As the darkness faded, Ye Zhou found himself on the street of a small country with obvious Eastern European characteristics. Standing beside him was the character he played in the plot simulation, Mochi.

At this moment, there was a woman standing beside him. Ye Zhou seemed to have seen this woman in the simulation, but he did not invest much attention.

Judging from the situation where the two of them held hands, they had obviously developed from close comrades-in-arms to close lovers.

Ye Zhou followed the two of them and walked along the street. He saw the two of them looking at the buildings on the street with emotion, while chatting softly in German.

"...Katerina, this is your hometown. Why do I feel that after returning here, you become even more unhappy?"

Katerina shook her head and replied:

"This is no longer my hometown... After coming out from there, I have gradually moved away from it."

"But, it's still here, isn't it? Look, this is a church you've told me many times. Do you want to go in and take a look?"

"Forget it... nothing good to look at. I am an atheist now and don't need to go to a week, but if I treat myself as a tourist, I feel a little strange - a tourist visiting his hometown?"

"This is not a bizarre thing. The last time I returned to China, I couldn't buy a plane ticket, so I signed up for a tour group to my hometown. Later, in order to make the money worth it, I followed the tour group to visit all the attractions there."

"To be honest, our tour guide is probably not as familiar as me in the history of those attractions. Do you know what a tour guide is?"

Katerina glared at Mochi helplessly and replied:

"This is a very basic word in German. I have long passed the stage when I need to be tested for 'what is a tour guide'."

Hearing this, Mochi laughed.

"You know, for learners of their native language, people generally can't help but want to test them. This is a very normal vanity... However, you have reached this level in just three years, and you are probably the very talented group of people."

"It's not a talent...it's just that I need to learn."

Speaking of this, the two of them suddenly fell silent. Ye Zhou looked over their shoulders, and his eyes were empty and there was nothing.

Just as he was wondering what the two of them were looking at, Katerina suddenly spoke:

"There are no more here. The statues I am familiar with probably have disappeared, right?"

"Maybe... there will always be some left. Don't think about these unpleasant things anymore. Our work must continue, otherwise we will discuss how to continue to promote our technology?"

"This is not a pleasant topic. Weird, we have failed too many times. I think the direction we choose may be problematic. If there is no more powerful force standing behind us, relying on us alone will not achieve such a far-reaching goal."

Moqi nodded and replied:

"I know this, but I really can't make up my mind so quickly--you know, the members of our organization come from various countries, and if they don't organize in this borderless way, then some people will be forced, well, to betray their country."

"But what does it matter? If their motherland has betrayed the people, why can't the people betray the motherland?"

"...This is a big problem----have you already thought about it?"

Katerina sighed and shook her head gently.

"Not yet. The reason I brought you back is to make the final decision."

"If I still can't make up my mind after this time, then, qi, let's try the last time. If this time still fails, I think we should make the final decision."

Moqi nodded and replied:

"Just do what you say, just treat it as a last chance to our motherland."

While talking, the two of them walked around the small square and continued to walk forward.

Ye Zhou finally saw the place where they were looking at before - there was a base where the sculpture remained.

Ye Zhou squatted down and wanted to see clearly the original content of the sculpture from the base. It was not in the plot simulation that he found that he could not read the text on it at all.

From those mottled fonts, Ye Zhou only recognized one word.

zoya.

He shook his head and followed the two of them forward.

"...... So it is impossible for us to count on technology without borders. Our common enemies are all developing technologies and weapons based on the country. How can we stop them through loose organization?"

Mochi sighed and said.

"Our organization is not loose, either - our beliefs are consistent."

"But this doesn't keep our organization tight. Just like when you're underground, unified thoughts don't make us unite and unite the goal."

"We needed to survive at that time, and now, most people's goals are quietly changing. They are not to live, but to live better."

"Although this goal is not...well, it's not vulgar, because they want most people to live better, but they still lack a sense of crisis."

"Without a sense of crisis, an organization cannot be united. After all, the best way to break a fortress is to start from its inside."

Hearing this, Katerina sighed.

"But we can't find that sense of crisis, that's our problem."

"But someone can find it--they have been living in crisis all the time, and that's where our philosophy can take the most, because..."

Before he could finish his words, the noisy sound in front suddenly interrupted him. The two walked forward and saw a group of people dragging a statue with ropes.

After seeing the statue's face clearly, Katerina's face suddenly changed from calm to furious.

"What are you doing!"

She rushed up and scolded loudly.

The people were interrupted by her shouts and looked back at her.

One of the young men in the uniform of a soldier looked at her with a frivolous expression, and then spoke:

"Beautiful lady, isn't that obvious? We're cleaning up the statue."

Katerina suppressed her anger and continued to speak:

"I'm not asking this! I'm asking you why you brought this statue down, who gave you this power, do you know what this statue means to us?"

"I know. This is a borer in our country, and he shouldn't have appeared here at all-----By the way, ma'am, if possible, I wish I could go back to that night and end his life with my gun."

As he spoke, the soldier lifted up the hem of his clothes as if showing off, showing the pistol at his waist to the two of them.

Mochi frowned, and he gently pulled Katerina and signaled her to calm down.

"Katerina, calm down, we have more than that."

But Katerina was almost so angry that she lost her mind by the scene in front of her. She rushed forward despite Mochi's obstruction and pushed everyone away who were still pulling the rope hard. This action immediately caused everyone to counterattack. The strong men pushed her to the ground with almost no effort, and then someone grabbed her hair and dragged her away.

Moqi rushed up to support him at the first time, but he was also not good at fighting. He was pressed to the ground after just a meeting.

The man who held Katerina laughed freely, and everyone around him seemed to have seized the opportunity and rushed up to press her to the ground, and his sinful hands wandered unscrupulously on Katerina.

Yes, they did not dare to do anything to break the bottom line of the law in broad daylight, but if they were allowed to take the opportunity to release the evil desires in their hearts, they would not have the slightest hesitation.

Katerina's eyes were filled with humiliation, but her humiliation did not seem to come from the men who held her down, but from the ropes tied to the sculpture.

Mochi's hand was groping around his waist. He tried his best to take out the knife he carried with him from there, but Katerina suddenly turned her eyes to him, and then said coldly and resolutely in German:

"Mochi, put down the knife, I'm fine."

Moqi looked at her in surprise, trying to read some hesitation from the other person's face, but that expression never appeared.

Looking at Katerina's face, he suddenly understood all this.

She had completely let go of everything.

In front of them, the sculpture collapsed, the bricks on the ground were smashed to pieces, the huge vibration and splashing gravel made the onlookers unable to help but let go of their hands. Mochi took the opportunity to break free, pushed away the man still pressing on Katerina, and pulled her away from the scene desperately.

And behind them, those people had already started cheering around the collapsed sculpture.

The last mark of this great man in this country is about to disappear, and he has just protected his followers for the last time.

After completely leaving the reveller's sight, Mochi took out a tissue and wiped the dust from Katerina's hair, who just looked at him quietly.

"The fire here has been completely extinguished."

Mochi nodded silently, and Katerina suddenly rushed into his arms, trembling all over.

After a long time, she regained her calmness.

"Mochi, I think I can make a decision."

"The fire we believe in is only in that place, and it is still burning, but in this era, I don't know how long it can burn."

"I'm going there."

"I want you to be with me."

Looking at Katerina's firm eyes, Mochi nodded solemnly.

"I'll go with you."

"Don't worry, the fire will continue to burn."

"We will build a wall to protect our fire."
Chapter completed!