Too Many Reincarnators? I Bring the National Team to the Field - Chapter 219

Chapter 219

“The Apocalypse Special Affairs Department!”

“Oh my God, it’s really the Apocalypse Special Affairs Department! We’ve been cut off for three months. Does this mean we can finally contact the outside world?”

“Wait, that’s not right. Why did they come from the Southwest?”

…

The head of the Shelter hurried over. She looked somewhat haggard, but the sight of them left her visibly excited. “I’m the head of Shelter E3. The Nation actually sent you here-this is wonderful-”

Hao Jingye shook her hand politely.

Then he looked past the person in charge of Shelter E3 at the Superpower User group behind her, and smiled slightly at one of them. “Liu Miao, we meet again.”

Liu Miao: “?”

Gu Qiansheng leaned in. “That’s right. It’s great that you’re still alive.”

Liu Miao: “??”

Song Linwei sighed with feeling. “Although you don’t remember what just happened between us, we remember you.”

Liu Miao: “???”

Instinctively, she looked up at the sky. Dawn was about to break. The fog that had shrouded the Southwest seemed to have dispersed, and the horizon was flushed red. One could imagine the blazing sun that would soon appear.

In broad daylight… she wasn’t seeing ghosts, right?

She rubbed her eyes.

So here was the question: when had she ever met these people?

Sheng An also smiled and extended her hand toward the person in charge. “I know you have many questions about us. Once communications are restored, we’ll explain everything one by one.”

She tilted her head slightly.

“I forgot to introduce myself. Apocalypse Special Affairs Department, Sheng An.”
The instant the Southwest Mystery was broken open, Jing City was already able to pick up signals from the Southwest.

While Wan Yuan organized personnel to fully restore communications in the Southwest, he also contacted Jing City.

“Sister Sheng, the Research Institute wants us to return as quickly as possible. We need to bring the Mutant Plant, Old Chu, and Xiao Xi back right away. This mission was completed perfectly, but there are still many questions. The Research Institute wants to ask us in person.” Wan Yuan walked out of the communications room of the largest Shelter in the Southwest.

The original Southwest Market had vanished. In its place were several surrounding Shelters, as well as the Southwest Base that was being prepared for construction.

After the fog dispersed, the Southwest no longer had Miasma.

At the same time, however, the scorching sun began to beat down on this land, and the Southwest’s schedule was adjusted to match the outside world.

Compared with the vicious sun, the pervasive miasmic poison had been far more terrifying.

The Southwest’s morale was completely different now.

Sheng An stood atop a Meteorite, gazing out at the Southwest Base under construction.

Beside her were Qi Lingwu and Pang Jun, Base Commander of the Southwest Base.

Hao Jingye strode over, climbed onto the Meteorite, and nodded. “We can start preparing to go back. After dealing with the Time Aberrant, the situation in the Southwest is far better than we imagined.”

The Time Aberrant had died in Apocalypse Month Three, and Sheng An’s Anchor Point for Time Reversal was after the Time Aberrant’s death.

Even if Time flowed backward, the Time Aberrant would not be revived.

And what was even more fortunate was-

The Aberrants that had disappeared from the Southwest had all been dragged by the Time Aberrant into the Time Layer of “Apocalypse Month Three,” becoming nutrients to sustain the Time Aberrant. They had died within the first three months of the Apocalypse.

After Time Reversal, there was not a single one of the Aberrants left in the Southwest.

The Aberrants-even some of the Aberrants that would have appeared in the future-had all vanished.

Pang Jun smiled.

When they had first discovered that some people in the Shelters had suddenly died, every Shelter had been uneasy.

But soon, after learning the situation from the Apocalypse Special Affairs Department, all the Shelters settled down and even breathed a sigh of relief.

-The Aberrants were their greatest enemy in the Apocalypse.

For fewer Aberrants to appear was a good thing for the entire Southwest.

Sheng An looked at him. “This doesn’t mean no Aberrants will appear in the Southwest. Before Time Reversal, many people in the Southwest died before they even had the chance to turn into Aberrants.
“Besides, with Time Reversal, many things will change. The situation with the Aberrants won’t be exactly the same, either.”

Pang Jun nodded and gazed out at the Base under construction, watching Superpower User personnel and countless ordinary people moving across the ground like ants.

A smile appeared on his face. “I know. But that is a disaster humanity has to face. If the outside world can do it, so can the Southwest. We are the Southwest that survived the most brutal three years.”

The Apocalypse Special Affairs Department had not hidden the truth from everyone in the Southwest.

When explaining those who had disappeared, they had also explained the situation in the Southwest. They had even shown them videos recorded by the Apocalypse Special Affairs Department, letting them know what the Southwest had endured over those three years.

Was it cruel?

Yes, it was cruel. But this was the Apocalypse.

They had to know the disaster, then grit their teeth and face the future.

Thinking of the videos the Apocalypse Special Affairs Department had shown them, of those scenes from before the reversal…

Pang Jun took a deep breath.

Sheng An said, “Sometimes, there can be no rebuilding without breaking everything first. The Southwest has many mountains. From now on, you can put more effort into extinguishing fires and resisting natural disasters. More people will definitely survive.”

Pang Jun nodded heavily.

Then, as if remembering something, he hurriedly said, “I know Jing City needs Old Chu more, but his family isn’t willing to go with him to Jing City Base…”

Xiao Xi’s parents had unfortunately died in the first three months of the Apocalypse. Old Chu’s wife was one of the Aberrants. His only daughter was still alive, and so were his grandchildren.

“Then let them stay in the Southwest. I’ll only take Old Chu with me. If he wants to come back in the future, he can return to the Southwest as well.” Sheng An’s expression was calm.

Pang Jun froze.

Sheng An stood there, gazing into the distance, her eyes resolute. “This disaster will end eventually. We’re getting closer and closer to the truth, aren’t we?”

After staring blankly for a long while, Pang Jun smiled.

That was right. They were getting closer and closer to the truth. One day, they would make it so this world no longer produced Aberrants.

When that time came, if Old Chu wanted to return to the Southwest, he could do so at any moment.
After Pang Jun left, Wan Yuan and the others went back to work.

Hao Jingye and Song Linwei had to organize the team and prepare to return to Jing City. Jiang Yu and Academician Zhou were communicating with the Mutant Houttuynia, and Wu Buyu had been borrowed for the task.

The others from the Apocalypse Special Affairs Department went to help, resolving some of the troubles the Southwest Region faced in Apocalypse Month Three.

On top of the Meteorite, only Sheng An and Qi Lingwu remained standing.

The sky had gone completely dark, but the light from the construction site ahead shone over, leaving Sheng An’s face half-hidden in shadow and half-lit.

The sun had been so scorching during the day, yet at night, there was no moon to be seen.

-After the Apocalypse, the moon had vanished.

Qi Lingwu looked at Sheng An.

She was very quiet, gazing at the Base amid the play of light and shadow, as if even her breathing had disappeared.

Their purpose in coming to the Southwest had already been achieved. They had resolved the Southwest Mystery. Logically speaking, they should be happy, and Sheng An did indeed appear happy.

But Qi Lingwu said, “Sheng An, what are you hiding?”

It was a question, but his tone was certain.

She was hiding something!

Something that felt heavy to her, something she could not understand.

Sheng An took a deep breath and looked at Qi Lingwu. “When you killed the Time Aberrant, did you see what they looked like?”

From the moment they appeared until the moment they died, the Time Aberrant had always worn a cloak, making it impossible to see their appearance.

Even their voice had been impossible to distinguish as male or female.

Qi Lingwu shook his head. “I only saw a mass of white shadow.”

After that, he had successfully killed them, and the Time Aberrant had vanished completely along with the collapsing world.

Sheng An said, “I saw it.”