Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

Miss Xu rarely sees Huo Wen’an looking so uneasy and tense. She asks Huo Wen’an with a smile, "Why are you so timid?"

Huo Wen’an doesn’t feel embarrassed. He just sighs somewhat melancholically, "How many years will it take for our world to catch up to the technology of the interstellar world?"

This question is too heavy, and Miss Xu doesn’t answer.

Huo Wen’an quickly perks up again and says, "Maybe hundreds of years, maybe thousands, but as long as humanity exists and keeps innovating, there will be a day when we catch up to them."

Miss Xu softly adds, "While you’re innovating, they’re also innovating."

Huo Wen’an: "..."

He is completely defeated.

"What level has the technology in the Divine Martial Realm reached?" Miss Xu is genuinely curious about the Divine Martial Realm.

Huo Wen’an says, "Very advanced. During those three years, although I was always kept in captivity, I could perceive invisible surveillance monitoring every word and action of ours in the shadows."

Looking up at the sky above, he says, "The Ying Family has dominated this world for two thousand years. This also means the Divine Martial Realm abandoned us two thousand years ago."

"In these two thousand years, we’ve been able to use the limited resources in this space to develop technology to this extent. So, tell me, two thousand years ago, they could create star monitors and simulate the sun and moon, what level have they reached now?"

Miss Xu takes a gentle breath, feeling more and more heavy-hearted.

"By the way, did you catch up with that beast?"

"Caught up."

"Did you find anything suspicious?"

Miss Xu didn’t disclose the truth of her Spirit Undying to Huo Wen’an. This matter is of great importance, and she can’t reveal it to anyone. She only says, "That beast is my grandfather."

Just such a sentence is enough to shock Huo Wen’an.

On the way back, Huo Wen’an was lost in thought, remaining silent throughout.

When they returned to grandfather’s house, after everyone had gathered, Miss Xu shared her latest discovery with Zheng Lie and others.

Upon learning that her grandfather was not dead but had mutated into a beast, Zheng Lie and Song Chi were first shocked and then silent. Zheng Lie and Song Chi squatted under the chestnut tree, smoking one cigarette after another.

Ye Mingluo was truly dumbfounded.

He still couldn’t figure out what exactly Miss Xu and the others were investigating. He said, "We came here to investigate the truth of grandfather’s disappearance, didn’t we? Isn’t this simply a case of an elderly person disappearing? How has it become related to mutation?"

"What’s this Divine Martial Realm anyway?"

Ye Mingluo irritably rubbed the stubble on his chin, his worldview completely shattered.

"What’s happened to this world?" Ye Mingluo walked to the stone steps under the eaves and sat down heavily, murmuring absent-mindedly, "Since the Corpse Centipede was extracted from Xiahou Huai Gui, this world just completely messed up its persona!"

Ye Mingluo cursed, "Damn it! This whole world is fake, so what’s real?"

Rubbing his sore nose, Ye Mingluo’s eyes were red, choking back tears, "If I didn’t know the truth, I could live ignorantly my whole life. Now that I know, I can’t change a thing, I spent my whole life being a doctor, and for the first time, I feel the despair of ’having no way to live’."

Ye Mingluo was crying his heart out, with tears and snot, as if his parents had died.

Song Chi listened in annoyance, crushing the red cigarette butt with his fingers. He walked over to Ye Mingluo and said, "If you find despair unbearable, I can kill you right now and bury you. That way, you wouldn’t have to live in fear or worry about becoming a beast monster."

Song Chi’s eyes were very calm, his tone calm too, as calm as a mountain spring in deep forests, without a ripple.

He was genuinely just giving Ye Mingluo a sincere suggestion.

Ye Mingluo felt a chill all over. He quickly stood up, dusted off his pants, and quietly walked to stand behind Miss Xu and Huo Wen’an.

He still doesn’t want to die.

Zheng Lie asked Huo Wen’an, "Pilot, what’s our next step?"

"First, head to the Capital City." Miss Xu spoke up.

Huo Wen’an looked at Miss Xu and said to Zheng Lie, "Follow the lady’s arrangement."

Zheng Lie then politely asked Miss Xu for guidance, "Miss Xu, why are we going to the Capital City?"

Huo Wen’an dared to call Miss Xu the lady, but Zheng Lie didn’t have the courage to foolishly change the title to lady.

Miss Xu said, "Right now, the Corpse Centipede is not the most potential threat. It is merely a failed product developed by some people in the Divine Martial Realm to clear out the Mortal World. There are surely many more such failures."