Kayushi Border Defense Company.

Su Zhe sat alone on the roof of the dormitory building, wrapped in a thick military coat, staring in a daze at the mountains in the distance.

"I thought so. I searched the dormitory for a long time but couldn't find you. It turns out you came here alone."

Ke Changlin's voice came from behind. He walked to Su Zhe's side, patted his shoulder, and sat down. "At this time of the day, you should be sleeping soundly in bed, right? Are you worried about something today?"

Su Zhe smiled helplessly, "I guess so... I just miss my mom a little bit."

Ke Changlin looked at him quietly, waiting for him to continue. At this moment, being a listener is far more appropriate than being a counselor. M..

"Back then, my mom was amazing. She was the best police officer in our city. She was beautiful and good at fighting. Even two or three male police officers working together couldn't beat her. Most importantly, she was a great cook.

I tell you, the pancakes my mom makes are no worse than your Ana’s, really.”

Su Zhe seemed to have remembered something, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"At that time, the police stations in our city and several neighboring cities were saying that she was a policewoman with a cooking talent. The happiest thing for my sister and I at that time was the parents' meeting. You have no idea how glorious it was when my mother walked into the class in a police uniform with heroic spirit.

Even though I always got the worst grades and was beaten up when I got home, it was worth it. After all, for me, parent-teacher conferences were just a way to show off to my mom.”

The smile on Su Zhe's face became brighter and brighter. He sat there grinning foolishly for a long time and then fell into silence.

"What happened next?" Ke Changlin couldn't help but ask.

"Later, she died. She was shot in the heart by a drug dealer during a gunfight. She didn't even have time to get into the emergency room."

Ke Changlin stood there in a daze.

Su Zhe looked into the distance, took a deep breath, and a bitter look appeared in his eyes. "After my mother's accident, my sister and I depended on each other. We lived a pretty good life thanks to the government's subsidies and a series of preferential policies.

During that time, I became increasingly depressed, stopped going to school, and just stayed at home every day, eating and drinking like a useless person. But my sister seemed to have become a different person.

When my sister was little, she loved drawing and Latin dancing. She was very well behaved, obedient, and spoke softly. But after that incident, she started to get involved in extreme sports. She climbed mountains with her bare hands, crossed deserts, and skydive...

Because of this, I had several big fights with her. Do you know that she never quarreled with me before?

Now her stubbornness and eyes are more and more like my mother back then. When she received the night watch...well, when she received the military transfer order, she packed her bags without hesitation, ready to shoulder heavier responsibilities and protect more people, just like my mother did back then. "

Su Zhe paused and sighed, "But I don't want her to be like this."

"My mother has already sacrificed her life for her duty of protection, and I don't want my sister to repeat her mistakes. I know it's weak and selfish to think this way.

But now, my sister is my whole world. I don’t have their selfless desire to protect others. I just want to protect my sister, that’s enough.

Uncle Changlin, a person like me, even if I become the guardian of a place, I am just a selfish outlier. I don't have such a great and selfless belief in defending my country... Perhaps, I am not suitable for this place at all."

Su Zhe said so many words in one breath, but Ke Changlin did not interrupt him at all. He just waited quietly for him to finish and gave Su Zhe a complicated look.

He reached out and tapped Su Zhe on the forehead.

"Silly boy, do you know why the phrase 'protect the home' comes first in the phrase 'defend the country'?" Ke Changlin gave him a meaningful look. "You, you're just overthinking things...

To be honest, my education level is indeed not high, and my ideological awareness is not as noble as you think. I only know that if this border is broken, my Ana and my two younger brothers will be in danger. The reason why I stand here is to protect their safety. But aren’t these thousands and thousands of small families together our country?

Without a home, where is the country? Without a country, where is the home?

If you want to protect your sister, then go ahead. No matter what happens in the future, you stay by her side. To you, she is your home that you want to protect, isn't she?

Besides, who stipulates that the original intention of those who come to guard the front line must be great and selfless?

Mr. Li from the next dormitory, when he joined the army, his original intention was to have a stable job so that he could find a wife when he returned home; Mr. Yang in bed number two opposite, he joined the army simply because he thought being a soldier was cool. In their era, every boy wanted to be a soldier, to be tall and mighty, how great!

Are their goals noble? Not really, are they? But if they really had to sacrifice their lives on the battlefield, would they frown even a little bit? "

Su Zhe was stunned.

Ke Changlin patted him on the back and pointed to the vast territory of Daxia behind the border defense company.

"People grow up. Maybe everyone gathers here for different reasons, but when you look at the lights of thousands of homes behind the border every day, you will understand that since we are here, there are some responsibilities and obligations that we must shoulder."

Su Zhe stood there for a long time like a sculpture. The confusion in his eyes gradually faded away, and the knot in his heart that had been bothering him was untied, and he suddenly felt enlightened.

He really thought too much.

He wanted to join the Night's Watch just to protect his sister, so what? Who said you can't join the Night's Watch for your sister?

As for joining the Night's Watch, he would just take on those duties and responsibilities. Since he had chosen this path, he would never regret it no matter what the final result was.

Joining the Night's Watch for his sister does not conflict with being a good Night's Watchman.

He took a deep breath, stood up from the roof, and said solemnly to Ke Changlin: "Thank you Uncle Changlin, I understand."

boom--!!

Before he finished speaking, a roar was heard from afar, and the boundary of the time silhouette instantly covered the border defense company and spread towards the foggy border on the west side.

Under the cover of the silhouette of time, the fog returned to its appearance a hundred years ago, retreating dozens of miles from the border of Daxia, and its concentration was dozens of times higher than before. The inky black fog approached the border like a wild beast, exuding a suffocating and terrifying atmosphere.

"The fog retreated?! What happened?"

When Ke Changlin saw this scene, he suddenly stood up from the ground, his eyes full of shock.

Just as he was about to rush downstairs, a streak of light whizzed past from the south along the border of the fog. A fat-headed and big-eared monk stepped on a cloud and stared at the approaching fog with a serious expression.

"The fog has a strong inhibitory effect on gods... Does that mean that if I abandon my divine power and fall back into the devil, I can avoid its stranglehold?" The monk muttered to himself for a moment, then turned his head and looked towards the east.

"I don't know when Brother Monkey will arrive..."