It’s best to leave Xi’an immediately

Qingran studied the options carefully. Each one had its merits, but one in particular caught her attention. "If I unlock the System Exchange, what kind of items can I expect?"

[The exchange functions as a trade hub among system users. You can find rare herbs, blueprints, restricted materials, and even evolutionary resources that don't exist in the regular world. However, it operates on a barter system—no traditional currency, only equivalent trades.]

That was valuable. With the apocalypse looming, an exclusive market could provide things she wouldn't be able to find elsewhere. But auto-extraction was tempting too, especially since she'd need a large number of cores to fuel her progress.

Qingran exhaled lightly. "I'll decide after we leave."

[Understood, Host.]