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“My grandfather? What really happened?” Cheng Yu asked seriously.
Yan Ying smiled and said: “I just thought I might not be suitable for the base, and lest I cause trouble, I was asked to come out for a while, but I accidentally got to this point, hahahaha.”
Yan Ying smiled sincerely when suddenly the door was pushed open from outside.
A man who looked to be in his thirties barged in, wearing the same black uniform, but maybe because he was a bit thin, he looked quite spiritless. Looking at that face again, the lines between the brows are very deep, seemingly very tired. He looked as if he would probably fall asleep on the spot if given a pillow, and there was still a circle of stubble on his face that wasn’t shaved. His one eye has red lines which showed his identity as an awakened.
“Yan Ying, what is this about a future husband candidate, what’s going on? Why did I hear that you found a little white boy as soon as I came back? I worked so hard to repair the dam, but you…”
Yan Ying picked her ears and said speechlessly: “Xiao Qiang, you are so noisy!”
“Brother Qiang.” Wang Yan quickly stood up and introduced everyone.
Xiao Qiang manages all the big and small affairs of the base, except those related to the military force, everything else is under his control. He is like a standard caretaker, he has experienced more vicissitudes, but in fact, he is about the same age as Yan Ying.
Little boy Cheng Yu was also very helpless when he saw Brother Qiang looking at him with hostility. But at the moment, he has more important things to figure out.
“Sister Ying, you contributed a lot to the establishment of the White Wolf Base back then. I don’t understand why you escaped. Did Grandpa really support it?” Cheng Yu’s tone wasn’t that of criticizing Yan Ying’s decision to leave, but he really didn’t understand why.
Shi Qin also understood Cheng Yu’s psychology. If Cheng Yu hadn’t become an awakened, if he hadn’t encountered those cruel things, he would not have left the White Wolf Base established by his grandfather, and he would have been still guarding his homebase. But Yan Ying, despite having everything, seemed to have given it up voluntarily.
This really puzzled Cheng Yu.
After hearing Cheng Yu’s question, Yan Ying smiled and wanted to tease Cheng Yu, but Brother Qiang became sensitive and serious, showing an unhappy expression.
“What do you know? I know you, I’ve heard your name many times…” Brother Qiang murmured, “You want to know why, okay, I’ll tell you.”
“Hey, hey, can’t you just let me brag about my great achievements by myself?” Yan Ying protested.
“Can you really talk about the situation in a few words? Every time you speak, it’s not the key point at all!”
Yan Ying was very angry and wanted to refute, but Brother Qiang had already started to narrate. Even if Yan Ying interrupted frequently to show off his achievements, it did not prevent others from understanding the whole story.
Before the apocalypse broke out, Yan Ying was once the best among the latest batch of special female soldiers, and due to special missions, she was once arranged to protect the head of the family.
At that time, Yan Ying knew Cheng Yu who was still a child, and she practised fighting with him in her free time, and she could also be considered half a teacher. Because of his relationship with Yan Ying, Cheng Yu knew from a young age that even women should not be underestimated, and he should face everyone who appeared in front of him with vigilance.
Later, when the apocalypse broke out, Yan Ying also worked at the White Wolf Base, leading teams from both the Recruit Corps and the Mission Corps, and her performance was outstanding. Until after the Blood Moon tragedy, she was urgently recommended as one of the best fighters to the newly established Holy Army, in response to the call of the Base Alliance.
At that time, the situation was urgent, and the Holy Army of all the bases were mixed together and regarded as a unified whole, and they hadn’t been separated yet.
They acted together to hunt down the Awakened.
As a soldier, one should strictly follow the orders, but after a few missions, Yan Ying couldn’t hold on anymore. She didn’t know why she had to do this, killing those unarmed people. Those people were obviously not much different from ordinary humans, and they were just sick in her eyes who needed treatment. But what everyone wanted was not to treat or save them, but to kill them.
Later, she saw the awakened people who were hidden and sheltered by the ordinary people, the awakened people who would go to save ordinary people, and the awakened people who ordinary people were willing to flee for. Every time, every scene, every person shook her heart, and it became her nightmare.
Cracks began to appear in Yan Ying’s heart, and her whole person was about to collapse.
Under immense pain, she found Grandpa Cheng, hoping to be transferred from the Holy Army.
Grandpa Cheng only asked one question at that time, “What is your identity?”
Yan Ying thought that Grandpa Cheng was reprimanding her for not prioritising the mission. The soul of a soldier has been attacked, and it is even more difficult for her to avoid the blame.
Grandpa Cheng sighed, “Foolish child, you are Yan Ying, a resident of the White Wolf Base, and a member of the Holy Army, but… you are no longer a soldier. In these last days, what is the true collective interest of mankind? Who can judge whether what we are doing is right or wrong? Just listen to your heart, maybe you’ve already made a decision.”
As if struck by lightning, Yan Ying was completely stunned. Looking at Grandpa Cheng, she seemed to have heard a voice in her heart.
She is no longer a soldier, so she can choose to do what she thinks is right, instead of going against her conscience and her beliefs.
Why did she want to be a soldier in the first place? Wasn’t it because she wanted to fight against the strong, help the weak, and protect the common people?
Who are the common people?
The blood moon tragedy was certainly terrifying, but were all the awakened people who had nothing to do with it also evil?
No! She doesn’t believe it!
She wanted to stick to her beliefs! Don’t just follow anyone blindly. Even if it’s her own senior, even if it’s her own officer, even if it’s the leader of the base.
That time, Yan Ying took on a mission again and led the team out alone to hunt and kill. Because she didn’t have the experience of leading the Holy Army alone, many people objected, but Grandpa Cheng gave her the approval.
Grandpa Cheng patted her on the shoulder and only said two words in the end, “Go ahead.”
Soon, all members of that team except Yan Ying came back to report. Yan Ying died in battle, with no bones left. The mission failed, and the awakened escaped.
However, in fact, those awakened people were brought here by Yan Ying along the way.
This was a place that Yan Ying had secretly surveyed a long time ago.
Due to her longing for the home base, she named this place ‘Black Wolf Base’, and from then on, this place became a mysterious gathering place that can accommodate both the awakened and ordinary people.
And the original residents here were all picked up by Yan Ying, even Brother Qiang. So everyone loves and supports this powerful and capricious woman.
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After hearing what happened, Shi Qin couldn’t help but tear up when he looked at Yan Ying. Compared with now, that time was considered the darkest moment for the Awakened. It was a time when everyone hated and feared the Awakened. After all, because of the blood moon tragedy in the Eastern Base, the smell of blood was still floating in the air at that time.
Daring to take the risks and defy the world’s opinion, walking a path that one firmly believes in, adhering to one’s own ideas, and building a safe haven for those innocent people who are implicated or forced, really requires a great mind and powerful ability.
And she was not an awakened at all, she was just an ordinary person, who was only in her twenties at that time.
She could have enjoyed all the honours at the White Wolf Base, but she came here instead.
Shi Qin was almost moved to tears, and Wang Yan, who was sitting next to Shi Qin, had also heard about it for the first time. She was an awakened, so she was even more emotional, with tears streaming down her face.
Wang Yan always thought that the existence of Boss Yan was because of her family or some other reasons, but she didn’t expect that Boss Yan did it just because she thought it was the right thing to do. The other party didn’t have any relatives or friends who became Awakened. In this world, there are really selfless ordinary people who would do this for the Awakened.
She once hated ordinary humans, but now she can’t hate them.
Yan Ying’s face had wrinkled into a bun as if she had just eaten a lemon, and she couldn’t help get goosebumps all over, “Why are you all making such a big fuss?”
Brother Qiang glanced at Sister Ying, and then looked at Cheng Yu, “Do you understand now?”
Shi Qin looked at Cheng Yu, and Cheng Yu stood up slowly and said with a firm gaze, “I understand.” Then he bowed straight to Yan Ying.
“Hey, what are you doing?” Yan Ying was taken aback.
“Thank you for everything you have done. You have made up for the last unwillingness in my grandpa’s heart.”
Yan Ying was stunned for a moment, and her expression was finally a little moved. She stretched out her hand and rubbed her nose, “I’m not that great, I just wanted to sleep peacefully at night with a clear conscience.”
Looking at Cheng Yu’s serious expression, Shi Qin gradually understood.
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