Li Xinyue wasn't a love-struck fool. After getting a man, she disregarded everything and took her subordinates to live with him in another place, thousands of miles away.
She had also given it a lot of thought.
The situation in Shashi was terrible. It was a city with a population of several million. If you include its subordinate county-level cities, towns, and rural areas, the population was estimated to be over ten million. In the end, only a little over nine hundred people survived.
The future of these 900-plus people in Shashi is also a problem.
The beast tide was only scattered, not completely wiped out. Moreover, extraordinary creatures will continue to emerge in the wild. Without a certain population, the people of Shashi really cannot withstand it.
After all, a number of less than a thousand people is too small, and they have no ability to withstand risks. They might all die in one accident.
At that point, Shashi will truly have no hope left.
Going back to Hope City with Zhang Lin would actually help preserve the race that could reproduce in Shashi.
Hope City has a larger population, along with a city lord and experts like Zhang Lin. People from Shashi can live peacefully there for a while and increase the population. If there are several thousand or even tens of thousands of people, they will have a better chance of establishing themselves when they return to Shashi.
After careful consideration, Li Xinyue summoned all the survivors from Shashi. After discussing the matter, they reached a consensus, collected all the extraordinary materials in the area, and after a short rest, they all went to Hope City with Zhang Lin.
Nobody's a fool. Although we've passed the beast tide for now, a new beast king will inevitably be born in the future. This population isn't even enough for a beast king to eat one meal.
There is no way to survive if we stay.
Unless Zhang Lin is the one who can stay.
But there was no way Zhang Lin could stay.
After reaching a consensus internally, Li Xinyue breathed a sigh of relief, and could now leave with Zhang Lin with peace of mind.
In fact, even if the people of Shashi were unwilling to leave, she would still leave with Zhang Lin.
After all, he owed Zhang Lin a huge favor.
When the time comes, I'll have to leave my hometown folks behind and go with Zhang Lin, um... I'll also have to take a daughter with me.
Fortunately, those who have survived to this day are not fools; everyone knows where the way to survive lies, and no one insists on staying.
Now, Li Xinyue could leave with Zhang Lin and her fellow villagers without any worries.
...
Zhang Lin spent a few days idly at the survivor camp in Shashi, and finally, after finishing his business there, the team of nearly a thousand people set off.
These days, it's quite dangerous for so many people to travel thousands of miles to another city, but fortunately Zhang Lin is there.
Even the Beast King was easily killed by him, so the survivors in Shashi would not believe that any creature could be a match for Zhang Lin.
Along the way, the survivors in Shashi sang praises to Zhang Lin.
At first, Zhang Lin was happy to listen to their flattery, but after a while, he got annoyed and hid at the back of the group for some peace and quiet.
It's no wonder that the people of Shashi fawn over him so much.
To the survivors in Shashi, Zhang Lin was simply too great.
They traveled a long way to provide support, single-handedly slaying the Beast King and killing many extraordinary creatures, saving everyone's lives, and afterwards they asked for nothing in return...
If he's not great, then who is?
Some even discussed whether to erect a statue of Zhang Lin after settling in Hope City, to commemorate his achievements and let future generations know about his noble character.
Li Xinyue felt very melancholy upon hearing this.
Who said Zhang Lin didn't ask for anything?
Your eldest sister is gone!
But she was a person who cared about her reputation. Now that she was with Zhang Lin, she didn't know which of Zhang Lin's women she was. It wouldn't sound good if people talked about it, so she naturally wouldn't go around saying it. So she could only feel depressed by herself.
"Big sister, you seem to be in a bad mood. So many of us have survived, which is much better than we originally expected. Are you happy?" Lin Lu had been observing Li Xinyue for a while and noticed that she looked melancholy, so she came over to ask.
"Happy? How could I not be happy?" Li Xinyue smiled slightly, composed herself, and said to Lin Lu, "I was just thinking about what's to come."
"Big sister, you've worked so hard. Even after the battle, you still have to think about our future." Lin Lu said with admiration, but also a little ashamed. "I wish I could help you."
"No!" Li Xinyue's expression froze upon hearing this, and she quickly said, "I'll take care of these things on my own."
One Li Shiyun is enough to give her trouble in the future. If another Lin Lu, who is as close as a sister, comes along, she won't be able to live her life anymore.
Li Xinyue couldn't even imagine what that future would look like.
"Big sister, everyone says Zhang Lin is great, and I think you are great too!" Lin Lu was moved by Li Xinyue's words, and her eyes were a little moist.
Seeing Lin Lu's expression, Li Xinyue knew that Lin Lu had misunderstood her words, but she could never bring herself to explain, so she could only sigh softly and grieve alone.
She didn't feel wronged about being Zhang Lin's woman. With Zhang Lin's strength, in this post-apocalyptic environment, if he really forced her to take over, she wouldn't be able to resist.
But Zhang Lin had gone to such great lengths to save so many people for her, and she felt that she deserved it all, that she didn't deserve Zhang Lin doing so much for her.
But the only thing she couldn't accept was Li Shiyun...
A goddaughter is still a daughter.
In the future, Li Shiyun suddenly changed her address and started calling someone "sister"...
Li Xinyue felt that when that day really came, she would just find a wall and smash her head against it to die.
Days passed by like this.
Zhang Lin traveled leisurely and peacefully behind the crowd every day, driving away various threats for the team.
Li Shiyun goes to fight with the little white cat every day, and she has a great time fighting.
Li Xinyue, on the other hand, was secretly worried every day. She really didn't want to suddenly be demoted in terms of seniority, going from being a mother to an older sister...
Lin Lu, on the other hand, spends her days thinking about how to comfort her idolized older sister and share her burdens.
Finally, one day, after climbing over a high slope, a survivor from Shashi knelt down with tears in his eyes, pointed to a huge city in front of him, and shouted: "A city, such a big human city, Hope City, it must be Hope City!"
On the way there, Li Xinyue kept telling them how wonderful Hope City was, and how, under the protection of the city lord and Zhang Lin, most people could live a peaceful life.
At first, everyone was skeptical.
But when they reached the high slope and looked out over the huge city, everyone believed it.
In the apocalypse, the fact that this city has maintained such a large scale and has not been breached by the beast horde means that this must be humanity's last sanctuary!
"We've finally arrived!"
Li Xinyue smiled as she looked at the city in the distance, which was even larger than when she had come up, from the high slope, but then blushed slightly. 'As per our agreement, after we arrive in Hope City…'
Lin Lu, standing beside her, thought to herself, 'Hope City really is a great place; my older sister's face is flushed with excitement.'
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