Lu Feng glanced at the flowering green vines hanging down like a waterfall. Beyond the vines were the white institute buildings. Fortunately, it wasn’t far from their residence. There was a faint floral fragrance in the wind that was always present. At this moment, there was also a fresh, almost scentless smell. It was like the small of grass and white flowers after the rain. It was like a growing mushroom. After a few rainy seasons, it became the mushroom’s own breath.

The Judge let out a rare sigh. He held An Zhe’s shoulder and made An Zhe look at him. Fingers tightly clenching the fabric of Lu Feng’s sleeve, An Zhe raised his eyes, wet eyelashes covered with tiny drops of water.

“You are a mushroom,” Lu Feng told him. “You can’t just eat anything.”

An Zhe looked at the vine. There was no vine more normal in the world than this but it still made him very uncomfortable. Only being close to Lu Feng could relieve it, just like the vine waiting for a butterfly.

He frowned and glanced back at Lu Feng. Lu Feng also looked down at him. Then he was picked up.

“Will you remember this time?”

The author has something to say:
He will really remember it this time.
Then I strayed into ABO setting and turned off the lights. That’s all for tonight.

CHAPTER 88: HERO

1

“Remember: bravery, strength, self-sacrifice. These are the heroism of our time and the common heroism of humanity.”

In Eden, Tang Lan was memorizing these words.

“Collective heroism, individual heroism, they all share—”

Hubbard covered his face with the illustration of a gun. “You aren’t finished yet?”

“I’m almost done.” Tang Lan closed the book and looked at the ceiling. “Hubbard.”

“What is it?”

“Do you want to be a hero?”

Hubbard pulled down the book, revealing chestnut brown eyes. He also looked at the ceiling and replied after three seconds, “It doesn’t matter.”

Some time passed before he asked, “What about you?”

Tang Lan answered, “I don’t know.”

2

The reinforcements from the Northern Base arrived at the Highland Research Institute.

The heavy weapons were on the plane and Colonel Lu was in charge of the air operations. The rest of the lightly-armed troops used large gliders to land. They spread out in an orderly manner to clean up the monsters attacking the institute.

Hubbard was on a large open space to the right of the institute. Behind it was a steep cliff. There was a bright red triangle sign erected on the edge of the cliff that read ‘easy to fall, no access.’ The main body of the institute covered most of his field of view. His heavy machine gun killed a small monster and there were no other enemies.

The reason he came here was because he had looked up into the air during the melee.