Swallowed Star (All Chapters) Volume 1

Volume 4 - Chapter 24: Step On The Shield, And Fly

While Luo Feng headed towards the nest of the monsters, Jiang-Nan city that was around a thousand miles away was still in a time of peace; this was where humanity's peaceful land was.

Yang-Zhou city, Ming-Yue sector.

A blizzard last night caused the entire sector to be filled with snow. A group of kids happily made some snowmen and fought in snowball fights. A couple old people were also slowly and freely taking a walk inside the sector. The streets outside of the sector were filled with manly sports cars and Coupes with beautiful curves. Sometimes, an extravagant car with flying capabilities could be seen flying by.

Chen Gu and his wife sat on a clean stone bench as they watched their children make snowmen not too far away.

"The headquarter cities are definitely a better place to be in" Chen Gu couldn't help but to sigh.

"They are good, since the wilderness is filled with monsters. Only fighters can go out there. I say, old Chen, when are you going to retire from your fighter squad?" Chen Gu's wife on the side said sadly, "You've been giving it your all for all these years. It's about time you take a break and enjoy life".

Chen Gu looked at his wife, and then looked at his son at a distance: "My wife, I can't keep thinking about retiring! Our fire hammer squad is currently in a period of rapid growth, and I want to fight with my old brothers for a bit more. Maybe after another one and a half years, my strength won't be able to keep up with the squad's. And at that time, the squad is probably going to recruit new members. When that happens, I'll retire!".

Chen Gu was clear.....

Besides Luo Feng, the members of the fire hammer squad were quite old. With Luo Feng's astonishing rate of improvement... after another one and a half years, Chen Gu, Wei Qin, and Wei Tie probably can't keep up, so it'll be normal for them to retire.

"I heard from Luo Feng's parents that Luo Feng still hasn't returned. Is he still in the wilderness?" asked Chen Gu's wife.

"Hm, yeah" Chen Gu nodded.

"Isn't he trying too hard" Chen Gu's wife couldn't help but to sigh, "He should know when to stop. And the headquarter city is so peaceful and comfortable".

The headquarter city is comfortable, and it's free from the threat of monsters. Today's technology brings mankind various types of comfort.

As for the wilderness, danger lurks everywhere.

"What do you understand, if everyone just wanted to enjoy themselves, then how would mankind fight against monsters?" Chen Gu couldn't help but to scold, "It is because of the efforts of countless scientists and their painstaking work and, more importantly, the power of the Wargod fighters, and even the existences beyond the Wargods! Because of them, humans can peacefully live in headquarter cities!".

A headquarter city and the wilderness are practically two different worlds.

One is a comfortable, peaceful world.

One is a bloody world where danger lurks in all corners. In the wilderness, only the absolute elite, the 'fighters', can venture there.

"Oh yea, my wife, when Luo Feng's parents ask you again, you just tell them..... Luo Feng will be back soon" said Chen Gu.

"I understand" Chen Gu's wife nodded.

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Unlike the atmosphere of the headquarter city, a peak showdown was going on with two Wargods and three horde leaders in the northern outskirts of #003 city, a city with practically the largest amount of monsters in all of Europe and Asia.