Hearing this sentence, both n felt desperate in an instant, perceiving the road ahead as dead silent and pitch-black, unable to see a glimr of hope for survival.
If they could do it all over again, they would never step foot in this cursed Japanese restaurant, not to ntion trying to please this little brat! Their first visit had brought such a disaster upon them, how could they argue their way out of this?
Nevertheless, they had managed to survive until now as Level 6 New Humans. In such situations, they were not only hanging on by a thread but also possessed a spirit of adventure. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have made it this long — it had been eleven years since the apocalypse began, and what dangers hadn’t they faced? Yet here they were, still alive!
Regardless, one must always hold on to a sliver of hope.
"Um, sir, may I ask what type of question it is you want to ask?"
"Yes, I just want to ask about a person to see if anyone recognizes or knows her."
"Ah..."
Both n were utterly despondent. They had only been at the Cloud Gorge Base for two months, spending much of that ti indoors, avoiding trouble as long as no one bothered them. How many people could they possibly know?
After exchanging a glance, each saw only despair in the other’s face.
What could be more hopeless than this?
"All right, I’m going to start asking now. Are you two ready?"
"Rea... ready..."
"Alright!"
Abeng pulled out the slightly yellowed photograph from his pocket once more. As the two n looked at it, they realized they indeed did not recognize the person shown.
Showing it to his companion, who also displayed a face of despair, they both looked towards Abeng, forcing a smile uglier than tears.
"Sir, please... give us another chance. We can do a lot of things for you without being puppets!"
"Why bother with all that, huh? Don’t recognize her?"
"That... we do not recognize..."
"Oh~ then there’s nothing to discuss!"
Seeing Abeng about to snap his fingers, Old Shen quickly shouted, "No! Don’t! Please, I beg you!"
"What else is there?" Abeng paused, his hand poised to snap, though the n in front of him already seed no different from others he’d encountered at Cloud Gorge Base. Unless four or five Level 8 New Human Powerhouses were to attack him together, he wouldn’t worry at all. But these were just Level 6s, abundant at the Royal Court, too nurous even to count. Cloud Gorge Base certainly wouldn’t confront him just for these two.
Therefore, Abeng didn’t mind giving them a few more seconds to say sothing.
"I want to ask, what is the na of this woman in the photograph?" Old Shen knew it was a long shot, hoping simply to prolong their lives even by a second.
"Oh, this woman’s surna is Long, full na Long Yingjia."
"Long... Long Yingjia... I’ve never even heard of that surna, we’re dood." Old Shen collapsed on the ground, but the other man suddenly looked up at Abeng with shining eyes, seeing him about to snap his fingers, and quickly shouted, "Wait! Sir, just wait, that na..."
His eyes glead with excitent as he spoke.
Seeing this reaction, anticipation appeared on Abeng’s face. It seed this man had a clue.
"What? You have sothing to say? Recognize her?"
"I don’t recognize her, but please, don’t rush, I really don’t know her, but I rember seeing the na! It seems like just a few days ago?"
"Oh? Is that so?"
"Yes, yes! Sir, please wait, let look!"
The man stood up, pulled out a phone from his pants pocket, quickly turned it on, opened an app, and without hesitation accessed the browsing history, scrolling swiftly through it.
After a while, Abeng grew impatient; it seed to him the man was rely dragging out ti to save his skin.
"Wait, I’ve almost found it!"
Unable to find anything relevant in the history, the man backed out and accessed the search function, taking a deep breath but hesitating before typing. It looked as if he was trying to recall sothing.
Before long, right when Abeng was on the edge of snapping, the man typed three characters.
[Ridge Crossing]
After entering these characters, the application interface quickly displayed nurous entries, and he quickly opened one of the videos, handing the phone to Abeng while saying, "Look, it should be this one."
The video content flashed before Abeng’s eyes. It covered an event from the middle of the seventh year of the apocalypse at the City of Bright Moon with Yao Gong, Changqiu, and Lin Jiangyang, three Level 7 New Humans from the Hidden Dragon Society engaging in a massive battle at Ridge Crossing in the China B3 district. The battle’s outbreak was so sudden that the local populace hadn’t even had the chance to react before a near-apocalyptic storm swept through, devastating the area and resulting in massive fatalities. Afterward, both Changqiu and Lin Jiangyang from the City of Bright Moon perished, as did the two Level 7 New Humans and the accompanying military forces from the Hidden Dragon Society.
Since this was the first major Level 7 New Human battle at Cloud Gorge Base, causing such severe destruction, the information departnt wanted to understand the psychological state of the survivors at the ti, leading to this interview being conducted.
In the video interview, Abeng saw the na, Long Yingjia, but he wasn’t sure, so he asked the man in front of him, "Isn’t this character pronounced ’yi’?"
The man scratched his head, wanting to laugh but daring not to.
"How did I not realize this brat was illiterate?" he thought to himself, but outwardly he honestly explained, "This character is pronounced Ying..."
"Oh." Abeng nodded, not minding much.
Upon seeing this, both n visibly relaxed, their lives seemingly saved. The man felt like revering the person who uploaded the video; it was a life-saving grace! Without the video’s poster, he wouldn’t even know about Long Yingjia.
"I must give you an upvote when I get back!"
Old Shen exhaled deeply, amazed; he could never have imagined their lives being saved in such a way!
"Sir, the person you’re looking for is probably her. Although it’s hard to see her clearly in the video, but her na is the sa, and she was interviewed at the Mining Hospital in China B21 district, they should have records there, probably including Long Yingjia’s address."
As Abeng watched the video, seeing the schedule for the Mining Hospital in the video, he felt a mixture of emotions. After almost two months, he had finally found a clue about Long Yingjia. It felt like the futile efforts of a lifeti suddenly showing progress, filling his heart with hope for the future!
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