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"This time it's one hundred thousand pounds of rice and two hundred thousand pounds of Sweet Potato!" O Haosheng pushed the prepared gold bars to Bai Tang, "Count it."
"There's an extra layer!" Bai Tang looked up, "What do you want me to do?"
"There are many situations similar to Haidong Island!" O Haosheng stated his purpose, "We want to ask for your help in resolving the issues in these areas. If you can bring people out, do so; if not, follow the arrangements from Haidong Island, leave some weapons behind, and send food over periodically!"
"Sure!" Bai Tang readily agreed; this task was easy for her, "Give me the addresses!"
Bai Tang began her busy days. The Huaguo territory was vast and diverse in terrain, with more than ten locations experiencing abnormal conditions like those on Haidong Island's sea surface. Fortunately, none had formed time-space rifts. Although Bai Tang encountered some difficulties, everything was arranged properly. Most people were rescued from those Absolute Lands; only one or two places were truly impossible to evacuate from. In those cases, Bai Tang imitated Haidong Island's approach, leaving behind weapons and food while using antidotes to help cleanse the land of Zombie toxins, allowing those living there to gradually become self-sufficient.
"This is the last one." Bai Tang felt good; once she finished dealing with the people inside, she could go home and rest for a while.
"Let's go!" Bai Tang led Karen Adrian into the sandstorm.
"This place..." The last Absolute Land surprised Bai Tang; there were no Zombies inside, just a group of emaciated people who were too weak from hunger. There were not many of them—just over a hundred—and they were all ordinary people without any Ability Users or the strong physiques that ordinary people had developed after the apocalypse. This was a true Absolute Land; even after removing the Zombie toxins, the land was too barren to cultivate, with no water source. Bai Tang couldn't imagine how these more than a hundred people had survived until now!
Bai Tang approached a young man and squatted down beside him: "Do you have no Mutated Animals or Mutated Plants here?"
The young man replied weakly, "If we didn't have those two things, we would all starve to death. However, the quantity of Mutated Plants and Mutated Animals is very low; they've all been eaten! We originally had over a thousand people, but now only a little over a hundred remain; everyone else has starved to death."
"Do you eat human flesh?"
"We don't want to become beasts. Even in death, we want to maintain our human dignity!" The young man's words shocked Bai Tang. She smiled slightly and took out a can of Eight Treasure Porridge from her backpack. "First eat something to fill your stomach and regain some strength. I have something to discuss with everyone later!"
The young man's gaze was fixed on the can of Eight Treasure Porridge, but unfortunately, he didn't even have the strength to snatch it or open it.
Bai Tang opened the can and straightened a folded plastic spoon before handing it to the young man. He took the can and spoon and immediately lowered his head to gulp down the porridge. Bai Tang opened cans one by one and distributed them among the hundred people. Most of them were young adults; there were only a few women since those with weaker bodies hadn't survived until now.
Bai Tang walked over to the Young Person who had spoken first. The Young Person had already finished a can of porridge and was staring eagerly at Bai Tang.
"You've been hungry for so long, you can't eat too much; it's not good for your stomach!" Bai Tang said calmly.
The Young Person understood this reasoning and lowered his eyes in disappointment. "Are you the one sent by the government to rescue us?"
"Yes, my name is Bai Tang. What's yours?" Bai Tang handed the Young Person a bottle of mineral water. After eating the porridge, the Young Person had regained some strength and managed to open the bottle cap.
"My name is Ying Shen."
"Ying Shen? Do your parents really like Qing history?"
"No, 'Shen' is from 'Mulberry' (sāngrènr). My mom loved to eat mulberries when she was pregnant with me, so my dad named me that."
"A few years ago, when Qing-era stories were popular, didn't anyone make fun of your name?" Bai Tang asked with a smile.
"Of course they did! Those girls called me 'Useless Crown Prince' or just 'Useless Second.'"
"Are you the Second Brother in your family?"
"Yes! I have an older brother, but we haven't been in touch since I went to college."
"Is your relationship with your brother not good? Aren't your parents troubled by this?"
"My parents left when I was in my second year of high school; there was a plane accident. My brother and I used to get along well, but unfortunately, there’s now a sister-in-law who thinks too much. She stirs up trouble between us and wishes I would leave home as soon as possible. Fortunately, when it came to inheriting my parents' estate, my brother and I inherited separately, so I could rely on the money they left me to finish college." Ying Shen spoke about the past in a very calm tone, as if he had come to terms with it. "I wonder how my brother and sister-in-law are doing now—are they dead? Or have they turned into Zombies?"
This question cannot be answered by Bai Tang.
"By the way, how will the government arrange for us? When will they take us away from this hellhole?"
"You can't leave!" Bai Tang said honestly. "A powerful sandstorm surrounds this land, and you are just ordinary people who cannot pass through it safely. You can only stay here, and I will bring you food and water regularly."
"I don't want to be trapped in this place forever!" Young Person voiced the feelings of over a hundred people. Being stuck in this area of no more than ten square kilometers, without water or electricity, without entertainment, and even without Zombies, felt like being in prison. They were close to going insane from the confinement. Some of those who had died could not bear the boredom and despair and had committed suicide. Although the living were mentally stronger, it was hard to guarantee that they wouldn't suffer a mental breakdown if they stayed any longer.
"If we really can't get out, then don't bother bringing us food anymore; just let us starve to death!" Ying Shen said gloomily.
The others reacted similarly to Ying Shen, their initial hope when Bai Tang first appeared to distribute supplies fading into despair.
"Is that really how you feel about getting out?"
"Of course! Even if there are Zombies everywhere outside and it's extremely dangerous, we still want to go out. We don't want to be stuck in this place waiting to die in boredom!"
"..." Bai Tang sympathized with these people. How could he help them?
"If I were to let you out, but instead of returning to your modern life, you would be living in ancient times, would you be willing?" Bai Tang hesitated for a moment before asking.
"What do you mean?" Ying Shen asked, while some other Young Persons gathered around.
Bai Tang began to fabricate: "I discovered a Space-Time Rift in the center of the storm. Through this rift, you can travel to other worlds."
"Really?"
"Are you sure?"
"How do you know that the Space-Time Rift can lead to other worlds?"
"How can you be certain that the world we travel to is an ancient one?"
The Young People asked one after another.
"Stop!" Bai Tang shouted, "Don't make so much noise like five hundred ducks. I'll answer your questions one by one."
"I am certain there is a Space-Time Rift in the storm (I'm not lying to you). There is a crack between Haidong Island and the Continent. My apprentice once accidentally entered it and reached another world. So I speculate that the rift in the storm can lead to another world. The key question now is whether you are willing to live in another world?"
Ying Shen chuckled, voicing the thoughts of the crowd: "The outside world is filled with Zombies. We all want to go out, especially to a stable and peaceful ancient world. We can cross over without doing anything, and won't that make others envious?"
"Exactly, exactly! When we get to the ancient times, I want to make glass and soap, becoming the richest person!"
"I can have three wives and four concubines!"
"I want to enter the Palace and become the top contender in palace intrigue!"
"…"
Bai Tang wiped his sweat; everyone really has ambitions!
The Smiling, Proud Wanderer - After careful consideration, Bai Tang decided to send a group of people to Laughing Proudly in the World. The future world has strict management of population identities. At that time, Bai Tang happened to save the youngest general of the alliance, Sean, and with the help of the Sean Family, she obtained a citizenship certificate from the alliance. If she were to recklessly bring over a hundred people to the future world, even though Senwen's influence is now formidable enough to instill fear, it would be impossible to perfectly arrange for so many people. This would inevitably lead other forces to discover their presence and subsequently uncover her ability to traverse time and space. If she were captured for research... the imagery is too bloody to imagine. As for Dream of the Red Chamber and the world of Lu Feng, Bai Tang excluded them from the beginning; she did not want to disrupt her parents' peaceful life. Between Laughing Proudly and The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Bai Tang chose Laughing Proudly in the World, as the storyline had already concluded there, while after The Legend of the Condor Heroes, there were still Divine Eagle and others. Who knows if this group of people, who lack martial arts skills but know the plot, would end up risking their lives by trying to alter the storyline upon entering The Legend of the Condor Heroes.
The Plum Villa in Jiangnan Xihu has changed owners; the previous four masters have left, reportedly selling the villa to a group of young people. With their arrival, what was once a quiet villa has become incredibly lively.
"Is this Plum Villa?" a young girl exclaimed in disbelief.
"The previous owner was one of the Jiangnan Four Friends?" Young Man A also couldn't believe it. "Was it Huang Zhonggong, Black and White Child, Tu Biweng, and Danqing Sheng?"
"What the heck! This world is actually that of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer!” Young Man B said.
"The plot of this world doesn't match that of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer at all! Lin Pingzhi can actually perform the Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms?! Yue Buqun has become a true 'Gentleman Sword', with martial arts skills surpassing those of Master Fang Zheng from Shaolin! Linghu Chong married Yue Ling Shan, and Ren Yingying is missing?! Ren Woxing was killed by Dongfang Bubai, who abandoned the Sun Moon Holy Cult, but no one knows where he went?!" Ying Shen clenched his fist. "There must definitely be predecessors who have traversed here!"
The young girl looked down on him: "Did you need to say that? Anyone with eyes can see it."
Young Man C said: "The predecessors have done everything they could; what should we do to surpass them?"
Young Man D replied: "Since there’s no place for us in this martial world, why not overturn society entirely? Transform today's feudal society into a democratic one, promote massive development in productivity, and then set sail overseas to turn all territories into lands of Huaxia!"
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