Chapter 168
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If no one comforts her, she might get better on her own in a while.
But once comforted, Lian Yun couldn't help but raise her head and cry even harder.
Seeing her heartbroken look, Lana chuckled softly: "I haven't cried yet."
Lian Yun cried so hard that she couldn't speak. She let Lana hold her in her arms. She leaned on Lana's shoulder, sobbing and looking up at Lana.
Lanna was fine as if nothing had happened.
But Lian Yun knew that he was definitely not as relaxed as he looked.
Lanna was as gentle as ever, but there was a hint of emotion in her tone: "This is not your fault, nor is it my fault. We don't need to be so sad."
How is that possible!
Lian Yun tugged at the front of his shirt, his eyes red.
But she didn't dare ask more, for fear of making Lana really sad.
"I just feel so powerless." Lian Yun cried for a long time before she recovered and said with a sob.
Lana's warm breath fanned behind Lian Yun's ears, but neither of them noticed the heating up of the atmosphere.
Lanna recalled to herself: "I understand."
Over the years, the feeling of powerlessness has filled his life all the time.
After his adoptive parents left him time and time again, he learned not to have hope in anyone.
He continued to improve his strength so as not to have this feeling again.
After meeting Lian Yun, except for those times when Lian Yun was in crisis when he was not around, he felt uneasy. The rest of the time, as long as Lian Yun was within his sight, he felt extremely at ease.
He will protect Lian Yun with his own life.
He thought that he would never feel that long-lost feeling of powerlessness again in his life.
Until the man who claimed to be his father showed up, and his appearance and ending easily took away his composure.
Lanna spoke calmly, and Lianyun listened quietly.
"I don't believe what he said. Even if it's true, I won't consider him my father. He doesn't deserve it."
The person who caused the misery in his life, the person who regarded himself as an experiment on human nature, the person who brought distress to him and Lian Yun.
Lanna would not acknowledge his identity.
Likewise, he has no regrets.
"This is entirely my private matter and has nothing to do with you. I don't want you to feel guilty." Lana lowered his head slightly, and the itchy feeling caused by his chin rubbing against Lian Yun's hair suddenly made him aware of their posture.
"I feel sorry for you, Lanna." Lian Yun spoke with a heavy nasal tone and wiped away another tear, not reacting at all to the close distance between him and Lanna.
"But it's all in the past. We can only look forward." Lian Yun raised his head. His eyes, which had just been crying, were dark but bright, as if filled with stars. "I'll be with you. Let's look forward together."
Lana stared at it in a daze, almost falling into it.
"...Don't look at me anymore." Lian Yun suddenly felt her face getting hot, and she threw herself into his arms. "I must be in a terrible state right now."
"No, you've always been very attractive."
At some point, Lanna's way of addressing Lian Yun changed from "Sir" and "you" to "you".
Lian Yun didn't know why he felt an indescribable joy in his heart.
It seems that their relationship is not just superiors and subordinates, but friends and even relatives.
Both she and Lanna like this relationship very much.
The two leaned against each other quietly for a while, saying nothing.
They suddenly felt that it would be nice if time just stood still.
But after calming down, the two knew they still had important things to deal with.
Lanna decided to explain to Lianyun what happened to him before: "Sir, do you remember that we were taken away at the same time?"
Lian Yun nodded.
She became suspicious when she found herself in the same place as Lanna, but Lanna arrived later than her.
They clearly left at the same time, and Lana even took a detour with his own Larry. No matter what, Lana shouldn't have been late.
"It's because of the nobles."
The man in black who took him away was a prestigious nobleman among the vampires. He had somehow found out Lanner's identity and deliberately took him away, telling Lanner privately that he was a descendant of the vampires with the purest bloodline.
And there is only one heir left in that lineage.
He had long realized that the mysterious noble elder was unreliable and had been secretly searching for this only pure bloodline.
Later he finally recognized Lanner.
"...I'm not a pure-blood." Lanna said calmly.
The man in black hurriedly said, "But your mother is. Actually, I don't know why, you are obviously a mixed-blood, but your bloodline is so pure... But I won't be mistaken."
Lanna got straight to the point: "What do you want me to do?"
The man in black pondered for a moment, his eyes burning: "Replace him."
So not only one of the nobles led by the elder had betrayed the man under the secret planning of the man in black.
Lian Yun's men were able to capture the main city so quickly, thanks to the secret help of the nobles.
The men in black knew Lanna's intentions and were well aware that once they occupied the main city, they would inevitably carry out a major personnel change and purge the clan, and the supreme power of the nobles would no longer exist.
But as long as the purest bloodline is maintained, he doesn't mind depriving certain nobles of their privileges.
After Lanna agreed to him, he was quickly sent to the castle and found Lian Yun.
Lian Yun recalled what happened next and found it even more difficult to understand.
Until Mogo came over.
Even though there was no crisis in the main city, the gate connecting the main city and the small town had never disappeared.
Mogo easily walked through the wooden door and came to this legendary town.
Only then did he realize that the two tabloids were not exaggerating.
On the way to see Lian Yunda, he saw many things he had never seen in the main city.
There were carts floating above the ground transporting goods, orcs running back and forth holding stone pillars and enjoying themselves, and a tavern filled with tempting aromas he had never smelled before.
Every time he passed a place, the person leading him would patiently explain to him what it was and what it was used for.
On the way, Alicia also came to greet him with Honey. He took out the small gift he had prepared for a long time and gave it to his little niece whom he met for the first time.
Honey was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling and expressed her gratitude sweetly.
When Mogo arrived at the house, Lanna and Lianyun had been waiting in the living room for a long time.
On the table next to them was a plate of something golden in color that looked like food.
"I know this is your first time here and you haven't tried these. Today, Aibei, the best chef in our town, has finally developed this new thing. Come and try it." Lian Yun introduced enthusiastically.
"Is this a specialty?" Mogo was also curious.
He had just passed by the tavern and was tempted to go there. After listening to Lian Yun's introduction, he couldn't wait to walk forward.
Thin crispy chips, golden appearance, slightly spicy topping. Pick up a piece and put it in your mouth. It will crack crisply with a light bite, releasing the aroma of potato chips.
The collision of various subtle tastes made Mogo unable to help but reach out his hand again.
“It’s not a specialty.”
"The potato crop is huge, so it should be reaching all the towns soon."
Mogo's eyes lit up and he looked at her meaningfully: "You're just going to let this good thing go?"
Lian Yun said easily: "This is my goal."
"I'll ask you to pack some to take back later. Tell me what you know first."
Mogo wiped his hands and mouth without restraint, sat down and said seriously, "Which part do you want to hear first?"
Lian Yun was silent for a few moments.
"Do you know why those weeping beasts became like that?"
As expected, Mogo nodded.
"He has been trusting me a lot these days. He even told me the details when arranging these things... Maybe he has no one to talk to." Mogo curled his lips sarcastically.
"He used the same screening system to select those weeping beasts."
Men are very good at this kind of torture and heartbreaking tactics, and monsters are no exception.
Many of the weeping beasts transported to the main city in recent years were pregnant. After the cubs were born and weaned, the mothers would be killed, and the cubs would be raised by men.
At first he wanted to use the same trick again and train the weeping beast with gentle means, but he soon discovered that although this monster was easy to tame, it was not naturally aggressive.
He changed his mind and after the omnivorous weeping beasts had become carnivorous, he threw several of them into a small pit, fed them raw blood and flesh for the first few days, gradually reduced the amount of feeding, and finally stopped feeding them.
The purpose is to force them to kill each other and cultivate their ferocity.
However, he underestimated the nature of the Weeping Beast that was engraved in its genes.
In the end, the weeping beast in the man's hand was dying, with only a few breaths left.
They refused to kill each other until the very end of their lives.
A man is angry and embarrassed, so he naturally won't allow himself to fail.
So he raised the remaining weeping beasts to be strong, and then changed his usual practice of abusing them.
Rescue them when they are covered in wounds and dying.
Over time, the Weeping Beast developed a tremendous hatred for men, but only for men.
He also kept them in a dark environment for a long time, causing their eyesight to deteriorate and making them unable to distinguish people, thus attacking indiscriminately.
Then the previous scene appeared.
The weeping beast, living in a dark environment, was confused and afraid of light, so it retreated back into the room.
Lian Yun was silent for a few moments, then spoke again: "Bring them back and try to make contact with the weeping beasts here."
Lanna nodded in agreement and stood up to leave.
"Wait." Mogo suddenly called him.
"You...don't remember me?"
Meeting Lanna's slightly puzzled gaze, Mogo smiled slightly: "We met a long time ago."
Lana looked at Lian Yun, who also looked confused, and shook his head: "Sorry."
Lian Yun noticed something: "Is this also the reason why you chose to help us in the end?"
"Not entirely, but because Lanna is by your side, I trust you more."
Mogo then recalled: "You once fought in the arena on Third Street. Do you remember?"
Lanna paused: "I remember."
He then patiently explained to Lian Yun, "It was a form of entertainment on Third Street many years ago. Fighting was used to earn money for watching. Later, it became a bit serious, so it was cancelled."
When the Colosseum was still in existence, he often went there to practice the fighting techniques he had learned from books.
"But I've never seen you before." Lanna narrowed his eyes slightly. "Besides, your status probably doesn't allow you to enter or leave Third Street for a long time."
"Yes, the only time was when I was a kid playing around and ran in and got lost," Mogo recalled. "You saved me."
Back then, he was wearing luxurious clothes and could easily be recognized as a young man from a wealthy family.
He was at a loss after getting lost, and was soon taken to the arena on Third Street by some people with a bad taste in their mouths, and was pushed up without any explanation.
He never learned to fight.
He picked up a broken stick from the ground and pointed it tremblingly at the opposite side.
On the opposite side was a burly man with bare chests. As the horn sounded, the man rushed over ferociously and started punching without any mercy.
Mogo was hit hard by a punch and was knocked to the ground in an instant.
He covered his bleeding mouth, unable to recover.
From childhood to adulthood, everything he learned told him that patience and obedience were what he should do.
He had never learned to resist, nor had he ever experienced being beaten unilaterally in such an environment.
Another heavy punch came down, carrying with it a violent wind, as if telling himself that today would be the day of his death.
The fist flew straight towards his eyes, just missing them by a hair's breadth.
Got stopped.
He rescued himself, frowned and said, "Don't come here again." Then he sent someone to escort him out of Third Street.
"Maybe you have forgotten it long ago, but I always remember it."
Mogo breathed a long sigh of relief.
"I live under his wings. The environment around me is safe and prosperous, but it is also a permanent shadow hanging over me."
In this environment, he rarely received unsolicited kindness from others.
It is precisely because of this that he cherishes the few relationships he has had over the years.
For example, Alicia, his cousin, they had only spent some time together when they were young. But when she appeared again, Mogo immediately recalled the little things between them. Every little kindness of Alicia was precious to him.
He was so lonely that he seemed to be struggling in the water, clinging to every floating object that passed by.
For example, Lanna.
He recognized Lanner the first time he saw him with his hood off.
At that moment, all he thought about was that he could finally do something useful.
"So it's you." Lanna raised her eyebrows slightly. "Now that you mention it, I remember it."
Mogo was a little surprised, but soon smiled with relief: "I was too young at the time and didn't have time to react. This thank you comes too late."
Lanna shook her head. "You've already expressed your gratitude."
Without him, today's plan would never have gone so smoothly.
"And you've done a lot of useful things." Lian Yun stood up and added, "If it weren't for you, a war would be inevitable. With luck, I'll succeed, but if I'm unlucky, there might be many more battles."
"You not only helped us, but also saved countless people from being killed or injured under the gunfire."
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