While pondering, Malin guided Zoe upstairs. Along the way, Malin felt a small sense of joy watching the zombies cower at their presence—he vividly remembered the time when he led a team to a hotel and was almost surrounded by zombies outside the hotel. Now, seeing himself able to walk as if parting the sea, he gained a profound understanding of his power and Zoe’s power. When they reached the sixth floor, Malin saw a trembling zombie; it looked very frail. · Smooth-skinned kids, why have you come here? It’s a Psychic, Malin explained to Jason and the others through the channel to prevent them from overthinking. · We’re here, going up, to find her father’s belongings. · ... Is that so? You can go up, but it’s dangerous up there. The old zombie finished speaking, looking at Malin with hesitation. · Do you have anything else you want to ask? Concerning the so-called danger, Malin was genuinely uninterested, but he was curious about the old zombie’s hesitation. Thus, he spoke up. · You... smooth-skinned ones, will you... come back? This doubly meaningful conversation ended here; Malin smiled, then held Zoe’s hand, leading her up to the seventh floor. After a few steps, Malin felt he couldn’t pull the girl along. Considering he didn’t feel the girl was transforming into a zombie, Malin turned to her: "Why aren’t you moving?" Zoe blinked a few times: "The talking one, tasty." This remark made Jason and the others stir up again—it seemed the previous ones didn’t taste good, not because the flesh was bad, but because they weren’t Psychics, hence they didn’t taste good. Malin chuckled—partly due to these dumb machines, and partly due to this girl’s honest heart. "But your father is upstairs, don’t you want to see him?" Malin coaxed Zoe, and hearing this, the little girl nodded: "Yeah, let’s see Dad!" So, she obediently followed Malin up to the seventh floor. Upon arriving, Zoe immediately ran in front of Malin, sniffing the air, while pointing to the depths of the corridor: "It’s Dad’s smell, and Da Huang!" A second later, a Wraith dog appeared in Malin’s view. A moment before, the ferocious dog even had the courage to bark at Malin, but the next moment, when Zoe ran toward it laughing, the big dog also ran toward Zoe, its mutations disappearing in an instant. This golden retriever came to Zoe and was hugged tightly by her. "Da Huang!" Zoe called out the big dog’s name happily. Malin thought for a moment... indeed, "Da Huang" is straightforward and easy to understand. Zoe is just a child; nothing is as simple and joyful as calling "Da Huang." At that moment, Malin suddenly noticed everything in the corridor restoring to its former state—the wallpaper that had long fallen off returned, the extinguished wall lamps reignited, the ceiling on the roof formed a magnificent pattern, and the carpet beneath his feet was reweaving itself. At the far end of the corridor, the door opened, and a robust middle-aged man stood there, looking over with a puzzled and curious look: "Da Huang, what’s wrong with you?" Da Huang barked and looked back at its owner. No longer was there any hostility on this big dog’s body. It allowed Zoe to stroke it and guarded its little owner like a sentinel. This spectral dog regained its life at this moment, and time seemed especially kind to this father and daughter at this moment. Malin looked at the corridor walls. With his power, Malin peered through to see the vibrant world outside the window—Malin and Zoe, at this moment, traversed the torrent of time, returning to the time before the Great Destruction. Unfortunately, that’s all it could be, as the vibrant world outside was so silent, and even the rooms where the corridor was had no one inside. "...Zoe!!" The middle-aged man finally shouted, running toward his daughter, kneeling before her, embracing her with all his might. "Daddy, I finally met you, how wonderful." Zoe was crying too, this girl who once behaved like a true monster in front of Malin, now cried uncontrollably, tears flowed unrestrictedly from her eyes. "So wonderful... My daughter, I finally see you again." Xia Nantian, the number one character in Jason’s mouth, now stood before Malin, flesh and blood. He kissed his daughter, then looked at Malin: "Who are you, child?" Malin pondered for a moment and smiled: "I’m someone who brought your daughter back to see you." The smile on the middle-aged man’s face gradually faded. He glanced at the daughter in his arms and then looked at Malin. Gradually, he began to tremble: "You—what are you saying, little guy, you—my daughter, don’t you all appear alive before me?" Saying this, the middle-aged man started to cry. Malin sighed—this man had witnessed the Transcendent, he also knew his daughter was kidnapped by the Chaos Cult, and couldn’t have come back on her own. And Malin’s words—I’ve brought your daughter back to see you, contained the word "back," which transcended both space and time. Malin didn’t know if this Xia Nantian was the Xia Nantian from two days before the Great Destruction, or if he belonged to Da Huang’s last moment of regret here. But it looked more like the former, as this Xia Nantian soon understood, still smiling as he hugged his daughter, while looking at Malin: "Child, what’s your name, where did you find my daughter?" Malin thought for a moment, considering whether telling Xia Nantian his name would impact the future, but seeing the father’s expectation and the happiness in the daughter in his arms, Malin eventually gave an answer: "My name is Malin, from the eighth millennium after the Great Destruction, I brought your daughter back from North America’s Environmental Conservation Group’s 19th Preservation Pod to Earth." Malin smiled as he spoke the answer. Xia Nantian’s face showed a smile, and then as he smiled, this middle-aged man began to cry, his cries grew louder until his daughter could hear them. Zoe was alarmed, she looked at her father somewhat confusedly: "Daddy, why are you crying?" "Zoe, Daddy met you; Daddy is so happy, really so happy that he cried, see..." The father withdrew his attention from Malin, bowing his head, his eyes filled with hot tears: "If possible, come back... and live with Daddy forever, okay?" "Of course." Zoe happily extended her arms to embrace her father. She seemed very happy, burying her head in her father’s arms, humming a nursery rhyme joyfully. Xia Nantian once again looked at Malin: "Malin, I have a small request here, I know your greatness, and I know the horror of the future from your mouth, but you’re still human, even with pointed ears, but... your words and actions are those of a human, right?" "Yes, Mr. Xia, if you have any requests, you can tell me, I’ll do my best to help you." Malin looked at the middle-aged man before him, feeling regret and pity for him and his daughter. "Alright, since you know my name, you might also know where I will eventually end up... My wife, my wife’s grave is in Tianjin, can you bring her to find me, and my daughter... I beg you, my whole life, I’ve let down my Sophia, because I lost our daughter, I also let down my Zoe, I failed to protect her... But I believe, I will surely uphold my duty, so, please, help me just once, okay? You are so powerful, you brought my daughter across eight millennia to see me..." By the end, this middle-aged man was already choked with sobs. At this moment, the corridor began to grow speckled once more, Da Huang barked anxiously, Zoe too felt unease, even in her father’s arms, she looked around. Xia Nantian looked at Malin. Malin nodded forcefully: "I swear to time, as long as your wife’s remains are still there, I will purify your daughter, and bring them to find you." "Thank you! My daughter... indeed has also become like that, damn Chaos..." This middle-aged man sighed, finally, before the corridor completely restored to its former look, this middle-aged man kissed Zoe. "Daughter, Daddy’s waiting for you, goodnight." Not knowing why her father said goodnight, Zoe obediently replied with a goodnight. Then everything was restored.