The city had already been reduced to empty land.

Even the mountainous region around the city had already been levelled, there wasn’t even a hint of a cloud in the sky.

But the girl with the silver bob cut hair didn’t pay attention to any of those.

She lightly placed her hand on Gu Qing Shan’s chest and carefully examined him.

[Such severe injuries… it is too dangerous to keep him like this…]

The girl muttered, then held Gu Qing Shan up in her embrace and lightly kissed him on the lips.

She gently pushed Gu Qing Shan’s lips apart——

She was using the most direct method to apply her healing factor and evolution factor on Gu Qing Shan.

After a few moments, Gu Qing Shan’s wounds began to close.

The girl stopped her kiss.

After confirming Gu Qing Shan’s situation, she gently stroked his face and said:

[This is only enough to make sure that you are temporarily not in danger, but I cannot keep going. I need to conserve my stamina to bring you to a safe location]

Her complexion turned a bit pale, but she displayed perfect composure in her expression.

Gu Qing Shan’s injuries were caused by a form of attack that she hadn’t seen before, unregistered within her entire database.

The only thing she could do right now was to stimulate his genes to repair themselves and hope that it was enough for him to overcome the injuries on his own.

—–she hugged Gu Qing Shan closely and prepared to act, but suddenly stopped herself.

From the far distance, a figure was rapidly approaching them.

When the figure landed in front of the girl, they revealed themselves to be a girl in black clothes.

The black-clothed girl observed Gu Qing Shan and noticed that while his injuries were quite severe, they weren’t fatal.

The one who truly had her attention was the silver short bob girl.

『 You are—- 』the black-clothed girl asked.

The girl was also evaluating her in return and answered in a relatively warm tone: [I am Su Xue Er, Gu Qing Shan’s blood-related younger sister]

Blood-related—– younger sister?

The black-clothed girl appeared a bit surprised.

Su Xue Er replied: [You might not know it, but I fell into hibernation because I reinforced an Order and was only temporarily summoned here just now——– right, who are you? A friend of my brother?]

The black-clothed girl answered: 『 Your brother and I are comrades in life and death, having gone through a lot together. Your brother was injured earlier in order to save me, so I immediately came back once I was out of danger 』

Su Xue Er revealed a bright smile and asked again: [Then how should I refer to you, sister?]

『 I am Li An 』the black-clothed girl replied.

She closed her hands within her long sleeves and silently formed a hand seal, asking in return: 『 Are you really Gu Qing Shan’s younger sister? 』

Su Xue Er calmly answered: [Of course]

Li An relaxed her hand seal and smiled a bit more brightly.

—-she didn’t lie.

『 We of the Tianma race have several methods to save people, hand your brother to me and I’ll heal him 』Li An said.

The corner of Su Xue Er’s lips shifted a bit but didn’t agree to it right away.

——this woman’s expressions, gestures, and language are all causing alarms to ring in my head.

But she cares a lot about Gu Qing Shan.

I can tell that much even without checking the information factors constantly radiating from her body, my female intuition is all I needed.

Furthermore, this black-clothed girl isn’t human.

From my database records, her actions, flying posture, and demeanour suggested that she is a Tianma.

I had to spend two seconds searching the records, examining all of the Tianma’s soul signatures, and then spending three more seconds recollecting all 8000 Tianma techniques to find a loophole.

—–the Tianma race can see through a person’s emotions to discern their hearts.

Because of that, all I need to do is to retract all of my actual emotions and hypnotize myself to truly believe that I am Gu Qing Shan’s younger sister for 30 seconds in order to deceive a Tianma.

This was what Su Xue Er did.

And succeeded at.

[I have not seen you ever before, I cannot trust you, so I cannot entrust my brother to you] Su Xue Er casually replied.

Li An felt a bit troubled.

It’s natural for her to feel cautious like this.

『 But your brother is currently heavily injured, and only I am able to heal him right now 』Li An said.

At this point, another person flew from a distance and quickly landed on the ground.

—–Qin Xiao Lou.

“Third brother! How are you so heavily injured!” he exclaimed in shock.

Su Xue Er glanced at him, then gave him a closer look.

While this person looks normal at a glance, the portions and position of his facial features are exceptional.

This ratio is…

Su Xue Er spent half a second to map out his gene structure.

She closely embraced Gu Qing Shan again and said with a slightly panicked tone:

[Gu Qing Shan is my brother, but I do not know either of you, and I cannot feel assured handing him to you!]

Qin Xiao Lou glanced at Li An.

Li An nodded to confirm that she was indeed Gu Qing Shan’s sister.

Qin Xiao Lou couldn’t do anything as he said in a slightly troubled but caring tone: “But your brother is so heavily injured, even if you can’t feel safe about us, his injuries would only become increasingly worse, how can we resolve this?”

Su Xue Er continued her calculations—–

This individual’s brain is exceptionally bright, but his shortcoming is how well coordinated his eyes are with his brain.

Whenever he sees something, his brain would automatically come up with a large number of distinct thoughts.

While this is a good thing, it would also hinder his evolution or growth.

Unless he practices a Buddhist path to close his mind’s eye, his mind would continue to be led around by his eye.

While thinking this, Su Xue Er said: [I also have a way to save my brother, but I will need your help]

“What do you need?” Qin Xiao Lou hurriedly asked.

[To eat] Su Xue Er replied.

『 Eat? 』Li An asked in surprise.

[That is correct, I have only just awoken and have lost all of my powers. I have even shared a part of my foundations with my brother, so now I need to replenish energy in order to evolve again] Su Xue Er explained.

Qin Xiao Lou loudly declared: “Wait there!”

He took out a formation plate and rapidly operated it with both of his hands.

In an instant, a table made of immortal jade was teleported here with a set of immortal jade utensils.

Followed by enough delicious food to fill the whole table.

Su Xue Er continued to hold onto Gu Qing Shan as she sat down in front of the table, starting with a bowl of porridge.

[Exceptional energy provisions!] she praised.

Qin Xiao Lou turned to look at Gu Qing Shan.

His body was soaked in his own blood, still unconscious.

[There is no need to worry about him] Su Xue Er explained, [He will not feel any pain for the next hour, and he will not be in any danger for the next 3 hours and 57 minutes]

Su Xue Er then picked up a meat bun and started eating it one bite at a time, quickly consuming an entire steamer’s worth of buns.

She then moved on to the next dish.

She was eating very quickly.

In no time at all, she had already finished an entire table full of food.

Su Xue Er closed her eyes.

——the amount of nutrition contained within this food was far above my expectations.

[Sister Li An] she called out as she closed her eyes.

『 What’s the matter? 』Li An asked.

[About 700 miles to the Southeast, there is a dangerous individual whose strength I cannot accurately discern. I suggest that you take a few people with you to see if you are able to eliminate them] Su Xue Er replied.

Li An looked at her in surprise.

『 How do you know that? 』

[That entity is too far away from us so I cannot accurately read their brainwaves, but I can sense that they carry murderous thoughts, which appear once every few dozen seconds. Additionally, they have been moving towards our location for the past while, so I judged that they might be an enemy] Su Xue Er explained.

『 Very well, I’ll go take a look 』Li An answered.

She leapt into the air and started flying towards the Southeast.

Watching her flying away, Su Xue Er’s expression remained indifferent.

——if I didn’t claim to be blood-related to Gu Qing Shan, that woman would not hesitate to ambush me.

But as I posed no threat to her, she was willing to listen to my words in order to protect Gu Qing Shan.

Regretfully, I’ve only just awoken, so I lack the strength to fight her head-on, for now.

Furthermore, my sixth sense has already begun to take effect.

Some sort of great danger is approaching Gu Qing Shan.

At this point, handing Gu Qing Shan over to anybody is a risk, since I don’t have a lot of information, I have no idea what means the enemy might employ at all.

I have to be the one to protect Gu Qing Shan!

Deciding that in her mind, Su Xue Er casually asked:

[I am sorry, is there more to eat?]

Qin Xiao Lou was surprised: “You can still eat more?”

[Of course, I was born with a big stomach, it is usually my brother who cooks for me] Su Xue Er replied.

Qin Xiao Lou appeared to have realized something: “No wonder Qing Shan likes to cook so much, if I had a younger sister like you…”

His hands moved around the formation plate again.

The immortal jade table was instantly filled with delicious spirit cooking once again.

[I express my gratitude] Su Xue Er earnestly thanked him.

——-this is all food that contains plenty of energy, a good basis for my next evolution.

“You’re welcome, since you’re Qing Shan’s younger sister, you’re also my younger sister. You can eat as much as you want!” Qin Xiao Lou patted his chest proudly.

Su Xue Er’s gaze stopped on his face, then remained there for a short moment.

This person… is trustworthy.

His relationship with Gu Qing Shan is truly amicable, and he’s earnestly treating me well.

Furthermore, he’s also Gu Qing Shan’s senior in his sect.

Gu Qing Shan’s master is Bai Hua Fairy, an indiscernible mysterious person.

A disciple she takes in would definitely not have a questionable origin.

In other words, this senior brother of Gu Qing Shan is a true ally.

Su Xue Er smiled and said: [Big brother Xiao Lou, please take care of me from now on]

“Ah, of course, don’t worry” Qin Xiao Lou replied without much thought.

Su Xue Er picked up her chopsticks and continued to eat.

After a while, she finished the entire mountain of food.

Qin Xiao Lou was stunned.

This is enough food for a banquet of 18 people, alcohol and all!

“Wai— wait here, I’m going to go make more!”

Qin Xiao Lou told her in a slight panic.

He activated his formation plate and vanished from Su Xue Er’s vision.

While continuing to embrace Gu Qing Shan, Su Xue Er’s expression gradually turned soft as she observed the ground and sky around her.

[Qing Shan, I only retained one ability, which is my evolution, but I… my nature itself is already that of an Apocalypse…]

Indeed, she was the same as Shroud, both of them were Apocalypses.

This meant she was in possession of an Apocalypse Sequence as well!

Su Xue Er’s gaze coldly turned towards a certain part of the void of space.

Danger.

Great danger exceeding everything up to this point is approaching Gu Qing Shan.

And I need to protect him!

Su Xue Er clenched her teeth and gently tapped her finger towards the void of space.

Instantly, message popped up in front of her vision:

[Orders received, reinitiating the Apocalypse Sequence!]

[Personal storage space unlocked, personal quantum fluctuation signature password confirmed]

A deep hole opened up in the void of space.

After which, a bloody red box dropped out.

Su Xue Er caught the box and opened it.

Inside of the box was a full set of blood red Cards.

She gently stroked these Cards before drawing one of them.

The Card was then tossed forward.

Rumble rumble rumble——–

A magnificent metal fortress emerged from the ground!

Su Xue Er’s expression shifted a bit.

[The Tianma’s enemy… there seems to be more of them than expected, they are quite impressive…]

She drew another Card.

The Card then transformed into a bloody red sniper rifle in her hand.

At the same time, notifications appeared in front of Su Xue Er’s vision:

[Specific coordinates confirmed]

[Vitals locked-on]

[Countdown to attack:]

[5]

[4]

[3]

[2]

[1]

Su Xue Er pulled the trigger.

Bang!!!

A bright flare appeared from the muzzle of the sniper rifle, flew through the barren wasteland, and instantly vanished without a trace.

Su Xue Er waited for a brief moment before her eyebrows became relaxed again.

Safe, for now.

She looked down at Gu Qing Shan.

His injuries were very severe, but strangely, she could feel that he had already gotten accustomed to them and had entered some sort of miraculous state at the same time.

—–it feels similar to a state of growth, or rather, a unique type of metamorphosis.

It’s best that this state isn’t interrupted…

Su Xue Er made her decision and muttered:

[Qing Shan… do not worry, I will definitely not allow anyone to harm you]