I Am Extraordinary Alone-Chapter 628 - 626: The Last Mercy

George couldn’t be contacted, so the two of them decided to wait a bit longer. During this time, Leng Kai wanted to stroll through the streets to get a feel for the situation in the city.

Mr. D advised him to be careful, not to get too close to those patrolling Iron Men, and not to take risks by venturing into places he shouldn’t.

Leng Kai verbally agreed, but his curiosity was piqued. He was eager to find out how exactly the Iron Men were created.

In the past, Black Medicine could only grant people superpowers, but these Iron Men were complete mutations. Just the thought was enough to understand how abominable and evil such transformative surgeries must be.

Leng Kai stepped onto the street, weaving discreetly through the crowd, and he once again found himself at the entrance of the hotel. By now, it was teeming with people. A young girl dressed in white was preaching on the steps to the crowd.

"...and so, an enraged Wei Tianyang killed Li Fei because she betrayed her promise, becoming the very person she’d wanted to eliminate. There is nothing more despicable than lies and betrayal."

As Leng Kai listened to the girl’s impassioned speech, he looked over the heads of the people and carefully observed the young preacher. She seemed oddly familiar.

On closer inspection, Leng Kai was taken aback. Wasn’t that... wasn’t that Helena Mina? As the former Chairwoman of the Council, she was supposed to be a woman in her sixties, nearly seventy, so why did she now appear so young? She looked no more than seventeen or eighteen.

Leng Kai recalled that, a few years back, maybe even several years ago, there were signs of Helena Mina’s rejuvenation during her second tenure on the Council. At that time, though, Leng Kai had only seen her a few times on television and had assumed she just had a very good makeup artist...

Wei Tianyang... was he truly a god?

No superpower user had the ability to make someone younger, at least none that he had heard of, and even so, he was certain that no such power existed in the world that could reverse aging.

If such a power did exist, then world leaders everywhere wouldn’t grow old. Zhao Ling’s immortality was unique, but it only maintained one’s age, not reverse it to youth.

Leng Kai was lost in thought when Helena Mina suddenly glanced in his direction. In an instant, their eyes met.

"Damn it..." Leng Kai cursed under his breath and turned to leave. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

"Dear believer, please wait," Helena Mina called out to him.

A shiver ran down Leng Kai’s spine. He didn’t know if Helena Mina recognized him; after all, she was the Chairwoman, and he was just a member of the special forces, a grunt. Plus, the Council had been quite chaotic when he joined.

It was a gamble.

He turned around and looked at Helena Mina, smiling, "Are you calling me?"

"You’re a new face, must have traveled from afar, and it couldn’t have been easy. I was just speaking about the history of Wei Tianyang. You must be confused, having started listening in the middle," Helena Mina said.

"You don’t need to make a special effort for me, please continue with your sermon," Leng Kai responded.

"No, it’s very important to understand His actions to properly appreciate them. One must not blindly worship a god. A qualified believer must grasp the reasons behind His deeds. He resorts to violence, not out of love for it, but because the world only understands such language," Helena Mina insisted.

"Hmm... so..." Leng Kai said.

"It’s your first visit. I can start over from the beginning, and no one will mind," Helena Mina offered.

"That would be... I’m not sure that’s a good idea," Leng Kai felt troubled. If she really started over, he wouldn’t be able to leave.

"No, you see, everyone understands," Helena Mina said.

Following that, the believers surrounding Leng Kai all turned to look at him, smiles of welcoming a new friend spreading across their faces.

This sense of friendliness was inexplicably terrifying.

"I... I just remembered, I have some things to do... so," Leng Kai said, attempting to make an excuse to leave.

Helena Mina, however, descended the steps. The believers consciously parted to create a path for her to walk right up to Leng Kai.

The young Helena Mina, only reaching Leng Kai’s chest, with her blonde hair, white spaghetti strap dress, and skin so pale it seemed to glow. Those blue eyes were like the ocean.

"Tell me your name," Helena Mina said.

"I... My name is Chen Guolin," Leng Kai replied.

Helena Mina did not answer with a smile. Although her mouth did not open, her voice directly entered Leng Kai’s mind.

"Leng Kai," she called him.

"You..." Leng Kai looked stern, realizing that he had been recognized and shocked that she actually knew him.

"We’ve always known that the Council Army’s people are in the city. We know what you want to do, but we haven’t stopped you. Do you know why?" Helena Mina’s voice transmitted.

Leng Kai shook his head.

"This is His last mercy, Leng Kai, His last goodness, His last patience... He wishes for you to see the New World. He lets you in to see the land under the Divine Light, free of poverty and hunger, free of politics and war, no King, no President, only the gods above and the people below. This is the world He wishes to create. You’ve seen it, everyone here lives well. You should be able to understand Him, right?" Helena Mina’s voice echoed in his mind.

As Leng Kai tried to speak, Helena Mina placed a finger on his lips, transmitting, "Think it, and that will suffice."

Leng Kai adjusted for a moment before mentally voicing his thoughts: "This is a dead world, Chairwoman. Time no longer flows here, people lie on the ground like insects; this is not a normal world, and I cannot accept such a world."

"But there is eternity here, isn’t there? Free from birth, old age, sickness, and death, everyone can break free from the shackles of the mundane and move on to the next stage..." Helena Mina said.

"The next stage! Is that becoming His soldiers? Becoming those monsters over three meters tall?!" Leng Kai said.

"The stars in the sky are the enemies of humanity. He has given us all a way to live, to become Divine Descendants, only then can we hold a place in this cruel Chapter," Helena Mina said.

"What stars in the sky?! Those are nothing but His lies! He is no longer human, Chairwoman! He has become one of them!" Leng Kai said.

"No, He surpasses them and will allow us to surpass them as well. Leng Kai, you are a good soldier, and you have the chance to become His Knight," Helena Mina said.

"I am no one’s Knight; I am myself. I will not submit to Him; to call a monster master, I’d rather die," Leng Kai said.

"One day you will understand, one day you will face a price that you cannot bear," Helena Mina said.

"He may deceive the world, but not us. The terrorists I’ve seen are all like Him, proclaiming themselves saviors of the world, defenders of the truth. No, the only difference between Him and them is that He got lucky, blessed with this evil power. If He truly intends to turn all of humanity into monsters, he’ll have to get past us first," Leng Kai said.

Helena Mina smiled and slowly stepped back, saying, "We shall see then."