“Boss, settle the bill.” Wen Jin did not choose to make contact with this future Luofu Sword Champion.
Instead, he chose to directly pay and leave.
As for the reason… The current little Jingliu was sitting obediently on a small stool, her little head tilted, her little legs swinging back and forth, her large crimson eyes filled with anticipation for delicious food.
She simply looked adorable to the extreme!
And he… was an outsider, and an adult man at that.
If he forced contact with her just because she was a “plot character,” wouldn’t the Cloud Knights summoned by the stall owner throw him into prison in the very next second on the grounds of “abducting a minor child”?!
Mm… he still wanted to stroll around more before Cangcheng was destroyed.
After all, not every world was as prosperous as the Xianzhou, allowing him to find a faint feeling of “home.” As for saving this place… Haha, he couldn’t even save himself, so how could he save an entire Xianzhou?
It was nothing more than enjoying himself to the fullest before the next omen of death arrived.
Wen Jin looked at the boss calculating the bill and took out a bank card from the Interastral Peace Corporation from his chest.
Speaking of the origin of this card, it was truly not ordinary.
This was the card he had applied for in the previous world that had been incorporated into the IPC’s commercial territory.
Before that world encountered its “misfortune,” it had given him some time to accumulate wealth.
Although it was not much, it was still enough to maintain his basic expenses every time he “revived.” Here, special thanks had to be given to the Interastral Peace Corporation’s bank card replacement service.
This thing actually had free replacements!
This allowed Wen Jin, who had nothing but the clothes on his back after every revival, to enjoy warmth from “Preservation.” Although this warmth… came with drafts leaking in from every direction.
“Hehe, you got it!” The boss placed the meal Jingliu had ordered in front of her.
Under the little one’s delighted gaze, he accepted the bank card Wen Jin handed over in a very good mood, then gently tapped it against his Jade Abacus.
“Beep… IPC Credit received…” On the boss’s Jade Abacus, an intelligent voice from the Interastral Peace Corporation sounded with its cold notification.
“All done.
Little brother, come again after eating well!” The stall owner handed the bank card back to Wen Jin and greeted him with great enthusiasm.
“Mm, hopefully…” Wen Jin slowly took that bank card and nodded slightly to the stall owner.
Looking at the stall owner who had gone back to continue bustling about, then glancing at Jingliu off to the side carrying pork trotter rice as if waiting for something, Wen Jin shook his head slightly, then got up and continued walking along the snack street.
“It’d be nice if there really were a next time…” Recalling the taste of that white-cut chicken, Wen Jin suddenly felt a little melancholy.
After all, he had experienced so many “Destructions,” but this hard-earned taste of home truly did leave him reminiscing.
Perhaps after experiencing a few more… once his power grew stronger, once he had the ability to stop all of this… “Heh… forget it.
Better not think so much.” Gradually deleting the many thoughts in his mind, Wen Jin laughed self-mockingly, his expression turning somewhat lonely.
He had once tried countless times to save those worlds that were destined to reach their “End of Life,” but what had the result been?
Nothing more than a mayfly trying to shake a tree, overestimating itself.
Just like this time… He slowly raised his head and looked toward the sky within Cangcheng.
It would not be long before a round of “blood sun” occupied this blue sky.
A living planet would break through Cangcheng’s defenses and “swallow” this enormous warship.
Under the illumination of that “blood sun,” the “Long-life Species” on the entire planet would undergo an extremely terrifying “transformation.” When that time came… perhaps to them, [Destruction] would be a kind of “mercy” that could help them find release.
The snack street was bustling, but there was one figure who remained incompatible with this place, as if deliberately reducing his contact with this world.
At the stall, seeming to have sensed something, Jingliu, who was waiting for her parents to come pay, turned her head slightly.
Her eyes looked toward that figure trying to blend into the crowd.
Her crimson eyes blinked, and a look called “curiosity” flashed within them.
For some reason, she always felt that the big brother who had just been sitting across from her seemed a little strange… Was it her imagination?
“Jingliu~” “Over here, over here!” Hearing that familiar voice, Jingliu decisively set aside that bit of curiosity from just now and waved her little hand at her parents, who had finally come over to pay.
… After walking for an unknown amount of time, Wen Jin arrived beside a golden wheat field.
The breeze brushed over the ears of wheat, raising wave after wave of golden wheat billows in the field.
The fresh fragrance of wheat rushed toward him, making one feel slightly dazed.
Almost subconsciously, Wen Jin sat down on the ridge of the field and looked at the nearly endless wheat waves.
He casually pinched off an ear of wheat, held the stalk in his mouth, then lay down on the ridge very leisurely.
Amid that series of white noises, he closed his eyes in extreme peace.
Taking a walk after a meal, then finding a place to have a good sleep, was the standard for a healthy life, and also the key to longevity.
Of course, to him, longevity was not as practical as the meal he had eaten at noon… Just as Wen Jin was enjoying this hard-earned “moment of peace,” some distance away from the wheat field, two figures dressed in Cloud Knights armor were watching the direction where Wen Jin was napping with extreme vigilance.
After confirming that Wen Jin had stopped in place, one of the Cloud Knights nodded to the companion beside her.
Then she opened her Jade Abacus and connected to the communication on the other end.
“General, the target is silent at this moment.” Under that Cloud Knight’s helmet, a slightly young, cold voice reported very cleanly to the “General” on the other end of the Jade Abacus.
“Mm.
Continue observing.
Try not to expose yourselves.” On the other end of the Jade Abacus, the Cangcheng General sat steadily within the General’s Residence, his expression extremely grave.
“Yes…” After receiving the reply, that young Cloud Knight seemed a little hesitant, as if she still had something to say.
But as a soldier, she had no right to point fingers at her superior, much less the General… “Sister, why don’t we just capture that dangerous guy directly?” Beside the young Cloud Knight, another Cloud Knight girl with an even younger voice voiced the doubt in this Cloud Knight’s heart.
“I don’t know… But since it’s the General’s decision, we can only obey.” The young Cloud Knight shook her head slightly and did not say more.
She gazed at the figure lying on the ridge in the distance.
Was it… her imagination?
For some reason, she seemed to have seen that dangerous guy smile just now?
The young Cloud Knight rubbed her eyes, then looked toward that guy from afar again, only to find that he was still lying alone on the ridge, unmoving.
He looked extremely relaxed, just like… just like he was dead.
… Xianzhou Cangcheng, inside the General’s Residence.
At this moment, the entire Xianzhou Cangcheng was operating at an extremely fast pace.
The signal requesting aid had already been sent, and all Cloud Knights were on standby, awaiting the next orders issued by the General.
And the source of all this came from a “young man” who had suddenly appeared on this Xianzhou.
Within the virtual projection of the General’s Residence, Wen Jin’s image had been placed in the most conspicuous position.
At the same time, video footage related to him was also playing in the other projections.
“This… is that [Incineration Avatar]?
Sure enough, just like the rumors say, he comes without a trace…” The Cangcheng General looked at the white-haired, golden-eyed young man, his brows tightly furrowed.
As for the part about “leaving without a trace”… Hehe, this lord would usually “leave” together with the place where he appeared, but this time… “General, General Teng Xiao and the Xianzhou Luofu are on their way here.
At the same time… Yuque has sent a new divination.
Please review it.” The Diviner at the side handed the trigram image that symbolized Cangcheng’s future Destiny into the General’s hands.
The Cangcheng General took the latest trigram image.
Written upon it was… [Unable to Seek Death] ★ ★ ★ T/N: If you spot mistranslation, do tell me.
★ ★ ★ Shilling time!