After faking her death in interstellar space, the powerful woman disguised herself as a man and went

Although the secret passage was very dark, it was spacious enough for three people to walk side by side.

Smaller transport vehicles could likely also enter through another entrance to smuggle supplies.

Leng Ran used his mental power to check and found quite a few traps and mechanisms. He decided to dismantle them all to prevent Ji Wenshan from getting injured again when he came in later. It would be difficult to treat his wounds then.

A moment later, after dismantling all the mechanisms inside, Leng Ran arrived at the end of the secret passage unscathed.

The area is completely blocked by several boulders. The power of grenades alone is not enough to blast it open; a more powerful explosive is needed.

It seems that Xiang Tao has other helpers behind him. The amount of work involved in blocking the road with huge rocks and designing hidden weapons and mechanisms is not something that Xiang Tao could do alone.

After clarifying the situation, Leng Ran returned the way she came. As soon as she pushed open the hidden door and peeked out, her eyes had just adjusted to the bright light when she saw Ji Wenshan returning with his equipment. She looked at him with a surprised expression.

After their eyes met for a moment, they calmly looked away.

Ji Wenshan waved the lantern in his hand: "You don't have any lighting equipment, how can you see the road?"

He suddenly remembered that when he first met Wuming, the other person was not carrying any lighting equipment, but he hadn't paid much attention to these details at the time.

Now that I think about it, was that a special ability? The ability to see in the dark?

With a cold expression, he replied, "Of course I can't see clearly. I just went in, and it was too dark, so I came out."

“...I thought you had gone out, so I waited here for five minutes.” Ji Wenshan immediately exposed him, “If you don’t want to talk, then forget it.”

Everyone has their own secrets, which may be the key to their survival and livelihood, so it's normal for them not to want to talk about them.

“Even if you don’t admit it, I’ll keep it a secret for you.” Ji Wenshan tossed aside his weapons and equipment and sat down in a chair. “So, where does the secret passage lead? What’s inside?”

“Captain Ji, if you’re really curious, you can go and see for yourself,” he said coldly. “But right now, the most urgent thing isn’t to find out if Xiang Tao is alive or dead, but rather, the supplies.”

After all, Xiang Tao had already escaped the range of her mental network, and most of the supplies were probably in the hands of the forces that were currently taking him in, and had likely already been consumed, making them difficult to retrieve.

The supplies can last for another week... but the task the system gave her also has a one-week time limit. If Leng Ran doesn't get the authorization badge, she might not even have enough supplies for this week.

In addition to preventing the fire, it seems that a new condition for completing the mission needs to be added: stockpiling supplies.

Leng Ran continued, "These supplies weren't moved out in just a day or two, and now it's highly likely that they can't be traced anymore. In that case, Captain Ji, we need to organize some manpower to search for supplies outside."

Ji Wenshan no longer insisted on exploring the secret passage. Although Wuming did not admit it, his statement must mean that there were no valuable clues in the secret passage.

"The safer supply points in this area have been basically searched out. Only some areas with a large number of zombies still have some supplies stored, which are more dangerous. Every time we go there, we lose manpower."

He replied coldly, "It's alright, I'll go with you and make sure no one else dies."

Hearing such confident remarks, Ji Wenshan's evaluation of Wuming's abilities rose to another level.

The person in front of him didn't seem arrogant or conceited. He seemed to be thinking about the civilians in the shelter. If so, he might try to trust him once.

Furthermore, the shortage of supplies is indeed a problem, and they will eventually have to go out to find new supplies. With Wuming around, their safety will be much higher.

Ji Wenshan replied, "Okay, I'll go call them first. We'll meet at the main gate later."

Leng Ran: "Hmm, it just so happens that I also need to bring my apprentice along."

This is a good opportunity to teach her some combat skills.

Watching Ji Wenshan push open the door and leave, Leng Ran's brows furrowed. Things seemed to be moving in the direction of their predetermined fate. In his mind, a long-buried memory slowly resurfaced.

She was led by the nameless man to search for supplies, where she learned many combat techniques for dealing with zombies and also encountered a dagger for the first time.

Leng Ran suddenly felt a chill run down her spine.

No! That's not how it works!

This memory seemed to appear out of thin air in her mind, yet it felt perfectly natural.

What were her original memories? If she didn't learn combat skills while searching for supplies, when did she learn them?

My mind was completely blank; there was no other memory besides this one.

Could it be that my current actions are affecting my childhood memories, thus altering my present memories...?

If that's the case... her memories will keep updating and deceiving her... she can no longer trust any of her childhood memories!

She also had to carefully tell the young Leng Ran the truth about the matter, otherwise it might cause confusion in her own memory, thus affecting her decisions in the current timeline!

Leng Ran froze, waiting... This is why she knew so little about the truth behind the destruction of Vault 23!

The nameless person from the earlier timeline was avoiding telling her too many clues, lest her memories become confused and she completely collapse!

In her current memory, Vault 23 was destroyed by a fire... If she had prevented the fire, would her memory have become distorted again, giving Vault 23 a different ending and causing her to forget about the fire?

No, she must write down her unaltered memories to determine how things will unfold!

Thinking of this, Leng Ran rummaged through Xiang Tao's room and found a well-preserved notebook, writing the four characters "Memory No. 1" on the first page of the cover.

Next, she wrote the following: "Memory is constantly being updated, and I need to make sure that my memory is not too affected. If there is any discrepancy between my memory and the content above, please record it in time."

Leng Ran began to write down the memories in her mind during this period of time. After writing several pages, she took the notebook back to her small room and carefully kept it safe.

She took a deep breath, cleared her mind of the jumbled memories, ate something to replenish her strength, organized her combat gear, called Xiao Lengran over, helped her put on her protective armor, and prepared to set off.

Regardless of how Wuming taught her combat skills before, in this timeline, she chooses to teach Xiao Lengran through actual combat!