"Inferior citizen?"

"Yes, inferior citizens actually have very limited rights to even take action. The only goods we can purchase are limited to food and some simple daily necessities. We cannot afford luxuries... sigh, but actually our wages are not much, so it doesn't really matter."

The woman seems completely unconcerned about this, as if she had long ago accepted the fact that she is an inferior citizen.

Food and daily necessities, these are indeed enough for a person to live a normal life. Who needs a bicycle?

Just as we were engrossed in our conversation, the door to the room was pushed open by a familiar figure.

"Hehehe, what are you chatting so happily about, Nan Nan?"

"Grandfather, did you finish work early today?"

"Yes, those old folks said it's been more dangerous lately and that the factory will be closed for a short time starting today. They asked me to inform you... not to come tomorrow."

"Ah? Then... what about the workers' wages? We have some savings, but the workers..."

"That's not something we need to worry about. The upper-ups have said that the workers will still receive some wages and we will also receive some."

"Oh, I see..."

"Put those trivial matters aside for now, I have more important things to discuss. It's about this kid!"

Suddenly, the old man starts glaring at me, and he stubbornly refuses to look anywhere else.

"Although I really want to congratulate you on being released by the Alliance government, I still have to say - stay away from my granddaughter, Nan Nan!!!"

The old man's meaning is clear, he thinks I'm trying to woo his granddaughter!

This is so unfair... I am so misunderstood!

"Grandfather, you've misunderstood. I just came to ask about Yu Nai, nothing else." I quickly explain.

"You brat! Don't give me excuses... wait a minute, did you just say Yu Nai?" The old man's jaw nearly drops, he can't believe that I know this name.

"I told you, Nan Nan, did you tell him?"

"No... honestly, the first time I heard it, I also thought it was unbelievable."

"Actually, Nan Nan didn't tell me anything. I just asked her."

"No way..."

"... What do you mean, no way?"

"I mean, only Nan Nan and I knew about this. If anyone else knows, I'm afraid..."

At this point, the old man starts to reminisce, his thoughts going back to a long, long time ago.

"That was sixty years ago, when she was still alive. She told me this story... "

The old man tells a story about Yu Nai from the past. In short, it's just a story, and I don't even take those things seriously. After all, this place could still be a trick in a dream and may not be something that actually happened.

"It's been so many years, and there are still people who remember her? Hahaha, even I almost forgot."

"Well... what you said is true, I almost forgot myself."

"That's right, even I have almost forgotten about it... Well, I never really cared to remember it in the first place, so that's just how it is."

The old man seems to know very little, but it's probably enough.

In summary, one can simply say - Yu Nai is a person from nearly a hundred years ago!!!

Oh my god, the fact that a person who is over a hundred years old turns out to be my childhood friend... I can't believe it.

"In any case, it's a miracle that we are still alive, we shouldn't ask for too much."

The old man poured a glass of water for Juxi and himself while saying, "I only have two cups here, one for me and one for my granddaughter. You can just make do with it."

"... Oh, thank you." Juxi politely took the cup and drank all the water in one gulp.

"Hehe, it's just ordinary snow water filtered. I hope you won't mind."

"Why would I? It's already great to have a sip of water now, just like that group of siblings earlier... ah, I didn't expect her to be the Grand General of the Empire!"

"Uh... Grand General?!"

"Yeah, I almost lost my life. I managed to escape by risking my life."

Juxi poured himself another glass of water and drank it in big gulps.

After surviving the near-death experience, even a sip of water tasted incredibly sweet.

The old man listened with a puzzled expression, seemingly strange about Juxi's indifferent attitude.

"What an interesting story... hehehe, the Grand General is the highest-ranking officer in the army. If she really is the Grand General, how did you manage to stay alive and escape?"

"That's true, she managed to unlock my chains... I have to say, I'm also curious about why she did that."

"I don't know why either, but hearing you say it, I understand now."

"Really? What do you understand?"

"Well, it's nothing much, she simply didn't want to kill you."

"She didn't want to kill me?"

"Yeah, most people don't know what happened, but if you really thought that way, she could single-handedly deal with tens of thousands of soldiers!"

"What?!"

"Grandpa is right. If General Bai really wanted to deal with you, you wouldn't have escaped so easily."

This was exactly what Nannan and the others said, and Juxi also believed the same. If the other party really wanted to make a move, he probably wouldn't have appeared safely here.

"In any case, be careful. We can't keep you here."

The old man became worried. He just hoped that Juxi could leave as soon as possible, after all, he was a wanted person by the Alliance!

Juxi was also worried about such a situation. Along the way, he had seen so many soldiers, it wouldn't be easy to handle it casually.

"I didn't expect you to take me in. I was just here to ask about someone and get a sip of water."

Juxi didn't say much and didn't explain why he appeared in such a place.

Indeed, just as Juxi was about to leave, there was suddenly a sound of intensive footsteps outside. It seemed like something had broken in, and everyone knew that the sound came from...

Bang! Before Juxi and the others could react, a group of fully armed soldiers broke in through the window. Obviously, they were the ones coming to capture Juxi!

"I won't harm the people here. I just need this middle-aged man to come with me for a while, is that alright?"

A woman dressed in a white military uniform, Bai Xuanxiang, walked in and ordered her two soldiers to take Juxi away once again.

Nannan and the old man were still in a state of shock, not knowing what had just happened.

"By the way, we apologize for trespassing in the private residence. This operation was not for official purposes, so..."

As she spoke, Bai Xuanxiang threw a gold card at them and added, "Starting from today, you must leave this alley. As long as you don't talk about what happened today, you will be ordinary citizens of the city of Gerte."

"Thank... thank you, General."

The old man didn't know what else to say, so he could only express his gratitude.

Bai Xuanxiang brushed off the dust from her sleeves, seemingly dissatisfied with the environment here, and quickly walked out of the room.

"For heaven's sake, let's leave this place quickly!"

She couldn't stand it anymore. Although she didn't discriminate against lower-class people, she had a strong aversion to this dirty place. It wasn't that she looked down on Nannan and the others.

Oh, right...

Bai Xuanxiang gave Juxi a shock with an electric gun and smiled, saying, "To let you go somewhere, I need you to stay quiet."

After Juxi lost consciousness, Bai Xuanxiang didn't rush home or go back to a strange place like a prison or laboratory. Instead, she took Juxi directly to a hospital.

After arriving at the hospital, Bai Xuanxiang explained to a female doctor and had Juxi sit in a wheelchair, then she was taken to the basement of the hospital, ten floors below.

When the elevator reached the lowest level, Bai Xuanxiang suddenly turned around and unlocked a hidden panel behind her.

"Let me see... This should be fine, right?"

She pressed a hidden button, and the door on the opposite side of the elevator opened again.

"Alright, now it's just the three of us, right?"

Black Iris appeared in front of Juxi and pushed the wheelchair into a pure white room.

This place looked like a laboratory, but the difference was that there weren't as many decorations in the room. It was essentially just a regular guest room.

"In fact, this is a refuge to hide from supernatural calamities, prepared to preserve the last humans," Bai Xuanxiang explained.

"Is this the last refuge?" Black Iris observed his surroundings thoughtfully, as if it really was the case.

The rooms on both sides of the corridor looked very clean, with many sleeping instruments inside, which seemed to be some kind of containers for hibernation.

But Black Iris felt that there was an unexpectedly eerie atmosphere here, especially this feeling... to put it nicely, it had a bit of a laboratory vibe, but after hearing what Bai Xuanxiang said, he felt that this place was more like a tomb chamber.

Juxi was still as quiet as before, as the numbness from the electric shock hadn't worn off yet. He was very worried about what strange things would happen next.

"Use modern technology to wake up this primitive man quickly..."

"Yes."

As soon as he finished speaking, Black Iris took a glass of water from the room's water pipe and splashed it on Juxi's face.

"Uh! Where... where am I?!"

Juxi couldn't fully wake up for a while, so he was in a half-dream, half-awake state.

"Welcome to the future, primitive man!"