Doomsday Sequence Caravan: I Have a Mechanical Heart

The little girl arrived at the gate, knocked on the door, and said, "Xiao Lei, open the door, it's me."

After a moment, the child from before came out of the room and opened the courtyard gate.

The little girl looked at Su Mu and his companion, "Come in with me, I'll get you some food."

"Okay," Su Mu replied, leading An Xin inside. The courtyard was quite large, with plenty of vegetables growing thriving in the open spaces on both sides.

"Did you plant all of these?"

"Yes." The little girl put the firewood on her back under the shed next to the kitchen and responded. She then pointed to the stone table and benches in the yard. "Please sit down first."

"Let me get you some water first."

A moment later, the little girl brought Su Mu and his companion two bowls of water and seven or eight flatbreads. "We don't have much to eat either; we need to prepare for the winter."

"Therefore, there's not much I can give you."

"This is enough for us to eat for several days," Su Mu said with a smile. "Thank you."

"No need," the little girl waved her hand, mimicking an adult, "Everyone has their difficulties."

"What's your name?" Su Mu asked.

"My name is Qiu Ling, and my younger brother's name is Qiu Lei," the little girl introduced herself.

"Are you two the only ones in this village?" Su Mu nodded, voicing his doubts.

"Yes." Qiu Ling nodded, not hiding anything, "The villagers moved out a long time ago."

"There were a few grandparents here too, but for some reason, they suddenly disappeared a few months ago."

"Then, where are your parents?" Upon hearing this, Su Mu realized something.

"My parents have also gone to work in the city, but they will be back by the end of the year," Qiu Ling said with a hint of anticipation in her eyes. "They said that once they have saved enough money this year, they will take my brother and me to live in the city."

Su Mu and An Xin exchanged a glance and remained silent for a moment, clearly unaware of what was happening in the outside world.

But then he realized something: this island wasn't just inhabited by wild beasts, but also by eerie creatures. Even if this little girl was a sequence transcendent, she simply couldn't possibly be a match for that two-headed dog's strange anomaly.

Moreover, he couldn't detect any extraordinary aura in the girl, so it's uncertain whether she is extraordinary or not.

After thinking for a moment, he looked at Qiu Ling and asked, "Aren't you two afraid to live here?"

"I'm not scared." Qiu Ling seemed a little proud, smiling as she waved her fist. "I'm very strong."

"Those wolves are no match for me; I could kill one of them with a single punch."

"Moreover, there is an even more powerful old man in the Taoist temple on the mountain, who often comes down the mountain to see us."

"Grandpa?" Su Mu was taken aback and looked towards the dilapidated Taoist temple on the distant mountain. Then he saw an old man in a gray robe walk out of the temple and come through the void.

"This???" Su Mu was stunned. To be able to traverse the void, how strong must this extraordinary being be? Even a transcendent being of the Earth Rank couldn't fly, right?

Could it be a Heavenly Rank sequence extraordinary?

The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

But a few doubts arose in his heart: if this old man was so powerful, why didn't he kill the two-headed dog monster?

Just as he was pondering this, the gray-robed old man with the whisk had already arrived above the courtyard, his speed truly extraordinary. After landing in the courtyard, he looked at Su Mu and An Xin with great interest.

"Grandpa!" Qiu Ling and Qiu Lei greeted the old man happily as they approached him, "Why are you here?"

"I've come to see you." The old man smiled and patted the two little ones on the head, then looked at Su Mu and his companion. "My name is Yun He."

"May I ask how you two young friends are addressed?"

"This junior is Su Mu." Su Mu clasped his hands in a fist and palm salute to him. "She is An Xin."

"That two-headed dog was strange." Yunhe looked at the two of them. "You were the ones who killed it, weren't you?"

"That's right." Su Mu didn't hide anything.

"You do have some skill." Yun He nodded approvingly, then added, "Then I'll get straight to the point."

"I hope you can take these two little ones with you."

"Of course, I will also give you something as a reward."

"Grandpa." Qiu Ling's eyes immediately reddened upon hearing this. She tugged at Yun He's sleeve. "We don't want to leave. We still want to wait for Mom and Dad to come back."

"Child, they're not coming back." Yunhe looked at her and sighed deeply. "This world has changed; it's no longer the world it used to be."

"Your parents are long gone too."

"The only way for you to survive is to leave with them now."

"But..." Qiu Ling wanted to say something more, but Yun He stroked her head and said softly, "Be good!"

"Mmm." Qiu Ling nodded, said nothing more, and cried silently.

"What is it?" Su Mu asked, looking at Yun He.

"The Dao of Taiji Xuanqing!" Yunhe sighed softly, composed himself, and spoke slowly.

"The Dao?" Su Mu was slightly taken aback, genuinely puzzled. "What we control is the power of sequence."

"I'm afraid this won't work."

"The so-called sequence is the power of rules," Yunhe explained. "And this Taiji Xuanqing Dao is a method to help you use the power of rules."

"If you cultivate this Taiji Xuanqing Dao, it will allow you to have a more thorough understanding of your own power."

"Then is the senior also a sequence transcendent?" Su Mu hesitated for a moment before asking.

"Yes and no," Yunhe said ambiguously.

"So, senior can fly, and Qiu Ling can fight wild wolves, is it all because they cultivated this Taiji Xuanqing Dao?" Su Mu asked again.

"Not bad." Yun He nodded, looking at Qiu Ling. "Little Qiu Ling has awakened an auxiliary sequence for understanding people's hearts."

"But after cultivating this Taiji Xuanqing Dao, one can unleash their power to protect themselves."

"I see." Su Mu looked at Qiu Ling with surprise upon hearing this. If he could keep Qiu Ling by his side, she would be a good and capable assistant.

Understanding people's hearts is an extremely rare skill.

"I agree." Su Mu looked at Yun He and accepted.

"Alright." Yun He smiled slightly, then took out an old Taoist book from his robes. The cover bore the five ancient seal script characters "Taiji Xuanqing Dao" and handed it to Su Mu.

"With your comprehension, I believe you will master this technique."

"Hmm." Su Mu took it, but didn't look at it right away. He put it in his pocket first.

"There is one more thing." Yunhe was silent for a moment, then looked at Su Mu with a serious expression. "You have a fatal calamity in your life, which is extremely dangerous."

"If you want to get through this, you need to prepare early."

"It's a matter of life and death." Su Mu didn't seem to care much upon hearing this, and smiled faintly, "In this apocalypse, we should live as long as we can."

"It's not just a matter of life and death," Yunhe shook his head, "or rather, you will not be yourself!"

"What do you mean?" Su Mu frowned, he really couldn't understand what the old man was saying.

"That's all I can say," Yunhe said slowly, looking at him. "If I say anything more, I might die."

"Alright." Seeing how serious he was, Su Mu took the matter to heart but didn't ask any further questions.