Tian Huo's Confusion

After a chaotic battle, the entire city was in ruins.

Streets cracked, houses collapsed, and large numbers of Flayed Living Corpse roamed the city... Oh, and the torrential rain showed no signs of abating.

However, the Library has been miraculously preserved in its original state.

"So, have you thought about your future plans?"

Looking at Tianhuo sitting quietly on the windowsill watching the torrential Tian Huo outside, Bai Zhi thought for a moment, then took out a bottle of liquor from his Inventory and threw it at him.

"Future?"

He caught the bottle of wine with precise backhand, a smile playing on his lips that was hard to decipher—whether it was mockery or self-deprecation—as he smashed the bottle cap and neck against the wall. Tian Huo tilted his head back and took a large gulp, answering the question decisively with his mouth.

"I don't know, and I don't want to know."

"What, you're not planning to go back?"

Bai Zhi sat down against the wall and took out a can of Herbal Tea from his Inventory, taking a sip.

He didn't really like alcohol, and the only reason he kept some in his Inventory was because Xia Wen's Skill required alcohol.

"Go back? I have no home anymore."

With his arms hanging down and his head turned to look at the rain outside, Tian Huo lit a cigarette, his expression unusually calm.

Seemingly not wanting to continue on this topic, she changed the subject.

"Speaking of which, don't you regret it? If you hadn't killed that guy, you actually had a chance to get much more. The person who was about to become Patrol Envoy was already a Perfect- Level powerhouse in the system's rating. Although he had only just reached that level, he should still have a lot of good stuff in his Inventory."

"If you don't cut the weeds at the root, they'll grow back in the spring. If we hadn't killed that guy decisively back then, given your Master's personality, he probably would have survived. I don't feel safe letting someone like that live. And anything that makes me feel insecure, I'll choose to kill. I can't let that thing live."

With a slight shrug, Bai Zhi looked at a pile of things on the open ground not far in front of him. It was the tattered Prince Set that he had taken from the other person's corpse.

"I'm not greedy; these things are enough for me. Besides, you actually really want to kill him, don't you?"

"..."

Tian Huo didn't reply, but just silently smoked his cigarette.

Just now, she not only publicly severed her master-disciple relationship with Master, but also completely ended it at the system level.

After she disobeyed her Master's orders for the first time and shot that guy in the head, the person who was once closest to her became a complete stranger.

To prevent the other party from having any special tools to revive them, she also subjected the corpse to inhumane desecration, venting all her violence and negative emotions from the past three years onto the corpse.

Once she was certain that the other person was truly dead beyond any doubt, with only a shred of corpse remaining, without exchanging a single word, she turned and slowly walked back to the place she knew best, amidst the complex gaze of the purple-haired Young Girl who had been silently watching her.

... future?

If it were just her own experience, she could barely accept it. In fact, at the beginning, she still hoped to go back with her master to clear her name.

But what about now?

If your home is gone, the dead cannot be brought back to life, and the departed cannot reappear, what meaning is there in going back?

"If you really have nowhere else to go, come to my world."

Bai Zhi casually crushed the empty Herbal Tea can into a flat shape and tossed it into the fire in front of him before suddenly speaking.

"Suicide is just too shameful. If you're not even afraid of death, what else are you afraid of?"

What is your world like?

He didn't deny anything; after a moment of silence, Tian Huo turned to look at him.

"It's lifeless and utterly silent, a world that's completely dead. To rebuild that world, I need a lot of manpower, and you're one of the first people I've found."

After thinking for a moment, Bai Zhi gave his answer.

"Relax a little, at least you're not the worst off. I know someone whose entire world was razed by unscrupulous Orchard Orchardist, and she was Curse the world and became a skeleton for a hundred years. In the end, only two people survived... You're still a little better off than her."

"Is that so? That makes sense, there are always people who are worse off than me."

Tian Huo chuckled self-deprecatingly and looked up at the Tian Kong.

"Tell me, where do things like Anomaly come from?"

"I don't know, nobody knows. Many people want to figure this out, and I want to figure it out too."

While poking at the fire in front of him with a stick, Bai Zhi shrugged slightly.

"It seems that wherever there are humans, there will be invasions and attacks from Anomaly; the only difference is the timing. But similarly, as Anomaly invade the world, the Player community also appears... If we can understand the essence of the system, perhaps we can find the answer."

"... How do I go to your world?"

After a moment of silence, Tian Huo spoke up and asked.

"So, have you made up your mind?"

Raising an eyebrow slightly, Bai Zhi turned to look at the other person.

"I don't want to go back, and I can't find any reason to go back, but I also don't want to stay here."

Tian Huo answered calmly.

"What about your Little Brother and your Master?"

"Look at the Tian Kong, it's his own choice... Also, she's no longer my Master."

"Do as you please, but let me make it clear beforehand that my world is still a desolate wasteland, a world that is completely dead. I have absolutely no clue how to rebuild and revive it, so you should be prepared."

"It doesn't matter."

"... Never mind, you should talk to your Little Brother about it first."

Seeing the other person's indifferent expression, Bai Zhi was inexplicably stunned, and shook his head.

"I've already notified them. You're heading towards the city right now. Your Master went to meet them and should arrive in about ten minutes."

The entire [Wailing Wilderness] is littered with Flayed Living Corpse at night. If it weren't for the purple-haired Young Girl, Tian Huo, and Tian Kong consciously cleaning up these Flayed Living Corpse every day for the past three years, the evacuation of the more than 100 survivors underground might not have been so smooth.

"... I already said, she's no longer my Master."

"What else can I do? I don't know her name, and I can't exactly call her 'that purple-haired Mechanized Girl,' can I? Don't you think that's incredibly rude?"

With a slight pursed lip, Bai Zhi used a stick to clear away the burning charcoal in front of him and took out barbecue meat and various other seasonings from his Inventory.

"By the way, I heard you haven't had anything normal to eat in a long time? I brought a lot of food with me, would you like to come and try some?"

"Thanks..."

"What are you thanking me for? Get moving and come help me. Do you still want to eat barbecue?"

"..."