Scarlet Descent-Chapter 35 - : Life Goal

The world once belonged to the Twelve Gods Church with its vast number of followers.

But later, the Twelve Gods Church was banned. The World United Government no longer allowed churches to worship any named or specifically directed gods. They only permitted the worship of a faceless, genderless, unnamed, and attributeless God:

The Faceless God.

In Scrap Iron City, only one such church remains - the Church of the Faceless God.

However, it's not large, and there aren't many believers. No one wants to believe in a god that seems to lack authority, especially in such a small place with such a dilapidated church. So there have never been many clergy in that church. It's said there used to be an old priest, but later even the priest left, leaving only a few old nuns.

For people like Sister Lucky, since the Faceless People's Church didn't even have any superhumans, they never paid attention to it.

What surprised Sister Lucky now was Wei Wei's experience. His previous file only stated he was a wandering youth from the edge of Scrap Iron City. Because there were many such people, always appearing in waves at the garbage mountain, no one doubted it or rarely mentioned that this youth who once shocked Scrap Iron City had lived in the orphanage of the Faceless People's Church.

Perhaps those chaotic records weren't worth remembering?

Sister Lucky didn't show any inappropriate expression, just gently rested her chin on her hand, nodded, and said:

"You should still go back and visit when you have the chance, since you've already returned."

"Doesn't everyone who returns to their hometown want to see their old friends?"

"..."

"Mm."

Wei Wei agreed compliantly, but felt indifferent inside.

What's the point? These people weren't infected.

What's the meaning of going back to see old friends who can't be killed?

"Little Wei, actually I'm quite curious..."

Sister Lucky seemed to notice Wei Wei's lack of interest, smiled, and said softly: "What did you come back for this time?"

Another person asking why he came back...

Wei Wei sighed softly.

It seemed that ever since he made this decision, people had been asking him.

The instructor, the captain, and even that Demon Forbidden Object numbered 206 - the Brain of the Knower.

They all had doubts about his return and their own guesses.

But he hadn't hidden anything...

He had already moved into the place where the nightmare began, so what else was there to ask?

"Sorry,"

Sister Lucky smiled and said: "I'm just curious. I noticed you moved into the Fifteenth District... that room."

"I know a bit about your past, but really, whether it's me or the captain, we actually wanted to find a chance to advise you. After all, it's been several years, and you already have a new life, so the things from before..."

"..."

"Sister Lucky, do you also want to tell me to forget about what happened before?"

Wei Wei suddenly looked up with a smile, looking at her with a gentle expression, showing no displeasure.

"Not forget,"

Sister Lucky sighed softly, holding Wei Wei's hand, and said gently: "You should have your own new life now."

"Believe us, we've had similar experiences."

"Maybe it's hard to forget the past, but only by letting go can you make your future life easier."

"You're still young, and you've received training at the camp. You should have..."

"..."

Her words were sincere and gentle, clearly speaking from the heart, and they were true.

But before she could finish, Wei Wei interrupted her.

"Sister Lucky, do you know what children's dreams are?"

Wei Wei looked up, his eyes appearing very clear.

Sister Lucky was slightly stunned, unable to answer Wei Wei's question for a moment.

"It's very simple,"

Wei Wei looked at Sister Lucky, smiling as he answered: "Really, their dreams are so simple."

As he spoke, he slowly brought a small bottle of alcohol to his mouth and took a few sips, smiling as he said:

"From a young age, they know that the nuns who are gentle and kind in front of others will secretly use needles to prick the children they don't like. They know that devout believers will also torture the children they adopt until they're barely human. They know that the orphanage at the church that spreads the gospel every day will only allow these children to have a full meal when outsiders come to visit..."

"Even when six-year-old Qi Qi was stared at every day by the fat cook with lecherous eyes, we felt it was normal, just a bit scared, so we took Qi Qi and ran away. But we didn't even think about hating him."

"How could children who only wanted to survive afford to hate anyone?"

"From the beginning, we accepted that this is how the world is."

"..."

Wei Wei slowly narrated, always with a smile on his face, seemingly not immersed in it at all.

His voice was just very objective, very gentle: "At that time, we just wanted to grow up."

"When we grew up, we could work in the mines and earn wages."

"When we grew up, we wouldn't be afraid of stray dogs on the street, we could use a stick to chase them away."

"When we grew up, we could buy that white little dress in the kitchen window for Qi Qi, she really liked it so much..."

"..."

As he spoke, his voice got lower and lower. After a long time, he slowly started speaking again: "But we, who had such simple hopes and endured so much, who learned not to complain, still encountered that family that worshipped demons."

"So, they disappeared one by one. Sweet Potato, Matches, Vest, and Kitten..."

"Until finally, even Qi Qi was tricked away by a little dress..."

"I looked for them in the garbage mountain, in the church vegetable garden, shouting their names loudly on the street..."

"When I finally found them in that room, I only saw Qi Qi, she was wearing that white little dress."

"Only, it was dyed red."

"..."

"Huff..."

After a very long time, Wei Wei finally let out a soft breath and said: "Really, my tolerance for people is extremely high."

"It's been high since I was young."

"So high that as long as they were still human, I could tolerate them."

"..."

"It's just that some people couldn't even meet this most basic standard..."

Wei Wei spoke slowly, a bright smile gradually appearing on his face, and said: "Sister Lucky, I decided then."

"No more."

"Never again."

"..."

Slowly speaking to this point, he looked up at Sister Lucky, smiling.

Many people had asked him this question, why he came back to this small place.

He didn't even want to answer.

What's wrong with these people, such a simple question, yet they keep coming to ask him...

So, perhaps because of Sister Lucky's gift, or perhaps because he had drunk a bit more today, he answered.

Answered very seriously.

But as Sister Lucky listened to his answer, she tried hard to keep her face expressionless, yet a deep worry suddenly flashed in her eyes.

"So..."

Her voice slightly elongated, trying to adjust her voice so it wouldn't sound too strange.

"You gave up the great opportunity at the training camp and came back to our insignificant little Scrap Iron City."

"Just to settle old scores?"

"Even including moving into your old room, it was to find new clues, to continue to... avenge your little brothers and sisters?"

"..."

Wei Wei glanced at Sister Lucky, thinking the logic was very clear, but why was her voice trembling?

Sister Lucky picked up the alcohol beside her and slowly took a sip.

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She seemed to have a hesitant look, hesitating whether to end this conversation, hesitating whether to leave immediately.

After all, the captain only asked her to interact more with Wei Wei, to understand him better. And in this not-so-long interaction, she had already understood that Wei Wei wasn't lying. What he just said couldn't be made up by lying.

But there was an impulse in her heart that made her unable to resist continuing this conversation.

"I can understand your feelings..."

She kept her voice steady, then carefully asked her doubt: "But who are you planning to take revenge on?"

Wei Wei was stunned for a moment, looking up at her with some confusion.

Why would this woman ask such a simple question, looking so silly.

"That mysterious family..."

He couldn't help but smile and said: "It was them who harmed my little brothers and sisters, how could I let them go?"

"But..."

The panic in Sister Lucky's voice suddenly became a bit uncontrollable.

She even mustered up the courage to finally ask this most crucial question: "But..."

"But that mysterious family was already killed by you at that time..."

"..."

Due to a kind of self-doubt caused by Wei Wei's determination, she even couldn't help but recite that section of the file: "Scrap Iron City File No. 057: Red Rose Family, six members in total, all Life Demon worshippers. From February to June three years ago, they lured and tricked many street children to perform demonic ritual sacrifices, and several days later, were all killed at the scene..."

"This case was subsequently investigated and reviewed by senior superhumans from the Second Defense Line and special investigators from the Foundation, finally confirming that all members of the Red Rose Family had died in that incident, and there were no fugitive accomplices or upstream spreaders of demonic ideology..."

"..."

As she spoke, she finally couldn't hide the surprise and doubt on her face:

"All your enemies were killed by you, so who are you coming back to take revenge on now?"

"..."

Wei Wei seemed a bit surprised. He stared at Sister Lucky with wide eyes for a long time, then suddenly a bright smile appeared on his face.