With Xu An waking up, Xu Yan told her she had been unconscious for three days.
She seemed stunned, "I'm not dead?"
As soon as the words left her mouth, her forehead was hit hard.
Xu An cradled her head, looking at her mother with a wronged expression.
"Why did you hit me?"
"To stop you from talking nonsense."
"Are you hungry? Get up and eat."
Xu An paused, "What about them? Are they okay?"
The situation had been critical, and Xu An, unable to care for herself, had no time to think about others.
"You're asking about Hai Mei, that child? And Qin Chuan? They're fine. They've both been treated and woke up long ago. It was only you who kept lying there, scaring me to death."
Only when Xu An heard that the other two were safe did her anxious heart finally settle.
At the same time, she was somewhat confused about sleeping for so long.
"Why did I sleep for so long?"
Xu Yan complained with a hint of reproach, "And you have the nerve to ask. You're usually such a sharp person, how can you falter at a critical moment? Those monsters are creepy to look at, and the three of you, mere mortals, why would you be so reckless as to fight them?"
"If something truly happened to you, what would I do alone? Do you want to anger me to death..."
Seeing her mother about to launch into a lengthy tirade, Xu An quickly interrupted.
"My dear mother, can we get to the point?"
Xu Yan rolled her eyes, "They are much better than you. They woke up the next day, and you're the only one who's been lying here."
"You, you really don't know what to say about you. Do you know that all your ribs were broken? If we had been a step later, you would have died right there."
Xu An felt a bit embarrassed, she really hadn't thought that far ahead at the time.
"What happened to that monster in the end?"
Xu Yan shook her head, "I was holding you and found someone to help carry you back. Later, I saw a few people in white coats go down to deal with that monster."
"I don't know what happened afterwards, but Qin Chuan and the others seem to have recovered from their injuries and have already gone down with the lighthouse workers to mine for energy."
"Speaking of which, this darn weather suddenly turned cold. Heating and electricity on the lighthouse are now charged, and even more expensive than before. This month alone, I don't know how many people have frozen to death."
Xu An then noticed that her clothes had been changed.
It was just a simple set of home clothes.
But it didn't seem that cold.
"Is it that I haven't recovered? I feel like it's not too cold."
Xu Yan gave her a cold, dismissive look.
"Of course, it's not cold. I turned on the heating as soon as you got back. The current electric heating is ten times the previous price, it's so expensive. If we didn't have some supplies left, we would have frozen to death."
Xu An then realized that her mother was wearing thick, heavy coats.
Before she returned, Xu Yan had been reluctant to even turn on the electric heating.
Xu An then understood that the energy consumption on the lighthouse was far worse than she had previously imagined.
"Mom, I want to go out and see them."
Xu Yan pulled Xu An back into the covers, "Lie down properly, where are you going? Your legs are broken, and they've only just been reconnected."
Xu An then realized she had no feeling in her lower body and was instantly horrified.
"Am I going to be lame?"
Seeing the look in her daughter's eyes, Xu Yan knew what she was thinking.
"You're fine. For this, you really have to thank Qin Chuan."
Xu An was a bit confused, "Why?"
"Your legs were so badly broken that Qin Chuan used his influence to give you his medical pod treatment opportunity. That's why your legs could be reconnected safely."
Xu An knew about the medical pod her mother mentioned.
It was said to be the pinnacle of medical technology in China, capable of regenerating even severed limbs.
Her legs had likely been crushed by that octopus monster. If it were up to her own recovery ability,
It wouldn't necessarily mean permanent disability, but it would take at least three to five years to heal properly.
However, Xu An hadn't expected Qin Chuan to give up his own chance for her to receive treatment first.
After all, these things were obtained through military industrial complex.
One slot meant one person. If Xu An used it, Qin Chuan couldn't use the medical pod.
"Is Qin Chuan okay? If he gave up the medical pod for me, what about his own injuries?"
"Don't worry, Qin Chuan is fine. That child is truly resilient. He was completely pinned down by the monster, but he protected himself well. He only broke two ribs. Later, the doctors reconnected them and gave him an injection of something."
"But Qin Chuan recovered the next day, he was up and about, and went down with the main group to complete a mission."
"What about Sister Mei?" Xu An knew that Zhou Hai Mei's background was not simple, so she wasn't overly worried about her.
Among the three of them, Zhou Hai Mei likely had the strongest background.
Xu Yan remembered Zhou Hai Mei and clicked her tongue twice before slowly saying.
"I didn't expect that little Mei, looking so wild, but her family background is not simple at all."
"When I came down, it seemed like it was little Mei's father who was with me, followed by a large group of people who carried little Mei away. You can say you benefited from her."
"I couldn't carry you by myself. At that time, little Mei was still conscious and saw that you had fainted. She asked someone to help me, and that's how we carried you back together."
"I'll go thank them when I'm better."
Zhou Hai Mei had always said her family was part of the government, but she never specified who.
Xu An had never asked.
Xu An believed that if the other party wanted to say, they would say it. If they didn't, she wouldn't proactively ask.
"Are our transaction coins still enough?" Xu An asked the question that worried her the most.
Xu Yan calculated for a while.
"We still have enough, but I don't know if the electricity prices here will continue to rise."
"Increase? Isn't the price fixed?"
"No. Previously, it increased once a month. Now, it increases almost every week."
"Is only the energy price increasing?" Xu An's eyes turned cold.
Using her common sense, if the prices continued to rise endlessly, the lighthouse would only face endless riots and rebellions.
The lighthouse in her previous life had existed until Xu An's death. Why in this life,
After only two years, such a drastic change had occurred?
"Don't the higher-ups on the lighthouse know that if the prices keep rising like this, many people on the lighthouse will die?"