Chapter 1236: Section 749: Going Home (Part 1)
"I want to continue heading north."
Malin shared his plan with Sage Sima, who had come to take charge of the situation. The sage seemed to want to persuade Malin to stay, but after Malin handed him the silver coin and explained how to use it to summon him, the sage had no means to keep Malin from leaving. Thus, he could only wish Malin well and hope for his swift return.
Malin left Tianjin at midnight. This time going north, Malin did not bring along Meng Quyi, who was displeased with his decision but eventually obediently returned to New Hangzhou. She knew that the farther north they traveled, the more she would be a burden rather than a help to Malin.
Besides, her body couldn’t handle it—Malin’s offspring were sprouting inside her, which alone was enough to make her rein in her whims.
Thus, she obediently returned to New Hangzhou, and her sensibility allowed Malin to see her in a new light.
"I fell in love with you driven by mission," she said. Malin always thought it was just a girl’s playful banter, never considering... she was serious.
A girl with a sense of mission is both lovable and intimidating.
After his sigh, Malin mounted his two-wheeled motorcycle and continued northward along the highway marked on ancient maps, seeing nothing but desolation.
The elevated highways and sightseeing rail lines had already collapsed, leaving behind elevated structures and some compartments that had fallen and rotted into iron sheets, with the front of trains hanging on segments of track that hadn’t collapsed. There were so many remnants, long since swept into unrecognizable shards by the tides of time, telling silent tales of the post-apocalyptic world to later arrivals like Malin.
At daybreak, Malin stopped in front of one compartment, outside which stood a young child who was barely clothed. He stared at Malin, and after a long while, it occurred to him to scream for help, prompting his family to crawl out from the damaged compartment.