One by one, misfortunes befell her friends, a series of events that tore at her body and soul like a knife, leaving her emotionally and physically exhausted. The most devastating blow was Jian Kaiheng's unexplained death.
Just the day after Jian Kaiheng passed away, a devastating tsunami struck the southern part of Li State without warning.
The surging sea water was like a ferocious beast, sweeping in madly with the force of a tidal wave, and in a blink of an eye it submerged nearly a thousand meters of land in the south.
However, the disaster did not stop there, and even greater misfortune was waiting for people.
Soon, the alarming phenomenon of abnormally rising sea levels was detected all over the world.
Within the Xia Kingdom, the situation was even more dire. Thousands of acres of fertile farmland in District 7 were destroyed overnight, leaving it completely unrecognizable.
Faced with such a tragic situation, Enqi and Gu Ran immediately set off for District 7 without hesitation, hoping to find out the cause as soon as possible and take effective measures to deal with this serious situation.
Along the way, the two were worried.
Enqi's face was filled with fatigue. He looked at Gu Ran, who was sitting upright wearing sunglasses and asking, "Gu Ran, was Hua'er's dream a prophecy? One day, our land will be submerged by the sea."
Gu Ran tilted his head slightly, just looking out the window. Although there was nothing outside the window, because it was dark at this moment.
Enqi picked up a lock of his hair. His long green hair was dry and split, worse than weeds, lacking luster and frizzy to the touch. "Gu Ran, do you regret becoming a Moon Envoy? Your sari-leaves prevent you from looking people in the eye, and have caused you a lot of unnecessary trouble in your daily life."
Gu Ran listened quietly and said, "That's not a problem." He glanced at Enqi's hair and said, "Compared to my eyes, I think your green hair is more troublesome."
Enqi smiled. "It's good to isolate me. This way I can be alone." He slowly closed his eyes, crossed his hands in front of his abdomen, and adjusted his sitting posture. "I used to hear them say that Gu Ran from District 4 was aloof and unkind. I guess you definitely wouldn't be like that. After all, you and Hua Jianzui are good friends."
Gu Ran snorted coldly, as if disdainfully: "Who is her good friend? What a joke."
"Haha, in anime, people like you are called tsundere." Enqi said with a smile.
Gu Ran rolled his eyes silently and said unhappily, "Watch less anime."
However, Enki didn't take it seriously. Instead, he replied in a scoundrelly tone, "I just like to watch it. Besides, hair color like mine is quite common in the anime world." He then sighed deeply.
“Perhaps we are all deceived by appearances, but in fact, everyone has their own loneliness and anxiety in their hearts.
This deep-seated emotion is often ignored or concealed, only to surface in the quiet of the night. It's not caused by external circumstances or others, but rather stems from an unspeakable torment deep within the heart."
After hearing this, Gu Ran simply picked up his phone and glanced at the time, then said calmly, "Alright, let's stop talking about this and change the subject. After all, we still have a long journey ahead of us."
This really put Enqi in a difficult position. He muttered, "Oh, I've always been a loner, so I'm really not good at finding topics to talk about. Master Gu, aren't you deliberately trying to make things difficult for me?"
"I don't think you don't know how to find topics." Gu Ran said as he opened his mobile phone, seemingly busy with something.
Seeing this, Enqi spread his hands helplessly, smiled bitterly and said self-deprecatingly: "Mr. Gu, please don't make fun of me. It's just that this journey is too boring. I don't know what to do."
"Then go to sleep. I'll wake you up when we reach our destination." Gu Ran replied without raising his head.
Enqi was really speechless now and just sighed.
After an unknown amount of time, Gu Ran heard Enqi speak softly, "I know why Li Yuzhen died."
Gu Ran was not surprised: "I know."
"Mr. Gu, has your body changed?" Enqi saw Gu Ran's body stiffen for a moment, then turned his head and looked at Enqi through his sunglasses. "Is your body about to give up?"
"Yes." Enqi rolled up his long sleeves, revealing his green arms. "I've always wondered what I would become if I completely gave up on myself and allowed Xila to control my body."
After Gu Ran finished reading, Enqi put his clothes back on, covering up the green. "But I can't let go of everything on Blue Star. Even though every plant and tree on Blue Star has changed a lot, I still love them all. I also thought that after I defeated the star beast, I would try to restore the plants that existed before.
Now it seems that it is just wishful thinking.”
Gu Ran paused the screen. "Ai Yu's Sariel can summon heroic spirits, and Li Yuzhen can be summoned by her. The heroic spirits in her hands still have their own thoughts. If you really can't bear to be transformed into a star beast, you can choose to die voluntarily and continue to love Blue Star in another way. That's what Li Yuzhen did."
Enqi certainly knew what Gu Ran said, but he shook his head: "No, I don't want to die so soon."
Gu Ran stopped talking until he got off the car, then he spoke again: "We're here, Enqi."
"Um."
When Gu Ran brought Enqi to the relevant department, the other party was delighted at first, but then angrily asked, "What's going on in Huadu? Why did they only send two people?"
Gu Ran adjusted his sunglasses and said, "The supplies are still on the way. We two came here first to investigate how much land has been submerged by the sea and to stop it urgently."
"Stop it? How are you going to stop it?" The man in front of him clearly didn't believe it. He put his hands on his hips and shook his head. "Tell Qimen to send more people and allocate more funds."
Gu Ran crossed his arms and sneered, "You are the commander of District 7, right?"
When the man was about to admit it and show off, Gu Ran raised his foot and kicked him accurately in the abdomen, knocking him to the ground.
After completing this set of actions, Gu Ran adjusted the position of his watch, straightened his suit and said, "I'm sorry, but in Qimen nowadays, strength is respected, so shut up."
After saying that, Gu Ran stepped over the man's body and walked into the building: "Enqi, tie him up."
Enqi smiled and said, "Executive Gu is quite skilled at commanding people." He said so, and then he did as he was told. With a snap of his fingers, the vines bound the man so tightly that only his head was left, making him unable to move. "Do you want to beat up everyone in there?"
"Most of the Li Yuzhen inside have already been beaten, so there's no need."
After Gu Ran said this, Enqi seemed to remember: "It seems that there is such a thing."
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