Xu An looked up at the woman and paused for a moment before saying, "You're Mouse?"
"There shouldn't be another Mouse here but me."
"I need a favor. I want to transfer some transaction coins privately."
"Do you know my rules here? I take thirty percent."
Xu An nodded. "I do. By the way, Zhizhi introduced me."
Mouse's eyes curved into a smile. "Alright, give me the items."
Xu An fumbled in her pocket and took out the three ID cards she had previously acquired, along with her own, and handed them over.
Mouse looked at the cards in her hand, examined them, and her smile deepened. "You're ruthless, killing three people at once?" she added silently in her mind, "But... I like it."
Xu An's brow furrowed. "When you do business, do you also inquire about the source of the items?"
"Not really. It's just that these three cards belong to old acquaintances, and I didn't expect them all to end up in your hands." Mouse looked at Xu An with an unreadable expression.
Xu An didn't understand the meaning behind her gaze. Mouse was quick; before Xu An could respond, she handed back the ID cards with the transaction completed.
"There are a total of 2000 transaction coins inside. I took 600, leaving 1400. Do you want to check?"
"No need, I want to buy some information."
Mouse pursed her lips and shifted her position on the chair. "You want to buy information about who wants to kill you?"
Xu An looked at Mouse, her eyes instantly turning cold. She said with a touch of indifference, "How did you know?"
"This information came from me, so of course, I know... Although... I thought you already knew."
"Tell me who the mastermind is, how much it costs, and I'll buy it."
Mouse chuckled. "In principle, I don't betray my customers. However, I've found that old woman unpleasant for a long time. Speaking of which, didn't you have a dispute before reaching the lighthouse?"
Upon hearing this, Xu An understood immediately. She thought, "It really was that woman!"
At the same time, she silently reminded herself to avoid offending Mouse in the future.
"How many transaction coins? I'll transfer them to you." Saying this, Xu An reached out to hand her ID card to the other party.
"Forget it. Give me the ID cards of Wang Qiang and his two brothers. I'll take them back as payment."
Hearing Mouse mention taking back the ID cards, an idea suddenly flashed through Xu An's mind. "Can you create fake identities here, to get people onto the lighthouse?"
Mouse didn't hide anything. "If you have customers you can introduce to me, I'll give you a commission, hahaha."
Xu An seemed surprised by the other party's frankness and mechanically nodded.
Saying this, Xu An handed the other three cards to Mouse and turned to leave. Halfway out, she seemed to spot Zhizhi, but she didn't go to greet her, just cast a distant glance and left.
Mouse looked at the ID cards in her hand and smiled in the direction Xu An had gone. "Tsk, she's pretty and interesting. It's been a long time since I've met someone I liked this much."
The one-eyed man, who had been silent all along, glanced at Mouse with disdain. "Put away your thoughts. This woman is not simple. Be careful not to get yourself into trouble."
...
Just as Xu An came down from the elevator on the negative first floor, deafening alarms suddenly blared around her.
Behind Xu An, in the corridor that was the only way to the lighthouse, came sounds of running, screaming, and wailing, and even... the crackle of gunfire.
Xu An paused for a moment and immediately ran towards her hovercar.
The surroundings were filled with panicked people. Many were running out of the corridor, brushing past her. Some even bumped her shoulder, but no one stopped; everyone was running towards the hovercars.
Xu An looked around and noticed that among the fleeing figures, there were a few running in a way that seemed off.
A frightened girl next to her, seeing that Xu An was also alone, mustered up the courage to speak. "Miss, do you know what's happening?"
Through the protective shield, Xu An looked at the continuous rain outside. "It seems like a flood is coming..."
Xu An's guess was correct. The heavy rain had breached the dam behind City B, and the torrent had swept through the entire city.
The girl listened, her face filled with terror.
Saying this, Xu An quickened her pace, about to rush forward, when her peripheral vision caught sight of Qin Chuan, fully armed and holding a gun, walking towards her.
Behind him were densely packed soldiers equipped with various weapons.
The soldiers quickly formed a line, blocking everyone's path, precisely in front of Xu An.
She met the gaze of Zhou Zhe, who was walking towards her, and they stared at each other.
Zhou Zhe looked surprised and exclaimed softly, "It's you?!"
After looking around, realizing it wasn't the place to talk, he closed his mouth and stopped looking at Xu An.
Qin Chuan naturally saw Xu An as well, but his face was expressionless. His gaze passed over Xu An directly, scanning the surroundings as if they were strangers.
"You all stay here and guard."
"Yes, sir!"
...
Ten minutes ago.
The lighthouse had issued a Level One alert and recall order three hours ago.
Now that the time had come, the lighthouse was forced to ascend. However, the crowd of people applying to board the lighthouse was still endless, with no signs of decreasing.
Finally, the staff at the entrance registration received orders from their superiors.
"Mandatory evacuation! Lighthouse boarding operation terminated!"
The people stuck before the order to board the lighthouse looked relieved, as if they had escaped a disaster.
But those who hadn't boarded wore expressions of deep resentment.
"Why?! Why can they go up, and we can't?"
"These are superior orders; there's nothing I can do..."
"Young man, please be flexible. It wasn't easy for us to get this far, only a minute away. Let us in?" a dark-skinned man with a resolute face pleaded humbly with the staff.
"Don't make it difficult for me. The system has been forcibly shut down. You can't go up without an identity card, no matter how much you beg. Begging me is useless."
The staff member forcefully shook his arm, pushing back the cigarette the man had subtly tried to hand him. He tidied his sleeves, packed his belongings, and turned to leave.
The man stood frozen for a moment, then seemed to understand something.
He turned and shouted loudly to the crowd still in line behind him, "Brothers! We can't just wait to die like this. We went through all sorts of hardships to reach the lighthouse, but now the lighthouse is refusing to let us board."
"If the lighthouse won't let us on, then today we will board by force! If the lighthouse won't issue us identity cards, then we'll go and snatch them!"
"......"