"Yan'er, if you have the chance in the future, go and learn martial arts from your aunt. I will never restrict you again."

Shen Xingyan looked up and saw her mother's resolute gaze, a stark contrast to her usual calm and gentle demeanor. Yet, she felt that this was good, this was the right way.

So she nodded emphatically and promised her mother, "I will study hard and become very powerful. I will beat all those who hurt Father, Brother, and Grandfather to death!"

If it were the old Mu Zhizhi who heard her daughter say such things, she would definitely think that she was talking about fighting and killing and had no manners whatsoever as a girl.

But now she felt that there was nothing wrong with it. After leaving the general's mansion, it would be too dangerous for a girl to travel without some martial arts skills.

"Alright, now that you've finished talking, let's get going. We still have to walk about twenty miles before dark. We don't have time to keep you wailing here."

After the official finished speaking, he lashed out with his whip to the side, startling the people nearby who quickly got ready to depart at any moment.

Shen Xingmian's situation was almost resolved. She got up and stretched her legs, which had gone numb from squatting. Looking at the sun, which was almost overhead, she was worried that someone might not be able to make it through the twenty miles.

However, looking at the other prisoners, she felt that the Shen family members were in relatively good physical condition. Although the proportion of those who couldn't move was quite high, the rest of them were of high quality.

Especially those two maids, they looked unremarkable, but they were very strong.

The men were restricted by shackles; otherwise, pulling the cart would have been no problem at all. Now, however, the two girls had to work so hard. Shen Xingmian felt very guilty and planned to share some of the supernatural water with them when she had the chance.

After setting off and finally resolving the most critical issues, Shen Xingmian finally had time to check his personal space.

She first glanced at the messy warehouse, planning to tidy it up while the machine was moving along the road, since it was easy to control with her mind anyway.

There's also the area where animals are kept. Strangely enough, her space can only bring in one living person at a time, but animals are not restricted.

There were a few small fields nearby, where she grew her food after the apocalypse, and in a special corner of her space, she kept all the seeds she had found in a seed station warehouse.

In her previous life, when she awakened her spatial abilities, nuclear contamination was already everywhere, but humans still had to eat in order to survive.

If you don't want to eat contaminated food, you can only wait to starve to death.

Therefore, those who survived with superpowers still have some resistance to pollution, at least they won't have problems as quickly as ordinary people.

Shen Xingmian was different. Thanks to the purification function of the space, and the fact that the seeds she put in were originally well-packaged, they were directly restored to an uncontaminated state.

With her water-based superpowers, she could have lived a very comfortable life.

But who would have thought that the octopus monster would mutate to the point where it could travel to inland areas...?

In the middle of the night, she suddenly heard screams all around her. She immediately got up on alert, dressed, and peered through the crack in the door. When she discovered such a huge monster, she knew it was impossible not to be afraid.

She didn't go into battle to protect others; she stayed away from people because she had seen too much selfishness, ruthlessness, and unscrupulousness. In that extreme environment, she had long lost any trust in the human community.

But that octopus monster was incredibly destructive; with a casual wave of its eight tentacles, surrounding buildings would collapse, and before it even began attacking people, large numbers of people were already dead.

Shen Xingmian initially tried to run away, but later realized that there was no way to escape.

That disgusting thing toyed with its prey, not even glancing at those who sat there waiting to die, but pulling back those who tried to escape with a single tentacle just as they were about to flee.

Extremely bad...

Human survivors were like its toys; a mere wave of its tentacles could take many lives.

Later, with the emergence of the first rebel, many superhumans joined the battle.

Suddenly, colorful lights exploded in the night sky, a beautiful sight, so beautiful it seemed as if life was burning away, heralding its end.

Whether it was because she had been suppressing her feelings for too long, or because she felt that there was no point in just surviving, Shen Xingmian also joined in.

Anyway, if he doesn't die at the hands of the octopus monster, he'll die at the hands of some other sea monster.

Dying sooner or later is still death.

Since that's the case, a fierce battle followed by death doesn't seem so bad. It's much better than dying in a corner where no one can see you, slowly rotting away, covered in disease.

In the end, Shen Xingmian got what he wanted, and the octopus monster died.

Perhaps coming here is God's way of compensating her.

Looking at the lush greenery and abundant vegetation around her, her mood instantly improved. Such a natural environment always brings joy.

Thinking about all the seeds and treasures in the space made her feel even better.

Her grandfather was fine long ago; he was only lying down to prevent those people from causing trouble. As for her eldest uncle and cousin, she believed that as long as they were well cared for, and with enough supernatural water, they could definitely be saved.

While she was thinking about something, Shen Yunting suddenly leaned close to her and whispered, "Daughter, your father and I think we can't just walk to the northern border like this. If we have a chance, we'll escape into the mountains."

Although the household registration system is very strict, with you here, going into the city to shop will be no problem at all.

Shen Xingmian had the same idea, so she nodded and said, "Okay, we'll see where it's suitable later."

After saying that, she looked at the long line and asked curiously, "Mom, we don't seem to have many relatives, so why are there so many people in this line?"

Mentioning this, Shen Yunting became furious and snorted, "Isn't it because the emperor is petty and narrow-minded? As soon as he took the throne, he wanted to exile everyone he didn't like?"

"You think our family is his biggest thorn in his side? No, it's the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince's people. Our family is just an afterthought."

See that prison cart at the front? Inside is the Crown Prince's only child, only nine years old. His parents were both murdered, and now the child too will be exterminated.

Shen Xingmian was puzzled and asked, "The child is so young and has no ability to resist. Why didn't the emperor just kill him instead of exiling him all the way here?"

If you're going to eliminate the problem completely, why not just do it decisively?

"Of course it's 'wanting both'—wanting the young prince to be out of the way in the capital, and wanting the people of the world to think he's benevolent. Bah! Shameless."

After finishing speaking, Shen Yun rolled her eyes in annoyance.

Shen Xingmian noticed that her mother was sometimes quite childish, especially in front of her, giving the impression that she was the same age as her. But she was never like that in front of her father, always being extremely gentle.

It seems that the relationship between two people who love each other is indeed quite beautiful.

"What kind of person is the Crown Prince?"

Shen Xingmian had no impression of the Crown Prince at all. If he was no better, then his death was none of her business.

But if it's a good one, wouldn't it be much more legitimate to raise this child and put him on the throne?