"After research, this thing should be some kind of creature." Zhu Yan placed a small bottle of soil on the table in the conference room. At this time, many people with real power were sitting in this huge conference room. "It is very similar to the Nightmare Beast Seed. The Nightmare Beast Seed will quickly become active after encountering life, and the condition for this thing to be active is sunset. No, it should be said that it is during the sunset period."

He Fang frowned as he looked at the small bottle. This was the glowing soil that was suddenly brought back by the soldiers who followed them in the pursuit yesterday. After discovering the abnormality, everyone immediately became alert and thought that there must be something abnormal, and reported it immediately.

After receiving the information, Yuan Zhiran immediately used an airplane to quickly collect data from all the glowing areas before the sun set. Fortunately, all the information was already mastered.

"We checked the mercenaries' vehicles and found that the raindrops only fell off after the vehicles exceeded a certain speed. It was probably a problem that occurred during the pursuit." Zhu Yan's cold expression was filled with a rare bit of anger. "It should be that the mobile city imitated biological information, causing our detection to mistake it for a beast. We didn't pay special attention and took away all the information. We were careless this time."

After all, this is an area not covered by nightmare seeds. Where there is life, there will be Cordyceps. These little creatures always have quite strong vitality. In addition, there are occasionally some wild animals wandering around. Various information is mixed together, so all of this biological information is ignored.

"Those mercenaries didn't know there were these things in their cars." Yuan Zhiran rubbed his brows, his expression full of guilt and fatigue. "They were used to carry and mark information from the beginning. After individual interrogation, the mercenaries got some information about Hope City from the mobile city, so their initial behavior of turning around and running away should have been expected by that unknown city."

"Do you know which city it is?" Qi Jingwei was also sitting nearby, his brows furrowed. He was obviously unhappy about this mistake, and it was rare for him to reveal his sharp nature in front of He Fang.

"I don't know. This is the only thing they won't tell you." This was the first time Yuan Zhiran encountered such a setback. He was in a very depressed state.

"Can you see the light of those creatures? Can you follow the path to find them?" Qi Jingwei continued to ask.

This time, it was Zhu Yan who answered him: "I'm sorry, no, this thing will age quickly once it starts to glow, and the aging process can only last for two hours at most."

"After all, he is someone who has been struggling in the doomsday and has some skills." Qi Jingwei said.

"From these traces and information, even if I was not at the scene at the time, I can tell what happened. We may have exposed more than we thought." Zhu Yan looked at the tiny traces, and then he said slowly and tentatively, "There were three vehicles that escaped, and the vehicles that pursued... there were about thirty of them. First they chased, then they bombed, and then they stopped halfway and some people got off. Judging from the shape of the people, they were only our soldiers, and then..."

Although the researchers did not see what happened at the time with their own eyes, they can easily summarize everything just by looking at these traces.

"You mean, we may have exposed certain means of attack, and also exposed the performance of our vehicles?" Chongying, who was sitting next to him, raised his hand and said, "But if we only exposed a little bit of the weapons, it doesn't matter, right? I have designed a lot of interesting weapons, but I haven't used any of them yet."

"It's not about the weapons, but we have not let the other party know the situation here, so we killed those mercenaries. But now it is obvious that what we have been hiding has been exposed." Qi Jingwei said.

He Fang choked, this...

When He Fang heard about chasing the mercenaries, the first thing that came to his mind was "random mission", so he did this extra small mission. However, he never expected that the thing he had kept secret all along would fail on his first day online.

It's his problem...

He was so absorbed in another game at the time that he didn't pay much attention to the situation.

"It was my mistake." He Fang finally said slowly after the atmosphere calmed down.

There was a moment of silence, and suddenly the originally rather stiff atmosphere became lively.

"Oh, it's not a big deal. It's a matter of time, right? Lord City Lord, please don't blame yourself. Even if they are discovered, we will never let them get away with it with our current development." Chong Ying immediately stepped forward and took He Fang's arm.

"That's true." Even Qi Jingwei, who had been showing a sharp and ruthless expression just now, immediately softened his expression, and said, "Don't worry, Lord City Lord. The reason we are angry is that someone dared to play tricks on us."

Everyone around started to talk and comfort He Fang with words. Guo Miaofeng even went out foolishly to pour He Fang a cup of coffee, but Zhu Yan took it away and asked him to exchange it for a cup of calming tea.

He Fang was sitting in his seat and suddenly found it a little funny. These smart N-PCs can really give players a great sense of satisfaction of being pampered.

"Forget it." He Fang sighed helplessly, "Originally, I wanted to understand some of the situation and then start to test whether I can contact other mobile cities. Now this may be a good opportunity."

After hearing what He Fang said, Qi Jingwei thought for a moment and said, "We still need to make those mercenaries tell us which city sent them."

Chongying glanced at Chongxiao, and suddenly said to He Fang: "Lord City Lord, I say that you can leave it to me and me to handle it, and make sure they tell the truth."

Chongying watched their creator glance at them casually, feeling a little nervous, fearing that the creator would be unhappy. After all, the creators were usually very magnanimous, and were willing to take in even people like gatekeepers for use in the city.

"Then go ahead and do it." However, He Fang did not stop them this time. He Fang just didn't want to give up on anyone easily, but that didn't mean he would allow anyone to bully his residents.

Although he yearns for peace, there is no game player who only pursues peace and not war. He has killed countless enemies in the game, and now the enemies are about to attack. He can't expect a peaceful solution at this time.

Chong Ying was stunned for a moment, as if he had not expected He Fang to agree so readily. God knows, their Creator only said one sentence, but he felt so amazed that he wanted to dedicate his heart to the Creator!

"Once you find out the information, sort out the information that the mercenaries said during the previous meeting, and then especially sort out the news about that city." He Fang felt that the other party's behavior should be a preview of an event.

Many games will have an event trailer at the beginning, such as a clue or a sentence, and these small pieces of information are often the precursor to a large-scale event.

Could it be possible that the game "Xu Wu Restart" could read people's minds? He just wanted to have a city battle to test his level.

On the day the mercenaries were captured, He Fang had already finished a mercenary meeting. It was the first time he saw those mercenaries, who were supposed to be of all kinds and shapes, sitting upright in their chairs one by one, and each of them listened very seriously.

As a person with social phobia, He Fang was still frightened when he suddenly faced so many eyes even in the game, so Yuan Zhiran was the host throughout the whole process.

What surprised him was that these mercenaries were extremely obedient. They said whatever they were told and basically knew everything. Later, He Fang found out that every mercenary who could speak well could make a simple request that did not violate the regulations.

He then witnessed the mercenaries' varied wishes.

At that moment... he actually felt that these mercenaries were enjoying their time in prison.

The work of collecting information on the mobile city has been ongoing, and Guo Miaofeng should have already recruited new subordinates, and everyone is doing similar statistical work, starting with the residents of the entire City of Hope. After all, it is the residents, especially the elderly, whose memories are precious treasures to He Fang, who now knows nothing.

The gatekeeper did not cooperate with the work at first, but the other members of the detection team were able to fill in the gaps. However, in the later stage, probably because Ye Sheng took the initiative to open up, the gatekeeper also cooperated and told a lot of information they knew. However, in addition to the mobile cities that the gatekeeper had come into contact with, he was actually more familiar with mercenaries, small groups, and individual people, so Guo Miaofeng also created a file specifically for this.

He Fang took this opportunity to look at the information sent by Miao Feng, and got the list of mercenaries who were imprisoned this time from Yuan Zhiran. Surprisingly, the information of many mercenaries matched.

"The Black Flag Squad." He Fang narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the information about the Black Flag Squad described by the gatekeeper. This mercenary group is very famous? It seems that he has no ability to resist when being chased by them, but he didn't expect that he is actually an experienced veteran.

"Among the mercenary teams imprisoned in the entire prison, the Black Flag is the most famous." Yuan Zhiran leaned against He Fang. Even if he was depressed, he had to come out immediately and tapped the information in He Fang's hand with his fingers. "But the gatekeeper's information is probably old. Among the ten members of the Black Flag team, there should have been six men and four women, but now there are eight men and two women. The information is wrong."

"Is it a question of timeliness?" He Fang flipped through the information. "It seems that we should also consider the issue of time when asking questions. After all, things are changing rapidly outside of the current doomsday."

"But the information we got from the mercenaries is consistent, and the time is almost the same." Yuan Zhiran called up the information compiled by Guo Miaofeng.

"These things, Saigu said that other cities also have archives." Guo Miaofeng, who suddenly wanted to talk to the Creator whom he hadn't seen for a long time, finally found a place to interrupt, "It's just that they are all quite confidential. I only know that they exist, but I haven't seen them. Saigu said that we can't do anything too extreme for the time being, otherwise it will arouse suspicion."

“But if it’s files from other cities, we can’t get them now.” Chong Ying, who was sitting next to him, spread his hands.

He Fang silently closed the documents and looked at the huge conference table with a complicated expression: "Well, actually this meeting is just to inform everyone of things that may happen now. We can adjourn now."

He Fang needed to take a good look at the information himself; his obsessive-compulsive disorder for looking at game information came back again.

"Of course we are here to help you, Lord City Lord." Lu Hu smiled and leaned against He Fang's side, and carelessly stretched out his finger to push away Yuan Zhiran who was close to He Fang. The only woman present smiled wantonly at the people watching, "After all, this is a war, and all of us need to participate in it."

He Fang looked around, then looked at the information in his hand and thought about it.

"Well, Lu Hu, you should sort out how much money can be used for the city war; Yuan Zhiran, you should count the soldiers under your command who can participate in the war. It's better not to have too many, as someone must be left behind to guard Hope City; Chong Xiao and Chong Ying, you go and interrogate them. Chong Ying, you should hand over a list of the weapons currently available in the city. It should be as detailed as possible; Qi Jingwei, you should not participate in the war. You are the police, not the military, and the war is not your business; also, see if it is convenient for Sai Gu to come back now." He Fang gave the orders one by one. A large-scale event was coming, and he had to start preparing.

"Do I need to do anything?" Zhu Yan saw that everyone had a job except herself, and suddenly felt a little unhappy.

He Fang was stunned for a moment. What kind of job does Zhu Yan have? Isn't he, like Guo Miaofeng, not a fighter? Does he also want to go to the battlefield?

"Well, it's probably just to adjust the detector, and then see if we can cultivate this strange little creature and use it." He Fang pointed to a small bottle of soil in front of Zhu Yan, "You don't need to do much now, but I really need you during the city battle. I need you to count the differences in combat power during the city battle. I want to determine how much difference there is in our current city battle levels. You still need to analyze these."

He Fang actually had no idea how capable he was. If anything unusual really happened, he would use the power of the Holy Lord and the Lighthouse. At least He Fang had unlimited trust in these two trump cards.

After hearing what He Fang said, Zhu Yan felt a little disappointed because he couldn't really help much, even though he knew that everyone has their own expertise.

"Maybe we can discuss tactics?" Zhu Yan asked.

"Maybe, but actually I want to go head-on this time." To what extent can his current city development be achieved without tactics and relying purely on strength.

"If you really can't beat them, you can try to use..." Zhu Yan seemed to have thought of something, his expression was a little gloomy, but he immediately covered it up after a moment, "bacteria and viruses."

"......?" He Fang looked at Zhu Yan in confusion.

"These are very useful. They don't need to kill them. They just need to make them lose their fighting power for a short period of time." Zhu Yan lowered his eyes, his expression was still cold, and his beautiful eyelashes casually covered the expression in his eyes. "You can even make them sick once excited..."

"Where did you learn such a terrible thing?" However, He Fang interrupted Zhu Yan and asked, "Have you studied these things in the laboratory?"

Zhu Yan's expression paused for a moment, then he shook his head: "No."

"Then don't do research." He Fang thought of the biological research institute that had been established in Hope City. "Don't do research in the biological laboratory either. If one of these things goes wrong, everyone will die. We must not let such a dangerous thing appear. One nightmare beast seed is enough to mean doomsday. And now they are going to create another one like this. Do they want humans to survive?"

He Fang was obviously angry while speaking, and his tone was much more serious than usual. After he finished speaking, he turned and left. It was the first time he was so angry with Zhu Yan.

Guo Miaofeng, who had not left yet, didn't know what to do for a moment. The Creator now looked very angry.

"Zhu Yan, the Creator is angry..." Guo Miaofeng was also a little sad. He didn't understand why this topic would suddenly make the Creator angry. From Zhu Yan's words, it sounded like bacteria and viruses should be very useful things. Why would the Creator refuse so firmly?

"Yeah, I know." Zhu Yan said.

Guo Miaofeng asked tentatively: "Then why don't you go and comfort the Creator and apologize? You can't let the Creator be angry all the time, right? Besides, don't you like the Creator the most? If the Creator gets angry and ignores you, won't you be sad?"

"Yes." Zhu Yan's expression was very calm. He didn't look lost at all. He even...

"Why are you smiling?" Guo Miaofeng saw the smile on Zhu Yan's face, but he frowned, "No, are you crying?"

"Does my expression look that strange?" Zhu Yan asked.

"Yeah, that's very strange." Guo Miaofeng nodded.

"Kunimyofu." Zhu Yan leaned back in his chair casually. It was rare for him not to immediately look for their creator. "Do you know what extinction is like?"

"The land is barren, the rivers are dry, people are hungry and poorly clothed, it's a cannibalistic hell, and there's a vast desert." Guo Miaofeng said, without any hesitation in his tone.

"Yes." Zhu Yan nodded, and he looked at Guo Miaofeng, "There is another possibility. The virus leaked and the whole city was infected. The human body is fragile and cannot resist the unknown virus. Even God cannot save us."

"Really?" Guo Miaofeng seemed to be able to see such a scene, a cold city, an empty world, but in every corner you can see dead bodies. Guo Miaofeng suddenly shuddered, "Then it's better not to study things like viruses casually."

"Well, but proper research is conducive to development. Of course I will be careful." Zhu Yan narrowed his eyes. In fact, he was in a very good mood, which was rare.

"The Creator is so angry, but you are still so happy. You will be punished." Guo Miaofeng couldn't help but remind him.

"Let me soak this in for a moment. I feel like I've eaten some poisonous mushrooms and I'm out of my mind," Zhu Yan said.

"Do you want us to call a doctor for you?" Guo Miaofeng couldn't help but ask.

Zhu Yan smiled, and with an annoyed look of impatience, he said slowly: "I'd better give you a bite of poisonous mushroom now."

Although Guo Miaofeng didn't know what happened, he knew it was best not to provoke Zhu Yan at this time. He stood up and said, "Then I'll leave first. I still have to sort out the materials. Oh, materials, materials, I'm really not cut out for this."

As Kunimyofu's worried and irritated voice gradually faded away, Zhuyan did not stop smiling during this long period of time when he was alone.

——

On the way to find Wei Qixuan, He Fang also took a close look at the current construction of Hope City. He was impressed that even just one year could make a dead city become so vibrant.

The people who used to wear rags everywhere he looked had changed into new clothes without any patches. The fields were green everywhere. The farmers who were working in the fields showed expressions of surprise and joy after seeing him, and bowed deeply to him from a distance.

At least he didn't kneel down directly, so he should have made some progress.

When he saw Hope City, He Fang felt that this might be a completely different city from Sun City.

The skeleton of Hope City has been completely filled, but unlike the extremely solid iron walls of Sun City, the current Hope City is transparent everywhere, and many open spaces are specially designed for lighting. These spaces would have been so luxurious in the former Hope City that people would not even dare to imagine them.

And he didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that all the residents of Hope City looked much younger. If you think about it carefully, forty or fifty years old is not too old to be unable to work. In fact, men in their forties and fifties are very hardworking. But that is all under the premise that they can eat enough.

They did not have enough to eat in the former Hope City, but they can have enough food and clothing in the New Hope City. Once people are well fed, their spirits and outlook improve, and they look more than twenty years younger overall.

When walking around Hope City, He Fang was impressed for the first time by the strength of the designers. There are quite a lot of landscape designs within the city. Fresh plants are planted everywhere within the steel skeleton of Hope City. These plants must have been deliberately landscaped and pleasing to the eyes. Coupled with the sparse sunlight, it is refreshing. Where is the sense of oppression of the ruins that he saw at the beginning?

When He Fang noticed that the door of a room was open, as a player, he had no intention of entering someone else's house casually, so he just walked in through the door.

Here... it looks like the setting of a small family in a main city. The once narrow scene like a small compartment in a train carriage is gone, replaced by a spacious two-bedroom, one-living room ordinary small family. There are small traces of life everywhere, and they are arranged in a very messy way.

There was also a child who was looking at him very nervously. The child looked very big, a girl. The girl looked at him timidly, but did not scream in fear because a stranger broke into the house. She looked at He Fang, and He Fang also looked at him.

Suddenly He Fang remembered that he might have broken into a private residence.

"City..." Just when He Fang wanted to turn around and leave, the little girl said, "Lord City Lord, are you thirsty? Shall I go and boil some water for you now?"

He Fang: “…” There’s no need to come up with this kind of N-PC dialogue. It would be troublesome if a little girl whose values ​​haven’t been formed yet saw this kind of scene and thought that the stranger who came in casually was not a bad person.

He Fang turned around and walked out.

But after leaving the house, He Fang still felt something was a little strange. It was hard to explain why. He always felt that this family was different from the family in his main city.

What is the difference?

He Fang kept thinking about the layout of the little girl's house, but suddenly his feet stopped and he seemed to realize why he had such a strange feeling!

It's a mess!

When he was in the main city, he accidentally entered a family in a small city. The family at that time was also very lively, but it was obvious that the tidy place was abnormally tidy, and it looked like a sticker.

But the little girl's home was very messy, and there was no pattern to this mess at all. It looked so real, as if it were really in an ordinary person's home.

Did the game automatically update during the three days when he was not online? So everything that originally looked like a sticker became real?

This game is too detailed.

He Fang really felt the sincerity of the production method of "The Rebirth of the Ruins", although it was wasted in a lot of unnecessary places.

He Fang was looking for Wei Qixuan when he suddenly saw the teacher he had assigned to Wei Qixuan coming towards him. He had chosen a female on purpose because Wei Qixuan's parents were both deceased and he might need a female's care. Moreover, this university teacher who was full of intellectual beauty looked very reliable.

He Fang watched the woman walk past him without even glancing at him, thinking that it was probably an N-PC setting, and that as long as he didn't speak to her, the other party would just walk past him as planned.

But He Fang didn't see that after he turned around and left, the proud, confident and intellectually beautiful female teacher now looked back at their creator with a sad look on her face, feeling sad. Why didn't he call her? Ask Wei Qixuan about his studies, ask about his growth, ask if he needed anything. If the creator took the initiative, wouldn't love come? !

Oh no...

There is no love in "The Rebirth of the Ruins".

The intellectual female teacher looked desperate.

When He Fang saw the back of Wei Qixuan who was studying, he was stunned. He pushed out of the classroom with some confusion and looked around. Because the skeleton had turned into a city, He Fang felt that he might not be able to find the way.

But now it seems that it is right, it is this room.

But who is the other person sitting in the room now? It's obviously not Wei Qixuan's back. Isn't Wei Qixuan a skinny child who looks like he's just a skeleton? Although he may have gained a little weight because of eating too much, he shouldn't have grown taller, right?

Isn't this unscientific?

He Fang quietly approached the strange figure from behind. This figure had obviously changed from the child he had at the time to a young boy. Although he did not look very tall, he was definitely very different from the stunted five-year-old Wei Qixuan at the time.

He Fang turned to look at the other person with full expectation, but when he saw this face, he frowned slightly in surprise.

It really is Wei Qixuan.

Growing so fast?

He is this tall, is his nutrition enough?

Because of Wei Qixuan's special situation, even though there are teachers coming to teach him now, He Fang has never thought about letting this university teacher step down. After all, the role of this university teacher is not only to teach, but also to support Wei Qixuan. After all, many people will regard their teachers as their second parents, and a good teacher is of great significance to a child.

At this time, Wei Qixuan was working on the problem very seriously. He was doing the arithmetic carefully on the draft, but even so he still couldn't solve the problem.

His skull-like face had obviously disappeared and was now very delicate. The boyish immaturity now revealed a very unique youthfulness and seriousness. He Fang really had not expected that a child could grow up to this in just one year.

He Fang looked at the question that the other party was currently stuck in with some curiosity. Was there any strange question in his world? In the end, could there be any question in itself?

I guess no one would like to play games and do papers at the same time, right?

He Fang squinted his eyes and looked at the table, and suddenly he was stunned...

This is...

Math problem?

He Fang was a college student after all, but he didn't remember much about these things. He also knew that these were definitely not questions that a teenager could handle. At this time, the draft paper beside him was already filled with countless things written on it. He Fang took a breath.

Why do we need to learn something so complicated? To shock the whole country? But are there any awards for learning in the country now?

He Fang never thought that one day he would see homework in the game.

"Tsk." At this time, Wei Qixuan finally made his only sound, and then he bit the tip of the pen, "How complicated."

He Fang saw that there was not a whole test paper on Wei Qixuan's desk, but only this one question.

"Is there any benefit in solving this problem?" He Fang suddenly asked from behind Wei Qixuan, "It doesn't seem to be of any help in reality, right? Maybe we don't need to take it so seriously?"

Wei Qixuan was stunned for a moment, and then the pen in his hand suddenly fell onto the table with a crisp sound. Wei Qixuan turned around abruptly and saw He Fang.

He still looked the same, the hero he dreamed of every night. Wei Qixuan pursed his lips slightly, and suddenly showed a carefree smile to He Fang: "Lord City Lord!"

Wow, he looks really happy, He Fang couldn't help but say in his heart, and then he actually opened Wei Qixuan's attribute panel, wanting to see if his residents' happiness would increase. Although he was just thinking about it casually, he then saw Wei Qixuan's residents' happiness constantly jumping up.

My goodness, this aspect actually overlaps with the N-PC in the main city. Your self-esteem as a wild N-PC is gone.

However, He Fang suddenly noticed something strange.

Wei Qixuan's attribute border seems to be a little different.

He Fang directly opened Wei Qixuan's attribute panel, but to his surprise, Wei Qixuan's attribute panel actually had color!

He Fang was shocked.

"Restart of the Ruins" does not classify N-PCs into different levels, but in order to make it easier for players to identify them, the label of "inferior card" will still appear, just like when he saw that every N-PC in Hope City had a gray and white panel.

The grayish-white panel usually means that there is no value or cultivation, while the N-PC attributes of the residents in his main city will have brighter colors. If he opens all the attribute panels in the main city and sets them to top, he can see a scene like blooming flowers everywhere.

but!

If Wei Qixuan's attribute panel changes, it proves one very important thing, that an N-PC with a gray attribute panel can also be cultivated and become an N-PC officially recognized by the game "Xu Wu Chong Qi"!

"What have you done recently?" He Fang's heart was full of excitement. God knew how exaggerated his surprise and joy were when he saw such things, because this meant that among the tens of thousands of N-PCs in Hope City, there must be many more surprises waiting for him!

It’s just that the color of Wei Qixuan’s attribute panel is very light now, and there is still no label, but this is already a huge step forward.

"Recently? Are you talking about this past year?" Wei Qixuan couldn't help but ask. He thought for a moment and said, "I have been studying hard during this period. Of course, Lord City Lord, you probably won't be interested in this. So, tell me what you are interested in."

He Fang: “?” What kind of social expression is this for adults?

"Hope City has been developing very smoothly recently, and it has been connected to tap water. According to the design drawings provided by the institute and the financial support provided by the Ministry of Finance, the huge farmland can be irrigated easily. In this way, many people can be freed up to do other things. Regarding the land allocation, it has all been reported to Director Guo Miaofeng..."

Even though he was reporting the news, He Fang still felt that maybe the other party was really happy to see him. After all, the happiness level on the attribute panel increased...

As He Fang listened, he suddenly had a strange feeling. He felt that Wei Qixuan was very much like himself when he played stand-alone infrastructure games, doing everything by himself.

"Don't you have any help? If you have to study on weekdays..." However, He Fang stopped talking. He was overthinking it. This kind of reporting is just a string of codes in the game.

"It's okay, Lord City Lord, you don't have to worry. This amount of workload is actually nothing in the original Hope City." Wei Qixuan's eyes were shining, and he was so happy that his tail was about to rise up because He Fang said something that showed his sympathy for him, but he tried hard to look serious.

"Really?" He Fang felt that this sentence was a little wrong, "How old were you when you started working?"

"Five."

He Fang: “…” Is the world outside like this?

At this time, Wei Qixuan smiled lightly, his expression was very calm: "Lord City Lord, Hope City is developing very well now, and we have also seen many times that the Nightmare Beasts cannot invade. We pray every day, believe in the Holy Lord, and are grateful to the Lord City Lord."

"Really?" He Fang looked at Wei Qixuan, but felt that there seemed to be something else behind Wei Qixuan's words.

"We enjoy a good life here. Every morning when I wake up in the past year, I wonder if I am dreaming, but no, we live very happily here," Wei Qixuan continued.

"Well, that's good." He Fang nodded seriously.

"We have struggled in the apocalypse, so we know peace is hard to come by. But now..." Wei Qixuan lowered his eyes slightly, but a faint smile appeared on his lips, a little dazed. "If you, Lord City Lord, ask us to go to the battlefield, we will not refuse. We know very well that we must defend our homeland with our own hands."

He Fang was stunned. He looked at the boy who said without any hesitation that he was willing to go to the battlefield. There was no fear in his eyes. "How did you know that?"

This was his first time back to Hope City because of a meeting. Could it be that the information had been delivered when he wasn't paying attention?

"It may be unfair to you, but this city battle still has to be fought." He Fang thought about it and decided it would be better to explain it clearly. "Hope City is located near the Nightmare Forest, but it has not been parasitized by Nightmare seeds for such a long time. It is very strange in itself. Coupled with the additional border defenses now, other cities will definitely be wary."

"My teacher once taught me a saying, 'A man is innocent unless he possesses a jade. Lord City Lord, I am using this saying now. Am I right?"

He Fang blinked, and suddenly felt that perhaps he didn't need to explain any more.

His N-PCs are not fools.

He looked at the boy who stood up and smiled at him: "In just one year, you seem to have grown up a lot."

"This should be what I would look like if I grew up normally." Wei Qixuan still remembers,