Chapter 780

So people stood beneath the sunlight once more, stepping over the corpses of the fallen and walking toward a farther realm.

The two entered a clothing store. The moment they walked in, the attendants' eyes lit up at their exceptional figures and appearances.

"Are you two looking to buy clothes? Then you've come to the right place. We've just received..."

Lin glanced at Mei's impressive figure and thought that every time she bought clothes, she probably returned laden like a treasure hunter. After all, no matter what she wore, it was bound to draw attention.

After gathering his thoughts, he asked, "Why did you want to keep working on the front lines?"

Mei followed the eloquent attendant, who was practically praising them to the heavens as she picked out outfit after outfit. Hearing Lin's question, she softly asked in return, "What about you? Why did you want to become a teacher?"

"...Back then, when I discussed how humanity should be defined with someone else, I gave my own answer. It was inheritance. Passing everything down to the next generation—that was how humanity had advanced step by step."

Lin had strayed from the words he once spoke and from the path he had believed in without doubt. He had lived for fifty thousand years, yet the children he wanted to protect and the things he believed could be passed down had departed before him.

That was why he became a teacher. He hoped to reclaim the words he had once spoken.

"When you discussed it with Mobius?"

"..."

He had almost forgotten. Mei possessed all his memories; she remembered even more clearly than Lin that he had discussed this with Mobius.

After hearing him out, Mei picked up a dress and gazed at the elegant evening gown in her hands. "My