"???"
Luo Xiao Le was shocked.
"Am I... am I seeing things?" she asked, looking up at the soldier disbelievingly.
"No, no, you're not. It... it really is three million..." The soldier gave a wry smile.
Who was this girl? How could she make their commander thank her with so much money?
What a generous gesture!
Luo Xiao Le thought the same thing.
The points here should be equivalent to money before the apocalypse, right?
Was it really okay for her to have such a large sum of money?
She returned to her room in a daze.
Zhou Shoushan was always shrewd and a man of his word.
Since he was willing to give her so much money, it meant she was worth it in his eyes, so there was no need to force the money back.
The Luocheng base was still under construction, and she could help more when the time came.
But what should she use these points for?
Could she really buy a house in the city as Zhou Shoushan had suggested?
Her eyes suddenly lit up, and she called out to the system.
"Can my points at Luocheng Base be converted into mall currency?" she asked, her eyes full of anticipation, sparkling like stars.
"Points obtained through transactions can be converted into mall currency," the system's voice slowly replied.
Luo Xiao Le's heart pounded.
If she converted these 3 million points, wouldn't she have enough money to unlock all the item sections and enter the body modification area?
This was so exciting... Before she could finish the word "exciting"...
"However, these points are considered a gift and not a direct transaction, so they cannot be converted into mall currency!" What?
Luo Xiao Le clenched her fists... This darn system, how could it say such cold words in such a cheerful tone!
Doesn't it have a heart!
Luo Xiao Le was greatly disheartened. Her beautiful plan... was ruined.
...
Time flew by, and it was evening.
To dispel her inner gloom.
Luo Xiao Le gently pushed open her door and wandered into the courtyard outside her room, kicking small pebbles as she strolled.
When she looked up, she saw.
Bathed in moonlight, a tall and well-proportioned figure was practicing a set of martial arts in a corner with great skill.
The figure seemed to be shining in the darkness.
"Mo Chen?" Luo Xiao Le exclaimed in surprise. Was he practicing martial arts?
He had just escaped danger, and yet he wasn't resting and was so diligently practicing?
No wonder he could achieve such skill...
Luo Xiao Le felt a pang of shame.
In front of such a powerful figure, she was truly not diligent enough!
She walked towards Mo Chen step by step. His chiseled jawline and nose, illuminated by the moonlight, cast beautiful and almost unreal shadows.
Luo Xiao Le was very interested and sat down on a small stool nearby, staring at Mo Chen as he practiced.
Mo Chen paused when he saw her.
He stood there, stunned for a long time.
With her staring at him so intently, he couldn't concentrate on his practice at all!
Finally, he stopped practicing and walked over to her.
"Big brother, would you like some water!" Luo Xiao Le said subserviently, offering him a bottle of water.
After some thought, she decided to take advantage of this private moment to ask the questions she had been wanting to ask.
So, Luo Xiao Le leaned in and began, "You said you'd seen me before, but I don't really remember... Can you tell me about it?"
"..." Mo Chen was silent for a moment.
"In a small alley behind the back gate of S Middle School, you called the police to save someone. Do you remember?" He turned his head, a hint of anticipation in his eyes as he looked at Luo Xiao Le.
Memories flooded back, and Luo Xiao Le suddenly clapped her hands, "Yes! There was a boy there being bullied by a group of people. I couldn't stand by and watch, so... wait..."
Luo Xiao Le's hand froze in mid-air.
Could it be... that the bruised and battered boy who was cornered and beaten in the alley... was... Mo Chen?
My goodness...
Thinking about his mysterious and incredibly powerful skills throughout their journey...
Luo Xiao Le found it impossible to connect him with that weak little boy from back then...
Why would Mo Chen be...
Seeing the shock in her eyes, Mo Chen actually smiled with relief. It seemed she had remembered.
The silence of the night was filled with unspoken undercurrents.
Luo Xiao Le was so stunned by the memory that she couldn't speak.
"You weren't the only one who heard the commotion, but everyone else walked away silently, afraid of retaliation from that group," Mo Chen said after a pause.
"Only you shouted 'Stop!' and charged in with a steel pipe. Soon after, patrol officers arrived and rescued us. You were the one who reported it, right?" Mo Chen recounted the memory slowly, remembering every detail clearly.
It was indeed like that.
But Luo Xiao Le couldn't understand why Mo Chen, who was the shining star in everyone's eyes, would have such a past...
She had never understood why Mo Chen had been so good to her all along.
Now she had finally found the reason!
But what she couldn't understand even more was, just because she had called the police back then, he had protected her and saved her so many times?
Wasn't this reward too generous!
Mo Chen looked at her, remaining silent.
In his past life, all he did was run.
Orphaned and with no one to rely on, he had been busy escaping from the abandoned mountain village since he could remember.
Later, again and again, for the sake of survival, he had fled from one city to another...
But that time, the little sprout in front of him, facing an enemy far stronger than herself, had not shown the slightest intention of running away, despite her fear.
From that moment on, Mo Chen seemed to have found a reason not to run.
It was from then on that he began to learn to become strong.
Without Luo Xiao Le, there would be no Mo Chen today.
"Miss, could you do me a favor?" the aunt who was responsible for cooking in the temporary living camp suddenly called out to her.
"Yes, coming right away!" Luo Xiao Le replied.
Watching Luo Xiao Le's retreating figure, Mo Chen raised his head, looking up at the starry sky, the vast galaxy reflected in his deep, well-like pupils.
"It really is him, I didn't see him wrong!" Several footsteps approached from the side. Two girls from the survivor group from that afternoon, through some unknown means, had also entered the Luocheng base early.
They had been assigned to this small courtyard.
Seeing Mo Chen at this moment, their eyes lit up.
They were holding a lot of delicious food and nervously approached Mo Chen.
"You go give it to him..."
"I'm scared, I'm nervous, I don't dare to go, you go give it to him!"
"Then... let's go together?"
"Okay!"
The two girls, shy and nervous, nudged each other and finally, hesitantly, moved from the small courtyard to Mo Chen's side.
"Hello, are you also temporarily housed here? We have extra food from our distribution, if you don't mind, please accept it." The two girls' cheeks were flushed.
As if handing over love letters, their hands were outstretched, offering the food to the frosty figure before them, their big eyes blinking.
The air seemed to fall silent.
When they blinked again, the person in front of them had vanished, leaving only empty air!
A nearby soldier, who had witnessed everything, almost dropped his jaw.
In response to the two girls' gift, the handsome young man had, in a matter of seconds, leaped onto the rooftop with a light touch of his toes.
With a few strides, he flipped down from another rooftop.
And entered his own room through a window on the other side...
Was it... really necessary...?
Were those two girls some kind of ferocious beasts!
Luo Xiao Le, carrying a kettle of hot water, passed by.
When the two girls saw Luo Xiao Le, they ran over, "Please give this to that handsome guy, thank you!"
The moment Mo Chen stepped into the room.
"Slam!"
Luo Xiao Le pushed open the door right behind him, holding a large bag of familiar-looking snacks.
"Mo Chen, there are two girls who brought you food! Inside... Oh, what's this stuffed in here? Base contact card number? This is... a phone number? This is so novel, come and see!" Luo Xiao Le called out cheerfully as she entered with a bounty of items.
"...Luo Xiao Le!"
Mo Chen's face turned as dark as charcoal!
...
The next morning, just as Luo Xiao Le was about to get out of bed, she suddenly heard strong winds outside.
It was another unpredictable and rapid drop in temperature.
She felt a dull ache in her limbs, like rheumatism acting up, more painful than during their escape.
At the same time, a fierce sound of gunfire erupted from outside the base.