Swallowed Star: Drawing Talents

Evening!

At the Limit Hall, Yang Wu met with Zhuge Tao.

The overwhelming battle achievements he brought with him had thoroughly frightened this angel investor.

At his suggestion, Yang Wu updated his martial artist level to advanced warrior level.

According to the rules, when a martial artist from the Limit Hall achieves certain battle achievements, the martial artist's level must be updated on the certified martial artist information.

Of course, it is not mandatory.

Rather, as the strength increases, the treatment and rights that come with it also increase.

After a brief gathering, Yang Wu did not linger in the main urban area and took a train back to Yangzhou City.

Yangzhou City, Mingyue residential district.

“Huff… I’m back!”

Only here could he feel a sense of “home,” familiar people, familiar objects, familiar things, a familiar environment…

So familiar that it allowed him to completely relax.

At the entrance of the residential district, six soldiers with real guns and live ammunition stood in a row, steadfastly guarding their posts.

Outside the rest room, Grandpa Qin was lying on a rocking chair, enjoying the leisurely evening with his eyes closed, the afterglow of the setting sun falling on his white hair.

At this moment, Yang Wu realized that the time of this usually smiling old man seemed to be running out!

“Oh, Yang Wu, you’re back!”

As if hearing the movement, Grandpa Qin opened his eyes and propped himself up from the rocking chair, a look of surprise in his eyes when he saw it was Yang Wu.

“Yes, Grandpa!”

Since he had already arrived at Mingyue residential district, Yang Wu was not in a hurry to return to the villa.

He simply went into the rest room, brought out a chair, and sat opposite Grandpa Qin, and the two began to chat.

The two chatted in an informal manner, from customs to culture, from history to politics, and then from military affairs to everyday life…

“Grandpa, what about your children?”

“Why don’t they come to see you?”

Yang Wu asked this question. From the time he awakened to the test at the Limit Hall until now, these past few months, he had not seen any other gatekeepers.

Could it be that the huge Limit Hall only had one gatekeeper?

“They, ah, they’re long gone!”

Grandpa seemed to recall something, a look of sadness in his eyes.

“Grandpa, I…”

“Haha, it’s okay, those things are long gone!” Grandpa smiled casually, waved his hand, and said indifferently.

But Yang Wu felt that the smile contained too much bitterness.

“The Great Nirvana, that was the beginning of human catastrophe. My family and friends died one after another during that time, and I could only flee helplessly… flee…”

“Until later, humans relied on laser cannons and powerful martial artists to form a confrontation with the monsters on land, and the Great Nirvana ended, and humanity entered the era of base cities.”

Grandpa raised his head and looked at the setting sun about to sink behind the mountain, a trace of reminiscence in his eyes.

“But I, because of my age and aptitude, didn’t make much progress in cultivating genetic energy and stopped at the elementary warrior level for life.”

“Later, I found Curator Wu Tong, and under his arrangement, I became a gatekeeper for Mingyue residential district.”

“A person living, always has to find something to do!”

“Isn’t it?”

Yang Wu listened very carefully. Although he had not experienced it and could not empathize, he could feel the despair of that era during those days in the abandoned city in the wilderness.

“You are confused!”

Grandpa Qin changed the subject, his expression very serious.

“Yang Wu, although I am older, I can see very clearly. I can see that you are out of place with the people around you.”

“You seem very casual, but in reality, you are very confused, not knowing what you really want to do?”

“Yang Wu, you are at an age when you should be full of vigor, don’t delay your great future because of temporary confusion.”

“Alas, I’m old, and I talk too much!”

Yang Wu was shocked in his heart. Grandpa Qin’s words made him realize that even though he knew this was a real world, he had never truly integrated into it.

“Grandpa…”

Yang Wu wanted to ask more questions, but he found Grandpa Qin’s head resting on his shoulder, as if he had fallen asleep. He gently got up, moved the chair back to the rest room, and walked into Mingyue residential district.

After a long time, Grandpa Qin woke up from his dream. He smacked his lips, then slowly got up, carrying the deck chair back to the rest room.

When he saw the tea leaves placed on the table, he was first stunned, then smiled with relief.

“Hehe, this kid!”

……

Stars dotted the dark night sky, and moonlight illuminated the roads between the residential buildings.

The curtain of late night opened, and the night of the residential district arrived. The heat of the day had gradually faded away, and occasional cool breezes made people feel refreshed.

Whenever night fell, the originally quiet residential district became noisy.

On the shady paths of the residential district, men, women, old and young strolled leisurely, and there were also groups of twos and threes of elderly people sitting on the benches in the residential district’s pavilion garden, waving various fans in their hands, chatting with smiles on their faces.

Strolling, chatting, cooling off, exercising…

The children were also having a lot of fun, and their crisp voices swirled in the residential district’s park.

Yang Wu, wearing loose practice clothes, walked alone in this residential district, but his mind kept replaying what Grandpa Qin had said to him.

“A person living always has to find something to do!”

“Am I really confused?”

Yang Wu asked himself, his first goal after awakening was to survive on Earth until the universe genius battle, so he kept a distance from the people and things around him.

But now, thinking more deeply, this is also a part of his life experience, how can he say skip it and skip it?

And confusion?

Has he really been confused?

Yang Wu didn’t know, and unconsciously, the ultimate three questions of life philosophy appeared in his mind.

Who am I? Where do I come from? Where am I going?

He stood there quietly thinking, until a familiar call woke him up.

“Brother Yang!”

Yang Wu came back to his senses and saw Luo Feng not far away, pushing his younger brother Luo Hua’s wheelchair, the two of them strolling and chatting in the residential district.

Seeing Yang Wu standing there in a daze, he couldn’t help but say hello.

“Luo Feng is for his family, to protect the beauty in his heart.”

“Then what am I for?”

“Relatives? Friends? Lovers…”

“No, these are not, I am just to climb the peak, to see the most beautiful scenery!”

“I can be low-key, I can be crazy, I can be unrestrained, I can be bohemian… but I can’t be lazy.”

After figuring out some things, Yang Wu’s heart completely calmed down, a calmness like never before.

The heart is quiet, like still water!

Looking at the idle people in the residential district again, a smile could not help but appear on the corner of his mouth.

It seems, not bad!

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