Lin Chuan's laughter echoed in the cave.
It caused the entire cave to shudder.
Stones continued shattering above Meng Chao and Qin Hu's heads, and they felt a chill run down their spines and hearts.
Lu Siya seemed to have lost all her strength because of his laughter. She fell limp on the ground and said, "Then, after you came back, you said that you wanted to take revenge for Lu Silian. You even cried while fighting and turned into the Weeping Reaper?"
"I was just putting on a show," Lin Chuan said with a grin.
"My entire team died, and I was the only one who managed to escape. If I don't act like I'm grief-stricken and that I'm suffering from PTSD, what will Lu Silian's father and the leader of the Lu family think? Will he blame me for not taking good care of his daughter? With just a twitch of his finger, he could destroy my future. How could I not take revenge for Lu Silian?
"Even if I shed tears from the bottom of my heart, not a single tear was shed for the Crystalline Nine-headed Dragon. I only shed tears for myself, for Whitey, and for my true kind. I cried because I was deceived, enslaved, and exploited by you."
"…"
Lu Siya was silent for a while. Suddenly, she sucked in a sharp breath and said in disbelief, "Then, you joined a few squads to chase after the White Spirit, but practically all of them died. At most, you only managed to save one or two of your companions, and that was just a show you put on with the White Spirit?"
"That's right. Ever since I gained an epiphany, I swore that I would take control of my own fate and not let anyone step on me again. I wanted to become stronger, and I had to do whatever it took to become stronger!"
Lin Chuan said coldly. "But compared to lucky people like you who came from rich families and had all sorts of cultivation resources at your fingertips, the resources I could control were too few. Shen Yulong was right. In front of an astronomical amount of resources, talent was nothing!
"No matter how hard I trained, my foundation was too weak, and I gradually found myself unable to do what I wanted to do. This was very clear when I was in university. If this continued, the distance between me and the rich people would only grow wider.
"So, I tricked some rich young masters into the depths of the Wasteland and joined forces with Little White to kill them. Then, Little White devoured their flesh and blood while I looted their weapons, medicines, Heavenly Treasures, and all kinds of precious resources.
"Of course, I don't do it every time.
"Sometimes, Whitey uses its intellect to lure a large group of monsters to me so that they'll walk right into my trap. In fact, there were a few times when it intentionally pretended to be heavily injured by me in front of witnesses and that it was just a little bit away from killing it.
"Just like that, with Whitey's help, I obtained abundant resources. My strength soared, and my fame grew. As the persona of the Weeping Reaper was established, more connections, forces, and resources came to me on their own accord.
"And with my help, Whitey broke through the Illusion Wolves' natural shackles and evolved into a Hell Beast. Gradually, it became a famous middle-grade superbeast in Shattered Starlake and Graveyard Forest.
"Do you understand now, Siya? Whitey and I are comrades who fought together. It's impossible for you to sow discord between us."
"Lin Chuan, I didn't expect that you would become like this."
Lu Siya sounded like she was about to cry. "You've become so … inhuman and have no bottom line!"
"Wrong, I have a bottom line," Lin Chuan said seriously.
"First, every time, I carefully choose my targets. I only choose those who are from rich families who are superior to us. After all, they're not the same as me. When I kill them, it's the same as when they kill monsters. I've never hurt a single normal person.
"Second, every time before I attack, I conduct a test. I use treasures like blue agate-like crystals and Whitey's cooperation to stimulate the selfishness, greed, bloodthirst, and all the other dark sides of humanity in the depths of their hearts.
"Did you know? None of these rich kids can pass the test. There were a few times when they ambushed me to snatch the 'treasures' in my hands. Hahahaha! I guarantee that once you see how ugly they are, you'll wonder just what's the difference between humans and monsters. Or are you saying that humans are monsters, and there's no difference at all?! "
Lu Siya lowered her head and used her messy hair to cover her face. She shrugged and sobbed. "I understand now. The fight between Shen Yulong and the two mine exploration teams was also a test."
"That's right. You saw it. Just how many people died in my and Whitey's hands? Most of them died because of their greed, selfishness, and fear, "Lin Chuan said coldly.
"They were selfish because of their greed, and because of their selfishness, they were afraid. If they wanted to kill others, they thought that others wanted to kill them as well. If they did anything to get the Red Radiance Jade mine, they thought that others would do the same." Siya, I thought that you and Lu Silian were different, but based on this mission, aside from your attitude toward me, you're the same. You follow the rules of the Crystalline Nine-headed Dragons and only care about your own interests.
"Heh. Honestly, my junior brother Meng Chao warned you, didn't he?
"If you were like Meng Chao and retained some of your innocence, kindness, and true humanity and naively believed that humans should never kill each other, these people wouldn't have needed to die.
"Unfortunately, Siya, you didn't listen to Meng Chao's advice. You caused their deaths, and they also caused their own deaths!"
Qin Hu, who was eavesdropping on the wall, cast Meng Chao a glance, and a huge question mark appeared on his ugly face.
Meng Chao shrugged. Everyone said the same thing, and he was famous for being naive and kind. There was nothing he could do about it.
"So, I didn't pass the test and can only become food in the White Spirit's stomach?" Lu Siya said in despair.
A conflicted look appeared on Lin Chuan's face.
"Siya, it's up to you whether you want to believe it or not, but you're the only one among all the rich people I can't bear to hurt," he mumbled.
"No matter what you treat me as, I've always treated you as a friend …"
"Before today, I've always treated you as a friend as well," Lu Siya said through gritted teeth.
Lu Siya gritted her teeth. "This is the greatest mistake I've made in my life!"
"I know that I'm definitely a demon in your eyes right now, but I still hope that you can believe me …" Lin Chuan said with a bitter smile.
"If it weren't for the fact that I had no other choice, I wouldn't have dragged you down with me. Why are you so ambitious and insist on going underground to search for the Red Radiance Jade mine? You don't know just how important it is to my dream!"
Lu Siya was a little stunned. "Your dream?"
"I mentioned it when we talked about the reward," Lin Chuan said.
Lu Siya widened her eyes. "You mean the matter of expanding and upgrading Blessed Happiness Street Elementary School? Is there something wrong with you, Lin Chuan?! If this is your dream, then with the benefits from the mining rights and my help, you can totally rebuild the best elementary school so that the children in your neighborhood can enjoy the best education. Why do you have to do so many things?! "
"Yes, if it was just Blessed Happiness Street Elementary School, the reward for this mission and my savings over the years would be enough for me to beg you and your dad," Lin Chuan said gloomily.
"But just how many schools in Dragon City are like Blessed Happiness Street Elementary School, which are located in the slums? They're still broken down, and they don't have enough teachers. They can't even provide two nutritious meals with a lot of spirit energy every day.
"Now that Blessed Happiness Street Elementary School has a Weeping Reaper like me and received charity from powerful people like you, it has become brand new. What sort of education can the children of normal families in other places enjoy? How are they supposed to compete against the rich children who were born on the podium when they were born in the future?
"Siya, you said that once you succeed in this mission, you will help me rebuild Blessed Happiness Street Elementary School. One day, when you have power in Sky Pillar Corporation, you will buy over Blessed Happiness Street Elementary School and invite the elites from Sky Pillar Corporation to stay there. I absolutely believe in this, and I'm very grateful to you.
"But can you help me use the highest standards and the richest resources to rebuild one hundred or even one thousand schools so that all the normal children in Dragon City can enjoy the same cultivation resources as the rich children? Can you do it? Do you dare to do it? Are you willing to do it? "
Lu Siya was dumbfounded. She was stunned for a long time before she stuttered, "What does those normal people have to do with you? You're already a Heaven Realm superhuman!"
Lin Chuan laughed in a self-deprecating manner and shook his head. "That's why we can only be friends. We can never become the same kind, because you'll never be able to walk the path I want to take. In fact, you won't even be able to see it."
As he spoke, he spread his arms and activated his spirit energy magnetic field. Then, he used maglev to levitate again.
Scarlet red beads of blood circled around his body, and coupled with his face that was covered in a divine glow of self-indulgence and sacrifice, it caused him to seem extremely unusual.
"I didn't kill so many people and cause so much trouble for myself. I did it for the children. I did it for the millions of children who were born poor like me but also have dreams and desire to fight and succeed. They are Dragon City's hope!
"I hope that one day, all the children, regardless of whether they are rich or poor and whether they have the blood of the strong or the weak flowing in their veins, will be able to enjoy the same cultivation resources in the same school. They will also receive careful guidance from peerless fighters who treat all of them equally. Then, they will be able to bring out their full potential. Even if we have to compete, we should start from the same starting line.
"I hope that one day, the rich children will no longer be so arrogant. They won't treat themselves as if they are superior to others. They won't bully the poor, but there are very few laws that can punish them.
"I hope that one day, even the poorest normal people in Dragon City won't be so different from the peerless fighters with the most power in terms of food and shelter. At the very least, when the peerless fighters see the shacks that normal people live in and step into their glorious palaces, they won't be able to bear the sight.
"I hope that one day, all humans will become the same kind, and everyone will be able to share the brilliant light of human civilization unconditionally!"
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