Chapter 549 Extra - Reunion.
The buzzing sound was particularly jarring in the doorway area.
The screen lit up, and the two of them looked down at it simultaneously.
"It's my grandfather's phone number. Brother Ci, you contact Nan Nan and the others first!"
Lu Xici: "Okay! I'll call Nan Nan right now!"
Chi Yanzhou swiped to answer the call and stood on the balcony: "Grandpa."
Almost at the same time that Chi Yanzhou answered the phone and Lu Xici turned around to find his phone.
"bite!"
"bite!"
"bite!"
On both of their WeChat phones, the group chat that Chi Yanzhou had just created started frantically popping up with new message notifications!
Master He: [Holy crap! Holy ...
Guys, what's going on? I took a nap and the hell I'm back in the university town?! My flashy red hair is back for a limited time!
(A selfie is attached.)
Master He: [How did this all happen? A hallucination? Mass hysteria? Or did I achieve some great merit and transmigrate into a rebirth novel?]
You, He Ye: [I've been calling you guys and you're not answering! Guys, say something! Is this just my dream? The apocalypse! Zombies...]
Ji Xian: [Squeak.]
(Attached is a screenshot from my phone, with the date clearly outlined: 2055.6.25)
Gu Qi: [Wanwan and I have already left and are coming straight to find you!]
Time: [+1. On the way, will be there in three minutes.]
Gu Qi: [Seven minutes!]
Ji Xian: [You guys go up first in half an hour, I'll be there in a bit!]
Brother He: [So, it wasn't my imagination? Everyone's back! It wasn't a dream... Brothers, wait for me, I'm coming downstairs, I'll meet you there!]
Lu Xici: [@Everyone in my family. Let's get straight to the point.]
Gu Wan: [@Lu Xi Ci Ci Ge! Quick! Add Nan Nan and A Ye to the group chat!]
Your Uncle He: [Waaaaah... @Lu Xici, Brother Ci, I miss my little sister! I miss my Aye! Quickly add them to the group! I can't live without them!]
Uncle He: [When I was waiting for you, I confirmed that the neighbors walking their dogs downstairs looked peaceful and had no recollection of the apocalypse.]
So, are we unlucky souls destined to be the chosen ones?
Shi Xu: [I've arrived!]
......
Downstairs at Yuntingyuan.
He Zhuo sported short red hair and wore beach shorts covered with exaggerated coconut tree and flamingo patterns.
He jabbed his thumb into the phone screen, spitting as he spoke into the WeChat voice message interface.
"What are you dawdling for! I'll give you ten! Ten! Nine! Eight...!"
If they don't come soon, I'm going to go up and meet up with Yan Ge and Ci Ge, then book the earliest flight to Nancheng to find my sister Bao and A Ye!
Did you hear that! Seven! Six…
He was engrossed in counting when a figure appeared somewhat unsteadily on the walkway outside the building entrance.
This is the time of narration.
His face was pale, he was breathing slightly heavily, and his chest was rising and falling noticeably.
He Zhuo's "countdown" came to an abrupt end. He raised an eyebrow and spoke faster than he thought: "Hey! Xu, you've lost your special ability, and you've also taken back your 'Lin Daiyu' physique along with it?"
You're out of breath after just a few steps? Is this a trial version of your "rebirth gift pack"?
He was sharp-tongued but quick-witted, stepping forward and grabbing Shi Xu's arm: "Are you alright, Xi Gou?"
Shi Xu: "Shut up...you're giving me a headache!"
He Zhuo rolled his eyes and was about to continue speaking when another voice interrupted.
"He Zhuo, I could hear you making a racket from far away, like you're setting off firecrackers during the New Year, it's so noisy!" Gu Wan pulled Gu Qi and walked quickly closer, her eyes still red from the noise.
He Zhuo: "Hey? Gu Wanwan, why are you crying? It can't be that..."
"Shut up!" Gu Wan's voice was still slightly choked: "I'm worried about Sister Wen Qing and Xing You! Sister Wen Qing's husband... have you forgotten?"
"She was treated badly before the apocalypse, subjected to domestic violence. Now, she opens her eyes, her powers are gone, but her memories have returned, and she's still carrying a child..."
Gu Qi: "Don't think about it anymore. Let's go up and meet up first, then we'll arrange for someone to contact Sister Wen Qing and Xing You."
Shi Xu: "According to my memory, the first wave of the global 'storm' is coming tomorrow night. We don't have much time, so let's go up and meet up to make some plans."
Before the words were even finished, the elevator doors opened with a "ding".
The elevator ascends, and the numbers change.
"bite--"
As soon as the elevator doors opened, He Zhuo was the first to step out.
"Bang bang bang!"
He immediately started banging on the door, his force no less than that of Chi Yanzhou earlier: "Brother Ci! Brother Yan! Open the door! It's us!"
Almost at the same moment he struck the door for the third time, the door was suddenly pulled open from the inside.
Lu Xici held the still-on phone to her ear with one hand, and pushed open the door with the other.
"Nan Nan, wait a moment, A Zhuo and the others have arrived..." He quickly said to the person on the other end of the phone, then looked at his friends at the door.
He Zhuo: "Brothers! What's going on?! Time has reversed when we opened our eyes! Have we triggered some kind of collective rebirth event?"
Shi Xu: "In a rebirth story, someone as talkative as you usually doesn't survive more than two lines in a novel!"
Chi Yanzhou happened to walk back from the balcony: "My grandfather remembers too! Brother Ci, what did Nannan say?"
“Nan Nan and A Ye both ‘remember’.” Lu Xici said into the phone, “Nan Nan, you tell us, everyone is here except for Ji Xian, Chi Yi, Wen Qing, and Luo Xingyou.”
After saying that, he quickly turned on the speakerphone on his phone and placed it flat on the coffee table in the living room.
The next second, a childish voice echoed throughout the living room: "Brothers, sisters."
Immediately afterwards, Lu Nange's reassuring voice rang out: "Good morning, everyone."
"Ah Ye! Mei Bao!" He Zhuo yelled, but Gu Qi grabbed him and held him down.
Gu Wan spoke into the phone, her voice trembling with tears, "A-Ye, Nan-Nan..."
"Brothers and sisters...please listen to me first, the apocalypse will not happen again..."
Lu Nange's words stunned everyone in the living room.
Lu Nange continued, recounting the "simplified version" that she had discussed with the system "Youyou" and that Youyou had agreed to reveal.
"Zhizhi is the 'source of life' that keeps our little world running. You can think of it as the way of heaven, the heavens."
The apocalypse was caused by the corruption of Zhizhi's power by the so-called boss 'Black Overlord'.
In the final moments, we all activated its last primal power.
This primordial power, which embodies the will and life imprint of all of us, led us... on a journey back in time.
We have traveled back to the point in time before this disaster occurred.
Except for those of us who ate the branches and leaves and retained the complete memories of that apocalypse, everyone else's memories of the apocalypse will be 'corrected,' or rather... overwritten.
They won't remember anything related to it.
Therefore, there will be no more apocalypses in the future. We can live normal lives again.
Chi Yanzhou's brows furrowed slightly before relaxing: "What about 'Zhizhi' now?"
Lu Nange: "'Zhizhi' has turned into a seed, and it's with me now. I will take good care of it."
This answer brought a sigh of relief to everyone, but then another, more urgent emotion welled up inside them.
Chi Yanzhou: "Since there's no apocalypse, I'll tell Grandpa, and then we..."
Everyone: "We want to come see you all!"
Gu Wan: "I'll check flights right now! I'll book the earliest tickets! Let's go together!"
He Zhuo: "I'll book the tickets! I guarantee it'll be the fastest! Little sister, A-Ye, wait for your older brothers and sisters!"
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