Chapter 1151 - 1149: It’s Enough to Survive

Li Xiaomei nodded along, and then earnestly said, "Then I might have to trouble that sister. After all, I seem to be much shorter than my peers, even though my parents have decent genes. It seems the problem must be with me..."

Wang Zhan and Luo Xue exchanged a glance and both started laughing, naturally not saying much more.

In the blink of an eye, Wang Zhan and the others had already made their way into the interior of the protective line. Since Wang Zhan and his group had just sparred with everyone, the people here were naturally aware of Wang Zhan and his group’s strength, so they dared not say much more.

After settling down, Wang Zhan showed a faint smile at the corner of his mouth. Glancing at the already asleep Li Xiaomei, his gaze fell on Luo Xue beside him, and he began to speak again, "Unexpectedly, this little girl seems quite interesting. However, her life has been full of hardships, and she hasn’t had a good life over the years. If it weren’t for meeting us, she probably would have already..."

As he spoke those final words, Wang Zhan’s expression gradually turned grim.

If he had remembered sooner the people in the fifth war zone and had carefully arranged these matters, perhaps many tragedies wouldn’t have happened, and the people of the fifth war zone wouldn’t have faced any issues.

Thinking of these things, Wang Zhan sighed helplessly, while Luo Xue beside him walked up to Wang Zhan, patted his shoulder, and spoke again, "Brother Wang, these issues were never really your concern, so there’s no need for you to dwell too much on them. Plus, everything has now been resolved, perhaps this is just the fate of everyone in the fifth war zone..."

With matters now past, no one can live forever in the past, so Luo Xue seemed much more open-minded about it.

Wang Zhan shook his head, sighed, and then spoke again, "Don’t worry, my mindset is much better than yours, so I don’t really care about these things. Since the matters are past, let them stay in the past, we just need to protect the people around us to prevent such things from happening again."

Luo Xue displayed a slight smile at the corner of his mouth. This matter indeed had a great impact on them, so it naturally needed to be handled properly.

In the blink of an eye, Wang Zhan and Luo Xue had each returned to their rooms. Since they only asked for two rooms and Li Xiaomei was still a child, Luo Xue naturally stayed by her side, while Wang Zhan had returned to his room and was already fast asleep.

Fortunately, nothing happened throughout the night so Wang Zhan and the others got a good night’s sleep, and so did Li Xiaomei. Though she fell asleep earlier than Wang Zhan and the others, come morning she hadn’t even woken up yet, while Luo Xue in the room watched over Li Xiaomei, a doting gaze as if she were his little sister.

Upon hearing the knock at the door, Luo Xue walked over, his gaze fell on Wang Zhan, then glanced in the direction of Li Xiaomei, and spoke again, "Brother Wang, the little girl is still asleep. I couldn’t bring myself to wake her earlier, and she should be hungry; earlier in her dreams, she kept talking about drumsticks..."

Thinking of Li Xiaomei’s drooling look, Luo Xue sighed helplessly, this little girl was indeed very endearing, and if she could always be by his side, that would be a good thing too.

Wang Zhan slightly squinted his eyes, his gaze still resting on Li Xiaomei before him. After hesitating for a moment, Wang Zhan walked over to Li Xiaomei, gently patted her shoulder, yet the little girl just turned over and still didn’t say anything.

Seeing her like this, Wang Zhan shook his head and smiled wryly, "This little girl is really interesting, who knows what goes on in her mind? I suppose for this period of time, she hasn’t had a restful sleep, so now that she has a comfortable space, she probably just wants to replenish her energy properly. But clearly, she has no guard against us anymore, so she shows her true self in front of us."

After all, Li Xiaomei is still a child, even if overly mature, she’s just like her peers, naturally possessing the nature of a child.

Luo Xue nodded along, crossing his arms and speaking thoughtfully, "Once we return to the Sky Pavilion, we can resume normal life, and surely people inside Tian Pavilion will take care of her, so there’s no need to worry. Plus, given our pace, it shouldn’t take long to return to the Sky Pavilion. Should we set off today?"

Luo Xue’s gaze was now on Wang Zhan, obviously waiting for his response.

Wang Zhan nodded, continuing, "Naturally, we should return to the Sky Pavilion as soon as possible. Since matters within the fifth war zone are settled, while not ideal, it’s come to this point, and there’s not much else we can do..."

Wang Zhan had done his best; upon returning to the fifth war zone, it was already vastly different, devoid of people, so even if they wanted to protect those in the fifth war zone, the chance was long gone.

As for Xiang Tian’s matter, it didn’t need explaining to anyone, perhaps people from the fifth war zone would meet Xiang Tian below.

Seemingly hearing Wang Zhan and Luo Xue speak, Li Xiaomei, lying on the bed, turned over, her gaze on Wang Zhan, eyeing him and Luo Xue before scratching her head, smiling and saying, "Big Brother, Big Sister, why are you both here?"

"Aren’t you sleeping?"

Though she’d slept for quite some time, Li Xiaomei was somewhat drowsy and even struggled to open her eyes.

Wang Zhan smiled and walked beside her, gently patting her head and saying, "You’re such an interesting little girl, don’t you see? It’s already daylight. You slept the whole night, and during that time, you constantly talked about eating something. Are you hungry?"

Hearing this, Li Xiaomei’s mouth curved into an awkward smile, scratching her head, she continued, "I indeed haven’t eaten, so I was somewhat hungry. Even yesterday, though I had some pastries, it didn’t ease my heart. In this past time, all I’ve been eating are berries, I’m almost sick of them. Sometimes I don’t want to live on, with demonic beasts everywhere, every day living in fear is too painful..."

Seeing her like this, Wang Zhan was full of sympathy, walking to Li Xiaomei, taking her hand and leading her outside, smiling, "Alright, I’ll take you out to eat something, let you regain strength, and from now on, sticking by me means whatever you want to eat, you can have. Never will you return to previous living conditions."

Li Xiaomei gave Wang Zhan a grateful look, but this time she didn’t say any words of thanks; she knew Wang Zhan didn’t mind such things — she’d met a good person this time.

In the blink of an eye, Wang Zhan and the others had reached downstairs, while Li Xiaomei quickly ran to a nearby store, selecting things. Since Wang Zhan was there, people wouldn’t easily offend her to the extent that once she found something she liked, it would immediately be handed to her.

While Wang Zhan and Luo Xue continued to closely follow Li Xiaomei, accompanying her kindly.

Suddenly, Luo Xue slightly squinted his eyes, his gaze returned to Wang Zhan, speaking thoughtfully, "Brother Wang, a thought occurred to me — this little girl is human, and with our human aura. But in that region filled with uncountable demonic beasts, how is it she hasn’t attracted the beasts’ attention, and survived so long there?"

One should know, this couldn’t possibly happen, but Luo Xue hadn’t realized this while mired in sadness.

Now with everything resolved, curiosity about the how comes naturally.

Even with the demonic beasts in the fifth war zone having limited capabilities, Li Xiaomei is just an ordinary child without cultivation. How could she possibly avoid attention from those demonic beasts?

Wang Zhan slightly squinted his eyes, rhythmically tapping his temple with his fingers, unable to come up with a reason in a moment. Hesitating a bit, he continued, "I can’t figure it out either, perhaps because Li Xiaomei has been around those demonic beasts so long that she’s picked up their scent, thus evading detection by the beasts..."

"But no matter the reason, as long as she survived in that region."