How could you say such nonsense!

Ugh, what can I do to punish them?!

Gu Xixi was so anxious that she spun around on the spot. When her eyes fell on Shen Qingyan, she chuckled and immediately sat down next to him, gripping his arm tightly with both hands. "Brother Tongtong!"

Shen Qingyan: ……

He struggled to break free, stood up, straightened his sleeves which Gu Xixi had ruffled, and lowered his head. "Speak your mind. This isn't a no-man's-land. Mind your image."

Gu Xixi stuck to him like a clingy leech, saying, "Don't be afraid of people. I just hugged you. How could it ruin my image? I didn't kiss you."

People from the 60s would find this incredibly shocking.

Shen Qingyan quickly glanced at Gu Xixi, and was about to disappear when Gu Xixi stuck to his arm again. Gu Xixi raised a finger and said, "I've never asked you for anything before. This is the first and the last time, okay?"

"You clearly had other ways, why did you choose such a sinister one?" Shen Qingyan sighed, somewhat helplessly, and his movements as he "removed" her from his arm were also somewhat careless.

They spent ages trying to dismantle it but couldn't get the person off.

"As expected, you understand me best. You know what I'm going to do. The mortal realm is under the leadership's jurisdiction, and they will definitely deal with it, but for people like this, the most they can do is condemn them... I don't think that's enough to make them realize their mistakes."

This is absolutely infuriating!

"They say our ancestors couldn't see it, but I'll show them that they could. They lack empathy, so let them experience it themselves. I don't believe they can easily say they forgive!"

The road we came from was paved with blood. To forget the past after reaching the summit is foolish!

"10 yuan for a dream!" Shen Qingyan helplessly let his arms hang down, no longer willing to "remove" Gu Xixi from his arms.

"Deal!" Gu Xixi quickly left, reverting to her previous aloof and serious demeanor.

Chu Feng walked in and looked at the two of them with a puzzled expression. "What were you doing just now? You two seem a bit strange. Xi Xi, this is today's work report."

"Nothing much, just discussing some matters concerning the underworld." Shen Qingyan chuckled, then disappeared. "I'll take care of it."

"What underworld stuff?" Chu Feng asked again. Seeing Gu Xixi's strange look, he felt a chill run down his spine. It seemed someone was about to be in trouble.

"You'll find out tomorrow. By the way, how are Professor Wei and Professor Wang's families?" Gu Xixi's expression grew even more serious. "Were all the people they arrested at the memorial service really killed?"

"Of course, the families of the martyrs were all there, but unfortunately I wasn't there... It's also a good thing I wasn't there, otherwise I probably would have been charged with desecrating a corpse. Now is the time to hold all countries accountable, and it seems that the higher-ups have no intention of completely backing down."

In an instant, Chu Feng's expression turned somber.

"Moreover, the actual situation is not as easy as everyone sees on the internet. Professor Wang and Professor Wei's families found out about the money you gave them and went to the military base to try to return it, but were refused. Since they can't find you, they will probably accept it."

Gu Xixi understood. After all, this is not the era of cold weapons. No matter how much we surpass and crush others, they still have to care. If we control things too much... otherwise there will always be oversights that can be easily targeted and made a big fuss.

Once it happens, the damage will inevitably be enormous and irreversible, so we must strike a balance in dealing with other countries and proceed gradually.

But now the general trend is very clear, everything is developing in a positive direction, and it's just a matter of time.

"I understand. Everyone has been very tired lately. We should make use of all available resources... We have already rescued 16 of our target number. We're almost there."

As Gu Xixi spoke, she glanced at the system counter, and the number of people increasing and decreasing was quite pleasing.

"Okay, then you should get some rest." Chu Feng went downstairs again, and Gu Xixi returned to her room and went into the system's learning space to begin her studies for the day.

……

In modern times, late at night...

Chen, Wang, and Xin, who were eating fried chicken, were still discussing it.

"We're really amazing! Those old fogies are probably asleep by now. They can't compete with the stamina of us young people. They're even arguing back and forth. I'm the undisputed champion of insults across the entire internet!"

"That's right. I was cyberbullied for wearing someone else's clothes before. There are so many holidays, I just didn't remember them all, why make such a big deal out of it? Humph, I still can't remember them now."

"Cheers. Tomorrow I'll go back and ask the old man for some more money. This little bit of living expenses is too little."

……

An hour later, the men returned to their rooms one after another and fell asleep. As soon as they opened their eyes, they were so frightened by the raging war that their legs went weak and they collapsed into the trench.

What?! What's going on?!

Xiao Wang looked around and saw his comrades dressed exactly like him. Some were in their seventies or eighties, while others were only fifteen or sixteen years old with youthful faces and even acne. But they were already skilled at throwing grenades.

"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and carry the wounded back for treatment! Xiao Feng is waiting to go back and get married." The kid next to him kicked him, and Xiao Wang suddenly realized that he had been daydreaming.

As a medic in a battle, even if he was only a mediocre one, he shouldn't have been at this time... More and more of his comrades fell beside him, their bloody wounds in different locations.

The strong smell of gunpowder and blood filled his nostrils, and the tense emotional analysis forced him to frantically start carrying people on his back and begin the rescue operation based on his memory.

But saving lives is never as fast as killing them. He tried his best to bandage the wounds as quickly as possible, but his comrades still died one by one. The wails, the cries of resentment, and the heart-wrenching screams of the dying people stuck in his throat.

"If I sacrifice myself, my family can live a good life, right?"

"Hold on, you will definitely survive. I'm definitely not going to make it. This is my blood oath. Take it back for me and tell my mother not to wait for me and to hide. Tell my brother not to forget everything that happened today."

"Waaaaah!"

……

Xiao Wang didn't know what was wrong with him and started crying. Soon, the enemy captured the city, and almost all of his teammates died. He dragged the only survivor, an old soldier who had lost half a leg and half an arm, away.

He ran very fast, crying as he ran, afraid of dying there, and also afraid of his teammates dying there...

"Leave me behind... Go quickly, you might save more people."

Suddenly, a roar came from behind Xiao Wang. The veteran behind him used the momentum to jump off his back and shield him from the enemy's gunfire. He rolled away and continued to run while crying. When he looked back, he burst into tears again.

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