737: Xiao Xia Shuang

"What is your name? Do you have any other relatives?" After bringing the Little Girl back into the Formation Array, Lin Yang used his power to forcibly calm the Little Girl's emotions before asking.

A child this small, without other relatives to look after her, basically wouldn't survive.

"I... I am Xia Shuang." The Little Girl shook her head with red eyes: "I only have my mother left..."

Lin Yang frowned. She had become an orphan.

"Just stay here and don't move around." Lin Yang didn't know what else to say, so he could only let the Little Girl stay in the safe area while he waited until the Nì Swarm was dealt with.

After instructing the Little Girl, Lin Yang continued to carry out other rescue operations.

The overall strength of the Nì Swarm attacking this place was not strong, and Lin Yang's Squad, coordinating with the Formation Array, could barely hold on.

They kept rescuing people, waiting for the arrival of support from other Squads.

Time passed little by little. Finally, another Squad arrived to support them.

After a brief communication between the two sides, they joined forces to clear out the Nì Swarm. Eventually, they successfully cleared all the Nì in the vicinity.

"It's finally resolved." Lin Yang let out a long sigh of relief. Fortunately, the strongest Nì in this wave of the Nì Swarm was only at the Dao Fire Realm. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been resolved so easily.

"Alright, we can head back to the city now." Captain Li Rui reassembled the Squad members to prepare for their return.

The entire Squad did not suffer any casualties this time, only some members were injured, so it could be said that the damage was not significant.

They also had no obligation to help rebuild the Rogue Cultivator Stronghold. Once the mission was completed, they had to leave.

Lin Yang paused for a moment and said to Li Rui, "Captain, can I bring someone back with me?"

"Hm? Bring someone? Who?" Li Rui looked over.

"Bring a child." Lin Yang pointed at the Little Girl, "She is so young, and her mother has died; she cannot survive outside the city alone."

"How is there a brat this young here?" Li Rui looked in the direction Lin Yang was pointing, also quite astonished.

The other members were just as surprised. They had all been busy with their own rescue missions just now and hadn't noticed that there was a little one here. Now that they saw her, they were all quite shocked.

Rogue Cultivators outside the city actually dared to have children?

"This... Lin Yang, it's fine if you bring her back; it doesn't violate any rules, and it's just on the way. But have you thought about how you will settle her once you bring her back?" Li Rui collected himself and asked slowly.

Bringing a child back was definitely not a problem. But the problem was, a brat this young, with no relatives, even if brought back to the city, no one would take her in or look after her.

Lin Yang sighed upon hearing this: "I don't know either, but it's better than leaving her here; the chances of survival in the city are always higher."

Seeing this, Li Rui didn't say anything more and nodded: "Then take her with you. However, I must warn you, there's no place in the city to settle a brat this young, so you might end up having to take care of her yourself."

"Thank you, Captain." Lin Yang thanked him and quickly walked over to bring the Little Girl over.

As for the issue of settling her, he would consider it after returning to the city. If it really didn't work out, he could consider taking care of her himself for a while. Anyway, children grow up very quickly.

For him and everyone present, a dozen or so years was just the blink of an eye. Once the Little Girl was an adult, it wouldn't be too late to consider how she could survive on her own.

Soon, the warship set sail again, returning to Jidong Prefecture.

Since everyone had experienced a great battle, they all rested in their respective rooms on the ship on the way back, without much interaction.

Lin Yang brought the Little Girl, Xia Shuang, back to his room.

Perhaps having just experienced the death of her relative, the Little Girl had cried for a long time and was physically and mentally exhausted. Being in an unfamiliar environment made her very uneasy, and she hadn't stood timidly by Lin Yang for long before she couldn't help but fall asleep.

Not long after, sounds of sleep-talking began. "Mother... Mother..."

Listening to the Little Girl's murmurs, Lin Yang couldn't help but sigh again. He didn't know whether to talk about the Little Girl's parents or what to say. Living in a Rogue Cultivator Stronghold, why even have a child!

...

The Little Girl didn't sleep for too long; she woke up two hours later, still with a timid appearance.

Lin Yang pondered for a moment and asked again: "Little Xia Shuang, are you sure you don't have any other relatives here in the prefecture city?"

"No... no, I only had my mother..." The Little Girl's eyes turned red again.

"What about your father?" Lin Yang asked subconsciously.

"I... I don't know. I've only ever had my mother since I was little; I've never seen my father." The Little Girl lowered her head, "Mother said that Father has long been gone."

Lin Yang was silent. The Little Girl was also silent.

Suddenly, a "rumble" sound rang out, and the Little Girl buried her head even lower.

"...Are you hungry?" Lin Yang was stunned for a moment when he heard the "rumble," but then he realized that it was the Little Girl's stomach growling from hunger.

He could go without eating, but this girl was still young and needed to eat.

"I, I'm not hungry..." The Little Girl's face turned red when she heard the question, but she waved her small hands and denied it repeatedly.

"I'll get you something to eat." Lin Yang smiled and prepared to take some food out of his spatial ring.

But then his smile faltered. He hadn't eaten for a long time, so naturally, there would be no food in his spatial ring.

Although there were some heavenly treasures that could stave off hunger if eaten, the Little Girl couldn't enjoy them. Even the tiniest bit of power in those heavenly treasures could cause the Little Girl to explode and die. This was very awkward.

"Ahem, you stay in the room for now." Lin Yang coughed lightly and walked out of the room, intending to ask other teammates if they had anything the Little Girl could eat.

He first found Li Rui and stated his purpose. Li Rui was also astonished: "I don't have anything that an ordinary child can eat either."

"Alright." Lin Yang had no choice but to go and knock on doors one by one to ask. He asked several people in a row, and they all said they didn't have any.

Li Rui had been observing the situation, and seeing this, he couldn't help but say: "Now you know how troublesome it is to take care of an ordinary child, and this is just the aspect of eating."

Lin Yang nodded. Although the Little Girl wasn't an ordinary person in the true sense and had some cultivation, that bit of cultivation was equivalent to nothing on the Primal Ancient Continent.

Fortunately, when he asked the eighth person, the other party chuckled and said: "Brother Lin Yang, you're lucky. I just love to eat. Before leaving the city to carry out the mission, I prepared a lot of food at the restaurant, and I happen to have a little left. You can take it for that brat to eat."

Lin Yang felt relieved and quickly said: "Thank you, Brother Cheng Fu. I'll treat you to a meal when we return to the city."

"No need to be so polite." Cheng Fu laughed loudly.

Lin Yang returned to his room, took out a small portion of the food Cheng Fu had given him, and handed it to the Little Girl: "Eat up." He put the remaining food into his spatial ring.

They still needed nearly half a year to return to the city, and during this time, the Little Girl would have to rely on this little bit of food.

"Tha... thank you, big brother." The Little Girl thanked him first, then began to eat in small bites. (End of Chapter)