"Prime Minister Bai?"
Upon seeing the name, Zhang Chen was surprised for a moment, then immediately understood.
Bai Hanlin was clearly 5,000 kilometers away in the high-walled city and couldn't have possibly reached such a distant location so quickly to leave a note.
Therefore, this person might be Bai Hanlin from a previous cycle.
If there could be a parallel world version of Zhang Chen, then a parallel world version of Bai Hanlin was also highly likely!
The survivors with the blue ring were accidentally teleported from a parallel world of Water Blue Star because the world's control center was destroyed.
Therefore, that world would not have a Bai Hanlin.
The Bai Hanlin with the green ring was in the high-walled city.
This left either the Bai Hanlin with the dark red ring or the Bai Hanlin with the yellow ring.
"You... know Doctor Bai?"
"That's great, Doctor and Mrs. Bai are truly good people. Without them, our camp would have been finished long ago!"
"If you know Doctor Bai, then you're friends..."
Hu Zhicheng said with great joy.
"Um... what color is the ring on Bai Hanlin's hand?"
Zhang Chen asked.
"It's red, you... don't you know Doctor Bai?"
Hu Zhicheng was a bit confused by Zhang Chen's question.
Did he know him or not?
"Red... as expected..."
Zhang Chen nodded. It was as he suspected.
"I'll take you to the second camp. If we hurry, there should still be time!"
Hu Zhicheng said anxiously.
"Alright, let's go!"
It was quite interesting to meet Bai Hanlin from another world.
He wondered if this Bai Hanlin was as lecherous and powerful as the one he knew!
Zhang Chen and Angelina followed Hu Zhicheng towards the location of the second camp.
Along the way, they saw incomplete corpses of survivors everywhere, as well as eerie patterns and designs drawn with bloody limbs at the crossroads.
"These patterns don't seem to be randomly placed; they appear to represent some meaning or symbol!"
Zhang Chen flew into the air and observed the patterns.
"Indeed, I've only encountered this kind of situation once before, but I've never found the monster responsible."
"Based on my past experiences, monsters are usually bloodthirsty, brutal, and have very low intelligence."
"With their intelligence, they wouldn't be able to resist the temptation of these meals, nor would they intentionally arrange these patterns."
Angelina nodded.
"This... this is too brutal..."
Hu Zhicheng's legs trembled as he looked at the scene before him.
This was his first time experiencing the ultimate apocalypse, and everything he saw was terrifying to him.
"Let's hurry. If they kill Bai Hanlin, it won't be fun anymore!"
Zhang Chen said.
Everyone quickly accelerated their pace.
They encountered no survivors or any other monsters along the way. The silence was eerily unsettling.
After another twenty minutes of travel, they arrived at a villa complex surrounded by walls on all four sides.
The sign at the main entrance read: Tengxiang Consulate.
There was no one in the guard booth at the entrance, only bloodstains. The thick iron gate at the front was dented from impacts of immense force, and terrifying claw marks were etched across it.
"The main gate isn't breached, they might still be alive!"
Hu Zhicheng exclaimed excitedly.
He quickly stepped forward and began knocking rhythmically on the iron gate: Dong dong, dong dong dong, dong, dong dong dong...
After a moment, the iron gate slowly pried open a gap, and a person's head emerged, nervously looking around.
This height, this appearance, it was indeed Bai Hanlin, though he looked slightly older.
On the hand supporting the iron gate, he wore a dark red ring.
"Don't worry, we haven't seen any monsters on our way here, so it should be safe!"
"And with two experts here, they're your old friends, very powerful ones. They instantly turned the undead monster in the pond into dust!"
Hu Zhicheng introduced excitedly.
"Hello, Bai Hanlin!"
Zhang Chen greeted with a smile.
"You know me?"
The older Bai Hanlin looked bewildered. He scrutinized Zhang Chen and Angelina, confirming he didn't recognize them at all.
"It's not exactly that I know you. Explaining this is rather complicated. It's better to let the other Bai Hanlin meet you and talk."
Zhang Chen said, gently patting his pocket.
"Goo-jee!"
Xiao Ruan unhappily crawled out of his pocket and opened a portal on the ground.
Zhang Chen walked in and, after a short while, returned with another Bai Hanlin, smiling.
"Leader, what do you need me for? I was halfway through a dissection..."
As Bai Hanlin spoke, he suddenly noticed an older version of himself standing opposite him, startling him into taking several steps back.
An energy scalpel instantly appeared in his hand.
"Huh? Your weapon is the same as mine?"
The elder Bai Hanlin waved his left hand, and an identical energy scalpel appeared in his grasp.
"These... two Bai Hanlins?"
Hu Zhicheng was dumbfounded. This situation was too bizarre.
"What kind of monster is this?"
"Leader, you're not letting a cleaner disguise themselves as me to play a trick, are you!"
Bai Hanlin, seeing Zhang Chen's amused smile, felt a sense of deception and slowly lowered his weapon.
"No, you are both Bai Hanlin, but you come from different parallel worlds!"
"To be honest, the probability of the same person surviving in two worlds as a轮回者 is not high. This destiny is quite rare!"
Zhang Chen said, patting Bai Hanlin's shoulder.
"Parallel worlds... identical people?"
Bai Hanlin only then noticed that the ring on the elder Bai Hanlin's hand was different from his own.
"If that's the case... then... are my parallel world family members all still alive?!"
Thinking of this, Bai Hanlin's heart suddenly clenched.
"I've brought the pipe worms. You can use the pipe worms to seek refuge in the high-walled city. Of course, this is voluntary!"
"Whatever you need to discuss, you can do so after you've settled in the high-walled city!"
Zhang Chen said with a smile.
*Ding!* Your friend Zhang Wenwen sent you a chat message.
"True God, Captain Tang mentioned that the mechanic has compatible replacement parts, and the repair progress has increased!"
"It should be completed in about 5 minutes. Should we depart immediately, or wait a little longer?"
"Let's depart now, I'll head back!" Zhang Chen replied silently.
"Let's go, Angelina. We can leave this place to Bai Hanlin. The portal is fixed, and we'll continue our journey!"
"Then... will he be alright by himself?" Angelina said with concern.
After all, in the apocalypse, people's hearts were unpredictable, and no one knew what might happen.
"Don't worry, this Bai Hanlin is much stronger than that older Bai Hanlin!"
"Besides, I've scanned their entire camp, and none of them are strong. If a conflict were to arise, Bai Hanlin could decimate the entire camp without breaking a sweat!"
Zhang Chen smiled, put his arm around Angelina's waist, and suddenly took flight, heading towards the direction of the shopping mall.