Chapter 1362: Chapter 1359

Song Peng fell silent!

Clearly, Oliver Walker’s words had renewed his understanding of the term “hero.”

A distinctive glint also sparkled in Oliver Harris’s eyes!

In truth, he and Oliver Walker were the same kind of person, never believing that simply being willing to sacrifice one’s life made one a hero.

Survive!

To stand with dignity and survive, that is what makes a true hero!

“Click…”

Oliver Walker stood up, lit a cigarette, and continued, “When the semiconductor research base came under attack by two Grandmasters.”

“Do you know how the elite troops, which you think so little of, held them off?”

Song Peng gasped!

Two Grandmasters?

What did that represent?

“My foolish brothers, strapping dozens of grenades to their bodies, charged out one after another!”

“Not a single one of them took a step back!”

“Do you know the final outcome?”

After a pause, Oliver Walker, his emotions surging, said, “Over three hundred of the military’s top scientists weren’t harmed at all, and the 5nm photolithography machine they had worked night and day to develop was completely undamaged!”

“But those brothers of mine, with their mere mortal bodies, stopped those two Grandmasters at the gates of the base!”

“Nine hundred and seventeen of them were sacrificed!”

“That’s nine hundred and seventeen families!”

Every time he thought of those scenes, Oliver Walker found it difficult to control his emotions, “Excuse me, I need to calm myself!”

He turned around, took a fierce drag of his cigarette, and exhaled slowly.

At this moment, Song Peng had nothing left to say.

Certainly, those who sacrificed were heroes!

But those who didn’t sacrifice are not necessarily not heroes!

“I had another brother, who was on a mission to rescue hostages that day, and his wife and son came to visit. Normally, he wouldn’t have had to go.”

“But he went anyway!”

“Do you know what he told me, holding my hand with his dying breath?”

Trying to speak in the calmest tone he could muster, Oliver Walker said, “He pulled out three movie tickets, stained red with blood, and implored me to take his son to a movie!”

“He broke his promise!”

“Because he would never have the chance to take his son to the cinema ever again!”

“Yesterday, when I saw his son, the boy said he didn’t yearn for his father to accompany him; he only hoped his father could be safe and sound.”

“I took him to the cinema, and I was completely shattered throughout.”

As he spoke, Oliver Walker shook his head, “Since ancient times, it’s been hard to balance loyalty and filial duty, often leaving men in tears.”

“What hero?”

“Where isn’t there a hero?”

“Right among those most ordinary people, they are the heroes!”

“The food you eat, the clothes you wear, the things you use, they’re all made by those ordinary people.”

“As ancient martial artists, we are merely fulfilling our responsibility; where does the pride of being above others come from?”

There were far too many related matters!

He, every day and night, was tormented with pain!

All because of the heavy burden he carried!

Was he short of money?

No!

He could have chosen seclusion, to not meddle in any affairs and live out his life in tranquility, but would that be what a man should do?

That would be a coward!

When Oliver Walker turned around, with a smile on his face, he said passionately, “Promise me, no matter what situation you encounter, you must live well!”

“For your family, for those who care about you, live well!”

“I fear death, but I won’t cling to life!”

“Clinging to life and fearing death should be two entirely different concepts!”

After his words fell, Song Peng felt a stormy complexity within his heart.

To cling to life is to choose survival when one clearly should die!

To fear death, that’s human nature!

Who doesn’t have a few concerns in this world?

Why not just commit suicide?

“Well said!”

Oliver Harris stood up in agreement, “I really regret not calling those young ones together to properly learn what it means to be called a ‘hero!’”

“We and the military are brothers; how are you different from those people in the ancient martial arts world if you look down on us like this?”