How Am I Still Alive?

"These years? In fact, I have lived quite well."

Yancheng is not a livable city. Even with the range purification ability of the "Sun Tree", the air and water there are still extremely bad.

But locals are generally rich, and with money they naturally have the desire to consume.

"It was just a coincidence that I joined the Salvation Army. A village was attacked by aliens before, so I stepped in to help. If there were no reinforcements from the Salvation Army, I would have joined in. I didn't expect that I would encounter someone inside. You have so many students."

Although Jiaolongcheng is the closest city to Yancheng on the map, it actually takes more than a day to get there by ferry.

But the distance is far enough that it has not been affected by the pollution of Yancheng, and has a pretty good ecological environment.

At this moment, Lu Ping'an and Xia Qin were walking on the beach, watching the progress of unloading goods not far away, and relaxing for themselves.

The sand here has white particles, giving it an inexplicable metallic feel of gold and silver, but Lu Ping'an knows that this is actually solid blood.

This is a kind of "biological city", or "corpse city".

Due to the special local environment, in the past years, a large amount of building materials were needed to create a living space above the water.

However, the local situation is special. There are an extremely large number of "giant creatures". The corpses of some creatures do not deteriorate for a long time after death. It is quite normal to build a city on them.

The people here have become accustomed to such an environment. It is said that Jiaolong City was built on the corpses of giant beasts that had always been in the form of giant snakes. But now that so many years have passed, the original biological materials are no longer visible, only the long strip. The shape of the island tells its origin.

"It's a pity that this island is not within the scope of Nanyi Church, otherwise we could try to buy it."

Lu Ping'an likes this island very much, not just because of its pretty good ecological environment, but because of its excellent functionality.

Its "base" is the long corpse of a creature, so its links and stability are actually better than those of ordinary stone islands. With human technology, many of these biological cities have been transformed into mobile ones with a certain degree of mobility. Floating corpse city.

Although due to its ridiculously large area, its movement speed is basically negligible, as the battle on the frontline becomes increasingly unfavorable, the value of this "mobile city" that can retreat to the rear has obviously increased.

"How is it here?"

"It's okay. Otherwise, let's see again."

Strolling on the streets of this city, Lu Pingan originally had a mission, but looking at Xia Qin who seemed to be in a good mood, Lu Pingan didn't care.

"Then let's take another look."

Lu Ping'an came to open a "flower shop". Of course, it was not an ordinary flower shop. In a sense, it was the branch base of the Rebirth Chamber of Commerce in this area.

And the reason why I chose a flower shop is because...

"How's the situation with the lanterns?"

"It's not bad, at least it's much better than Yancheng."

Lu Ping'an's experiments produced many finished products, and batches of lanterns of various styles and types were produced.

It was growing well in the courtyard, but it died immediately after being taken out. Ping An seriously suspected that it was a "feng shui" problem in Yancheng, so he planned to try another city.

Yancheng itself has great potential, but it is obviously not enough as a base. If the Rebirth Chamber of Commerce wants to expand, more branches are basically a necessity.

So, he stopped by to inspect it. Since everyone was here, it was just a matter of convenience to open a branch and leave some people to guard it.

Lu Ping'an originally planned to bring others here to relax. After all, the hellish environment in Yancheng was not harmful to high-level professionals, but it was definitely uncomfortable.

The sticky feeling of being entangled in smoke all over the body, and the uncomfortable feeling of a constant itching in the throat are all unpleasant.

"No time, I'm playing ranked, practice more, practice more!"

"Well, I've wanted to play games, listen to music and read books for many years."

"I have a strange disease where I get a fever and don't want to move when I go out to the courtyard."

But obviously, unlike Lu Ping An, who needs to stay outside most of the time, the other core members finally returned to the courtyard. There are ways to improve and entertainment venues, so they naturally rejected Lu Ping An's invitation.

It was Lu Lu, the "student". After Lu Ping'an, as a collaborator, opened the functional buildings of the courtyard to her, she plunged into the gymnasium and library.

"People's hearts are broken, and it's hard to lead the team."

Lu Ping An could only complain and come over by himself, but fortunately Xia Qin still had some conscience, so she wouldn't be too embarrassed when Lu Ping An came to investigate the situation by herself.

"Come on, just be nice and behave less. If they don't come over, you'll be in a better mood."

"Why are you talking? It's like I'm lonely."

"You'd better look in the mirror. I didn't drag you out before. You could lie in bed every holiday from morning to night."

Time has inevitably left distance and traces between the two, but when talking about the past, Lu Ping'an, who "thought too much and was too lazy to move", and Xia Qin, who was "too lazy to take action first", quickly bridged the gap between the two. That gap opened by time.

After all, Xia Qin hasn't changed much, and Lu Ping'an really hasn't changed.

"I didn't expect that there would be so many rule-levels among us. When did the rule-levels become worthless?" But the two of them came together, chatted, and got back to business.

"On the one hand, it's the local environment. There are many more opportunities than on earth, but more importantly, it's the courtyard."

Xia Qin frowned. She was also a little surprised. The progress of Hua Xueyi and Mei Yuge exceeded expectations, which put a lot of pressure on her.

But with the functions of the current courtyard, even "taking the wrong path" can be forgotten and come back again. Innate deficiencies at the biological level can be solved by making wishes. The trading column can obtain much-needed professional abilities. Rental abilities can accelerate learning and mastering. The panel attached to the trading column can also be used. Clearly see your own flaws and shortcomings. The library can solve almost all advanced problems besides the above problems.

It can be said that as long as there are sufficient points, advancement is basically a matter of spending time and accumulating. They work so hard, reaching this point is a bit unexpected, but it is common sense.

When this was mentioned, Xia Qin's eyes when she looked at Lu Ping'an became more and more subtle.

"Actually, we also discussed it when we were together."

"Say what?"

With that said, Lu Ping'an kicked away the gravel blocking the road. This infrastructure is really not good.

"The most outrageous thing is you. We worked so hard and it took ten years to catch up with you ten years ago."

"Haha, I am indeed a genius."

After laughing twice, looking at Xia Qin's seemingly serious eyes, Lu Pingan felt it was boring and stopped.

".As you know, my situation is special. I stepped on some unlucky guy to get here."

"But I still feel reluctant. After all, you have only been there for less than two years, and we have been for so many years. What do you think is putting so much pressure on them that they are unwilling to take a vacation?"

"Uh, it can't be me, right? I'm at the bottom of the rankings."

"But if you don't take it seriously, the more you don't care, the more it will make them care. Next time, you should take action seriously. Regardless of winning or losing, acknowledge their efforts head-on."

"Okay. Actually, I already think they are very powerful."

While complaining, Lu Pingan, who was reminded, thought about it and shook his head.

Then, looking at the blue sky that he hadn't seen for a long time, Lu Pingan agreed.

Behind him, the woman was looking at him silently.

"Finally, I'm catching up. This time. I won't be thrown away by you again."

Perhaps, what matters most is not just them practicing hard.