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Chapter 247 The Secret of the Apartment Across the Street

"The torrential rains for the Southwest Water Conservancy Project will come earlier than expected..." Lu Zhao's voice echoed in the room. He pointed to the red circle on the map with his finger. "We must find Xiao Ling first. In our previous life, she was the first person to sense the anomaly. Her abilities are crucial to us."

Lin Che agreed and looked at Su Wanqing.

“Let’s go back to my apartment,” Su Wanqing decided immediately. “The view is better there, and it’s also more convenient for our next move.”

Half an hour later, the three of them returned to Su Wanqing's apartment. It had been converted into a temporary command center, with a huge electronic map of the city spread out on the living room table, connected to the portable computer that Lu Zhao had brought.

Lu Zhao brought up Su Wanqing's system interface and zoomed in on the city map, where a small bell-shaped dot was flashing nearby.

"According to the system's location, Xiaoling lives in Building 6 of the next-door neighborhood. You should be able to see that building right from your window."

Su Wanqing walked to the window and picked up a high-powered telescope. She adjusted the focus, her field of vision extending beyond the green belt between the two buildings, clearly pointing at the gray apartment building across the street.

She started from the first floor and slowly moved upwards. When she focused the camera on a window on the sixth floor, she stopped.

A little girl's face appeared out of nowhere by the window.

The girl was staring straight in her direction, as if she already knew someone was watching her with binoculars.

The next second, something even more chilling happened to Su Wanqing.

Xiaoling slowly raised one hand and gently waved it towards the telescope.

She wore a smile, a mysterious smile that seemed to know everything and was completely out of place for someone her age.

“She saw me.” Su Wanqing put down her binoculars, turned around, and her expression was very serious. “And she knows I’m looking for her.”

Lu Zhao immediately pulled up the resident information for that building on his computer.

According to the records, Xiaoling and her adoptive father had just moved here a week ago.

This is no coincidence.

"Time itself is correcting its course, pulling us back together," Lin Che said softly.

The three exchanged a glance and immediately finalized their plan. Su Wanqing would go to their new neighbor's house, posing as someone who had just moved in the day before, to test the waters.

Lin Che and Lu Zhao stayed in the apartment, providing support through communication devices and surveillance.

Su Wanqing redeemed a box of beautifully packaged cookies from her system inventory and then walked out the door.

She knocked on the door of the apartment across the street.

The door opened, and a tired-looking middle-aged man poked his head out; he was still wearing an apron.

"Hello, who are you looking for?"

"Hello, I just moved to the building across the street yesterday," Su Wanqing said, handing over the cookies. "I made some snacks and wanted to say hello to my neighbors."

The man gave a slightly awkward smile and accepted the cookie.

"Oh, you're too kind. Please come in. My surname is Wang, and I'm Xiaoling's adoptive father."

Su Wanqing walked into the living room. The room was very tidy, but in the corner, Xiaoling was sitting quietly on the carpet, playing with a peculiar set of building blocks.

The irregular shapes of the building blocks, when combined, reminded Su Wanqing of the Weaver's core device she had seen in her previous life. Just then, Xiaoling, without looking up, said in a calm tone, "You've finally come, sister. I've been waiting for you for a long time. Last time you came too late, so we all died."

Uncle Wang's smile froze on his face. He waved his hand awkwardly and explained, "Don't mind him, this child... is a bit special. He's not in good health and keeps saying strange things. Don't take it seriously."

“It’s alright,” Su Wanqing said without changing her expression. “Children have rich imaginations.”

"Please have a seat, I'll go get you a cup of tea," Uncle Wang said as he headed towards the kitchen.

Taking advantage of the break, Su Wanqing quietly walked to Xiaoling's side and squatted down.

The little girl looked up. Her eyes were clearer than Su Wanqing remembered from her previous life, but the deep, childlike quality was exactly the same.

“The third eye has already started to grow,” Xiaoling whispered, her voice only audible to the two of them, “but it’s still hidden under the skin.”

She stretched out her little finger and touched the center of her smooth forehead.

Su Wanqing thought for a moment, then tentatively asked, "What do you remember?"

“I remember a lot, and I’ve forgotten a lot.” Xiaoling gave that mysterious smile again. “But I know the rainstorm will come early, and there will be bad things in the water.”

This statement confirmed Su Wanqing's suspicions: the fragments of memory Xiaoling retained corroborated Lu Zhao's scientific speculation.

Xiaoling suddenly reached out and grabbed Su Wanqing's wrist tightly.

"Don't tell your adoptive father, he'll be scared. I'll come to you after school tomorrow. They arranged for me to stay here so it would be easier for me to find you."

"Who are they?" Su Wanqing asked in a low voice.

Xiaoling just smiled mysteriously and said three words: "The masters of time."

Just then, Uncle Wang came out of the kitchen with a cup of tea. Su Wanqing didn't ask any more questions, exchanged a few more pleasantries with Uncle Wang, and then got up to take her leave.

As she closed the door to the apartment across the street and turned to walk towards her own home, the system interface on her wrist suddenly flashed a glaring red, and a line of text appeared:
[Warning: The Time Observer has preliminarily marked your coordinates. Do not engage in high-level interactions before locking them.]

Below the red warning, another message pops up, followed by a complex set of fortress construction blueprints and a list of materials.

[Note: The first wave of time storms will arrive in 24 hours. It is recommended to begin constructing the first line of defense immediately. Preferred location: underground spaces, which can avoid initial time field fluctuations.]

Su Wanqing quickly returned to her apartment and closed the door.

“The situation has changed,” she said directly to Lin Che and Lu Zhao. “The observers have noticed me, and the first wave of the storm is coming tomorrow.”

Lu Zhao immediately looked at the system notification, his brows furrowing.

Su Wanqing quickly swiped across the electronic map, her gaze fixed on the structural diagram of the apartment building.

"The system suggests underground space... Here, next to the underground parking lot of our apartment, there is an abandoned storage area that has not been used for a long time, which fits the requirements perfectly."

Lu Zhao zoomed in on that area, and the system immediately provided the calculation results.

[Plan confirmed: Consuming 5000 rebate points allows you to build a 'basic defensive fortress' in this area, which can effectively resist the first round of time storms.]

Immediate action is recommended, as the storm is expected to arrive sooner than anticipated.

Looking at the countdown and warnings on the interface, all three understood that they had to speed up all their actions; time was more pressing than they had ever imagined.