Era of Breakdown

A chuckle appeared on Yae Ji's face. Siren's appearance reminded him of Kallen from a long time ago. Kallen was as cute as a child.

The car door opened, and the cold wind that was raging in the Siberian ice field couldn't wait to rush into the car. Even Xilin, who had lived in the ice and snow for a long time, felt the bone-chilling chill.

The eyelashes in the shape of a small cattail leaf trembled lightly, and those golden eyes suddenly opened! Like a frightened little lion, Xilin suddenly looked towards Yaeji who was standing next to the car.

Her mind had not yet fully recovered, and there was some confusion on her face. Xilin tilted her head and said confusedly: "Brother Aji?"

"Yes." Yaeji responded, reaching out to unbuckle Xilin's seat belt, then put his hands under the little girl's armpits, and with a little force, he took Xilin out.

The cold wind outside was more violent than inside the half-open carriage, like a beast that had fully spread its sharp fangs and launched an offensive against Sirin.

The cold wind quickly condensed into frost on those long eyelashes. Xilin's head was stunned by the cold for a moment, and then the sleepiness dissipated, and all the memories of the past half month came flooding back.

"Mom..." Recalling her mother's last words and the scenes she saw in the morgue, and thinking of returning to her hometown but never seeing that familiar figure again, the girl's highly developed tear glands were triggered by the scene. She secreted hot tears and slid down her pretty face. Before they hit the snow, they turned into crystal ice crystals.

Bang~

Yaeji closed the car door and walked into the house with Xilin in his arms.

In the blink of an eye, more than a month passed.

For girls like Xilin who have experienced great tragedy, Yaeji has seen a lot and comforted her a lot. To put it bluntly, he was pretty good at it.

In the first week, Xilin barely spoke. She sat on the bench all day long, curled up and looking out the window. Occasionally she would go back to her house to clean, but she would burst into tears every time.

Xilin, who was dependent on her mother, reacted more than other children after losing her mother.

It was not until half a month later that Xilin's mood gradually stabilized that Yaeji began to prepare for the funeral.

Not many people attended the funeral. There were only a few people in the village, and there were many people with strange diseases. Those who had some ability went to big cities for treatment, while those who had no money stayed at home and waited to die.

Xilin didn't know her mother's old acquaintance, and Yaeji had no way of telling her.

One week after the funeral, Xilin, who had been baptized by grief again, had generally recovered. When playing with Bella and the others at home, a smile gradually appeared on her face.

It's just that... Yaeji discovered that Xilin's dependence on him had reached its peak. As long as Xilin didn't find him in sight, she would fall into panic.

"Okay, okay, don't play Ludo for now, come here to have some snacks and rest for a while." Yaeji placed the homemade pastries on the table, Xilin cheered and called her friends to the table.

Yaeji glanced at the chessboard, and it was not difficult to see that Xilin was about to lose.

"Agata, hurry up and try it. Brother Aji's cooking is delicious!" Xilin urged a red-haired girl to show off. This was her first time playing here.

"Thank you, Brother Aji." Bella, who had long light purple hair, greeted her politely, then turned to look at Agata and said seriously: "Brother Aji's cooking is really delicious, I won't lie to you. .”

"I'm starting!" Aurora, who seemed to be the oldest, smiled at Yaeji and couldn't wait to enjoy the pastries in front of her.

Yaeji crossed his arms and the smile on his face never stopped. He had opened a dessert shop in the last era. He had been a pastry chef for a long time and was well-known in the schools in the nearby neighborhood. , it was really easy to win down a few little guys from the 1990s.

There are three people who play well with Xilin in front of me, all of whom have been friends in the village since childhood.

Bella, who has a calm temperament, is the one who plays best with Siren. After she died in the Babylonian experiment, Siren, who became the Herrscher, transformed into the companion Judgment-level Honkaiju 'Benares' in her likeness.

Aurora, the older girl among the four, has long dark green hair and golden eyes similar to Sirin. It is said that before anything happened at home, she studied dancing with a teacher in a big city for a period of time. After her death in the Babylonian experiments, Siren used it as a template to create a Mystic Herrscher who possessed some of the powers of the Wind Herrscher and harnessed the Stone of Desire.

Agata, a red-haired girl with a cheerful personality, came here for the first time, so she didn't let herself go much and seemed a little reserved. After her death, Siren used it as a template to create a Herrscher-like Herrscher that possessed some of the powers of the Herrscher of Fire, and controlled the Plague Gem.

Yae Ji recalled the information compiled by Ai Yi, which also included Galina, the "Herrscher of Death" who controlled the Silence Gem. However, that was a partner Sirin met in the laboratory, not from the same village.

The happy time is always short-lived. Bella and others said goodbye. Since the strange disease has been rampant in the village, almost all the young and middle-aged laborers have been infected, and only a small number of women are still able to work.

People like Bella, in this environment, are already an important labor force in the family, taking care of their seriously ill father, helping their mother, or other things that are always useful to them.

The reason why they came to play with Xilin was because of Yaeji's influence on their parents. When the little ones left, he would prepare some food for them to take away.

Little girls Bella's age naturally don't think too much. They are naturally willing to play without having to work and eat some delicious food.

The older Aurora might have understood something, but she said nothing.

Another half month passed in the blink of an eye. Bella and the others rarely come to play with Siren these days.

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Men who were severely affected by the special Honkai and were unable to be cured died one by one, and even dead warriors were born!

After a small-scale chaos, the dead soldiers were eliminated in the village. The village chief informed the superiors that they would send people there. As for when they would come, only they themselves knew.

The funerals happened almost every day, and the small village, which was already silent in the ice and snow, seemed to become even more silent.

These did not affect Xilin, who was well protected by Yaeji. At this time, Xilin had gained some weight, and the baby fat on her face made it easier to pinch.

Xilin was sitting on the bench, swinging her short legs back and forth, holding her face in her hands, staring at Yae Ji making pastries.

Only at this time did she feel most at ease.

Ding ding ding~

Yaeji had just put the cake in the oven when he heard the doorbell ring.

After washing his hands casually, Yaeji looked at Xilin, and Xilin also looked at him.

"Bella and the others won't come at this time, it's probably them again." Sirin blinked.

Yaeji shook his head. He had been invited to attend funerals in the past few days, but this time, the man outside the door was obviously not from the village.

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