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"...We really made it to the top floor!" Li was the first to dash out of the elevator. She leaned over the corridor railing and looked down, her tail swaying back and forth behind her, betraying her excitement.

"You did it." Li Mengyun raised a hand and patted Xia Fan on the back. "Good work."

"Well? Didn't I tell you he was anything but ordinary?" Yan Qing smiled as she hooked an arm around Venerable Shengtian's shoulder, but quickly seemed to realize something and pulled it back.

"Did those two know each other before? Their relationship seems rather unusual." Ning Wanjun took off her helmet, stood on tiptoe, and whispered into Xia Fan's ear.

Luo Qingqing said nothing. She merely removed her blindfold, brushed back the damp strands of hair clinging to her forehead, and gave him a faint smile before walking toward Li's retreating figure.

None of these people were naturally born lives.

But so what?

Xia Fan did not feel there had ever been any gulf between him and them.

The Pioneers had already left.

Yet those who remained in this world would still strive to live on.

The past of Earth was indeed enough to make one sigh with regret, but to him, what mattered most was the life before his eyes.

"To be honest, I don't know either," Xia Fan quietly replied to the princess.

"The Salvation Sect people have noticed us." Ning Wanjun jerked her chin toward the distance. A team was rushing toward them in astonishment. "What do you plan to do next? To be safe, we can drive them back first and wait until we join up with Jinxia's reinforcements."

According to the earlier plan, the troops stationed in Baili Town should already have boarded the special train bound for Baiyao Mountain.

"No