The New City's Past

"Those two... one was called Chen Xuan, and the other Liu Shuyue. They were powerful Wanderers, but they never put on airs around me. They were pretty easy to get along with," Elorie said frankly. "...Later, I searched the abandoned city districts with them for something. I think it was a Scanner Gun, but I'm not too sure... it was obvious they had a lot of secrets, and I felt awkward asking..."

Lin Qing was overjoyed!

She had never expected to find out where those two were so easily!

Keeping her customer here had been the right choice after all.

In other words, the world the Ability Store was currently connected to was where Chen Xuan and Liu Shuyue were. If she hadn't known nothing about the outside world, she would have rushed out the door to look for them right away.

Outwardly, however, Lin Qing maintained her faint smile and continued listening to her customer's account.

"...It wasn't until I entered Second New Paris that I learned more than a century had passed since the world I knew," Elorie said, recalling the past. She knew she didn't need to go into such detail, but she wanted to talk—otherwise, it felt as though a heavy stone weighed on her heart, leaving her unable to breathe. Everyone in the palace was a stranger, and the two Wanderers she had finally grown familiar with weren't here. She had nowhere to turn even when she wanted someone to talk to, which was why she had left her bedroom late at night and wandered aimlessly.

"The Devils were gone, and the Angels no longer existed... but a new enemy descended from the sky and destroyed all of Europe. Perhaps the other continents suffered devastating attacks too, but with global communications cut off, the people