At that moment, Bai Yaoyao suddenly remembered the calligraphy hanging in her master's bedroom.
The seas were calm and the rivers clear; peaceful times and abundant years.
She also suddenly understood the conviction her master had held all along.
Perhaps, from this day forward, Dark Night Base would no longer be a vulnerability, but a conviction.
"Sister Yao, what's wrong?"
Seeing that something was clearly wrong with her mood, everyone hurried over.
"Go on. I'll keep watch here. Go walk around beneath the Base Wall and talk to everyone." Bai Yaoyao waved them off, pointing toward the base entrance.
Everyone fell silent, understanding what had upset Bai Yaoyao.
They obediently went over and took a look.
Imagining it and seeing it with their own eyes were entirely different things...
Even though they had already prepared themselves mentally, the sight still seared their eyes.
Seeing the Ability Users they had been teaching only recently lying lifeless on the ground was something they couldn't accept, yet could do nothing about.
Xiao Shiliu burst into tears at the sight of another scene drenched in blood.
The members of Dark Night had grown up with few attachments. They hadn't grown up in normal classrooms or systematically learned the textbook lessons about loving their country, their families, and their people.
Nor had they received any education about collective responsibility.
That was why they couldn't understand much of what their master said.
According to their master, he had practiced martial arts since childhood and happened to grow up in an era of war and famine.
During the hardest times, he had joined the army, only to leave once better days arrived, just when he could have begun enjoying a comfortable life.
As for why... their master wasn't willing to say much, but they had more or