Irwin took a copy of the task list issued by the research lab, and turned to look at her when he heard the noise: "Are you alright? We should be leaving soon."

The hall was mostly empty; all the officially employed staff had left, leaving only a few scattered, temporarily recruited, half-baked workers in the hall.

Gu Li glanced at the team members who were crying in their hands not far away, still thinking about the expansion dock: "Don't worry, I'm very calm, and making money is no problem."

Irwin didn't ask any further questions upon hearing this, but glanced at her chest with his green eyes: "What did you do yesterday?"

She fiddled with the badge on her chest with her fingers, her tone nonchalant: "Nothing much, just a safety test when I woke up."

She didn't mention that she had given the Dream Eater a beating, and vaguely said, "Maybe I was just a little grumpy when I woke up."

Irwin was the least curious person she had ever met; upon hearing this, he simply gave a calm "Oh."

A dark figure suddenly appeared in front of her. The way the person stood and held the gun looked very familiar to her.

Almost everyone Gu Li has met in this world, excluding children, is taller than her, and she has almost given in to it.

But this familiar shadow stirred up some unpleasant memories of her initial success.

She took a step back without making a sound, a polite but awkward smile on her face, while thinking about an escape route.

"Hello?"

Wang Li's gaze was so sharp it seemed he could scrape her face off. After a long while, the man with scars on his face slowly reached out his hand.

Hello, Wang Li.

Gu Li, who considered herself thick-skinned enough, resisted the urge to fasten her helmet, forced a smile, and perfunctorily touched his fingertips.

"Hello, Gu Li."

He was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, "You used a potion?"

After a while, he said again.

"I apologize for not investigating thoroughly enough."

Gu Li, still puzzled, slowly processed the information and suddenly understood.

He thought he was a new kind of human being, apologizing for the two shots he had fired at her.

From a macro perspective, there was nothing wrong with Wang Li's actions at the time, considering he was the one who almost lost his life to two gunshots.

Gu Li curled her lip: "Is there any compensation?"

Wang Li paused for a moment, automatically filtering out the previous sentence, and added, "I will continue to observe, and I hope you can use your power correctly."

After saying that, he turned and left.

All that remained was a poor yet stubborn silhouette of Gu Li.