When Xiaoyun finished explaining the whole thing, everyone had finished their food a long time ago.

"I just can''t believe that a time machine exists... And that you are gaining your power from a small piece of rock and being bitten... Just sound like a fantasy." Kate commented.

"I know it sounds ridiculous, but that''s how it happened." Xiaoyun shrugged.

"No wonder why all the material from the warehouse always looks the same."

Hearing a voice coming from behind, Xiaoyun turned around and finally noticed Anna.

"Oh hey, Anna. When did you get here?" Xiaoyun asked in surprise.

"When you got to the part about your little sister finding out about your necklace..." Anna replied.

"Xiaoyun, you are technically in your thirty if we count all the times you are awake, right?" Kate asked curiously.

"Um, yes... but my main memory is still Xiaoyun, not Songming... I don''t know how to describe it... It''s like if someone gets trapped in a virtual world for ten years, but the outside only passes a single year.

Then, when you come out of it, everything becomes foggy as the brain can''t process all of it... It is just like a book that you can''t read, but you can only read what''s inside when someone else flips it for you." Xiaoyun explained.

"Oh... I''m sorry to hear that... I would hate if my memory get sealed away like that, especially with someone I love."

"No, it''s fine... Leyan and I got used to it."

As the conversation fell back to silence, Xiaoyun decided to ask something.

"Hey Kate... Since I spoke so much about myself, how about your story?"

"Um, my story is not interesting at all... Hey Anna, you should tell your story."

Kate quickly shifted the attention right to Anna.

"Me? I was born in Germany, got an engineering degree, then worked at Heckler and Koch as an intern for a year before leaving."

Anna replied with a proud look on her face.

"What is Heckler and Koch?" Tianci curiously asked as Anna spoke the word in German.

"It''s my uncle''s company. They produce firearms there." Anna explained.

"Anna, why did you pick gunsmithing out of all things?" Xiaoyun asked his question.

"Because my dad and uncles always go out hunting, and the gun they used was completely different every time...

Then, one time, I got a little curious and asked my uncle about how the guns are made, and he showed me a tour of an entire factory...

That was when I knew I fell in love with gunsmithing."

Anna replied with a long pause in between as she needed some time to translate German to Chinese in her head.

"How did you two know each other?" Xiaoyun asked another question.

"She invited me with a promise that I could have my own arm''s factory and be able to design with whatever I wanted. So I instantly accepted it... Now I think about it, I should have never accepted it."

"I don''t know what you are talking about. I fulfilled my promise, didn''t I? You still got the factory you can tinker with." Kate swirled her hair with her finger as she defended herself.

"Yeah, but you promised me that I could fly home every year."

With an angry Anna in front of her, Kate could only shrug.

"Well, it''s not my fault that a zombie outbreak would happen."

With all the Majors leaving the room, only Yezi and Xiaoyun remained.

"Yezi, was any of the soldier''s body recovered?" Xiaoyun asked.

"No, Li Miao told me that all of their body were crushed..."

Yezi paused for a second before continuing.

"How do you want to arrange the funeral?"

"We''ll erect a cenotaph in their names... Nobody should ever forget their sacrifice."

Xiaoyun''s face suddenly looked a little depressed as the mere fact that the bodies couldn''t even be recovered infuriated his mind. But there was nothing he could do at this point.

"Okay, I''ll go arrange that... Don''t be so harsh on yourself, okay?" Yezi patted Xiaoyun on the shoulder.

"I know..."

Xiaoyun''s face still looked the same, but his eyes weren''t as depressed as earlier as he looked back at Yezi.

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When Xiaoyun got back from work, it was six o''clock.

"Hey, honey! How''s work today?" Leyan opened the door with an energetic look.

"It went okay. Why are you so energetic today?" Xiaoyun asked curiously, as the depressed face he had earlier had completely disappeared as soon as he saw Leyan''s face.

"Because I''m preparing your——dinner."

Leyan quickly walked inside as Kate closed the door behind them.

"Really? Why so energetic over a dinner?" Xiaoyun asked curiously.

"Because the food was extra good today," Leyan explained as the four sat down in the empty seat.

"Where''s everyone else?" Xiaoyun asked curiously.

"They already ate and went outside to buy something. Don''t worry about them."

Xiaoyun could tell Leyan was hiding something, but he didn''t want to force her to say it.

"Okay then... Let''s see if the dinner is really that good today."

One hour later...

"We''re back!" Nami announced as they stepped inside the house.

"Where did you guys go?" Xiaoyun asked curiously as the five of them walked into the house.

"Just went shopping for some clothes," Yuqi replied as Yueyue carried a bag into the kitchen.

"Uh-huh, clothes to the kitchen?" Xiaoyun pointed out.

"We also brought some vegetables and meat. Yueyue is just carrying it to the fridge."

Seeing Yuqi''s calm reaction, Xiaoyun didn''t buy it at all, as he knew that''s how Yuqi always reacted when she wanted to hide something.

"What are you guys hiding? Just tell me already." Xiaoyun finally decided to ask as the curiosity got a better hold of him.

"It''s a secret, okay? You''ll see it next week." Nami interrupted Yuqi before she could say anything.

"Fine... Whatever, let''s just watch some TV show today before I go to sleep."