Chapter 473: Chapter 467: Eternal Star God...
According to the original plan, Qian Qi was to head to Song City Yanling Peak instance after being discharged from the hospital, continuing the training with the students.
Just before departure, Qian Qi still went to the Magic Locust Tide instance.
The resolution of the Magic Locust Tide in such a short time was unexpected to everyone, and upon realizing that it was resolved by just 18 B-level Awakeners and a few young people including Qian Qi, people felt both relieved and astonished.
It’s uncertain when the feared demon disasters began to require lower costs for resolution, and these once unknown Awakened Skills users gradually stepped onto the stage of this era, rekindling a long-dormant willingness to fight in many.
It is said that when the Magic Locust Tide first appeared, even the college students present at the time expressed willingness to clear it. Yet those with skills but lacking a sense of righteousness were only focused on escaping for their lives, never considering that perhaps just one less of them, just two, might be the difference in resolving the Magic Locust Tide?
With a heart full of guilt and admiration for the heroes, many Awakeners and ordinary citizens voluntarily headed to the Magic Locust Tide instance, leaving flowers, food, and candles at the exit, blessing the survivors for fortune in this life and praying for the deceased to have health and peace in the next.
The families of the four B-level Awakeners who heroically sacrificed themselves also arrived at the scene to mourn. The half-corpse Qian Qi managed to bring out could barely be buried where family could touch, yet the other two seemed lost forever.
The Magic Locust Tide instance became their place of death, an eternal grave they could not leave in this life.
"My son—how can I live without you?" cried the elderly mother of a deceased, attempting to rush to the instance’s entrance. Thankfully, someone beside acted quickly, grasping her in time, preventing this elder without Awakened Skill from forfeiting her life unnecessarily.
She knelt on the ground, powerlessly pounding the earth, her eyes nearly blind from prolonged crying, "At least give your mother some thoughts to hold—how should I face the instance that killed you and perform the rituals for you—!"
Everyone nearby couldn’t help but weep, many knelt beside this mother, kowtowing, and clearly understanding that, without these heroes’ sacrifices, the Magic Locust Tide might have destroyed more cities and families. It was their fearless sacrifice that allowed others to survive and stand there praying.
"Auntie, from now on, we are all your children! We will honor you!"
Many choked up, supporting the mother and sincerely swore.
Yet... Can they truly replace the dear son nurtured with much pain and effort?
Naturally, they cannot.
A wind arose, the clouds gradually accumulated toward this place, making the already dark sky even darker. With raindrops starting to fall, amidst the group, someone began softly, joining in song with voices full of compassion and reverence, chanting the battle requiem not heard for a long time in this nation.
"Eternal Star God, we beseech you for a bit of care for mankind, to take away this cruel war, ensuring peace in this world without worry; we beseech you for a bit of mercy for life, to quell the frequent disasters here, allowing children who should be laughing to cease crying..."
"Eternal Star God, we beseech you for a bit of compassion for the brave, to shield our fearless warriors, that the sorrow of friends and family no longer occurs; we beseech you for a bit of pity for the deceased, to soothe those valiant spirits gone, letting them be uneventful and safe in their next life..."
Songs filled with sorrow drifted far with the wind and rain, and all hearing followed in softly chanting, reaching Qian Qi standing far away, who stood on a slightly elevated building, listening to the prayers in the wind, gradually humming quietly along.
"Eternal Star God, we beseech you for a bit of remembrance for the world, letting flowers bloom anew here, letting smiles appear again..."
For a long time, Qian Qi bent low toward the instance, bowing heavily.
"Everyone, we’ll meet in the next life."
The rain stopped, and a warm breeze gently brushed across the girl’s cheek, as if saying:
Alright, but we don’t mind meeting a little later.
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Northwest of Song City, Yanling Peak instance.
This final training instance, a successfully conquered A-level ground dungeon, contains an A-level Cold Moon Mushroom, B-level Spirit Locust, and B-level Gale Chrysanthemum; the latter two are evolution materials for the Flying Wolf, requiring only one to be fed to Wolf Xiaoqi.