In the instant before death, time seemed to slow down in subjective perception.
Over twenty years of life flashed through Su Xiao's mind.
Her family was considered a martial arts lineage, though in a world without the extraordinary.
Martial arts that could injure with flying leaves and flowers simply did not exist.
Her family's martial arts were merely some techniques for weapon combat and hand-to-hand fighting.
However, with "poverty in literature and wealth in martial arts," after generations of accumulation, the Su family did possess some fortune.
But by her father's generation, despite him being a rare genius in their family's martial arts and his grandfather's only son,
He abandoned inheriting the family business to become a border anti-drug police officer.
It was said that the old man argued with him for a long time that day.
Later, while taking care of Su Xiao, the old man would often lament,
About his foolish son who had gone mad from practicing martial arts, who wanted to be a knight-errant in modern times.
Every time he spoke of Su Xiao's father, the old man would be so angry he'd threaten to disown him,
But every holiday, he never refused Su Xiao's father entry into their home.
Su Xiao didn't understand the matters between her father and grandfather when she was young.
And every time her father visited, it was also Su Xiao's happiest time.
Being young, she only knew that her father was doing something very great.
Although he could rarely accompany her, Su Xiao understood her father, because in Su Xiao's eyes, her father was an incredibly powerful hero.
However, no matter how well one practiced weapon combat and fighting, in a world without the extraordinary, a mortal hero could not withstand a bullet fired from the shadows.
When she was twelve, some people who claimed to be her father's colleagues came to their home.
Su Xiao was taken back to her room, unaware of what those people said to her grandfather.
She only knew that on that day, for the first time in her life, Su Xiao saw her grandfather cry.
And the tattered, blood-stained garment her grandfather clutched tightly became Su Xiao's last memory of her father.
A few years later, her grandfather passed away.
As he was leaving, his eyes were filled with reluctance and worry, because he knew.
His granddaughter, like that foolish son he was proud of, were both foolish individuals who went against the tide.
Later, Su Xiao joined the army.
...
Her life's experiences flashed by rapidly before her eyes.
Su Xiao didn't understand why she had suddenly fallen into such a life-threatening situation, but she didn't feel much fear.
Instead, a sense of regret spread through her heart.
The last memory that surfaced in her mind was of a少年 who had astonished her.
"It's a shame I can't stay by your side until the end..."
The veil of flames, imbued with terrifying destructive power, after annihilating the dragon-patterned spear, harder than diamond, forged from ice,
Without any pause, it instantly struck towards Su Xiao.
But the expected death did not come.
The veil of flames, which annihilated everything, upon touching Su Xiao, passed through as if a phantom, without any obstruction.
And Su Xiao, who had been penetrated by the veil of flames, felt no discomfort.
However, she, who had been wielding her spear, was suddenly halted and had lost her balance, looking as if she was about to fall to the ground.
The next moment, a warm, large hand steadied Su Xiao:
"Alright, snap out of it, my Commander-in-Chief."
"Ruoshui and Ruoxue are also back. You must be tired after fighting all afternoon, let's go eat."
Su Xiao stared blankly at Chen Luo, whose expression was relaxed, and she now understood who was behind that veil of flames.
But with the skill upgrade, the flood of spear-fighting memories, and the momentary flash of her life, her brain had temporarily crashed.
Chen Luo looked at the dazed Su Xiao and waved his hand in front of the silver-haired girl, confused:
"Hey, are you alright?!"
The Seventh Law, Chen Luo's skill system built around the Brilliant Starlight skill.
The characteristic of Starlight was that it could burn everything. Now, under Chen Luo's ultimate control,
It had reached a state where anything he wished could burn, and anything he didn't wish would not burn.
The Starlight, capable of incinerating all things, could instantly annihilate terrifying frost and spear energy, yet it wouldn't harm Su Xiao in the slightest.
This control had reached a state of divine skill.
However, even Chen Luo, who was extremely confident in himself, was a bit bewildered at this moment.
Had his Commander-in-Chief been scared silly by him?!
And Su Xiao, who was deemed silly, had now recovered her consciousness from the impact of the massive information.
Then,
Bang!
A fair fist landed heavily on Chen Luo.
"Ouch..."
The next moment, Su Xiao, who had thrown the punch, instead felt pain and clutched her fist.
But before Chen Luo could ask, he saw Su Xiao walk past him, pick up the two little ones, and head indoors.
Leaving Chen Luo standing there, bewildered, he couldn't help but murmur:
"Oh no, she's really gone silly!"
Ruoshui and Ruoxue also looked at the older sister, who often came to mooch meals, with confusion.
They didn't know why, but the older sister's face was so red.
...
Inside the dining room,
After pulling the Ruoshui and Ruoxue sisters to her side, Su Xiao buried her head and began a new round of feeding.
Meanwhile, Hu Tao, happily holding Xiaoyue, who had escaped one wolf's den only to enter a tiger's lair, looked at Chen Luo, who was at the head of the table, seemingly lost in thought.
After a long while, Chen Luo, having reviewed all the system notifications, let out a deep sigh and said with a determined expression:
"The teaching plan needs to be revised."
"I want to teach, ah no, ten!"