Chapter 125 Revisit the Old Home

The fighter jet entered the Federation's airspace.

The air defense radar detected the emblem on the fighter and quickly contacted the Joint Defense Center. After confirming the identities of the personnel on board, it immediately lifted the air raid alert.

Li Tianran felt a sense of emotional complexity. This was his first return to the Federation since his uproar in the Western Xinjiang Military Region. He had once been a wanted criminal pursued by the world and with a bounty on his head from the Federation. Now, his identity was that of humanity's Sword Holder, its highest combat power.

It felt somewhat like returning home in glory.

The grievances between the Federation and Li Tianran had, in fact, been slowly dissolving through countless joint commands and battles fought side-by-side. Since Zhang Shoucheng's death, in the face of the threat to the survival of the entire race, both Li Tianran and the Federation had abandoned their previous animosity.

Of course, Li Tianran's combat power and influence were now far greater than before, but more importantly... they were all fighting for human civilization, comrades-in-arms in the same camp.

Now, Li Tianran, as the leader of the entire human military, was returning to the Federation, which was of great significance. If it weren't for the war, the entire Federation would probably hold a grand welcoming ceremony.

However, Li Tianran had given prior instructions not to disturb too many people. The news of his return was limited to a few high-ranking officials in the Federation.

He didn't particularly enjoy being the center of attention, and besides, the Federation was currently focused on reconstruction and recovery, and he didn't want to affect the progress because of himself.

The fighter jet began to descend. Through the radar screen, Li Tianran saw the dilapidated ruins below.

The once-beautiful cities had now been turned into ruins by the ravages of war.

Most of the artistic, millennia-old buildings, pavilions, towers, and grand palaces had finally turned to dust in the tide of beasts, replaced by deep gray, heavy, and aesthetically unpleasing high walls of shelters.

Cannons stood densely on the high walls.

These high walls were both a defense line against the invasion of the beast tide and a cage to keep humanity captive.

Who knew when humanity would be able to tear down these high walls and freely run across this land again...

"Your mood is somewhat low..." Nila Song's voice suddenly rang out. It could sense the changes in Li Tianran's emotions and said softly, "Are you feeling sorrow for the fate of your race?"

"Actually, the situation of humans is already quite good. They have buildings to live in, clothes to keep warm, and food to eat..."

"Compared to our former situation, this is almost paradise."

Li Tianran remained silent.

Every powerful race may have had a difficult and unbearable time long ago! And every seemingly weak race on the verge of extinction may grow to an extremely terrifying level in the future.

Never give up hope at any time.

This is the pillar that supports a race to continue.

...

The fighter jet swept across the sky and soon arrived over Nancheng.

Nancheng was not a major military town or a prosperous metropolis in the past, so it did not suffer too much pressure after the full outbreak of the beast tide.

A small shelter stood in the former city center, and outside the shelter was a vast wilderness.

During the reconstruction work, due to the large shortage of resources, the garrison in Nancheng had to collect steel, stone, and wood from the ruins of the former city, and collect and re-smelt the remains of the buildings.

They collected most of the ruins of a city to build the current shelter.

There were no smooth runways here. The fighter jet landed vertically on a vacant wilderness. The horizon ahead was slightly undulating, with outlines of some ruined houses.

That was Li Tianran's old home, the township where the farm was located!

The hatch popped open, and Nila Song and Li Tianran walked down. They didn't exchange any words and walked straight towards the dilapidated houses.

The ground was still covered with a large amount of black scorched earth, marks left by artillery fire.

"This used to be a vegetable field..." Li Tianran suddenly stopped, standing in front of a shell crater, pointing forward, his eyes full of memories: "In the past, every March and April, the rapeseed flowers here would bloom very brightly, like a golden ocean."

"Han Han loved this place. Whenever the rapeseed flowers bloomed, she would pester me to take her here to play, draw pictures, take photos..."

The corners of Li Tianran's mouth turned up, as if he saw a little girl in front of a golden sea of flowers, using her clumsy painting skills to record her favorite scene.

"It's just that I was very busy at that time. The pressure of life and love was great, so I rarely had time to take her around. The rapeseed flowers bloom for thirty days a year, and I probably didn't spend more than three days playing here with her!"

"I always told her... next year, next year I will spend a few more days playing with you, and she was very sensible and foolishly believed what I casually promised."

Li Tianran's voice was very relaxed, but Nila Song could feel that his emotional fluctuations were very large, with sadness, reminiscence, and... regret.

Nila Song was very clear that the reason why Li Tianran's emotions were so low was not simply because he didn't take Han Han to play in this rapeseed field for a few more days, but because he regretted the lack of companionship he had given Han Han back then.

The rapeseed flower field was just one of the more memorable points.

Besides it, perhaps Li Tianran had also promised her to go to amusement parks, swimming pools, fly kites...

He had promised them all, but he may not have done them.

And now he wanted to make up for it, but he couldn't.

Han Han was gone.

Li Tianran looked at this desolate wilderness, and he suddenly felt his eyes starting to heat up and ache, and an uncontrollable, extremely strong feeling of sadness surged up wildly.

Yes, Han Han was gone!

His only relative had disappeared from this world!

That mischievous, clumsy little girl who always pestered him had completely left this world!

On Crazy Breath Island, there was only her body.

Although he kept telling himself that maybe there would be a miracle in the future, maybe in the future, Han Han's consciousness would be born and awakened in this body.

Maybe he could see his sister in the future.

But he knew that he was lying to himself!

Han Han's consciousness had been completely destroyed, and she would never come back. Even if he forcibly instilled memories into her body in the future, he would not get the person he was familiar with, not to mention that Nila Song would never allow Li Tianran to do this.

Unless... start a war.

During this time, whenever Li Tianran saw Han Han staring at him with the eyes of a stranger, his heart felt like it was being cut by a knife.

He was the King of Crazy Breath Island, the leader of mankind, so he would not expose his fragile side in front of his subordinates.

But now, he was alone with Nila Song, and he no longer needed any pretense.

He looked at this familiar land, already covered in tears.

Li Tianran turned around, his expression twisted with anger like a bull, staring at Nila Song, and said word by word: "Why did you send her to my side?"

"Since you sent her to my side, why did you take her away from me again?"

"Fuck your mother..."

Li Tianran looked like he was going crazy, grabbing Nila Song's collar and roaring madly.

"I fuck your mother!"