Yu Xi used the “Translation Gum,” then half-carried and half-supported Ya Tong down the stairs. Immediately, a staff member approached and asked what had happened to her.

“Ya Tong is not feeling well and fainted. I’m taking her to the hospital now. Where are the keys to her car?” According to her memory, although they had flown from City L, the airport was quite far from the town, so they had rented a car earlier in the morning.

Ya Tong could drive, so she had picked an off-road vehicle. She had driven it from the airport, and her documents and wallet were in the car, while her phone was locked in the luggage in the car because she believed it would distract her from work. This wasn’t entirely unreasonable since there had been an instance where a two-hour conversation had delayed the entire shoot.

The development level of this world was about twenty years behind her original world, still in the era of bank cards and cash. If she wanted to return home, she would need her phone to rent a car and book a flight ticket, and she would also need to withdraw money from her bank card.

Her plan was to get her phone, check the flights, book the earliest ticket back to City L, and call her sister, finding a way to persuade her to accompany her back home.

The staff knew her temper was not good, so despite their doubts, they handed her the keys to the black off-road vehicle and offered to take over carrying Ya Tong, suggesting they go to the hospital together.

If Yu Xi handed Ya Tong over at this point, it would mean leaving herself to get to the airport alone.

Recalling the relationship between Ya Tong and her sister in this world, the two had known each other for over ten years. They were friends back in their home country, went abroad to study together, took care of each other before graduation, and remained close even after starting work. Ya Tong was her sister’s best friend.

To avoid her sister refusing to board the plane out of concern for her friend, or being tricked into boarding only to regret it when discovering the apocalypse had started back home, Yu Xi decided to bring Ya Tong along. After all, she wasn’t too heavy.

The staff member hesitated, following a few steps: “Canceled?”

“Yes, it’s an order from Manager Tang.” Yu Xi glanced back at him. “This shoot is entirely canceled. Everyone gets a holiday and goes home.”

She had limited ability to save everyone, and since she didn’t know where the meteor would hit, it was better to let everyone go home. Besides, natural disasters like meteor strikes could be somewhat monitored by relevant departments, and they might issue warnings. It was better for people to be with their families.

The staff member was still stunned as Yu Xi quickly supported Ya Tong to the black off-road vehicle in the parking lot. She opened the rear door, helped Ya Tong in, made sure she was seated comfortably against the seatback, and fastened her seatbelt. Then she opened the trunk.

Ya Tong was well-prepared; the trunk contained their luggage as well as drinks, water, and sandwiches.

The winter in this world had just ended, and the temperature was around ten degrees Celsius, so the food in the trunk wouldn’t spoil quickly.

Yu Xi opened her luggage, took out a few documents, her wallet, and her phone, then got into the driver’s seat. Using the car for cover, she took an empty backpack from the Star House storage, casually packed some food and water, and put her documents and wallet back into the storage.

To avoid being questioned by the filming crew, Yu Xi started the car and left the filming site. Ten minutes later, she stopped on a street in the small town and opened her phone to book a flight ticket.

However, the next second, she stared blankly at the small, monochrome phone screen.

Right, this world is about twenty years behind in terms of technology. There were no touchscreen phones yet, let alone a variety of apps. How was she supposed to find an app to book flight tickets…

Yu-modern person-Xi was speechless.

After thinking for a while, she remembered that in this era, tickets could be booked directly by calling the airline. However, the character she was playing was supposed to be uneducated, and at this moment, she couldn’t recall the number for booking tickets in this country. Her mind was completely blank.

Too tired to even complain, Yu Xi drove the car a bit further and stopped next to a coffee shop along the street, then got out of the car.

Fifteen minutes later, she came out carrying four cups of coffee and a package of ten sandwiches and cakes.

She checked the back seat, and Ya Tong was still unconscious. She got in the car and, using the pretext of placing the food and coffee on the floor in front of the passenger seat, moved everything into the storage space, leaving only one cup of coffee out.

She had already gotten the number to book tickets, but she also learned from the coffee shop waiter that the airport they had arrived at was very small, with only two flights to City L each day, one in the morning and one in the evening.

One flight was at 9 AM, and the other was at 9 PM.

They had taken the morning flight, arriving before 8 AM, and then drove two hours to the small town, planning to shoot a desert film.

It was now close to noon, meaning if Yu Xi wanted to fly back to City L, she would have to wait a full nine hours for the next flight.

If there were delays, it could be even later. Adding in over an hour of flight time (which could be longer on a small plane), they would arrive at City L airport close to midnight.

Wasting twelve hours like this made Yu Xi uneasy. The waiter gave her another idea.

She could drive back to City L herself. By following the XX Avenue, she could reach the city in about six to seven hours, and if she drove faster, she could make it in five hours.

Driving from the small town to XX Avenue would take about half an hour heading south. Overall, it would definitely be faster than flying, though it would be more tiring.

This was a good idea. Yu Xi decided to drive back. She then asked where she could buy a map.

She first drove to buy a map, marked the route with a pen, and then called her sister. After a long wait, no one answered.

Yu Xi called again, still no answer.

At this time of day, perhaps she was eating?

She put away her phone and decided to start driving.

Half an hour later, she arrived near XX Avenue, where there was a self-service gas station.

She placed several portable fuel cans in the trunk, then opened the trunk, pretending to take out the fuel cans, and began refueling the car and the cans while secretly filling the fuel storage space in the Star House.

Once the car and cans were all full, and the fuel storage space had plenty of gasoline, Yu Xi knew that the route along XX Avenue to City L would pass several gas stations. She planned to fill the ten cubic meters of fuel storage space as soon as possible by continuing this method along the way.

She also thought about how this country didn’t regulate firearms, so she might as well get more guns, bullets, and other weapons.

The car smoothly got onto XX Avenue and headed west.

It was a clear early spring afternoon, the road was straight and empty, and the sky outside the car window was a vast blue. Yu Xi cracked the window open a bit, letting some breeze in.

She took out her phone from the Star House storage, opened her music library, and randomly played a favorite playlist. With the music accompanying her, she began the several-hour-long drive.

Ya Tong woke up before they reached the next gas station.

Yu Xi hadn’t dared to use too much force earlier, fearing that she might injure her. The fact that she woke up so quickly indicated she was in good health. Ya Tong rubbed her neck and looked around.

When she realized the car was speeding down XX Avenue, her eyes widened in shock. “Are you crazy? What are you doing? Running away? Abandoning an entire crew just like that? And you even knocked me out? Yu Xi! Are you on drugs?”

Yu Xi: …

So fierce, scary.

Yu Xi glanced at the rearview mirror and decided to be even fiercer: “What are you yelling about? It was my sister who called and told me to return to City L!”

“Can’t you come up with a better excuse? Pull over!”

“If you don’t believe me, call her yourself.” Yu Xi retorted. She had already called her sister several times, but there had been no answer or return call. If Ya Tong could get through, that would be great, at least they could contact her.

Ya Tong immediately dialed, but no one answered either.

She looked at Yu Xi’s calm face in the rearview mirror and frowned. “What exactly are you trying to do? If you really don’t want to work, you can quit being a model. Do you know how much your sister has done for you behind the scenes?”

“I know.” Yu Xi looked at her, “That’s why I need to get back to City L right now. You’ll understand everything when we meet my sister.”

Ya Tong didn’t say anything, clearly not believing her.

Yu Xi didn’t expect her to believe. “I don’t want to knock you out again, so just come with me back to City L.”

As she spoke, Yu Xi pulled into a self-service gas station, turned off the engine, and got out, taking the keys with her. “If you’re hungry, there’s food in the trunk. I’m going to refuel, feel free.”

The portable fuel cans she had put in the trunk at the previous gas station were already emptied into the storage. She pretended to refuel the car and cans while continuing to transfer gasoline into the fuel storage.

Ya Tong got out, gave her a glance, and took all the food and water from the trunk to the back seat.

After that, they drove in silence, and four hours later, they finally arrived in City L.

During the drive, both Yu Xi and Ya Tong had repeatedly tried calling her sister, but there was no answer.

In the end, Ya Tong called her sister’s company and found out that there was an event today. After noon, many people from the company had gone to the dock to board a yacht for a trip.

These work-related events were common, and her sister wouldn’t have specifically called to mention it, especially since she had just sent her sister off on a flight in the morning and wouldn’t expect her to return so soon.

With the yacht at sea, the phone had no signal, and Yu Xi couldn’t contact her sister for now.

The company staff said the event would end around ten or eleven o’clock, so Yu Xi could wait a bit.

It was now seven in the evening. After some thought, Yu Xi decided to drive to the dock.

“Are you planning to wait at the dock for three or four hours?” Ya Tong, although a manager, was not a nanny. The trip back to City L had already pushed her patience to the limit.

In her eyes, Yu Xi’s current behavior was completely absurd.

“No, I plan to find a boat and head out to sea to find her.”

It wasn’t that she was unwilling to wait for three or four hours. She could even use that time to return home and gather her sister’s documents, cash, and other important items, then go to a large supermarket to buy the things she wanted.

But somehow, she had a feeling.

The word “rescue” in the world’s second mission had a certain mysteriousness to it.

Just like the second zombie world, which also had the word “rescue.” If she hadn’t returned in time, Mother Yu might have gone downstairs to check the situation, and Father Yu would have likely followed. It would have been hard to say if they could have made it back upstairs unscathed.

Although this disaster was still forty hours away, since it was a mission, she couldn’t allow any unexpected incidents.

Ya Tong couldn’t understand this and strongly suspected that Yu Xi was on drugs.

However, seeing Yu Xi’s urgency to go out to sea made her uneasy. If Yu Xi simply didn’t want to work, there was no reason for her to be so anxious to find her sister, voluntarily putting herself in a position to be lectured.

She now seemed like she knew something and wanted to prevent it from happening.

Ya Tong didn’t understand why she had such a thought, but being thorough by nature, she finally found a small speedboat and took Yu Xi out to sea.

Not only that, she even called the company again to find out the yacht’s number, color, communication channel, and possible location.

With Ya Tong’s help, an hour after the speedboat left the dock, they finally saw a yacht that matched the description in a certain area of the sea.

Visibility was low at night, and although the yacht had lights on, they couldn’t see clearly from their position.

“Is it that one?” Ya Tong asked the speedboat driver, then told him to use the communicator to contact them.

While they were contacting the yacht, Yu Xi, with her excellent eyesight, had already recognized the people on the yacht. She didn’t see her sister but did recognize a few faces she had seen at her sister’s company before.

“It’s that one, head over.” Yu Xi told the speedboat driver.

The driver was still calling out, seeming not to understand Yu Xi’s words at all.

One of the bugs of the “Translation Gum” was that when there were people from two different countries, if she spoke in her native language, it would always sound like the original language to whoever heard it.

Yu Xi: …

Speechless, she switched to the local language, and the driver finally understood, steering the speedboat towards the yacht’s stern deck.

“Wait—” Yu Xi stopped him, her gaze fixed on the yacht’s bow for a moment, then quickly directed him to change course towards the bow.

“What’s wrong with you?” Ya Tong frowned. How were they supposed to get on from the bow?

Yu Xi didn’t have time to explain. She pulled the driver aside and pushed the throttle herself. The speedboat accelerated, skimming over the water towards the yacht’s bow.

At the same time, they heard a splash, as if something had fallen from the yacht’s bow into the water.

This was a large yacht, and the lights were all on the upper levels, making the area near the water particularly dark. Ya Tong craned her neck to see, but before she could figure out what it was, there was another splash behind her.

She turned around in shock to find that Yu Xi was no longer on the speedboat. She—had jumped into the sea!?

The cold seawater rushed into Yu Xi’s nostrils. She was still wearing a tight-fitting cocktail dress from the yacht party, which constricted her movements and made it hard to breathe.

She could swim, but suddenly falling from the yacht into the sea in this season made her head feel fuzzy, and she couldn’t muster any strength.

She choked on the water, feeling death closer than ever. She didn’t want to die; she had a sister to take care of. If she died, what would happen to her sister?

Just as despair set in, someone grabbed her sinking body. The person had slender yet strong fingers, and with one pull, they lifted her from the water’s surface.

The rescuer supported her chin, expertly and swiftly guiding her to the side.

“Oh my god—quick, help!”

A familiar voice reached her ears. Yu Qi frowned in confusion. Was it an illusion? How could she be hearing Ya Tong’s voice?

She felt her body being lifted out of the water, heavy and wet, and placed on something solid. Someone began pressing on her chest, trying to expel the water from her lungs.

Yu Qi spat out some water and opened her eyes to see a small, wet face with messy blonde hair stuck to her cheeks. The person looked relieved when they saw she was awake.

Yu Qi felt that her sister seemed different today. There was a trace of affection and gentleness in her eyes.

Yu Xi looked at the people on the yacht’s deck. In her memories, her sister’s face had always been shrouded in fog, but now it was clear.

When she found out her sister’s name was Yu Qi, she had her suspicions. Now, looking at this face that had a six or seven tenths resemblance to Fan Qi, she felt complex emotions.

If Fan Qi were twenty years younger, she would probably look more like the person in front of her.

From the yacht’s bow, there were voices and near shouts, seemingly someone calling for help, wanting to get into the water to rescue someone.

Yu Xi sneered. There were life rings hanging at the bow. If they truly wanted to rescue someone, even if they didn’t jump in with the life ring, they could at least throw one in, right?

Moreover, others might not have seen it, but she had seen everything clearly just now.

Yu Qi hadn’t fallen into the water on her own; she was pushed.

Yu Qi hadn’t fully recovered when Yu Xi restarted the speedboat and headed toward the yacht’s stern deck.

This matter couldn’t be left unresolved. Daring to bully her own sister—dream on!

Yu Xi stopped the speedboat and told Ya Tong, “Take care of my sister,” then jumped onto the yacht and headed for the bow.

Several people who had rushed to the bow upon hearing the cries for help were still there, peering over the railings at the water below.

Yu Xi pushed through the crowd, found the man and woman who had been entangled with Yu Qi at the bow, and delivered a sidekick to the man’s face.

She didn’t hold back with that kick. The man screamed, losing two teeth as he flew backward, flipping over the railing and splashing into the water.

Yu Xi’s gaze swept over the young, flamboyantly dressed local woman standing nearby. She smiled and spoke in her native language, “Why are you just standing there? Isn’t true love invincible? Didn’t you say my sister was boring and unappealing? Didn’t you tell her to back off? If you love him so much, jump in and save your lover.”

The “Translation Gum” didn’t work, and the woman didn’t understand Yu Xi’s words. But seeing Yu Xi approaching and recalling how she had kicked her lover’s teeth out, the woman slapped her own face a few times and screamed, “I hit myself! Don’t kick my face!” Then she jumped into the sea herself.

Yu Xi: …