Tu Ran shook her head.

She hoped that was the case.

"Do you want to leave here?" she asked.

"Yes!" The three of them nodded in unison. This place is too scary. "Do you have a way to leave?"

"Yes, but there are risks," Tu Ran said seriously, "You have now traveled through two worlds. The connection between the two worlds is temporarily called a door. There are more than two worlds in the entire universe. Now we know that there are three, and in fact there may be more. There are countless worlds, which means there are countless doors. The world behind each door is likely to be uncertain. When you open the door, you don't know which world you are facing."

"If you enter... a world I've been to before, you'll be faced with a hail of bullets."

Tu Ran believed that the federal government would welcome her in this way.

"Bullets flying everywhere? Was it the war years?" asked the short-haired girl.

Tu Ran: "...No, it's just targeting..." Tu Ran paused, the word "I" was on the tip of her tongue, but she didn't say it out loud, and changed her words to: "Targeting any species that don't belong to that world."

"I call it the second world. Once you enter the second world, you may not be shot as soon as you get out. You may even survive and be taken to a laboratory, where you will be interrogated to find out where you came from and have your memory read through some very advanced equipment."

"Read memory?" The girl in the white dress couldn't believe it. "There is such a device? Is the technology in the second world very advanced?"

"Yes. The First World has little chance of winning against the Second World. The rulers of the Second World like colonization, domination, class division, and mass extinction. If you are unfortunate enough to go to the Second World, not only will you be in danger, you will also expose the situation of the First World, and the First World will also be in danger."

The three people were silent.

After a long time, the short-haired girl asked weakly: "Can we stay in this world of Shan Hai Jing forever?"

Tu Ran pursed her lips and said, "Can you protect yourself from being eaten by alien species? The alien species you encountered today is not the most ferocious one here, and it is not even the largest one."

The three of them were in tears.

After listening to Tu Ran's introduction, they felt that their future was bleak, as if no world was the right place for them.

"What about you? Where are you going? Can we follow you?" The girl in the white dress wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and asked with sobs.

Tu Ran shook her head firmly, "No. I can only protect you in this world for a short period of time. I won't stay in this world forever."

Tu Ran looked at the three confused people in front of him and sighed, "I told you so much because I hope you are mentally prepared."

"When the 'door' appears next time, you will leave. You may return to the first world, or you may go to the technologically advanced second world. I will leave with you. If you are lucky enough, I will return to the first world with you. If you are unlucky... it depends on the situation. I will try my best to bring you back."

"Can we come back again?" the girl in the white dress asked doubtfully.

Tu Ran thought for a moment and said carefully: "I'm not sure whether the doors connecting each world are the same. The 'doors' between the Shanhaijing world and the second world will remain open for a while before closing. During this time, you can enter and exit. If we really reach the second world, I can delay the hail of bullets for a few seconds, giving you enough time to leave."

Tu Ran paused for a few seconds, looking embarrassed, "But..."

"But what?" the three asked anxiously. This road was the best one they could find so far. Was there any difficulty? "We will be scattered to different corners of the Shanhaijing world. This is the rule of the gate connecting the Shanhaijing world and the second world. We will not put you together like you came from the first world."

The three people's hearts sank to the bottom. They had no ability to protect themselves, and if they were really separated, then... it would be the end.

Tu Ran looked at them. In fact, she had another method that she hadn't told them. Although her "shadow storage" couldn't keep living things for a long time without oxygen, as long as they held their breath for more than 20 seconds, it would be enough for her to bring them back.

She didn't want to reveal her special abilities to them for the time being, so she would tell them this method when the time was right.

"Do you remember the place where you came from? Let's go there and see, maybe the door is still there." Tu Ran stood up.

The three of them looked at each other, shook their heads, and looked up at Tu Ran with embarrassment on their faces, "We were so hasty in our escape that we didn't remember the way."

Tu Ran: “…Okay.” It’s human nature.

"I'm going to find my friends, just follow me."

The three of them stood up, and the girl in the white dress asked excitedly, "Are there any of our kind here?"

"Technically speaking, the world is full of people like us."

Before the three of them could be happy, Tu Ran changed her tone and said, "The so-called fellow humans here are humans from the technological world, not humans from the first world."

The three men's faces fell instantly.

"Do you need to clean up? There is a river here." Tu Ran asked.

The three of them looked at each other's dirty appearance and nodded.

The three of them went to the river to wash their faces, and Tu Ran sat under a tree trunk beside the river waiting for them.

After a while, the girl in the white dress came over and asked shyly, "Do you have shampoo or shower gel? Or soap will do." She pulled at her stuck hair and said, "It can't be washed clean with water."

Tu Ran put his hands into his pockets, took out three bags of shampoo and handed them to her.

"Thank you." She ran away.

Watching her leave, Tu Ran took out two sets of sportswear from the space, walked over and handed them to them, "Put them on, skirts are inconvenient."

Although the three of them were curious about where she got the two pieces of clothing from, they didn't say much. They took them and thanked her repeatedly.

A group of four set off.

Tu Ran walked in front, and the remaining three people walked behind, holding the dagger given by Tu Ran in their hands, looking around vigilantly and curiously.

During the journey, Tu Ran gave each of them a bottle of nutrient solution to replenish their energy.

The short-haired girl is called Li Rui, and she praised it highly, "It tastes good, replenishes energy, and is convenient. It's really amazing."

Tu Ran looked back at her and smiled faintly: "If you can only afford to drink this kind of nutrient solution every day and can't afford other food, you won't think it tastes good."

"Ah?" Li Rui was completely shocked. He pinched the bottle in his hand and blurted out, "This thing is actually cheaper than food? Has the ecological environment of the Second World collapsed?"

Tu Ran looked at her with admiration and praised her generously, "Smart."