The apocalypse begins with a dungeon game.

Chapter 184 We Need Help

"...Alright, I'll go back and try it like this. If it doesn't work, you can't abandon me." Wang Defa grabbed Li Can and Li Lan's sleeves, one on each side.

Don't worry.

"Speaking of which, how come you have so much experience being a scumbag... I never would have guessed, Peach Blossom, you're so young, how come you're like this..."

Li Can was amused by Wang Defa's wild imagination. "What? Just because I've never eaten pork doesn't mean I've never seen a pig run!"

"That's true. You look quite young, just barely an adult." With his own affairs progressing, Wang Defa shifted his focus and began to study Li Can.

He looked at the stubble that had already grown on his chin; it was a lush, green patch that looked rather unkempt.

If you don't shave for a few days, you'll look like a wild man from the mountains.

"By the way, what about your family back on Earth? Do you need me to look after them when I go back? After all, I'm someone with some status and influence in that base."

"Li Lan is also the vice-captain of the first superpowered squad. Her position is higher than mine. All the people under her command are elites, and she can also help look after them."

Wang Defa rambled on and on for a long time.

But Li Can only looked gloomy and became sad, although it was mostly an act.

"I am an orphan."

Li Can didn't reveal his hand directly to the official figures of the First Base because he didn't trust them at the beginning and was still in the observation period, so he didn't intend to alert them.

After his subsequent review, it was found that the positive side was indeed not suitable for a bottom line, and fortunately, no bottom line was drawn.

Caution is the boat.

As for why he still chose to act in front of Wang Defa, it wasn't because he couldn't trust him at all, but because Li Can couldn't completely trust the alien pseudo-human forces behind Wang Defa who had their eyes on him.

Old Wang is easily fooled. Last time, he was confused by the fake people when it came to his own family's issues.

She couldn't possibly tell him too many secrets.

Sometimes, the less he knows, the fewer flaws he reveals, and the safer he is.

If he were told this, and the imposters were to follow the trail and discover the truth, then Li Can's family would be his biggest weakness.

It does no good for anything.

On the contrary, with Li Lan around, Li Can was no longer so worried.

My sister is family, so whatever she does when she goes back is perfectly natural.

No one would have imagined that this special person would obtain a large amount of timeline information through the first instance and make contact with the Blue Star ten years ago.

In the second instance, they finally met up and joined forces with their own people.

With favorable timing, location, and human factors, everything will be successful.

"Orphan... Sigh, Peach Blossom, you... I'm really not a human being..." After hearing Li Can's reply, Wang Defa's expression changed unpredictably, filled with self-blame.

"It's alright. Even though you're going to the post-apocalyptic world ten years from now all alone, remember, you still have me as your friend. I'll always be thinking of you in the past timeline, my good brother."

"Although I, Wang Defa, don't have any great ambitions or abilities, I value loyalty and brotherhood the most." As he spoke, he rolled up his fist and pounded it against his chest several times.

"Right, we can't just passively deal with these fakes like this, can we?"

"They've been infiltrating our planet for so long. If we don't go back and do something about it, it might not be long before it becomes the world you see ten years from now where humanity is extinct."

"Every time I think about such an ending, I feel disgusted by those hypocrites. I feel an itch in my heart, and I wish I could drive them out immediately and destroy their lair."

"What kind of people are they? If they were after Blue Star with the intention of invading it and taking over its territory, I could understand it."

"But judging from what we learned about Peach Blossom, they weren't after that at all; they simply wanted to destroy all life on a planet, including this planet itself—pure evil!"

Ever since Li Can learned about the existence of the pseudo-humans, he had been pondering their motivations, but these alien beings simply did not act according to logic.

They wasted time and energy; what exactly were their desires in the end?

Without a profit motive, they wouldn't have acted so casually and set up such a large scheme.

These dungeon games didn't just appear out of thin air; they were all products of their design.

We must first understand their motives in order to find the right solution and address the problem at its root.

This is what Li Can and his team are now focusing on.

"Benefits, advantages." Li Can took a few steps and sat on a bench in front of a shop on the street. He leaned forward, opened his legs, put his elbows on his legs, and clasped his hands together.

Seeing this, the other two also went over and sat down on the chairs at the entrance of the cafe.

Although the space after the dungeon game ends is a frozen replay of the dungeon world, it is actually a very private and quiet little world.

It's no exaggeration to say it's another world.

As they lingered there, they couldn't help but feel somewhat disoriented, sometimes hallucinating what the planet looked like before its apocalypse.

"I mean they must have some ulterior motive for doing this. Destroying Earth and the most advanced life form on Earth, humanity, would bring them unprecedented benefits."

"So my appearance became the only variable in their covert operations. Now, in the early stages of the Blue Star apocalypse, they are completely panicked."

"If I'm not mistaken, on the timeline I traveled to, their plan on Earth went very smoothly, and humanity was completely wiped out before they could even react."

"Therefore, when I traveled to that point in time, the severely damaged Earth was in such dire need of time, with the countdown to destruction and death pressing closely. This was also Earth's cry for help."

That's right, it's the Scrambled Cloud's cry for help; I am a human it summoned from the past timeline.

From the initial devastating earthquake attack at the beginning of the apocalypse, Earth was infected with an alien virus, and the scrambled cloud, a spiritual entity of Earth, fell into a coma and slumber.

By the time it was forcibly awakened, it was too late. Humanity was extinct, Earth itself was in dire need of protection, and everything had reached its final moment.

With its last remaining strength, it chose itself from among billions of people.

Thus, Li Can was captured and brought to a post-apocalyptic world where he was the only one left.

All alone.

Hasty.

Completely bewildered.

This is the best remedial measure that Luanma Cloud can take out of desperation.

How can I blame it?

For Li Can, this was a battlefield where there was no rehearsal, no prior planning, and the first shot was fired hastily.

He is both the soldier and the officer.

The only people who can be considered as officially developed downlines, or teammates, or personnel from other wartime departments, are his younger sister Li Lan and Wang Defa.

What they have to do and what they face is far greater and heavier than they could have imagined.

"Therefore, we need helpers, lots and lots of helpers and allies. This is a towering tree that we, a few people, cannot shake."

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