Meng Chao had been observing A 'Ji quietly.
He noticed that as A 'Ji described the situation, his expression and temperament changed really quickly.
Sometimes, he looked like an experienced wanderer who had commanded the world for decades.
Sometimes, he looked like an ambitious schemer lurking in the shadows.
Sometimes, he looked like a hot-blooded fighter filled with indignation.
In the end, he turned back into the mischievous boy from Leprosy Village.
His temperament changed seamlessly, causing him to look like he had multiple personalities.
Yes, multiple personalities. This was the first impression that rose in Meng Chao's mind after he listened to A 'Ji's description.
There was no way he would foolishly believe a single word A 'Ji said. The personality of the Underground Emperor Jin Wanhao had truly vanished the moment he regained his youth!
Jin Wanhao was not completely dead.
Instead, he turned into his second personality and planted it in the depths of the boy's brain in the form of a seed. When the time was right, he would definitely sprout.
This was what Meng Chao experienced personally.
After he returned from the apocalypse, he felt that he had two personalities in his brain.
One of them was a young man in his early twenties. He was at the prime of his life, full of youthful energy, and occasionally very silly and naive.
The other was an undying remnant soul who lived his entire life as a Ghost Assassin and was burned to a crisp by the flames of the apocalypse.
The two personalities clashed with each other, and they often caused him to show completely different temperaments, thoughts, and styles.
A 'Ji's situation was the same, right?
However, this was not the time to wonder whether the boy in front of him was A 'Ji or Jin Wanhao.
Even if he was really the ambitious and scheming Underground Emperor Jin Wanhao, he did not cross the bottom line of human nature. Instead, he secretly executed nearly one hundred scumbags on the bounty list.
Meng Chao believed that if the victims' families learned that these scumbags were tortured to death by Jin Wanhao, they would definitely beat the drums and put on red banners to thank Jin Wanhao — or A 'Ji.
Besides, a genius martial artist who could execute Celestial Tyrant's Star Shattering Slash at the age of nine would definitely increase Dragon City's chances of winning in the war in the Other World.
Since they had worked together happily during the battle of the lair, Meng Chao still hoped that he could protect and guide A 'Ji so that they could walk down the golden path of serving the citizens wholeheartedly and contributing to civilization.
However, there was a matter of life and death that he had to clarify.
"Now that you've said it like that, the whole story is clear. Let me make my stance clear first. I personally don't think you've committed any crime worthy of beheading."
"But I have one last question. I want to know whether Jin Wanhao's younger sister, Jin Qianxi, is also an X-shaped eye user?"
"…"
Ah Ji was silent for a while before he said softly, "Yes."
"Just now, you mentioned that the X-shaped eye owners usually have stronger self-healing abilities than normal superhumans, better luck, and all sorts of strange skills. In any case, it's easier for them to survive dangerous situations, right?"
"You also said that Ms. Jin Qianxi has even more astonishing talent than Battle God Lei Zongchao?"
"What exactly do you want to ask?" A 'Ji became agitated.
"You know."
Meng Chao sighed and said, "The abnormal beast research department has been researching the monster civilization for a long time, but the researchers still can't understand it. Without any external factors interfering, how could a group of ignorant monsters who eat raw meat, are divided into different races, and hunt and fight against each other build a civilization with a strict system, a clear division of labor, and a clear understanding of human language and social habits in just a few decades?
"You have to understand, humans have spent a total of one million years from the moment they learned how to light fire and strike stones to build a glorious civilization!
"Even if a lot of anatomical evidence shows that monsters aren't the products of natural evolution but biochemical crystals modified by some mysterious power, when Dragon City transmigrated, the monsters only had brains but no intelligence. In just a few decades, they managed to surpass the evolution of humans that took one million years. That's just too ridiculous.
"Look at the Vortex's series of schemes. Its understanding of human nature has reached a terrifying degree. Is it possible that there wasn't a real human guiding it?"
"I understand now. You're suspecting that … Jin Wanhao's sister didn't die, but drifted into the wild along Red Dragon River and became the leader of the monster civilization?"
A 'Ji gritted his teeth. "That's impossible!"
"Why is it impossible?"
Meng Chao asked. "You said it yourself. She only fell into Red Dragon River. You didn't personally see her being eaten by aquatic monsters, and you didn't manage to fish out her corpse.
"Lei Zongchao is a martial arts legend in Dragon City. If the X-shaped eye owner was even more talented than Lei Zongchao, it wouldn't be unreasonable for her to conquer the world in the wild and become the leader of the monster civilization, right?
"B-But …"
A 'Ji looked anxious and troubled. He did not want to accept this possibility. "If Jin Qianxi became the leader of the monster civilization and modified the ignorant and fierce monsters into abnormal beasts that had brains and could communicate with humans, why did those abnormal beasts still fight against humans?"
"Well, in the past, I couldn't understand why humans would abandon Dragon City and run into the wild to work with monsters," Meng Chao said.
"But now, after hearing what you said, I suddenly realized that if I was captured by Blood Alliance and shackled, had bombs implanted in me, and was forced to explore the mysterious ancient ruins, even if I managed to survive, I would be sent into a lab to be researched. If I was lucky enough not to be tortured to death, I would be sent into the ancient ruins to explore again. If this were repeated endlessly, there's a high possibility that I would develop a deep hatred for humans and believe that some humans are even more terrifying than monsters."
"That's impossible!"
A 'Ji flew into a rage. "My sister is a good person. She's filled with confidence in humans, just like Lei Zongchao. Even if she was really tortured and ended up wandering in the wild, it's impossible for her to betray humans!"
"Then, how do you explain the bubble messenger in the Vortex's carcass?"
Meng Chao asked calmly. "The secret of Blood Alliance in the past, the relationship between Jin Wanhao and Jin Qianxi, and even Jin Qianxi's appearance when she was young … It's impossible for an outsider to know about this, much less an abnormal beast from the wild."
This question hit A 'Ji where it hurt.
He was dumbfounded for a while, then he could only become dispirited.
"That's impossible, Qianxi. This isn't real. How could you …"
His eyes were absent-minded as he mumbled to himself.
In truth, Meng Chao had more evidence.
Before the Demonic Abyss Eye died, its memory cells had ruptured, and it had flashed through its memories.
In the depths of the Demonic Abyss Eye's memories, Meng Chao saw a human being tied up and pressed down on an operating table to receive inhumane experiments.
The surgeon in the white coat who had been researching her had an X-shaped eye emblem on it.
Meng Chao originally did not understand why the Supernatural Entities and the X-shaped eye, which were two completely unrelated things, would appear together.
Now that he thought about it, it should be Jin Qianxi's memories.
When Jin Qianxi modified the Supernatural Entities and implanted intelligence into them, she also implanted fragmented memories that she could not bear to look back on and could not get rid of.
"Enough, we have to immediately send this important information to the Survival Committee," Meng Chao said.
"We have to make everyone wary. Our enemy might not be as simple as an Apocalyptic Beast, but a human who is just as terrifying as Battle God Lei Zongchao!"
A 'Ji's pupils shrank to the size of two needles.
His muscles tensed up, and he instinctively wanted to stop Meng Chao.
"I know that you don't want to find out that your sister has really turned into a monster that wreaks havoc in Dragon City, but you also don't want anyone to hurt her now that she's a monster."
Meng Chao stared at him with killing intent burning in his eyes. "But this is important information that concerns Dragon City's survival. No one can hide it. I don't care whether she's human or not, whether she's Jin Qianxi or not, whether she's really in trouble or worthy of sympathy. I only know that in the past twenty-four hours, thousands of innocent people in the lair have died because of the abnormal beasts' schemes. All of them are worthy of sympathy and saving, just like Jin Qianxi in the past!
"No matter what the leader of the monster civilization is, I will do everything I can to stop it from killing more people!"
"I-I understand."
A 'Ji was intimidated by the killing intent from the apocalypse that suddenly gushed out of Meng Chao's body. He calmed down and sucked in a deep breath. "I told you before, I'm A' Ji, not Jin Wanhao. Jin Wanhao's sister has nothing to do with me.
"Besides, she might not be the real Jin Qianxi. Half a century has passed. Even if Jin Qianxi is still alive, there's no way she would still be as young and beautiful as she was in the past.
"I won't stop you from sending this information.
"But Big Brother Chao, could you help me and think of a way to lie so that I'm not involved in this matter? Don't let others know of my existence."
"Why?"
Meng Chao asked. "If you personally go to the Survival Committee to testify and tell them the ins and outs of the past, won't it be more helpful for us to fight against the monster civilization?
"Are you worried that the secret lab will be exposed? If it's really as you said and the people who died here are all heinous criminals with bounties on their heads, I believe that the Survival Committee will take special measures to deal with this matter, right? "
"Bounty hunters aren't the problem. The biggest problem is myself. Did you not realize that I've become the biggest and most valuable experiment subject in Dragon City after I wasted so much saliva on you?" Meng Chao said with a smile.
A 'Ji said with a glum expression. "I've regained my youth. It's a miracle of life science. Once news of this spreads, there will be plenty of people who will want to cut me into molecular slices and search for the secret of regaining life hidden in my body!"
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