Heroes Return

Lin Qian made no reaction to Bai Yu's special ability. At that moment, the black and white wings unleashed terrifying power and blasted towards Bai Yu in front of her.

Fortunately, just as Bai Yu was about to be attacked, a young girl appeared beside him. The instant the girl raised her hand, Lin Qian's attack mysteriously froze in mid-air. Almost in the blink of an eye, time seemed to stand still around her.

Lin Qian recognized the girl, and the moment she saw her appear, she began to fly backward.

"Time and Space, you're really slow!" Bai Yu sighed helplessly. For Bai Yu, arresting Romanor was his primary objective; he naturally couldn't possibly cooperate with the other families. After all, those people were almost all untrustworthy, but the Hero Association was a different story.

And time and space are undoubtedly the best candidates to deal with Romanore.

"Sorry, we had some snacks together, so we're late." A flash of blue light appeared, and the figure of the Swift Light Girl appeared before everyone.

"You're here too? That's great! This gives us a much better chance of catching them." Looking at the girl in the blink of an eye, Bai Yu finally felt relieved.

"Um, she's already run away," Shi Kong said, pointing at Lin Qian. "Do you need me to help catch her?"

"Please, Lin Qian is probably the strongest known member of the Salvation Army. If we can capture her, our battle with Romanor will be much easier." Bai Yu nodded and said, "I think you also hope to have a good talk with Romanor, right? And settle everything between them in the past."

"I'm not really interested in settling things down. But I do hope to get together with my sisters." Shi Kong tilted her head and thought for a moment, then couldn't help but say, "Don't worry, I'll do my best. After all, Dad seems to have done a lot of terrible things to us."

After saying that, time and space disappeared from the spot.

"Romanore and Lin Qian are in Time and Space's hands. With her power, she'll be fine," Bai Yu said with a smile to the girl in the blink of an eye. "Next, let's find the others to join us! We must clear out the Saviors in the vicinity as soon as possible..."

Bai Yu had just finished speaking when he was surprised to find that a blue energy barrier had enveloped him, and almost simultaneously, his energy began to leak out on a large scale.

"What are you doing!" Shocked, Bai Yu turned around and looked at the girl in a flash, unable to help but shout loudly.

Right behind Bai Yu, the girl of the swift light's blue barrier ambushed him, trapping him inside. In a short time, Bai Yu's power began to drain away.

"Sorry, I can't let you continue fighting!" The girl in the instant spoke calmly to Shiraha without any expression in her eyes.

"You are! A member of the Salvation Army!"

"Long live the Salvation Army!" the girl in the blink of an eye said calmly, then looked at Bai Yu who was charging towards her, but Bai Yu's attack struck the blue shield directly. Power was continuously drained away, and Bai Yu collapsed to the ground.

"Why would a young girl like you join the Salvation Army?"

"Because I become a hero in pursuit of justice, and the Salvation Army is righteous. So I am willing to join." The girl in the blink of an eye calmly answered as she watched the white feather slowly fall.

"The Salvation Army is wrong!" Bai Yu said coldly as he fell down. "I never thought you would turn out to be a member of the Salvation Army. It seems I'm doomed this time."

Looking at the spacetime that had vanished from its original location, Bai Yu knew he was doomed.

"I won't kill you!" the girl in the blink of an eye suddenly said. "You're not a bad person on the Salvation Army's list. The Salvation Army never kills good people."

"..."

"The Salvation Army is very principled in its actions!" After answering Bai Yu's question, the girl in the instant light turned into a blue light and disappeared into the forest. Since Bai Yu had already lost his ability to fight, the girl in the instant light simply left him there.

……

Inside the cave, Romanoer continued to try to break the formation, but to no avail. No matter how she tried to force it or use bombs, she could not break the formation.

"Time and space have arrived." Lin Qian's figure appeared in the cave.

"You mean time and space?" Romanor, his face contorted with rage from repeated failures, looked up coldly at the girl before him. His eyes were now bloodshot.

“That’s right, Daddy, I’m here.” Shi Kong’s figure suddenly appeared beside Romanor, giving her a sweet smile.

“Your mind is more flexible than before, my lovely daughter. Tell me, what made you decide to betray me? Didn’t you say you loved your father the most? Didn’t you say you would never leave your father? Why did you betray me?” Looking into the distance, Romano suddenly asked.

"Hmm..." Faced with Romanor's question, Time and Space tilted his head and thought for a moment before saying, "I've been thinking about it carefully. It seems that you've been using us all along, and you haven't been very nice to me either. You even hurt my two sisters. It seems that I have no need to regard someone like you as an important person."

"Your mind has become clearer. Who exactly knows you?" Hearing her words, Romanoer was not surprised, but asked Time and Space with a puzzled look: "Your mental problems don't seem to be so easy to cure."

"I don't know! I only remember having a strange dream, in which I seemed to be defeated by someone. After that, I was able to understand a lot of things." Faced with Romano's question, Time and Space answered everything without any hesitation: "And Alice taught me a lot of things too."

"Ah, it seems you're quite sensible, my daughter." Romano's face suddenly revealed a mocking expression: "So, are you going to act as a hero and arrest me, or are you going to avenge your other two sisters?"

"I'm here to teach you a lesson," Shi Kong coldly replied to Romanor's question.

"Do you really think you can kill me after betraying me?" Romano said coldly, "You're still too naive. Don't move!!!"

"Don't move!" These three words were uttered almost instantly. While conversing with time and space, Romanore suddenly uttered these three words. His ability activated at that moment.

Shi Kong's body instantly stiffened.

“My daughter has really grown up.” Looking at the time-space immobile figure, Romanor said mockingly, “But you’re still just a child. If you really wanted to teach me a lesson, you shouldn’t have given me a chance to talk to you in the first place. You should have just killed me from the start.”

Although time and space had recovered somewhat, her mental strength was not very strong. Moreover, Romanor's abilities, particularly those mental isolation devices, seemed to be ineffective. In addition, Romanor had previously made numerous mental suggestions to time and space. This was also a backup plan Romanor left for time and space.

"Alright, Lin Qian, kill her!" Romanoer said coldly. "Oh, right, I almost forgot, you seem to have many forms, and the ability to use time and space. In that case, use my words to kill all of you at once. Command! All of you, simultaneously..."

Just as Romanor was about to order all of them to commit suicide, Lin Qian shoved a stone into her mouth before she could finish speaking.

“Sorry, she’s not on the Salvation Army’s kill list. Because she’s not a bad person,” Lin Qian said to Romano with a smile.

"Damn it!" Spitting out the stone, Romanor said coldly, "But she's already the enemy!"

"So what?" a voice suddenly rang out. A seemingly ordinary young man wearing glasses appeared in the cave: "The Salvation Army has its own rules."

chapter Ten

“Zhao Lei? Do you know how foolish you are to do this?” Romano coldly said to the bespectacled man in front of her. “It seems you don’t understand at all that if you want to accomplish something, there must be sacrifices. If you let even the enemy go with your ridiculous principle, you’ll only lead the Salvation Army to its demise.”

“You don’t seem to understand, Romanor.” Hearing Romanor’s words, Zhao Lei’s glasses flashed with an eerie, chilling light: “From the very beginning, we were destined to win. Because there is no one in this world more powerful than us. Not even the gods.”

"As the leader of the Salvation Army, such arrogance is not a good thing."

"Bad people always like to use their so-called 'realistic' theory to persuade others, because this makes them feel that their despicable behavior is justified. This way, others will become just as despicable as them, thus whitewashing themselves and proving their innocence. At the same time, they use this method to escape the condemnation of their conscience." Zhao Lei's words grew increasingly cold: "When everyone thinks those despicable things are justified, the world is doomed, because then there will be no good people left in the world. Romanore, I'm very disappointed in you. I thought that after such a long time, you should have understood what the Salvation Army really is. But it seems you haven't understood what the Salvation Army is at all."

"What you're doing is simply foolish. At least I know very well that whatever you want to achieve, ruthless methods are inevitable. The deterioration of humanity and the change of an era are always accompanied by massive sacrifices and bloody massacres. If you don't even understand this, then you will ultimately only fail," Romano said sarcastically to Zhao Lei.

"Do you really think so?" Hearing his words, Zhao Lei's face remained expressionless. "You know what? We're not those so-called power holders; we're absolute idealists. Don't put your ambitious ideas on the same level as ours. We're not ambitious. Our values ​​are different from yours, those who prioritize profit above all else. Some of your words might fool ordinary people, but they don't work with the Salvation Army. The Salvation Army was founded on principles, and naturally, it will never abandon its principles." As Zhao Lei spoke, his gaze returned to the outside of the cave. "Do you understand? For the Salvation Army, we won't kill anyone who's good. We have only one goal: to kill all the bad people and restore peace to the world!"

After saying this, Zhao Lei turned to look at the Xuanyuan Sword: "Is this the Xuanyuan Sword? I've only ever seen this in history textbooks before! It's amazing, a truly magical treasure!"

"I need the Salvation Army's help to break this magic circle so I can get the Xuanyuan Sword!" Romanor suddenly said to Zhao Lei, "If you want to continue using my connections, then send someone to help me!"

"Sorry, I won't help you!" Zhao Lei rejected Romano's offer without hesitation.

"Wait!! Don't you need the help of the Xuanyuan Sword? That's a weapon with the fortune of a thousand ages! If we get the Xuanyuan Sword, it will be much easier for the Salvation Army to succeed." Romanor's face showed surprise at Zhao Lei's words. Zhao Lei had been very cooperative from the beginning, but at the crucial moment, he suddenly went back on his word.

"I only agreed to let you see the Xuanyuan Sword, I didn't agree to help you take it out," Zhao Lei suddenly said.

"Why? Don't you want the power of the Xuanyuan Sword?"

"To entrust the cause of influencing the world to a single weapon? Don't you think that's ridiculous?" Zhao Lei suddenly smiled. "Only those powerful families outside the capital would want to obtain the Xuanyuan Sword, after all, human desires are limitless. But the Salvation Army's dream isn't so ugly."

"Hmph! Since you don't want it, I'll find a way to get it myself!" Romanor didn't want to say anything more about Zhao Lei's remarks. If they didn't want it, then so be it; he hadn't planned to rely on the Salvation Army forever anyway.

"Alright, now all Salvation Army members can leave." Zhao Lei said to Lin Qian with a smile, "I think I have an important appointment."

"You mean you're planning to leave here?" Romano asked, frowning at Zhao Lei.

"If you really do that, then you can forget about using my network anymore," Romanor threatened again. If they left, Romanor would be facing the C-sector families alone. Romanor didn't want that to happen.

“It seems you still don’t understand. I’m actually just here to see what the Xuanyuan Sword looks like. After all, no one in this world can actually touch the Xuanyuan Sword.” Zhao Lei pointed at the Xuanyuan Sword and said, “In this era, this sword only has ornamental value.”

"Why?" Romanoer was somewhat surprised by Zhao Lei's affirmative answer.

"Don't you understand? Because there is no king in this world! Humanity doesn't need an emperor to lead us in this era! Since humanity no longer needs kings and emperors, the Xuanyuan Sword is naturally useless in this era. A useless sword, the Xuanyuan Sword itself represents the king's fortune! But the king has disappeared in this era and is no longer needed, so the Xuanyuan Sword can't be touched. In this era, it is just an illusory concept, a symbol in a story."

"How is this possible! I don't understand! What are you talking about?"

"Alright, let me explain it in a way you can understand. The Xuanyuan Sword is untouchable in this era. Simply put, the Xuanyuan Sword of this era is a weapon that cannot be obtained by any means. Even if the Salvation Army, the World Government, or those mysterious magical worlds exist, they cannot touch it by any method. Because theoretically, the Xuanyuan Sword doesn't even exist in this era. What you're trying to grasp is merely a phantom created by people's imaginations." Zhao Lei finished in one breath: "As for your network of connections, I'm sorry, our people are destroying it all. Because by the Salvation Army's standards, almost everyone in your network is a bad guy."

"What did you say!" Romano's face had turned cold, after all, Zhao Lei didn't seem to be joking at all.

“Of course, you’re also our target, since you’re no good either.” Zhao Lei said to Romanor with a smile, “Could you please die?”

As soon as he finished speaking, a figure appeared out of thin air beside Romanor. Without any hesitation, the figure pierced through Romanor's chest.

"Why? Since you don't intend to continue cooperating with me, why did you send people to help me? Since you know you can't get the Xuanyuan Sword, why did you waste so much manpower coming to this cave in Datong?" Feeling the pain in her chest, Romanor roared angrily at Zhao Lei!

“Because I want you to see what you ambitious people are really after in your lives.” Zhao Lei casually pushed up his glasses. “You have to leave immediately. After all, there’s another faction that’s going to fight each other here for this illusion! Alright, Yin, you can go back to Zhuge Nan now.”

"I understand, long live the Salvation Army!" After replying, the man known as the Hidden One vanished from the spot.

"Zhuge Nan still doesn't know what all his scheming will ultimately amount to. I really look forward to seeing those villains kill each other for a phantom." Zhao Lei smiled like a friendly boy next door, but in everyone's eyes, Zhao Lei's appearance was terrifying.

"You give me..." With his last breath, Romanor tried to say something! But Lin Qian's bright red and blue power had already pierced through his neck. Romanor's last sound didn't come out; he just fell straight to the ground. A once powerful figure who controlled the world of black and white ultimately died like this in the cave of the Xuanyuan Sword.

"We need to destroy the evidence."

"No need. Just leave his body at the entrance of the cave so those who are about to come in can see it," Zhao Lei said calmly. "It's a final warning to them. He actually succeeded when he was the city's highest councilor. But his ambition ultimately exposed him, leading him to the point where he has to rely on our protection."

“Zero seems to be heading this way too. If nothing unexpected happens, they should arrive here tomorrow,” Lin Qian suddenly said.

"Notify all members of the Salvation Army to do everything in their power to stop any heroes in the vicinity. Also, leave a trace of my passage. Zero will surely be the first to find me."

“This is dangerous. Zero might kill you. After all, in the eyes of ordinary people, we are a criminal extremist organization,” Lin Qian suddenly said.

"Who knows? Let him kill me if he wants. He saved my life anyway, so let him take it if he wants." Zhao Lei said with a smile, "You know what? Actually, we were already in an invincible position from the very beginning."

As Zhao Lei spoke, he sent a text message.

'The final plan can begin.'

In major cities around the world, in bustling downtown areas, many people are simultaneously looking at their mobile phones.

Among them are office workers, vendors, symbols, pedestrians, doctors and nurses from hospitals, and heroes from the Hero Association. There are pilots in the sky, elite mecha warriors, police officers, lawyers, teachers, students, firefighters, and more...

All sorts of people, with this one text message, sent out tens of millions of emails simultaneously. But of all those people, the criminal was conspicuously absent.

Chapter 11

Around the world, many people looked at their phones almost simultaneously, smiled after reading the text message, and then happily tried to ask for leave. Some gave speeches, some put down all their work, and some immediately left their posts.

Suddenly, plane tickets to a certain destination began to sell like hotcakes.

……

On the other side, Lin Jie and his group continued their leisurely journey. Looking at the surrounding scenery, and then at the little bird perched on Tian Xiaoshu's chest, Lin Jie couldn't help but remark, "Speaking of which, isn't that bird a phoenix? Why is a phoenix's juvenile here?"

"Huh? I found this in the fire left over from roasting sweet potatoes yesterday. This bird looks quite cute, and it's not afraid of fire at all," Tian Xiaoshu thought for a moment and then replied.

Watching the woman nestled comfortably between Tian Xiaoshu's ample breasts, Kuroru couldn't help but say enviously, "That's so nice..."

It's fine if you don't know what she's envious of.

“Speaking of which, isn’t this place rather strange?” Dong Xue’er suddenly said, “Speaking of which, isn’t there a big problem here? Strange things have been happening everywhere since we arrived here.”

As she spoke, Dong Xue'er casually handed a pair of sunglasses to a dragon standing up and walking beside her.