Ordinary observers in fast time travel

Chapter 927 Yanzhong Base
Shi Jia opened her eyes and looked at the sky above, which was obscured by large trees. It was gloomy and seemed to be brewing a storm.

She tried to raise her hand, and yes, her strength had returned. She stood up and looked again at the mountain of animal carcasses around her.

Centered on her, thirty-six thick vines strung together the mutated animals, each string containing at least 50 of them. The spectacle was truly magnificent! The sheer scale of it was astonishing!
"No wonder there wasn't a single animal around! The pressure from thousands of mutated beasts is definitely not to be underestimated." Of course, this also shows that Yuanmu Xia's talent is absolutely outstanding.

Shi Jia wrinkled her nose. "It's just that the smell is unbearable! Ugh~"

"yue~"

Shi Jia quickly covered his nose, extended his mental energy to envelop all the mutated beast corpses, and instantly stored them in his spatial dimension. Yes, it was Yuan Muxia's ability space.

Originally, the space in Yuanmu Xia was quite large, about the size of two football fields. Now, with Shi Jia's mental power enhancing it, the space has expanded to the size of ten football fields. Of course, this is still the result of Shi Jia's mental power being suppressed after entering the small world.

After collecting the mutated beast's corpse, Shi Jia glanced at the clothes piled up in his space, then looked down at the outfit he was wearing. Hmm, it perfectly embodied the phrase "fighting a bloody battle."

Change!
"Is Xiao Si back?"

"Host, host, I'm back!" the little system said cheerfully.

"Hmm, can it navigate?" The main system has limitations on the auxiliary systems for the mission takers, and they generally only function as a monitor.

"Sure, host, I've connected to this planet's satellite. I can provide navigation for you!" the little system said proudly.

"Is this in violation of the Dimensional Administration's regulations?" Shi Jia asked.

"No!" The little system was even more proud.

"Okay, navigate me to the Yanzhong Base." Shi Jia took a car out of his special ability space.

"OK! Turn left 1 kilometer ahead!" The little system happily took on the role of navigation.

Shi Jia smiled. "Did you get any results about what I asked you to ask earlier? Was it a teleportation error this time? Or what?"

Upon hearing this, the little system nervously replied, "Host, there was no teleportation error."

"So you deliberately teleported him after Natsumi's death?"

"No, when the host entered the small world, Yuanmu Xia was not completely dead yet," the small system said.

Shi Jia recalled the faint deathly aura on Yuan Muxia's soul; she was indeed not completely dead yet!

As if knowing Shi Jia was about to get angry, the little system hurriedly said, "The main system said that reversing time and space consumes a lot of energy and may cause serious consequences such as spacetime turbulence and the collapse of the small world. Therefore, under normal circumstances, the tasker will only be teleported to the moment before the client dies."

"So, host, we didn't make a teleportation mistake."

But Shi Jia wasn't as easily fooled as the little system. "Then go and ask for me, since it can teleport me to the second before the mission participant dies, why can't it teleport me to before the apocalypse began?"

Don't give her any nonsense about reversing time or anything like that, just to fool this little system.

For the Time Tribe, who control time, isn't it simple to enter any segment of the river of time? Where would they need to reverse any spacetime?
And don't tell me that once you enter, it's not the same time and space or anything like that.

A river naturally has countless tributaries. A world naturally creates different times and spaces due to different choices.

This time, the small system responded quickly, "Host, the main system said that the original Mu Natsu before the apocalypse was not the original Mu Natsu who made the request. The host can travel through time and space without any backlash, but the original Mu Natsu cannot."

Shi Jia was speechless. Well, she admitted that she was convinced.

"So all missions will be like this from now on?"

At this moment, the main system was connected to the smaller system, so the smaller system quickly replied, "This is generally the case, but in special circumstances, we may also consider reversing time."

Shi Jia waved his hand, without asking what the special circumstances were.

A journey of over 100 kilometers would have taken a little over an hour before the apocalypse. But in the apocalypse, it took Shi Jia a whole day. Not much faster than an ancient horse-drawn carriage.

Unfortunately, the conditions didn't allow it. Another huge change on Planet Yimu after the apocalypse was the rampant growth of vegetation; Planet Yimu truly became a forest planet.

Furthermore, there are constant attacks from mutated beasts, making it extremely dangerous.

When Shi Jia arrived at the Yanzhong base, her clothes were so worn that their original color was unrecognizable, and her face was covered in so much ash that she was unrecognizable. When she saw the steel fortress standing in the jungle, she breathed a long sigh of relief, wiped her face, and walked towards the entrance.

The guard at the gate looked at her sternly. "Name? Which base are you from?"

“Yuanmu Xia, I’m from the Yanzhong Base.” Shi Jia took out his bracelet and placed it on the sensor.

"Beep—Welcome back to Yanzhong Base."

The guards glanced at the sweet and well-behaved girl on the screen, then at Shi Jia, who was covered in dirt, and pointed to the camera. "Please perform facial recognition."

Shi Jia put her face right in front of the camera.

"Facial recognition successful, please proceed!"

The gate was opened, and the two guards made way for them.

"Thank you." Shi Jia nodded to them, then suddenly remembered something and asked, "Have Fang Yanlei and Xia Zhixue's team returned?"

The guard paused for a moment, then shook his head. "No."

"Okay, thank you." Shi Jia thanked her again.

The situation inside the Yanzhong base was better than Shi Jia had imagined. The streets were clean and there was no unusual smell. However, there weren't many people on the streets, and the pedestrians all looked anxious, making the place somewhat desolate.

Shi Jia asked the mini-system to continue guiding her.

The Yuan family's residence is located in the heart of the Yanzhong Base. The buildings here are not tall, only seven stories high. The people living there are either high-ranking members of the base, powerful superhumans, or wealthy businessmen.

Of course, security here is also extremely tight. Therefore, as expected, Shi Jia was stopped and checked again.

"Wait, who are you? If you're a visitor, the owner needs to come out and register."

“I am the homeowner.” Shi Jia took out his wristband, went through facial recognition, and then entered the community under the strange looks of the security guards.

"Click~"

"Who is it?" Zhang Fang, Yuan Lei's second wife, who was busy inside, came out of the kitchen as soon as she heard the voice.

"Who are you?" Clearly, Shi Jia's current appearance was somewhat frightening.

"Aunt Zhang, it's me."

"Xiaxia?" Zhang Fang was somewhat incredulous. How could the once delicate and adorable little princess have turned into this!
"Hmm, is my dad back?" Shi Jia took off her shoes and looked at the footprints she had made on the ground, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Not yet. Your dad doesn't get home until after 10 pm every day these past few days," Zhang Fang said. "Xiaxia, go take a shower, dinner will be ready soon."

"Hmm." Shi Jia put on her slippers and went upstairs. The Yuan family's house was converted from two apartments. Each floor was about 100 square meters, while the second floor was a space exclusively for Yuan Muxia.

Shi Jia took a shower and went downstairs, where Zhang Fang was already setting out the table.

"Where's Dongdong?" Yuan Xiaodong is Yuan Muxia's younger brother.

“He’s doing his homework in his room. He went to martial arts training after school and came back late.” Zhang Fang said as she walked towards the room. “Dongdong, dinner’s ready. Your sister is back.”

"Oh? Sister's back?" The boy's voice was clear and crisp. The next second, the tall, thin boy darted out and rushed to Shi Jia.

"Sister!" Yuan Xiaodong tilted her head back, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Shi Jia. "Where's my gift?"

Shi Jia found the corresponding scene in Yuan Muxia's memory, thought for a moment, and took out a mutated plant fruit. "Apricot, quite sweet."

"Thank you, sister." Yuan Xiaodong was easily satisfied. Perhaps what he longed for was never the gift, but rather his sister's safe return.

Shi Jia smiled and looked up at Zhang Fang, "Aunt Zhang, let's eat."

"it is good."