Li Qinwu asked Little Sheep:
"Little Sheep, there's something I need to tell you. It will change your fate, so you need to think carefully.
I have an opportunity for you to become an Angel, but there's a chance you could die during the augmentation surgery. Are you willing to accept it?"
Little Sheep froze. He had never imagined that he would be chosen to become a glorious Angel.
He attended school here with 500 children. The idea their teachers instilled in them was that they were candidates to become Angels, and the most outstanding among them would be chosen.
Little Sheep was neither the strongest nor the most aggressive among them. Aside from a few achievements in the humanities, he felt he had nothing going for him.
Li Qinwu's sudden announcement that he was to become an Angel really caught him off guard.
Li Qinwu crouched down, bringing his enormous body as close to Little Sheep's eye level as he could.
"Little Sheep, when I took you away from that planet, I promised to show you this cruel yet magnificent universe.
Now, I'm putting the choice back in your hands. Will you become an Angel, gain the body of a demigod, take charge of your own fate, and shoulder risks beyond a mortal's imagination?
Or will you remain a mortal and live an ordinary life with less risk?"
Li Qinwu's words stirred something in Little Sheep's young heart.
Ever since he was little, his fate had been shrouded in uncertainty. His grandfather had lost both legs to a landmine, and his parents had been killed by landmines.
To graze his sheep and support his family, he had been forced to venture onto the Mine-covered Mountain.
There was no telling when a mountain that had been safe yesterday would become