Sheng Ai stood there like a statue, watching that video.

At first, she saw nothing.

Then, a sense of confusion slowly crept in...

Then came confusion...

Her body gradually changed from being almost completely transparent to semi-transparent...

The video has finished playing.

Shi Jiu then clicked on another video.

A morning when the sun is just rising.

Sunlight shone on a group of energetic middle school students.

They stood in standard military uniforms under the red flag and swore an oath to it.

"I solemnly swear that I will always love my motherland and my people..."

"I solemnly swear that I will always be loyal to my motherland and my people..."

"I swear that I will defend my country and my people to the death..."

The image freezes on a girl's face.

Her face was so beautiful and pure, her eyes resolute and unbreakable...

"This is you!"

Shi Jiu's gaze was equally firm.

"Xiao Ai, no matter what happens, please never forget your ideals and your vows."

Sheng Ai repeated over and over again: "My ideal..."

"My vow..."

Shi Jiu's phone screen remained frozen on the image of Sheng Ai swearing an oath to the red flag.

And her vows echoed repeatedly in the living room.

"I solemnly swear that I will always love my motherland and my people..."

"I solemnly swear that I will always be loyal to my motherland and my people..."

"I swear that I will defend my country and my people to the death..."

Sheng Ai's translucent body slowly became opaque...

A faint glimmer slowly returned to her eyes...

Has she finally remembered?

Shi Jiu felt a sense of relief.

As long as she's not solely fixated on her family...

"I...I think..."

"I remember now..."

Sheng Ai spoke slowly, her voice tinged with a faint sadness for the first time.

"But……"

"I am already dead..."

Her dark, abyss-like eyes slowly shed something that looked like "tears".

"I can never..."

"To fulfill my ideals and vows..."

"No, you can!" Shi Jiu grasped her hands and said firmly, "As long as you want to, you definitely can!"

He paused slightly, then said resolutely, "If you want to come back to life, I will definitely help you fulfill your wish..."

“...come back to life?” Sheng Ai’s eyes showed a look of confusion.

But before she could say anything more...

She suddenly looked towards the doorway, and her body slowly became transparent again.

Shi Jiu also looked towards the door.

The door opened.

Shengshi led a group of people in.

The group of people were tall and all dressed in black clothing for easy movement, and wore masks.

Just by looking at their physique, you can tell that they are most likely not from this country.

Looking at their hairstyles and hair color, you can tell that most of them are Westerners or of mixed race...

However, there was a female police officer in the crowd.

This combination looks a bit odd.

“Mr. Field…”

As soon as Sheng Shigang spoke in English, he saw Sheng Ai and Shi Jiu in the living room.

His expression changed instantly.

He cursed inwardly.

Why is this so unlucky?

It was already dark outside. The hacker in the team had switched the surveillance footage, and the imposter Sheng Ai had transformed into a police officer and knocked him unconscious, allowing them to successfully enter the villa...

But then, he ran into Ninth Master in the living room?

This is really troublesome...

Someone like Ninth Master could probably tell what they were up to at a glance...

Should we kill Ninth Master?

The thought only flashed through his mind for a moment.

The people behind him were already drawing their guns, seemingly ready to attack.

"Don't move," Sheng Shi whispered in English. "Don't do anything."

Field raised his hand, signaling everyone to stay still.

"Ninth Master is here too?" Sheng Shi greeted him with a smile as he walked through the entrance hall. "Welcome, welcome."

"Xiao Ai, Dad has brought some friends over to visit."

“A police officer friend of mine has something to talk to my dad about.”

"Since you're going to entertain Ninth Master, Dad will take his friend upstairs to discuss some matters."

He led Field and his party upstairs.

Field and his group didn't know Shi Jiu, but they felt uncomfortable with his all-knowing gaze and his demeanor, which was clearly different from their own...

At the same time, they also immediately noticed Sheng Ai's transparent body, and were all horrified...

Before coming.

They had also heard about the strangeness of Sheng'ai and the strangeness of Sheng'ai Gray Mist.

But since I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I was somewhat skeptical...

Even though we had just entered the gray fog.

All signals and networks are down.

None of the instruments worked.

Unable to discern directions in the gray fog, they wandered around for a long time before finally spotting the main building. They still felt that the problem was probably just a malfunction in the magnetic field...

Until this moment.

It was only when I witnessed such overwhelming love, which was far beyond human comprehension, that I truly felt a sense of apprehension.

After all, that semi-transparent body is definitely not that of a normal human...

Among them, several people kept looking at Sheng Ai with curious, inquisitive, interested, and even greedy eyes, as if they had seen some rare and precious thing...

The golden age passed quickly.

The group quickly disappeared at the top of the stairs and entered Hang Wei's room.

Sheng Ai kept staring at the second floor, murmuring, "I think I... sensed it..."

"The taste of mom's cooking..."

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