My Endless Life

Inside the mansion.

The atmosphere seemed very stiff and heavy.

Li Qi sat on the sofa with his arms folded, not saying a word. Liu Cheng sat opposite Li Qi, barely suppressing his hand that was about to feed Li Qi.

Sun Xiaoqing, who looked much older and had some wrinkles on her face, sat obediently in another place, her eyes rolling around.

Although her body already showed obvious signs of being eroded by time, her personality didn't seem to have changed much, and she was still so... unreliable.

"You...are really Meng An?"

After a long time, Sun Xiaoqing asked in disbelief.

Li Qi squinted at her and said, "Why? You have to let me activate the spiritual seed in your head before you are willing to believe who I am?"

"No, no, no, that's not necessary! I believe you!"

Sun Xiaoqing quickly gave in and waved her hands.

Li Qi had no intention of causing trouble for Sun Xiaoqing, so he changed the subject slightly and asked Sun Xiaoqing:

"What did you mean by helping Yi Cheng?"

"Oh, this matter."

When it comes to business, Sun Xiaoqing's expression becomes more serious. She explains: "You probably don't know yet, but Yi Cheng is now one of the decision-makers of the First Dungeon, and the director of the 'Night Watcher' who specializes in managing rare objects and object controllers..."

"Wait a minute."

Li Qi stopped Sun Xiaoqing from continuing, "I know Yi Cheng is now the decision-maker of the first underground city, but...what is 'Night Watchman'?"

"It can be considered an extension of Bureau 057." Sun Xiaoqing replied.

After the pollution invasion led by the Antiquities Society, the Human Federation was established, and mysterious organizations from various countries, led by Bureau 057, were incorporated into the Human Federation to form new departments.

However, when the Human Federation collapsed, the new department was also disbanded at the same time.

The part belonging to the first dungeon has become the "Night Watchman" of the new era, which means guarding the eternal night.

Sun Xiaoqing explained the origin of "Night Watchman" in just a few words.

When Li Qi heard Sun Xiaoqing mention "Guarding the Eternal Night", he remembered that Yi Cheng always said things like "I am the Lord of the Eternal Night", and he instantly understood the core meaning of this organization.

Shaking his head helplessly, Li Qi motioned Sun Xiaoqing to continue.

Sun Xiaoqing said: "But due to the side effects of Yi Cheng's magic item, many orders could not be passed on smoothly, so... I followed her as Yi Cheng's 'translator'."

"…Can you understand Yi Cheng's chuunibyou?"

“I didn’t understand it at first, but now I understand it…”

When Sun Xiaoqing said this, she also had a painful expression on her face.

If you want to understand the meaning of the words of chuunibyou patients, you need to have a deep understanding of the thoughts of chuunibyou.

Sun Xiaoqing herself is not a chuunibyou, so it would be extremely painful for her to be Yi Cheng's translator.

However, after decades, Sun Xiaoqing has become accustomed to her job and has done in-depth research on Yi Cheng's "Second Language".

At least it's not as painful as it was at the beginning.

"Thank you for your hard work." Li Qi gave a perfunctory consolation and then continued to ask: "What about Yi Cheng? Why didn't she come back?"

"She probably went out to play with Minister Xu. Every time they get off work, the two of them always find a place to play for a while."

"Minister Xu...Xu Leying?"

Li Qi raised an eyebrow.

Sun Xiaoqing nodded: "Yes, the director of the First Underground City's External Strategy Department is considered a military man."

Yi Cheng and Xu Leying, the two former members of Li Qi's team, have now grown into important figures in the new first dungeon.

By analogy, Li Qi's other team member Xie Yan should also hold a high position in the new first underground city.

Li Qi thought so and asked about Xie Yan's situation.

Unexpectedly, the expressions of Sun Xiaoqing and Liu Cheng became somewhat subtle. After a long while, Sun Xiaoqing stammered:

"Xie Yan...he is no longer a member of the First Underground City."

"……?"

Facing Li Qi's confused look, Sun Xiaoqing explained helplessly: "Xie Yan cut ties with the First Underground City after the Federation collapsed ten years ago. Now he... is the leader of the Glorious Freedom Army, one of the ten major forces... and is a mortal enemy of Blackwater and Silvertech."

"It seems... there should be a lot of stories here."

Li Qi narrowed his eyes slightly.

A corporate slave who didn't even dare to resist his manager suddenly became the leader of a resistance army.

Li Qi wouldn't believe that there was no story behind this.

…

On the surface where the temperature was gradually rising, a woman who looked to be around 30 years old and a girl who looked to be in her teens walked side by side.

The older one was wearing a brown windbreaker and a scarf wrapped around his neck to protect him from the wind. He hid the lower half of his face under the scarf.

The younger girl was wearing a Lolita dress with a dark purple base and holding an umbrella of the same color. She looked light and fluttery, full of girlish charm.

The two walked side by side on the exposed road, looking at the gradually 'thawing' city ruins, talking to each other.

"It looks like the temperature won't go up again in the future."

The older one took off his gloves to feel the temperature of the air and spoke softly.

"Humph, being able to maintain a constant temperature in this eternal night is already a miracle that mortals cannot achieve. Don't ask for too much."

The parasol girl snorted and said.

The elder automatically translated the parasol girl's words and responded:

"Yes, even without the sun, the region can still maintain temperatures above zero. This is a miracle for mankind."

"How about it? Do you want to move our shrine to the realm of eternal night?"

"It's not the right time yet. If we move the underground city to the surface now, we will easily become a target. We are not the strongest yet. Whether it's Blackwater or Silver City, they are slightly stronger than us."

Xu Leying said in a deep voice.

Blackwater Group and Silver Technology Group, although two large groups seem to be independent of each other, they are two different forces.

But in fact, there is an alliance between the two major groups. If one side is attacked, the other side will take the initiative to support it.

The New China has now withdrawn from the Human Federation, and the original world government has also split into several pieces and cannot be brought together. The New China alone cannot fight against the two major organizations at the same time.

Unless Xinhua also has its own allies.

However... the Human Federation was dissolved, and the scattered countries and forces each had their own thoughts. The one closest to the New China was the Freedom Army organized by Xie Yan.

However, the Freedom Army has no fixed place to live. Although it is considered one of the top ten human forces, in fact, it is only because there are only these ten large forces that can be organized nowadays.

In other words, the Free Army is stronger than those scattered small forces, but not as strong as the large forces with underground strongholds.

She couldn't go up or down, and Xie Yan himself was probably in trouble, so how could Xu Leying ask him for help?

"Humph, they are just a bunch of dirty vampires. They will eventually be swallowed by our deep darkness!"

The parasol girl snorted in dissatisfaction.

Xu Leying said helplessly: "We don't have that much strength... and I've complained about this many times. If we are the side of justice, we should use 'light' to represent it. What the hell is 'darkness'..."

"Because I am the Lord of Eternal Night! I also dislike light!"

The girl said this proudly, sticking out her seemingly undeveloped chest.

Xu Leying was speechless. First of all, she didn't know what there was to be proud of. Secondly, the only person who could describe being a stay-at-home mom in such a refreshing and refined way was probably the girl next to her.

With a sigh, barely suppressing her desire to complain, Xu Leying half squatted down, took out the test tube she carried with her, and collected some melted snow on the surface and the plant tissues that had stubbornly grown under the snow.

Then she stood up and said to the girl beside her:

"Almost done. Let's go back and ask the Research Department to see if there are any abnormalities with the life on the surface. If not, we can send an advance team to look for new settlements on the surface."

"As expected, we still have to move the shrine..."

"No, it's just that we make plans ahead of time to be prepared."

People can't live in dungeons forever.

Even though the dungeon has a virtual screen covering the entire city, which can simulate the sun and sunny days, it is not real after all.

People will eventually find a way out of underground. That day may be far away, but it will definitely come.

Unless humanity perishes underground.

In order for future humans to have a better understanding of the ground, Xu Leying would take Yi Cheng out every time they had a break to look for a suitable place for humans to settle down.

The original land of China was very suitable, but because of past pollution, many places were sealed by the Golden Immortal. Later, due to the several migrations of the underground city, it is now impossible to accurately locate the location of China.

Coupled with the freezing of the sea and the breaking and merging of continents, the land pattern of the world today is completely different from before.

So Xu Leying could only look for the future land settlement of Xinhua Country by herself.

Yi Cheng understands Xu Leying, and they have been friends for decades, which is why he always goes out with Xu Leying.

It was both to help my friend fulfill her dream and to protect her.

Xu Leying is different from Yi Cheng. As she grows older and gains more experience, her strength has declined.

She can no longer display the strength she had in her youth, and in order to prevent the nightmare realm from appearing, Xu Leying also has to control her transformation.

Normally she would not transform, unless she encountered something extremely important, then she would use the newly developed technology in China to lock the price into her body and deal with it later.

But doing so would reduce her transformation time and would also cause certain harm to herself, otherwise she would not be so much older than Yicheng.

So she needs someone to protect her.

After taking the samples from the land, Yi Cheng grabbed Xu Leying's arm and planned to return to the underground city through space magic.

But as soon as Yi Cheng put his hand on Xu Leying's arm, she paused and narrowed her eyes slightly.

"What's wrong?"

Noticing Yi Cheng's actions, Xu Leying asked in confusion.

Yi Cheng looked up at the sky. The invisible barrier was like an upside-down bowl, covering the entire area.

"It's a barrier." Yi Cheng frowned and said, "It looks like there are some ignorant ants nearby."

As soon as Yi Cheng finished speaking, the sky suddenly turned red.

Under the dim sky, an extremely conspicuous red meteorite fell from the sky, heading straight for the two people trapped in the inverted barrier!