After returning to the base, with the world being destroyed behind him, a woman blocked his path.
"This… this is…" Xiao Yu spoke in a trembling voice, her eyes filled with disbelief.
Ray walked up to her and raised her chin, forcing her to look into his eyes.
"What is it?"
"I… I… nothing," she hurriedly said, avoiding his gaze, which seemed to contain endless divine light.
"Haha."
He shook his head with a laugh, then walked away without a care for her.
Watching Ray's fleeting back, a trace of confusion flashed in Xiao Yu's eyes.
"What does he want from me?"
Over the past month, she had wandered through this place, silently observing its prosperity. Much of what she saw remained beyond her understanding, but the ever-present smiles on people's faces and their unwavering devotion to Ray left her inevitably shocked.
Whenever she inquired about him, she was met with an endless flood of stories about his heroic deeds—so much so that even she found it a little annoying.
