Chapter 41: Chapter 37 Battle Armor and Knife
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The riot continued to spread, with more and more people from the Underworld joining in.
And it was spreading to other areas, like a wildfire.
On the rooftop, under dim lighting, Mia was bandaging Xu Mo’s wounds, Xu Mo had a knife wound on his chest, his bloodstained clothes turned red, and Bai Wei was also helping to clean with medicinal liquid by his side.
As Mia bandaged, tears kept falling; she knew many things and had some doubts, but she didn’t ask further.
“Does it hurt?” Mia asked through tears.
“Just a small wound, it’s nothing.” Xu Mo smiled and shook his head, his Battle Armor had protected him, and the wound wasn’t deep, so it didn’t have much impact.
He thought it must have been Qin Zhong who suddenly found this place, right?
Only Qin Zhong might know he was here.
It seemed he had become Qin Zhong’s cleaning target now.
“Bang…”
“Bang, bang, bang!” Gunshots came from the distant streets, soon followed by screams of panic and the sound of chaotic escape.
The Law Enforcement Team from the city-state had arrived, advancing towards this area, most of them from the mobilized Law Enforcement Team.
Some were also wearing black-and-white armor, completely covering themselves, holding thick white firearms in their hands, firing blue Energy Light, piercing through people’s bodies with each shot.
They pointed the muzzles at the rioting crowd, and the streets quickly became red with blood, leaving behind bodies everywhere.
The gathered civilians were scattered, and still, some people consumed by anger charged forward, but they only added more corpses to the ground.
Mia, hearing the commotion, stood on the rooftop and looked distantly at the Hell-like scene, feeling an inexhaustible sorrow in her heart.
“Mia, come back.” Master Batu pulled her back from the edge, and Mia curled up on the ground.
“Is this their way of dealing with it?” Mia felt somewhat desperate.
They took children for genetic experiments, and now, they pointed guns at the people of the Underworld.
“Are those people, really from the Law Enforcement Team?” Mia muttered to herself, her eyes were bloodshot.
Master Batu was silent.
The shock of today’s events was too intense for Mia, although she knew the world was cruel, she still couldn’t have imagined it to be as hellish as this.
Do those ‘big shots’ really regard them as human beings?
“Bang, bang…” Gunshots were also coming from the alleys and the houses on both sides, people were firing back at the Law Enforcement Team.
Clearly, the resistance had not ceased despite the suppression.
The gunfire was getting closer, the oppressive troops reached this area and began to disperse to take action.
Xu Mo perceived everything below, the Underworld was less like a world and more like a giant prison, confining the people below, under strict control.
No wonder they wanted to restrict technology.
“Do you still think anything can change?” Master Batu asked Xu Mo.
Can anything change?
Xu Mo asked himself.
Uncle Fang and Seth had paid the price with their lives, they all had firm beliefs, dreaming of doing something for this world, and in the end, they paid with their lives.
But, can anything really change?
Under absolute force, it seemed meaningless.
“Hot-bloodedness is just a tool in the hands of others, foolish.” Master Batu spoke calmly, as if he had seen through the ways of the world.
Xu Mo quietly listened, what Master Batu said did make sense.
Foolish, huh?
They, many people, came from the lowest layers of the Underworld, experienced the world’s injustice, saw that darkness, they wanted to resist this world, wanted to make it a cleaner place, even though they ended up being used by others with ulterior motives.
But, is that foolish?
Not resisting, accepting enslavement, being treated as slaves.
Seeing those children in the containers, he couldn’t imagine what he would do if Yaoer were taken away.
What about Miss Mia?
The children in the Church at the beginning, were they also to be taken for gene experiments?
The parents who lost their children, after knowing the truth, how sorrowful they would be.
Perhaps killing them wouldn’t hurt as much, would it?
Those were living people, young lives.
How must one numb oneself to accept all this?
Xu Mo looked at Batu and asked softly, “Master Batu was young once too, right? Back then, did you have hot blood?”
Master Batu glanced at Xu Mo.
Hot blooded?
He had almost forgotten what that felt like.
“Master Batu is right, they can’t change anything, they will enter the dust of history, perhaps without causing the slightest ripple, and nobody will remember them,” Xu Mo said, looking at the numerous bodies on the ground: “But, they existed.”
If everyone became numb, accepted domination without resistance, there would be no difference from animals.
Then, what’s the meaning of being alive?
Master Batu looked at Xu Mo and shook his head with a smile.
The kid, he makes sense too.
But, what can be done?
“The main force to suppress the riot should arrive tomorrow, it might be more intense, this area will likely be unsafe, let’s set off early morning and leave,” Master Batu said to Xu Mo.
“Just leave like this?” Xu Mo felt reluctant.
Secretary Jin, Qin Zhong, Ye Qingdie, what would their end be?
“Master Batu, wait for me a moment.” Xu Mo turned and went downstairs, not long after, he came back with a package, opened the package, inside were thick stacks of Federation currency, given to him by Ye Qingdie.
“I heard that enough Federation currency can lead to the upper world, is that true?” Xu Mo asked Master Batu.
“False,” Master Batu shook his head: “Unless you’re someone who came down from the upper world, otherwise, you can’t get out.”
“So, this too is a conspiracy.” Xu Mo seemed to have grown accustomed to such revelation.
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“Master Batu, you’re moving and will need Federation currency, these can be brought along,” Xu Mo said to Master Batu.
Batu narrowed his eyes, staring at Xu Mo.
“Xu Mo…” Mia also walked over, looking at Xu Mo, what did he mean?
“With Yaoer following Master Batu, she should be very safe,” Xu Mo smiled as he spoke, for Master Batu was much stronger than him.
“Brother, I don’t want to…” The obedient Yaoer seemed to understand and burst into tears, throwing herself at Xu Mo.
Embracing her, Yaoer cried out, “I don’t want to leave Brother, I want to stay with Brother forever.”
Xu Mo’s eyes were somewhat moist; he had grown fond of Yaoer over these days.
“Yaoer be good, Brother will come to find you,” Xu Mo said, kissing her forehead.
“Xu Mo, I forbid you to stay behind,” Mia cried out.
“Don’t worry, Miss Mia, I’m very scared of dying,” Xu Mo said to Mia with a smile.
As someone who had died once, he treasured his life and would not go to his doom like Uncle Fang.
“What are you planning to do?” Master Batu asked Xu Mo.
“I don’t know what I can do, but at the very least, I want to see the ending,” Xu Mo replied. “I’ll be careful. Where are you moving to, Master Batu? Once this is over, I will come find you.”
“Go to the main urban area,” answered Master Batu. “You wait for me for a moment.”
With that, he also went downstairs.
Before long, Master Batu brought up a metal box. Xu Mo had seen it before but couldn’t penetrate it with his senses; he didn’t know what was inside.
The box had a combination lock, which Master Batu opened and then pushed the box towards Xu Mo.
Xu Mo glanced at Master Batu, then opened the metal box, feeling a slight tremor in his heart.
Battle Armor!
Black battle armor, a full set.
There was also a war saber, a dark war saber, like the blade of the Grim Reaper.
“Remember that drunken bastard? He actually said Mia wasn’t my own blood,” Batu cursed roughly. “I was young once too, and hell, I was even handsomer than you back then.”
Xu Mo paused, looking up at Master Batu.
It seemed that Master Batu’s story might be more complex than he thought.
So, was this obese figure the result of Genetic Evolution Liquid?
“Consider it something you’ve bought,” Master Batu said to Xu Mo with a smile. “After you’re done, come find us in the main urban area. Then, I’ll tell you stories about my youth.”
“Okay,” Xu Mo nodded vigorously.
“Both the battle armor and the war saber are Source Power weapons; they need Source Power to charge and replenish energy. There’s none here, only a Source Power Block. I’ll leave it in the room. After you use up the energy, you can find Source Power Blocks yourself to recharge,” Master Batu taught Xu Mo how to use it. Xu Mo saw a Source Power Crystal in the box, feeling the dense energy within. It was a Source Power Block.
All of this must be technology from the world above; Master Batu had actually gotten hold of it.
“Try it,” Batu said, handing the war saber to Xu Mo.
Xu Mo gripped the war saber, stood up, and walked to the side. Under the dim lighting, the saber lit up with a dark glow, moving like black lightning. Xu Mo sensed the energy around him and covered the saber with it, slashing forward, a black saber light flashed and disappeared.
Very strong, Xu Mo continued to test, wanting to find that previous feeling, with Source Power covering the saber, the power could be stronger.
Xu Mo slashed again and again with the saber, creating a sound like the roar of the night.
Watching Xu Mo brandishing the war saber in front of her, Mia’s tears flowed.
“What a saber, now you can break armor,” Xu Mo stopped and said with a smile. His combat power was about to increase greatly.
“Mia, armor Xu Mo,” Master Batu told Mia.
Mia nodded, crying as she armored Xu Mo.
Seeing Xu Mo in black battle armor, holding the war saber, Mia’s tears turned into laughter.
In that moment, Xu Mo looked really good.
Bai Wei cried too, standing to the side.
“Miss Mia, why are you crying? Are you scared?” Xu Mo asked with a smile. It was the first time he appeared before Mia like this.
Before, he was just a fifteen-year-old boy.
“No…” Mia shook her head with tears, but there was a light in her beautiful eyes as she looked at Xu Mo and said, “Xu Mo, I am so proud.”
Hearing Mia’s words, Xu Mo ruffled her head as if at this moment he was truly himself. Mia bowed her head, letting Xu Mo do as he wished, her smile especially sweet.
“Brother,” Yaoer looked up at Xu Mo, her little eyes gleaming with admiration.
“Yaoer, listen to Master Batu and Miss Mia, alright? Wait for Brother to come find you, understand?” Xu Mo said, crouching down to Yaoer.
“Okay, Yaoer will listen to Brother,” she said while wiping her tears away.
Xu Mo kissed her forehead and then stood up, embracing Mia as he said, “Miss Mia, Master Batu, Sister Bai Wei, Yaoer, wait for me.”
“I’ll wait for you,” Mia said through her tears.
Turning around, Xu Mo ran forward, leaping off the rooftop.
Mia walked to the edge of the rooftop, watching Xu Mo’s figure heading into the distance, her sobbing letting out a soft song.
They are all brave
The wound on your forehead, your differences, your mistakes
There’s no need to hide
Your worn-out toys, your masks, your ego
They say you must wield the light to tame each monster
They say you must mend your wounds, no one loves a clown
Why can’t loneliness be glorious
Only imperfection deserves to be celebrated in man
Who says those covered in mud aren’t heroes
Singing, Mia was already in tears!