As for the protagonist's halo that was only half there, she hadn't forgotten what the system had said before: only by changing the protagonist could she kill Xu Youyou and Lei Tingjun, the two former male and female leads.

Since that's the case, why not just be the protagonist yourself?

Xu Jinhuan smiled and exuded an aura completely different from before. She was determined to be the protagonist!

After sorting out his thoughts, Xu Jinhuan began to patiently guide the little system, preparing to take advantage of it again.

"Xiao Wang, look at how you've tricked me time and time again. Besides complaining, have I ever cursed you?"

No! So, since this is practically a natural disaster, shouldn't you help your host solve a little problem?

System Xiao Wang has now completely evolved into Xu Jinhuan's die-hard fan; whatever the host says goes.

[Host, what do you want me to do? I'll do my best to help!]

After saying that, it felt a little worried and inferior. Given how swiftly its host emptied the palace, could it really help its host?

No, after the host falls asleep, it must go to the system forum and ask the seniors for advice on how to better help the host!

Seeing the system's prompt response, Xu Jinhuan smiled again.

"My mission this time is to lead so many people to escape the famine. When will this natural disaster come, and how long will it last? Don't you have to tell me in advance?"

"I remember you have a disaster warning function. Although it's mainly for detecting zombie hordes, you could also use it to warn of natural disasters, right?"

System Xiao Wang pondered for a moment before replying.

[Host, theoretically it's feasible. I'll submit a feature upgrade request to the main system in a bit; it shouldn't be rejected.]

Xu Jinhuan nodded in satisfaction, "And with this natural disaster being so dangerous, I can't fight against so many people on my own. Do you have any suitable tools that I can borrow?"

After thinking for a moment, System Xiao Wang looked through his system space again and said.

[Host, I have a loyalty pill here. If you take this pill, that person will not betray you. I hope it can help you.]

Xu Jinhuan's eyes lit up after hearing the system's introduction. This was exactly what she needed. As for who would use it, she smiled slyly...

After successfully exploiting the system's resources, Xu Jinhuan leaned against a tree, ready to sleep. But just as she drifted off to sleep contentedly, an uninvited guest arrived.

Her constant alertness made her ears twitch, and then she heard the familiar rustling sound again.

Seriously? Doesn't this place let people sleep in the middle of the night?

Xu Jinhuan opened his eyes irritably, scratched his hair, and began rummaging through his spatial storage for anything usable.

Wait, why does this look so familiar...?

Xu Jinhuan stared at the half-finished gunpowder, his mouth agape in surprise. It seemed that ancient technology had indeed made progress.

This thing actually ended up in the hands of someone who knew it. In the early days of the apocalypse, Xu Jinhuan learned a lot from the experts in the base, including how to make gunpowder.

After carefully examining it, Xu Jinhuan estimated that this thing could only injure people at present, and was unlikely to kill them. The corners of her mouth curled up slightly, and she made a plan in her mind.

Damn Lei Tingjun, you disturbed her sleep, didn't you? You deserve to be struck by lightning and brought down by justice. Enjoy the passion of gunpowder!

Xu Jinhuan estimated the blast radius and, after confirming that it would not harm the exiled people, took out a tinderbox and lit the long fuse.

Listening to the pleasant hissing sound and seeing that the fuse was almost burned off, she used all her strength to throw the gunpowder directly at the spot where the sound was coming from.

"What is that?!"

Lei Tingjun asked subconsciously.

Unexpectedly, instead of receiving a reply from An Yi, he was met with a loud bang and a dazzling burst of fire.

"Bang!"

The entire earth trembled because of the explosion.

"Huh? The earth shook?"

"Mother, I'm scared!"

"What's wrong? What's wrong?"

The people who were still asleep were suddenly awakened and hurriedly checked their surroundings.

Until they spotted a light in the distance, and it seemed there were people in that light...

"master?!"

Upon hearing the sound, An Yi instinctively went to protect Lei Tingjun.

But the object landed in such a clever spot that even An Yi, with his superb lightness skills, didn't have time to fly over before the explosion occurred.

It can be said that apart from Lei Tingjun, who was at the center of the explosion and was seriously injured and unconscious, the others at most suffered minor injuries.

Seeing that Lei Tingjun had already fainted, An Yi hurriedly carried him up and quickly summoned the surrounding guards to return to the capital immediately.

As for that Xu Youyou, we'll talk about her after Master wakes up.

He had always thought that woman was truly bewitching; his master lost all reason whenever he was around her.

Now he felt even more strongly that Xu Youyou was a jinx, and nothing good ever happened to his master whenever he encountered her!

By the light of the fire, the exiled people saw a group of men in black fleeing in panic.

"No way, why is that man in black here again? Is it still to save Xu Youyou?"

"It doesn't seem like it to me. If they were rescuing people, why would they burn down the forest? And why did they run away so fast after burning it down? What were they doing here?"

"Are they planning to kill us to silence us? What if this forest catches fire while we're still fast asleep? We'll all perish in the flames!"

"What you say makes sense. We're really grateful for the earthquake just now, otherwise we would definitely not have woken up after such a tiring journey."

Because gunpowder was still under development, it could be said that apart from the emperor and the craftsmen, no one in the capital knew about it, so everyone thought that the ground had really shaken just now.

"Hey, look, it's raining! God really knows how to pick his time. This way we don't have to go fetch water to put out the fire."

"This is a good omen; our journey to exile will surely go smoothly."

Xu Jinhuan stared at the sky where it had suddenly started raining, while listening to the alarms coming from his own system.

[Beep beep, a severe rainstorm disaster is imminent. Countdown: 6 hours. Duration: 15 days. Please prepare accordingly!]

Looking at the people in front of him who were happy because of the rain, Xu Jinhuan thought to himself that this happiness wouldn't last long.

As she thought this, she took out an exquisite raincoat and a bamboo hat, which she had found in the palace, seemingly from her package but actually from her spatial storage.

It's unclear whether it was some concubine who prepared such exquisite and well-fitting rain gear to play a game with the emperor, but it ended up benefiting Xu Jinhuan.

"Wow, your raincoat is really great! It doesn't take up much space and it keeps you dry!"

The plump woman had just finished distributing rain gear to her husband and son, and was still holding a large oil-paper umbrella in her hand, thinking of sharing it with Xu Jinhuan.

When he turned around, he saw that Xu Jinhuan had already changed into a straw raincoat.

Xu Jinhuan smiled and was about to speak when he heard the head constable in front of him shout.

"Hurry up, everyone, get up and get going!"