"After all, there were still people willing to go to the battlefield..."
That night, Lei Xue and Old Master Lei chatted alone in the study. Facing the choices made by the three generations of the Lei family, Old Lei could not help but smile bitterly.
The Lei family was a military household. His status and that of his father had both been earned through fighting on the battlefield. Although the years that followed were peaceful and no battles had broken out, it truly disappointed him and left him deeply moved that the descendants of the Lei family had now grown afraid of war...
"It's only human nature..." Lei Xue smiled as she poured tea for Grandpa and said softly, "The current resurrection system is equivalent to an extra layer of insurance. From a psychological perspective, most people can't accept tearing away that layer of insurance and taking risks..."
"What a load of psychological nonsense..." Old Master Lei said angrily. "They're simply afraid of death. When they first heard there were military merits to be earned, each of them had eyes like wolf cubs. But the moment they heard people might die, they all hurriedly backed down? They have neither talent nor courage, yet they still want to climb over everyone else? Did they think there was such a good deal in this world?"
Lei Xue fell silent for a moment. Such a good deal... hadn't there been plenty of them before?
Back when Earth was ruled by countless influential families and everyone judged heroes by their connections, all those second-generation heirs had such lofty starting points. Was it because they had good talent or were unafraid of death? Wasn't it simply because they had once enjoyed the shade of a great tree?
Now that the New Era had no such