Smiling thinly, Murong Xue took out the bottle of detoxification pills and gave it to him. "It's the antidote. Take it."

Lin Yang looked sharply at her and he did not take over the bottle.

"Relax. It's not poison. If I want to kill you, I can do it now. I don't need this." Murong Xue knew what he was thinking, so she just said it.

Lin Yang took over the bottle, poured out a pill, and ate it. The pill melted immediately in his mouth and a faint herbal fragrance filled his mouth. Then he felt a warm current moving its way up inside his body and he felt very comfortable.

Lin Yang felt amazed, but he pretended to be calm. Within a few hours, he looked at Murong Xue differently. He knew this woman was even better than him. Seeing what she wore, he smiled at her carefulness.

"Why are you smiling? I value my life." Murong Xue curled her lip.

After a while, Lin Yang felt that his strength returned. He rose up and held out his hand. "Let's start all over again. I'm Lin Yang, the team leader of Special Forces."

Murong Xue held out her small hand and shook his big hand. The handshake meant friendliness. "I'm Murong Xue, the owner of Rise Group." She now understood why he could keep the city in order, which was not a difficult task for a Special Force soldier.

Lin Yang asked in surprise, "You own Rise Group?"

"You know Rise Group?" Murong Xue left her world a long time ago and she really wanted to know how everyone she knew was doing.

Lin Yang gave her a strange look. "Everyone living in the apocalyptic time knows Rise Group. Thanks to Rise Group, I had a shelter before I came here. Rise Group and Loong Pavilion were the only hope at that time."

The catastrophic period in which zombies showed up everywhere in the dark life made people feel desperate. When Lin Yang's family and friends all became unconscious zombies and came at him, he was so miserable.

Now Murong Xue was puzzled. "What do you mean by the apocalyptic time?"

Lin Yang suppressed his sadness. "You don't know? When did you come to this world? You're supposed to come here later than me. You should know that our future world has become a living hell."

Hearing that, Murong Xue changed her face and grabbed his arm crazily. "Explain it to me. What do you mean by a living hell?"

Lin Yang answered plainly, "When I came here, zombies were everywhere back there. People were suffering."

"What about others? How are they?" Murong Xue's eyes became red at once. Her grandparents, Huangfu Yi, and Mo Aili were still in that world.

Seeing her red eyes, Lin Yang did not know what to say. He could not tell her that half the people on the earth became zombies.

"Tell me. Why are you not talking? And what about Loong Pavilion?" She hoped that it could provide safety for her grandparents since there were so many members in Loong Pavilion.

"Everything is fine with Loong Pavilion, but it has been affected. Loong Pavilion has merged with Rise Group at last."

"How did it happen? Everything was normal when I left." Murong Xue did not want to believe what he said, but she knew he had no reason to lie to her.

"An evil organization, Black Pavilion, put some virus they developed in drinking water, which turned half the people into zombies." Zombies would attack everyone they saw, including family. But he did not want to tell Murong Xue this as she was already choked with sobs.

Seeing Murong Xue like this, Lin Yang did not want to set her up at all. Standing next to her, he just watched her crying with a heavy helmet. He could not see her face, but he knew how sad she was.

Lin Yang did not know how long it lasted when Murong Xue stopped crying and looked up at him firmly. "Let's cooperate. I can help you. I want to leave here as soon as possible." Now she could only hope that Huangfu Yi would take care of her grandparents.

Lin Yang asked, "Leave here? Where do you want to go?"

Murong Xue unbuckled her helmet that hurt her head. Her delicate beautiful face flooded with tears was revealed in front of Lin Yang.

Lin Yang was dazzled. Most of Murong Xue's face was wrapped when she first came in, so he could only see partly her fine features. With the helmet on, Murong Xue's face was mostly covered, so he did not expect her to be a great beauty.

"Hey, I know I'm beautiful, but you don't need to stare at me like that."

Lin Yang blushed and stammered, "I'm not looking. Don't flatter yourself. Come in with me." He felt lucky that he had dark skin that could help hide his hot red face.

Murong Xue shook her head and followed him. She hoped that her parents and grandparents were still waiting for her.

Lin Yang took her to the living room where there was modern furniture, sofa included.

Lin Yang asked, "Tea or coffee?"

"Coffee, please." She walked to the sofa and sat down, looking around. The layout and decorations were very modern.

"You didn't answer my question." Lin Yang poured two cups of fresh-brewed coffee, one for Murong Xue and the other for himself.

Murong Xue took a sip of coffee and said flatly, "I'm talking about leaving this world, so you don't need to worry about me competing with you for the world. I want to do one thing only. Leave here."

Lin Yang said in a self-mocking tone, "Don't think. How can you leave here? You can't go back where you come from even if you go up in the sky."

"I wouldn't say it if I did not know how to do it. I need your help though. You come from the future and no one in this world could beat you with your modern military weapons. This world is yours. I just hope you can help me find the person of the bloodline of dragons. Of course, I won't ask you to do it for free. I will return your favor."

"You know how to leave here?" Lin Yang leaped up, shocked.

"Yeah. You also want to leave here?" Murong Xue asked.

Lin Yang sat back down. "No, I don't. People I miss are not there, so I have no reason to come back. I can do as you say, but I need to know one thing."

"What? Just say it."

"If my men are right, the one coming here with you is Qing from Fire Country?" Lin Yang's eyes became sharp.

"Yeah, it's him." Murong Xue nodded.

"If so, why do you think I'll believe you? How do I know that you haven't conspired with him?"

Murong Xue raised a smile. "I think you misunderstand one thing. I'm not begging you. You can refuse me. I can do whatever you can, so let's see who can unify the world first. Besides, if you are going to fight against me, only the common people will be suffering."

Lin Yang did not expect Murong Xue to say these. "Okay. I know you are not like most people. I hope we can work well together."

"Me, too. This is your territory. Help me rescue someone first, okay?" Murong Xue said.

"Rescue someone? Who?"

"My friend. He is in Wang Qing's hands now. I believe you can do it." Murong Xue took another sip of coffee.

"Wang Qing is not someone I can mess up with easily." Lin Yang had already done his survey about the important people in the three countries, so he knew Wang Qing was number one in Fire Country.

Murong Xue put down her coffee. "Of course. Otherwise, I would not need your help."

Lin Yang answered in a sarcastic tone, "But you said you were not begging me and we were just working together." Murong Xue was very arrogant to him just now.

Murong Xue smiled at him. "Your working partner is in trouble. You have to lend a hand."

"Tell me the details." Lin Yang frowned. He was unwilling to upset the three countries at a critical time. With the three countries balancing each other, he had more time. If he asked for trouble, they might get aggressive and send teams of soldiers to keep disturbing him, which would be a headache.

Murong Xue explained how she met Wang Qing in detail.

Then Lin Nan asked with a very ugly look on his face, "So you're saying that you dragged both Fire Country and Snow Country into this? You just came here less than a month ago. You are not asking me for cooperation. You are here to cause me trouble."

Murong Xue raised her eyebrow. "Hey, you can't say that. I didn't want to have anything to do with them, but they came to me. We are hometown fellows, so I hope you don't mind that."

"I'm so unlucky to meet a hometown fellow like you. I'll ask them to look into it and keep you updated."

"Hurry up then. What are you waiting for?" Murong Xue said.

Lin Yang's eyes shone cold. "This is my place."

"I know. If not, why do I need you?" Murong Xue watched him with a contemptuous look.

"Then shouldn't you be nicer to me?"

"Oh, we are hometown fellows. Hope you don't mind." Murong Xue said.

Lin Yang stood up with a helpless face. "Fine, Miss Murong. I'll get to work on it right away."