Chapter 230: Chapter 220: Departure The day Tang Mo set out, the weather was exceptionally good.
The sun was bright, warming her skin.
The weather had been so good recently it made one feel that being alive wasn’t so hard after all.
Tang Mo’s destination this time was Donglin City. It was a coastal city, and Tang Mo had always loved cities by the sea.
According to the map from Sand Town, Donglin City was one of the cities that had a glyph.
Tang Mo chose Donglin City as her first stop not only because she loved the sea, but for a more important reason: she wanted to confirm a bold suspicion she had.
If that suspicion turned out to be true...
Then humanity would soon have to face things far more terrifying than their current reality.
Tang Mo didn’t say goodbye to Qin Ling before she left. She had never been fond of farewells.
People you’ll see again don’t need goodbyes.
Qin Ling sent Tang Mo a message.
"Safe travels."
"Let’s both do our best," Tang Mo replied.
Each striving on their own, to meet again at the summit.
Perhaps that phrase perfectly described the state of Tang Mo and Qin Ling’s relationship.
They were more than just lovers; they were friends, the best of comrades-in-arms.
Tang Mo had entrusted Xiao Tao to Xu the Third. Qin Ling’s training system was well-established and would allow Xiao Tao to mature as quickly as possible.
Once again, it was just one person and one beast, Tang Mo and Jingjing, setting off on the road.
Donglin City wasn’t far from S Base. A helicopter could make the trip in half an hour.
On foot, it would take about a month.
But Tang Mo still chose to go on her own. A path forged with her own two feet held more value.
For Tang Mo, who could travel at high speed, a month-long journey would only take two weeks.
She had all sorts of stored food, a warm sleeping bag and quilt, and Jingjing to keep her from getting bored. The journey could hardly be considered arduous.
「Ten days later...」
Tang Mo walked along an abandoned highway, nibbling on a piece of bread while trying to summon her spiritual power.
She didn’t know how to use her spiritual power to make herself fly yet, but through constant practice, she could already make small objects around her levitate.
Tang Mo let go of the bread.
Instead of falling, the bread was held aloft by a surge of spiritual power and began to float upward.
Thankfully, there was no one else on the road. Anyone who saw this would have jumped out of their skin.
Satisfied, Tang Mo grabbed the bread again. ’If the bread can fly, it’s only a matter of time before I can too,’ she thought.
"Me too, me too!"
Ever since Jingjing learned to talk, it had been getting more and more chatty.
It clamored for Tang Mo to make it fly too. Tang Mo gave it her best shot...
And failed.
Jingjing’s weight was currently increasing at an incredible rate.
It hadn’t grown much in size, but its weight had reached the point where even Tang Mo found it a bit difficult to carry.
"Jingjing, you need to go on a diet," Tang Mo advised.
"Hmph."
Miffed at being too heavy to be lifted, Jingjing unhappily turned its head away and tried to lift itself with its own spiritual power.
It was a mutant beast with the Spiritual Attribute. ’If Momo can do it, I can too if I try hard enough!’
And so, the person and the beast both continued to wrestle with their spiritual power.
Just as Tang Mo was completely focused on sensing her spiritual power, she suddenly felt something bump against her leg. Looking down, she saw a little girl of about five, her arm covered in blood, who had run into her.
"Little one, are you okay?"
Before the girl could speak, several men appeared out of nowhere and charged toward Tang Mo, their faces masks of fury.
"Daughter, what’s wrong? Did this woman hurt you?"
The men rushed up to Tang Mo indiscriminately. Without bothering to help the little girl up, they furiously snarled at Tang Mo.
Tang Mo understood instantly. She’d run into a scam.
She couldn’t help but find it a little funny. ’It’s the apocalypse. What’s the point of pulling a scam like this?’
’Even if I had done it—hell, even if I’d actually killed the girl—what could they do about it out here in the middle of nowhere?’
Besides, she didn’t know what these men were after, but it was most likely a robbery.