Starting Off Survival With A Small Treehouse-Chapter 959 - 547: I’m the Senior Here...

"You’re back!" Li Wenxi immediately sat up.

A leg stepped out of the purple-black vortex, followed by Xu Ying walking out of it.

She frowned, looking puzzled, muttering to herself, "Who exactly is it..."

The purple-black vortex behind her shrank from the wall into a dot as soon as she stepped out, and then disappeared.

"How did it go? Did you find out anything?" Li Wenxi, already accustomed to such things, asked directly.

"Hmm... I did find out a bit." Xu Ying sat down at the edge of the bed, holding her head with a bit of a headache, "I went to check on the ancient family my brother and I have always been in contact with. How should I put it, at least that side can be trusted."

She still had reliable and trustworthy organizations in this human settlement.

The ancient families controlled some real power in this underground human settlement.

This could be considered one of the legacies left to her by Xu Xin, otherwise, on her own, no matter how strong she was, she couldn’t have made much of a ripple in this underground human base.

One of her previous plans was to take Li Wenxi over there, but after what just happened, she was also uneasy.

She was the one who forcibly brought Li Wenxi here, and if anything happened to him, how would she face the world’s Xu Xin!

"...Hmm? What do you mean?" Li Wenxi was slightly taken aback, "The ancient family that you and... your brother have always been in contact with?"

When did Xu Xin start associating with people here? 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

And always in contact?

"Ah..." Xu Ying, realizing her slip, laughed it off, "A slip of the tongue, a slip of the tongue, it’s me who has been in contact with them."

Could this be a slip of the tongue?

Li Wenxi looked at Xu Ying with some doubt, then her eyes slowly widened.

"You can’t be..." She covered her mouth, with a look of astonishment on her face.

When it came to Xu Xin, Li Wenxi was quite sensitive; she had been imagining what the hundreds-year-old Xu Xin looked like and what kind of character he had.

Xu Ying’s words naturally made her think directly of that Xu Xin.

The fact that Xu Xin had been in contact with people here was a fact.

And someone who could call that Xu Xin brother would be...

"Ah? What?" Xu Ying feigned ignorance, "What about me?"

But in her heart, she was secretly panicking: "Oh no, oh no, I’ve been found out..."

"...Although I keep telling myself that the previous group of survivors has been in this world for over a decade, they could indeed be this strong, but..." Li Wenxi looked at her skeptically, "But you’re too powerful, and you know so much. Could the previous group of survivors really know so much?"

"Also, you’re used to calling me sister-in-law and are very familiar with my habits..."

The suspicious look gradually turned into disbelief and shock.

"I, I..."

Xu Ying, already troubled by the previous events, seeing her true identity revealed, directly leaned back miserably, falling onto the bed, no longer pretending, she resignedly shouted, "Alright, alright, I admit it, I am indeed that Xu Ying!"

"Ah? Really!" Li Wenxi was once again surprised, eyes widened, and stood up abruptly, covering her mouth as she looked at her, "You..."

"Hey, hey, you were tricking me, sister-in-law!" Xu Ying sat up abruptly, a bit dissatisfied.

"I... I just guessed casually, I didn’t expect you to actually admit it..." Li Wenxi was still immersed in shock.

The girl in front of her now was already...

Over 1,300 years old?!

So old!

No, no...

She should be only over 300 years old!

The thousand years here were crossed using time travel, staying a few days at most in each period. Even though a thousand years had passed in actual time, her physical age shouldn’t have grown much.

But still...

Three hundred years is quite exaggerated!

Three hundred years!

It’s her first time seeing someone over 300 years old!

So... so unbelievable!

"... Sister-in-law, what’s with that look..." Xu Ying moved a little to the other side of the bed, a bit scared, "It’s like you want to eat me... Hey, what are you doing!"

"Let me touch and see, what would skin feel like at 300 years, or a face at 300 years old... I’m so curious!" Li Wenxi’s eyes sparkled as she pounced on her to touch.

"No, ah! Sister-in-law, you can’t tell anyone about this! Especially when my brother comes in the future, you must not tell him! Otherwise, it will..."

"Don’t worry, I won’t tell, but since I already know, let me have a look first!"

"No, no, ah! Let’s talk about serious matters, since I’ve confirmed there’s no problem over there, I’ll take you to meet them first, your abilities can be best utilized there..."

"Let me see!"

"Boo hoo hoo... But I’m the senior here..."

...

Elsewhere, on the surface.

"Are you sure... you didn’t describe it wrong?" Xu Xin touched his neck, his throat moving as he swallowed, "A human neck stretched very long, reaching directly in front of the face..."

Just thinking of that scene sent shivers down his spine.

"Was it really a human? Or a non-human monster?"

"...It was both human and monster. Listen to me."

Shi Wanyun continued recounting her experience.

When the girl walked in from outside the door, she experienced for the first time the cold and fear akin to falling into an abyss.

If it was a hideously ugly monster or some other animal in front of her, it wouldn’t have given her such a sense of fear.