Responsibility

As expected of Ming De Hall.

Amid the ruins, everyone carried out their duties with tense yet orderly efficiency—clearing the site, rescuing the wounded.

Those people seemed to have received professional training. Their expressions were terrifyingly calm, with not the slightest trace of post-disaster panic or grief visible on them.

The more Ye Chen watched, the more astonished he became. Although Shrek Academy had never suffered such a blow, he was almost certain that Shrek would be unable to achieve this level of composure.

"Brother Chen, are they even human? They feel no different from machines." Huo Yuhao also wore an expression of utter disbelief.

Ye Chen gently shook his head. "Watch carefully. This is all valuable experience. Even though Shrek is the continent's number one academy, I'm afraid we couldn't do this either."

Although Huo Yuhao did not understand what use there was in learning this, he still did as he was told. Following Ye Chen's lead had never been wrong before.

"Alright, Yuhao. For the next while, unless it's something very important, you'll make the decisions. I need to recover my soul power as quickly as possible. I used up quite a lot earlier." Suppressing the exhaustion in his body, Ye Chen forced out a smile uglier than a grimace.

Huo Yuhao nodded to himself. With the understanding between them, there was naturally no need to say more.

Watching Ye Chen enter meditation, Huo Yuhao sat cross-legged on the ground and, for once, drifted into a daze.

It had already been three years since he first met Ye Chen. Over those three years, while his own strength had grown rapidly, he had also witnessed Ye Chen's comet-like rise.

At first, there had also been an enormous gap between him and Ye Chen, but at least that gap had