I transformed into a cute girl and lived a carefree life in the apocalypse.

Yan Ziming couldn't help but sigh heavily. This move alone felt like a life-or-death separation; what would happen if she and Ye Qianxue were to part ways...?

He held Ye Qianxue even tighter, as if he wanted to meld her into his body and never be separated from her.

At this moment, Yan Ziming's Pioneer Card flashed with light. This was an emergency summons. All pioneers in the vicinity of the destination were required to immediately and unconditionally arrive at the assembly point to continue the next battle.

"We have a mission, Qianxue. Let's go, you're not allowed to cry!"

Yan Ziming's tone was unusually stern, and Ye Qianxue immediately stopped sobbing. She looked at Yan Ziming with tears in her eyes and nodded heavily.

From the moment they joined the pioneering force, they were already aware that no matter how much they had to pay or how much precious wealth they would lose, they would persevere to the end in this world-renowned pioneering operation. After finishing one battle, they would patiently wait for the next one to come, until they shed their last drop of blood, or until the pioneering operation achieved final success.

Turning our attention to the various relocation teams below the city wall, we see reluctance on every face, but even more so, helplessness.

How many of these people are native to Jiangning? How heartbroken must they be to be forced to leave the home they have lived in for decades?

Thinking of this, Yan Ziming's eyes welled up with tears, which she quickly wiped away, and her gaze became even more determined.

Sooner or later, human civilization will reappear here!

With a flash of silver light, they broke away from the transport team and embarked on a new journey...

Chapter Twenty-Seven exposed

Time flies. More than two months have passed since Yan Ziming became a pioneer in early January.

During these two months, Yan Ziming's identity has been completely exposed due to her overly active behavior.

Yes, just recently.

Shocking! The true identity of the runner-up in the Civilization Cup is actually...!!!

Now, any news headline you search will show similar topics, without exception, and the content will include a photo of Yan Ziming himself, clearly indicating that Ziqing's true identity is Yan Ziming in the photo.

When Yan Ziming saw the report, she was furious. She herself didn't know where the photo came from, how could these media outlets have found it?!

Since she, as the hottest topic, was exposed, those around her naturally couldn't escape unscathed either.

The first to be affected was her younger sister, Ye Qianxue, with whom she had had several close encounters.

She was the second most popular topic after Yan Ziming, and the title was like this.

—Shocking! The true identity of Qianye, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Civilization Cup, is actually...!!!

Naturally, the final interpretation of these headline reports is marked by the 'UC Shock Department' logo.

Yan Ziming was speechless. Was this all the headline they could come up with? Couldn't they be a little more domineering? To really project her regal aura!

It's precisely these kinds of headlines that get the most traffic, which is the most infuriating thing.

When it came to the true identity of a major favorite in the Civilization Cup, many people clicked in with the attitude of "just take a look," but after carefully reading the explanation, they were all convinced of one fact.

Ziqing is Yan Zimo.

Thousand Nights is the same as Night Thousand Snow.

Once this kind of thing starts, it's hard to stop. If you carefully compare the live TV recording of Yong Jingshi with the recording of the Civilization Cup, it's obvious at a glance; even a blind person could see the difference.

As for why it was exposed, we have to go back to when the pioneers began to reclaim the second city after Yong'an City was put into use.

People at that time were still immersed in the confusion of relocation and the fear of the future.

With this mindset, when they arrived at the cities they had recaptured and rebuilt, and settled down there, they spent their days doing nothing. Alcoholism, gambling, and other vices were rampant, creating a deplorable social trend.

Such a social landscape is unlikely to produce any good results. If this situation continues and no one engages in production, the collapse of China will begin from here.

Therefore, in order to boost public morale, the government first introduced a series of subsidy policies, and then the issue of employment was also put on the agenda.

The solution to this problem is relatively simple, relying on Crystal Core New Energy Application Technology.

This technology has been brought to the forefront by the Chinese government and has begun to be applied in Yong'an City.

The reason for choosing Yong'an instead of Bei'an is that it is a new land, and there will be fewer troubles in promoting and applying it here. It will not cause serious impact on the old industrial chain and create a new wave of unemployment.

This is a classic case of "robbing Peter to pay Paul," and the Chinese government is not that brain-dead.

A new technology can drive the rapid development of an entire industrial chain, let alone the Crystal Core New Energy Application Technology, which is the key to the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

What it can drive is the rapid recovery of the entire Chinese economy, enabling China to quickly emerge from the shadow of economic downturn caused by the need to consolidate national defenses.

The Chinese government set a precedent by establishing a new large-scale arms factory in Yong'an City. Undoubtedly, this factory involved the technology of crystal core energy.

New job positions naturally attract new people, and China has also opened up this technology nationwide. Now even a three-year-old knows that China holds a key to the future world.

With the knowledge disseminated, entrepreneurs naturally seized the opportunity and began investing in the research and development of these new technologies. Some ordinary people even started from scratch, intending to use these technologies to start their own businesses.

Starting a business, developing new technologies, and opening new companies—if things continue to develop in this way, more and more jobs will gradually be created, and it's not a problem that's difficult to solve.

This did indeed inject fresh vitality into the gloomy Yong'an City, and the lifeless social landscape finally began to improve.

However, a lingering gloom still hangs over the people.

The haze stems from the issue of "living space".

Is the country able to reclaim more cities to accommodate the large population of more than a dozen military administrative districts? If not, will the people be forced to live a miserable existence crammed into a small area?

Such concerns unsettle them; overcrowding is not a good thing, as it can cause a series of major problems and could easily provoke new conflicts.

Where the problem lies, that's where the country needs to address it. So, the top leadership selected some videos of the military fighting on the front lines and winning great victories and posted them online.

There are many videos, such as Mu Mu killing an SSS-level mutated species, Yan Shan turning a "cultivating ghost" into a beautiful work of art with a single kick, and Yan Ziming and his two companions fighting seven S-level mutated species.

Incidentally, the corpse of "Xiu Gui" has been moved to the very center of Yong'an City for the public to visit.

This measure did stabilize public sentiment for some, but some people still distrust it, believing that the videos were deliberately selected by the Chinese government and lacked authenticity and transparency, and demanding that the authenticity of the videos be proven through live streaming.

There's nothing we can do; our motherland has truly gone to great lengths for the people.

It's just a live broadcast! Let's do it. It's not like there's no precedent for it. They've done this before when public sentiment was turbulent. In fact, someone bringing this up is exactly what the higher-ups want.

And so, Chen Yuelin, the female reporter from the Yongjing Campaign, was thrust into the spotlight, tasked with personally supervising and broadcasting the event live.

Chen Yuelin was more than willing!

The wave of unemployment brought about by the relocation also swept her up. Half a year had passed since the Yongjing Battle, enough time for any trace she had left to disappear.

Therefore, she urgently needs to make her presence felt, lest she fade from public view and be completely forgotten in some unknown corner.

Just a few days ago, she led a professional photography team to the fourth city that was being recaptured.

As it turns out, fate didn't want her to fade from the public eye so soon. She did indeed capture some stunning footage: a magnificent battle to retake the city, stirring the hearts of the people.

The audience paid particular attention when Yan Ziming was filmed wearing a mask.

Not only because Ziqing was the runner-up in the Civilization Cup and the pinnacle of lightning abilities, but also because of her opponent—the Tyrant.

The petite figure moved nimbly around the tyrant, thrusting the spear of victory one moment and using it as a club the next, fighting the tyrant with great skill and flair.

Yan Ziming held the Spear of Victory horizontally in his left hand and the crystal-clear Thunder Cutter in his right. After fighting for eight hundred rounds, he finally cut down the tyrant, a sight that shocked everyone.

How familiar this scene is!

When Chen Yuelin saw this scene, the name "Yan Ziming" came out of her mouth, triggering a thought in the minds of the viewers!

And so, a storm of digging up Yan Ziming's past began to rage across the internet...

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Greetings from a Thousand Miles Away

"That damn female reporter, I saw her again! Damn it!"

Yan Ziming stayed at home, feeling extremely uncomfortable looking at the headlines. Fortunately, he had never revealed where he lived, otherwise those guys would have come knocking on his door by now.

She also knew that Chen Yuelin couldn't be entirely blamed. After reviewing the footage, Yan Ziming observed that when Chen Yuelin was filming herself fighting the tyrant, there were already a lot of comments spamming her name. At most, Chen Yuelin acted as a "catalyst."

If Yan Ziming knew that there were war correspondents broadcasting live, she would rather die than go up and fight that tyrant!

At the very least, they wouldn't use such a conspicuous symbol as the Raikiri in battle.

With such a huge uproar online, Yan Ziming naturally spoke with the higher-ups, but they all just said, "Isn't fame good? Just keep going in this direction! Didn't Mu Mu go through the same thing back then?"

To what these people are saying, Yan Ziming only wants to say one thing—it's easy for you to talk when you're not the one suffering!

It's simply because their trending topics are highly relevant to the current situation!

Now that the whole nation knows that he is Ziqing from the Civilization Cup, public attention has completely shifted to him, and about 60% of the negative energy has disappeared instantly. The relevant departments are beaming with joy.

However, there's nothing that can be done about it. In the past, only some self-media or official media tried to publish these kinds of things, and the result was obvious: they were blocked from publishing by an 'invisible wall'.

But now the whole nation is discussing this, so it's impossible to ban it. Major online communities and platforms simply can't keep up with the deletions, so they can only let it go.

Yan Ziming is now living in the same property she used to live in in Beian. It's in a pretty good area, quite close to the city center. If you really want to say something, this move was a huge win for her.

"Big sister~~"

Ye Qianxue wrapped her arms around Yan Ziming's swan-like neck across the sofa, burying her face in her neck and breathing in her fragrance. Her sweet voice was soothing to the bone.

He bent his slender index finger and hooked it around Ye Qianxue's delicate chin. With a little force, he lifted his sister's head slightly, forcing her bright jade eyes, which reflected a hazy and dreamlike color, to look at him.

She was surrounded by a faint, sweet but not cloying, alluring scent that could make one's heart flutter with just a whiff.

Knowing that the other party was insatiable again, Yan Ziming gently tapped her nose: "Good girl~ Too much will hurt your health, as a superhuman, you must understand this."

"Well--"

Ye Qianxue pouted. But she did feel that her body was not quite up to par lately. They had just finished the battle to recapture the fourth city, and they needed to rest for a while.