Chapter 579
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Chapter 579: Goodbye Li Deyang
After he completed a round in the underground parking lot, all the souls had been healed. He turned his head and looked toward the corner of the parking lot.
There, three children were curiously observing the man in the military coat who had suddenly walked in.
Were they awake?
It must have been that kid Chen Han who treated them…
After a brief pause, he walked up to them, crouched down, and a smile appeared on his scruffy face.
“What are your names?” he asked gently.
“I’m Li Ruodie.”
“I’m Wang Jiaqing.”
“Chen Nan.”
The three children spoke in turn.
Li Ruodie looked curiously into his eyes and asked, “Uncle, who are you?”
He was silent for a moment before smiling and replying, “I’m Li Deyang.”
“Are you also a superhero here to save us?” Wang Jiaqing asked timidly.
“Of course not, silly.” Li Ruodie pointed at the oil-stained military coat and said, “That big brother said superheroes wear dark red capes. He doesn’t have a cape, so he can’t be one!”
“But the Sword Saint brother doesn’t have a cape either!”
“That’s different.”
The three children began chattering among themselves. Li Deyang raised an eyebrow and asked:
“Can you tell me what happened here?”
Li Ruodie thought for a moment. “Sure.”
So, the three children recounted everything they had seen since waking up to this unfamiliar man.
Two older brothers, one with a high fever who was still carrying people around and claimed to be a monster slayer, and another, a quiet Sword Saint brother in a blood-stained black shirt sitting in the corner, along with seven mysterious figures who leaped into the mist from the rooftop…
After they finished speaking, the three children simultaneously closed their mouths and looked at Li Deyang.
Li Deyang quietly crouched there, his gaze fixed on the nearby stove, the flickering flames illuminating his eyes as he pondered something.
After a moment, he raised his hand and gently patted the heads of the three children.
“Thank you for telling me.”
After saying this, he stood up and turned to walk toward the entrance of the underground parking lot.
The hem of his military coat brushed against a stove, causing the flames to flicker. Before the fire could lick at his coat, a ghostly light flashed, and he vanished from the spot.
The three children witnessed this scene with their own eyes, standing frozen in place.
“See! I told you he’s a superhero!” Wang Jiaqing weakly rebutted.
…
On the street.
Amidst the ruins of a devastated building, Chen Han and Lu Yu stood at the edge of the broken city, the wind lifting their capes as they looked up at the military planes rushing overhead, their anxious hearts finally at ease.
“Senior Chen Han… we’re home.”
Amidst the roaring sound of the planes, Lu Yu said with emotion.
Chen Han turned his head to glance at the ravaged city and nodded.
“Yeah, we’re back.”
At that moment, at the end of the disordered street he was looking at, a familiar figure in an old military coat was slowly walking toward him, stepping on the cracked asphalt.
The instant he saw that figure, Chen Han froze in place.
He squinted and looked closely…
The middle-aged man seemed to sense his gaze and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Upon recognizing his face, Chen Han’s pupils constricted, and he couldn’t help but gasp, his eyes filled with shock.
“This… this…”
The familiar military coat, the familiar stubble, and that familiar weathered face—Chen Han could never forget… but how was this possible?
Wasn’t he supposed to have sacrificed himself six months ago?!
“What’s wrong, Senior Chen Han?” Lu Yu, noticing Chen Han’s expression, was momentarily taken aback before looking in the direction he was staring at.
“Why is there someone on the street? Has someone woken up by themselves?”
Before Lu Yu could finish his sentence, Chen Han suddenly leaped down from the ruins and dashed toward that figure like a madman!
Lu Yu was stunned for a moment before following suit.
Chen Han, with his sword slung at his side, moved swiftly, his eyes fixed on Li Deyang at the end of the road, fearing that if he blinked, he would disappear…
He rushed up to the figure.
The fever and prolonged mental exhaustion had left his face pale, and he was breathing heavily, exhaling white mist.
Seeing the haggard and disheveled Chen Han, Li Deyang smiled helplessly.
“Can’t you run a little slower?”
“Run slower… what if you disappear again?” Chen Han looked into his eyes, paused for a moment, and his voice was a bit hoarse. “I thought you were dead…”
Li Deyang was silent for a while before nodding. “Li Deyang is indeed dead.”
“But you’re still here.”
“But I’m no longer me.”
Li Deyang looked at Chen Han’s puzzled expression, gently extended his hand, and patted his shoulder. A ghostly light flowed through his arm and into Chen Han’s body.
Chen Han distinctly felt a chill coursing through him, which quickly transformed into warmth, flowing into his limbs and restoring his depleted mental energy, while the fever on his forehead gradually subsided.
He was stunned for a moment. “What is this…?”
He didn’t remember Li Deyang having such an ability; wasn’t his forbidden domain [Myriad Phenomena Frequency]?
“You’ve had a tough time these days, haven’t you?” Li Deyang’s stubbled mouth curled into a familiar smile. “I knew you would be an outstanding Night Watchman… I wouldn’t be wrong about you.”
Chen Han thought of the figure that had drawn his sword and the seven figures that had leaped into the mist, a bitter expression appearing on his face.
“I’m too weak.” He shook his head. “All I could do was stand behind them and watch as they got seriously injured in battle…”
“You’re wrong.” Li Deyang pointed to the city in ruins behind him. “If it weren’t for you, carrying those people to the underground one by one and providing them warmth by the stove, they would have frozen to death on the streets or been crushed by collapsing buildings…
The essence of a Night Watchman is ‘guarding,’ not being powerful. The weak have their own ways of protection.
Even though you didn’t fight, you saved them all in your own way.
If that doesn’t count as being an outstanding Night Watchman, then what does?”
Chen Han stood there in a daze.
“Senior Chen Han, who is this…?” Lu Yu looked at Li Deyang in confusion and asked.
Li Deyang glanced at him and smiled. “Now, you’re also a senior.”
“I’m still far from being a senior.” Chen Han smiled helplessly.
“You still have a long way to grow. One day, you will take on the future of the Night Watchmen as a senior.” Li Deyang paused and continued, “Before that, let us old seniors hold up this sky for you.”
