After cleaning herself up, Li Hani stood in front of the mirror once again and touched her delicate face. This body's features were different than her own. She was someone who had sharp and sort of aggressive features but this body carried a delicate charm despite the roughness brought on by the apocalypse.
Her oval face was framed by uneven strands of raven-black hair. High-cheekbones hinted at once-refined beauty, while her soft, full lips seemed to be cracked and dry at the moment. Her almond-shaped eyes, dark and deep held a haunting sharpness that seemed to be coming from Li Hani's soul and contrasted drastically with the vulnerability of her slender nose and gently arched brows.
Li Hani was finding it difficult to believe that even after 6 years into the apocalypse, this girl seemed to have not suffered much as she still had this softness about her that even Li Hani's aggressive sharpness couldn't hide.
It seemed like she had been well-protected by someone but the question was... Who protected her? And if she had someone's protection, how did she end up in this situation?
"Sss..."
Li Hani hissed in pain as she felt a sharp pain pierce through her head again but this time, it brought about a sadness that made her heart clench. She felt suffocated and so uncomfortable as she called out, "Daddy!"
This call stunned Li Hani, she held the marble sink to support her body as she felt something wet slipping down her face. She lifted her hand to touch it and found it wet with water. No, it seemed to be tears...?
Li Hani placed a hand on her chest as she muttered, "Are these remnant feelings of the original soul? Does that mean her father had been protecting her until now?"
[Correct! Ni Ni had been protected by her father and stepmother from the beginning of the apocalypse. Both of them were special force officers and had the skills to protect their daughters.]
The system chose this moment to jump out once more to show his presence in front of Li Hani making her feel dazed.
"And where are her parents now?" asked Li Hani. "Are they gone?"
[The base's top boss took a liking to the two Ni sisters but Father Ni was unwilling. So, he purposely sent Ni Ni's parents on a difficult mission. When they didn't come back after a month, they were presumed dead.]
"Are they dead?" inquired Li Hani.
[Sorry, the Host doesn't have the authority to know this information. Please work hard to acquire points and you can unlock any information you want.]
Li Hani's eyes flashed with light as her hands clenched into fists, "You mean to say that if I have enough points, I can find out where my family is? I can also find out where that bitch Ji Yuanyuan is?"
[Yes! The system might not be omnipotent but the system is the strongest entity in this world at the moment. The host can rest assured that the system is really helpful to you and will not harm you in any way.]
Li Hani thought about it and completely settled her heart at this moment. In this world full of turmoil, she indeed needed the system's help to not only survive but to also find the people she cared about. Otherwise, looking for people in this kind of peril was not only difficult but almost impossible too.
With determination in her eyes, she looked at herself and said, "Fine. I am Ni Ni from this day forward."
The system seemed pleased with this reaction. [System is at your service, Host Ni Ni. Fate is in your own hands and you can shape it however you want with an all-powerful system like me. Happy cooperation, Host!]
"Hmm... Happy cooperation!"
With a newfound goal and hope, Ni Ni stepped out of the bathroom and found Ni Mei who had packed up everything she could find around the room into two bags. She looked impatient right now and was sneakily standing in front of the door listening to something.
"What are you doing?"
"Shh!" Ni Mei put her finger on her lips to stop Ni Ni from talking. She pointed toward the door saying in a low voice, "There are people outside. They are getting restless as this ugly fatso hasn't gone out yet. We have to leave now."
"How? They are outside the door," reminded Ni Ni.
Ni Mei smirked as she took out a rope and pointed toward the window making Ni Ni raise her brows at her. Ni Ni almost couldn't hold back her smile seeing how proud Ni Mei looked right now as if she had predicted everything and had the solution for everything too.
In fact, Ni Mei and Ni Ni didn't look similar at all. While Ni Ni's features exuded a delicate charm, Ni Mei was more on the heroic side. They both had their own kind of a beauty. No wonder they were targeted by the top boss of the base.
After tying the rope and making sure it was strong enough to carry their weight, Ni Mei turned to Ni Ni, "Do you wanna go down first or should I go first? It's better for me to go to scout the area below." Without waiting for Ni Ni's response, she wore the backpack on her back and took deep breaths before she got out of the window.
Once the window was opened, Ni Ni understood what Ni Mei meant when she said there was hot lava outside. It was so hot that air seemed to be thinning. Without even doing anything, sweat started dripping down her face. "The weather sure knows how to play. When I died, it was cold like ice and now that I have come back, it's hot like lava."
Shaking her head, Ni Ni also took a breath before going down the window. The room she was in was on the fifth floor of the building. She almost lost her grip and fell down but with pure resilience that she had built through her long and hard struggles, she managed to catch the rope again and climbed down.
Before she could even stand firmly on the ground, Ni Mei held her wrist and pulled her to hide by the side of the building. She put her hand on Ni Ni's mouth and continued to survey the area with sharp eyes.