Excessive ferocity due to caution

Leave the city.

Sudi returned to the dragon's side.

"I'm sorry, General..."

"They seemed to have been prepared. By the time I caught up with them, they had already entered Pulse City."

The anxiously waiting dragon, with a flick of its sleeve, exclaimed in shock:

"impossible!"

"Why did those guys in Pulse City let them in?"

Sudi's eyes gleamed:

"If someone had given them prior notice, then everything would have been fine."

Long glanced at Sudi, his eyes sparkling, as if he understood something.

Sudi continued:

"after all……"

"The fact that Zhao Yi possesses the power of the Forgotten Traveler isn't something we're the only ones who know..."

The dragon remained silent.

He has too many things to worry about, so he is bound to be distracted and may not be able to consider all aspects clearly.

"The lord in Mai City definitely wants Zhao Yi to enter the city."

"And Zhao Yi... is a very intelligent guy."

"He knew this himself, which is why he brazenly took the letter to Pulse City."

"Now that he's gone, it might be a good thing for you, General."

The dragon was originally going to deliver this letter to Pulse City.

The reason why Zhao Yi and the others weren't allowed to go before was because Long didn't think they were capable of entering the city.

Even if the person is gone, that important letter will still be lost.

But now, Zhao Yi has helped them deliver the letter to Pulse City.

He has achieved his goal.

Long let out a sigh of relief and said to himself with a self-deprecating laugh:

"I completely forgot about such an important point; I should have sent Zhao Yi sooner."

"A miscalculation..."

"I guess I'm getting old; I don't consider things as thoroughly as I used to..."

Sudi's gaze held a hint of respect:

"General Long has been gone from Pulse City for thirty-one years..."

Dragon was also taken aback upon hearing this.

"Thirty-one years old..."

"Time flies..."

His temples were already gray.

When he left the city, he was still a young man.

Now, I've reached the age of knowing my destiny.

"Have you learned everything I've taught you over the years?"

Long looked at Sudi in front of him, his tone serious.

Sudi nodded:

"I've learned it, General."

The dragon nodded.

He opened the drawer, took out the highest-level authority document for the General's District, and handed it to Sudi.

It is a very exquisite metal box.

"After I am gone, you will have full authority over those who are going to their deaths."

Sudi took the metal box, his tone enigmatic:

"General..."

Aren't you worried...?

Long calmly said:

"I know... but so what?"

Sudi was taken aback.

The dragon gazed out the window:

"Thirty-one years ago, when I left Pulse City, I never imagined that one day I would persist for such a naive ideal."

"At that time, all I thought about was revenge..."

"However, during these long thirty-one years, the young man's heart... underwent some changes."

Sudi looked at the metal box in his hand and found it incredibly heavy.

There's a feeling that I can't pick it up.

"General...you should know that our goal...can never be achieved."

"Wherever there are people, there will be interests, and there will be conflict..."

"Peace and freedom...for humanity, they are an unattainable dream, a distant and unreachable goal..."

Long methodically tidied his desk, making it look neat and organized the documents from the eight cities.

After doing all that, Long replied with a smile:

"Goals and dreams are not necessarily meant to be achieved."

"This world is too dark... Only with a little light can people keep going."

Sudi gripped the box tightly in her hand.

Cold and heavy.

As the dragon was about to leave, it suddenly turned its head and said as it passed the door:

"Oh...right."

Sudi looked back at Long, still somewhat bewildered.

She heard the dragon say:

"Don't break through to the fourth tier too easily..."

The dragon's tone was inexplicable.

"It...is watching us from deep within the universe."

Sudi looked up at the sky following the dragon's finger.

A deep, dark expanse of stars.

Sudi shuddered.

By the time she came to her senses, the dragon had already vanished.

Sudi knew that once the dragon left, it would never return.

Over the years, Long has been focusing on cultivating talent for the organization of those who go to the dead.

The sixth son was the successor appointed by the emperor.

He was not afraid of death, and he did not marry or have children.

They are willing to dedicate everything for peace and freedom.

Like a fervent believer.

But such people are destined to die young.

Liu Zi is gone.

Sudi became the most suitable candidate.

Even though Dragon knew that Sudi was not entirely loyal to him.

He doesn't need Sudi to be loyal to him.

As long as they have a heart that yearns for peace and freedom, that is enough.

The dragon believed that the light would guide them in the right direction.

Just as it guided me back then.

Sudi stood at the window, watching Long's departing figure, her gaze filled with a mixture of vicissitudes and complex emotions.

"As a great leader, your departure was indeed somewhat hasty..."

...

Pulse City.

The message was successfully delivered to Pulse City.

Li Liangchao and Luo Qili thanked Zhao Yidao and then left.

Zhao Yi, holding the letter, was received by the military.

Everything was as Zhao Yi had predicted.

Given the military strength of Pulse City, if they didn't want us to come in, there wouldn't be those few guards outside the city.

The first generation had already told Zhao Yi that Helmes, the controller of Pulse City, was very interested in the Touch of Oblivion on Zhao Yi's body.

Therefore, once Zhao Yi enters the city, Helmes will definitely come looking for him.

The two chatted and drank tea in a spacious hall.

"What's it like coming to Maicheng?"

Helmes stroked his thick beard; though aged, he still exuded an air of authority.

Zhao Yi looked at the tea in his cup and swirled it.

The smile on his lips was somewhat inexplicable.

"It's very different from what I imagined."

"I originally thought that as the largest human settlement, this place should be very prosperous and rich... but I later found that it is actually full of wasteland."

"It's clear that humanity hasn't been doing well since they moved away from their home planet."

Helmers sighed:

"yes."

"Infected people are roaming all over the place, and ordinary residents don't dare to go out at all."

"Eight small towns and three large cities, where people scheme and plot against each other for power. If those at the top can't live well, how can those at the bottom possibly live well?"

Zhao Yi smiled slightly:

"Do you like to divide people into different classes?"

Helmes sensed the subtle sarcasm in Zhao's words, but he wasn't angry.

"It wasn't divided up by us."

"It is nature, it is heaven and earth."

"The law of the jungle, where the strong prey on the weak, remains unchanged throughout history, inevitably leading to a hierarchy of social classes..."

Zhao Yidao:

"That explanation is rather blunt."

The two clinked glasses and drank the tea in one gulp.

"I've been keeping an eye on your movements at the Eastern Test Site... so I think you're a smart guy."

"You should know why you were able to enter the city alive and have tea with me here."

Helmes' tone carried an air of superior arrogance and coldness.

It comes from the very marrow of my bones, from the depths of my soul.

Zhao Yi didn't mind.

His fingertips gently stroked the cup, and he said softly:

"We have plenty of time to chat..."

"Before that, I want to know, what exactly is your relationship with the dragon?"

Helmes frowned.

But he still replied:

"Long... is my most promising student, but also my most disappointing student."

PS:

Haha, here comes the chicken soup for the soul~