On a deserted highway in the outskirts of Los Angeles, everything beyond the streetlights ahead was pitch-black.
But as long as there was even the faintest light, Lan Mu's far-superhuman vision could still make out distant objects.
The two had spoken Chinese language just now, and Nedley had not understood a word. She could only ask in English.
"Do you know my brother? Why are they trying to capture him? Uh... wait, it looked like you just killed someone!"
Lan Mu rolled his eyes. You only noticed that now?
Fang Moqi asked, "Are you Alan's sister?"
"That's right, I'm Nedley!"
Fang Moqi replied, "Those people are from the Gates family. Their leader is called Paul. Because your brother is this generation's Wallfacer of the Glamorgan family, so..."
After hearing Fang Moqi's explanation, Nedley was completely bewildered. What adventurer family? What Wallfacer? What Golden City? Why could she not make sense of any of it?
Although Nedley was part of the Glamorgan family, only one Wallfacer emerged in each generation, tasked specifically with guarding that secret and the agreement with the Gates family. Nedley herself was merely an ordinary civilian.
After holding fast for a certain period of time, the previous generation's Wallfacer would select the most reliable child from within the family as the next Wallfacer and pass down the secret.
From a very young age, every child of each generation was instilled with ideas such as honoring promises, integrity, and restraint. After receiving a certain amount of education, those who upheld their commitments most firmly would be selected for testing. If they passed, the Wallfacer would take them away to live an ascetic life, until the previous generation "retired" and the next generation had fully inherited the agreement.
The Wallfacer's life was even more tedious than an ascetic's. They