How can one become an immortal with such laziness?

So when faced with a situation that makes them both feel panicked, they huddle together like this: for some reason, even though they are both feeling flustered, they always have this mysterious trust in each other.

Regardless of whether this mysterious trust can truly help in the current situation, at least Hei Yang Hong Li, who was holding the other's arm tightly, quickly calmed down. Feeling each other's presence made her feel irrationally at ease.

After calming down, Hei Yang Hongli gradually discerned some clues from the unknown message.

"Xiao Li, don't you think this voice sounds familiar, like I've heard it somewhere before?"

Hei Yang maintained a wary distance from the communication mirror while a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

"Huh? Hei Yang, you feel the same way? I thought it was just my imagination."

Hong Li showed a hint of surprise on her face, slowly moving a third of her body out from behind Hei Yang to examine the communication mirror, also falling into deep thought.

"They do look somewhat alike..."

Hei Yang muttered softly, "Compared to what I remember..."

"Compared to what I remember, this voice seems younger?"

Hongli murmured thoughtfully, "Thinking about it carefully, someone who could do something like this at this time and still know both of us..."

Hei Yang and Hong Li exchanged a glance, nodded, and first set up dozens of national-level protective formations around them before cautiously and tentatively choosing to call back.

"Beep~ Beep~ Ding!"

The brightness of the communication mirror suddenly changed, revealing the image.

The camera shook slightly, and a young and beautiful woman with white hair appeared in the frame.

The white-haired woman adjusted the camera and looked at the communication device in front of her, only to see a dark and deep, empty universe with faint starlight in the distance. She couldn't help but show a few doubts on her face.

"Strange, what about people?"

No one answered the white-haired woman's question.

Before the communication was fully established, Hei Yang Hong Li had already darted to a place out of the camera's view and was secretly using her divine sense to spy on the screen.

After seeing the white-haired woman on the screen through her divine sense, Hei Yang Hong Li couldn't help but show some doubt on her face.

[Black Sun: Is this... someone we know?]

[Hongli: Probably. Someone who knows us and has the ability to contact us from outside the world's protective barrier—there shouldn't be anyone else, right?]

[Hei Yang: It's best to be cautious. We can't be too certain about everything; things might not be as we think...]

[Hongli: If it's not as we suspect, then the nature of the matter would be completely different. It would be that Heiyang, you secretly met a beautiful girl somewhere without my knowledge!]

[Black Sun: ???]

[Hei Yang: That's fucking ridiculous. I'm with you all the time. Forget pretty girls, I know everyone, you know them all, okay?]

[Hei Yang: Conversely, if you don't know someone, then I'm even less likely to know them!]

[Hong Li: That's even more terrifying! Hei Yang, you've reached that damned level where you can be recognized by pretty girls without even knowing them! You're flirting with women without them even realizing it!]

[Black Sun: ???]

[Hongli: Pfft, just kidding to ease the tension, haha...]

[Black Sun: ...]

[Hongli: Anyway, instead of guessing here, let's just go up and ask them directly. Go, Heiyang!]

[Hei Yang: No, that brat just suspected me without warning. I'm upset now and don't want to ask her, lest Li accuse me of deliberately getting involved with her.]

[Hongli: ???]

[Hongli: Honey, I was wrong!!!]

[Hongli: The child is still young and doesn't understand; he was just talking nonsense.]

[Hongli: Please forgive me!!!]

[Black Sun: You want to forgive me?]

[Hongli: Hmm!!!]

[Hei Yang: It's not impossible to forgive, Xiao Li, this time you can go up and talk to them!]

[Hongli: Huh? ? ? ]

[Hongli: Come on, Yangyang, are you trying to kill me?! I always hide behind you when I talk to strangers, okay?!]

[Hei Yang: If you want to be forgiven, you sometimes have to put up a fight!]

[Hei Yang: Besides, this time the other party might not be a stranger.]

[Hei Yang: Don't worry, don't worry, I'm right here with you. Go up and try first, and if it really doesn't work, I'll come to your rescue—love comes from your strong support, your husband!]

Hongli: ...

[Hongli: Okay then————]

[Hei Yang: Xiao Li, your resentment is almost becoming tangible...]

[Hongli: You knew that too?!]

Hongli sighed, and under Heiyang's encouraging gaze that said "Go for it, you're the best," she mustered her spirits and slowly floated back in front of the camera.

"That's strange, where are Xiao Yang and Xiao Li?"

The white-haired woman frowned, staring at the empty universe. Suddenly, her expression changed as if she'd just thought of something: "Could something have happened, and the two of them have turned to cosmic dust?!"

"Hey, here it is..."

Hong Li's figure suddenly appeared in the frame, and she said softly, "Don't panic, she's still alive."

"Oh my goodness!"

The white-haired woman was startled by Hong Li suddenly appearing in the frame. She forced herself to calm down and finally recognized her: "It's you, Xiao Li! Really... I tried calling you for ages but you didn't answer, and when you did, no one showed up. Now you've suddenly appeared and scared me half to death. You're something else!"

"Uh……"

Hearing that familiar and friendly tone and that familiar voice, Hongli's nervousness immediately subsided by more than half. She tentatively asked the question that had been on her mind: "Um, are you, Grandma Meng?"

"Huh? What? Didn't you recognize me just now?"

Meng Po raised an eyebrow: "Besides me, who else would contact you from so far away? Inter-universe communication is very troublesome. I spent a long time figuring out how to locate the signal receiver in your area using your auras. Who else would bother with this for you two..."

"It really is you!?"

Hearing the affirmative answer, Hongli breathed a sigh of relief and smiled apologetically: "Sorry, sorry, I didn't know you were calling because I didn't answer the phone earlier."

And when the call connected, I didn't recognize you at first glance..."

"No way, I only said goodbye to you guys a short while ago, and you've already forgotten me?"

Meng Po looked displeased and suspiciously guessed, "Could it be that you went to Naihe and stole my junior's soup?"

"Wait a minute, I remember you really disliked the taste of that soup. Could it be that the new young lady's soup is better than mine back then?"

"Is it a question of whether it tastes good or not? Who would have the time to drink that for no reason!"

Hongli relaxed and couldn't help but habitually complain, "And to be honest, it takes skill to make soup even worse than yours. I should say that it's unlikely that anyone who comes after you will be able to surpass you in this respect..."

"You little rascal, you're still so picky. If this were a couple of years ago when you were working for me, I would have been so angry at work that I would have suffered a workplace injury!"

Meng Po rolled her eyes. The sense of estrangement that had lasted for more than a year was completely dispelled by Hong Li's casual words. In some ways, she was quite formidable.

However, Meng Po had known this young girl for a long time and knew that she was not a bad person, so she was not really angry.

She wouldn't be so impulsive as to hit the other person with a spoon like she did back then—mainly because she couldn't hit them now even if she wanted to.

"It's even worse that you almost forgot about me since you didn't drink the Meng Po soup!"

Meng Po glared at Hong Li and said, "I'm retired and I'm still thinking about you guys!"

"Oh dear, you can't blame us, can you? Seriously, you've changed so much, who could recognize you right away?"

Hongli protested, "Even just now, I only recognized you by guessing!"

"Where has your image changed the most?"

Meng Po didn't believe Hong Li's sophistry at all: "I used to have two eyes, one nose, and one mouth, and I still have two eyes, one nose, and one mouth now!"

"Um, is it possible that most normal humans look like what you described..."

Hongli paused for a moment, then added, "There are also many non-human animals that are like the ones you described!"

"Ha, you've worked with me in the underworld for a while now, why are you still so concerned about your appearance?"

Meng Po disagreed, saying, "Appearances are always changing, but the soul reveals its true nature."

I've worked for so many years and seen countless people come and go. If I could only distinguish them by their physical features, I would have made a mistake long ago!

Besides, I don't think my appearance has changed much since then. I still have a nose, eyes, and mouth; look, I used to have white hair, and I still have white hair now. Such obvious features, how could I not recognize you immediately?"

Hongli: "???"

No, your gray hair wasn't because you were old, was it?

What kind of obvious feature is that? It's normal that you can't recognize it!

Hongli sighed and waved her hand, saying, "Then whatever you say goes. As long as you're happy..."

"What are you saying? Do I look like the kind of person who argues unreasonably?"

Meng Po shook her head: "Never mind, let's not talk about that now. Xiao Yang is with you too, right?"