Weak in affinity talent? Female ghosts are eager to give hints.

[Local news from Zhouchi City!]

[TOP1: A small earthquake occurred in the city early last night! The epicenter was located in a suburban area! According to reports, the earthquake did not spread over a large area and only lasted for a period of time with high-frequency vibrations before it ended!]

Experts say they have never seen such a strange earthquake!

[TOP2: This earthquake did not affect the safety of the city center, but according to investigations, 108 people have been affected in the suburbs! Rescue efforts are underway throughout the city...]

[TOP3: Due to special circumstances, the Zhouchi Defense Section has been relocated to the Feihe Defense Section!]

【...】

All sorts of information began to flood the screen.

An Lan's face turned ashen.

He knows it very well—

This is definitely not a coincidence or an earthquake!

Instead...

What happened?

What did someone do while I was having a crazy time last night?

"Damn it! Is death coming?!"

For some reason, I thought of Long Ao's information, and of Mikalin's evacuation...

Pink halos began to appear around An Lan, and the surrounding scene suddenly turned into terrifying ruins. Just as thick debris was about to appear above her head, An Lan hurriedly canceled her ability!

Damn!

Damn it!!!

He can't go out!

Yes!

The earthquake reduced the [State Chi Unit - Defense Section] to ruins!

Now, whenever he leaves the Love Hut, he appears in the completely piled-up ruins of 6027, crushed into a pile of mud.

The only way to return to reality is to wait for Chu Ningrou to come back, then activate [Spatial Displacement] to instantly leave the base!

Can...

When will Chu Ningrou come back?

An Lan didn't know!

He was looking at his phone when suddenly another text message came in!

[Yan Ying: Vice Captain! Where did you go?! Help! Help! Why...why...why is there another earthquake here?! Why?!]

[Liu Xuan: An Lan! Something's wrong! Something's really wrong now! Contact Long Ao immediately! Or get Zhao Kuo to come over!]

[Chu Chang'an: Vice Captain! So many people have died!]

【...】

[Beep! Alarm! A major earthquake has occurred in Feihe...]

Information and reports are being pushed to us relentlessly!

An Lan clenched her fists!

Damn!

Damn it, damn it, damn it!

"Since that's the case..."

"I will find the perfect timeline and send you all to hell!!!"

"[The perfect timeline]!!!"

After the colorful clock's patterns flickered, the surrounding scene began to rewind. From waking up in the morning, to falling asleep in the rocking chair, and then back to yesterday's madness...

Finally, it went back directly to when An Lan had just returned to [6027].

"Buzz—"

They reappeared in the bedroom.

An Lan checked his phone; it was 14:30 PM. At this time, he should have just been planning to rest at the [Love Hut], spent some time with Wen Lan, and then the crazy scene unfolded...

So...

If I had only stayed in the base this time, I probably would have experienced the earthquake as well, right?

"Buzzing—"

As expected, the phone in my pocket vibrated.

An Lan walked back to the living room of [6027] and checked the three text messages on her phone.

Unsurprisingly, the information was still about Long Ao, Mei Kalin, and Jiang Lai.

After hesitating for a moment...

An Lan sat on the sofa and dialed Mekalin's phone number.

"beep--"

"Beep...beep...beep..."

The phone rang for a while before being answered.

"Feed? Mikalin?"

"Ah! It's Anlan! Anlan, you're out, right? Was calling me the first thing you thought of after you came out?"

The tone on the other end of the phone was clearly cheerful. An Lan rubbed her fingers together, her voice suddenly lowering as she asked, "Mikalin, when did you start feeling unwell?"

"what?"

"In your message to me, you said you felt the exact same discomfort as when the [Energy Extraction Society] raided your home..."

"When did it come into being?"

"Probably... when you're close to finishing the game?"

"Oh? How long has it been since the Energy Absorption Society raided your property, when you last felt unwell?"

"Hmm—it's been about one night?"

"We set off that evening, and the Energy Hub arrived the next morning..."

"I see..."

Stroking her chin, An Lan had a rough idea of ​​what was going on.

[Absolute Luck] will protect Mikalin from any harm, and will always find a reason to lure her away from the disaster site in advance. Anlan knows this very well.

but...

Was the attack by the Energy Drain Society attracted by Mikarin?

Obviously not!

After being attacked in Zhouchi City, the Zhouchi Squad went to the Feihe Squad's location, only to be attacked again!

If the other party is after Mikalin, there's no need for them to keep chasing after the [State Pool Squad]!

[Absolutely lucky] She only sensed the danger and had Mikarin evacuate in time!

so...

Is the other person's target me?

Is it that [Death]... come to avenge [Return] and [Chameleon]?

"Feed? Feed?"

"An Lan...are you alright?"

A concerned voice came from the other end of the phone. An Lan snapped out of her reverie and shook her head. "Ah! It's nothing! By the way... are you back in China yet?"

"At the airport..."

"Boarding now!"

"I see... Well, see you again sometime!"

"All right--"

"Beep beep beep..."

Mikalin hung up the phone, clearly disappointed.

After the call with her ended, An Lan tried calling Long Ao again.

Unsurprisingly, the other party was not in the call area!

"Damn it..."

Why do I always feel like everything happened so coincidentally this time?

"It just so happens that after Long Ao boarded the plane, when the cause and effect were reversed and could not be predicted... and it just so happens that Sandy took Zhenzhen out, and we don't even know when they will be back..."

"besides..."

"Based on the time Mikarin escaped last time, it was around 4-5 pm. The Energy Absorbing Society came knocking the next morning, just one night later! A little earlier, they came at 4-5 am the following morning..."

"So, 'absolute luck' can predict disaster twelve hours in advance?"

"I exited the dungeon at 2 PM, and Mikarin left around 1 PM because I was nearing the end of the dungeon... and so on..."

"earthquake..."

"It'll happen at 1 a.m. tonight?!"

My mind was still actively calculating.

Thinking about it this way, we can deduce that the Energy Conservation Association has not yet arrived in Zhouchi City!

"I..."

"Could we do what Mikarin did and first dismiss the people in the base?"

The thought of hundreds of people dying made An Lan's brow furrow, and he immediately dialed Liu Xuan's number.

"beep--"

The phone rang only once before it was answered.

"Yo yo yo—"

"Isn't this our little Anran?"

"What's wrong? Missing your sister? You actually called her on your own initiative?"

"..."

Amidst the teasing and joking voices, An Lan coldly called out to Liu Xuan, "Something's happened!"

"Huh?! What do you mean?!"

"I spoke with Mikalin on the phone... and she told me..."

After explaining the special nature of "Meikalin" and Liu Xuan's explanation, An Lan wouldn't reveal that she had returned from the future.

"this..."

After listening to An Lan's analysis, the person on the other end of the phone remained silent for a while before replying, "What you said makes sense... If she really did predict the disaster twelve hours in advance..."

"So now, our entire base has ten hours left to evacuate..."

"There's enough time..."

"I can have the section chief use a base malfunction as an excuse to send everyone back to the city... I'll have my superiors come and retrieve those [strange items] from the warehouse immediately..."

"Eight hours! The base will be completely empty!"

"OK!"

"Then let's move them all into the city center!"

"Alright! I'll inform Chang'an and the others right away!"

"..."

"Beep beep beep—"

After hanging up the phone, An Lan had only been sitting on the sofa for three minutes when she heard an announcement playing throughout the base: [Due to a technical malfunction, the base system requires maintenance and upgrades. All members are requested to follow the instructions and proceed to the temporary location in the city for repairs!]

[Due to technical malfunction...]

【...】

The announcements continued, and in the sixth basement level, many people had already begun packing their belongings. Some even rushed towards the elevator with just a bag on their backs.

An Lan had nothing to pack, so she strode away from [6027] and quickly headed towards the elevator.

When they arrived at the underground parking lot, Chu Chang'an was waving at them from a minivan: "Hey! Vice Captain! Vice Captain! Over here! Over here—"

Liu Xuan and the others were already in the car, gesturing for An Lan to come over quickly.

Can...

An Lan stood there silently for a moment, but did not get on the car!

because...

He guessed it—if the other party was coming for him, with an ability that could trigger an earthquake, wouldn't following Liu Xuan and the others harm them?

Although Chu Chang'an, Yan Ying, and Ning Xu in the [Zhouchi Squad] all have decent talent...

but--

After much hesitation, An Lan still did not get on the bus.

He didn't want to see anything happen to these people, even if... he could start over an infinite number of times and save them...

"I'm not going with you guys..."

"Give me a car!"

"I'm going somewhere!"

"ha?"

"Where are you going?"

Liu Xuan gave An Lan a strange look, and An Lan smiled and said, "It's a secret!"

"you--"

"Don't worry...maybe we're just overreacting, and nothing's wrong at all?"

An Lan waved to a staff member, and a white Volkswagen pulled up in front of him. He opened the car door, glanced at his bewildered teammates, and drove out of the base, heading in one direction...

【Offshore market】!

【Hai Shang City】is not far from 【Zhou Chi City】, especially after the 【Joint Burial Village】 incident, which caused the surrounding areas of 【Hai Shang City】to be swallowed up.

It can be said that the area surrounding Haishang City is all black soil.

Anlan's destination was these abandoned black soil areas!

here...

There were no living people, no buildings, only dead earth!

If that strange earthquake was only targeting me, then... whatever happens here won't affect the lives of other normal people...

Anlan has a principle.

That is, I don't want to involve innocent people in my own problems.

......

hiss hiss hiss—

00:00 at midnight.

The car had been driving in the black soil area for a while, and the cell phone signal was down to only one bar.

An Lan parked the car in the black soil and glanced at her phone.

He wanted to see...

Will the earthquake that was supposed to happen at 1 a.m. disappear because of my own changes?

00: 15 ...

00: 30 ...

[Zhouchi City] There were no local news reports, and no aftershocks were heard on the ground...

00: 45 ...

01:00 sharp!

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—"

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—"

A cold wind blew across the black soil, and everything around was strange. My phone still hadn't received any notifications!

"..."

Is everything alright?

An Lan hesitated for a moment, just about to drive away from the black soil area to take a look around—

A black minivan...actually drove this way too!