Five days ago.
Wang Dama personally came to give Jiang Yuan a lesson.
At that time, the entire second team was present.
The first lesson she taught Jiang Yuan was the basic qualities of a disguise agent.
That is——
'Don't let your teammates' sacrifices become cheap and ridiculous!'
When facing danger, if your teammates come to save you, it's fine if you can defeat the enemy together. But if you can't even defeat them together, then you must run, abandon your teammates and escape as fast as possible, escape, escape, and escape!
Never think about being impulsive and dying together with your teammates. This is indeed a good and rare quality, but it doesn't apply to disguise agents.
At that time, Chi Zhongyue spoke to Jiang Yuan very seriously for the first time——
'If one day I'm in danger to save you, I hope you do your best to escape as quickly as possible. If you look back, I won't be moved by it, but will die with everlasting regret.'
Xiao Fengyu had his arm around Jiang Yuan's shoulder and pointed at his own nose, saying——
'Brother, and me. If I ever have that day, let me die for you. Don't let my death end up being embarrassing and unworthy, and I don't want my death and my choice to become a joke. Promise me, okay?'
After that...
Hu Zhengfeng, Wang Rou, and Lin Le all said the same.
That day.
Jiang Yuan's mood was very heavy.
It was also that day that he truly understood how heavy the responsibility of being a 'disguise agent' really was.
On a small scale, a disguise agent is cultivated by an entire team, or even a group, or a branch, who have spent all their energy and a massive amount of financial and material resources. Once they die, the loss is enormous.
On a larger scale.
If this disguise agent happens to hold an important position in a demon organization, as long as they can be taken down, countless people can be freed from the sea of suffering caused by demons.
Once exposed or even killed, not to mention the loss of financial, material, and human resources, how many people will continue to be controlled by demonic power, eventually sacrificing their bodies and souls as nourishment for demons?
On an even larger scale, the existence of every disguise agent is related to the future of all humanity.
So when Xiao Fengyu used his life to buy Jiang Yuan less than ten seconds to escape, and said 'Don't let his choice become a joke'.
Jiang Yuan's heart felt like it was being cut by a knife, but he resolutely fled the scene.
If he had hesitated for even half a second, the sword qi from a First Grade Initial Rank powerhouse that followed might have torn him apart, or maybe he wouldn't have died.
Because there was also Lin Le beside him, who would have unhesitatingly stood in front of Jiang Yuan to block for him with his own body.
But if he couldn't block it, Jiang Yuan would have to bear the next sword qi. Even if he didn't die then, he would definitely be left with a lifelong disability, completely to the profession of a disguise agent. The sacrifices of the two people in front and the efforts of the second team would all be in vain.
The mysterious man and woman had now been controlled.
But they weren't killed.
Their hands and feet were gone, especially the woman, with pieces of meat with bones scattered all around her.
Everyone from the second team, as well as Wang Dama, had come to Xiao Fengyu on the ground at some point, forming a circle around him. Everyone was silent.
Xiao Fengyu still hadn't died, because even now, from the incident to now, it had only been a little over three minutes.
However, although Xiao Fengyu wasn't dead, it was only because the remaining power of redemption was maintaining his last bit of life.
Saving him... was impossible.
Xiao Fengyu's mouth was still foaming with blood, but very little.
His pupils began to, but he still stubbornly scanned everyone's faces, as if trying to remember their faces more deeply.
No one else was crying, except for Lin Le's intermittent sobs. His chubby face was now covered with tears, blood, and snot, filled with extreme grief.
In the entire second team, he and Xiao Fengyu had the best relationship. After all, the others were either older or girls, and only he got along best with Xiao Fengyu.
Most of these Awakened Ones had no family, no friends, no relatives.
Especially Xiao Fengyu, although he was saving Jiang Yuan, he was actually saving him too.
At that moment, he hated himself more than ever, hating why he hadn't trained harder. If... if he could be stronger...
"You fat bastard, what are you crying for... I'm not dead yet..."
Xiao Fengyu finally couldn't stand it anymore. Enduring his weakness, he scolded with a smile: "Don't let your greasy tears drip on my face and ruin my handsome face..."
"Live well in the future..."
But Lin Le cried even harder. This twenty-something fat man now looked as helpless as a child.
Xiao Fengyu was silent for a few seconds, then stopped scolding him. Finally, he fixed his gaze on Jiang Yuan.
He forced a handsome smile and said something, but because Lin Le was crying so loudly, no one could hear clearly.
'Bang——'
A small foot in a beautiful white shoe kicked Lin Le several meters away. Lin Le's crying stopped abruptly.
Looking up, they saw Chi Zhongyue looking expressionless at Jiang Yuan, gesturing as if to say 'You continue'.
Jiang Yuan finally heard Xiao Fengyu's words clearly.
"Jiang Yuan, I'm very grateful that you kept your promise to me, making my choice valuable."
Xiao Fengyu started with this sentence, his expression becoming even weaker, his pupils more.
His voice was very, very soft, but it gently floated into Jiang Yuan's ears.
"If you want to avenge me, then work hard to become stronger and pass on more information about demon organizations..."
"I can't count on that fat bastard, so it's up to you to avenge me..."
"Finally..."
"Actually, I'm the most handsome man in our third group. Are you willing to admit that?"
His pupils surprisingly focused when he said this, looking at Jiang Yuan with expectation.
Tears rolled down Jiang Yuan's cheeks, but his throat felt blocked. He wanted to speak, but couldn't say a word.
In the end, he just nodded heavily, very seriously.
Xiao Fengyu showed a very satisfied and proud expression.
This expression was permanently frozen on his blood-stained face.
Xiao Fengyu died.
They had only known each other for less than eleven days.
But he was like a long-burning lamp above Jiang Yuan's heart, radiating light that illuminated the rest of Jiang Yuan's life.
It was the light emanating from him, his calm acceptance of death to let Jiang Yuan live, his joy when he saw that his sacrifice had Jiang Yuan's survival, and how he had Jiang Yuan's shoulders like a brother and drank with him...
It was also how he got up earlier than Jiang Yuan and went to bed later, arranging Jiang Yuan's daily training plan, being both a teacher and a friend.
All of this illuminated Jiang Yuan's path forward, allowing him to see another different world beneath the veil.
It also allowed Jiang Yuan to see responsibility, commitment, promises, sacrifice, and fearlessness.
In this world that is dirty to the core, there is always a pure land where light blooms.
In this dark place where no light can be seen, even if evil pervades the heavens and earth, and demons walk among humans.
There will always be a few warriors, scarred and bleeding, stepping through mountains of knives and seas of fire, stubbornly and heroically declaring——
As long as evil cannot completely devour the light, even if we hide like rats in the sewers every day, one day, we will change the world!