This time I chose Paladin.

Chapter 31 The Lights of Childhood

Nie Weiyang was numb.

He was glad he didn't say anything like "Your father, your mother?" Otherwise, if the two children cried like a youth version of "sirens" and called the "cordon", he probably couldn't blame them...

"Sorry, sorry," Nie Weiyang apologized softly. In the corner of the hidden attribute panel, a total of over fifty charm points gleamed, gradually relaxing the children.

Nie Weiyang took off his coat and handed it to them, his voice gentle and approachable: "Put it on, it's warmer. Don't worry, I won't go over there."

The children were silent for a moment, and seeing that he really didn't seem to have any ill intentions, they couldn't resist the temptation of warmth and picked up the coat from the ground.

Although Nie Weiyang's body temperature was very low, given his physique, the fleece jacket was more than enough to wrap the two thin girls. There was no place that was not covered, and there was even enough space to put down a schoolbag.

Nie Weiyang sat on the edge, picked up a scorpion that crawled out of the crevice, and crushed it to death with his arm armor to prevent it from hurting the two children.

On the hillside, the footsteps of the "cordon" were like thunder, frightening and suffocating.

It wandered around the area for four hours, until five in the morning, when it confirmed that the target would not appear again. It then gradually moved away, gradually transforming back to its normal state along the way.

The three of them remained silent. Nie Weiyang listened to the sound and confirmed that the cordon should have really been removed, but he still used gestures to remind the two sisters to remain silent.

He slowly lifted a corner of his raincoat.

……

It was dark outside, with dark clouds rolling in the sky, and the terrifying red searchlight had disappeared without a trace.

There was no sign of the Dark Zone anywhere.

Nie Weiyang breathed a sigh of relief. He stood up and turned around to ask the two sisters, "Are you locals?"

The Yuzhou dialect itself is not difficult to understand, but being able to understand its meaning does not mean that you are a local.

The two sisters shook their heads timidly.

This is even more troublesome... Nie Weiyang sighed and released the motorcycle. The steel horse landed heavily on the ground. He waved to the two children and said, "I'll take you to the city. You can't survive in the wild."

The two children hesitated for a moment, but still walked over - children understand more than many people think, and they know very well that if Nie Weiyang wanted to do anything bad to them, they would have been finished by now.

Nie Weiyang tore off his raincoat and wrapped it around the two children, trying to keep them warm. He casually asked, "Where are your family members?"

Sure enough, the children looked like they were about to cry again, but this time only the little girl cried. The older girl glanced at her sister, who was pinned to her chest with the sleeves of her jacket, and fought back her tears.

“…died.” She said, “We are here for tourism…”

Nie Weiyang could probably imagine what kind of story was hidden in the three words "passed away", but he had to continue asking.

"So, you have no relatives here?"

"No."

"Okay." Nie Weiyang paused, "My name is Nie Weiyang, you may have heard of my name..." He opened the browsing permission of his personal profile. The name, title and BOSS killing record in the "Life Story" column clearly confirmed his identity.

Then he visibly saw the two children relax, their eyes brightening: "Uncle Nie...Uncle Nie? You and the military uncles..."

"………………" Nie Weiyang was silenced by the word 'uncle'. He looked down at his young body and for a moment wondered if he was mentally too old to be called uncle by a twelve or thirteen-year-old...

But it turns out that they were just shouting like that.

“I have connections with the military,” Nie Weiyang replied helplessly, a gentle smile still on his face. “Let’s go, I’ll take you to the police. By the way, what are your names?”

"My name is Shen Anxi, and my sister is Shen Mengxi," the older girl introduced herself in a very organized manner. At the same time, a tiny silver-colored foxhound emerged from the little girl's backpack. It looked around curiously and began to lick her face enthusiastically.

Shen Anxi... ?
Nie Weiyang looked at the older girl in surprise.

Shen Anxi, the commander of the Zhongzhou Guards twenty years later, is responsible for Zhongzhou's local security affairs and is well-versed in CSSS-related information.

Nie Weiyang had exchanged this kind of knowledge with her many times. At that time, he had a head full of white hair, and Shen Anxi was blind... He was impressed by the other party because of his strong fighting will, strong combat power and ruthless way of doing things - especially towards CSSS-related incidents - and because the other party's private character was actually famously gentle.

……and many more.

Nie Weiyang squinted behind his sunglasses: "What's your occupation?"

"I am a monk." Shen Anxi answered without any doubt.

……

Isn't Shen Anxi a summoning spirit-shaper?!
Even Nie Weiyang was stunned by this situation. He subconsciously looked at the little girl in Shen Anxi's arms. The little girl had just stuffed the silver fox back into her schoolbag and was looking at him curiously, her bright and clear eyes blinking.

"What's her occupation?" Nie Weiyang heard himself asking.

"Mengxi is a soul sculptor, classified as a summoner. I don't know what this is exactly..." Shen Anxi lowered his head and lovingly touched his sister's wet hair. Suddenly, his eyes widened and he carefully touched her forehead: "Oh, you have a fever?!"

Nie Weiyang was still a little dazed, but when he heard this, he patted the back seat without saying a word.

"Come up." He took out some antipyretic medicine and a bottle of water from his backpack, asked Shen Anxi to feed them to Shen Mengxi, and then rode his bike with the two of them towards the city.

After more than a day, Nie Weiyang finally arrived at Yichong, the direct superior city of Langcheng, carrying the two children who were wrapped like cicada pupae.

The scene here was like an enlarged version of Langcheng. He didn't look at it for long. Instead, he showed the certificate given to him by Xiang Feng and stuffed the two children into the hands of the military police. He didn't even pay attention to the greetings of the people around him. He said "I have something to do and I have to leave first" and rode out of Yichong on his bike.

Behind him, Shen Anxi held Shen Mengxi, her gaze filled with longing and hope as she gazed at the figure's back. Medical staff quickly escorted them away and quickly took Shen Mengxi's temperature. The little girl's eyes remained bright. She was still too young to understand the future, eternity, war, darkness, emptiness, and pain. She didn't know if this was the place where the light of her childhood had been lit. She didn't know how many times she would recall this day in the future, or how many moments of despair she would have to endure before she could grasp the command sword of the Zhongzhou Guards. Even now, though she was vaguely aware of the cold, damp, death, and departure, in her sister's gentle embrace, she could still face the world with all her heart.

……

Nie Weiyang didn't take the Shen family's two children to heart. He saved them simply because he wanted to—that was his moral obligation.

Zhongzhou, the future, humanity, Langcheng... To be honest, he had too many things to worry about. He simply didn't have the time or energy to think about the future of his two children this time.

Many people have survived this time because of him. How far these people can go depends only on themselves.

On the third day after setting out from Langcheng, on a dark evening, Nie Weiyang finally found his destination.

This was a riverbank, leaning against a steep cliff, probably the steepest mountain in the area. Nie Weiyang got out of the car, holding the key and walked towards the cliff.

As he approached, a fluorescent blue light gradually lit up on the cliff wall covered with vines.

The physical key was immersed in the blue light, and the young man disappeared silently.

The heavy rain fell on the mud and washed away his footprints.

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(End of this chapter)