Steampunk Era: Mad Abield
Chapter 1113: Section 693: Hope and Despair (1)_2

Chapter 1113: Section 693: Hope and Despair (1)_2

Bei Luo bent down and picked up a gem the size of a duck egg from the dust; it was the spoils left behind after the banshee was purified.

"The legendary banshee didn’t even let out a fart before being taken down, that’s really quite overkill." He looked at Malin and the girl next to him, his face full of an indescribable sense of fear — because it was the first time as an intelligent mechanical being that he faced such a powerful force.

In contrast, Jason and Sisuotake No. 3 seemed very calm — they’ve seen all sorts of monsters before.

"Is this a deity? I feel like my wizard’s eight-circle wall is about to break through." Meng Quyi said as she walked to the glass wall, seeing the various monster races that were extremely dangerous in her eyes, desperately fleeing from this area.

But likewise, various different kinds and spirits surged against the tide, gathering in front of this small building.

"I found the song, want me to play it?" Jason asked.

"Play it." Malin and the girl said in unison.

So, the music began to play once again. The little one in Malin’s arms was woken up by the noise, first crying out for a while, then spotting Malin, the little one happily licked Malin’s face, then noticed the girl, and jubilantly jumped into the girl’s arms.

"I haven’t felt the warmth brought by my own humanity in a long time. Rationality is good, but women are emotional creatures, unlike you." Susu smiled like this, and as Malin watched the two people, he finally sighed, "She has her memories, right?"

"Yes." The girl in Malin’s eyes nodded.

"Then when she entrusted me with the black cat in that room, she must have known who I was, right?" Malin looked at the child before him, his heart full of emotion and pain.

"Yes, I recognized you, but she didn’t want to tell you the truth, because with all the pain she endured, she brought about the arrival of the Nameless and saved the Eastern human world."

After speaking, Susu handed the one in her arms to Malin, then began to explain everything to him.

After Malin heard Susu’s narrative, he couldn’t help hugging the child in his arms tightly. His lover sacrificed her humanity for all this, and her emotions finally dragged Malin into this era simply because she believed Malin would find a way to save this world.

"At first, I thought I was in a different world, thinking just surviving was enough of a victory." Malin laughed, and on the podium, the song had already finished.

The little one in his arms mimicked the singing voice, singing what seemed to be nonsense.

"I’m sorry, Malin, this is all I could do. In the time away from you, I’ve witnessed too many separations and reunions, too many people dying for this world... my humanity wanted to save this world... I’m sorry, I’m really selfish."

"...It’s okay. I also want to save this world, though in my eyes, many parts of this world seem quite fucked up." At this point, Malin and Susu shared a knowing smile.

"Yes, there’s a lot wrong with this world, humans’ mistakes can repeat for eight millennia, but... the planet under our feet is our home, Malin." The girl said, and that gecko crawled beside her, nudging her hand with its large head.

So Susu smiled and patted its head.

"Yes, no matter how bad, no matter the problems, no matter how ravaged it has become, as long as someone still cherishes the meaning of rebuilding civilization, this is our home, our motherland... our only home." Malin said this, handing the child in his arms to Susu.

"Thank you for telling me so much. I will do everything in my power, try every possible way to save this world."

Standing up, Malin looked downward, and finally, he waved his hand, and those spirits and different kinds below him crawled away while keeping their distance and started to disperse.

"I have no choice. As long as there’s a glimmer of possibility, I don’t want you involved in this matter. I fear it might make you hate me." Susu also stood up, and the gecko finally chose to leave. However, it squeezed into a nearby crack, presumably to chase after the spider.

Regarding this, Malin chuckled, "How could I hate you? It’s great to live again... it’s just... not being able to have a child with you is my eternal regret."

Looking at Susu, Malin voiced his truest feelings.

"I know, but don’t be sad. Your children are all my children." Finished saying, Susu came to Malin, placed the child in her arms in Malin’s, then stood on her toes and lightly kissed Malin.

"We are the only two who remember the history before the Great Destruction Era, Malin. We must find a way to let the planet under our feet escape eternal catastrophe." She said.

In response, Malin reached out his free right hand and embraced Susu.

"Once again, I vow to you, I’ll find a way, we will end all this."

......

Accompanying Lord Malin back to the fleet, Meng Quyi still hadn’t snapped out of the conversation between him and the one called the Goddess of Fate.

Who am I, where was I just now, and what stories did I hear that I shouldn’t have heard?

Am I going to vanish into thin air?

These questions plagued Meng Quyi, and even when landing on the deck, she hadn’t sobered up, so much so that her father found a female medical officer to help Meng Quyi check herself inside and out.

And then a classic sight of gentle familial affection played out: Meng Quyi knocked out her own father with a punch. He held his face for a long time and didn’t manage to say his classic line "How dare you hit me", but instead found out his daughter, being a War Witch, could completely overpower him, a warrior with half a blade.

So after asking why, Mr. Meng regretted it, and very much so — his daughter was clearly not treated as an outsider, but he himself was clearly an outsider.

The benefits given to his daughter by the two deities, he just couldn’t join in on the fun.

So Mr. Meng reluctantly had no choice but to go and meet Malin.

......

Malin was awakened by Meng Quyi. The girl looked at Malin as if she were seeing someone wearing a monster’s skin.

Malin wiped his face, "What’s the matter, so early in the morning."

Yes, it’s really early, the moon is still in the sky, the East is not yet bright, and looking towards the North, you can still see Heartbreak Harbor.

"What’s up with my dad, he didn’t say anything when he came back, just said he was very tired and went straight to bed, snoring so loud I couldn’t sleep next to him." The girl said, looking at Malin, "Did you drug him? Although he knows about your situation with the Goddess, he doesn’t know much, is there really a need for this?"

"I didn’t mess with him at all, I just made him forget about it, then crafted a very tiring suggestion to hypnotize him to sleep." Speaking of Mr. Meng, Malin was also at a loss; the old man ran to Malin last night just to insist on forgetting what he knew.

Malin couldn’t help it either, "By the way, it’s my first time editing memories, maybe I put a bit too much into the hypnosis."

No sooner said than they both heard screams coming from below the ship.

"Wife! I swear I’m utterly loyal to you! Stop hitting!!"

The cries sounded tragic, it was the voice of Mr. Meng.

Meng Quyi paused, then laughed.

Malin also laughed.

And then he was kissed by Meng Quyi.

After a long while, Miss Meng Quyi, as the aggressor, raised her head to look at Malin, the victim.

"With the qualification granted by the Goddess, I plan to accept it. A hero like you should also have a child with Thainan’s blood."

"You know what I’ll face, don’t you?" Malin asked.

"I know, but I also know that each of us faces sacrifice directly, right?"