After two weeks of wading through water and trekking through mountains, Li Ke finally found the correct route. The terrain had changed drastically again, with mountains and water everywhere, and he occasionally encountered dangerous whirlpools. To avoid being accidentally swept in, Li Ke did not travel fast.

The area Li Ke was looking for was already close to the sea, and now that the sky and sea meet, it's even more difficult to pinpoint the exact location. Unlike before, there aren't real-time reports on the disaster, so it's unclear where the epicenter of this disaster is.

But Li Ke felt that this disaster was very similar to the tsunami that started the apocalypse.

As Li Ke traveled, the closer she got to her destination, the more she felt that the place was devoid of human presence and life. Apart from the various strange fish swimming underwater, it would be difficult for her to even find a human corpse on the surface of the water.

The sea area where Li Ke is now is a vast expanse of water, with no human beings or houses. Li Ke has changed submarines and sailboats, wandering around for a long time, as if she were the only human left in this world.

This feeling is really bad. Being alone on the sea for a long time will always cause a kind of uncomfortable sense of desolation to disturb a person's normal emotions. When Li Ke wants to relieve this uncomfortable feeling, he can only go into the space and spend some time with Benben and the others.

But a sense of urgency urged her on. Akiyama's brothers, Kincho's research team, and the other missing people at the base—so much time had passed, she couldn't delay any longer.

Just when Li Ke thought he might be lost in this sea area, the telescope finally spotted several ships appearing on the horizon.

Li Ke stared intently at the spot for a while, and after confirming that it was not a mirage, he decisively switched to a submarine and began to stealthily approach the target underwater.

During this period, Li Ke researched a lot of information and learned how to navigate at sea, but after putting it into practice, it was all just theoretical knowledge. The compass was no longer working. If he really wanted to find his target in this godforsaken place, he would need a reliable guide, but unfortunately, Li Ke didn't have one.

The fish swimming underwater are very aggressive, and Li Ke's submarine is often attacked by them as if they were intruders. If they don't encounter any big ones, these attacks are nothing, but they can be quite annoying.

Ignoring the attacks outside, Li Ke sped towards the area where the ships were gathered, and it wasn't until four hours later that he finally got close to his target.

Her submarine arrived at a reef, or perhaps it shouldn't be called a reef, but rather a former piece of land, because many strange plants had appeared in the water. These creatures, which should have grown on land, seemed to have found their own way of surviving in the water.

Li Ke's submarine was pulled into a forest of exotic plants, and after three minutes, it could no longer move forward.

Leaving the driver's seat, Li Ke went to the porthole. Outside the window, a fist-sized eye was watching the cabin and turning. When Li Ke made eye contact with the eye, she saw a long, fat body behind it constantly slapping against her ship's hull.

Li Ke was piloting a modified six-person mini-submarine. The submarine could be piloted by one person or two. The foreigner who sold it to her said that the materials used in these submarines were all military-grade.

Judging from the vibrations of the ship, it wasn't just this one strange fish that attacked her. Li Ke turned around to check other places and discovered that countless such strange fish were attached to this strange plant forest.

Li Ke's intrusion seemed to have greatly angered the plants and animals here. They clung densely to the ship's hull, as if they were working together to lock this massive steel structure into endless darkness and slowly corrode it into seabed sand.

It seems the foreigner wasn't lying to her. Although the ship was attacked from all sides, it remains as sturdy as ever. However, the power seems to be somewhat lacking, and it's stuck in place and unable to move.

Li Ke sat in the cabin, feeling a bit of a headache. If she hadn't been trapped here, she estimated that in about two more hours she would have reached the vicinity of the giant ship, and then she would have found an opportunity to sneak in.

Lu Qing's case stalled for a while after the earthquake and floods, but due to the strong intervention of Qiu Feng and Song Xian, Lu Qing, who was originally forcibly imprisoned by the deceased's family, was transferred to a military outpost nearby.

The matter is actually not complicated. It's just that the girls that Lu Qing had been protecting started to harbor resentment towards Lu Qing after they found their families.

In the past two years, since Lu Qing joined the Qiufeng Base, she has become increasingly independent and has also been excessively demanding that they also learn to be independent.

These girls were pampered and spoiled. Even after the disaster, they were taken for granted by Lu Qing for a long time. Lu Qing's decision to let them be independent made these girls very dissatisfied.

They were already struggling, but before they could rely on Lu Qing to share some of their suffering. Now that Lu Qing was no longer doing it, they felt that their suffering had only intensified, and they secretly thought that Lu Qing was ungrateful.

If they hadn't found their parents, they probably would have accepted their fate, but now that they have someone to rely on, their pent-up grievances have a place to be expressed and someone to voice their grievances.

With a responsible attitude, Lu Qing wanted to make sure that the four children were handed over to the right people. Although the family of one of the girls could not be found, the four families had a good relationship and expressed their willingness to take in the girl who had lost both parents.

Lu Qing then took all four girls to the base where their three families lived, inside the second ring road.

Everything went smoothly on the night of her arrival. The family was reunited after a long separation, and the atmosphere was naturally joyful. However, when Lu Qing was about to leave the next day, she was repeatedly asked to stay and stay another day.

Lu Qing had no suspicions and, unable to refuse such hospitality, agreed to stay another day.

The girls said they were taking her out to get acquainted with the new neighborhood, but instead they pushed her into a den of men who brought up her past and mocked her.

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