Chapter 1207, Complex Emotions

The Lianzhu Mountain Range to the west of the Qing Clan was a no man’s land, just like the Xiuju Prefecture to the south of the Zhou Clan, where the harsh environment led to a scarcity of people.

Poisonous insects and miasma deterred everyone.

At one time, Yang Clan had the intention of expanding to the west, but it turned out that the cost of development was too great, so it would be better to stabilize their existing power first.

The jungles of this Lianzhuan Mountain Range were dense, almost not too different from a rainforest.

Originally, Ren Xiaosu was worried that wee hours of the morning would be hindered in crawling through this kind of jungle, after all, the body size was so big and the woods were so dense.

As a result, he realized that Wee Man directly waded through the stream very smartly.

The wee-wee was different from Lao Xu, who as a shadow was completely incapable of thinking, so Ren Xiaosu’s ability to use two minds at once was now practically honed to the extreme.

On the other hand, wee, it possessed its own mind, so it didn’t really need to be particularly worried after giving it orders, it would have its own style and method of doing things.

The fishes in the Lianzhuan Mountain Range were very dangerous, but that was only relative to ordinary people, according to Ren Xiaosu’s thought, the piranhas in the Amazon Basin before the disaster were all younger brothers in front of today’s black fishes.

Of course, it was unclear if any mutations had occurred over there.

Qinghe Group had satellites, so Li Yingyun, Qin Sheng, Zhang Qingxi and other knights had seen the whole world in its entirety, and they had once described to Ren Xiaosu: the whole world had long been a bit different from the pre-calamity era because of the crustal changes.

Ren Xiaosu was thinking that if he waited for the Barrier Alliance to settle down, it would seem good for himself and Yang Xiaoguan to go around the world.

He silently looked at Yang Xiaoguan beside him, it seemed that the other party had been a bit silent since he came out from the Sorcerer Kingdom.

Earlier when Ren Xiaosu was chatting with Luo Lan, Yang Xiaoguan was sitting on the side not knowing what to think.

Just as Ren Xiaosu was peeking, Yang Xiaoguan suddenly turned her head and said, “You can look brightly.”

“Haha,” Ren Xiaosu hurriedly changed the topic, “I just saw a wild boar was bringing its cubs to drink by the stream, and all of them were scared away by the wee hours of the morning, to think that when I had just become a Transcendent and entered the Sacred Mountain, I was afraid of even the horse deer.”

Then, each other fell silent again.

A strange atmosphere permeated between the two, and Ren Xiaosu suddenly had a vague worry.

This change seemed to have started right from Ghent City.

At that time, the Sixth Field Division had already begun to retreat from the Gate of Keys, and before Big Huyao left, he asked him, “Young Marshal, do you have anything else to gain from coming to this Sorcerer’s Kingdom?”

Ren Xiaosu replied, “Yes, I figured out my own life.”

At that time, Da Huyou was still very surprised: “Young Marshal, aren’t you from the Middle Kingdom, why did you come here to find out your birth?”

Ren Xiaosu just answered vaguely, “It has something to do with that knight from the Middle Kingdom.”

Perhaps others couldn’t guess anything, but he and Yang Xiaoguan had already discussed about Experiment 001 several times, so Yang Xiaoguan could definitely associate it.

In the current generation, what was the keyword that had the closest relationship with Ren He, the founder of Green Harvest? It was Experiment Body 001 ah.

That new human who was said to be able to outlive normal humans at the lifespan level tens and hundreds of times.

It was also from that time onwards that Yang Xiaoguan became much more silent.

Ren Xiaosu guided the way forward in the early hours of the morning against the map Zhou Qi had drawn for him.

Zhou Qi said that he had explored the rivers for a long time after his awakening, and the entire river basin in the southwest had been there.

At that time, Zhou Qi had just become a Transcendent and experienced the wonders of being beyond the mundane.

He had found an underground hot river where a new water environment had formed, where the crustal sections of the earth were connected and squeezed, and where the earth contained a huge amount of energy.

This place should be able to become a new home for wee.

Ren Xiaosu did not let wee return to the Realm Mountain, because he had made it clear when he summoned wee out that there was a troop under Zero’s control stationed there, and even Dusk was under the other party’s control.

Summoning spells were one-way, they could only be recruited and not sent back.

Borderland Mountain was at the edge of the Qing Clan’s control area, so if Ren Xiaosu wanted to take Dusk directly to Borderland Mountain, he would have to pass through the Qing Clan’s territory on the way.

And after arriving at Border Mountain, even if he destroyed the troops there, the end result would still be to face the controlled Dusk, because Ren Xiaosu had no way to directly destroy the nanobots inside Dusk’s body.

The Daxing Northwest Summoning Technique was able to directly break the control, but if the wee hours were still there, even if Ren Xiaosu shouted Daxing Northwest a hundred times, the one who drilled out from behind that Starry Sky Gate would still be the wee hours, not the dusk.

So, in fact, Ren Xiaosu also do not know how to solve this problem of dusk nowadays, perhaps he can try to talk to Zero?

Or, he directly open the seal, become the will of this world?

But if he really becomes the will, does everything he has now still have any meaning?

Those friends who were like family, and Yang Xiaoguan, if they missed themselves in the future, they could only look up at the sky, right?

To be honest, Ren Xiaosu wasn’t quite sure what he would become after he became the Will of the World, and he didn’t want to know at all.

Just pondering, Ren Xiaosu had already seen dense steam steaming in front of him, and he could even smell the faint smell of sulfur permeating the air.

The early morning seemed to have cheered up, as it purred from its throat, like a joyful big cat.

Going over a small short hill, Ren Xiaosu sat on top of the wee-wee’s head and looked down over it, a huge lake in front of him was like a crescent moon, and the sparse steam on the surface of the lake kept flowing, this place was like a real heavenly realm on earth.

“This is it,” Ren Xiaosu said and jumped down to Wee Man’s head, “A crescent shaped lake, according to what Zhou Qi said, the bottom of this lake is extremely deep, as if it is connected to the center of this earth, he didn’t dare to go deeper at that time.”

He patted the wee’s huge paw, “Go on, this is the place for you.”

The wee morning looked down at Ren Xiaosu, it didn’t expect that this had just been a reunion with its master and it would be parting ways again.

It tilted its huge head to look at Ren Xiaosu, dark clouds loomed over the Lianzhuan Mountain Range, the wee’s vertical pupils had turned into round pupils, so at this moment, the wee didn’t look so ferocious, instead, it was a bit cute.

It pointed at the lake with its paw, then pointed at Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaoguan.

Ren Xiaosu laughed, “The two of us can’t stay here with you, we have other things to do.”

The wee one could understand what Ren Xiaosu was saying, so it was a little disappointed.

However, Ren Xiaosu thought for a moment and said, “We’ll stay with you for a while longer until you figure out what’s in the lake and we’ll leave.”

Only after saying this did the wee-wee run happily towards the crescent moon lake.

Seeing the wee hours running to the edge of the lake, it was actually a leap up, straight into the lake water.

The movement was like a cannonball landing in the lake, and even the steam rolled like streaming clouds.

However, the wee hours of the morning didn’t swim to the bottom of the lake, Ren Xiaosu realized that it had the urge to drill into the bottom of the lake several times but restrained itself, the energy of the hot river at the bottom of the lake seemed to be attracting it.

The large guardian lizard balked at the edge of the lake, and from time to time, it had to look at Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaoguan, as if it was afraid that they would run away.

Ren Xiaosu smiled at Wee, “Go ahead, you can go to the bottom of the lake first, we’re not leaving.”

It wasn’t until the wee hours of the morning heard these words that they dove headfirst into the lake.

“The wonders of creation are breathtaking, even creatures like the wee ones can appear, it’s really hard to imagine what the world will become in the future,” Ren Xiaosu sighed as he sat at the edge of the lake.

He skillfully started a campfire, so Yang Xiaoguan sat right next to him and ate the food that Ren Xiaosu had roasted as if nothing had happened.

As she ate, she asked softly as if nothing had happened, ”Don’t you have anything you want to tell me? You should have found many answers in the Sorcerer’s Kingdom.”

Ren Xiaosu thought to himself, what’s coming is always coming, he sighed and said, “I’ve already retrieved my memories, I’m Experiment 001.”

Yang Xiaoguan wasn’t overly surprised, he should have guessed this result long ago, “Continue.”

“The founder of Green Harvest, Ren Wo, is my father,” Ren Xiaosu said, “I suffered from cancer before the Calamity, and at that time, cancer was still incurable as well, so at that time, my life was counting down every day. Later, I was sent by my father to Fire Seed Corporation’s Lab 039 for treatment, and after all the conventional treatments failed, Dr. P started using more radical genetic agents after asking my father and I for permission.”

“Just as Qing Zhen guessed, the reason why the experimental subjects appeared was the reorganization of cancerous cells throughout the body to achieve a kind of balance and harmony, except that they were remnants, and I succeeded in becoming the so-called new human.”

“Why is it that only you can succeed?” Yang Xiaoguan was puzzled.

“Because I opened the genetic lock before the Calamity,” Ren Xiaosu calmly explained, “It’s an inherited art that my father researched, unlocking the body’s inherent potential through eight challenges. That’s why I was able to survive the side effects of the gene potion, but the experimental subjects couldn’t. However, I’m not the only successful case, Yan Liuyuan is as well, and I believe his memories have awakened by now.”

“That means technically speaking, our species are different? Then how did Yan Liuyuan succeed,” Yang Xiaoguan asked.

“Because Dr. P transplanted him with my bone marrow, replacing his own blood-forming ability,” Ren Xiaosu explained, “So I’m now planning to find a hospital with the conditions to transplant my bone marrow to you as well, so that your lifespan… …”

Yang Xiaoguan interrupted, “How old are you?”

Ren Xiaosu froze for a moment, in fact, this was the question he had been avoiding.

Facing the 19 year old Yang Xiaoguan, Ren Xiaosu’s age was like a very solid thorn in his side, although it was still the appearance of a teenager, although most of that time was spent in slumber, and his mind wasn’t vicissitudes of life, this age was always a bit intimidating.

Regardless of whether Yang Xiaoguan would care or not, but Ren Xiaosu herself would be a little apprehensive: what if the other party minded? What if Yang Xiaoguan minded her age?

What is love? Ren He said: love is suddenly have a soft underbelly, and suddenly have armor.

And Ren Xiaosu’s current feelings are like a dragon guarding a treasure, fierce yet naive, powerful yet lonely, gentle yet woeful, timid yet free; it’s cute, but sometimes too nervous.

A young man in love is at risk, even if he is the commander-in-chief of the Northwest Army is no exception.

Regardless of “past life” and “this life”, Yang Xiaoguan is his first love, Ren Xiaosu has no experience in love, so he can not behave so easily.

The girl with the duck tongue hat quietly sitting next to the bonfire, not far away from the dense steam on the lake surface by the mountain wind blowing, like the clouds on the dome of the clouds.

This young girl was so unique that Ren Xiaosu never put another girl in her eyes or heart again.

Yang Xiaoguan repeated the question at this time, “How old are you this year?”

Ren Xiaosu whispered, “Technically speaking, 240 years old.”

Yang Xiaoguan was silent.

Ren Xiaosu suddenly asked, “Would you mind?”

At this time, Yang Xiaoguan actually didn’t answer this question, but changed the topic, “You should teach me how to open the Key Gate first.”

Ren Xiaosu froze for a long while, as if the other party’s attitude of not answering the question was already an attitude.

He thought for a while and eventually took out another black Eye of True Sight from the palace and handed it to Yang Xiaoguan, then took out the large iron door he had just grabbed, “Just drop blood on the Eye of True Sight and twist it ten times on the door, you know.”

“Hm,” Yang Xiaoguan drew out the dagger she had with her and cut her finger, then dripped blood on top of the Eye of True Sight.

She took a deep breath and pressed the black stone onto the large iron door and rotated it, a layer of transparent ripples above that iron door centered on the stone and rippled out in all directions.

Yang Xiaoguan turned her head to look at Ren Xiaosu, “Accompany me on a trip, I want to see where the place I want to go most in my heart is.”

“Uh-huh,” Ren Xiaosu said with a nod.

At this time, Wee Man drilled out from the lake, Ren Xiaosu explained, “Wee Man, guard this door, don’t let any animals destroy it.”

With that, Ren Xiaosu stepped through the gate with Yang Xiaoguan.

Behind the gate of the key was a land of birds and flowers, Ren Xiaosu silently surveyed the surroundings, but suddenly realized that he seemed to have never seen this place before, but it was Yang Xiaoguan who stood in this compound, somewhat lost in thought.

Ren Xiaosu inwardly a little gloomy, so the other side most want to go to the place, and their own is not the same.

He secretly smiled bitterly, perhaps this is also a kind of answer.

But it doesn’t matter, everyone has the freedom of choice, right?

At this time Ren Xiaosu suddenly cried and laughed a little at himself, when did he become so afflicted?

Ren Xiaosu curiously asked, “Where is this?”

“This is Barrier 88, my former home,” Yang Xiaoguan said, “Yang’s manor.”

This manor had been nearly half destroyed by Li’s nano warriors, but he didn’t expect that it would be rebuilt again more than a year later.

Yang Xiaoguan smiled and said, “I don’t know who the person who rebuilt it was, but it retained most of the buildings in this Yang’s Manor, it looks familiar yet strange, this feeling is a bit strange.”

After saying that, Yang Xiaoguan walked straight towards the garden, she came next to a swing and said to Ren Xiaosu, “When I was little, after I finished dinner, my father and mother would bring me here to play for a little while, I would sit on the swing, my father would push my back while my mother would stand next to me with a smile on her face.”

Ren Xiaosu didn’t say anything, only to hear Yang Xiaoguan continue, “They’re not quite the same as anyone else in the Yang family, father doesn’t particularly value the power of the Yangs, so he hasn’t fought or grabbed for it, but it’s grandpa who likes him the most, and he’s always wanted to hand over the Yangs into his hands. Sometimes I wonder, if he hadn’t been born in Yang, he probably wouldn’t have met with an accident, right?”

“Do you think the death of your parents was a conspiracy?” Ren Xiaosu asked.

“Not sure,” Yang Xiaoguan said, “I’ve investigated it myself, but I have no clue, but now that the entire Yang family is gone, even if someone murdered them, the killers are already dead.”

While they were talking, two people in uniform in the manor quickly ran over, and they were holding flashlights in their hands.

Yang Xiaoguan said, “Didn’t bring a gun, not from the military or the Department of Order.”

The two men rushed over and shouted, “Who are you people and why are you trespassing on the museum late at night?!”

Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaoguan looked at each other dumbfounded, this place was actually built as a museum by Qing?

After learning the truth, Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaoguan didn’t stay too much longer, but directly fled out of the Yang Clan’s manor.

With the physical qualities of the two of them, how could ordinary security guards catch up with them?

The two of them fled to the street and looked at each other and smiled, the two legend level transcendentals were actually chased by two security guards, it seemed that there was still a bit of reminiscence ……

“Let’s go, take you to eat, I hope those small stores are still there,” said Yang Xiaoguan.

……

At 9 o’clock in the night, on the 88th Barrier General Road, in a small store called Sister Lin’s Korean Bun Shop, an old lady was wiping the table with a slightly tired face, and while doing so, she was still mentally calculating how much money she had probably made today.

The store was about to close, but the old lady had just taken a towel to wipe her hands and was about to close the store door, when Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaoguan walked in.

“To rest ah,” the old lady smiled, “you guys go to another house to see …… Xiaoguan?”

“Grandma Lin,” Yang Xiaoguan said crisply, “I want to eat Korean buns and dan dan noodles.”

“Yes!” The old lady was a bit surprised, “You guys wait a bit ah, I’ll go and make them for you, the noodles and fillings are ready-made, don’t have to wait too long.”

Between words, this old lady also couldn’t help but look towards Ren Xiaosu, there was a kind of scrutinizing gesture in her eyes, which made Ren Xiaosu look a little embarrassed.

Obviously there are no steamed buns in the store, the old lady actually wrapped the buns on the spot and put them on the cage drawer to steam, and Yang Xiaoguan did not politely talk to the old lady.

At a certain moment, Ren Xiaosu felt that this old lady was really like Yang Xiaoguan’s grandmother.

“Do you guys know each other?” Ren Xiaosu asked.

“Well, my parents used to bring me here to eat when I was little,” Yang Xiaoguan said, “When my grandfather was still around there was a rule that Yang’s dinner only consisted of clear porridge and salted vegetables, and you couldn’t eat too much. Grandpa said that people who couldn’t manage their appetite weren’t qualified to run a consortium.”

“So strict?” Ren Xiaosu was stunned, when he was still trying to find food, people were already on a diet ah.

Yang Xiaoguan smiled and said, “It’s indeed very strict, my uncles and aunts often complained about this matter to grandpa, only my father didn’t complain, instead he secretly brought my mom and I outside to eat snacks. This is the place we come to most often, dad said that this store was there when he was still a kid, and what was then Sister Lin has now become Grandma Lin.”

“Has this store been open for decades? It’s awesome,” Ren Xiaosu said.

As a result, Grandma Lin, who was wrapping buns inside, laughed, “What’s so awesome about it.”

“Of course it’s awesome,” Ren Xiaosu said seriously, “Mr. Zhang told me that if a person can do one thing well in his life, he’s already considered an amazing person, and most people won’t be able to do that in their lifetime.”

Grandma Lin smiled and said to Yang Xiaoguan, “This young man is quite good at talking, is this how he coaxed you into his hands?”

Grandma Lin’s fiery eyes immediately saw the relationship between Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaoguan.

Yang Xiaoguan didn’t retort, only, Ren Xiaosu noticed that the other party’s head was slightly lowered, and seemed to be thinking about things again.

“Thinking about what?” Ren Xiaosu asked.

Yang Xiaoguan suddenly said seriously, “You don’t need to call her Grandma Lin, she’s younger than you.”

Ren Xiaosu: “???”

You’ve been thinking about this for half a day?

Grandma Lin inside the kitchen laughed, “What are you talking about, Xiao Geun, I’m seventy years old, how can he be older than me? Can’t it be that he’s a hundred years old?”

Yang Xiaoguan seriously corrected, “I said less.”

Inside the kitchen, Grandma Lin laughed happily, “I was quite tired, but as soon as you came, it’s like all my worries are gone.”

Ren Xiaosu was confused at that time, what is all this with what ah …… This duck-tongued girl really cares about age.

The steaming buns were quickly brought to the table, and Yang Xiaoguan asked Grandma Lin as she ate, “How have you been doing lately.”

“Quite well,” Grandma Lin smiled, “Originally, when the war started, the neighbors were quite worried, saying that everyone was going to prepare to flee to the Northwest after the unification of the Northwest. As a result, after Qing’s arrival, the security in the barriers is going to be better than before, and the taxes collected are also lower.”

“That’s good,” Yang Xiaoguan nodded.

At this time, Grandma Lin wanted to say something, “However, you Yang Clan …… Xiaoguan you ……”

Yang Xiaoguan smiled up, “Grandma Lin doesn’t need to worry about me, my aunt is also fine.”

“That’s good, that’s good,” Grandma Lin said.

While Ren Xiaosu and the others were eating, Grandma Lin was crunching on the neighbor’s briquettes that were not properly placed all day, always making a mess of soot.

But the neighbor was very nice, sometimes he would help her carry things, and when he bought beef cakes from the street, he would also bring her some.

She’s getting old, her teeth can’t bite the beefcake anymore.

Listening to these broken thoughts, Ren Xiaosu felt as if she had been pulled back to the warmth of life from the tense battle of the witches.

Coming out of the baozi store, Ren Xiaosu was curious: “Where is Grandma Lin’s family?”

“Her son was killed in the war between Yang and Li, and her daughter-in-law took her child and followed someone else,” Yang Xiaoguan said.

Ren Xiaosu looked back into the baozi store, where Grandma Lin was laboriously arranging the chairs all neatly.

The damage that war did to people was never just the loss of life in the course of war.

It would take the form of a scar that would fall on people’s hearts, which would then bring decades-long bouts of pain to an entire generation of families.

“Where are we going now?” Ren Xiaosu asked.

“Let’s go find a place to stay,” Yang Xiaoguan said, “I’ll take you on a nice tour of Barrier 88 tomorrow.”

Ren Xiaosu thought for a moment and suddenly asked, “Is there something in your heart.”

Yang Xiaoguan said calmly, “You can stay with me for a few days first.”

Ren Xiaosu froze for a moment, her heart intertwined by complex emotions, while Yang Xiaoguan turned around and walked in the other direction, the corner of her mouth under the duck-tongue cap slightly upturned.