Late at night.

Feng Qi strolled by the lake, thinking about his worries.

He had plans for the future and thoughts about the structure of human civilization.

At this time, the breeze was blowing by his ears, and he heard the sound of a harmonica coming from afar.

Looking up, he saw Mu Qing sitting on her knees under the willow tree by the lake, playing quietly. The harmonica in her hand turned into the silver-white harmonica he gave her.

Without saying hello, he walked to the grass beside Mu Qing, sat down quietly, and listened to her continue playing the song.

Compared with the past, the melody was less sad and more warm.

The sound of the piano was like a complaint, containing all kinds of thoughts. Under each note, there was a calm and flexible heart, and his emotions also changed with the ups and downs of the melody, and he was involved in it.

After a moment, Mu Qing put down the harmonica that was leaning against her lips, brushed up a strand of hair that was blocking her sight, hung it by her ear, looked at Feng Qi and said:

"Why did you give me a harmonica and treat me so well?"

"Because I can understand the feeling of missing someone when seeing something. This harmonica is not only a gift for a friend, but also a hope that you can come out of the shadows."

"Are you an orphan too?" Mu Qing seemed a little surprised.

"They were warriors of the Domain Regiment. They disappeared together during a domain exploration. The team comrades only found their tattered clothes and the weapons they carried. When I heard the news, I cried for several days and couldn't recover."

"Now my impression of them is a little vague, but every time I think of them, I still feel a little sad."

"What about you? How many days did you cry?" Feng Qi suddenly looked at Mu Qing and asked.

Mu Qing: ...

Seeing Feng Qi's curious eyes, Mu Qing hugged her knees and whispered:

"When they really left, I didn't cry anymore. It's just that every time I saw the green baskets on the windowsill swaying in the wind becoming increasingly haggard because no one took care of them, no one drove away the mosquitoes at night, and no one coaxed me to sleep, I would feel a burst of pain and loneliness."

"But now I'm used to it, and my impression of them is also blurred." Mu Qing spoke without a trace of emotion on her face.

"Don't pretend, you couldn't hold it back when the harmonica broke that day, and you cried miserably. You have to pretend to be strong every day. Aren't you tired?"

Mu Qing: ...

Looking at Feng Qi with a smile on his face, Mu Qing felt like she was seen through, and suddenly lowered her head.

"Have you thought about what you want to do after graduating from Xingcheng Academy?"

Hearing his question, Mu Qing raised her head again, nodded and said:

"I want to join the Domain Battle Group after graduating from the academy, rush to the front line against the invasion of the domain, and then die heroically one day and end this life."

When Feng Qi heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned.

If these words were Mu Qing's true thoughts, he couldn't understand why Mu Qing finally established the "Dawn Rebels" and chose to be enemies with humans. She

even led the rebels to massacre several human cities.

Thinking of this, he asked:

"Why do you want to rush to the front line against the domain creatures?"

Mu Qing heard it, but did not answer directly, but asked softly:

"You should know that I am a scavenger, right?"

"Yes." Feng Qi nodded.

"You are a city person, so you don't understand the hatred we scavengers have for domain creatures. That is a memory engraved in our bones. It has never been erased since childhood."

Hearing this, Feng Qi suddenly remembered a sentence Wang Jinsheng had said in class.

He said that in terms of fighting against domain creatures, the most heroic team was the scavenger team outside the city.

At that time in the class, a student stood up and objected, thinking that the courage of city people to fight against domain monsters would not be weaker than that of scavengers.

As a result, Wang Jinsheng's next words made the student speechless.

He asked the students present:

"If you were imprisoned by a being beyond the domain and were forced to ask about the details of Star City, who would be able to resist leaking the secrets under torture?"

"I think 50%, no, even 80% would not be able to withstand the cruel torture of a being beyond the domain, because your hearts lack the most critical link, the strong hatred for these invaders!"

"Put yourself in a different environment. Your originally happy life was suddenly broken one day. Your city was invaded by monsters. Your mother was beheaded by the monsters, your father's limbs were broken and he was eaten by monsters, and your pregnant wife was cut open by the monsters, and your unborn daughter was taken out and eaten in front of you..." "

Now let's go back to the original question. After experiencing all that, you are imprisoned by a creature beyond the domain, with its claws on your head. You feel severe pain all over your body, but will you be able to withstand it? Will you be afraid of death? Will you beg for mercy? At this moment, you wish you could eat its flesh and blood alive, and that kind of hatred is like a flame exploding in your chest."

"And the situation I just described has been experienced by many scavengers. They were originally residents of the city, but suddenly one day their city was covered by the domain."

"Here's an example. You all know Ye Huang among the scavengers, right? You only know that he is one of the strong men in historical records, but have you ever known what he went through?"

"A family of seven died in the torture of the domain monsters. His closest sister had her left hand torn off, then her right hand, then her legs... In the end, only he walked out of the domain alive. In the long journey of fighting against the invasion of the domain, their Ye family produced more than a hundred martyrs. Such hatred has been passed down to this day. Can you understand that feeling?"

Feng Qi clearly remembered that the whole class was silent at that moment.

As Mu Qing said, the hatred of the scavengers for the domain creatures is much deeper than that of the city people.

If you have not experienced it, you will not understand the hatred engraved in your bones.

The stereotypes of the city people about scavengers are cruel, greedy, and selfish, but they don't know the determination flowing in their blood and the spiritual inheritance of fighting against the domain creatures to the end.

Thinking of this, he suddenly understood why Mu Qing's relatives were willing to devote themselves to the Rune Transformation Project.

This was for Mu Qing's future, and also to contribute to the fight against the invasion of the domain.

Although Mu Qing was still young at that time, she understood this hatred and made her own choice to continue the unfinished experiment of her relatives, even if it meant death.

Thinking of this, he was even more puzzled as to why Mu Qing would betray humanity.

What happened in that secret history that made Mu Qing choose to stand on the opposite side of all mankind?

"Feng Qi, what about you? What are your plans after graduation?"

At this time, Mu Qing interrupted Feng Qi's thoughts.

Facing the question, Feng Qi grinned:

"I haven't thought about it yet. How about I set up a domain war group, and then pull you, a great master, to be the deputy leader. We team up to fight monsters together, and then one day we will also die heroically and become great heroes remembered by future generations."

Mu Qing: ...

"Why, don't you want to team up with me?" Feng Qi asked curiously.

"In fact, I have also thought about forming a war group to fight against domain creatures, and maybe you can be my deputy leader." Mu Qing smiled.

"That life is really going to be very difficult." It

is not certain how many years the sentence will be, but it is likely to be the death penalty, Feng Qi complained in his heart.

"What?" Mu Qing frowned slightly, with a cute expression.

"It's okay, Captain, remember to pay me more so that I can support my family."

"We are fighting for the future of mankind. It's vulgar to talk about money."

"Hahaha, that makes sense."

The night breeze was blowing, and the two men unknowingly became closer in their conversation.