My Endless Life.

Chapter 135 Just a Traveler
Like the heroine in most stories.

Emma is Ronnie's best friend, childhood sweetheart, and... the person who likes Ronnie the most.

They grew up together, did stupid things together, were scolded by the dean together, and set unrealistic dreams together.

Although Ronnie is a little stupid and stubborn, and doesn't understand Emma's feelings for him, Emma does like him.

She had also fantasized that when they grew up a little and both became Tanwu family members, she would express her feelings to Ronnie.

But no one could have imagined that something like this would happen today...

I have worked hard for Ronnie until today, and I have tried my best to survive, just to see Ronnie again.

But the final result was that he turned into a lizard-like monster.

The arms turned into claws and the body was covered in ugly scales.

Even sanity is gradually disappearing.

I'm afraid I can't hold on for much longer, Emma thought.

Therefore, before she completely turns into a monster and before she can say what she wants to say, Emma plans to let Li Qi end his life.

Better to die as a human being than to live as a monster.

It's just a little regretful...I couldn't express my feelings until the end...

Emma thought so, looked at the unconscious Ronnie, closed her eyes, and waited for the end of her life.

But after a while, Emma didn't feel any pain.

Emma opened her eyes in confusion and looked in front of her, and was startled.

The boy with brown hair and golden eyes appeared in front of her at some point.

"Li... Qi... what are you... doing?"

Emma asked with difficulty while her rationality was still there.

Why didn't the other party take action? He clearly had the ability to kill me.

Or is it that he just can't do it?
But how is this possible? Although she has not been with Li Qi for a long time, Emma doesn't think Li Qi is the kind of person who is hesitant when making key decisions.

When Emma was wondering, she heard Li Qi ask:
"Do you want to live?"

"…What?"

"Do you want to...keep your consciousness and live?"

Li Qi asked again.

Emma finally understood Li Qi's question. Barely supporting her consciousness, Emma asked:

"You... have a way... to keep me alive?"

"Yes, but I have to make it clear in advance that it is just my guess. Whether you can survive in the end depends on luck. And even if you survive, you will not return to your previous appearance. Even so, do you still want to live?"

"..."

Even if I survive, there's no way to recover.

Emma, ​​who was bound, turned her head to look at her arm that had turned into a dragon claw, and then looked at Ronnie who was unconscious on the ground.

Ronnie is now being cared for by Carol, and to Emma's surprise, Carol doesn't seem to notice Richie's conversation with her.

It seemed as if the scene happening before her eyes was just Emma's own fantasy.

Regardless of whether this was fantasy or reality, Emma considered what Li Qi said.

No one wants to die if they can survive, including Emma.

She just doesn't want to become an irrational monster. If Li Qi can change the status quo and preserve her consciousness and life, then Emma is of course willing to live.

With a dry throat, Emma asked with difficulty:
"What are you going to do?"

"That's not the question you need to consider. Do you want to live or not? You just need to answer this question."

Li Qi crossed his arms and asked softly.

The surrounding fog is slowly dissipating, and it seems that the duration of the fog area is about to come to an end.

The fog area that descended on the safe zone was about to disappear, and Emma didn't have much time left.

Looking at Ronnie again, Emma's eyes revealed a rare tenderness. Finally, she turned her head and said firmly to Li Qi:
"I...want to live!"

She wanted to be with Ronnie no matter what.

Even in the future, it may become a monster even more terrifying than it is now.

……

The fourth level of the fog area, somewhere underground in the misty snowfield.

In the brightly lit underground base, a young man with short dark green hair stared at the shattered gemstone in front of him in silence.

"President, Qianmian is dead?"

Behind him, a woman with a high ponytail and wearing a butler's uniform frowned and asked the young man.

The young man took the broken gem from the dais, lifted it up and observed it under the light.

The cracks in the gem reflected mottled light under the lamplight. The young man who was observing the cracks suddenly asked:
"In Rubino City, are there any experts worth noting?"

"According to our investigation, the strongest person in the local association is just a Mist Explorer who possesses a special-grade relic. Including the exploration team that stayed briefly in Rubino City some time ago, there are only three or five strong people worth noting. President, you should know their names."

"Yeah, but that's why I'm so surprised..."

The young man held the gem in his hand with a smile on his face: "Why is it so easy for Qianmian to die?"

"…Should we investigate? It seems that Kyoka has also disappeared in Rubino."

The deaconess asked again.

The young man played with the gem in his hand and shook his head slightly.
"No, I already know almost everything I want to know. Let's just start the next step."

"now?"

"The arrival of the fog zone is irreversible. This has been confirmed. Next... we just need to devour the safe zone bit by bit according to the plan. So... it's time to talk to those 'cowards' on the third floor."

The young man said lightly. From what he said, it seemed that he was planning to include all the cities currently near the fog zone into the scope of the fog zone, and also to do something about the "ancient civilization" on the third layer.

The deacon was not surprised by what he said. She nodded and wrote down what the young man said.

The young man threw the gem up and caught it again, talking to the deacon.

After a while, when the gem fell into his hand again, the young man paused, as if he suddenly remembered something and asked:
"By the way, the boy who created the 'special tool' seems to live in Rubino?"

"Yes, Jinghua is the one responsible for winning him over, but now Jinghua has disappeared... Should we send someone from the Intelligence Department to look for him again?"

"Hmm..." The young man pondered for a moment, and finally shook his head and said: "Forget it, at best he is just a special little ghost, let's talk about it later."

The young man said, waving casually at the deacon, and then looked at the gem in his hand again.

Being able to easily kill Thousand Faces, the most difficult to kill, it seems that there is another interesting guy in the safe zone.

I don’t know if we’ll have the chance to meet again in the future.

The young man thought about it and threw the broken gem into a trash can not far away, just like throwing away ordinary garbage.

……

A fog area descended upon Rubino Castle, and none of the fog explorers who turned into monsters in the fog area could return.

This incident shocked the entire Tanwujia Association.

But compared to the fact that most of the Tanwu people have turned into monsters, Rubino City has other things to do.

That is evacuation.

The arrival of the fog zone cannot be stopped. Even if there are no people from the Light Chasing Society behind the scenes, the fog zone will slowly erode the entire city of Rubino.

This city is no longer safe, and it is only a matter of time before it turns into a foggy area.

In order to protect the people in the city, the kingdom had to arrange personnel to carry out a large-scale evacuation of the entire Rubino city and transfer the residents of Rubino city to a more rearward location.

But this is not such an easy thing to accomplish.

How to appease the residents in the city, how to transfer supplies in the city, and how to plan the retreat route are all issues that top decision makers need to consider.

The kingdom, which seemed to have never experienced a major retreat, was stumped by this issue for a while and was unable to work out a complete plan for several days.

Until Li Qi threw an evacuation plan on Maru's desk.

"This...this...you wrote it?!"

Malu held the evacuation plan written by Li Qi in trembling hands, his eyes full of shock.

Li Qi replied:
"I just wrote this for fun, but it should be a little better than the plan you made. You can use it if you want. It's up to you if you don't want to use it."

The plan that Li Qi came up with was a modified retreat plan based on the England retreat plan in the previous life.

The original compiler was Ilona, ​​the second princess of England. Li Qi had some knowledge of that retreat operation in his previous life and remembered some of the details.

Now with a slight change, the plan can be perfectly transferred over.

Apart from anything else, at least the retreat plan drawn up by Ilona is much better than that of people in this world.

After all, Ilona is also the protagonist of the era in a sense.

Hearing Li Qi's answer, Malu felt incredible.

He didn't know what Li Qi had experienced, but no matter what, he was just a teenager.

He had never left Rubino, and according to investigation, there were no suspicious people around him.

But whether it is the combat experience and strength he demonstrated, or his calmness and indifference when facing danger, they are inconsistent with his current age.

Now he has come up with a planned solution that is perfect for Maru.

To be honest...Malu couldn't quite understand Li Qi.

Even a little scared.

If Li Qi had been willing to disguise himself before, pretending to be just a slightly smart and rebellious teenager.

So now Li Qi won’t even act anymore!

He doesn't try to hide his uniqueness at all! It's as if... he doesn't care about it anymore.

Malu didn't think it was because Li Qi trusted them.

Perhaps from the very beginning, he never trusted Malu and others.

"Li Qi...I..."

Malu, holding the plan, felt his mouth a little dry. He opened his mouth to say something but was interrupted by Li Qi.

"You don't have to say anything. I have no interest in your experiences or what you have hidden. I just hope you can fulfill your promise to me."

"…promise?"

"Take me to the third layer of fog and look for the remnants of the ancient civilization. Don't tell me you forgot."

Li Qi's eyes became more dangerous.

Malu immediately replied: "I haven't forgotten, but... we need time to retreat first..."

Rubino is about to make a major retreat, and Maru and other members of the exploration team need to take on the responsibility of leading the retreat. It will take a while for them to organize an exploration team to go to the fog area.

Li Qi also knew this, and he replied:
"So I didn't ask you to take me there right away, as long as you haven't forgotten."

After saying that, he prepared to leave Malu's office.

At the moment when Li Qi was about to leave the room, Malu suddenly stood up and asked:
"Li Qi, who are you? Are you really the child of Ger and Chris?"

"I?"

Li Qi stopped his hand on the door handle, thought for two seconds and then replied:

"Just a traveler seeking 'mystery'."

He said this without paying any more attention to Maru in the office and pushed the door open and left.

　Thanks to '我草没名取了' for the tip! Thank you!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)