I'm caught in the cycle of endless competition, you're waiting for me in the apocalypse.

"Dong Chuanzhi? Your father is the village chief Dong Wenyu?" An Xin was shocked and lost her composure in an instant. She looked at Di Ting, pointed at Dong Chuanzhi, and her expression was quite exaggerated!

Di Ting closed its eyes, its little ears twitched twice, then it opened its eyes and nodded.

"What the hell! Such a pure soul is actually that scumbag's son?..." An Xin was so angry that she started cursing, but then she suddenly froze, looking at Di Ting and then at Dong Chuanzhi, "Your mother is Dong Mo'er?"

Dong Chuanzhi was quite bewildered, and kept thinking, but it seemed that he didn't know either, so he started shaking his head again!

“You don’t need to ask anymore. His IQ is stuck at the age of 7.” Di Ting shook his head. “I really can’t hear anything here. I can only hear the things that impressed him the most, such as his father’s appearance, his favorite toys and children’s books, and a woman who has always taken care of him… I really can’t hear anything else.”

"I wonder if the woman taking care of him is his mother! Oh dear, what a nightmare! If only I could take him out! At least you could see a lot of things through his memories!" An Xin was really anxious right now, like a TV series with only two episodes left before the finale, but the video suddenly disappeared, reminding you that the last two episodes could only be unlocked by a super VIP, and even recharging wouldn't work!

“Sure! He’s a soul, similar to me in nature. I can’t bring him into your sea of ​​consciousness, but I can bring him into the Qiankun World. I’ll pull him into the Qiankun World, and once you leave this place imprisoned by evil energy, I’ll be able to hear his memories. We can also explore some causal relationships together.”

"Ahhh! Xiao Jiu, you're my god! Okay, okay, let's do it this way!" An Xin was overjoyed to know that Di Ting had a solution. She picked up the dog and rubbed it vigorously, finally planting a big kiss on its cheek.

Di Ting's soul instantly turned pink! An Xin burst into laughter, clutching her stomach. Dong Chuanzhi, standing nearby, glanced at An Xin, then at the pink Di Ting, and joined in the laughter!

Wiping away the tears of laughter, An Xin approached Dong Chuanzhi and reached out to pat his head like an older sister (of course, it was just a formality, she couldn't actually touch his soul!). She said, "Chuanzhi, shall I take you away? Look how cold and dark it is here, shall I take you outside to play?"

"Can I go...outside? Dad said Chuanzhi...can't go out! He even told Aunt Zhang...to lock the door! The door can't be opened..."

"It's okay, if I say yes, then it's okay. We're friends now, I'll take you outside, there's good food and fun things to do outside."

"Then... can we bring other people? Lanlan, Xiaolu, Xiaohu, and... a lot of people! They... can't go out to play either!"

As soon as Dong Chuanzhi mentioned An Xin, his brows furrowed. He already knew what was going on, but he still tentatively asked, "Where are they? Chuanzhi, can you take me to find them? I'd like to take them out to play too."

“They…it seems to be underground…they are crying…” Dong Chuanzhi tried hard to recall, and as he spoke, he covered his head with his hands, quickly flew back to the bed, and curled up into a ball in that corner, trembling again.

An Xin was heartbroken and quickly knelt on the bed, sending him two orbs of light energy until he stopped trembling.

“Dad beat them…Dad said they were naughty…naughty people get beaten!” Dong Chuanzhi muttered to himself, “He beat them until they fell asleep, then he dug a hole outside…and put them in…”

The more An Xin listened, the angrier she became. She wished she could tear those two scumbags to shreds and bury them right now!

“Xiao Jiu doesn’t know if the souls of those victims are still alive. We need to go to the yard to check!” After hearing this, He Di didn’t forget to comfort Dong Chuanzhi, “Chuanzhi, don’t be afraid. I’m here, I’ll protect you! Do you want to come to the yard with me? To see them? If they are here too, I’ll use that light to save them. Once they’re healed, they can play with you.”

"Really? Anxin can...save them? I let Lanlan go...but she still...got beaten by Dad..."

"You beast!" An Xin cursed inwardly, but still said gently to Dong Chuanzhi, "Then let's go find her, okay? As long as we find her, I can save her."

“Okay… go there… they’re over there!” Dong Chuanzhi finally recovered and pointed to the small courtyard outside the window.

The locust tree, exuding a two-colored malevolent aura, stood silently among them, dark and eerie, like a demon "welcoming" souls, ready to brandish its weapon and bare its fangs at any moment.

With a heavy heart, An Xin opened the door and anxiously instructed Di Ting that if there were too many wronged souls, he must protect Dong Chuanzhi and pull him into the Qiankun world.

As she stepped into the courtyard, cautiously approaching the locust tree, a sudden gust of cold wind arose. Clumps of black energy surged from the soil, vying for position and howling with heart-wrenching fury. The cold wind and black energy filled the entire courtyard, seemingly endless… They clashed wildly, causing the black energy and cold wind to merge together, whipping An Xin's beautiful hair wildly through the turmoil.

She glanced anxiously at Dong Chuanzhi behind her and noticed that his soul was fading and becoming thinner, as if it were about to dissipate. She exclaimed urgently, "Quick! Take him into the Qiankun World!"

In an instant, Di Ting and Dong Chuanzhi disappeared from sight, and An Xin finally felt relieved and began to gather her supernatural power.

Then, light surged from both her hands simultaneously, unleashing unprecedented energy with all her might. The ball of light continued to expand and grow...

The black energy continued to surge out, and even more black energy rushed towards An Xin, forming a black whirlwind that hovered around An Xin and the ball of light.

The ball of light is still expanding... Anxin is still desperately trying to transmit energy...

Just as Di Ting had stabilized Dong Chuanzhi, who was nearly dissipating from fright, in the Qiankun World, he sensed something was terribly wrong and hurriedly flew out of the Qiankun World. He knew immediately that the situation was extremely serious!

"Xinxin! You can't use your powers anymore, your energy is being drained!"

Just as Di Ting was shouting loudly, An Xin lifted her hands upwards, and the ball of light energy, which was larger than An Xin herself, exploded above her! At the same time, An Xin casually grabbed Di Ting and threw her into the Qiankun World.

As that blazing sun-like energy exploded, countless black wisps vanished completely!

The force of the explosion was no less than that of 1kg of TNT. Although An Xin, who was at the center of the explosion, was unharmed, her face was ashen and she was teetering on the verge of collapse.

Just before she fainted, she saw a bluish-white hue on the horizon, followed by many faces...

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"……Um……"

"Xinxin? Are you awake?"

—A familiar voice…

"Xinxin?"

—Who is calling me?

"Captain... what should we do?"

--team leader?

"Captain Xiao... An Xin hasn't woken up..."

"What happened to me? Wasn't I just in the courtyard? What's going on? Am I back in the apocalypse? But why can't I wake up?"

"...It was probably an unconscious reaction..."

"Captain, you should go and rest... We're here... You can't keep pushing yourself like this..."

—Has the captain been watching over me the whole time?

A flash of white light appeared, and An Xin felt dizzy again...

I tried to open my eyes a crack.

—This seems to be Uncle Dong's daughter's room?

“…Hmm…” An Xin murmured, finally opening her eyes completely.

"Xinxin, Xinxin, you're awake! Quick, go and call your uncles and aunts!"

—That's my second senior brother's voice! I'm still here... It seems I was just dreaming about the apocalypse...

An Xin turned her head weakly, and what came into view was Li Qingchuan, whose face was full of worry. He looked somewhat haggard, and there were some stubbles on his chin.

"...Second Senior Brother..."

—OMG! Whose awful voice is that?!

"Don't speak yet, let me pour you some water to soothe your throat."

Li Qingchuan prepared the warm water, sat sideways on the edge of the bed, carefully helped An Xin sit up, leaned her upper body against his, put one arm around her shoulder to hold her steady, and held the water glass to her lips with the other, slowly feeding her the warm water.

The series of movements were performed with unexpected smoothness... which made An Xin blush.

—This is too ambiguous...Second Senior Brother, have you taken the wrong medicine?

After taking a couple of sips of water, An Xin felt like she had finally come back to life. She said somewhat awkwardly, "Um... cough... Second Senior Brother, I'm fine now, I'm alright... I can lean on myself."

Hearing her somewhat reluctant words, Li Qingchuan wasn't annoyed. He simply placed a pillow behind her back, silently stepped back, stood up, and sat on the stool by the bed.

Just then, the door was pushed open, and Wei Ran rushed over first, hugging An Xin tightly. He held her until he heard her coughing from shortness of breath, then released her, his face still shaken, and said in a tearful voice, "How could you go alone? Do you know how scared we were!"

Seeing that Uncle Qiu and Uncle Zheng had come to the bedside, Li Qingchuan stood up, set up an isolation array for the room, and then sat down again. He slowly began to speak: "Let me tell you. We got up to exercise at dawn and suddenly saw a bright light appear behind the village. The light grew brighter and brighter. Wei Ran knocked on your door, but no one answered. We knew something was wrong. We rushed to that courtyard as fast as we could. On the way, we saw the light explode. When we arrived at the courtyard, we found you lying on the ground, breathing weakly. We quickly carried you back. Later, we found that you had no external injuries, and we checked your pulse but found no internal injuries. We thought you might have exhausted your spiritual energy."

Li Qingchuan carefully explained the whole story to An Xin, then pulled the still aggrieved Wei Ran to sit on a small stool to the side, so that his uncle and master could sit closer to her.

“Hey Xinxin, what’s the rush? Couldn’t you wait for us to come before you do it? Why did you have to go and risk it all by yourself?” Master Zheng sat on the edge of An Xin’s bed, patted her shoulder, and spoke first.

“That’s right, you really don’t trust your senior master that much!” Master Qiu chimed in.

"Oh no... I discovered a big secret..." An Xin said, trying to downplay the seriousness of the matter. "Uncle-Master, the village chief of this village is a scumbag. I went to investigate his ancestral hall and found two small memorial tablets that were different from the others. I didn't expect the village chief to find out about it, so he hit me with something and tried to knock me unconscious..."

Just as she finished speaking, a sudden chill swept through the room. An Xin belatedly glanced at the men in the room; some were pursing their lips, some were clenching their fists, and some were frowning… Good heavens, everyone was filled with murderous intent! She quickly grabbed the water glass from the bedside table, took a sip, and continued, “But I have a shield, how could I be hurt by him? But then I thought, I can turn the tables on him, so I pretended to faint! Damn! Who knew that his ancestral hall had a secret passage leading to that small courtyard at the back of the village? He carried me there and dumped me in the secret room, and then he and his bastard son, Butcher Zhang, drove off to run some errands! Of course, I was wearing a hood and a face covering, so they were in such a hurry that they didn’t even see who I was.”