Only I Walk Alone

Two hundred years had passed, and the once bustling tourist destination had become deserted. Wu Ge and his companions stood at the foot of the majestic mountain, its upper half covered in snow. Located at a high altitude, it was a place where ordinary people could easily suffer from oxygen deficiency.

The Fox Immortal waved her hand, and a phantom appeared before her. Xiao Chao’s projection robot floated over and emitted a beam of light. Subsequently, the eighteen-year-old Su Xiaoyu appeared before them.

Carrying a pink backpack, Su Xiaoyu looked up at the mountain. Her eyes gradually became misty, as if she was recalling something. Moments later, her gaze hardened, and without a word, she took her first step.

No one knew what drove her to come here alone or what she had experienced in her dreams. Wu Ge and his companions only knew that Su Xiaoyu, standing here two hundred years ago, possessed an unwavering will; she would never give up.

Following the phantom, Wu Ge remarked, “From July 14 to August 18, she had died in her dreams more than thirty times. Through these experiences of facing the apocalypse, she grew.”

It was hard for them to believe how much growth someone who experienced the end of the world over thirty times could achieve. Perhaps, she had already become indifferent to death.

What motivated her now was probably the belief in finding that secret shelter. By doing so, she could prove her dreams were real and save many people.

Su Xiaoyu marched on determinedly. Xiao Chao not only projected her image but also recreated the surroundings.

Two hundred years ago, this place was teeming with tourists. The sky was just as blue, and the grass was just as green. Among the many visitors who paused to take in the view, only one slender figure pressed on.

Her pace never matched anyone else’s.

Gradually, Su Xiaoyu left the crowd behind and reached the midsection of the mountain, where fewer tourists ventured due to the high altitude and thin air.

Breathing heavily, Su Xiaoyu looked up. Sweat dripped from her eyelashes, blurring her vision. She rubbed her eyes, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and took out a bottle of mineral water from her backpack to drink.

After resting for a moment, she suddenly said, “This is the place, the place I’ve come to in my dreams eight times!”

Su Xiaoyu had visited this location in her dreams eight times, but it was only on the eighth visit that she successfully found the shelter. Knowing it could accommodate a hundred thousand people, she came without hesitation.

After a short rest, Su Xiaoyu put on a down jacket and continued her ascent. She was familiar with this area, having visited it eight times in her dreams.

Surrounded by lush green grass, a few Tibetan antelopes watched her from a distance. They stopped grazing and stared at Su Xiaoyu warily.

Su Xiaoyu smiled at them and continued upward. There were no more people around, no more noise; the silence was profound, and Su Xiaoyu could hear her own heartbeat.

Under the blue sky, on the green grass, Su Xiaoyu suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of freedom and… loneliness.

“Is this your perspective?” Su Xiaoyu took a deep breath, feeling exhilarated and free, yet also profoundly alone, as if she was the only person left in the world.

Su Xiaoyu kept moving forward, crossing grasslands and barren rock piles, and finally climbing up the snowy mountain. The cold wind howled, carrying ice particles, but Su Xiaoyu’s heart was warm; she knew she was close to success.

Soon, I will reach my destination!

However, at that moment, Su Xiaoyu heard faint cries behind her—her parents, the police. They had caught up, calling out her name, their shouts filled with pain.

But Su Xiaoyu knew she couldn’t stop. If the content of her dreams was true, then the apocalypse would arrive in less than a week, bringing calamity to all humanity. Only the shelter could offer hope to mankind.

Misunderstood, unanticipated, always protected and restrained—this had been Su Xiaoyu’s life. She had no freedom, no allowance for thought. She was a lonely bird trapped in a cage.

She envied those who lived freely and followed their hearts.

She is like a little bird trapped in a cage; even if she escapes, she would be immediately recaptured. Even if she escapes to save the world, to save humanity, no one would believe her. No one would believe that a little bird could possess such power.

Su Xiaoyu ignored her parents’ shouting and kept moving forward. At this moment, the only thing she could believe in was herself.

It’s not that she never wavered, but the continuous apocalyptic dreams over more than thirty days were enough to explain everything. Moreover, this snow mountain was exactly the same as the one in her dreams.

The rescue team continued searching in the snow mountain, shouting, but they couldn’t find this little bird who had gained her freedom, because this little bird was more familiar with this great mountain than they were.

Following the path she had taken eight times in her dreams, Su Xiaoyu finally found a cave covered by snow. She took out the snow-melting agent and sprinkled it out.

The high-tech snow-melting agent was very powerful, melting the nearby snow in the blink of an eye, gradually revealing the cave. Su Xiaoyu wrapped her down jacket tightly and then walked in, knowing that the ultimate test was about to begin, as her experience in the dream ended here!

Behind this cave was a huge shelter, left by aliens millions of years ago. This shelter was sturdy and large enough to withstand any disaster. Moreover, there was a spaceship inside the shelter, capable of accommodating five thousand people. When the time comes, even if the Earth was destroyed, people could leave Earth on this spaceship.

All of this was told to her by a person in her dreams. Su Xiaoyu trusted him completely, after all, she had already come this far, and the reality was exactly the same as in her dreams. At this moment, there was nothing to hesitate about!

Su Xiaoyu took out a flashlight and took a step forward, walking in unwaveringly.

Su Xiaoyu’s figure disappeared into the cave, while Wu Ge and the others had to wait a while. They needed to wait for robots to clear the snow that had accumulated over two hundred years.

Meanwhile, to avoid danger inside the cave, Xiao Chao suggested sending a reconnaissance robot to check it out first.

The Fox Immortal watched the cave and slowly asked, “Did she succeed? Did she find the shelter?”

Wu Ge remained silent. He had already guessed the outcome. If she really found the shelter, then Earth wouldn’t be left with just him.

This disaster was different from the floods, meteors, and earthquakes in Su Xiaoyu’s dreams. This time, it was an alien invasion, and with high technology, they took away all humans. Although the shelter could withstand disasters, it probably couldn’t resist the high technology of the aliens.

As Wu Ge was pondering, Xiao Chao suddenly spoke, “Found the shelter!”