"Don't worry, boss!"
"I swear to the strawberry cake and Magical Mary, I will never let you down!"
Roman immediately patted Huo Yuhao's chest to reassure him, he didn't want to be sent to clean toilets for the rest of his life.
The next morning.
Roman arrived at the orphanage gate early, waiting for his unscrupulous boss to bring the three children from the files from the previous night.
Bai Er, Medmos, and the other three were usually awake by this time, but they were still fast asleep.
After all, they had been thoroughly "trained" by Huo Yuhao in the jeep yesterday, so being tired was normal.
The morning breeze blew through Roman's orange-pink hair, carrying a faint scent of Blue Silver Grass. The orphanage had planted a lot of Blue Silver Grass around the area for environmental beautification.
This Blue Silver Grass was inexpensive, had strong vitality, and was extremely effective at purifying the air. In the right season, it could even be used to make tea. Blue Silver
Grass was truly a treasure from head to toe.
In the soft morning sunlight, Huo Yuhao appeared on the street in front of the orphanage with three children.
Roman leaned against the door, smiled at Huo Yuhao, and then looked the three children over.
Yesterday, he had only learned a general idea of the children's information; he needed to observe them more closely to see what they looked like.
Adam, on whom Huo Yuhao had placed high hopes, had short blond hair and clear golden eyes.
Adam looked at the orphanage, his face always smiling, but his eyes seemed to be constantly pondering something.
The child named Amon had a slight upturn at the corner of his mouth, adjusted his monocle on his right eye, and stared directly at Roman, as if he had found something amusing.
Roman's smile froze instantly. Feeling Amon's gaze, he knew he was in for a lot of trouble.
The little girl named Xia Die followed closely behind Huo Yuhao, her short white-purple hair looking like the most exquisite silk artwork in the morning sunlight.
The girl's little hands were restless, trying to grab the hem of Huo Yuhao's black trench coat, but each time they touched it, she withdrew her hands.
Seeing her, Roman finally breathed a sigh of relief. The child seemed to be as expected yesterday—an honest and quiet girl.
Although Huo Yuhao had repeatedly assured him that Xia Die's death power was stable, Roman was still worried.
He would need to keep a close eye on her death power; Roman didn't want it to get out of control in the orphanage—he absolutely couldn't accept such a scene.
Soon, the four of them arrived before Roman. Huo Yuhao ruffled Xia Die's and Amon's hair, looking at Roman and saying,
"These three children are in your care."
"You can help them awaken their martial souls in a week."
"If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving now."
Roman nodded, pulling Adam and the other two to his side, watching Huo Yuhao's figure begin to distort until he was completely swallowed by the spatial vortex.
After watching Huo Yuhao leave, Amon took off his monocle, wiped it, and put it back on his right eye. A slight smile curved his lips as he looked up at Roman and said,
"Father's gone. What will you do with us now?"
Adam, hearing this, also looked at Roman with his golden eyes. That rational gaze made Roman feel a little uneasy.
"Huh?!"
"You actually know he's your father."
Adam heard Roman's surprise and said softly,
"Why are you surprised?"
"It's obvious."
"Although it's a little different from what I remember, I still trust my own deduction more."
"We have a spiritual connection with that being."
"Although we remember our parents, Amon and I don't feel any sadness about their deaths."
"That doesn't make sense."
"Amon and I are not heartless, cold-blooded animals."
"So, combined with that spiritual connection, I think that being is our true father."
Xia Die also looked at Roman earnestly, clutching the hem of her skirt.
Looking at the three of them, Roman felt overwhelmed. Bai E and the others were alright, very naive and innocent.
Adam and Amon are both very intelligent people this time. They immediately noticed the problem with the memories and realized that Huo Yuhao was their real father.
Roman sighed. Since Huo Yuhao hadn't eliminated them, it meant that the unscrupulous boss had allowed it.
"It's good that you know."
"Let's go, I'll arrange your accommodations."
"Xia Die, you can stay next to Feng Jin, so the two of you can look after each other."
"Adam and Amon will stay next to Bai E. He's very important to your father, so don't bully him."
Adam nodded slightly and said to Roman,
"I'll keep Amon in check and won't let him bother anyone else."
Amon adjusted his slightly crooked black pointed soft hat and said with a smile,
"Interesting, but I won't interfere with Father's plans."
Seeing him like this, Roman knew that the orphanage would be in chaos later.
However, seeing Adam's composed demeanor, Roman felt that he could keep Amon in check, at least to prevent him from doing anything too outrageous.
"Oh, by the way, according to the boss's requirements, Adam, you'll be assigned to Passion."
"Tomorrow you'll come with me to Passion headquarters, and I'll help you register your identity."
Adam nodded, and then the three of them, including Xia Die, followed Roman to the dormitory building.
Roman felt utterly exhausted and longed to retire.
…
The Lake of Death in the southeastern part of the far north.
Huo Yuhao slowly emerged from the spatial vortex.
The sun was high overhead, but its scorching rays couldn't warm this snow-covered land; it remained bitterly cold.
Huo Yuhao summoned the silkworm molt from his chest, preparing to wrap it around his body and lock in his internal heat. The silkworm molt of the Heavenly
Dream Ice Silkworm was truly convenient, its style changing according to the user's spiritual power.
So Huo Yuhao put away his black trench coat and used the silkworm molt to create a replica.
Not only was it warm, but it also perfectly suited Huo Yuhao's aesthetic sense!
The Heavenly Dream Ice Silkworm in the sea of consciousness couldn't bear to look at it, silently covering its eyes with its hood, unable to bear seeing its remains being wasted like this.
"Brother Tianmeng, mark that mental imprint you left last time."
"I'm coming over now."
Hearing that it was time to get down to business, Tianmeng Ice Silkworm leaped off the golden tortoise shell and shared the mental imprint stored in its brain with Huo Yuhao.
After receiving the navigation, Huo Yuhao activated his divine power and headed to the place that was blocking Tianmeng Ice Silkworm's mental perception.
When the scene before him returned to its pristine white state, he had arrived at the location of the mental imprint.
There were no special buildings in front of him, only a small forest of Arctic cedars.
However, Huo Yuhao had been in this world for a while and knew that in a fantasy world, eyes were the least reliable thing; he still needed to use his mental power to detect things.
Huo Yuhao opened his spiritual eyes, and three soul rings—one gold and two red—surrounded his body. His spiritual power, at the Spirit Abyss Realm level, quickly spread out, scanning every inch of the soil.
He quickly found the mental black area that Tianmeng Ice Silkworm had mentioned.
As long as the coverage area of his mental power was large enough, this black area was quite obvious; after all, a patch of darkness had suddenly appeared in the detection range for no reason.
Something seemed wrong here.
Huo Yuhao immediately activated his third spirit ring, the Thunderous Hell Vine spirit ring, which exuded a suppressive aura like that of a demon.
His first spirit skill, Mind Thunder Domain, activated, and countless silver-white illusory lightning bolts, carrying heavenly might, bombarded the black domain within the range of Huo Yuhao's mental power.
The thunderous roars echoed throughout the entire Lake of Death area, and some low-level spirit beasts dared not move, this heavenly might being an immense terror etched into their instincts.
Mind Thunder Domain primarily targeted mental defenses, and under the bombardment of the illusory lightning bolts, cracks began to appear in the black domain, until the final strike completely cleaved this mental black domain. The scene before Huo Yuhao suddenly changed; the previously empty cedar forest now contained a futuristic, technologically advanced base.
(End of Chapter)
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