It’s no wonder I feel familiar with her; it’s no wonder I sense her closeness. Her soul remains intact, stabilized by the power of Huai Yin, but she has long sealed away that longing, which is why she didn’t notice it immediately.
Huai Yin, how have you been? Have you thought of her?
As I spoke, Yun Zhi Yue suddenly looked at her with red-rimmed eyes. Ouyang Yan asked in surprise, “Sister-in-law, what’s wrong? Did Shen Xingchuan bully you?”
“No, it’s just that something got in my eye. Didn’t you say you were going to tell a story? Sit down and share; I’m very curious.”
Ouyang Yan and Yun Zhi Yue sat beside her. Seeing Gou Gou staring at her, she felt a bit strange but began to recount the events of the past with excitement.
Back then, I saved Yan Su and indeed left the mountains with him. It was through knowing him that I joined the army as a female soldier. However, there was no romance; even though he pursued me relentlessly, I remained unmoved.
While he was lost in love, I focused on earning merits and gradually rose through the ranks. By the time I was specially recruited into the special forces, he finally realized how outstanding I was.
Gradually, he gave up his obsession with women and made sure my military rank would never overshadow his. We were like competitors in an unspoken contest, each trying to outdo the other in achievements and rank.
Yun Zhi Yue asked curiously, “What happened next?”
Ouyang Yan’s eyes glimmered with memories as she replied, “Later on, just before the apocalypse, we had our last mission: to take down a drug dealer's lair. At that time, I held the rank of Colonel while Yan Su was a Major General.
During that mission, the military suffered a betrayal. I was executing a secret operation when I was sold out and captured by the drug dealers. Torture and beatings were inevitable; I thought this competition would come to an end.
Just when I was on the brink of death from torture, this guy disregarded military orders and came to rescue me alone. After handing me over to trusted friends, he stayed behind to create chaos in the enemy camp and got hit by bullets.
The atmosphere grew heavy as everyone at the table paused their eating.
Only Yun Zhi Yue continued to press on: “I guess before you gave up being a soldier, you must have done something significant, right?”
Ouyang Yan beamed with excitement: “Of course! The first thing I did after recovering from my injuries was to defect to that group of drug dealers. By voluntarily getting injected with drugs to be controlled by them, I became one of their own.
This allowed me to expose those in the military who had betrayed me. After finding an opportunity to blow up the drug dealer's lair, we went in guns blazing. Many died that day; I knew I wouldn’t survive either, but it felt exhilarating.
In this competition, I think I won; at least my name in the military is much more renowned than Yan Su's. On what I thought would be my last day alive, acid rain began to fall from the sky.
Ouyang Yan chuckled: “Perhaps Yan Su was watching over me from above; the moment of the apocalypse arrived just right. With some in the military mutating, no one paid attention to me.
In that instant, I reacted to the acid rain. Back then, I didn’t know it was an ability, but that power beyond human limits kept me alive. If I could live, why should I die?
So, I gathered my former soldiers and began maintaining order around me. More and more people joined us until Ning'an Base gradually formed. In truth, I had left this city before.
Yun Zhi Yue smiled and said: “What you haven’t left behind is Yan Su. It’s only been a little over a year since the apocalypse; if he hasn’t been reincarnated, do you want to see him?”
The Reincarnation Stone exclaimed angrily: “What do you want? Yun Zhi Yue, are you out of your mind?”
Ouyang Yan was stunned.
Feng Ling dropped her chopsticks in surprise and exclaimed, "Is that true? You can actually see the dead!"
Yun Zhi Yue smiled and replied, "Of course! I'm not exactly a normal human. It's just a small matter. Do you want to see?"
【Damn, this is no small matter. Even summoning an ordinary human soul would require a sacrifice of lifespan with your current binding to the World Will! This woman is your mother; what are you thinking?】
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