Chapter 93 Chapter 93
In early August, most parts of China entered the hottest period. Except for those working outside, everyone else would rather stay in their rooms every day.
On the military forum, relevant military fans were reading the latest news and discussing with each other.
"This exercise is very secretive. There is not much official coverage of it."
"What major events have happened internationally recently?"
"Oh my god, this exercise is actually taking place in our province, how come I don't know anything about it?"
Exercises are military actions and sometimes political acts. Military fans who pay attention to national affairs can often find the connection between them.
But this time, this rule seems to have failed.
"…You can't just throw the shells for fun, right?"
After much guessing, there is no reasonable explanation, so everyone on the forum can only give up.
At the northwestern border, the troops that had just finished a military exercise retreated, leaving only a small elite force and the X City Monster Bureau's regular monsters responsible for cleaning up the bombarded areas.
The elite troops had never received such a bizarre mission before, so they were a little confused.
At this time, the monsters of the Monster Bureau of City X were also curious, and looked at the humans who were on the same mission intentionally or unintentionally.
I don’t recognize the enemy’s weapons, and I don’t understand their equipment.
A staff member whispered to the director: "Why are they standing in such a neat line?"
In comparison, these little demons are all crooked, like crooked trees.
"Ahem." The director winked at his little demon frantically.
Stop talking, these humans are watching them!
Fortunately, the two sides were temporarily cooperating and maintained basic goodwill. Considering that the current location was still far from the target location, someone came over and asked, "Do you need us to send another car?"
Director Lin politely declined: "We can do it ourselves."
Who are you looking down on?
So, when the military jeep drove towards the destination, the monsters all turned back to their original forms.
Camels, elephants, and leopards were one step faster than the vehicles and jumped out.
A second ago, he was still somewhat suspicious of these strange companions, but now: "?"
Help, their three views!
If for these soldiers, the transformation of the monster into its original form was a ruthless blow to their worldview, then when they arrived at the destination, they were even more surprised to see a small area intact among the devastation.
"It's a great demon's barrier."
It was precisely because of the great demon that raised the barrier that this area was protected from being razed to the ground.
Compared to the surprise and shock of humans, the demon bureau was much calmer. The demon even took out a camera and started filming, intending to report to his superiors.
Once again, I saw the human who was skilled in using the camera: "?"
There were so many key points that I didn’t know what to be surprised about.
The same result, when reported through different channels, will elicit completely different reactions.
Ning Su looked at the area of the barrier set up by the Saint of the Burning Sect, estimated the opponent's demonic power, and had to admit that the opponent's strength was superior to his own.
"You are still a kid." The director comforted.
Even though they are all great demons, their age, experience, and knowledge of how to use demonic power are all abilities that need to be accumulated over time.
He might be able to win by relying on his racial advantage, but Ning Su himself would also have to pay a huge price.
Who says that the current environment is so different from that of a thousand years ago?
"...I don't think there is anything wrong." Ning Su didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he saw the director carefully comforting him.
He is not so fragile that he cannot accept that others are stronger than him. Moreover, he never thinks that strength can solve all problems.
However, the director's increasingly gentle attitude today still aroused Ning Su's suspicion.
"You're not hiding anything from me, are you?"
"?" The director felt a chill on his back and forced a smile. "How could that be?"
Ning Su himself felt regretful that the human artillery fire failed to blast open the Burning Sect's barrier, but he was relatively calm.
That saint was already a great demon a thousand years ago, so it's not surprising that he has this ability.
However, after receiving this result, the top leaders of humanity seemed quite shocked.
After this military exercise, they put aside the important matters at hand and held an emergency meeting to discuss the issue.
As an important figure in the Demon Bureau, Ning Su's resume was also placed on the conference table and studied repeatedly.
The leaders looked at the information about Ning Su’s styling during the boy band period, and watched Ning Su’s talent show that year. They were so “trendy” that they leaned back and adjusted their glasses.
Looking at what Ning Su experienced after entering the Demon Bureau, he sighed and said, "He is a good kid."
The top leaders have always been very secretive about the mysterious power displayed by monsters, and have also kept a distance from the monster bureau.
However, Ning Su's appearance seemed to make many things different.
Compared with the completely unfamiliar big monster, the handsome young man in the photo grew up with human education, took the college entrance examination, went to university, and like human children, was immersed in Chinese culture.
They cannot classify such young people as outliers.
"My grandson used to listen to 'Sea Soul' at home every day." Someone whispered.
In fact, even they have heard Ning Su's songs on certain occasions.
The familiar faces and culture brought a sense of security, so much so that when I judged the unfamiliar demon world through Ning Su again, I had a new perspective.
"They are currently revising their history and have invited our experts."
The compilation of history by the Yao Bureau was a major event, so inviting experts naturally required the cooperation of relevant departments. In fact, they had held a special meeting to discuss and ask for instructions on this matter alone.
“Their shipping company is pretty good.”
A while ago, a certain place was hit by a disaster and the human rescue team could not get in, so the Demon Bureau found the Xiaojinlong Company to deliver supplies to the disaster area.
“The new drugs developed recently also rely on them.”
The emergence of some magical herbs has given many scientific research institutions new research directions.
"It seems they even opened a school for the little demons."
After that, the meeting room fell silent.
It turns out that, since who knows when, the demon race has already been connected with the lives of ordinary humans. Demons are no longer mysterious and strange existences.
The emergence of the Fenjiao and Ning Su's complaint, combined together, unexpectedly lifted the veil.
"What do you think?"
The big boss asked, looking towards one of the participants.
He is a conservative who has always been opposed to the existence of the demon bureau and is also the official who is most vigilant about the existence of the demon clan.
The leader took a look at the cute little golden dragon photo on the poster next to him and said unhappily: "What can I say?"
In the past, people were wary of monsters out of protection for humans, but now, reactionaries who want to destroy the world have appeared. Do they have to fight each other first?
No matter what, the Yao Bureau is also a formal national unit.
Understanding the colleague's implication, the senior leader smiled and said, "Then we will unite as one to resist the foreign enemy."
The human top brass reached a consensus, and soon the demon bureau felt the difference.
Although there has been a lot of cooperation between departments in the past, there seems to be more communication between them in recent days, and several companies in the Monster Bureau have also received more orders.
In addition, Xiaoyao School also received special grants.
The Director of the Demon Bureau had extremely complicated feelings about all these changes.
It seems that something that you never thought of happened unintentionally?
As the leader of the Demon Bureau, it is well aware of the fear of some high-ranking human officials towards the Demon Bureau, and they have always maintained a safe distance from each other.
It had thought of various ways to deal with the fierce attack of the Burning Sect this time, but it had never thought of asking humans for help.
No, it’s not that I “have never thought about it”, but that there is no such option in my mind at all.
In its view, the matter of the Burning Sect was an internal matter of the demon clan.
But Ning Su sought help from others without any psychological burden.
Did he calculate this?
In fact, there are not only conservatives among humans, but there are also big monsters in the Monster Bureau who insist on keeping a distance from humans. If asking humans for help needs to go through the procedures, it will probably be met with fierce opposition.
But the situation was different this time. The Taoist temple where he had lived since childhood was destroyed by the Burning Sect. Ning Su was very angry and went straight to file a complaint without any demon daring to stop him.
In this way, the discussion phase is skipped directly and many controversial parts are avoided.
Ning Su's seemingly reckless behavior unexpectedly forced some issues that both sides had been avoiding to the table, forcing both sides to take a clear attitude.
The attitude given by humans is "cooperation".
"Aren't you afraid of causing trouble?" Even though he felt guilty, the director couldn't help but complain.
"What?" Ning Su didn't understand the meaning of these nonsensical words.
"It happened thousands of years ago."
It has not forgotten that it was the conflict between humans and demons at that time that provided the stage for the Burning Cult to perform.
After listening to the director's explanation and speculation, Ning Su was silent for a moment.
Is it possible that he didn't think that much?
He has always had the idea that if he encounters any problem, he should ask the police for help.
It's the same this time.
Moreover, although the conflict between humans and demons thousands of years ago was due to the objective reason of the depletion of spiritual energy, the lack of communication was also the key point.
Learning from history, isn't this the purpose of the Demon Bureau's writing history?
The Burning Cult didn't know that their action actually indirectly promoted the improvement of relations between humans and demons. In the face of the impending crisis, both sides put aside their prejudices and stood together.
The relationship between the two sides is in its honeymoon period, with many collaborations progressing steadily, and Ningsu, as a "bridge", has also received additional "benefits".
Ning Su unexpectedly appeared in some official selections.
At the same time, "Soul of the Sea" frequently appeared as the soundtrack for official media, "Soul of the Mountain" was re-screened on CCTV, and the new song "Wish" became the official song of the transportation department.
"... Well, it's quite appropriate. 'Wish you peace' is quite good."
"But, can anyone tell me why a person who is so elusive in the entertainment industry has received a package from CCTV?"
"The above, I wanted to ask this question during the last 'Wildlife Conservation Ambassador'."
"So what is his background?"
The discussion on the Internet was lively, with curious netizens jumping up and down to find the reason, while those who understood the situation remained silent and smiled.
Ning Su had no idea that he was being discussed on the Internet again. In fact, at this time he was trying to contact his adoptive father.
When he received the news that the Taoist temple had been bombed, even though he knew that his adoptive father was most likely fine, his heart still skipped a beat.
From childhood to adulthood, he has only had this one relative.
However, when Ning Su saw the latest message updated in the other party’s circle of friends, the corners of his mouth twitched violently.
"I made a mistake that all parents in the world would make. Will my child forgive me?"
Apparently, in the circle of friends, the adoptive father's message did not block other people, and Ning Su also saw the message left by the other party's former square dance partner.
"What's wrong? Is your old tree blooming?"
"Found a stepmother for Ning Su? Who?!"
Ning Changxi has a good appearance. Even though his job involves feudal superstition, he is still very popular in the square dance market in the small town.
Once, Ning Su saw some aunties fighting for being Ning Changxi's square dance partner.
Therefore, when the aunts who had added Ning Su on WeChat saw similar remarks in Ning Changxi’s circle of friends, all of them came out.
Fortunately, Ning Changxi did not let the topic deviate in this direction: "No, don't think about it."
"It's just that there are things that are hidden from the child."
Soon, Ning Su saw someone asking again: "You are in debt and need your child's help to pay it back, right?"
Ning Changxi: "How could that be?! Am I that kind of person?"
Ning Su recalled the scene when he just retired from the entertainment industry and went home to help his adoptive father pay off his debts, and he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Seeing Ning Changxi's reply, the others said, "That's fine. As long as it's not a financial issue, everything else can be discussed."
"The elders and children all have their own difficulties. As long as they love the children, the children will understand."
Ning Changxi replied: "I do have some difficulties. My son is very considerate. I hope you can forgive me, a poor old father."
Ning Su: “…”
All the good and bad things have been said about him, what else can he say?
At this moment, in a group called "Prosperous Square Dance Group", Ning Changxi generously gave out a big red envelope.
"Thank you for speaking up for me."
The square dance partners in the group happily received red envelopes and comforted him: "Don't worry, nothing will happen."
"If Ning Su doesn't want you anymore, you should ask him for some money. It's not cheap to live in a nursing home now."
"Chang Xi, are you still drawing talismans? If not, you can come back and continue to run the Taoist temple."
Ning Changxi ignored everything else and only replied with the middle sentence: "Pah, my son will never abandon me."
As he said this, he almost got into an argument with someone.
Ning Su, who is also in this group: "..."
Forget it, he'd better just dive.
At this point, it was almost certain that his adoptive father had some "secrets", however, Ning Su still fell silent when he got the information from the Monster Bureau.
Is it necessary to make this information so obvious?
For a normal person, the information that the relevant departments can find is not very interesting, nothing more than which year you went to school, which year you worked, and who your spouse is.
However, the adoptive father's information is like a specially crafted diary.
The first half of my adoptive father’s life was blank, but starting from a certain page, the content suddenly became rich.
The reason was that he couldn't stand the chaotic working environment, and was injured during a mission, so he took the initiative to apply for a rest.
During his vacation, he randomly picked a ticket based on his intuition and came to the small town.
The small town is not a paradise on earth. He dealt with a rebellious demon, inherited a remote Taoist temple on the outskirts of the city, and assumed the responsibility of protecting the small town.
In the Taoist temple, he found an abandoned, gray egg.
It is said that this egg was passed down from ancient times. It could be a dinosaur egg, a stone, or a meteorite that fell from the sky.
People use it to hang clothes, place flower pots, and use it as a backrest stone.
Ning Changxi knew that this was a dead dragon egg that had been passed down for thousands of years.
The dragon clan has not had any cubs born for thousands of years.
Logically speaking, Ning Changxi should not have given any hope to a dead egg. However, for some unknown reason, he cleaned the egg, made a nest for it with down, and placed it in his bedroom.
Every time he practiced, he subconsciously shared some of the absorbed spiritual energy with the dragon egg.
There was originally no hope for this kind of egg-hatching behavior, but over the years, one day, a hint of life appeared in the dragon egg.
Ning Changxi was overjoyed. In the following ten months, he did nothing but practice around the egg.
A normal mother would be pregnant for ten months, and he would incubate the eggs for ten months. Finally, the eggshell broke, and a naked human cub emerged.
Ning Changxi was stunned.
A little baby without a tail, scales or horns came out of the dragon egg!
Ning Changxi held the child in his arms while using his magical powers to help the cub comb its tendons and veins, and he vaguely guessed the reason.
For the dragon egg that had been on the verge of death for a long time, the external spiritual energy was not enough for it to break out of the shell and be born. Ning Changxi accidentally continued to provide spiritual energy, giving it the possibility of survival.
However, due to its congenital deficiency, when it hatched, the dragon cub subconsciously chose the method that it was most familiar with and more energy-efficient—
human form.
In order to survive, it chose to be a human cub.
Ning Changxi figured this out and felt very complicated.
While examining the cub, he also realized the peculiarity of the dragon cub—it was born in human form and seemed to have really become an ordinary human baby.
Without the dragon's strong body and long lifespan, he couldn't even practice cultivation.
If there were no adventures in this life, I would probably die after a short life like humans.
After figuring this out, Ning Changxi couldn't sleep all night. The next day, he went out and bought a big bag of milk powder and diapers for the cub.
As long as you can survive, it's not bad to be a human being.
From then on, Ning Changxi subconsciously stopped using his magic power, tried hard to be a human being, and started living in a human way.
He began to learn how to feed the baby, how to change diapers, and compared kindergartens in the small town to find out which tutoring class had better teaching quality.
He gave up his reserve as a great demon and started to interact with ordinary people in the small town. He learned how to make baby food from his neighbor Granny Zhang. When he didn't make any money, he would take a few days off to move bricks at construction sites to supplement his family income.
Before going to kindergarten, the teacher asked the children to give a school name. Ning Changxi looked through the dictionary for a long time and finally named himself "Su".
In human vocabulary, "宿" is a polyphonetic word. In addition to its original meaning, this word also refers to stars.
He hoped that the cub would live as long as the stars hanging high in the sky.
After reading his adoptive father’s diary to this point, Ning Su could no longer read any further - he found the answer he wanted in the diary.
It’s not that his adoptive father doesn’t love him or care about him.
On the contrary, it was precisely because the other party raised him personally and invested too much emotion in him that she deliberately avoided him under the pretext of further studies and work.
For the great demons, life is long and endless. In comparison, the short lifespan of humans is fleeting, and the time from infancy to gray hair often seems to be just a blink of an eye.
Watching its young grow old and die may not be too cruel for the big demon.
Instead of waiting until that day, it is better to start preparing mentally early.
What's more, with the resignation of the former director of the Monster Bureau, Ning Changxi could no longer stay out of it. He was also worried about dragging an ordinary person like Ning Su into the fight between monsters, so he deliberately stayed away.
Feeling the heavy emotions contained in it, Ning Su couldn't help but sigh.
At this moment, in another office.
The director and Ning Changxi's two clones, one sitting at the desk, and the other walking around, looking a little anxious.
"Tell me, will Zizi forgive us after reading the diary?"
"No way." The clone said, "You wrote too much corniness."
"Also, I was the one who changed the diaper, why are you responsible for that?"
"I was the one who moved the bricks!"
"I don't care." The clone said, "Your name is Zang Xi, and my name is Ning Changxi, so I am the father of the cub."
Director: "But I am the main personality, you are the clone."
"So what? If you hadn't transferred the injuries of your main personality to me, I would have fought you right now!"
The two bodies started to fight.
Outside the door, Ning Su, who was about to knock on the door, twitched his lips and withdrew his hand.
never mind.
After Ning Su left, the two clones stopped tacitly.
"Why don't you see the cub?"
"I, I'm embarrassed..."
Having been a great demon for several years, he would never do such a thing as analyzing his own heart if it were not for the forgiveness of his cub.
"It's all your fault!" There was silence for a second.
However, just as the two clones were about to continue their quarrel, their cell phones vibrated and the director subconsciously picked them up to take a look.
The next second, he smiled happily.
"Zizi gave me a red envelope."
On WeChat, Ning Su sent a red envelope with the amount being "520".
This amount of money, which contained special meaning, made the director smile with joy. However, the next second, he was punched by the clone.
"That was sent to me by the cub!"
After figuring out his own life experience and realizing that his boss was his adoptive father, for Ning Su, the world seemed to have not changed any more.
Apart from the director who would also go to his house for dinner after get off work, the elder now had two opponents.
"I am the biological father who raised the cub, how can you compare with me?" This time, the director was very proud and won a great victory.
The clan elder snorted, helpless.
However, compared with the "extreme realm" and the Burning Religion that are vaguely hanging above our heads and cannot be clearly explained, this little bit of sweetness is like a spice of life.
"Master Ning, look!"
Two days later, Ning Su, who was working overtime, was reminded by Secretary Du. When he opened the window, he saw a blood moon.
What is more eye-catching than the red moon is that outside the blood moon, there is another faint moon.
With two moons in the sky, even in the early morning, there was a lot of noise on social media.
"Oh my goodness, it's not the end of the world, is it?"
"Do you still have to go to work tomorrow?"
"Can I find an excuse to take a leave?"
The demon bureau employee who saw the anomaly and was ready to control the online public opinion immediately: "?"
On the other side, the Demon Bureau held an emergency meeting.
"The Burning Sect seems to be impatient and wants to advance its plans."
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