Chen Xiaofei watched the scene on the cockpit display. The ground below looked like a spiderweb, or more like stretch marks. "I suddenly miss my mom."
He pointed at the display as he spoke.
Other people had no memories of infancy, but Chen Xiaofei did. He remembered that when he was about one or two, his favorite thing had been lying on his mother's belly.
It had been covered in wrinkled lines just like those.
Only when he grew up did he learn what they were, and how much his mother had gone through.
His remark had come out of nowhere.
But it left everyone feeling heavyhearted.
Wang Weihu raised a hand and patted Chen Xiaofei on the back, silently comforting him.
Chen Xiaofei chuckled. "It just suddenly came back to me, that's all. I'm not that upset."
Dying early wasn't necessarily a misfortune.
Being left behind felt more painful.
But with comrades at your side, you could endure those days.
Conditions outside were so harsh.
The areas where humans could live had indeed kept shrinking. Now, apart from the major bases, survival outside was impossible-unless you were a high-tier Ability User, of course.
Bai Shu stared expressionlessly at the devastated ground on the display, then suddenly cracked a dry joke. "How nice. Really chills you to the heart."
Chen Xiaofei laughed and kicked his chair. "Screw you."
Qin Luo, Xu Duoduo, and Wang Weihu laughed along. Bai Shu could be pretty funny sometimes.
Cao Wenzhou watched them joking around.
He had to admire 3A's optimism. They really were close, too.
Cao Wenzhou smiled. "You managed to turn disaster into a blessing this time. You've advanced so quickly that us old veterans can barely keep up."
He had only just broken through to the seventh tier.
Yet Wang Weihu, Chen