Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

"Tsk." Making a sound that was ambiguous in meaning, Huo Xin didn’t offer any opinions about the matter.

"Last night, Jiaoyang received a call saying that Lord City Lord suddenly fell into a coma and was hospitalized." Huo Xin looked at Xu Xingguang, with an understanding gaze, "Was it Zhang Zhiyi who made a move?"

"Yes."

Xu Xingguang abruptly said, "Zhang Zhiyi has been captured."

Huo Xin was completely stunned, "You did it?"

"Yes."

Huo Xin took a shallow breath, surprised by Xu Xingguang’s swift action.

"Every newborn child born in the past five years has been injected with a mutating drug by the Annihilation Sect established by Zhang Zhiyi." Gripping the beer can tightly, Xu Xingguang spoke with a heavy heart, "My grandfather was also injected with the same drug, but he spent decades without being able to find a cure for it."

"And ultimately, he couldn’t escape the fate of transforming into a beast. Those children who have been injected with the drug will become beasts just like my grandfather, losing their ability to think."

Upon hearing this, Huo Xin was extremely shocked, "Is Zhang Zhiyi really that ruthless?"

To Huo Xin, this was unbelievable, a complete loss of moral conduct. "There must be at least tens of millions of newborns born within the last five years. They’re all innocent children, how could she bring herself to do it?"

Xu Xingguang sneered, "To her, the people of the Mortal World are all trash. Would you feel compassion for trash on the roadside?"

Huo Xin was at a loss for words.

Xu Xingguang had already made up her mind; she said, "I must go to the Divine Martial Realm to see if there’s another way to remove the mutated virus from these children."

Xu Xingguang prided herself on her medical skills, yet her grandfather, also exiled from the Divine Martial Realm to the Mortal World, was a medical expert. He had spent decades without finding an antidote, and Xu Xingguang couldn’t guarantee she could do it either.

She couldn’t take a bet on the uncertain future of those little ones.

"Will the people of the Divine Martial Realm help us?" Huo Xin asked worriedly, "As you said, they regard us as trash; will they help us out of good intentions?"

"None of us have ever been to the Divine Martial Realm or know its true situation. Perhaps not everyone in the Divine Martial Realm is like Zhang Zhiyi, pretentious."

"We must go and take a look, to explore. If the entire Divine Martial Realm stands idly by, then..." Then even if it comes to mutual destruction, the Divine Martial Realm won’t escape unscathed.

"That’s true..." Huo Xin pulled out a pack of cigarettes from her bag, extracted two, threw one to Xu Xingguang, and kept the other for herself, lighting it and smoking silently for a while without saying a word.

Evidently, this news startled her somewhat.

Xu Xingguang had smoked during those few lifetimes as a man, but she didn’t like anything addictive.

Xu Xingguang picked up the cigarette, toyed with it, smelled its scent, and then heard Huo Xin say, "This time you’re here to ask me to contact my master?"

"Yes." Xu Xingguang didn’t hide it; she openly stated, "As far as I know, your master is the only one who has gone to the Divine Martial Realm and returned to the Mortal World alive. He has seen the Divine Martial Realm; he must know more than we do, and I want to talk with him."

"Alright."

Huo Xin said, "I’ll contact him right away."

Huo Xin found her phone in her bag and went to the study to make a call alone.

Huo Wen’an had already calmed down, he returned to the living room with a peaceful expression and sat beside Xu Xingguang. Seeing Xu Xingguang hadn’t drunk much of the beer, he asked her, "Don’t you like it?"

"No."

Huo Wen’an toyed with the bottle, reminiscing about the past, "This is Victory beer, an old brand. In the old days, every summer, the citizens of Cangshan Town loved to sit under the trees chatting, drinking as they talked."

He smiled and said, "Back then, Huo Xin and I would envy their beer, thinking it was something good." Raising his head, he took a sip, frowning at the bitter taste, Huo Wen’an said, "It’s not good."

As soon as he put down the beer can, Huo Xin came back with her cellphone.

"My master said, when you get to the Capital City, just go find him." Huo Xin handed Xu Xingguang Ying Ziyao’s contact information.

With business concluded, Huo Wen’an prepared to leave with Xu Xingguang.

Huo Xin suddenly called out to Huo Wen’an, "Little Sin!"

Huo Wen’an stopped and looked back at her.

Huo Xin said, "If there’s nothing urgent, why don’t you stay and have dinner with Xingguang?" In fact, Huo Xin had already eaten at the hospital.

Huo Wen’an and Xu Xingguang had actually already had dinner too.

But they stayed anyway.

You Jiaoyang didn’t get off work until nine, and when she returned, she was carrying a large bag of ingredients, drinks, and pre-cut fruits.