Chapter 37: Going Home

At the moment when the world shattered, it was as if everyone had a dream, a short but long dream.

There are no pictures in the dream, only some indescribable feelings.

It's like going through a mental journey without a picture in a dream.

From the beginning of the day of panic, to the anticipation and joy of seeing hope, to the extreme joy of further success, the nostalgia for calm and peaceful happiness, the sudden and repeated panic and cowering, the helplessness of being at a loss, the pain of making up your mind, and finally the sweetness, happiness and happiness. It's just a simple emotional feeling, but everyone who dreams feels like they've experienced it personally.

It wasn't until I woke up from the dream that I realized that time had only passed for a moment, and all the changes around me had just ended.

The dust was all over the sky, and the blood-mist-filled space was shattered one by one, revealing the clear night sky and the undulating wheat waves with the wind, as well as the stone pillar boundary monuments and border sentry posts lit in the distance, and everything familiar let people know that everyone is finally back, back to the familiar world, back to the normal town.

Back in the wilderness outside the town, the fresh night breeze replaced the foul air of another world, the chirping of insects replaced the sticky sound of pustules bursting and tentacles wriggling, and everything was like a dream except for the contaminated mutants who had turned into corpses.

No, it's not a dream.

At least the huge Roshan is still there, although it is a little far away from the crowd, but Roshan is still entrenched on the surface of the ground waving its tentacles, and the Babu has not come back yet, and all you can see is Roshan itself.

What about Little Babu? At this time, the high-level people in the town who knew about it reacted, and looked at Monica with some concern, although it had only been a few days, but even a blind person could see that Monica's attitude towards Little Babu was very unusual, and this time it was the person who supported Little Babu's request, and now seeing that Babu never came back, everyone couldn't help but glance at her, lest she do something irrational.

But no.

Of course, Monica is not irrational, she has already been fooled once, she doesn't want to be sprayed for the second time and be knocked away by the way, she would rather wait so far away. Sure enough, within a few seconds, Roshan was tumbling, and Babu, who was covered in slime, was spit out again.

But only him, no Anna.

Monica had a bad feeling in her heart, and she wanted to drive the surrounding townspeople away as soon as possible, but it was too late.

Roshan's body, which spit out Babu, suddenly twitched, and then quickly shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye, shrinking from a Roshan covering an area of hundreds of square meters to a gently soft little girl, and a little girl in clothes.

The little thing sniffed on the ground, then used its hands and feet together, crawled to Babu's side, and got into Babu's arms, and the two slimy people just squeezed together, making the people around them feel double the visual impact.

There were a few metal clashes, and the long sword came out of its sheath.

From a monster to a human, such a strange scene made the soldiers of the garrison subconsciously pull out their weapons, especially their captain Gauss, with the shield in front and the sword behind him, approaching the two people on the ground step by step.

With a "snap", the whip slammed into the ground in front of several of the guards, and Monica jumped over everyone's heads, blocking in front of Babu and Anna, facing the two of them with her unsuspecting back, facing everyone in front of her, her face gloomy and silent.

"Captain Monica, think about what you're doing, you saw it just now, she's, she's ......" Even at this time, Gauss still maintained a strict honorific, he pointed to Anna who was arching in Babu's arms, hesitated for a moment, and then gritted his teeth and said, "She's a monster." She was adopted inexplicably more than ten years ago, and no one knows where she came from, but everyone sees her pitiful, and no one has any intention of delving into it, but, but she has become a monster, and she has killed so many people just now, do you still want to protect her? ”

"I don't know if she's a monster or not, I don't know what's going on, but I know one thing." Monica clenched her fists and said with a straight face, "If it weren't for Babu's insistence on risking his life just now, if the war was finally lost, everyone here, regardless of men, women, young and old, would have died." Even if it succeeds in the end, at least half of the remaining fifty-three people in your garrison will be polluted into monsters during the battle, and the other half, less than one-third will survive after the battle, and as for the remaining more than 4,000 non-combatants, I can't count how many will be polluted to death. ”

Monica gritted her teeth and spoke word by word slowly, not loudly, but Gauss, who was opposite her, pursed her mouth tightly and couldn't say a word.

"It can be said that Babu's efforts have saved everyone, including you and me, and the town of Sol has to accept his love from top to bottom, but what about you? What are you going to do? I haven't figured out anything yet, just because I saw it...... Saw some ...... Vision, a crowd of people surrounded him, intending to attack his sister? Isn't it ashamed that if he wants to stop it, you will attack him together? ”

"Maybe you have your point, but everyone saw that she ...... In fact, it's a monster. Gauss pointed to Anna in Babu's arms, "I don't want to act like nothing happened, and continue to live together day and night like before." But everyone has seen it, she, she's that monster, maybe there may be something inside, but in any case, letting them go alone will make the neighbors panic, I'm the head of the garrison, and I'm responsible for the safety of the whole town. ”

As Gauss said, more and more townsfolk came back to their senses and surrounded Babu and Anna with the obvious attitude that they would never be allowed to come near the town again.

"You're in charge of a fart, if you want to be responsible, why did you go just now?" Monica was not affectionate at all, and a few words made Gauss's face flush, "How were you responsible when Babu was on a solo adventure just now?" You ......"

Monica stopped suddenly, and she realized that her hand was being held, and she knew who it was by the slimy feeling on her hand. Sure enough, when he looked down, he found that Babu was holding her hand, preventing her from continuing to speak.

"You're awake." Monica's voice was noticeably lowered, and her face softened, "Well, there's nothing wrong with your body." ”

"Actually, I haven't been unconscious, I've just been lying down and watching the excitement." Babu squeezed Monica's hand hard, "Everything you did...... Thank you, but no, let me do it, from the beginning, I was mentally prepared, and I think, in fact, from the moment she had to ask me for help, she should have been mentally prepared. ”

As she spoke, Babu stood up with the pull of her hand, patted Monica on the shoulder, leaned into her ear and whispered thank you, before turning to face Gauss, or all the people in the town, and rubbing the little guy's slimy hair vigorously, which raised his voice.

"What you're seeing is the truth, I don't really know what this little guy is, but it's not human. But I'd rather call her a neutral term like a stranger than a monster, because she's always had the slightest ill will toward Thor, or towards you. ”

"Ten years ago, she wanted to sneak into Thor Town to live in the image of a baby, but she happened to meet a real monster, ah, it was the huge cloud you saw just now, and that monster also had a plot against Thor Town, so without the knowledge of the people in the town at that time, she cooperated with humans to defeat the monster and ushered in a stable life for Thor Town for ten years. From then on, she became my sister, and we lived together in the town of Saul. ”

"Ten years have been fine, but not so long ago, the monster returned. In order to repay the feelings of humans fighting side by side with her ten years ago, she took the initiative to block the monster from the edge, but unfortunately the gap in strength is difficult to make up, she is not the opponent of the monster, she can only ask for help like a human, well, that is, ask me for help. So I cooperated with her just now, and I have defeated the monster that fused with the node again, and it is estimated that it will not be possible to come back in a few years or ten years. ”

Babu only said a few words, and it caused an uproar in the crowd, and everyone was whispering for a while, and even forgot that Babu, who was supposed to be the focus of attention, even Monica, couldn't help but tug at the corner of his clothes, and asked in a low voice: "Is this the case, she told you everything just now?" ”

"Nope." Babu maintained a serious expression and replied in a very low voice, "I basically made it up. ”

"Hey, be careful of being beaten if you talk nonsense." Monica shook her fist.

"No kidding this time, she can't speak, how could she tell me such a complicated thing, I really made it up, or it should be described as speculation." Babu explained in a low voice, "I guess my speculation shouldn't be too different, but I'm still lying, an outlier like her, even if you are a marginal traveler, you may not meet one in your life, well, right, so how can it be such a coincidence, it just so happened that Thor Town met two at a time?" I guess they were hostile before, but this kid is stupid, and he has always been at a disadvantage, and he has been chased and killed all the way. ”

Little Anna had been lying obediently on Babu's chest, and at this time she didn't know what to remember, when suddenly there was a burst of kicks and kicks with teeth and claws, and Babu had to coax for a long time before she could barely let the little guy quiet down.

"Dead boy, you two can still laugh." The two of them didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, but Monica lowered her voice and said dissatisfiedly, "Do you know that if you continue, those guys may want to ...... you"

"Get out of town, of course I do." Babu sighed and said lightly, "I can guess the nature of people, so I said at the beginning that we were mentally prepared before we did this. ”

"Babu, in fact, the dream we had is the experience you just talked about, the relationship she has experienced in the past ten years, right? It's hard to believe intellectually, but with the feeling of a dream, we want to believe that what you say is true. ”

Before Babu could finish speaking, the mayor, with his head shiny, spoke.

"However, it is one thing to believe, and it is another thing to do it, she is not a human after all, but a murderer...... Alien, we can't let her stay in the town, that would be irresponsible to the whole town. I hate to say that either, but as the mayor of Thor, I have to take responsibility, and I must say that for the safety of the whole town, we can't let you stay. ”

Babu didn't speak, just shrugged his shoulders noncommittally and rubbed Anna's hair. Just such a small action, the thousands of people present sighed silently, although they had been mentally prepared, but they really experienced it, and their feelings were inevitably a little complicated.

"That's what I have to say as a mayor." Before Babu could say anything, Mayor Mare surprised everyone to continue, "But as a human being, I want to say something else. ”

The mayor hesitated for a long time, apparently very entangled, before finally turning around and choosing to turn his back to Babu and face the majority of the townspeople.

"As a human being, as a human being, I think Monica was right. Without the two of them, none of us would have survived today. And what are we doing? We're kicking our savior out of town, and we've just been rescued before we're about to push our savior to his death. For the sake of the safety of the town of Thor, for the sake of everyone's wishes, I can say the same thing, but I also want to ask you as a human being, is this really your will? Are you really willing to do such a thing? ”

"Elders of the town, fellow villagers, O children of Sol Town, Bab Shisol, Anna also grew up in the town, how many people here have watched them grow up? It's true that these two children have a bit of a problem, but after all, they are also children of Sol Town, can they still harm everyone? Think about it, fellow villagers, I hope you will think about it carefully, and I hope that you will put aside your prejudices and fears, and accept that Babu and Anna will continue to live in the town, they have saved our lives, and they are not enemies. ”

"And me." Gauss also stepped forward, standing straight behind the mayor, his voice resolute and powerful, "Captain Monica was right just now, my actions are worthy of the glory of a warrior, ungrateful, this is not what a warrior should do. As the captain of the garrison, I also hope that everyone will seriously consider the mayor's words, if you are really not at ease, I can promise you that if you join them to do anything to hurt everyone, I, Gauss, will definitely fight with my life to stop them, but before they do that, I hope you can give these two young children some trust, as before, let them live with everyone. ”

For a while, the words of the two made everyone stunned, especially Babu, extreme surprise had occupied all his expressions, and his mind was now full of questions, and he didn't understand why the two of them made such a choice, so he could only look blankly at the two who made up their minds and Monica who bit her lip and was full of joy.

It wasn't until the townsfolk had made their choice with their actions, some familiar or bold, who came over and said a few words of thanks, and then turned around and walked towards the town, while others, though they did not come closer, muttered and left one after another, and more and more people left, and soon, there was no one in the way of Babu and Anna.

"This kind of ...... We haven't made this kind of mental preparation. Looking at Monica, who had been by her side, Babu suddenly lifted Anna and carried her on her shoulders, only raising her volume to calm down some strange tones, "These guys don't act according to common sense, it's so annoying." Let's go, let's ignore the annoying guys, let's go home. ”