He Mu went straight to the Red Mist Alliance after leaving the Lushu District. After exhausting his strength in the reaction room, he laid down into the resting cabin.
At that moment, it was already noon. This training session reduced the heavy feeling in his heart by a lot.
Looking at the roof of the resting cabin, some images couldn't help but surface in his mind.
It was more than 10 years ago…
At that time, he was four years old and his brother was 11.
That year, his father was temporarily drafted to the front. His big brother cried at the door of the house and pulled their father's hand to stop him from leaving.
Their father said that he had been on the front line before and had seen many tragedies in the troubled city.
The reason he had to go was because he didn't want to see his two sons and those children suffering in tragedy one day.
His big brother didn't understand and simply cried.
…
And right now, He Mu understood his father.
Just before he entered the resting cabin, he received a pop-up news on his phone.
It was about the breaking news in the Lushu District last night, and the content was concise and brief.
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In fact, since childhood, he had seen a lot of similar news.
Compared to previous news, the death of two ordinary people was already considered fortunate.
But in terms of psychological impact on He Mu, previous news was far less impactful than the two who died last night.
Maybe this was the difference between witnessing and just reading the cold numbers on the news.
His father had witnessed too many similar tragedies, so his mentality had changed.
He knew what those numbers really meant behind the scenes.
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At these thoughts, He Mu gradually fell into a deep sleep.
By the time he woke up, it was already evening, and there were two more messages in his phone.
The first was a message from the bank, indicating that 120,000 yuan had been transferred into his bank card. It was apparent that the amount came from Wei Lan.
The second message was from Uncle Li, asking him to go to him when he had time as he had something to say to him.
Seeing this second message, He Mu's spirit was instantly lifted!
He popped up like a spring, and without saying a word, he left the resting cabin and went straight to the Red Mist Bar.
What could Uncle Li be looking for me for? It has to be about going to Lingzhou City.
At this thought, before He Mu even physically entered the bar, his soul had already flown there.
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A few minutes later.
He Mu rushed into the bar. The bar was extraordinarily crowded at this point, bustling with noises. But fortunately, there was no one in front of the counter.
Uncle Li was behind the counter, bouncing his head to the music. His fat body trembled, and he looked to be in a good mood.
He Mu came to the counter swiftly.
Uncle Li twitched his brow upon seeing him, and said: "I heard from Wei Lan that you killed two Scythe Weasels last night, and their combat power was at least 30! Tell me, what happened? You can't wait to show off in front of me, right?"
After hearing Uncle Li's words, the joy in He Mu receded for the most part. But he still pretended to be calm and said: "I don't know; I got stronger naturally. Maybe because I haven't moved for years, and some mutation has happened?"
"Tsk, you're not honest, Kid! Forget it. I'm not interested in knowing why you're hiding your strength. I asked you to come mainly to tell you a message. Of course, you probably already know it."
Uncle Li beckoned with a somewhat joyful expression.
"What's the news?"
He Mu came a little closer.
"Do you have a cousin named Yu Chao?"
"Uh, yes, but I almost never interact with him, and I don't have his contact information. My aunt and uncle used to come to my house a few times to visit me."
He Mu answered truthfully.
Uncle Li laughed and said: "Your cousin came back to Nancheng yesterday. He is very successful now. He became the president of the student council of Capital University. Do you know what this means?"
"What does it mean?"
He Mu didn't understand. Although he knew that this status was considered the pinnacle among students, as for what exactly it meant, he wasn't particularly clear.
Because his big brother was a soldier, he usually paid more attention to things in the military. As for school functions, he didn't pay much attention to them.
"It means that he is likely to become the Lord of Hope in the future! The future Lord of Hope; the top big shot. You can ask him to do you a favor and send you to Lingzhou City, wouldn't that be a piece of cake? You won't even need my help anymore.
"Listen carefully. Do you hear a lot of people talking about this?"
He Mu listened and indeed there were a lot of comments.
Most of them were surprised at the possibility of a Lord of Hope appearing in the future in Nancheng, and expressed their admiration and pride in the process.
"What is the Lord of Hope?" He Mu asked.
Uncle Li was speechless.
"Do you know about Hope, one of the Three Divine Weapons?"
"I usually don't pay attention to them." He Mu shook his head, took out his phone, and was about to research it.
Uncle Li stopped him and said: "Forget it, I'll explain to you.
"Look. See that young man over there? He has a dagger made of monster bones beside him, right?"
"That's right." He Mu looked in the direction of his finger and saw a dagger as white as jade, which was worth a lot of money.
"That kind of dagger is harder than diamond and extremely strong. Do you know what the process to make this kind of dagger is?"
"I don't know."
"It was processed with stronger monster bone tools." Uncle Li said, pulling out a pitch-black ax from under the counter and placed it on top.
The counter shook abruptly and creaked to the unbearable load.
"Do you know how this stronger ax was made and processed?"
"I don't." He Mu shook his head, giving Uncle Li enough opportunity to show off.
"That was processed with even stronger monster bone tools."
He Mu listened in silence.
"There was a source for all this. We, humans, once killed super strong monsters, and their bones were incredibly heavy. The strength and hardness were amazing. With our human technological means, it is impossible to process them into the shape of weapons.
"But then the situation changed. Humans found a meteorite crater, from which they found three meteorite fragments. These three meteorite fragments probably came from the meteorite that hit the moon and somehow fell on our Chinese territory.
"Tsk, tsk. These three meteorite fragments were more powerful than the bones of super monsters. They were able to cut the bones of super monsters, after which the bones were made into all kinds of weapons.
"Later, these three meteorite fragments were named "Hope", "Heavenly Work", and "Absolute Pinnacle". We folk call it, the Three Divine Weapons."
Uncle Li slowly told, eyes full of yearning.
He Mu didn't say a word, waiting for him to continue.
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"Heavenly Work is the Three Divine Weapon used to make super powerful weapons. No one knows exactly what it looks like. Absolute Pinnacle is said to be a weapon itself, and what it looks like is also a secret. Only Hope, which has the length of an arm and is shaped like a short sword, but weighs over 100 tons, is known to us ordinary Red Mist Fighters.
"As you know, giant monsters are huge, and Hope is too small. Compared to Heavenly Work and Absolute Pinnacle, it is tiny. So more than a decade ago, the higher-ups simply defined Hope as a special symbol, with the strongest student of each class serving as its master, signifying hope for the future of China. That's when Hope was named for that."
"Over 100 tons? Is there a student who can use this kind of weapon?"
He Mu was a little surprised.
Uncle Li waved his hand.
"It was only a symbol. Even if one becomes the Lord of Hope, Hope is mostly placed in the school where the Lord of Hope is. Of course, no matter how small Hope is, it is still one of the Three Divine Weapons. Every year, the strong teachers are allowed to use it to craft a few bones to bring in billions of revenue.
"But no matter in whose hands, the nominal owner of Hope is the strongest student that year, which is a supreme honor for the student."
"And how is this strongest student defined?"
He Mu asked.
Uncle Li glanced at He Mu and said: "Every year, the major universities will jointly hold a famous school battle, sending the most outstanding students below the school's senior year to participate in the competition. They will list the ranking of all schools for the reference of high school graduates nationwide.
"The captain of the first ranked school will become the new Lord of Hope and bring Hope back to his or her school. And now, the battle for the top school has already been held for 10 years, during six of which the Lord of Hope has landed in the hands of the student body president of Capital University."
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After listening to this narrative, He Mu finally understood what concept the Lord of Hope was, and knew more about how huge this title really was.
Even if it was only possible in the future, it was still a figure of great importance in China.
But for some reason, He Mu wasn't very eager to go to this cousin for help.
Because people had feelings.
The cousin must know about He Mu's big brother's accident, but he hadn't contacted He Mu since the beginning.
Not only that, but it was also impossible that He Mu's aunts and uncles, as people of Nancheng, didn't know about the accident. They also didn't contact Hu Mu, let alone come to their home.
It was as if… after his big brother got into the accident, they had nothing to do with his family.
Is it because today's public opinion is blaming my big brother, so they don't want to get involved with us?
He Mu didn't want to think in this direction and had no choice but to guess.
After a moment of silence, he lifted his head and squeezed out a smile, saying: "Uncle Li, if you can, please continue to help me think of other ways."
"Huh? Why don't you want to conveniently cozy up to someone so powerful?"
Uncle Li said in amazement.
He Mu's face was filled with calmness. He responded: "Uncle Li, look, you know him better than I do. I don't know anything about him becoming the president of the student council of Capital University and his return, but you do. How do you think I should ask him for help in this situation?""
Uncle Li listened and was slightly stunned. He was also someone who had seen and felt a lot of the hypocrisy of the world and human warmth. He quickly realized the meaning in He Mu's words and couldn't help but sigh deeply.
"I understand what you mean, He Mu. I'll think of another way. Don't be discouraged, your combat power isn't low. It won't take long before I find a way to send you to Lingzhou City!"