Return to the Underground City

Chen Xuan had already anticipated this result. "What's the date now?"

That question snapped Elorie out of her excitement. She hurriedly opened the laptop on the desk. "May 9, 2027! Have I been gone for two whole years!?"

Once again, the worlds had shown a difference in the rate at which time passed.

Still, two years wasn't all that long.

"At least no crystal clusters have fallen from the sky yet. You have a chance to change the future now," Chen Xuan said with a smile.

This suited Elorie's needs better than any ability could—she now knew what the future held, and she had almost a century to work with. There was so, so much she could do.

Elorie understood that too.

She turned and bowed deeply to Chen Xuan. "Thank you. I know what I need to do now!"

"I remember Amy mentioning that the first sign of the disaster was an attack on the Angel Alliance's Temple Treasury, right?" Liu Shuyue really did have an excellent memory. "Somewhere called the Himalaya Mountains, I think?"

Elorie sucked in a sharp breath. "June 1!"

"What?" Chen Xuan raised an eyebrow.

"The day the treasury was blown up!" She had remembered it too. "It happened this year! There are only twenty-two days before the devils attack! No, I have to report this to the Angel Alliance right away..."

She rushed to the door, then turned back to the three of them with an apologetic look. "I'm sorry... You went to all this trouble to bring me home. I should have been a proper host..."

"It's fine. Important business comes first. Do what you need to do, and don't worry about us." Chen Xuan waved her off.

"I'll definitely make it up to you next time!" With that, Elorie dashed out the