Li Wenxi was lying on the windowsill at this time, looking out bored.
This place is indeed the most prosperous city in the human base, with busy streets and a constant stream of people, making her mind a little dazed as she watched all this.
It was as if she had returned to the city where she was born and raised.
Of course, this is a city thousands of years later after all, and there are still some obvious differences between it and the prosperous cities on Earth thousands of years ago.
For example, the number of floors of high-rise buildings here are generally much higher than those on the ground.
Every tall building rising from the ground here is more than thirty stories high.
Thirty floors are still considered short. Most high-rise buildings are around fifty floors, and there are even quite a few that are over a hundred floors high.
You know, buildings several hundred meters high were basically the landmark buildings of a city on Earth thousands of years ago, but here, they are very common, so common that at first glance, Li Wenxi didn't realize how tall those buildings were.
This should be related to the underground environment.
I had talked with Xu Ying before, and this location is the most suitable one they have chosen for survival. It is not in a crustal activity zone, so there will be no natural disasters such as earthquakes. The air circulation speed is also slow and stable, and there will basically be no major changes.
This means that all the buildings here are built very tall in order to support the growing population.
Similar to the Earth thousands of years ago, humans in the city seem to be living in a birdcage.
She looked at the two statues again.
Although the statue is located in the most prosperous area of the city center, the buildings around the statue are the shortest in the entire city.
The height of the statue is only about a hundred meters, and the surrounding buildings are all lower than the height of the statue, with no building exceeding thirty stories.
As you move outward from the statue in the center of the city, the height of the buildings increases in a distinct step-like pattern, reaching its peak about two kilometers away from the statue. The height of the buildings here has almost reached three or four hundred meters.
There are even three buildings that reach seven or eight hundred meters!
You have to know that a thousand years ago, the tallest building on earth, the Burj Khalifa, was only this high, and the second tallest building was directly lowered to 500 meters.
There are three buildings of this level in the city, forming a triangle and surrounding the two statues.
It feels like some of the most prestigious people in this city live on these three towers...
Continuing outward from the location of the three tall towers, the height of the buildings gradually decreases again.
When we arrived near her villa, we were already at the outermost edge of the city, and most of the buildings here were very low.
Compared to the city center where there are many 30-40-story buildings, most of the buildings here are less than 10 stories high. Moreover, they look quite old and even have been renovated.
"Hmm... Is this the old city?" Li Wenxi looked down outside.
Perhaps this is the exact location where humans built their homes thousands of years ago, but after thousands of years of development, the city center has moved to the vicinity of the statue a few kilometers away.
In comparison, the location of her villa is somewhat special.
In some ways, her villa is very luxurious and can be seen at a glance that it is different from other areas.
Even to her, who came from thousands of years ago, the layout and appearance of the villa seemed somewhat retro.
This villa has probably been built here for a very long time.
As for why she could see the entire city from a low-rise villa...
That's because the villa is built on high ground.
The entire villa is built on a protruding mountain. The mountain is not very high, about one or two hundred meters, not as high as many buildings in the city, but it is enough to overlook the entire city from here.
Although it is called a mountain, the area of the top of the peak is not small, sometimes tens of thousands of square meters, as if the entire mountain top has been flattened.
There is only this one villa on the top of the mountain, and there is no one else around.
Because the mountain where she was located was close to the edge of the city, the buildings were sparse. In addition, the area around the mountain was mostly old buildings of a dozen or several floors, or even low bungalows, none of which were as tall as her mountain. Her location became the highest point around.
"Where on earth is this place?"
Li Wenxi went back to bed feeling a little bored, looking at the chandelier on the ceiling and muttering, "I really want to go out and have a look, I really want to communicate with the humans here..."
What kind of personality would a person who has never seen the sun in his life have
Do they really not yearn for sunshine
However, after what happened just now, she didn't dare go out until Xu Ying came back.
"Come back soon..."
Li Wenxi turned over and lay on the bed, burying her head in the soft pillow that still had a hint of mint fragrance, and said in a muffled voice: "I think I should bring Xu Xin to have a look. He must not know that there is a statue of him here..."
"No, no, he has brought Crystal City to the surface, he should know..."
"But it's still more shocking to see it with your own eyes. I really want to bring everyone here..."
She didn't know how long she had been lying there, and she was about to fall asleep when a strange sound came from the room.
She was very familiar with this voice.
It's the sound of the portal condensing!
She immediately turned her head and saw a purple-black vortex the size of a person appearing on the wall.
"I'm back!" Li Wenxi sat up immediately.
A leg immediately stepped out from the purple-black vortex, and then Xu Ying walked out of it.
She frowned, looking puzzled, and kept muttering: "Who on earth is it..."
The purple-black vortex behind her immediately shrank from the wall after she walked out, shrank into a dot, and finally disappeared.
"What's going on? Have you found out anything?" Li Wenxi was no longer surprised by this and asked directly.
"Well... I did get something." Xu Ying walked to the bed and sat down, holding her head, feeling a headache. "I went to the family that my brother and I have been dealing with to check it out. How should I put it? At least they are trustworthy."
She still has an organization she can trust and rely on in this human base.
A great family that controls some of the real power in this underground human stronghold.
This can be said to be one of the legacies Xu Xin left her. Otherwise, she alone, no matter how strong she was, would not be able to make any waves in this underground human base.
One of her previous plans was to take Li Wenxi with her, but after what happened just now, she felt uneasy.
She was the one who dragged Li Wenxi here by force. If anything happened to Li Wenxi, how could she face Xu Xin in this world
"... Hmm? What do you mean?" Li Wenxi was slightly startled. "You and... your brother, have always been in contact with a noble family?"
When did Xu Xin start interacting with people here
Are you still dating
"Ah..." Xu Ying knew she had said something wrong, so she laughed and said, "It was just a slip of the tongue. It was me who was in contact with them."
How could this be a slip of the tongue
Li Wenxi looked at Xu Ying with some confusion, and then his eyes slowly widened.
"You wouldn't be..." She covered her mouth with a surprised expression.
Li Wenxi was quite sensitive about matters concerning Xu Xin. She was just imagining what the hundreds-year-old Xu Xin looked like and what kind of personality he had.
Xu Ying's words naturally made her think of Xu Xin.
It is a fact that Xu Xin has always been in contact with people here.
And the one who can call Xu Xin "brother" is...
"Ah? What?" Xu Ying pretended to be dumb, "What's wrong with me?"
But in my heart, I secretly cried out: "It's over, it's over, someone finds out..."
"... Although I have been convincing myself that the last batch of survivors have been in this world for more than ten years, it is possible that they are so strong, but..." Li Wenxi looked at her suspiciously, "But you are too strong, and you know so much. Can the last batch of survivors really know so much?"
"Also, you are used to calling me sister-in-law, and you are very familiar with my various habits..."
The suspicious look gradually turned into incredulous shock.
"I I..."
Xu Ying was already having a headache because of what happened just now. When she saw that her true identity was discovered, she leaned back in distress and lay down on the bed. She didn't pretend anymore and shouted, "Okay, okay, I admit that I am indeed that Xu Ying!"
"Ah? Really?" Li Wenxi's eyes widened in surprise again. He stood up suddenly, covered his mouth and looked at her, "You..."
"Hey, hey, sister-in-law, are you cheating me!" Xu Ying stood up suddenly and said with some dissatisfaction.
"I... I just made a random guess. I didn't expect you to actually admit it..." Li Wenxi was still immersed in shock.
Now the girl in front of her already has...
More than 1,300 years old?!
So old!
No, no…
She should be only over three hundred years old!
The thousand years she spent here were the result of her using time travel. She stayed in each time period for a few days at most. Although a thousand years had passed in reality, her physical age should not have increased much.
but…
Three hundred years is quite exaggerated!
Three hundred years old!
It was the first time she had seen someone who was over three hundred years old!
Well... How outrageous!
"... Sister-in-law, what's that look in your eyes..." Xu Ying moved to the other side of the bed in fear, "It's as if you want to eat me... ah, what are you doing!"
"Let me touch it and see what it feels like to have 300-year-old skin and a 300-year-old face... I'm so curious!" Li Wenxi's eyes lit up and he rushed over to get his hands on it.
"No, ah! Sister-in-law, you can't tell this to anyone! Especially when my brother comes, you are not allowed to tell him! Otherwise..."
"Don't worry, I won't tell you, but since I already know it, let me see it first!"
"No, no, no, ah! Well, let's talk business. Since I've confirmed that there's no problem over there, I'll take you to meet them first. Your abilities will be best utilized there..."
"let me see!"
"Wow... I am the senior..."
…
On the other side, on the ground.
"Are you sure... you didn't describe it wrong?" Xu Xin touched his neck and rolled his throat. "Human necks are very long, stretching directly in front of the face..."
When he thought of that scene, he couldn't help but get goosebumps.
"So... is it really a human? Or an inhuman monster?"
"… It's a human, but it's also a monster. Listen to me."
Shi Wanyun continued to tell her story.
When the girl walked in from the door, she felt for the first time the coldness and fear of falling into an abyss.
If the person in front of her was an extremely ugly monster, or any other animal, it would not give her such a fear.
But as a human figure that she was familiar with, he did such a weird and horrifying thing that she couldn't even make a sound for a moment and could only subconsciously take a step back.
For the first time, she felt a little weak in the knees with fear.
This is not a question of whether the opponent is strong or not, but a dimensionality reduction attack from the spiritual level.
Is this the uncanny valley effect
The girl in front of me is definitely a monster!
But she is too human-like, almost exactly like a human. She uses a human body to perform such behavior, and anyone would suffer a mental shock!
The girl opposite looked very normal at this moment, and even walked towards her very naturally.
Shi Wanyun subconsciously took two steps back again, then her legs hit the edge of the bed, her legs went limp, and she sat down on the bed.
"Oh, sorry, I scared you." The girl apologized, "I really didn't mean it. But you'll get used to it. Every time a new person comes, they'll be scared like you. You're mentally prepared for being scared by me."
The girl's words and her friendly tone made Shi Wanyun feel a little confused.
However, the girl's friendly attitude made her unstable mind return to normal. She secretly glanced at the girl's neck, which was no different from that of a normal person.
But because of what she had just seen, even if the girl was ordinary now, she was already an evil ghost in her mind.
"Um, are you... human?" she asked cautiously.
That shouldn’t be the case, right
Could it be some other species disguised as humans
… To toy with humans
"You are so rude!" The girl said somewhat dissatisfiedly, "I just scared you, how can I be considered not a human? Of course I am a human!"
Is it human
The girl looked at her suspiciously: "You didn't come here without knowing anything, did you?"
"... Didn't I just say that I don't even know where this place is?" Shi Wanyun explained.
"Really? I thought you were joking..." The girl scratched her hair in distress, "Ah, what should I do? Have I brought back a person with no qualifications?"
Her head swayed left and right as she grabbed, and her neck strangely formed an arc as if it was broken again and again, which made Shi Wanyun's eyelids twitch and her teeth clenched.
"… What does "three-no" mean?" Shi Wanyun asked softly, "Do you need some proof to come here?"
"Oh, it's a person without documents, permission, or special genes. Since you don't know anything, it should be this kind of person, right?" The girl sighed, "Really? How did you get in?"
… So, considering how dangerous the environment outside is, normal people really can’t get close at all.
If she hadn't asked for help from Xu Xin, the strongest person in District 188, she would never have gotten here.
"Just... force your way through the area outside." Shi Wanyun decided to tell the truth. After all, this was the activity task given by the mysterious voice, and it should be in line with the regulations here.
"Ah?" The girl was horrified. "You really got through that group of beasts?! Oh my God... Are you... Are you so strong? I can't even deal with one of those below, but you can directly..."
The girl looked at Shi Wanyun with respect and a hint of admiration: "You are so strong..."
"... Not that strong, I got here by taking shortcuts." Shi Wanyun asked softly, "Um, aren't you... a survivor?"
“Survivor?” The girl was slightly stunned. “What an old-fashioned term. I haven’t heard this term for a long time. It’s been decades, right? It really makes me nostalgic... Wait!”
The girl looked at her suddenly and said, "Could it be that... you are a new survivor? A new batch of survivors has arrived!"
Shi Wanyun's eyes moved.
The message contained in the conversation just now is already very clear.
She also knew who this girl was.
… turned out to be a survivor from the previous batches!
She unexpectedly met the survivors from the previous batches!
He is a pioneer in surviving in this world!
This lifted her spirits.
It seems that she can know some secrets about this world again!
but…
The girl in front of him stretched her neck in surprise. Her neck once again showed an incredible length. Her head leaned forward and swayed slightly in front of Shi Wanyun.
His expression was quite normal, like that of a curious baby.
It really is... extremely discordant.
So…
How did the first few batches of survivors turn into a monster with an elongated neck