My Weekly Refreshing Mentor Spirit-Chapter 390 - 314: Counterattack on Rongdu (Part 3)
"No, leave this to me. You all go and turn that area into scorched earth, and leave the rest to me. Just give me 7 days." Xue Dili smiled and gave a thumbs-up, "I can bring that world back to life in 7 days."
hesitated for a moment but then mimicked Xue Dili’s gesture, although the movement was a bit awkward due to its seven-fingered mechanical hand.
The two sat together watching the sunset, looking at the hard-won airdropped supplies in the distance. Despite being atop ruins, they started a celebration feast, enjoying a simple yet abundant dinner with self-heating hotpots and purified water from the airdrops.
Looking at the teary-eyed people, Xue Dili finally seemed to smile as well. Next to him, 5332, with its more than 40-meter-tall body, sat watching the setting sun.
"Brother Xue Dili, I might have to leave for a while. My body is severely damaged and needs to be replaced." 5332 said.
"Hmm." Xue Dili didn’t say much more.
With the sunset, 5332 limped away, holding an almost shattered core in its hand.
This was 9119’s core. In a life-or-death battle against an Insect Race war soldier, 9119, who was once an ally and later an enemy, blocked a fatal tail sting for him, but its more than ten-ton body had its entire upper half crushed.
Even superalloy couldn’t withstand a casual strike from an Insect Race war soldier.
After killing the war soldier, 5332, having lost an arm, struggled to recover this core from 9119’s wreckage. Unfortunately, the core had been damaged; its circuits and lines were all destroyed.
But on the other hand, luck seemed okay since the data inscribed on 9119 wasn’t severely damaged, and with the previous backups, 9119 didn’t exactly "die".
In the subsequent battles, 5332 placed 9119’s core alongside its own, desperately protecting it until now it could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
smiled, opened the Teleportation Gate, tightly holding the core, and said, "Old friend, we’re going home..."
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The following day, almost all the injured treated by Xue Dili awoke. With supply lines restored, medical personnel and logistical staff could arrive at West Sea City. The few who hadn’t awakened also received the best care and observation.
Even Ronald had already awakened, able to move normally. Cloud Star too had awakened, but his injuries were more severe. Even though he was healed, there was neural damage, and he seemed to show some issues with adapting to his body, barely able to get up and move, with limbs awkwardly moving in a disjointed manner.
Professional neurosurgeons checked and found no major issues, but rehabilitation was needed for normal activities, requiring a few months to several years, meaning at the very least, he couldn’t participate in the remaining counterattacks.
When Xue Dili had seen him, this kid was already on the verge of brain death, so only having neural inconsistency was considered a blessing amidst misfortune.
"Teacher..." Ronald looked at Xue Dili, struggling to get up, seeming to have a thousand words to say, yet nothing came out when he was about to speak.
"You’ve grown up, and Cloud Star too, you are all good kids." Xue Dili smiled and signaled him to lie down and rest.
Even though the Cursed Blood nearly healed all injuries, the damage to the mind and soul couldn’t be fixed. Ronald’s condition might improve significantly, but he could also face the same aftereffects as Cloud Star.
Hearing these words from Xue Dili, for some reason, this child, who lost his parents young and relied on others, cried. In his view, Xue Dili had always been a parental figure.
Hearing these words from Xue Dili, he felt like a child being encouraged by his father, trying hard not to embarrass himself, but the tears continuously flowed from the corners of his eyes and nose.
"Rest well, leave the rest to me." Xue Dili patted his shoulder.
This time, Ronald was not as emotional as before. He leaned back on the hospital bed inside the temporary tent; next to him was Cloud Star’s bed. Although Cloud Star couldn’t get out of bed either or speak, he was conscious and could slightly turn his head.
Ronald kept telling Xue Ding about the changes in the world since he left, including the establishment of the parliament system, Cloud Star becoming a council member and commander of the Giant Beast Team, and himself taking over the Magic Academy, starting to train children to use Magic Rings, and how his senior sister went behind the scenes, becoming an expert in Super Beast Serum research...
He seemed to want to tell all the changes over this time and the growth of these people, although he spoke awkwardly, making things vague, even wanting to slap himself out of frustration.
But Xue Dili listened intently, occasionally responding to show he was following.
After a long time, he finally finished saying it all.
Xue Dili smiled and said again, "You’ve all done very well, though a bit immature, you’ve grown to a level that makes a teacher proud."
Hearing Xue Dili’s encouragement, even Cloud Star next to him seemed to want to get up but was pressed back down by Xue Dili.
In fact, he was also worried that after he left, these three little ones would turn into an Otherworld version of Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo...
If that happened, he’d have no choice but to "reluctantly dry his tears" and clear the house.
But the kids didn’t disappoint him and even possibly exceeded his expectations. Ronald became a teacher, even though he shouldn’t have participated in battles initially, but knowing the supply line was cut, he turned into a Super Beast and carried several containers over for support.
