The Last Sentinel

The Grand Cherokee cruised along the highway outside the city.

The driver, a man in his early thirties, was wearing camouflage clothing. He kept glancing at Ye Feng in the back seat as he drove.

Ye Feng leaned back in the back seat, seemingly half asleep.

In my mind, I'm having a conversation with the big shots in the chat group.

Ye Feng: Thank you all for your help, otherwise I would have been exposed during the test.

Master of Machines: It's just some child's play in three dimensions, nothing special! I'm researching high-dimensional technology now! Projects involving eighty or ninety dimensions!

Fifteenth-level martial artist: You get out of breath after just one compliment? Since it's a three-dimensional project, why didn't you revise all the papers just now? How come there's still a third left?

Master of Machines: You just don't understand! Scientific research and martial arts are not the same thing. Scientific research isn't like martial arts where you can get fat overnight. It requires a balance, a slow and steady approach, and a strategy of building suspense! A scientist who knows how to whet the appetite is a qualified scientist. A scientist who throws all their results out at once will only be branded a witch by their competitors and burned at the stake! People can't understand too much beyond their current knowledge. You have to control that balance, making them constantly worship you through understanding and amazement, thus making yourself the sole technological leader of this era!

Hongmeng's First Deepest Affection: Ye Feng, whose order are you working on now?!

Ye Feng said: "Sir, I'm here to visit your mother."

Hongmeng's First Affection: Sigh, I'm not in a hurry. You can go and take on Wufu and Fashen's orders first! They're in a better rush!

Ye Feng said: I accept orders based on distance. I currently have ten orders in hand. The closest one to me is your order, Boss Shenqing, and then it's Boss Wufu's order.

Fifteenth Realm Martial Artist: That's good. Let's go all the way together to avoid taking unnecessary detours. First, let's take on the job for the Affectionate Boss, see the First Affectionate Mother, and then go see my younger brother.

Hongmeng First Deepest Feelings: My home is in a beautiful little mountain village. Although it is a bit poor, the village has a simple and honest atmosphere, and the neighbors are all very harmonious. After I leave, my mother should receive a lot of help from the village, so there shouldn't be any major problems!

Ye Feng said: Since you all treat me with such sincerity, I will naturally provide you with the best possible service.

At this point, the Grand Cherokee suddenly braked sharply.

Ye Feng woke up and looked at the Grand Cherokee that had suddenly stopped. "Brother Long, what happened?"

Xiao Long, the driver in the front seat, pointed out the window, "There's a traffic jam."

Ye Feng looked in the direction Xiao Long pointed and saw that his car was on a cable bridge, which was blocked in the middle.

Xiao Long pushed open the car door. "I'll get out and see what's going on!"

Ye Feng also got out of the car. "Let's go take a look! If the traffic is really bad, we'll walk into the mountains."

The two arrived at the middle of the bridge, where a hundred or so people were watching and discussing.

"What's going on inside?"

"A crazy woman is going to jump into the river!"

"Jumped into the river? Why would you jump into the river?"

"I heard that this woman is from a nearby mountain village. Her husband died early, and she has a son who is very promising. He was admitted to a gifted youth program when he was young, and later he achieved excellent grades in school, winning the maximum scholarship every year."

"With such a successful son, this woman should be very happy. Why did she jump into the river?"

"His son was a womanizer. He got together with a senior in college. She was from a big city and had seen a lot of people. She was just playing around with him, but this silly boy got hooked and insisted on being with her. He didn't even consider that a poor boy from a remote village and a second-generation rich kid from Shanghai were not a good match. Later, the senior found someone new, and this womanizer couldn't take it anymore and jumped into the river to commit suicide."

"This, this silly boy!"

"That silly boy walks so easily, what about his mother?!"

"This woman is pitiful. After her son jumped into the river, she turned white overnight and went blind from crying. When the neighbors and villagers in the mountain village heard that her son had died, they all had improper thoughts. First, they let their cattle graze on her family's contracted land, then they stole her trees, and later, her family's homestead was also taken away by relatives with various excuses. This woman was left in a dilapidated cave at the entrance of the village for almost half a month. Now, she can't think straight and probably wants to jump into the river to find her love-struck son. Alas, fate always picks on the unfortunate."

Outside the crowd, Xiaolong patted Ye Feng on the shoulder, "Let's go, the car in front has moved, let's set off."

But Ye Feng stood still, motionless.

Xiao Long was stunned for a moment, "Brother, wake up, brother!"

But in the next moment, Ye Feng's eyes turned red, and he suddenly pushed through the crowd, rushed forward, and shouted, "Mother! It's me, Haoran! Lu Haoran! I'm not dead!"

Upon hearing this, the entire audience froze in place.

At the edge of the bridge, the white-haired woman, who was about to jump off the railing, paused slightly, turned around, and looked in the direction of the voice. "Haoran, you... are you Haoran?"

Ye Feng knelt on the ground, crawling forward, "Mother, it really is Haoran, Lu Haoran! I'm not dead! I was saved by kind people after I jumped into the river! I'm really not dead!"

The white-haired woman said, "You, you really are my son? But I saw your death certificate."

"They've got the wrong person! It wasn't me who died! Several people jumped into the river that day, but I didn't!" Ye Feng said. "I really am your son. Come down, I'll take you home!"

Just then, Xiaolong rushed forward and rescued the white-haired woman from the railing.

"Thanks, Brother Long!"

Ye Feng nodded to Xiao Long, then tightly grasped the white-haired woman's wrist, and gently patted her waist. "Mother, it really is Haoran. Is your lumbar disc feeling better?"

Upon hearing this, the white-haired woman burst into tears, clinging to Ye Feng's shoulders and sobbing uncontrollably.

The driver, Xiao Long, watched this scene with great confusion. Brother Ye's name is clearly Ye Feng, and he is an orphan. Where did his mother come from?

But Xiaolong immediately remembered that the professor had said that no matter what Ye Feng did, as long as it didn't break the law, he could do it. If it really broke the law, then he should find a way to resolve it. In short, as long as Ye Feng was happy, he could go wherever he wanted and do whatever he wanted!

Xiao Long waved to the people around him, "What are you looking at! Get out of here! Get out of here right now!"

The people around them quickly dispersed, while Ye Feng sat on the steps by the bridge with the white-haired woman in his arms, speaking in hushed tones.

"My eyesight isn't what it used to be, I can't see you clearly anymore. You've still gotten so thin all these years."

"I... I just can't gain weight!"

"They said you had a girlfriend at school and, feeling hopeless, jumped into the river. So, your mother wanted to jump into the river to find you."

"No! I don't date, I don't believe in love! Mom, don't listen to their nonsense!"

"It's good that he doesn't date. He should focus on his studies. Once he graduates, my son will definitely find a good girl."

"Mother, how did you become like this? Our family..."

"Don't say anymore, we can't go back to the village."

At this moment, roars echoed in the chat group.

The usually calm and gentle righteous leader, Hongmeng's Number One Affection, twisted and roared, his defenses breached: What do you mean by "can't go back"?! Someone explain to me what it means to "can't go back"?! I, Hongmeng's Number One Affection, Lu Haoran, the number one sword cultivator of Haoran Cave Heaven, you're telling me I can't go back?! Where in this world can't I go? Where in this world doesn't the Hongmeng Sword Emperor fear me?!

Ye Feng, go back to the village immediately, right now!

I'd like to see!

It's because my Righteous Sword is no longer sharp!

Your shrewdness has only grown!

Group notification: The title of the most affectionate person in Hongmeng, [Hongmeng Sword Emperor], has been corrupted.

It turns out that this white-haired madwoman was the mother the first person in the story was talking about.

The high-achieving student who jumped into the river to commit suicide for love was the epitome of deep affection!

No wonder Ye Feng suddenly knelt on the ground and cried for his mother.

The huge chat group was deathly silent, except for the broken, righteous big shot, Hongmeng First Deep Affection, who was hysterically roaring.

This is the first time such a scene has ever occurred in the chat group.

The big shots in the chat group only knew that HarmonyOS was one of the original shareholders who joined the chat group in the first batch, and that he was a big shot who always presented himself as an upright and kind person.

But now, even the kindest person has broken down.

After jumping into the river, he used ruthlessness to enter the path of swordsmanship, and in a mere five hundred years, he became the number one swordsman!

But looking back, he discovered that the girl who loved him most was just playing with him, while his mother, who truly loved him, suffered misfortune and humiliation.