Chapter 314: Chapter 304: Sharing Secrets

Just as Tang Mo was pondering these things, the ID Watch on her wrist rang.

Tang Mo glanced down. It was a video call from Qin Ling.

She hesitated for three seconds before composing herself and answering the call.

The Five-dimensional Technology projected their faces before one another, yet both remained silent, neither speaking a word.

Tang Mo had a good idea of what Qin Ling wanted to talk about, and Qin Ling, in turn, understood the reason for her silence.

"Yesterday, I fused with the agility attribute bead, so my attribute value increased by ten thousand points."

It was Qin Ling who broke the silence. He didn’t pry into the matters she was reluctant to discuss. Instead, he laid his own cards on the table, wanting Momo to know everything about him.

Qin Ling knew about Tang Mo’s family situation, so he had a fair idea of where her guarded nature came from.

A young mother raising a small child alone for so many years... he didn’t have to think hard to imagine how difficult her life must have been.

Momo had suffered so much over the years. Qin Ling felt no dissatisfaction about her hiding so many secrets from him; on the contrary, his heart ached for her completely.

"Congratulations! You didn’t get hurt, did you?"

Tang Mo’s congratulations were genuine. If someone else had to obtain the remaining attribute beads, she would much rather it be Qin Ling.

No one in the world understood better than Tang Mo just how much danger one had to go through to obtain an attribute bead.

At that moment, she was genuinely worried about him. Her eyes scanned his face and any visible part of his body, searching for any sign of injury.

Seeing the undisguised concern in her eyes, Qin Ling smiled.

The last bit of awkwardness in his heart vanished.

"Your turn. Tell me what’s been going on with you."

With the awkwardness gone, Qin Ling found he could ask the question naturally.

It wasn’t that he wasn’t curious about Momo’s situation. He wanted to know her every move, every little thing about her.

"The Life Attribute Bead and the Spiritual Attribute Bead. Two beads, twenty thousand points."

"You weren’t hurt?" Qin Ling asked immediately, his expression an exact mirror of the one she had just worn.

"No," Tang Mo said, smiling.

"I’m fine, too," Qin Ling said, gazing at her smiling face. He grinned like a big, simple-hearted kid.

’It’s over, it’s all over. The boss must have really hit his head. He’s turned into an idiot.’

Lao San, who was passing by the medical bay, had wanted to check on his boss’s condition. But from the outside, he saw his boss grinning foolishly, his expression reminiscent of the village idiot from his childhood.

The virtual projection from the video call was only visible to the owner of the ID Watch, so it was no wonder Xu the Third had once again misunderstood Qin Ling.

A pity, then, that the dignified image Qin Ling had built up for so long had utterly collapsed in Xu the Third’s mind in just the last two days.

Now that everything was out in the open, the distance between Tang Mo and Qin Ling seemed to shrink, bringing them even closer.

The two of them seized the opportunity to chat about their recent lives, talking on and on. It was as if all their fatigue melted away, leaving only sweetness and the bittersweet ache of longing in their hearts.

Their conversation drifted from personal matters to their views on the current state of the Apocalypse Era. Although the situation seemed to be temporarily under control, and humanity had managed to carve out a temporary safe haven for itself through sheer effort in this cruel age.

But after the Apocalypse Era would come the Hell Era. Even someone like Tang Mo, who had been reborn, could not imagine what kind of living Purgatory that era would be.

But they would cross that bridge when they came to it. There was always a way to deal with things.

Besides, she now had the means to stand on her own two feet. She had people she loved, and people who loved her.

With all that, she was more than content. It was enough. The rest was up to her.

’I have to work even harder.’

In the conversation that followed, she and Qin Ling were less like lovers and more like kindred spirits, sharing their thoughts on the world’s future and how to prepare for it.

Qin Ling and Tang Mo were in complete agreement: the Hell Era was not far off.

The researchers had already discovered many more phenomena that defied the laws of nature. A great change was likely coming soon.

The world was a liar—and a very cunning one at that.

It gave humanity hope, revealing the existence of things that could help them, but it hadn’t given them enough time to acquire those things.

If they couldn’t find all the attribute beads before the Hell Era arrived, humanity’s position would be even more precarious.

They couldn’t just sit back and wait for doom.

The only attribute beads left in the world were the Strength Attribute bead and the spatial attribute bead.

Although Qin Ling was a superpower user with the agility attribute, he was by no means weak in terms of Strength.

Tang Mo was different. She was a long-range superpower user, and coupled with a woman’s natural disadvantage in physical strength, it was crucial for her to obtain the Strength Attribute bead.

Tang Mo also knew that Qin Ling wouldn’t just sit idly by; he would definitely go search for the remaining attribute beads as well.

To keep the benefits in-house and work more efficiently without duplicating their efforts, Tang Mo made a decision.

"I have the maps for the two remaining attribute beads. I’ll give you the one for the spatial attribute. We’ll split up."

Tang Mo’s reasoning wasn’t entirely selfish. There wasn’t much time left. Gauging the recent pace of the world’s changes, she knew that even with maps and clues, it would be extremely difficult for her to obtain both remaining attribute beads on her own.

And for Qin Ling, who had no clues and had to rely on time and luck, finding and fusing with a bead would be even harder.

Splitting the maps and the targets, so that they could each go after one, was actually the best approach.

Besides, she already had a Space Treasure, and its capacity was more than enough for her needs.

Since it seemed she was fated not to collect all five attribute beads herself, it was better to temporarily give up on the spatial attribute bead, which wasn’t the most high-value option for her anyway.

The spatial attribute bead wasn’t of great use to her, but for Qin Ling, it would be immensely valuable.

First, any attribute bead would strengthen the host’s body—a qualitative leap in power.

Furthermore, as the leader of the Alliance, Qin Ling commanded a large team. The wealth and treasures he possessed were beyond imagination.

And with the Hell Era approaching, no one knew if humanity would have any safe havens left.

Therefore, for Qin Ling, having the spatial attribute was far more valuable than any number of Space Treasures.

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