Until the two figures disappeared from sight, Jack suddenly let out a loud breath. Infected by her lighthearted atmosphere, he also had a relaxed complaint on his face.
"He calls himself the commander of the 11th Legion, how can he be so frivolous?"
Little Cotton, chin in hand and still looking down, casually remarked, "That's why they're so popular, even that person..."
Under Jack's sudden, sharp gaze, she stopped talking, refusing to divulge any information about that person despite his threats and inducements.
Gu Li was carried into the building by Eric. After the excitement of seeing her friend off subsided, she belatedly felt tired and slumped onto Eric's shoulder, yawning.
She asked, "Is it time yet?"
Eric, who was leading her forward, glanced at her, seemingly speechless: "You shouldn't have provoked her."
Gu Li reached out and tugged at Eric's hair, her tone somewhat nonchalant: "Anyway, everyone's going to be exposed this time, so I'm just checking on Levi's little cotton ball in advance, what's wrong with that?"
Eric raised an eyebrow: "Do you know how much time has passed since we entered the alien city?"
Gu Li: "Fifty-one years?"
Eric nodded, his voice deep and elegant, carrying a natural sense of story as he spoke: "Fifty years. Even though the average lifespan has now reached two hundred, fifty years is still an insurmountable gap."
"Everyone is moving forward, and Levi... might not want to go back."
Gu Li snorted, seemed about to say something but swallowed it back, and finally argued softly, "Not going back is just the worst-case scenario, but it doesn't say I can't see my beloved sister, have a meal or anything like that."
"Don't you still have me?"
Her steady pace paused for a moment, then quickly resumed.
Eric's voice carried a hint of amusement: "That's how we got out of there."
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