Before the great doomsday disaster, the covetousness of the small countries surrounding China was truly outrageous.
Not only were there all sorts of scams involving money, but they would even lure single women abroad, subjecting them to all sorts of inhumane abuse.
Those who managed to escape back were all scarred and mentally disoriented, as if only their bodies had returned, while their souls were forever extinguished somewhere.
Xu An looked at Zhou Haimai, not without considering such a possibility.
In his previous life, humans did not awaken supernatural abilities, but too many things had changed in this life.
It was as if the wings of a butterfly had stirred the cold winds of Siberia.
Perhaps Xu An, this tiny butterfly, could change many things.
Xu An shook his head.
"Not necessarily, this data is all from newborns統計d by official hospitals in each district. At least for now, every newborn's birth appears to be legal. I think we should go there to see what's going on."
Zhou Haimai nodded in agreement.
Mouse, from somewhere, found out that Xu An and his group were going to Lingshui District and followed them.
"I'll go with you guys to take a look. When the dark alley had problems, I transferred many children and women to Lingshui District, precisely because I chose that place for its many women who could help each other. If Lingshui District has problems, I will feel guilty."
Xu An had no objections when he heard that Mouse wanted to go along, as Mouse was more adept at investigating data.
Zhou Haimai naturally had no problem seeing Xu An nod.
"But," Xu An said, somewhat suspiciously, "what did you mean by there being many women in Lingshui District?"
Mouse replied in surprise, "Don't you know? Lingshui District is a bit like a women's army. Most of the people who came up from there were those who boarded the lighthouse last during the great escape. Many of them were separated from their family and friends after boarding the lighthouse, leaving only a few lonely girls. So, they decided to band together and live their lives."
"A few of the girls there could brew wine, and it didn't require very complex tools. Later, the name of this wine became Lingshui. Initially, the district numbers on the lighthouse were letters and numbers, but they were called Lingshui District because of their famous wine."
Xu An was speechless after Mouse's explanation.
Even Zhou Haimai behind him was blinking constantly, her eyes turning red.
Mouse looked at the two of them with strange expressions, "What's wrong with you?"
Xu An and Zhou Haimai had been theorizing about conspiracies for a long time, only to find out that it was all their own speculation, and they were too embarrassed to even go.
Mouse saw Xu An's demeanor, and being understanding as always, immediately realized that Xu An had misunderstood something and was feeling awkward.
She didn't bring up the topic again.
"However, Lingshui District is still very worth visiting. I still plan to go see some old friends. What about you, do you want to go together?"
Xu An suppressed his internal embarrassment and nodded.
"We'll go."
Zhou Haimai, hearing that Xu An was going, didn't quite understand.
Seeing that their opinions differed, Mouse didn't stay any longer. She only made an appointment with Xu An and decided to set off for Lingshui tomorrow.
After discussing, Mouse left, leaving only Xu An to explain to Zhou Haimai.
"Since there's nothing wrong, why are we still going?" Zhou Haimai asked in confusion.
"To take a look, I'm also a bit curious about this place, and I don't think the birth rate is that simple."
After bidding farewell to Zhou Haimai, Xu An lay on his bed again.
At this moment, Zeyuan, as if he had eaten his fill, flew out from the spatial dimension and looked at the aura around Xu An.
"Did your ability level up again?"
Xu An himself didn't understand. Looking at Zeyuan, she felt like she hadn't done anything, so why would her ability level up.
Thinking this, she asked him.
Zeyuan circled Xu An's body.
He shook his head, "I'm not sure either. The structure of your human body is different from ours. I can only sense that the power around you has increased, but I don't understand why you leveled up."
Xu An did not dwell on this issue.
After all, if Zeyuan couldn't provide an explanation, she wouldn't be able to figure it out no matter how hard she thought.
"However, you should pay attention to those beast tides."
Xu An's interest was piqued, "What do you mean?"
Zeyuan looked at Xu An's expression and silently complained again. He couldn't stand Xu An's unpromising appearance. As soon as he flew onto Xu An's bed,
Xu An looked at Zeyuan with a confused expression, "Did you get bigger again?"
Zeyuan visibly became happy upon hearing Xu An's words.
"Really? Really, am I going to grow up?"
Xu An really didn't want Zeyuan to grow up. Just thinking about the sharp-tongued Zeyuan turning into an adult, she couldn't help but grit her teeth.
She still felt that the small Zeyuan was cuter. Although he was sharp-tongued, he couldn't help but be cute.
But if Zeyuan were an adult, he wouldn't be cute at all!!!
"But why do you want to investigate the birth issue?"
Zeyuan was curious.
"I don't know, it's just a feeling deep down."
After Xu An finished viewing the statistical charts, various conspiracy theories surfaced in her mind.
However, the final result proved that there was no problem with this place, yet Xu An still wanted to go and see.
"By the way, I feel that the energy on the lighthouse has been extremely unstable recently. Someone's abilities should be beginning to revive."
Xu An noticed Zeyuan's wording, "What do you mean by revive?" Zeyuan did not use the word 'awaken'.
"It means the elements within the host are reviving. With these elements, abilities can be awakened by crystal cores. However, people without elements are destined not to awaken their abilities."
"But those people don't have crystal cores, nor do they know the use of crystal cores, so how could they awaken?"
"Then you underestimate abilities too much. The elements in the human body will automatically guide them. Even if people now don't know the use of crystal cores, when they accumulate to a certain extent, they will gradually erupt. At that time, even if their brains don't know the function of crystal cores, their bodies will actively guide them to find crystal cores."
"It can be like that?" Xu An was astonished.
A night of good sleep.
The next morning, Xu An was woken up by Zhou Haimai, who was already waiting at the door. She impatiently wrapped the quilt over her head again.
"Let me sleep a bit longer, just a moment, just ten minutes."
At this moment, Xu An hadn't realized that Mouse had also arrived at her house early to wait.
At this moment, she was looking at Zhou Haimai with a troubled expression.
"Is she usually like this?"
Mouse truly found it hard to imagine that Xu An, who appeared cold and decisive in dealing with matters outside, was actually a little girl who would hug her quilt and act spoiled in bed at home.