Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
It was a quiet night.
A person was walking along the mountain trail. He was walking slowly. When his feet touched the ground, no sound was made. He was like a spirit.
A man stood at the end of the trail. He was looking below him.
The two of them saw each other.
The man at the end of the trail laughed. “As expected of Bai Ye.”
Lu Zhan stepped on the stairs and walked toward the man. There was a box in his hand.
The man’s eyes lit up. The supernatural power crystal. This was the supernatural power crystal… he was elated. He reached out and made to take the box.
Lu Zhan pulled the box close to him.
The man didn’t manage to grab it.
“Give me the money and I’ll give you the box.”
The man didn’t get angry. He took out his cellphone and sent a message. Lu Zhan’s cellphone sounded soon after.
Lu Zhan checked the amount and made sure that it was right. Then, he threw the box over.
He left soon after.
“Bai Ye.” The man stopped him. “Are you really not going to consider joining us?”
“No,” Lu Zhan said, “I don’t like to listen to other people.”
He was Lu Zhan. He was Bai Ye too.
He was forsaken the moment he was born. He felt that he might never know the reason why he was abandoned even after he died.
Maybe the people who abandoned him wanted him to have a surname so they left the word “Lu” in his swaddling clothes.
The name “Zhan” was given to him because he was able to defeat a thousand people.
His godfather gave him this name.
His godfather was a mutant mercenary.
Mutant mercenaries only accepted missions that were related to other mutants. No matter what the mission was, they would take it if the other party could pay the price.
His godfather treated him very well. He taught him how to use his supernatural power and taught him martial arts.
Lu Zhan still remembered the first mission he took.
It was to kill a mutant.
During the winter on his 14th birthday.
It was snowing heavily.
The blood tainted the white snow. He looked at the mutant as he took his last breath.
He was only scared and agitated when he killed the mutant. After that, he was exceptionally calm.
He did what his godfather taught him and disposed of the body. He destroyed all the evidence too.
His godfather said that he was a natural.
He didn’t feel any emotion.
He was just a person walking in the dark.
His godfather died when he was 15 years old. He was not killed by anyone. He died of old age.
His godfather asked him to not carve anything on his tombstone.
No one would remember the names of people like them. Hence, there was no need to carve their names.
He kneeled in front of the tombstone for an entire night.
The next day, he left the place where he stayed with his godfather. He never returned.
He went to school to study because one of the mission required him to do it. However, after the mission ended, he continued to stay there.
He didn’t know why.
He met Jiang Le and his friends by accident… or maybe it wasn’t an accident.
Jiang Le and his friends were a noisy bunch of people. On the other hand, he liked to act alone. Yet, for some reason, he was able to attend lessons with them and played games together…
A while later, he met that girl.
She was just an ordinary person, but she couldn’t be affected by his supernatural power.
Her attitude toward supernatural power was weird too. She seemed indifferent about it.
He was shocked to see her at the Mountain and Sea Gang. However, they didn’t have much interaction before this so he just left after warning her.
Who knew that the entire Mountain and Sea Gang would be destroyed after that.
Of course…
His mission went down the drain.
He didn’t know why he took the missions regarding the supernatural power crystal.
Did he want the crystal or did he like the money this mission gave him?
He knew that the Supernatural Power Administration organized a competition every year. During that time, most of the mutants would not be at the headquarters.
The time of the event was different every year, but he managed to find out the date.
Thus, he chose to act during this time.
He succeeded.
But…
He was unlucky.
A mutant saw him and chased after him. He thought that he was dead. He dragged his injured body to the house he used to stay in with his godfather.
He couldn’t tell what he was feeling.
He stayed at the house for a long time.
People in his industry were at risk all the time.
He was on the brink of death many times, but he managed to pull through all by himself.
He felt his energy dwindling.
This time…
He might really die.
Using the last of his strength, he called Jiang Le.
He didn’t know what he said but when he woke up, Jiang Le and his friends were surrounding him.
He saw her too.
She didn’t say anything.
He knew that she had subdued all the people that were hiding around the area. He didn’t know how she did it.
That time, he had a strange feeling.
This girl…
Was hard to understand.
She smiled at everyone. If you gave her some snacks, she would agree to any request you made.
When he graduated from high school and was filling up the university form, he was confused. Why was he doing this?
His hand was never meant to hold a pen.
He heard the conversations beside him. Jiang Le was asking her what university she wrote. He seemed to have followed what she wrote.
Hence, when Jiang Le walked over, he copied his form.
He told himself that he was just lazy.
With his results, he could get into any university.
Also, he never thought about finding a normal job after graduating from university.
During the meal, he saw the man who always fetched her after school. He was handsome…
Yu Shen.
Even the name sounded nice.
The rest of her life…
She always appeared nonchalant in school. Besides snacks, nothing was able to catch her interest.
However, he noticed that she was patient toward the man.
Was he jealous?
Wait…
Lu Zhan didn’t know what this feeling was. He was irritated.
He managed to get into the same university as her. Besides Luo Yi, everyone was present. They still hung out with each other.
The only difference was Zhuang Mengmeng.
She treated the girl very well, so well that some people thought that they were gay. But, Yu Shen would still fetch her after school and Zhuang Mengmeng had a boyfriend too. The rumors were disproven.
One day, he met Zhuang Mengmeng.
He couldn’t control himself and asked her a question.
“Why does she like you?”
“Probably because… I can cook.”
This was Zhuang Mengmeng’s answer.
This was an unexpected answer. Yet, it was reasonable. She was like this. You couldn’t treat her like a normal person.
When he received Jiang Le’s call, he was completing an important mission.
“Brother Zhan… Yinyin has left.”
Lu Zhan looked at the blood on the ground. He was in a daze. “Where did she go?”
“Heaven, maybe.”
“Oh.” There was no other emotion in his voice. He seemed to be talking about an unfamiliar person.
Jiang Le was sobbing on the other end of the phone. He said many things.
Lu Zhan listened to him quietly. He still remembered the last time he saw her. It was at Yu Shen’s funeral.
The funeral was very simple. She stood quietly at the side. He didn’t know whether she was sad or not.
Lu Zhan hung up. He looked at Venus.
His hand was never meant to hold a pen. He was just someone walking in the darkness.