My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 17 Benefactor
"Nuwa No. 17, put the contents away." Chu Zhu said softly after repeatedly confirming that he had memorized it. He breathed a sigh of relief as the light screen dissipated.

"Then, we just have to wait three days!" Chu Zhu walked out of the women's restroom and glanced at the sign strangely. Even now, he was still wondering why they had to put this device inside the women's restroom.

Besides, he kept thinking as he came out, what if someone was in the restroom... that would be so awkward. And how would he explain it?
"I can ask Uncle Li next time! But, does this underground base have any other exits?"

Lost in thought, Chu Zhu walked out of the police station. After a moment's thought, he made a decision, suddenly exerted his strength, and rushed towards the bank at an extremely fast speed.

……

"As expected, he got arrested!" Chu Zhu stood thoughtfully at the entrance of the dilapidated bank. He looked into the distance, where an ambulance was parked, and a very familiar person was being carried out on a stretcher by doctors and nurses and put into the ambulance.

It's Lu Muxue! She's clearly in very bad shape.

Watching the ambulance drive away, Chu Zhu looked at the other injured people inside the bank. Several doctors were providing on-site treatment—just some painkillers and antibiotics, and then the rest was up to the body to tough it out. Going to the hospital? The cost was beyond what ordinary people could afford.

Lu Muxue was sent away because of her extraordinary status and wealthy family background.

After all, in the dream world, even ambulances are ancient relics, and the cost of each dispatch is unimaginably high. The same goes for the numerous life-saving instruments in the hospital…

"A-Zhu?" Li Kang's voice sounded somewhat puzzled.

Chu Zhu turned her head and saw Li Kang getting off a steam car. The steam car was not painted with the police station's logo and looked ordinary.

"What?! Oh!" Li Kang slapped his forehead suddenly. "You must have asked someone at the police station to find out... No, wait, they shouldn't have told you!"

“I do have some connections,” Chu Zhu said calmly, seemingly unrelated to the question. Li Kang, however, realized what she meant and said, “That’s true, after all, it’s you.”

"Where are the people who robbed the bank this time?"

“Our memories have been erased and we’ve handed them over to the police station,” Li Kang said calmly. “The rest has nothing to do with us!”

After a brief pause, Li Kang realized what was happening and his tone became serious. "By the way, Azhu, you might not be aware of this, but I still want to emphasize it! You can't show extraordinary content to ordinary people, otherwise, we'll detect it, and then... the workload will be too much! Moreover, this violates the Extraordinary Management Law, and the consequences will be very serious."

"Even if it was an act of heroism?" Chu Zhu raised an eyebrow. Although he had already suspected this, it didn't stop him from seeking further details.

“Even so!” Li Kang’s expression was serious, but he quickly changed the subject. “Of course, if it’s just using a little bit of power that’s beyond the reach of ordinary people, but not too far beyond common sense… then there’s no problem! Isn’t kung fu popular in society these days?”

Chu Zhu seemed to be deep in thought. So all those kung fu rumors circulating in society are related to supernatural abilities?
"Captain, I've been wanting to ask... who is this?" A slender woman in a suit, wearing stockings yet exuding a heroic air, stepped out of the car beside her, her face full of curiosity. "He is..."

"Hello, Miss Ning Linglong!" Chu Zhu stepped forward calmly, extended her hand, and politely shook Ning Linglong's fingertips. "I'm Chu Zhu, you can also call me A-Zhu, or Zhu Zi. You should recognize me! Brother Ning Yu mentioned me to you, we should have met last time. Brother Ning invited me to dinner just a week ago!"

"Huh... Ah?!" Ning Linglong was initially bewildered, then her body jolted. "Wait, you, you're the child who saved my old man eight years ago?"

Ning Linglong stared in disbelief, instinctively reaching down to steady herself below her hips. This was Chu Zhu's height when they last met. Wait, the last time we met was eight years ago… How did you recognize her so quickly?
She remembered; all those unbelievable memories flooded back...

Eight years ago, Chu Zhu was just a little girl, but somehow she rescued Ning Yu, who was drunk and had fallen into the river while driving a steam car, and even managed to find them through the police station...

Ning Linglong still remembers it clearly. When she heard the news of her father's accident, she was completely stunned. She doesn't even remember how she got to the hospital. What she remembers most is that when she arrived at the hospital, her mother, after learning what had happened, knelt down in front of Chu Zhu with a "thump"—the doctor had said that if they had arrived at the hospital twenty minutes later, he would have died.

"Uncle Zhu!" Ning Linglong uttered the address stiffly, then finally came to her senses and bowed deeply to Chu Zhu. Although she was five or six years older than Chu Zhu, she couldn't help but feel indebted to him as her family's benefactor.

Li Kang: "...Huh?!"

Li Kang was stunned; the sheer volume of information overloaded his brain.

"How could you... I actually! This kind of thing." Li Kang was somewhat incoherent. After a long while, he managed to sort out the situation and could only say with difficulty, "That really is, what a coincidence!"

Chu Zhu raised an eyebrow. Coincidence? Not at all! In fact, even if it weren't Ning Linglong who got off the carriage, but one of the other superhumans from the Commandery, Chu Zhu would still have been able to connect with them... just to varying degrees!
Don't underestimate him; he's built up a lot of connections by playing so many dungeons!
"Hugs, hugs, hugs, I'm so sorry!" Ning Linglong had lost her previous heroic spirit and was extremely reserved. "No, no, no, it's not that my family is ungrateful! It's just that I'm not very familiar with you... Oh, no, otherwise, I'll treat you to a meal in a couple of days to apologize! What was I saying..."

"It's alright, Brother Ning and I are bosom friends! Just relax." Chu Zhu waved her hand magnanimously and said with a smile, "My dear niece."

Ning Linglong's expression was quite interesting, but in the end she could only nod stiffly, stammering, "...Okay, Uncle!"

Li Kang covered his face; he was truly stunned. Even though he understood the situation, he still felt the conflict in the scene was intense.

"You really are something!" Li Kang said with a wry smile. "Vice Captain Ning is exceptionally talented, with unlimited potential. Ah Zhu, you should... talk to her more often in the future!"

"Oh." Chu Zhu feigned surprise, but he knew in his heart that Ning Linglong held a very high position in the Special Forces Brigade, strictly speaking, she was the second-highest rank—of course, this referred to a normal police position. However, her corresponding position in the Extraordinary Forces should also be equivalent to a normal police position.

(End of this chapter)