Dr. Wang meant well; you could say he spoke from the bottom of his heart.

Xia Wenhua watched him walk quite a distance away without being able to call out to Dr. Wang.

It would be good to see each other again.

Is it really time for her and Pei Songbai to say goodbye?

How could that be? Pei Songbai is the male lead!

Xia Wenhua's long-held belief suddenly became uncertain. She turned to look at the person lying on the bed, and quickly walked in, but slowed down after getting close to Pei Songbai.

"If you leave the female lead, are you no longer the male lead? Is your injury the price I pay for changing my fate? Is it destined that one of us must die?"

In all the versions Xia Wenhua encountered, Pei Songbai's life was one of glory and honor.

He shone brightly in his position, transforming himself from a rural man into a highly sought-after individual. How could he suddenly be on the verge of death?

Xia Wenhua was never one to sit idly by and wait for her fate, having the courage to say no to destiny after discovering she was a supporting female character.

She glared fiercely at Pei Songbai: "Pei Songbai, have you forgotten your ideals and ambitions?"

You've put in so much effort, and you're finally able to live a good life with Mom and us. Do you really want to leave us behind?

You promised us you'd take good care of yourself when you went back last time, why didn't you keep your word...?

She wanted to say something harsh to threaten Pei Songbai, but looking at the man lying on the hospital bed, barely alive, Xia Wenhua really couldn't bring herself to say anything unpleasant.

She mumbled a lot in Pei Songbai's ear, but in the end she couldn't hold back her tears.

Life is never full of miracles. Even if she survived for so long in the 21st century, even if she broke free from her fate as a supporting female character, and even if she had a cheat code, none of these things could prevent Pei Songbai's death.

"Pei Songbai, wake up! Wake up! We worked so hard to get back together. Even if you've forgotten how hard we worked, you can't leave me so soon."

Without you, how heartbroken my mother would be. You were the only son she could count on.

And our children, they wait every day for their hero dad to come home. How disappointed they will be if you can't come back.

Tears streamed down her face as she lay on the hospital bed. Xia Wenhua kept her head down, unaware that Pei Songbai's arm was gradually loosening its grip.

The person on the hospital bed never opened his eyes. Xia Wenhua had gotten used to his silence. After crying, she wiped away her tears and turned to get the nutritional supplement to feed Pei Songbai.

She suddenly stopped and her gaze fell on what was protruding from Pei Songbai's hand.

She stared intently at the blueprint in Pei Songbai's hand, matching it with the map she had seen in the empty city library in her mind.

The terrain above is exactly the same!

The incident of being suddenly thrown into the library after entering the empty city and finding the map seems to have an explanation. Xia Wenhua's gaze fell on the familiar map in Pei Songbai's hand, and she slowly took the map away.

The person on the bed seemed to sense something, clenched their fingers, and suddenly twitched.

Xia Wenhua seemed to sense something and subconsciously looked up at Pei Songbai.

The person on the bed opened their eyes at some point, their gaze so bright that they didn't seem like a patient who had been unconscious in bed for many days.

He raised his hand with difficulty and pointed to the thing in Xia Wenhua's hand: "Wenhua, it... is incomplete, help me complete it... complete it."

Having mustered all his strength, Pei Songbai could only manage to utter this one sentence before falling into a deep sleep, as if everything that had just happened was a dream.

It was already getting dark, and after Dr. Wang delivered the nutritional supplements, the tent flap was lowered.

There were only the two of them in the tent. Everything that had just happened seemed to happen so fast, like a dream for Xia Wenhua.

She placed the blueprints on the table and moved closer to Pei Songbai: "Songbai, Songbai, wake up. What do you need to fill in? Tell me again, I didn't hear you clearly."

The person on the bed remained motionless, as if everything that had just happened was Xia Wenhua's dream.

The tent remained quiet. Xia Wenhua turned back to look at the map drawn on the table with childish pen and paper, and gritted her teeth.

Pei Songbai's request still echoed in her ears. She didn't know if it was a coincidence or fate, but her heart was beating faster and faster.

When she looked at the map last time, she was captivated by its abundant mineral resources and remarked that if such a place could be found, any country could make a fortune.

The path was now laid out before her, and clearly, what was on the map was Pei Songbai and his team's mission for this trip.

No one has seen what Pei Songbai is holding yet. The other two soldiers have already died. What she takes out will be the only basis for guiding the country.

Xia Wenhua looked at the map, then looked back at Pei Songbai, finding it difficult to make a decision.

Do we really need to take out the map of the empty city?

Faced with the same choice she made in Heilongjiang Province once again, Xia Wenhua clenched her fists, her mind in turmoil.

It's human nature to want to protect oneself, and Xia Wenhua was certainly selfish, not wanting unfounded accusations to affect her life.

But... this is a rich source of mineral resources!

She didn't even know where this place was, but since our people could be sent in, the country must have a way to get things from here.

The faint sound of gunfire could be heard outside again. During her time here, Xia Wenhua had heard this sound every day.

After she arrived, Ma Liu left, saying that the mission was not yet complete and they needed to continue exploring.

If Pei Songbai can't produce what he has, they'll have to retrace the steps their captain took.

The young man, who was already tanned dark, developed scars on his face in just two days, but Ma Liu always tried to force a smile whenever he saw Xia Wenhua.

Besides Ma Liu, there are many other warriors who work just as hard as him.

Pei Songbai is their captain.

Every time I face an unexpected situation, I feel conflicted, but in the end, there is only one outcome.

Whether for the sake of the country, for Pei Songbai, or for herself, Xia Wenhua will ultimately only make that one decision.

She gently moved the stool to the edge of the tent flap, making sure she could hear anyone coming in, then grabbed the blueprints from the table and slipped into the deserted city.

After her cheat system was upgraded, she could no longer bring in anything from the outside, but this time the paper was not hindered at all.

When there are too many coincidences, there must be someone behind it all.

Xia Wenhua didn't believe it was a coincidence, nor did she sense any malice in it. In the end, she suppressed her doubts and walked to the center of the library, where she opened the map that had been placed there.

The general outline is the same as the blueprint in her hand; both maps depict the same place.

Xia Wenhua glanced at it briefly, then grabbed a pen and continued drawing along the unfinished blueprint in her hand.