The “Pegasus Hour” came to a close.

The entire city visibly quieted down.

Though the black lines flying chaotically through the sky hadn’t killed everyone here, they were enough to silence them.

Apart from the fresh corpses spraying blood on the streets, those who had barely survived were hiding in corners, gulping down the foul air of the “Land of the End” in large breaths. They looked even more silent than the corpses.

Countless “Echoers” awakened on the verge of death, then tragically welcomed their fate with their memories intact.

The entire “Land of the End” was as if it had experienced an unprecedented great war—not only blood flowing like rivers, but even large numbers of buildings were destroyed.

What a pity that this place was already covered in devastation. It was like throwing a tissue into a garbage dump—completely unable to perceive any change.

Everyone needed to catch their breath, but only the “Land of the End” didn’t need to catch its breath.

To him, the “Pegasus Hour” that destroyed the masses was merely a small episode in a long history, forgotten once noon passed.

A weak and heavy panting sound caused by excessive fatigue gently transmitted from inside an abandoned building.

“Are you alright?” The little boy looked at the young woman before him and asked softly.

“I’m fine…” The woman panted while smiling bitterly, then reached up to wipe the sweat from her forehead. “Little brother, why did you save me?”

The little boy didn’t speak. He reached into the small backpack behind him and pulled out a bottle of water to hand to the woman. “Do you want to drink?”

The woman reached out to receive the bottled water, feeling the child before her was somewhat strange. “My name is Tiantian. You can call me Sister Tiantian. What’s your name?”

“I… I’m a hero.”

“Hero…?” Tiantian smiled, then nodded. She turned to glance at the old bicycle leaning against the wall not far behind Zheng Yingxiong. “You really are a strange child. Why would you ride a bicycle during the ‘Pegasus Hour’…”

Zheng Yingxiong pulled over the cape from behind him, then wiped the sweat from his neck with a serious expression and said, “Civilian, you also worked very hard. If you hadn’t helped me pedal in the second half, I probably wouldn’t have survived either.”

“Civilian…?” Tiantian smiled speechlessly and held out the water bottle in her hand. “What kind of way to address someone is that… Little Hero, do you want to drink water?”

“Heroes… heroes don’t get thirsty.” Zheng Yingxiong pressed his lips together. Though his eyes were full of anticipation, he still shook his head.

“Pfft…” Tiantian was amused by the child before her. “‘Heroes’ don’t get thirsty? Could it be that ‘heroes’ aren’t human?”

“‘Heroes’ are human…?” Zheng Yingxiong was slightly stunned, then shook his head. “No, no, no… Civilian, ‘heroes’ and people are fundamentally different. I wear a cape and crown, and use the sword in my hand to save all my subjects from fire and water…”

“Eh?” Tiantian scratched her hair and pondered for a moment, then said, “I understand… in that case…”

Tiantian bent down, half-kneeling, then held up the water bottle with both hands, lowered her head with a smile on her face. “Hero-sama, this bottle of water is what I, this civilian big sister, am offering you. Please reluctantly drink it~”

“Ah…” Zheng Yingxiong was clearly startled and hurriedly reached out to help Tiantian up. “Sister… Civilian, you don’t need to be like this… I, I’ll drink.”

“Good boy.”

Seeing Zheng Yingxiong take the bottle, Tiantian smiled and pinched his cheek. The expression that had been gloomy all along also relaxed somewhat at this moment.

Zheng Yingxiong was obviously extremely thirsty and drank the remaining half bottle of water in one gulp.

Before meeting Tiantian on the street, he had been pedaling that old bicycle with his small body.

Although a few days ago he had also ridden from his own city to here, that had taken a full day after all.

To continuously ride and dodge for over an hour in a city full of black lines was really somewhat too much for a child of just over ten years old.

Just when he was about to be unable to hold on, he happened to see Tiantian who had run to her limit.

After a brief exchange between the two, Tiantian had Zheng Yingxiong sit on the back seat, then pedaled the bicycle herself. The two had just completely shaken off those black lines.

After confirming that all the black lines had stopped moving, the two pushed the bicycle that was on the verge of being scrapped into this room.

The buildings in this area were very strange. Looking around, all the houses seemed to have been damaged, yet only this one still stood shakily without falling.

“Still saying you weren’t thirsty, silly child.” Tiantian reached out to touch Zheng Yingxiong’s head. “If ‘heroes’ don’t drink water, why would you bring a backpack and water to escape?”

“These were prepared by those ‘cats’…” Zheng Yingxiong said. “They’re also a group of very capable civilians… Each person has a fragrant smell on them.”

“Cats with fragrant smells?” Tiantian furrowed her brow helplessly. It seemed that no matter what this child said, it was somewhat hard to understand.

“Mm.” Zheng Yingxiong nodded. “Civilian, you’re a good person. You need to be careful of that team.”

“Team?” Tiantian thought for a moment. “So you’re saying those ‘cats’ are a team?”

“That’s right.” Zheng Yingxiong said very seriously. “The one to be careful of is one person among them. He carries a thick foul smell… His stench is very…”

Before he could finish speaking, blood slowly flowed from Zheng Yingxiong’s nose, and his whole face paled several shades.

Tiantian was startled and hurriedly pressed Zheng Yingxiong’s nose with her palm.

“Child, what’s wrong with you?”

“I’m fine… it’s an old problem…” Zheng Yingxiong pushed away Tiantian’s hand. “I’m alright…”

“Listen to me!” Tiantian didn’t care about anything else and directly pulled Zheng Yingxiong over, then forcibly tilted his head back. His crown also fell to the ground. “Right now you can’t be a ‘hero’ yet. You’re injured. When your nose stops bleeding, then I’ll let you be a hero.”

Zheng Yingxiong felt somewhat constrained for a moment. He wanted to resist, but also felt Tiantian’s movements were very gentle. After holding it in for a long time, he slowly said:

“But… but someone told me that if you tilt your head back, the nosebleed will pour into your stomach… causing…”

“I don’t care!” Tiantian pretended to be angry and said, “I don’t have much education and can’t worry about all that. I only know this is the fastest way to stop your bleeding. When I was little and had nosebleeds, my parents made me stop the bleeding this way.”

Zheng Yingxiong blinked his eyes and unexpectedly obediently tilted his head back, not moving at all.

“That’s a good boy!” Tiantian said with a smile. “After you’re better, I’ll play the hero role-playing game with you again.”