Chapter 371: Finally Able to Rest

Family Residential Area.

Mother Ying and Angron returned home before dusk, only to see Huang Xi's face filled with anxiety upon seeing Mother Ying return safely with Yingxin.

"Mom, I heard something happened in the Outer City today. Are you and Yingxin both alright? Eh? Angron, where is Vulkan?"

After shifting her gaze away from Yingxin, Huang Xi finally noticed that the tallest one, Vulkan, was missing, and asked.

Angron shrugged, shook his head slightly, and said.

"Vulkan said he went to rescue the residents, but after the crisis was resolved, he didn't return. However, he is definitely fine, no need to worry."

After handing Yingxin to Huang Xi, Mother Ying came to the spacious living room, sat down, leaned back against the sofa, and said to Huang Xi.

"Yingzhou might not come back today either; he has been dealing with too many things lately."

Huang Xi, holding Yingxin who was tired from playing and already fast asleep, sat beside Mother Ying and said.

"I heard. It seems Yingzhou replaced the high-level officials of the Inner City this time, leaving only a few, and those so-called Inner City nobles were also purged because of this Demon invasion."

"I am mainly afraid he will tire himself out. He is only in his 20s, and in just a few years, his changes have been too great, both in appearance and style of conduct, now even more..."

Just then, a knock on the door sounded, interrupting their conversation, and then a medical Xiunu opened the door and said respectfully.

"God-Emperor, Lord Vulkan."

Seeing Yingzhou return, Mother Ying stopped the previous topic, and seeing Yingzhou return home with a face full of exhaustion, she said with heartache.

"Yingzhou, Mom knows that what you are doing is great, but you must also pay attention to your own health; don't wear yourself out."

Hearing Mother Ying say this, Yingzhou squeezed a smile onto his face and said in a soft tone.

"Don't worry, Mom, I'm fine. You don't need to worry about me. I'll go back and rest for a bit first; if there is anything, we'll talk about it tomorrow."

"Ah... yes, rest well."

Mother Ying opened her mouth slightly, wanting to say something more, but seeing Yingzhou return to his room in exhaustion, she finally spoke slowly before Yingzhou closed the door.

Seeing Mother Ying like this, and seeing Yingzhou had already returned to his room, the atmosphere was somewhat subtle for a moment, until Angron broke the Silence and asked Vulkan.

"Vulkan, so you went to find Father today. Did you encounter something? How about we go and talk?"

As he spoke, Angron walked toward Vulkan's room. Seeing this, Vulkan nodded to Mother Ying and Huang Xi and said in a low voice.

"Father didn't do it on purpose; he is truly tired. Once he rests well, he will be fine."

After finishing, he and Angron entered his room, leaving Mother Ying and Huang Xi sitting on the living room sofa.

"Alright, let's each get some rest early; today was truly tiring."

Mother Ying had no choice but to stand up from the sofa, take a deep breath, wipe the sorrow from her face, and say to Huang Xi with a smile.

"Yes, goodnight, Mom."

Vulkan and Angron sat cross-legged, and Angron looked up at Vulkan and said in a flat tone.

"I don't know what agreement you have with Father, but the moment Father returned, his emotions fluctuated slightly. Although Father quickly suppressed that emotion, I clearly felt that Father was feeling guilty. Can you tell me what happened to Father?"

Vulkan looked at Angron before him, his dark gray face expressionless. After a moment of Silence, Vulkan spoke slowly.

"You should have heard from Grandmother that our Father also had an elder brother, who was the father of our little sister."

Hearing Vulkan say this, Angron's confusion deepened.

"I know. Wasn't little sister's father killed by the Zerg? What does this have to do with Father's emotional change today?"

Vulkan took a deep breath, walked to the door, opened it a crack, and finding no one outside, closed it again, sat down opposite Angron, and said in a low tone.

"Because today, Father met his elder brother and killed him with his own hands. This is the reason Father feels guilty.

At that time, a Demon had occupied the body of Father's elder brother, and its strength was not weak, which caused Father to fall into a passive state, afraid of harming his elder brother.

As for the final result, just as I said, Father's elder brother is dead. Because Father is unwilling to mention this matter more, I am not in a position to ask.

Moreover, the culprit who caused all this has already been judged by Father."

After hearing Vulkan say this, Angron frowned and analyzed.

"You mean, little sister's father didn't die, but was captured by high-level officials who defected to the Demons? Since Father wasn't involved with the high-level officials at that time, he didn't suspect anything was amiss and could only believe the conclusion given by the high-level officials that he was killed by the Zerg?

And then this time during the Demon invasion, little sister's father was even occupied by a Demon and fought against Father.

Heavens, those damned Demons! Father is right, those Aliens must be exterminated!

In that case, Father's behavior today makes sense. Since the high-level officials of the Ninth Defense Zone are mostly dead, Father could have seized all power and forced these residents to obey his orders.

However, Father didn't do that; he chose to bind himself together with these residents, just as Father usually teaches us: to stand with the people.

It's just, little sister's father..."

Thinking that his little sister no longer had a father, Angron couldn't help but clench his hands, his eyes turning cold.

"Don't tell Grandmother about this; I'm worried she won't be able to accept it if she hears this news."

"That is natural; I also don't want to see Grandmother looking sad."

After returning to his room, Yingzhou calmed his heart. Although his emotions had stabilized, he still couldn't help but think of those memories after seeing his mother.

Taking a deep breath, Yingzhou lay on his bed for the first time in a long while, squinting his eyes to enjoy a moment of tranquility.

Too many things happened today. Recalling the events of the day, Yingzhou only felt very tired, but now he could finally rest for a while. Before resting, Yingzhou prepared to use his Task rewards.

After opening his System Panel, Yingzhou was surprised to find that the red tint on the right side of the System Panel had disappeared, and everything had returned to normal.

"Strange, it actually returned to normal. Forget it, I won't think about this for now.

It seems quite a few Astra Militarum have been summoned; I wonder what Legion will appear this time. System, draw a Legion."

"Consuming one Random Legion Summoning attempt, currently drawing a Legion..."