Chapter 249

Under the Sky, Ye Jiang's fingers trembled; the excessive release of power at once left her feeling temporarily weak.

A hand hesitated before reaching out to her, its fingers trembling as it supported her body.

Ye Jiang looked over and met Rong Yin's uneasy gaze.

Her eyes flickered, and she reached out and grabbed the young man's hand, pulling it from her shoulder to her waist.

This is the comfortable way to help someone.

Her eyes said it all.

The young man's pupils dilated.

Ye Jiang stopped looking at him and went to look at the Sky and the drifting snow.

In the distance, the monsters huddled together, gossiping quietly about the relationship between the Slaughter God and "the Sky".

The snow fell for seven days and seven nights. After seven days, humanity discovered that the Pollution levels in the world had decreased significantly.

The snow stopped, but the dark red full moon remained shining there, hanging high day and night.

Six months later.

City A

The renovated alley is narrowed by residential buildings, making it almost impossible to see the Sky. A low bungalow sits at the end of the alley, with a new wooden sign at the door that reads, "Ability Control Bureau City A Branch".

A group of men and women in uniforms walked out of the bungalow, chatting and laughing. They parted ways at the door and went their separate ways.

A woman stood quietly at the door for a while before stepping outside.

Stepping out of the alley, a cacophony of noise hit me. The school not far away had just let out, and children poured out, completely crowding the street stalls. They had probably just gone through an exceptionally grueling exam; the students' expressions of joy and sorrow were mixed as they faced the questions.

The woman watched this scene with a gentle smile on her lips.

Six months ago, "Gambler" and "World Destroyer" fell one after the other. After "World Destroyer" died, the S-Rank Polluted army he created was quickly defeated and captured by human superhumans.

What followed was a large-scale purge of ordinary Polluted; all the superhumans united to work together to eliminate the Polluted.

After the Polluted were brought under control, the people who had been relocated to the four bases returned to their hometowns and began reconstruction efforts. Finally, five months after the "World Destroyer" fell, major cities returned to normal operations, schools reopened, factories resumed production, and people began to move forward after the disaster.

Now, a month has passed, and although the Polluted have not been completely cleared out, it no longer poses any significant problem.

The woman at the alley entrance looked at the scene ahead with relief. The school, which had now reopened, no longer selected potential students, because the Blood Moon had disappeared after fulfilling its final blessing, and because people had discovered that the mutations of the Polluted were becoming less and less frequent. It was as if the source of that unknown Pollution had been cut off, and the disaster that had lasted for three hundred years seemed to be finally coming to an end.

What cut off the source?

The woman looked up at the Sky, where a dark red "full moon" hung high, shining as brightly as the sun.

The anomalous change in the Sky six months ago has been etched into human history. Since then, Pollution has decreased day by day. What is there to be confused about?

The woman touched the Blood Moon symbol on her hand; the dark red color seemed to be a piece of the "full moon" that had fallen from the Sky and stained the skin.

"Why are you here looking at this instead of going home?"

A voice suddenly rang out, filled with a familiar coolness. The woman paused, and in surprise, she abruptly lowered her head.

A slender figure appeared not far away. She stood in the shadows, her face slightly irritated, as if she disliked the sunlight. The woman looked at the person, opened her mouth, but remained silent, prompting the other to speak first, "Don't you recognize me?"

"I recognize..."

Yu Qingyi blinked. She recognized her, but... she never thought they would meet again.

The Blood Moon shattered, the Moon Tree shattered, and the towering gate had been gone for half a year. Humans could no longer find the inaccessible marketplace, and even the monsters of the present world had vanished without a trace. People believed that their faith had departed.

Yu Qingyi never imagined that she would meet her outsider friend again.

Ye Jiang emerged from the shadows, bathed in sunlight, and muttered, "I thought I'd been forgotten."

Her eyelashes drooped, and there were slight shadows under her eyes; she still looked as dejected as ever.

Six months ago, after she repaired the breach in the barrier, she went back to her Toy Mall to rest.

She didn't take away the mall; she merely concealed its existence. She no longer allowed humans to enter because she felt that humans no longer needed the mall's assistance.

Repairing the barrier took a heavy toll on her, and she lay in bed for six months. During those six months, the mall moved randomly, and she kept watching the humans outside.

Three hundred years ago, she was the same way, witnessing all walks of life through the marketplace, and growing to love this group more and more.

The monsters disappeared because they followed her into the mall and were then captured and forced to become her free teachers.

Six months have passed. Ye Jiang has rested well, and humanity has almost finished dealing with the Polluted, so...

Are you free?

So she contacted the Bureau of the Ability Control Bureau Ability Control Bureau to borrow someone from them.

She said to Yu Qingyi, "Let's talk."

Yu Qingyi: "... Eh?"

A few days later, a funeral was held in a cemetery in City A, attended by only three people: one human and one monster.

Six months later, Ye Jiang finally returned the host's remains to Yu Qingyi, who then arranged for them to hold this farewell ceremony for the deceased.

After the funeral, Yu Qingyi remained alone in the cemetery. She and her friends still had much to say, but Ye Jiang didn't disturb them and left first.

As they walked out of the cemetery, the young man stood outside. Ye Jiang was not surprised to see him there. She walked towards him and left side by side with him.

They returned to the mall together. In the room filled with white clouds, Ye Jiang recalled a memory. She looked at the young man and asked him, "That line about guardianship written in the Ability Control Bureau's ' Monster Archives,' saying that when humanity is truly at its wit's end, they will come to you... Did you say that to the Ability Control Bureau?"

Ye Jiang once thought she had told the Ability Control Bureau, but her memories told her otherwise.

She once thought the young man loved humanity and considered whether to use him to protect them. She had already foreseen a catastrophe that humanity was about to face.

But she didn't do that.

She loves humans.

But I also love that little monster.

She is no longer the selfless being she once was.

After seeing Ye Yanran off, she saw the newborn little monster at the place of Ye Yanran's death. She took the little monster away with the intention of using it as an emotional anchor.

She built a shopping mall and trained the little monster because she didn't want him to lose in the competition for her future candidates; this was already a selfish motive.

He has long since become a being of emotions.

The young man replied, "Yes, it's me."

It was left to the human authorities when he left the human world to return to the monster world in search of his "Sky".

The Ability Control Bureau has always been curious about who could possibly restrain such a powerful monster.

What restrained this powerful monster was not anyone else, but his love for his faith.

Having clarified this point, Ye Jiang felt a little better.

She had long since become an emotional being, so what was wrong with her developing feelings for a little monster who had been chasing her for three hundred years?

but--

How should one approach dating?

Ye Jiang stared at the young man, deep in thought.

A shadow fell upon her; the young man was walking towards her and stopped in front of her. She looked up, and the young man's hand landed on her eyes, covering them.

The hand trembled slightly, just like the young man's voice, both trembling subtly.

"Please don't look at me like that, or else..." Through the obscured vision, the young man's voice became very close, and his breath fell on his face.

The young man leaned down and kissed the back of his hand.

"In that case... I would be tempted to offend you."

Ye Jiang: "..."

Beneath her palm, Ye Jiang blinked, her eyelashes fluttering.

Oh, it seems Rong Yin is going to have talks.

Then let him handle it.

The Toy Mall silently arrived outside a remote city. In the distance, thousands of acres of flower fields were in full bloom. Beneath that land, seeds of life were nourishing the soil, and the flowers were in full bloom.

END

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