You say the cataclysm only comes after you've cleared the entire dungeon?

Lou Fengyue did not immediately refuse, so Luo Zeyan roughly knew the answer.

He smiled, took two packets of vegetable seeds out of his pocket and handed them over, "No rush, take your time to think about it. Consider this my bribe."

Lou Fengyue stared at the seed for a few seconds, then narrowed her eyes almost imperceptibly.

This isn't bribing her, it's clearly bribing her parents!

The rain was getting heavier, so Lou Yunzheng didn't stay long. He briefly explained the finishing touches to the workers and then his sister took him back to Cuiping Community.

Having not eaten home-cooked meals for over half a month, Lou Yunzheng finished a plate of braised pork and two bowls of rice with tears in his eyes.

My stomach was so full it bulged out.

Lou Fengyue poked his belly and said with a smile, "Brother, your abs are going to merge from eight into one."

Lou Yunzheng gave her a resentful look, "There's still some practice to be had."

"Stop laughing at your brother." Pan Quan brought a bowl of soup out of the kitchen and placed it next to Lou Yunzheng. "Look at him, he's gotten so thin in the last two weeks, his face is pale. He obviously hasn't been eating properly."

"Thank you, Mom." Lou Yunzheng held the soup bowl and finished it in one gulp. "It's not that we don't have food, it's just that we eat bread and self-heating rice every day, without even a single leafy green vegetable. We're malnourished."

Lou Fengyue didn't care at all, rolling her eyes. "Who told you to volunteer for such a big task? Staying at home would have been so comfortable!"

Lou Yunzheng scoffed dismissively, "If you really disagreed, you wouldn't have stayed to help tonight."

Lou Fengyue looked away defiantly: "You've already done it, I can't just pretend I didn't see it, can I? Were I just going to leave you there?"

Lou Yunzheng smiled and affectionately patted his sister's head.

Lou Qingjian, who was sitting in the living room drinking tea, put down his teacup and suddenly asked, "Yueyue, when are we moving? Are we taking everything with us?"

"Take it all. Take everything you can. I have a storage space anyway, so it's always good to have some on hand." Lou Fengyue answered readily. After thinking for a moment, she added, "There will probably be flooding again after this rainstorm. We'll leave once the water recedes."

She had just finished speaking when the system, which hadn't been active for almost a month, suddenly came online.

[A random mission has been issued: Assist the survivors in Yulin City to transfer to the new safe zone.]

[Mission Time Limit: Before the Extreme Heat Descends.]

Gan!

The dog system really knows how to pick its time!

Lou Fengyue pondered for a moment and decided not to accept the task.

The system is always very humane in assigning tasks; there are rewards for completing them and no penalties for failing to complete them.

However, during the natural disaster trials, she needed to rely on the medicines rewarded by the system to survive, so she always worked diligently on the tasks.

After returning, he kept doing missions in order to get the items that could save his parents' lives.

Now that she has the Dragon Soul Pill, she doesn't need to work so hard.

The rainy season is coming to an end, and extreme heat is expected to arrive soon.

The most urgent task is to move my family to a cave in the northern suburbs and settle them down.

Although Yulin City is not far away, it is impossible for all the survivors to be transferred at once. Taking on this task will definitely require several trips and several more days.

After the rainy season ends, the weather will get hotter and hotter, and who knows what problems might arise on the road.

She didn't want to do anything too risky, nor did she need to.

Sensing that Lou Fengyue didn't want to do the task, the system added: [The host is advised to take this task seriously; the rewards for this task are generous.]

[Didn't you say the rewards would drop randomly?]

"...That's quite generous too."

[I don't want the generous reward; I'll have another chance to get it from the next random quest.]

It is extremely effective in coping with periods of extreme heat.

Lou Fengyue raised an eyebrow and curled her lips with interest.

You should have said so earlier, look what a mess this has become.

It hasn't been easy for you to be in power for so long, I'll take on this task.

【…】

Lou Fengyue ignored the system's speechless silence and said to her family with a smile, "After the rain stops, I'll take you to the cave in the northern suburbs first, and then I need to make a few trips to Yulin for the new tasks the system has given me."

"Going to Yulin again?" Lou Yunzheng's eyes flickered slightly. After a few seconds of thought, "To help transfer the survivors?"

Lou Fengyue gave him a thumbs up: "No wonder you're my brother! You're really smart!"

Pan Quan gripped the hem of her dress, asking worriedly, "Won't there be any danger?"

"No, there's still a transition period between the end of the rainy season and the arrival of extreme heat. Apart from the hot weather, there shouldn't be any major problems."

Lou Fengyue spoke with great conviction, displaying complete confidence in her abilities.

She was, after all, a chosen one who had survived half a year of fighting in the natural disaster trial. If she didn't even have this much confidence, wouldn't all the suffering she endured have been for nothing?

Lou Yunzheng lowered his eyes and pondered for a few seconds, then suddenly looked up and said, "I'll go with you."

"No need." Lou Fengyue waved her hand. "The new home is not like the safe zone. Although I have cleared the mountain and the area below, there is no guarantee that a mutated beast will not suddenly appear. You stay there and protect Mom and Dad."

Upon hearing this, Lou Yunzheng could only nod: "Then take care of yourself."

"it is good."

Next door, 3702.

Luo Zeyan lay in bed, recalling his conversation with Lou Fengyue that evening, and couldn't help but smile.

She said, "I'll think about it."

It's not "no," it's not "don't even think about it," it's "I'll think about it."

Given her personality, if she really didn't want to, she would have refused on the spot without even giving him a second glance.

Since she didn't refuse, it means she's seriously considering it.

Thinking of the fleeting panic in her peach blossom eyes at that moment, Luo Zeyan couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"What are you laughing at? You're acting like you've found money."

Li Yichen pushed open the door and came in, holding a wet towel in his hand, wiping the sweat off his body.

"What did you say to your class monitor tonight?"

Luo Zeyan sat up, tucked his cup into his pocket, and said, "I said, I want to go with her."

Li Yichen suddenly stopped, and the towel fell to the ground.

He looked up, his expression complex, as if he were processing a bombshell.

"Holy crap, are you serious?"

"Seriously."

"What did she say?"

She said she'd think about it.

Li Yichen fell silent, slowly picking up the towel as if his soul had been ripped out. "Then I'll go to a farther place tomorrow to find food and water and follow her. I can't keep eating her food."

Luo Zeyan glanced at him: "Not now."

"When?"

"After the extreme heat ends, she will go to the capital."

"We still need to find supplies, otherwise we won't be able to go out when the extreme heat comes. We need to prepare in advance."

Luo Zeyan chuckled, glancing at him leisurely: "She hasn't even agreed yet, and you've already made up your mind so readily?"

"It's always good to be prepared. We still need to eat, whether we leave or not." Li Yichen sat down on the edge of the bed. "We agreed to share the good times and the bad. If we leave, we'll leave together; if we stay, we'll stay together."

Where are your parents?

"Let's go together. Your parents will keep you company, so they won't be bored."

Luo Zeyan curled his lips slightly, but said nothing more.

Li Yichen muttered to himself, calculating what to bring and how to persuade the two elderly couples to set off.

Luo Zeyan listened without interrupting him.

The scene of meeting Lou Fengyue tonight kept replaying in his mind.

He could see her struggle.

That kind of behavior—clearly still caring, but forced by reality to pretend not to care, and only able to escape.

Isn't he the same way?

He simply chose to take a step forward between avoiding the issue and confessing.

Let's keep a distance that's neither too close nor too far, just hoping to continue our journey together for a while longer.