Chapter 51: The Trajectory of Fate Changes—Learning the Time of Death!

Song Lufeng looked at the newly appeared woman.

She was a middle-aged woman—capable, meticulous, with the determination unique to scientists in her eyes.

Her name was Li Kan, and her system information was accessible.

S-Class Biological Knowledge-Type Evolver.

At this moment, she was reporting her research findings to him.

“The soil in our land no longer contains any nutrients necessary for plant growth.”

“But if the Savior can transfer soil from the Golden Age, I can create a cultivation space completely different from the current environment, making it possible to grow edible plants again.”

The others were visibly excited, their eyes filled with anticipation as they looked at Li Kan.

Growing edible plants again!

What a massive breakthrough!

Elder Shi Hai spoke excitedly:

“Dr. Li is absolutely right. We can’t always rely on the Savior—we must try to be self-sufficient.”

Cheng Fang added,

“City Lord, we now have ample nuclear resources, and the mutant beasts do not dare to invade for the time being. It is time to consider restoring agricultural production.”

Everyone’s eyes burned with hope.

Song Lufeng pursed his lips slightly.

He checked the system records on Li Kan, tracing her ancestry.

She hadn’t appeared out of nowhere—there was now a complete lineage in the system, listing her father, her grandfather, and further up the line.

A certain passage caught his eye:

“A brilliant biologist once appeared in Dr. Li Kan’s ancestral line. During the Golden Age, she proposed revolutionary concepts such as ‘ocean farming’ and ‘desert farming,’ providing more diverse food sources.

However, her childhood was marked by great misfortune. Her mother had married an abusive man, and the traumas of her early years left deep psychological scars on her.

Fortunately, at that time, the daughter of Gu Corporation’s Gu Mingren, Gu Man, rescued her and her mother, giving them the best possible education…”

Song Lufeng froze.

Gu Man.

Instinctively, he felt that the emergence of this knowledgeable Evolver was connected to that name.

That name!

Was it the name of the Savior?

His mind flashed to the rusty, buried safe they had dug up.

Only by passing through the Savior’s hands could fate’s trajectory be altered, producing such an extraordinary change.

Could it be that because the Savior had saved this mother and daughter, she had inadvertently delivered this female scientist to the apocalypse?

Song Lufeng’s heart pounded violently.

This—this was the real miracle!

Suppressing his excitement, he asked the others calmly,

“Are you all very familiar with Dr. Li?”

The others found his question a bit strange.

But they still answered:

“Dr. Li doesn’t talk much, but she has been dedicated to solving the soil crisis.”

“We’re not very close, but we’ve met a few times.”

“She spends most of her time in the lab, so we rarely cross paths.”

“City Lord, that’s not the point—the point is whether we can ask the Savior for some soil!”

Li Kan herself was also extremely excited.

Her eyes shone.

Just how different was Golden Age soil from what they had now?

“I understand,” Song Lufeng nodded.

“I will try to bring this up with the Savior.”

As soon as he agreed, Li Kan immediately left.

She was a scientist—every minute and second was precious to her.

The others all let out a breath of relief.

Clearly, to them, Li Kan had always been part of their reality, born and raised in the base.

Even the imprisoned Yu Fei spoke of Li Kan with admiration.

Only he—

He was the only one with no prior memories of Li Kan.

The only one who knew that the threads of fate had been altered.

Now, there was only one thing left to confirm.

The Savior—was she Gu Man?

Thus, he began searching for records.

But information on Gu Man was extremely scarce.

What little he found was overwhelmingly negative.

“The eldest daughter of the Gu family was a cold, ruthless, and highly psychopathic woman. After seizing control of Gu Corporation from her father… she was shot dead in September 2025, at the age of 25.”

What?!

Song Lufeng’s eyes widened, his heart clenched as if gripped by an iron fist.

He wanted to deny that Gu Man was the Savior.

But his instincts told him—she was!

He could not wait—not even for a second.

He grabbed his phone and called out to her.

“Savior, Savior… Gu Man.”

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Gu Man had just finished setting up the final steps.

She knew that Gu Corporation was doomed—but she felt no joy in her heart.

Only emptiness and indifference.

And at that moment, she heard someone calling her name.

Gu Man, Gu Man, Gu Man…

Cautious yet eager, expectant yet fearful…

She was briefly stunned.

How? How did Song Lufeng know her name? She had never told him.

She picked up her phone. Sure enough, it was him.

His voice trembled:

“Are you… called Gu Man?”

Gu Man’s eyes narrowed slightly.

This was getting strange.

Still, she answered.

“Yes.”

There was silence on the other end—then, another question:

“Are you the eldest daughter of Gu Corporation?”

Gu Man sneered.

“I wish I weren’t.”

Soon enough, there would be no Gu Corporation.

On the other end of the call, Song Lufeng’s expression became panicked, grief-stricken—shaken to his core.

His sorrow was so deep, so intense—it stunned her.

She had never seen such an expression on a man before.

And now, because of her, Song Lufeng looked like this.

She didn’t even know how she felt about it.

It was just… odd.

“How did you know my name? And how do you know about this?”

“Could it be… that there are records of me in the future? What do they say?”

Gu Man joked.

But Song Lufeng felt those so-called “records” were utter bullshit.

His Savior—

How could she possibly be a heartless, ruthless monster?

She was so warm.

She had saved the entire Xuanwu Base.

He couldn’t bring himself to repeat those slanders.

But one thing—he had to tell her.

“The base records state… that you will die in the autumn of 2025—shot dead.”

Silence.

Silence filled the night like an endless abyss.

What does it feel like to learn the exact date of your own death?

It felt exactly like what Gu Man was feeling right now.