My portable grandfather refreshes every week

Chapter 305 Leading the Way Home
This is the record of the old man's life.

Too much time has passed, and even the Starship Corps couldn't record much more about the old man's story. They only recorded the cosmic void event of the first era, and to this day, the black hole that filled the void hangs at the very center of Andromeda.

None of those who pushed the black hole back have returned.

Even the planet-sized divine tree couldn't leave any trace there.

Black holes can crush all matter into the most primitive particle state. There, the concept of time is a false proposition. This may be the reason why the Mimic King could not obtain the souls of those members.

However, Mother Earth somehow managed to capture the old man's soul. Perhaps the old man's soul was incomplete, because he had forgotten most of his things—his past, his story, and the cause of his death.

All he could remember was his identity as a member of the interstellar squadron and a few memories of his time as a repairman.

Thinking of this, Xue Dinglu closed the file in his hand and looked at senior Olivia beside him.

"Senior, has the old man returned to the Mimic King's body?" Xue Dinglu asked.

"Yes, he has returned. Thank you for guiding the soul of our predecessor, Kleber, back home. Thank you again. This help will be forever remembered by the Star Squadron and will be of assistance to you at any time."

The atmosphere fell silent, and Xue's Law slowly emerged from the old man's story.

The old man and his companions were a group of noble idealistic warriors.

In that primitive era, none of them flinched when faced with danger. Instead, they tried their best to solve the problem, even at the cost of death.

Sadly, their souls were forever lost in the black hole, and to this day, only the old man's fragmented soul has been captured by Mother Earth.

Xue Lude decided to go back and ask his mother how she found the old man's soul. This might not be important to them, but it was one of the most important things for the entire interstellar column.

Bring back the souls of our ancestors, instead of letting them forever sink into the black hole.

Having thought this through, Xue's Law seemed to have made a certain decision.

Soon, Xue Dinglu closed the file, put it back in its original place, and said casually, "Senior, I heard that the teacher once left behind the most precious relics in the interstellar column."

Olivia seemed to have stepped out of the old man's story as well, saying, "I know, come with me."

Xue Dinglu slowly followed Senior Olivia through the portal. The next moment, he arrived at the area marked "Heroic Spirit Tomb," which was where the Starship Corps stored its treasures.

Many people leave behind their Noble Phantasms at the end, and these left-behind Noble Phantasms can become the power and tools of future generations. As future generations grow up, they can break away from the Noble Phantasms of their predecessors and even create their own Noble Phantasms, which can then be added to the Graveyard of Heroes.

But now, Senior Olivia has arrived here with Xue's Law and said to the magical creations here, "Senior Joshua's student has arrived. The last piece of his legacy that he preserved can be handed over."

The golem confirmed Xue's identity, then stepped aside and said, "Confirmation complete. Mr. Joshua had no relatives. His belongings were taken away by the student he had registered with..."

Xue also bowed slightly.

The two strolled through the graveyard of heroes, and led Xue Dinglu to a treasure artifact before stopping.

【NO.9458: True Cursed Blood】

Xue's law causes pupil constriction.

In the treasure vault at this moment, there was an object that looked like a honeycomb. The honeycomb was filled with countless holes filled with cursed blood. At this moment, after Xue Luding arrived, the honeycomb seemed to sense something. The cursed blood inside began to gradually separate and tentatively stretched out a little bit of bloody tentacles towards Xue Luding.

However, the tendrils of blood were isolated by a protective shield, and they seemed to be helplessly leaning against the shield, as if looking at Xue's Law.

"This is what the great sage Joshua left behind before his death, a nest containing the souls of an entire civilization. The billions of souls within were redeemed, their civilization was reborn on another planet, and their souls were reborn there..."

"So in the end, the nest that originally preserved their souls was recovered by the Starfleet, along with the last remaining cursed blood in the nest. This is the last relic of the Great Sage Joshua, and now it is handed over to you."

As Olivia spoke, the protective shield closed the next moment.

The tentacles of the cursed blood continued to reach towards Xue Lude, while Xue Lude slowly extended his fingers.

The moment his fingers touched the tentacles of the cursed blood, an emotion of "joy" emanated from the cursed blood. The blood immediately merged into Xue Luding's fingers and fused with the "pseudo-cursed blood" that Xue Luding had previously copied.

【True Cursed Blood (B++): Primal Cursed Blood, possessing gene editing, biological detection, life enhancement, blood manipulation, and suffering transfer functions, while also carrying the attributes of "salvation" and "hope".

Salvation: When the cursed blood targets an entire civilization, it achieves transcendence and can absorb, repair, and transfer the suffering of the entire civilization's concept.

Hope: When a unit unleashed by the Cursed Blood is at its most desperate, it is given hope and its emotional wounds are healed.

Feeling the joyful emotions of the cursed blood within his body, which seemed to be genuinely cheering, Xue Luding could sense that this new cursed blood had instantly achieved a perfect fusion with the original cursed blood within him.

After this fusion, the new Cursed Blood has two new characteristics, and it also seems to have many functions that Xue's Law cannot see from the panel.

After all, this new cursed blood is essentially a brand-new Noble Phantasm that has been sublimated after completing the salvation of the world. It has undergone different changes from the original cursed blood that was split off. Even its rating has changed from B+ to B++.

"Thank you," Xue Dinglu said.

“No need to thank me, it’s what the Starship Corps should do. Your former teacher, that sage, was also a lifelong partner of the Starship Corps, and so are you now,” Senior Olivia added.

Xue Dinglu didn't stand on ceremony any further. He simply felt the new cursed blood within his body, and he even seemed to sense that a part of the Great Sage's wish remained in the cursed blood.

The Great Sage cannot return, but Xue Lude will make good use of this power. Even now, the cursed blood is still one of his most frequently used abilities, and has even become an indispensable power for Xue Lude.

Xue Luding once again thought of a spell called "Heroic Spirit Summoning". This spell has not been further improved so far. Xue Luding had no similar development ideas at all, so he could only use himself as a blueprint for research.

Even though he knew that the summoned sage might not be the real sage, and the summoned spirit might just be a remnant of a phantom, like the "reincarnation of evil spirits" spell he used in Boston.

The "Randolph Carter" that was summoned was not the real Craftsman, but merely a "Randolph Carter" in the public's perception and history.

But Xue's Law always wanted to give it a try, just in case it succeeded.

There are always things you have to try, even if you hit a wall and get hurt.

……

After that, everything that Xue Law was preparing for the interstellar column had been resolved.

They returned a portion of the Holy Sword that once belonged to the Hero Uncle and the soul of the Old Man, and also retrieved the relics of the Great Sage here.

In the end, only Fafnir remained.

Back on the beach, Xue Luding looked at Quan Xiaojiang and a group of interstellar squadron members playing in the distance, and said, "Aren't you going to play with your friends?"

"No, my legs are too weak."

The young man's words made Xue Dinglu's expression falter.

Looking at the young general whose dark circles were almost showing under his eyes, Xue Dinglu seemed to gradually understand everything.

This guy's harem has probably been a bit unstable these past few days, which is why he's been considering aborting his more than a thousand children, but he's still hesitant.

In fact, based on his progress, Xue Lude will probably be able to see a complete "mermaid" race in a few decades, with a male-to-female ratio close to one to several dozen. Then, this "newly adult father of thousands of children" will have a headache.

"Why did you choose this path?" the young man asked Xue Dinglu, seemingly out of the blue.

Perhaps in his view, Xue Dinglu, a clearly good person, who still has no wife and no children, why would he choose such a path that is destined to have no future, which he finds puzzling.

It's possible that he's also somewhat lost on his life's path, which is why he's asking Xue, an acquaintance he's not exactly close to.

"Why?" Xue Dinglu murmured. "Perhaps I am also looking for the reason. When I was most ignorant, someone told me the path to the future, so I just inherited his dream and path."

Perhaps Xue's Law has not yet found the answer, but walking on this path, he feels fulfilled and happy, and that is enough.

"And what about your dream?" the young man countered. "Don't you have anything you simply want to do? Not a dream inherited from someone else, but something that belongs only to you..."

"My dream?" Xue Luding thought of his childhood dream, and at the same time, he thought of himself in another parallel world who was striding forward in his childhood dream. He said, "My childhood dream has been fulfilled!"

"So now, I have no dreams, but I can protect the dreams of others," Xue Law gave his answer.

The young man remained silent, gazing at the illusory sky, and murmured, "To protect the dreams of others..."

The atmosphere between the two began to delve into a deeper clash of ideas. Perhaps the young man was also feeling lost because he had too many children, wondering whether he should continue down the same path.

He paused, then told Xue a story: "My hometown once faced an attack from a meteorite powerful enough to destroy the planet."

"That was when I was very young, when I had just started school. At that time, the whole world was in an apocalyptic atmosphere. A meteorite about one-thousandth the size of our planet was about to collide with it, and it was expected to tear our planet in two..."

The young man recounted his personal journey and story, and Xue Dinglu did not stop him.

"Back then, I had just started school and didn't know what 'responsibility' meant. My childhood sweetheart led me and others into an air-raid shelter, and we silently prayed that we would survive..."

"At that time, everyone in the school hid inside, hoping for a miracle. We watched the radio broadcasts reporting that the meteorite was getting closer and closer. We could even feel that the meteorite was almost close to our atmosphere, distorting the gravity of our world. Everyone was terrified."

"When everyone was calling for heroes and wondering who would save us, at this moment, a hero appeared!"

The young man took a deep breath, and seemed to recall his past, smiling as he said, "That was a member of the interstellar squadron whom I don't even know now. He shattered the meteorite and used repulsive force to stop the fragments from falling, minimizing the disaster." "When I saw that figure, I thought that when I grew up, I would become a hero like that."

As the young man spoke, he smiled, seemingly recalling his childhood dream.

"So after I had children, I officially joined the interstellar squadron and began to train and strengthen myself constantly. I also honed my superpowers and physique through repeated training and practice."

"Because some things are more important than life itself."

"And now, with only a little over a thousand more children, I'm starting to feel lost..."

"Snapped!"

He slapped himself hard across the face.

Xue Law: "..."

No, no, it's not that serious, there's no need for this...

It's perfectly normal to hesitate because you're afraid your unborn child will lose its father.

That's why Xue Dinglu never thought about starting a family. He didn't know when he might die far from home, so he wouldn't fall in love, much less offer someone such an uncertain future.

Because he lost his family at a young age, he understands what it feels like for a child to grow up without family.

From a comrade's perspective, Xue's law should encourage the young man to persist in his dream, but from a friend's perspective...

“Actually, I think you could do clerical or logistical work for a while first,” Xue Dinglu said. “You can wait until your children are seven or eight years old, when they gradually have their own families and you don’t have to worry about them anymore, before you can fulfill your childhood dreams.”

Xue Dinglu remembers that the children in the Little Warriors World started to get married around the age of eight or nine. The girls chose their husbands, while the boys gradually formed their own harems.

From that moment on, the children of their world truly grew up.

So although the young man is younger than Xue Dinglu, he has been married for nearly ten years, while Xue Dinglu is still single.

"I'll think about it..." he said, seemingly prepared to switch to an administrative or logistical position, but he couldn't stop developing his special abilities and training. Combat power would decline if he stopped.

Xue Dinglu felt like he had unintentionally become a psychologist, and complained, "I feel like the two of us are like two idle male high school students in a dormitory. We were chatting, and suddenly we started talking about philosophy, life, and dreams..."

He then continued to talk to the young general about the subsequent events and arrangements of the theocracy, as well as the interesting stories about those divine nobles.

This includes things like beheadings at the market.

During the conversation, Fafnir returned and said, "Teacher, I'm back..."

"Oh!" Xue Dinglu stood up and greeted the young man.

The young man didn't recognize Fafnir or the old man; he was a complete newbie, having only joined a few years ago, so he simply nodded.

“Oh, right, teacher, Grandma Olivia asked me to pass on a message that Elder Kleber wants to see you one last time,” Fafner said.

……

This was probably the last time Xue Dinglu met the old man.

Here, the old man smiled, as if he had found many missing memories and thought of the things he had done in the past.

He seemed to have let go of all his last burdens, because his final mission was complete. The black hole was under their control, and the void was finally plugged. They had also completed their mission.

"Goodbye, Little Xue's Law, I'm returning to the embrace of the King." The old man smiled and slightly removed his old hat to bow.

"Thank you. I have nothing to leave behind, so let this short sword be your final memento."

After the old man finished speaking, he handed the short sword, which was the same type as the brave uncle's, to Xue Dinglu.

Xue Lude knew that this sword originally belonged to the captain of the 27th squad, but after being changed several times, it finally ended up in his hands.

"May your future be bright and promising," the old man said, offering his final blessing.

The next moment, the old man disappeared and returned to the Mimic King. Perhaps in the near future, he will also use part of his soul to make materials for emergency communication devices, burning his last embers for the new seedlings.

"Goodbye, sir." Xue Dinglu smiled and said his final goodbye.

Although they only spent a few days together, Xue Dinglu got used to this old man who, despite looking intimidating, always had a kind smile.

He also recorded the old man's story, intending to store it in the magic academy.

Turning around, the two went their separate ways and began to embark on their different futures.

……

Nighttime, Jiangcheng, Xue Dinglu's home.

Xue and Fafnir left the Starfleet.

When I have time, I'll ask my mom why I was able to capture the old man's soul.

Xue Lu thought to himself, he actually wanted to see if he could use the same method to guide the souls of the other members of the 27th Squad back home as well.

No one was home at the time, but all the lights were on. Xue Dinglu saw the food on the table, as well as a small note.

"I took the three kids to the park. If we're not back by then, could you heat up the food a little?"

Xue Daolu looked at the food on the table, too lazy to heat it up, and secretly began to prepare to heat it up with a small flame.

Fafnir also sat down at the table, as if she was thinking about something.

Xue Lude was also curious about what happened to Fafnir while she was in the interstellar column, so he asked her directly.

Fafnir did not explain directly, but silently stretched out her hand. The next moment, a sword appeared in her hand. It was the Lava Holy Sword that Xue Luding had just forged, but it seemed to have been enhanced by the Star Squadron.

But in fact, Xue's law also seemed to be on the verge of collapse.

They had painstakingly forged the Holy Sword, intending to return it to the Starship Corps. However, the Starship Corps decided to let the Hero Uncle's daughter inherit the Holy Sword, so in the end, it returned to Fafnir's hands.

Why not just forge the Holy Sword yourself from the start and give it directly to Fafnir?

Xue Law felt himself caught in a deep logical thinking process.

"And teacher, it seems my power has improved a bit more." Fafnir activated the holy sword in her hand, and the next moment, surging energy began to be released, making Xue Dinglu's self-built rural house seem to be on the verge of collapse.

Xue's Law: "!"

Nearly Level 5!
Fafnir is now almost Tier 5! She's on par with the old Demon Emperor!
Damn it, what kind of numerical monster is this!
Xue Lu felt a pang of sadness at his hard-won near-4th tier of magic power, while watching Fafnir seemingly reach near-5th tier after fusing with the Holy Sword…

I wish I were a numbers freak!

No need to painstakingly gather intelligence, formulate plans, and then slowly start finding the enemy's weaknesses. Just go in and use a combo of basic attacks interspersed with normal attacks to kill the apostle instantly.

Why am I not a numbers monster?!

"Teacher, what's wrong?" Fafnir, who had been about to tell Xue Daolu the good news, suddenly felt like she had done something wrong, as if she had noticed Xue Daolu's low spirits.

"No, it's nothing, I just want to be alone..." Xue Dinglu stared silently at the ceiling.

Perhaps I need to improve my basic magical abilities.

My magical abilities are still limited to the same three tricks: Holy Light spells, rituals, and cursed blood.

Holy Light magic has not been developed for a long time, and Imperial Swordsmanship has also been abandoned for a long time.

Perhaps I can pick it up again for now. I still have several days of vacation left, so I can slowly practice Holy Light Magic and Imperial Swordsmanship.

It shouldn't be called Imperial Swordsmanship anymore. Although Xue's close combat ability is based on the Imperial Swordsmanship of the Old Necromancer Cult, over time it has gradually deviated from the original form of swordsmanship, incorporating Greek martial arts and otherworldly combat techniques, and has become a completely new swordsmanship.

"Let's start training hard tomorrow. It's been a long time since I've climbed the dragon." Xue Dinglu held the short sword the old man had given him and made plans for tomorrow.

……

The next day, a white plastic chair for a food stall was placed in the courtyard, and a short sword was placed on the plastic chair.

This short sword is not a Noble Phantasm, but the old man seemed to have deliberately adjusted it before leaving. Now it is only missing a great achievement based on this as a true Noble Phantasm. He handed this weapon to Xue Lude so that Xue Lude could write a new story on their last relic.

Meanwhile, Xue Dinglu began training in holy light magic in the courtyard, and he was also thinking about whether he could train in double jump.

The double jump is a physical skill that is somewhat useful in any situation.

(End of this chapter)