The other person replied indifferently, "I don't have a TV."
I was speechless. Qianliyan looked like he was cursing. Ji Lin'an picked up the phone: "Hello, this is her partner. We just saw on TV that there is a shelter in G City. Are you in that shelter?"
There was a moment of silence on the other end: "Not here."
Ji Lin'an glanced at me and continued, "Are you going to the shelter in G City?"
The other party coldly replied, "I'm not going."
I was a little curious about this person. I felt he didn't want to talk to us, so why did he call? I frowned and leaned closer to the phone: "Is your water, electricity, and internet working?"
"It's connected."
I was getting impatient; this person's attitude was making me very uncomfortable. I gestured to Ji Lin'an to hang up the phone, and Ji Lin'an nodded and said into the phone, "Then I won't bother you anymore."
Just as I was about to hang up, a voice suddenly came from the other end of the line: "Don't go to the shelter in G City."
Before we could ask any further questions, the call was disconnected. Then it rang again; it was a recorded message from Little K. I immediately answered, "Hello?"
Little K's voice was still cheerful: "Hello, hello, I'm so glad I got in touch with you again! Have you been watching Weibo and TV? Our boss is recruiting survivors, do you want to come?"
I remembered what Wufeng had said earlier: don't go to the shelter. But Xiao K invited us to the shelter twice. Their attitudes were completely opposite, and what they said was also completely different. I was a little confused, but I still continued to talk to Xiao K: "Have you gathered any other survivors?"
Little K said, "We've contacted over a dozen survivors in various cities. Some are already preparing to leave, while others in remote areas are still considering it, since the journey is quite long. By the way, do you have a car?"
"Yes...maybe."
Little K said happily, "That's great! It only takes about six hours to drive from S City, right? Are you going to drive here?"
I wanted to say that we didn't need a car to teleport, but then I thought I shouldn't reveal my skill too easily, so I said, "My car is broken, I might have to see if I can find another car."
K said, "Okay, I'll send you the location of our shelter in a bit. Once you find it, just come over. Don't worry, it's very safe here. Now that the network is working again, you should be able to see the news of other survivors arriving here soon. Our shelter is located in a resort in G City. The environment is very good and it hasn't been damaged much, so it can be used to accommodate survivors who come here."
I politely agreed to K's request and hung up. Ji Lin'an and Qianliyan both looked at me with serious expressions, and my mind was buzzing.
Ji Lin sat up straight: "My intuition tells me that the shelter might be a trap."
I nodded to Qianliyan: "I had the same feeling. The power grid and water suddenly became connected. If this were G City, I could understand it as the survivors of G City running to the reservoir power station and signal station to get the power grid running. But we are in S City, which is completely unrelated to us. How could we suddenly have everything?"
Clairvoyant scratched his head in frustration: "This is so strange, really so strange. Could we have failed to wake up in the future scene?"
After saying that, Thousand-Mile Eyes pinched himself hard, and tears instantly welled up in his eyes: "Ouch, that really hurts. We're in the real world, but why is it so strange? It's inexplicably strange."
I thought for a moment: "Perhaps we could also send messages online to find other survivors and learn about their situation."
Ji Lin'an nodded, and I immediately opened my phone and updated the search for survivors on various social media platforms. Perhaps because there weren't many survivors, there were only a few updates. A short while later, someone messaged me privately. It was a girl with a cartoon cat profile picture and the name Kaka: "Sister, I'm Lucky One. Are you going to G City?"
It's G City again. I'm starting to feel inexplicably averse to this place. I replied, "Do you want to go?"
Kaka replied, "I don't know if I should go or not. I'm in City C, I'm underage and can't drive, I don't know how to get there."
"He's a minor," I continued, "and what about your partner?"
Kaka said, "My partner ran away because she thought I was too young."
I was about to scold her for being so heartless as to let a little girl run away, but then I thought that if her partner was so heartless, she could have just killed the little girl and gained another skill.
I asked, "So, Kaka, what are your skills?"
Kaka replied, "My skill is manipulation, which means I can manipulate the things around me."
"Wow, that's a great skill!" I showed my phone to Ji Lin'an and Qianliyan. Qianliyan's eyes immediately lit up: "That's awesome! Ask her where she is. Why don't we go pick her up? It's not safe for a little girl like her."
I chuckled to myself, "She's still young."
Thousand-Mile Eyes raised his chin: "I know she's young. What are you thinking? I just want to protect minors. So, are you going or not?"
I smiled and shook my head: "Let me ask."
"Kaka, where in City C are you? Have you always lived alone?"
Kaka said, "I used to be paired with someone, but a few days ago my partner left with someone else, so I'm all alone now. I'm... Sister, are you trying to come find me? Are you alone too?"
I said, "Sister, you're not alone. You also have a boyfriend and a handsome young man. We have this plan. We won't hurt you. If you trust us, we'll come and pick you up to come with us."
Kaka didn't reply to the message, probably still thinking. Qianliyan snatched my phone and opened Kaka's social media profile. She was 17 years old and a freshman in college. Qianliyan said, "How did she manage to be a freshman in college at 17? I remember I was either a junior or senior in high school when I was 17."
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