Xin Diao, now one with the other, slowly opened her eyes, exuding an incomparably calm demeanor that made Xia Chuhe and the others feel somewhat unfamiliar with her.
Xin Diao looked at Lu Dangui with evasive eyes, helplessly rubbing her forehead, her image overlapping with that of Diao Jie, who always helplessly compromised.
Xin Diao said softly, "I was too offensive before, I'm very sorry. I want to make up for my recklessness, is there anything I can do for you?"
Lu Dangui didn't have many hidden thoughts and immediately said bluntly, "I want the map you got from Zhu Guanshan."
Xia only said she was going southeast, and the biggest power in the southeast was the Lighthouse. Now Xin Diao had a map that led directly to the Lighthouse, which she had obtained by exchanging Lu Danggui for it; why not take it?
Without saying a word, Xin Diao immediately forwarded the map he had taken to Lu Dangui.
Having resolved the trouble she had caused, Xin Diao thanked Chang Sheng: "Thank you for your generous help, senior. I remember a chef was willing to use her recipe to save me. Could you tell me where she is?"
"You don't know her?" Changsheng asked in surprise. "She's at Xia's camp."
Xia Chuhe reminded Xin Diao: "Her name is Li Yue. She used to be the owner of Sister Li's Food Shop. She has eaten with us before."
Xin Diao rubbed her temples: "I don't remember some of what happened when I split up."
Looking back now, that period felt like a dream. Xin Diao only remembers the people and events that made up a large part of her memory, such as Xia Chuhe, Lu Danggui, her experience of turning into a eagle, and the few moments when she almost died.
Xin Diao vaguely remembered having meals with Xia Chuhe and a few others a few times, but she couldn't recall exactly who she had eaten with.
While trying to recall, Wang Yan, Li Qiusheng, and the others, worried about Xia Chuhe, came looking for him. Seeing that Xia Chuhe and Lu Dangui were both safe and sound, they breathed a sigh of relief.
Li Qiusheng spotted Xin Diao and looked her up and down, asking, "Where's that lady?"
Li Yue's eyes lit up, and she asked softly, "Boss Xin, are you all better?"
Xin Diao quickly ran through her mind: this is Wang Huohuo, this is Qiusheng, two people she doesn't recognize, and a strange child, but this short-haired woman looks somewhat familiar.
Xin Diao didn't dare to call out to anyone rashly, but smiled and nodded.
Li Yue tossed her hair back and smiled shyly: "I got a haircut, do I look a little different?"
Xin Diao suddenly realized: "Sister Li, I recognize you, I remember everyone."
Seeing that Li Yue didn't deny it, Xin Diao knew she had guessed correctly. She reached out her hand to the side: "Sister Li, may I speak to you in private?"
Li Yue took a couple of steps with her hands and feet moving in unison before she could adjust herself.
Xin Diao opened her mouth, unsure of what to promise, and could only ask, "How can I repay you?"
Li Yue subconsciously waved her hand, but couldn't bring herself to completely refuse. The powerful person she once admired had become the one she was helping. Li Yue didn't need her repayment for the time being, but she couldn't bear to give up this kindness.
Li Yue's hesitation led Xin Diao to mistakenly believe that she didn't want to repay the favor. Xin Diao said, "You can make any request. My life is very important."
Her arrogant words bore some resemblance to her past recklessness.
Li Yue regained some of the familiarity and smiled, "I don't have anything I want right now. I'll let you know when I've thought it through, okay?"
Xin Diao solemnly said, "Except for all unforeseen circumstances, I will be there whenever you need me."
Li Yue nodded with a smile; she now had a second layer of support.
The first line of support came from Xia Chuhe and her friends.
After discussing their personal matters, Xin Diao exchanged a few words with everyone and then asked Chang Sheng seemingly casually, "Is the only thing that can bring two people back together, like a broken mirror being mended?"
Chang Sheng keenly realized the meaning behind Xin Diao's words: "You're going to settle accounts with Wu Ying?"
Wuying deceived Xin Diao.
To put it bluntly, his deception was pure exploitation and murder; if Xin Diao were delayed, she would definitely die.
Xin Diao revealed a murderous glint in her eyes; the answer was self-evident.
Chang Sheng said, "That child has gone astray. Just kill him and don't let the others in the Lighthouse suffer, okay?"
Xin Diao neither refused nor agreed: "I will only kill those who participated in deceiving me."
Changsheng silently thought that he should go back to the lighthouse and save those who shouldn't have died.
Changsheng's initial purpose in establishing the Lighthouse was very simple—to save others and himself.
At that time, the elderly Changsheng had many enemies in the base and could not use his superpowers repeatedly, so he had to wander outside the base.
At that time, there was no body recycling center inside the base, nor was there a Cape Trading Market outside the base. A lot of garbage and corpses were randomly dumped outside the base, and monsters fed on them.
Changsheng unexpectedly found a dying girl in a garbage dump.
This situation is common, but it is rare for someone to have a benevolent heart.
But as people get older, they often do things differently than usual—Chang Sheng suddenly wanted to accumulate some good karma for himself.
This unintentional act activated a special item that Changsheng had forgotten in some obscure corner, causing her to regain her youth overnight and gain decades of extra time.
As the first person rescued by Changsheng, the girl was fortunate enough not to be abandoned immediately, but to stay by Changsheng's side, fighting monsters and rescuing people together.
Upon discovering that she could share the lifespan of others, Changsheng became extremely greedy. She paid special attention to those who were about to die, checking whether they were worth saving.
However, when lifespan accumulates to a certain value, greed turns into weariness, and how to deal with the people who have been rescued also becomes a problem.
Many of those rescued were unwilling to return to the heartbreaking place (the base), but if left to survive on their own in the wasteland, they would easily die again, rendering Changsheng's rescue efforts futile.
But keeping them around and supporting such a large population is also a difficult task.
The girl who was initially rescued stepped forward and proposed establishing an organization outside the base to be self-sufficient. If they had the resources, they could also take in some people who had left the base, giving them a glimmer of hope for survival.
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