Shi Yin had considered what the other end of the phone would say if she made this call.
It could be accusation, or it could be doubt.
After all, Tokine didn't reveal what she had done to her family at all at the beginning. She never went home after the apocalypse began, and when she reappeared, she was already a villain on screen.
Although public opinion reversed for a while, it eventually irreversibly went down a negative path. The lack of explanation and complete refusal to allow family visits are hard for anyone to understand.
However, as soon as the call connected, the sobbing on the other end silenced Shi Yin.
I don't know what to say.
Any attempts to explain or to respond forcefully and coldly are buried in silence, leaving only a sigh in the end.
"Sister, go back." Shi Yin held the phone, her expression dark and unreadable: "Don't become a soldier, and don't look at those messages online... please."
Shi Yin gripped the phone tightly.
When a person dies in a certain timeline, that person's fate becomes incredibly fragile. No matter how many times time is reversed, the person in that timeline will still die fragilely due to various accidents.
You either live well, or you will definitely die.
In peacetime, perhaps fate wouldn't be so fragile, but now it's the apocalypse, with all sorts of difficulties and an unpredictable future, making the challenges much greater.
It's no longer something that can be solved by preventing a car accident or an incident.
Nothing can be easily changed, especially fate.
"No." The other side was very firm.
"Sister," Shi Yin interrupted, "You have a six-year-old daughter and a husband. Are you going to leave your second sister to take care of so many people by herself?"
Shi Yin's eldest and second eldest sisters are both married and each has a daughter. So, Shi Yin is all alone, which seems to be the most suitable option.
[I said no!] The other person suddenly raised their voice, but after sobbing for two seconds, they lowered it again.
[Tokine, I don't understand.]
How negligent of me have I been? How irresponsible of a sister have I been to let you bear so much alone?
I came to this big city alone to work hard so that you could come too, so that your journey would be easier, and so that I could help you... But why did it turn out like this?
Shi Yin gently touched her heart.
In her pursuit of victory, she repeatedly severed her emotions during the cycle of reincarnation, which allowed Freya to perceive the birth of a completely new superpower. Freya should have difficulty sensing strong emotional fluctuations.
But now, Shi Yin felt a heavy weight on her heart.
A heavy feeling that felt very unfamiliar.
"Sister, don't come anymore, wait for me to go back." Shi Yin's voice was very low: "If I go back and you're not here, what am I supposed to do?"
When are you coming back?
"Soon." Shi Yin's expression softened slightly. "I promise."
Public opinion is very unfavorable to you right now. I won't ask what you did; we all believe in you. But is there really no other way out?
Shi Yin did not speak.
She remembered a poem.
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel both; I stood at one crossroads and gazed at one road until it disappeared into the undergrowth; but I took the other.
[Its desolate, overgrown weeds made it all the more alluring and beautiful; though few travelers had ever left their footprints along this path.]
That morning, fallen leaves covered the ground, and neither path was stained by footprints. Ah, let one path be left for another day!
But I know the path stretches on endlessly, and I fear I may never be able to turn back.
[Perhaps many years from now, somewhere, I will look back with a sigh: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. —The Road Not Taken]
Suddenly, I feel a little sad.
Sure enough, after regaining the memories, a lot of emotions will arise, and even if the emotional module is removed, it will continue to be generated by the memories.
I have walked many roads, but perhaps all of them are ultimately the same.
“You can go home and wait for me to come back, sister.” Shi Yin took a deep breath and actually laughed: “You can trust that I will come, just like you trust that I won’t do certain things.”
[...give your niece a red envelope for Chinese New Year.]
"good."
"Send some people to keep a close eye on them. I don't want to see this kind of accident happen again." Shi Yin hung up the phone. Although it was a warning, Nan Zhu could clearly feel that Shi Yin was in a much better mood.
After leaving the public phone booth, Shi Yin turned around and went back to her office. This time, the two of them used public phones, so it shouldn't cause too much of a problem.
If arrogance doesn't manifest itself...
How to lure out Pride is a big problem. Although Pride might be willing to fight her for some reason, she is unlikely to show up in the New World unless she is driven to desperation.
After all, Tokine knew very well that Pride didn't care about the lives of the people in the New World. As long as humanity didn't become extinct, Pride had plenty of ways to reshape the New World.
Pushing open the office door, Shi Yin frowned slightly; Guan Nianshan had been waiting inside for who knows how long.
Upon seeing Shi Yin return, Guan Nianshan abruptly stood up, but realizing his lapse in composure, he forced himself to sit back down.
Shi Yin sat down at her desk, her expression unchanged. Nan Zhu secretly glanced at Guan Nianshan, said nothing, and continued to serve Shi Yin tea and water as usual.
"Shiyin, why is the location of the next battle... why is there that safe zone of my sister's sanatorium?" Guan Nianshan was clearly agitated when his sister was mentioned: "You, I, should I take her away?"
“No need, she’s useful.” Shi Yin’s words made Guan Nianshan’s face turn even paler.
"No! No, I mean, Shi Yin is my last remaining family member. Do we really have to do it all with her?" Guan Nianshan's fingertips were trembling. "There must be other ways, right? What do you need my sister for? I can do it too!"
"You..." Shi Yin drawled out her words, her face still expressionless.
“…I have important intelligence.” Guan Nianshan gritted his teeth, remained silent for a long time, and finally made up his mind: “I will exchange the intelligence and crystal cores for it.”
Shi Yin remained silent.
"Shiyin, you can't do this to me. I secretly gave all the crystal cores I got to the country." Looking at Shiyin's calm gaze, Guan Nianshan became more and more agitated: "I secretly put the high-level crystal cores that I had worked so hard to obtain at the teleportation portal. Otherwise, the country would be in a complete mess."
"I know." Shi Yin leaned back in her chair casually. "The six yellow crystal cores were indeed a great help."
Guan Nianshan: "Yes, so..."
As soon as Shi Yin finished speaking, Guan Nianshan wanted to say something, but before he could utter a word, both Guan Nianshan and Nan Zhu felt a jolt in their hearts.
Guan Nianshan only said that he handed in high-grade crystal cores, but he didn't say that he handed in yellow crystal cores or how many he handed in. How did Shi Yin know everything from the color to the quantity?
"Your crystal cores did play a major role in helping Helmod launch the energy cannon this time. In addition to the six yellow crystal cores, you also contributed quite a few green crystal cores, which is good."
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