Fire in the Long Night (Second Update-Please Vote)

At the border of the southern sector of E0 District.

One large and one small figure darted through the alleys.

More precisely, there were three figures. The heavy basket on Xiao Man's back showed no movement at all. The baby inside was strangely quiet, not making a single sound.

"Where are we going?"

Xiao Man did not dare talk much. She simply followed Gu Shen.

"To South Cave."

Gu Shen said calmly, "S12 Living Area isn't safe until we get past the high walls."

"I came from there..."

Xiao Man lowered her voice and muttered softly.

Gu Shen raised an eyebrow and looked back at the little girl carrying the basket.

They were moving quickly, but that did not stop them from talking.

"Didn't you ask what my name was..."

Xiao Man said quietly, "I didn't have parents. I should have starved to death long ago, but I was lucky. Someone found me years ago and raised me for two or three years. 'Xiao Man' was the name they gave me. I didn't remember much from back then, only these things. Later, they died of illness, and someone else took me in. But that person had bad intentions. They raised me so they could sell me."

She paused.

"Later... those people ran into wild beasts while taking me out of the city..."

That had happened after the awakening experiments began.

"They ran into wild beasts, and then what?"

Gu Shen asked, "They died, and you lived?"

"Mm..."

Xiao Man gave a self-mocking smile. "Sounds ridiculous, doesn't it? Those beasts didn't eat me. Mm... or him."

She lightly shifted her feet and shook the basket on her back.

The basket was actually quite heavy.

But as she walked out of the city now, the girl's steps had never felt lighter.

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