Under the cover of night, the figures of Lu Chen and Huo Yao vanished into the shadows of the mountains, leaving behind a scarred and devastated earth that silently spoke of the cruelty of war.
Returning to their homeland, everything before their eyes shocked them to the core. The once-bustling city was now reduced to broken walls and rubble, the streets overgrown with weeds, and the air filled with a suffocating, dead silence. The bustling crowds of yesteryear were gone, replaced only by a few stray animals foraging in the ruins, adding to the profound desolation.
"Where do we start?" Huo Yao gazed at the devastation, a myriad of complex emotions churning in her heart.
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