As Ren Jie, Lu Chen and others stepped forward, more and more people raised their hands to express their intention to stay.
Not only all the members of the Divine Demon Warriors, but also Chu Sheng, Han Yanyu, Gao Mu, and even Zhen Lingyue raised their hands to express their intention to stay.
Someone among the students immediately said: "Brother Yue? Are you stupid? Are you staying? How dangerous is it? Why don't you evacuate to Jincheng now before the demon wave comes?"
"You didn't see the scale of the demonic tide just now. How can we defend such a small number of people? Are we going to die here?"
However, Zhenlingyue glared and said:
"What nonsense are you talking about riding a horse? Are you smart? Do you know it's safe to go now? Don't others know?"
"These defense troops who stayed in Yecheng to defend the city and the students who stayed to help are all fools? If you want to leave, you can leave, but I won't leave!"
"I came to the Demon Hunting Academy not for a diploma, but for hunting demons. My father was unable to defend the city back then. He would rather die than come back, but he protected the people in the city."
"When we leave, what will happen to the three hundred thousand people? Are they not human? I, the town of Lingyue, cannot embarrass me. If you want to leave, you can leave. Don't tell me that you know me..."
At this moment, Zhenlingyue was extremely stubborn and showed no signs of wanting to retreat.
Lu Chen said calmly:
"Perhaps in your opinion, what we do may be stupid things, but... there are always people in this world who need to do stupid things... otherwise the human race will not be able to survive to this day..."
"We all have our own reasons for staying. We have come to apply for the Demon Hunting Academy, and we are also determined to devote our blood to hunting demons."
"If you think this is stupid, of course you can leave, because this is not the life you are pursuing, and applying to the Demon Hunting Academy is undoubtedly a wrong decision for you..."
Many people looked at Lu Chen with gloomy eyes:
"Tsk~ You are great, you are awesome, you are not afraid of death, I am. My parents are still waiting for me to come home. If I want you to stay, I will leave!"
"I'm sorry... I don't have your determination, nor am I interested in risking my life for a group of strangers..."
In the end, more than 300 people chose to withdraw from Yecheng and not stay to defend the city, but there were still more than 2,000 students left.
As Lu Chen said, they all have their own reasons, either because of their hatred of demons, or because they were once protected people, and now they also want to protect others...
If this matter had happened a month ago, Ren Jie would have been one of the people who left. He admired the people who defended the city, but he would not join them...
But things were different now. He no longer needed to find lame excuses for "doing stupid things".
He's going to stay here and do some cool stuff...
For the 300,000 people in Yecheng, for the people who have passed away... but also for myself.
The students who didn't want to stay withdrew, but those who planned to stay and defend the city still had a lot of work to do.
The task of city defense was handed over to the National Defense Force, and the task of helping people move to underground fortifications was given to the students. Ren Jie was a Si Yao official, so he was very experienced in this kind of thing and could do it very efficiently.
The afternoon passed quickly, and as the sun gradually set in the west, the atmosphere in the city became more and more depressing, because they knew that the magic wave was coming.
…
On the hundred-meter-high city wall, five of them, Ren Jie, sat side by side, looking at the setting sun on the horizon, swaying their little iiOiiO...
On the other side of the city wall, Sui Feng and Ning Chuan climbed up together. They saw that Sui Feng's uniform was only half worn, with a bandage wrapped around his left shoulder, and there was faint black blood seeping from the bandage.
Seeing a few people sitting on the city wall, Sui Feng walked over with a smile, sat down next to Yu Renjie, and also looked up at the sunset.
"I heard that you stayed to help. Good job. You were of great help. When the demon tide comes, just help us clear out those who damaged the city wall and those who slipped into the city. Thank you..."
Ren Jie grinned:
"It's a small matter~ The injury is serious? Can't even the recovery system heal it? I heard that you are the strongest one here. Everyone is counting on you later..."
Sui Feng smiled: "I was bitten by a poisonous miasma demon. It's not easy to cure. It's okay. It won't be a problem~ Just have it..."
As he spoke, he took out a sterling silver flat wine flask from his arms, with several large and crooked characters engraved on it.
"Hēsprinkling is harmful to the body, see kāng"
As soon as the lid of the wine bottle was opened, a strong smell of alcohol immediately came out.
Sui Feng raised his head and took a sip, grinning, but his expression was one of enjoyment.
(◞ʘ̆伊ʘ̆) “Tsk~ha~”
Ren Jie held his chin:
(๑•̌ก•̑) “56-proof sorghum wine?”
Sui Feng was startled: "Young man, can you? Can you smell this? A whole sip?"
Ren Jie shook his head and said: "I can't smell it. Judging from the ferocious expression on your face when you drink, I won't drink anymore. I think you're burying me..."
Jiang Jiuli: (˵ಡжಡ˵)Pfft~
Sui Feng: (≖_≖ )…
"You are more direct..."
Jiang Jiuli asked curiously: "Then why are these words engraved on the wine pot? It's harmful to your health and you still drink it?"
Sui Feng looked at the jug and grinned: "Hahahaha, my son stole my jug and carved it on it. There are eight characters in total, four of them are not written correctly, and the other two are in pinyin. This brat, It's up to me if I don't study well..."
"My wife..."
Ren Jie was startled and quickly stepped forward to cover Sui Feng's mouth:
"Don't! Shut up! Stop talking! Don't raise the flag randomly, you? You have a son and a wife, you will be the fastest..."
Sui Feng rolled his eyes:
"Come on, I'm an old hob who has been on the battlefield all year round. Do you think I'm afraid of this?"
"When my wife was still alive, she still cared about my drinking. Now that my wife and son are gone, no one cares about me anymore... This wine... actually doesn't have the same internal flavor as before..."
Ren Jie's eyes darkened:
"No...I'm sorry, I don't know..."
At this moment, he couldn't help but look at the wedding ring on Sui Feng's finger, which was rubbed very brightly...
Sui Feng shook his head: "It's nothing. It's all over. It's better for you. You are young, and the future of the human race depends on you."
"I shouldn't have kept you here, but... well..."
Jiang Jiuli shook his head: "This is what we should do, don't worry about it..."
Mei Qian couldn't help but ask:
"Brother...the demonic disaster has taken away everything that once belonged to you. What is it that supports you until today? Comrades? Or the desire for revenge? I..."
Asked here, Mei Qian's eyes couldn't help but darken.
Sui Feng smiled and shook his head:
"No...there shouldn't be a reason, right? I just can't stop..."
"If I have to give a reason... I always feel that those who have left you are still looking at you, telling you to keep going and never stop..."
"You don't want to disappoint them, right? You don't want to disappoint yourself..."
"The demonic disaster has indeed taken away everything from me. I have nothing, but there is only one thing left that they cannot take away."
"That's the hope of taking everything back!"
At this moment, everyone looked at Sui Feng in confusion. He took a deep sip of wine, and there seemed to be flames burning in his eyes.
"Sooner or later, I will light a spark in the fertile soil of Daxia, and use this full fire to burn through the night, lighting the way home for countless compatriots who have died in vain!"
"Declare to all creatures in this world that the fire of human civilization has never been extinguished!"
"And Jincheng is the new hope!"
Ren Jie was startled and looked at Sui Feng in confusion. He was about to say something, but at this moment, their eyes sank at the same time and they looked towards the forest in the distance.
"coming!"
"Yeah... coming..."
