Chapter 42

"Master, Master, I really didn't do anything! I just chatted with them for a few minutes, I didn't reveal anything!! Master, help me, Master, please save me, Xie Minghang, please save me!!"

"Xie Minghang, how could you be so stupid? You actually believed me when I said I was innocent. Now that Li Kingdom has been defeated again and is hiding underground once more, go back and report me if you dare. Let's see if they deal with you first or come here to find me at your behest."

In the quiet room 301 on the third floor of the staff dormitory at the easternmost part of the 72nd Security Zone Third School, Xie Minghang, lying on his single bed, had another nightmare, once again controlled by a nightmare that blurred the lines between reality and illusion.

"Master, Xie Minghang, please, please save me! I am innocent."

That was Guo Ying, whom he knew well. She was wearing a white dress and white sandals. She was wearing that same knee-length white dress, her favorite, when she was suddenly taken away. That day seemed to be the day he decided to propose to her. In her office, he was holding a bouquet of roses, about to kneel down and propose. Suddenly, more than a dozen superhuman soldiers rushed out and snatched her away right in front of him.

When the other person was taken away again, she suddenly grabbed his arm and cried out her innocence in a heart-wrenching voice.

That very night, when the other person was tied up in the main square of the 73rd Safety Zone and ordered to be shot by Tang Ke's mother, and when he couldn't help but rush forward, only to be grabbed and kicked by many people below, he instinctively covered his head. While being beaten, strange memories he had never experienced before flooded his mind.

In that memory, he was constantly mocked and provoked by Guo Ying, who wore a bright red dress and had glamorous makeup. When he couldn't stand her provocations anymore and immediately returned to the capital's safe zone, he was met with the same beatings, kicks, and verbal abuse.

At that time, it seemed that because of Guo Ying and him, Tang Xin's travel route was leaked. He was assassinated by a spy from Sunflower Planet and was rushed to the hospital, his life hanging in the balance. And at that time, his responsibility seemed to be protecting him. Guo Ying, whom he had planned to propose to, seemed to have already become his wife.

Back then, it seems like countless people were cursing him as a traitor and a beast, just like they are now.

Because of that strange memory that suddenly appeared, Xie Minghang, who was being beaten by a lot of people at the time, was completely confused and dumbfounded.

When he regained consciousness, his only apprentice, whom he had personally brought to the Bureau of Supernatural Abilities and trained out of it, had already been killed and was hanging on the high wall outside Safe Zone 73 along with many others.

Because the security bureau and the information department found nothing unusual about him. He was just beaten up by the angry crowd, and no one did anything else to him.

Even so, there is no doubt that Guo Ying is his apprentice.

He had assured his superiors that the other party was definitely innocent, and that was true.

The Security Bureau and the Information Bureau discovered that Guo Ying had close ties with the head of the Sunflower Star spy network. They had known each other for almost three or four years, and it was true that Guo Ying had been intentionally or unintentionally revealing information about the 73rd Security Zone Military Region and the Medical Research Department to those people.

Anyway, under everyone's strange gaze, Xie Minghang, who had been working at the Security Bureau of the 73rd Security Zone, finally couldn't withstand everyone's strange looks and cold violence, and quickly left the 73rd Security Zone.

Aside from having a disciple with a sensitive background, he is actually quite outstanding in many other aspects.

He was a rare ice-type ability user. He had worked in the Presidential Palace Guard and in a local police station outside Beijing. In the ability unit outside Beijing, he even performed exceptionally well and became the captain of the third brigade. After joining Tang Ke's side, he even served as her bodyguard. After working for her for a while, he later joined the local public security bureau.

It was precisely because his resume and abilities were clean and strong that his transfer of Guo Ying from a military hospital outside Beijing was so smooth.

Anyway, when he made the assurance to Guo Ying, he firmly believed that she would not cause any problems, would be loyal to Li Guo, and would definitely not have any of the problems assessed above.

In Xie Minghang's eyes, Guo Ying was a very fragile yet strong girl.

She should be like a lotus flower, a strong and beautiful being.

She was usually very dedicated and gentle, even when suddenly suspected and transferred to a less desirable medical department. After arriving at the hospital in Zone 73, she remained highly professional and kind. Everyone she treated and interacted with genuinely liked and admired her.

But even with all this, Guo Ying spent three years sending countless items from the 73rd safe zone to all sorts of random people.

No matter how she tries to deny it, the moment she sent out those pictures, there was no doubt that she was having an affair with him.

Even with his newfound abilities, Xie Minghang could no longer find work like before, eventually managing only a job as a physical education teacher at a school. This was the price he paid for easily trusting Guo Ying and vouching for her.

But Xie Minghang doesn't really care about work.

What bothers him most right now is the strange images and nightmares that have been recurring in his mind ever since the day Guo Ying passed away.

In those scenes, Guo Ying truly betrayed her country. Tang Xin was injured because he inadvertently revealed that Guo Ying had told him, and Guo Ying then told others.

So in this dream, he was once again met with disdain and loud contempt from many people. His former friends and comrades-in-arms, instead of using superpowers, beat him up severely with the most primitive methods.

"No!! I didn't mean to!!!"

He woke up with a start, recalling the scene in his dream where countless teammates called him a traitor and a sinner who had left the country. Xie Minghang slowly got up, then raised his hand to touch his forehead, which was covered in cold sweat.

"Thank goodness it was all a dream!"

Realizing he had been dreaming again, Xie Minghang sighed and slowly got out of bed.

As he slowly walked to the restroom in the school staff dormitory, he saw his completely white hair and wrinkled face reflected in the small glass mirror. Even though he had seen this countless times before, Xie Minghang was once again filled with the same sense of awe and disbelief.

Aging seems to happen in an instant, because he often dreams about the past, and he often has the feeling that everything happened just yesterday.

Actually, his family is well-off, and he has other siblings.

In fact, he has saved up a lot of money over the years. With that money, he could live out his old age in any safe zone in the whole country.

Actually, he's already at an age where he could retire and rest.

But because of Guo Ying's previous situation, because he suddenly left the army and the country no longer wanted him, he was completely afraid to go home and didn't want to go home at all in the later period.

Moreover, this safe zone is very close to safe zone 73. From the high walls of the school where he was staying, he could actually see another gate of safe zone 73 ahead.

That place was where Guo Ying and the others were hung up. Later, he had someone secretly bury the other person's body on a hillside not far away.

So instinctively, Xie Minghang just didn't want to leave.