Max Level Return—I'll Protect That Fragile One

Huo Wen’an accepted the wine glass, smelled it first, and praised, ”Very mellow, I didn’t realize you had a talent for winemaking.”

”I have many talents.” Xu Xingguang couldn’t help feeling a bit proud, she told Huo Wen’an, ”I’ve been a chef, a craftsman, an aerial combatant, commander of the interstellar army, and even went to the countryside to teach...”

”You can’t imagine what I’ve been through.”

Huo Wen’an really couldn’t imagine it, he asked Xu Xingguang, ”When you reincarnate through one world after another, do you hate it?”

”Of course I hate it, especially when I’m deep in the mire and can’t climb out, when there’s no redemption, I hate the heavens even more.”

That night, the sea breeze was enticing, the stars were dreamy, and Xu Xingguang felt the urge to confide her past to someone.

She leaned on Huo Wen’an’s shoulder and, for the first time, voluntarily talked to him about her incredible experiences. Listening to her narration, Huo Wen’an felt as if he was right there with her, experiencing the sweet and bitter flavors of life.

”I remember the worst time, when I was commanding interstellar warriors on an expedition to a Wandering Planet. Due to a misjudgment by the tech reconnaissance department, our entire army was trapped on the barren planet. The plants there were the highest beings, they had mutations and their own thoughts. I watched helplessly as they devoured my subordinates, spitting out nothing but bones, and I could do nothing.”

”That time, the two thousand subordinates I led were almost completely wiped out. It was my first time facing such a devastating loss, and I felt the fragility of life and deeply realized my helplessness and insignificance.”

”Brother A Zui, never think you are invincible just because you have some abilities,” Xu Xingguang said, ”It’s always right to hold a sense of awe towards the world.”

Huo Wen’an deeply resonated with this. ”I agree with your view, when a person thinks they’re invincible, that’s when their bad luck begins.”

”I always forgot to ask, what about the necklace tattoo on your wrist?” When Huo Wen’an woke up in the afternoon, he noticed the tattoo on Xu Xingguang’s wrist was gone, but he hadn’t had the time to ask in detail.

”Speaking of which, I have something to tell you.” After pondering all afternoon, Xu Xingguang finally decided to inform Huo Wen’an about the appearance of Mo Xiao. ”I met a super strong figure from the Otherworld in Siwei Town today.”

Upon hearing this, Huo Wen’an’s pupils slightly contracted, he asked in astonishment, ”What?”

”His name is Mo Xiao, a super strong figure living on the Holy Spirit Continent, and he is a close friend of my older brother.” Xu Xingguang explained the matter of Mo Xiao and the Holy Spirit Continent to Huo Wen’an in detail, also telling him about the relationship between the Reincarnation Mirror and Mo Xiao.

After patiently listening, Huo Wen’an felt his worldview shattered and reassembled.

”So you’re saying that your forced reincarnation was not an accident, but the will of the world?” Huo Wen’an asked Xu Xingguang, ”What do you think the crisis that figure spoke of is?”

”I haven’t figured it out yet. I discussed it carefully with your father at noon while you were sleeping.” Xu Xingguang turned to ask Huo Wen’an, ”Where do you think Huo Wei sent you to fight?”

Huo Wen’an frowned deeply.

He said, ”You may find it absurd, but I think that battlefield is probably not in this world.”

Xu Xingguang smiled, ”What a coincidence, I think so too.”

Upon knowing Xu Xingguang shared the same thought with him, Huo Wen’an’s eyes brightened.

”Don’t you think my idea is ridiculous?” He gazed up at the starry sky, murmuring, ”This world is just so big, where do you think it might be?”

Xu Xingguang suddenly said, ”Before I came, I specifically watched ’Truman’s World’ carefully once.”

Huo Wen’an was taken aback, ”Truman’s World?”

Remembering how Xu Xingguang had discussed this movie with him on the phone recently.

Xu Xingguang wouldn’t pay so much attention to a movie for no reason. Clearly, there was information in the movie that caught her attention.

Huo Wen’an, being a very smart person, pieced together what Xu Xingguang said tonight and suddenly had a ridiculous and absurd idea pop up in his mind.

”You don’t mean to think that...” Huo Wen’an suddenly looked up, staring at the starry sky above him, his heart pounding.

An answer, ready to emerge.

”Huo Wen’an.” Xu Xingguang smiled bitterly and told Huo Wen’an, ”The old man told me that the battlefield where you were detained, is in a place called the Divine Martial Realm. The organization behind the ’Corpse Centipede’ biochemical weapon is called the ’Annihilation Sect,’ and their commander’s code name is ’Christopher.’”

”In ’Truman’s World,’ the old director who created the reality show starring Truman and created Peach Blossom Island, was named Christopher.”

”Huo Wen’an.” Xu Xingguang gently held Huo Wen’an’s hand, gazing at the night sky, her voice trembling as she said, ”The world we live in is a prison, an Arcadia. Perhaps there is also an unseen eye, secretly watching us from somewhere mysterious.”

Huo Wen’an was covered in goosebumps.