On the way to becoming the strongest, I first became a popular person.

This place is in ruins.

Everywhere you look, buildings have collapsed, broken bricks and tiles are scattered everywhere, countless corpses are piled on the ground, broken limbs are scattered in every corner, and the ground has turned into a sea of ​​blood.

The smoke had not yet dissipated, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of blood.

Qin An looked at the dying star beast in front of him and did not end its life directly. Instead, he suddenly retracted the knife in his hand.

He turned around and looked at the guards who were less than three thousand strong. They were all in tattered clothes and collapsed on the ground exhausted.

He pursed his lips, clenched his fists tightly, and his eyes fell on a pair of broken glasses on the ground, unable to look away for a long time.

It was too late. Even if they came with all their might, it was still too late.

"do not be sad."

The silver-haired young man next to him walked over, casually shaking off the blood stains on the long sword in his hand. He looked at the figures coming towards this side from a distance and slowly said, "We don't have time to be sad. Let's turn our pain into a sharp blade to stab the star beasts. One day, we will make them disappear from this world."

Qin An retracted his gaze, bent down to pick up his glasses on the ground, and walked towards the figures over there in silence.

Although his father had a bad relationship with her because of his positions and they were often on edge and confrontational in meetings, the Ji family and the Qin family were actually old friends. He was even held in the arms of Ji Liuyun when he was a child, and the other party could be considered half-grandmother to him.

But when they arrived, the old man was only breathing his last breath.

In order to help them successfully kill the two star beasts, she chose to burn herself without hesitation and severely damaged them with her life.

Not even a corpse was left behind.

Ling Wenqing looked at the bloody and tragic scene in front of her, her legs went weak and she almost fell to the ground, her voice trembling uncontrollably: "Dr. Ji, she..."

“She died.”

Qin An handed her the broken glasses in his hand: "Are you the successor she chose, Ling Wenqing?"

"It's me..." She took the glasses tremblingly, gently wiped off the dust on them, and held them carefully in her palm.

"This child..."

Ling Wenqing tried her best to stop crying, raised her hand to wipe the tears from her face, and carefully placed the pair of glasses in her coat pocket.

"It's her."

They had already evacuated, but turned back after receiving a message from someone.

"Is this what you call the hope of humanity? A child this young?"

Leica Alvid walked over and looked down at the girl next to her who was only slightly taller than her waist: "Can she do it?"

The girl in the white dress stands out particularly in this bloody and terrifying hell, as if she is out of place here.

Weak, clean, and pitiful.

Did she have blood on her hands?

Does she know how to fight?

Can she endure the terrible pain?

He looked at the girl in front of him with suspicion, somewhat doubting whether the information he had received earlier was true.

"She can do it." Ling Wenqing seemed to have anticipated his doubt and was not surprised. She straightened her body and said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

This little child, I didn't expect her to succeed.

But Eleven survived. She was the only one who survived Chixue. She was a miracle and the hope that came from everyone’s hard work.

She brooked no doubt.

No one can question her! To question her is to question all those who have paid everything for this, and Ling Wenqing will never allow it!

For this "hope", everyone gave everything, no matter what or the honor, no matter whether it was her or... the teacher.

Long before she joined the God-making Project, Dr. Ji had already accepted her as his disciple, but had never made it public to the outside world.

Ling Wenqing touched the girl's head beside her, leaned over and called her softly: "Eleven, it's time to wake up."

Eleven slowly opened his eyes, looked at her confusedly, and slowly said: "...Sister Qing."

"Come and meet the people who will protect you. This is Qin An, and this is Leica Alvid." She pointed at the two people and introduced them, suppressing the reluctance in her heart. "They will take you to the front line and be responsible for protecting you until you grow up."

"Hello, I'm Qin An, and I'll be responsible for protecting you from now on."

"Hello... Uncle Qin An, nice to meet you, thank you..."

Eleven looked at the man in front of him, and vaguely remembered the day four years ago.

That day was just like today, red was everywhere, it was a hell made of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

She stared blankly at the tragic scene around her, her eyes dazed. What happened while she was unconscious?

A lot of people died. There were two star beasts there, and they were the ones who killed these people.

Brother Xiaojiu...Dr. Ji...Aunt Lin, and everyone at the base...Are they still alive?

I was struggling to maintain a clear consciousness amid the pain and just thought of this when I was interrupted by a voice.

"My name is Leica Alvid, little one."

His long silver hair fell in front of his eyes, and a pair of heterochromatic eyes came into view. The hideous scar on his left eye made him look even more cruel and cold-blooded, with a weird and cruel light flashing in his eyes.

She just heard that this man doubted himself and didn't believe in himself.

"Hello, Uncle Laika."

"Huh? It's okay that he is your uncle, but am I also your uncle? I'm only twenty-six and you can call me brother!" Leica lowered his head and moved his face forward, threateningly.

He is not that old. Qin An is already in his thirties, and he is still young. He doesn't want to be called uncle by a little kid.

"Uncle Leka."

"Don't call me uncle."

"Leica."

"..." He was silent for a moment, waved his hand, and said in a low voice, "Forget it, I won't bother with you, you can yell whatever you want."

Leica, only his father would call him like that. Since his death, no one has ever called him like that again. Everyone else calls him Little Alvid or Sir Leica.

"Go ahead and kill them."

He handed the blood-stained long knife in his hand to the girl, signaling her to kill the two dying star beasts.

The reason why they didn't kill the two star beasts directly was because they received orders and information. Her ability was to kill in order to improve her own strength. The two star beasts were the first step for her to embark on this path.

"Let me see if you're worth everything I have to protect you."

"I... will prove it."

She will kill those hateful star beasts and avenge everyone.

Eleven reached out and took the long sword that was only slightly shorter than her, and walked towards them step by step.

Leica crossed her arms and watched the petite girl clumsily chop the star beasts' bodies with the long knife in her hand. Because she didn't know the technique, she could only cut the meat with a blunt knife and slowly grind them to death.

"It's you...you will all die..."

The dying roars of the star beasts gradually dissipated, and she finally succeeded in killing them after a long time.

Scarlet blood splattered on her white dress, which was covered with blood-red flowers. There was no fear in those blood-red eyes, only calmness and indifference.

She stood alone on top of the star beast's corpse, her black hair flying in the air, her blood-stained white skirt fluttering in the wind, and her blood-red eyes looking down at all living beings, cold and ruthless.

She is the blood-red flower in hell watered with blood, a devil that feeds on life and flesh.

Leica looked at the girl returning with a knife and reached out to take the long knife that was still dripping with blood from her hand.

He knelt on one knee, held her right hand, looked up at the girl in front of him, and showed a devilish smile on his face: "You have my approval."

He gently placed his cheek on the back of the girl's hand and made a promise to her in the most solemn oath ceremony in the family.

"I swear in the name of Arvid, I will do everything in my power to protect you, and nothing will happen to you until I die."