Lin Xi put her hands on her hips and said, "I'm not going. What does your friend have to do with me?"

"Hey, don't say that. Once we get to know each other better, my friend will become your friend, right?"

Hearing her say that, Lin Xi felt a little flustered: Why is this woman not playing by the rules?

After she said that, she

Shouldn't you despise your own arrogant attitude, then just turn around and walk away?

Lin Xi's brain was working at lightning speed.

Yes.

Her face darkened, and she said righteously, "Are you trying to harm me? I just got scolded for being late today. If I get caught again, I might get expelled!"

Cheng Sheng was indeed intimidated. "Captain Ma is scolding people? And even firing them? Well, that's better. Forget it, I'll go by myself. You... just wait here. I'll go say hello and come back."

"Go and come back quickly. If someone comes to inspect, I won't cover for you," Lin Xi nodded.

Watching Cheng Sheng walk further and further away, Lin Xi sighed inwardly, wondering how stupid her new persona was and how long she was going to maintain it.

And why is that silly girl Cheng Sheng still eagerly coming up to me?

...

Cheng Sheng sneezed after finding his companions.

"I told you to wear more clothes, but you just want to look pretty!" Lu Nan complained.

Chen Jin asked, "Shouldn't you be patrolling the streets with another newcomer? Why are you here alone?"

Once Cheng Sheng started talking, she became very talkative, "Do you know who I was with? It was that specially recruited one! Didn't Sister Ge say she was super amazing? She crushed the military region!"

"A specially recruited psychic?" Chen Jin frowned. A powerful psychic?

They seem to have had relatively little contact with people possessing superpowers; perhaps they could test her abilities next time.

“Yeah! I heard her ability is to disable the abilities of other ability users…wait, what effect will her ability have against zombies? No, I have to ask her when I get back!”

Lu Nan thought she was exaggerating. "I heard that military region only has level six, right? If Jiang Chuan could do that too, wouldn't he?"

"Hey, you didn't see that little girl. She's a girl, and she's this tall. She doesn't look like someone who can fight at all! It's such a contrast!"

Chen Jin and Lu Nan paused together.

This petite girl is tall and strong.

They both thought of the same person.

Lin Xi.

Chen Jin and Lu Nan exchanged a glance, then said to Cheng Sheng, "Speaking of which, I haven't seen that video yet. Now that you mention it, my curiosity has been piqued."

"Right? Right? She seems to resemble Lin Xi in many ways!" Cheng Sheng tilted her head and sighed. "Well, her personality is a bit strange, unlike Lin Xi who is cute and adorable. Maybe it's a quirk of a master? She has a bit of an arrogant air about her."

Lu Nan's eyes instantly dimmed.

"You should go back first. After all, it's only the first day, and it's not good for us to abandon our posts." Chen Jin didn't reply, but instead urged them on.

Watching her retreating figure, Lu Nan walked to his side and watched Cheng Sheng leave with him.

“You also thought it was Lin Xi, right?” Lu Nan shook his head. “But Cheng Sheng’s description of her personality is so different from Lin Xi’s. Besides, if it really were Lin Xi, how could she not recognize her?”

“The world is so big, there are plenty of people like her.” Chen Jin looked at Lu Nan. “Don’t worry, your sister will be fine. She’s more capable than any of us.”

Seeing that he had pointed it out, Lu Nan smiled helplessly, "Lin Xi and my sister look so alike that I can't help but transfer my feelings for Bei Bei onto her."

"It's okay. Lin Xi would be very happy to see how you've changed. Besides, she really does treat us like older brothers," Chen Jin comforted him.

It wasn't really a consolation, really. Lu Nan had made rapid progress in the past year. Even Chen Jin, if he wasn't careful, could easily suffer a great loss at Lu Nan's hands.

After listening to Chen Jin's words, Lu Nan's thoughts drifted far, far away.

He recalled the first time he met Lin Xi in the Wind Eagle Regiment.

Because of Beibei's death, he was filled with self-blame and wanted to leave the Wind Eagle Clan, but his application was rejected.

Lin Xi walked over and stopped him, saying something very offensive that knocked him out of his daze with a punch.

He snapped out of his thoughts, “Because Lin Xi said that it was because I was too weak that I couldn’t protect the people I wanted to protect.”

After saying that, he looked at his hands and began to feel frustrated. "But I still don't seem strong enough. If I had awakened earlier, would I have been able to be like Jiang Chuan now?"

Jiang Chuan?

Hearing his words, Chen Jin also felt a little envious of Jiang Chuan.

He's not just hardworking; he has a strong belief that supports him, as well as exceptional talent.

In addition, before the apocalypse, he was the inheritor of his family's martial arts, and his rigorous training from a young age had laid a solid foundation for him.

Chen Jin suppressed the jumbled thoughts in his mind and turned to comfort Lu Nan, "Don't think so much. Always comparing yourself to others will make you lose sight of your original aspirations. Besides, compared to you a year ago, you have really improved so much, you are completely different."

...

Another urban area.

Jiang Chuan, who had just been mentioned as enviable, remained serious.

The long sword was already drawn.

Just now, a space-type ability user actually used level 5 invisibility to sneak into the store and steal something worth ten mid-level crystal cores!

At this moment, Jiang Chuan was chasing after the goods.

Although this superhuman's level wasn't high, his ability was clever enough to completely evade surveillance.

Even Jiang Chuan, whose dark elemental ability was already at level seven, was somewhat at a loss when faced with this ability.

However, according to his observation, his invisibility needs to be reactivated every twenty seconds.

During this gap, his figure will be visible for two seconds.

This is the only time he has to pinpoint the thief's location.

However, this requires him to be highly focused, since two seconds is too short a time; the thief could disappear in the blink of an eye.

The first thing Cheng Sheng did after returning was to find Lin Xi, "Hey, third brother, I'm back!"

Lin Xi glanced at her indifferently, maintaining her new persona.

"Has anything unusual happened here since I left?"

Lin Xi said, "Even if there are any abnormalities, I can handle them by myself."

Just as she was speaking, a figure flashed about 3 meters away from her.

It disappeared again after two seconds.

Lin Xi rubbed her eyes hard. "Cheng Sheng, did you see anything just now?"

"It looks like a person? An invisible person!" Cheng Sheng was also stunned for a moment, then saw a familiar figure flash past in front of him, and Cheng Sheng blurted out, "Holy crap!"