It has indeed been a long time since I last saw Ma Mengjia.
Since she came to see me for that man and then left with the people from the headquarters, I haven't seen her for almost half a century.
In the photo sent by San She, if she hadn't had some impression of the clothes Ma Mengjia had worn before, she would almost not have recognized that the disheveled and dazed person holding the child in the photo was her.
Pei Xiqing was a little surprised, "Is this the kind of life people live over there?"
Most of the people in these photos are the ones who left the headquarters first.
Ma Mengjia also followed the main group at that time. She thought that the people at the headquarters would at least see that she was a pregnant woman who was about to give birth, and would not treat her badly but at least would not make things difficult for her. She never expected that she would end up in such a situation.
In the photo, she looks much thinner, with a blank look in her eyes. She sits blankly in the garbage dump holding her child. The people around her can hardly protect themselves and are extremely indifferent to her plight.
Duan Xiaolin clicked on the photo, and the scene in the photo quickly became real, even the physical temperature and climate at that time could be transmitted.
"They've developed a new piece of land to the south."
"Um?"
“The conditions are pretty good.”
"How come I've never heard of it?"
"The geographical resources are quite good, but if the climate and temperature conditions are not right, no one will be willing to work for nothing. Over time, even the most abundant resources will become a dead land."
"I thought so. I haven't heard anything about it in such a long time. Even the people at the base haven't mentioned it much. I guess they must have ruined it a long time ago."
Pei Xiqing turned off the screen.
"But they can actually abandon a pregnant woman on the roadside." She shook her head. "They are not human beings."
"If you can't take care of yourself, women and children will only become a burden."
Pei Xiqing studied the password box at hand, and looked up at him when he heard this: "I don't think so."
The man chuckled. "Yes, I don't think so either. Once the apocalyptic crisis breaks out, everyone has the right to survive."
Pei Xiqing curled his lips, and had already opened the password box he placed behind the bookcase.
With a beep, the password box opened. She looked at the things inside and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow: "I guess you hid this thing here. I was wondering why I couldn't find it."
In the safe was the crystal core that she had carved for him at the headquarters.
To be more romantic, it is a heart-shaped crystal core.
However, he drained the energy from the crystal core and it turned into an ordinary stone.
She had wondered why he didn't carry the stone with him, but she didn't expect that he had put it in a safe.
This stone is not very expensive.
It is no longer considered a crystal core, but to her, this thing has very important commemorative significance.
It is the proof of her and Duan Xiaolin.
Even though many years have passed and they no longer remember the details, and time has gradually washed away the memories of their youth, she will still recall every detail of that time when she looks at this stone.
In the end times, conditions are mostly limited, and it is not easy for two people in love to overcome layers of obstacles and be together.
Sometimes, when she looked back at the journey she and Duan Xiaolin had taken, she would sigh.
The so-called world rules can have an impact on the people in this world. She and Brother Duan tried to break free from this fate, and it was not in vain that they made it to the sky.
Pei Xiqing took out the stone and held it in his palm. It felt heavy, but not as cold as he had imagined.
When does a stone have temperature?
Pei Xiqing was about to ask him if he had done anything to the stone when a suspended crystal core suddenly appeared before his eyes.
The deep blue light was unusually dazzling in the dim room.
Like the mysterious sea, it constantly surges with quiet depth.
The blue light illuminated her cheeks.
Pei Xiqing turned around and looked at the man behind him: "When was this crystal core left behind?"
Duan Xiaolin held her hand and tried to touch the crystal core floating in the air. Pei Xiqing was a little nervous, worried that it might be something related to Xiao Yue, Pei Yanting and the others, so she pulled him back in time, "Wasn't the crystal core completely destroyed when it was exposed?"
She now felt both hatred and fear when she saw things like crystal cores.
Things like crystal cores are more or less related to Xiao Yue and the others. Once they are related, it is probably a natural disaster or something, and she is too lazy to fight back.
The man explained: "This crystal core has nothing to do with anyone."
"What's the meaning?"
"The energy behind this crystal core was once headquarters' top secret."
"Oh, I see. This seems to be something from headquarters."
He said, "The fact that the headquarters appeared in the middle of the vast ocean is somewhat related to this thing."
"I knew it." Pei Xiqing recalled that when he went to the headquarters, the surroundings were all turbulent sea water, but the headquarters was able to rise from the ground in that ferocious sea area and was as stable as Mount Tai. He didn't expect that there was a crystal core controlling it.
She immediately figured something out: "This crystal core is used to control the seawater!"
Duan Xiaolin pinched her face and said, "Very smart."
Pei Xiqing's eyes lit up: "Does it still have this ability now?"
“It’s almost gone.”
"Why?"
"It's almost exhausted." The man stood behind her and spoke softly, "Its energy isn't infinite. It maintained stability in the sea for nearly five days. After our headquarters was flooded some time ago, I temporarily took it back."
"Is this crystal core from headquarters?"
"no."
Pei Xiqing moved closer: "Yours?"
"I guess so."
"What do you mean by considered?"
"I did discover it first, but I borrowed it later when I was choosing a headquarters location. After so many years, it's no longer mine."
When Pei Xiqing heard that he had found it many years ago, when the headquarters was still being selected, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and even his eyes softened as he looked at the crystal core. "So this is how I got this crystal core. I thought it was related to some unrelated person."
The crystal core was quietly suspended in the air, and Pei Xiqing couldn't help but tap it lightly with her finger.
She could instantly feel the steady power like sea water coming from the crystal core, along with a slight cool feeling, and she seemed to smell the salty smell that she often smelled when she was at the headquarters.
She turned back in surprise: "Brother Duan, the power of this crystal core is very gentle. If you can let him help you, maybe your supernatural power can be used normally."
These days, his body has indeed recovered a lot, and the injuries on his body have also healed. However, it seems as if he has been cursed again when it comes to using his superpowers. The superpowers are still in his body, and once used, they will cause damage to his body again.
So after he recovered, Pei Xiqing never let him use his supernatural powers.
It is not easy to see a crystal core now.
She couldn't bear to let this opportunity go.
The man shook his head, rejecting the idea. "Its energy is no longer sufficient to support my recovery."
"...Indeed, it's almost five o'clock now, and its energy has been almost completely depleted."
Pei Xiqing sighed.
I couldn't help but touch the crystal core again.
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