed out of Jiang Yuan's reach and said with a grin.

Jiang Yuan's emotions were even stronger than when he was forcibly kissed before. He had to admit that although the tactic of playing hard to get was old-fashioned, it was really alluring.

"Still standing there like an idiot!" Ning Yanlan pouted.

"Oh!" Jiang Yuan snapped out of his daze, picked up a few things at random, and explained, "We need to carry some supplies with us, otherwise if Zhu Penghai and the others see us, they'll suspect we have storage rings on us!"

Both of them understood the saying "possessing a treasure is a crime," and Ning Yanlan nodded in agreement. However, she didn't take much; she just took a few boxes of candy to give to Xiao Xin.

The two strolled around the huge mall and eventually stopped at a shop that wasn't too messy.

"That's fine. Just take a look at it on any computer or tablet!" Ning Yanlan said. After she finished looking at the contents of the USB drive, she would send it to the warlord. No matter how valuable this thing was, it was not worth her friend's life.

"Okay!" Jiang Yuan agreed.

The two quickly found a laptop with a full battery. The Golden Gate hadn't been around for long, and appliances that were fully charged before could still be used.

Ning Yanlan carefully took out the USB drive, inserted it into the computer, and began searching for the data on the USB drive.

"This is it!"

Ning Yanlan pointed to a small text file, and the two calmed themselves down before solemnly opening the document.

"The lost civilizations of antiquity will eventually return, and the regrets left by the gods will eventually be fulfilled."

"Death at the Golden Gate, rebirth at the Crystal Stele: this is a cycle of a lost civilization heading into the unknown."

The two sentences left Jiang Yuan and Ning Yanlan speechless, as if they were seeing an old man with white hair speaking to the sky through the words.

"As the gods shed their blood, someone will eventually have to stand up and face destruction."

"Awakened Ones, use all your strength to break free from this eternal prison!"

The two short sentences carried an endless sense of vicissitude. Jiang Yuan and Ning Yanlan felt as if they were there, experiencing the context of the old man's words.

The information on the USB drive entered their minds piece by piece. It didn't feel like reading; rather, it felt like the brain's primal memories.

People tend to remember the most memorable things, and these data will become unforgettable memories for Jiang Yuan and Ning Yanlan.

Words like "enlightenment," "destruction," "death," and "revenge" lingered in their minds, but they couldn't recall them after writing them down. Only ordinary, recorded events could be remembered.

The document was of medium length, with tens of thousands of words that completely entered the minds of the two of them.

Just as the two were processing that information, a line of red text appeared on the computer.

"What's going on?" Jiang Yuan was the first to look over.

"This document has been fully read by the Spirit Awakener and is now self-destructing!"

Upon seeing the large line of red text, Ning Yanlan panicked and quickly unplugged the USB drive.

"It's not useless, is it?" Jiang Yuan asked tentatively. Actually, he didn't need to look to guess that it was a built-in destruction program in the USB drive. Once all documents were read, they would be destroyed, so unplugging the USB drive wouldn't help.

"What's going on? It wasn't like this last time!" Ning Yanlan didn't dare to plug the USB drive back in, and was now looking at the silver USB drive in her hand with a puzzled expression.

"Maybe the person who released the information doesn't want too many people to know!" Jiang Yuan said, because the information they had just received really made them question their existence; the world was not as simple as they had imagined.

"What about my friend?" Ning Yanlan asked worriedly. "Without the USB drive, the warlord's men won't let her go."

"When are you going? I'll go with you!"