As the wisdom tree described it, a city suddenly appeared in the semi-transparent light. It was a shining golden city.
"I was puzzled. How could this girl, who had suffered the cruelest torture in the world and experienced the darkest suffering, still have such pure faith and firmly believe in the existence of light?"
The wisdom tree said. "I asked Jin Qianxi this question, and she opened up the deepest part of her mind so that I could see a city."
"A city? What kind of city is it?" Meng Chao asked.
"It's like an enlarged and upgraded version of Peach Blossom Town you saw. It's a quiet and peaceful city with birds chirping and flowers blooming. It's a beautiful city filled with laughter," the wisdom tree said.
"It's a city without deceit, slavery, and oppression. It's a city where everyone is equal and there is no difference in status. It's a city where everyone enjoys safety and freedom. It's a city where people don't have to sharpen their brains to climb up, and they don't have to be worried because they can't climb up anymore. It's … a truly bright city." Meng Chao frowned.
Meng Chao frowned. "Is there such a city in the world?"
"That's my question as well," the wisdom tree said.
"I asked Jin Qianxi if there's such a perfect city in the world. If it really exists, why don't you go there? Why did you come to the Other World and mix with zombies and monsters?
"Jin Qianxi said that the city didn't exist for the time being. She imagined it, but it wasn't an unfounded imagination. She combined the best aspects of all the cities on Earth, and it was the place where humans should live and how they should live in the future.
"Jin Qianxi said that she was forced by Blood Alliance to explore the ancient ruins. She often had to face the invasion of mysterious power and the corrosion of ancient viruses. She saw many of her companions who were still alive and kicking just a second ago, but in the blink of an eye, they turned into deformed and ugly monsters.
"Once she managed to escape, she was sent back to Blood Alliance's operating table to be studied in the cruelest way possible.
"She couldn't even last half a second in this kind of torture, which was worse than death.
"So, my big brother taught her a way to imagine a perfect city of light in the deepest part of her mind.
"Whenever she encountered unbearable suffering in the real world, she would cut off her senses and let her consciousness escape into the City of Light. She even hypnotized herself, telling herself that the City of Light would certainly show up one day, and she and all her companions would be able to live a happy, carefree life inside.
When Meng Chao heard this, he could not help but ask, "Wait, it's' big brother 'and not' lover '?"
Meng Chao originally thought that this was Battle God Lei Zongchao's idea.
Lei Zongchao was kind-hearted and full of sacrificial spirit and charisma. This was very much like what he would say.
But Jin Qianxi's older brother, Jin Wanhao, was the ruler of the lair, which was filled with all sorts of people.
Although he wasn't a heinous devil, he was definitely not a "good person".
It was very difficult to imagine that the Jin Wanhao of the past would come up with such an idea for his little sister.
It seemed that people could change.
The current Underground Emperor, Jin Wanhao, was forged through decades of bloodshed.
Once upon a time, when he was in his prime, even if he had seen all the blood and darkness in the world, his yearning for light and justice had never disappeared, right?
With this thought in mind, Meng Chao was suddenly filled with anticipation for A 'Ji, who had returned to his youth.
"That's right. My big brother taught her, and then she taught this method to her childhood sweetheart, Lei Zongchao. But among the trio of Jin Qianxi, Jin Wanhao, and Lei Zongchao, she was the one who persisted with this method the longest," the wisdom tree said.
"Every time she faced a monstrous ancient demonic creature in the real world or sensed sharp scalpels scraping against her bones, part or all of her consciousness would escape into the City of Light she imagined.
"She imagined herself strolling beside a clear stream full of peach blossoms. She imagined herself eating ice cream under the warm sun. She imagined herself riding a bicycle through the streets and alleys of the city, avoiding the children's play, but also listening to their bell-like laughter …
"The pain in the real world seemed to have turned into nutrients for the virtual world, and it nourished the City of Light bit by bit. The more pain she suffered in the real world, the more beautiful and plentiful the City of Light became. In the end, the City of Light fused deeply with her soul, and it became her belief and her mission.
"Jin Qianxi told me that she wasn't the most talented among the trio. Her older brother, Jin Wanhao, and her lover, Lei Zongchao, had greater talent and potential than she did.
"But she was the one with the strongest belief.
"At that time, her older brother and lover were only fighting for themselves. At most, they were fighting for their family, lover, and companions. They wanted to leave the ancient ruins alive, which was a man-eating nest of demons. But they didn't have much of an idea of what life would be like after they left.
"But she wasn't just fighting for herself. Once she overthrew Blood Alliance's brutal rule, she explored, cultivated, and fought to make the City of Light appear on the horizon.
"That's why her cultivation realm surpassed her older brother and lover's, and she became the strongest among all the experimental subjects."
When Meng Chao heard this, he could not help but respect Jin Qianxi, who had explored the ancient ruins in the early stages.
She was in hell, but she looked up at heaven and fought for the City of Light. This was the true source of strength!
He also remembered that after Jin Qianxi died, Lei Zongchao must have understood this principle deeply, which was why he became a true martial arts legend and the strongest in Dragon City!
As if she had sensed Meng Chao's respect, the girl's face on the Wisdom Tree put on a sincere smile.
This time, her smile did not give off a strange and bewitching feeling. Instead, it was as pure as a crystal.
Rays of golden light shone from the depths of her smile, causing the green wave that enveloped the Wisdom Tree to turn a crystalline, faint gold.
"Even you were shocked by Jin Qianxi's story, weren't you?"
The Wisdom Tree continued, "Not to mention me, who had just gained intelligence not long ago and was still ignorant about the so-called 'wisdom' and 'civilization'.
"Jin Qianxi's story stirred up a storm in the depths of my soul that I couldn't calm down.
"That brilliant City of Light rose from the depths of Jin Qianxi's mind and flew to the center of my neural network. It overturned all the concepts regarding civilization I copied from Peach Blossom Town.
"I suddenly realized that aside from Peach Blossom Town and Dragon City, where the strong preyed on the weak, deceived each other, and killed each other, there is another definition and form of civilization. It's a definition and form that is even more beautiful.
"And the ultimate mission of a civilization might not be to touch the stars.
"Let the individuals of each civilization obtain pure and eternal happiness. Let the entire world be filled with laughter. This might be an even more meaningful mission than touching the stars.
"Besides, this is the mission that suits me the best.
"Jin Qianxi told me that before she met me, she had been thinking hard about how she should build this City of Light. She searched everywhere, but she never found an answer.
"Even though she, her brother, her lover, and the powerful fighters from the nine gangs worked together to overthrow Blood Alliance's evil rule, Jin Qianxi knew very well that Blood Alliance wasn't a special case.
"But Jin Qianxi knows very well that Blood Alliance isn't a special case. It's a chronic disease that humans are born with. If we don't solve the problem at its root, a second Blood Alliance that is even more secretive, cunning, strong, and evil will appear in Dragon City at any moment in the future.
"My neural network could allow carbon-based intelligent lifeforms to share their senses, emotions, and even part of their memories and thoughts, but it gave Jin Qianxi the golden key to building a City of Light.
"So, not only did she not resist it, she took the initiative to fuse with me and create a bright, happy, and beautiful civilization with me.
"At this point, I'm the one who's still doubtful.
"After what happened in Peach Blossom Town and Dragon City, I found it hard to believe that humans, a species with a lower limit than monsters, could really build the City of Light Jin Qianxi spoke of.
"At that moment, a group of humans entered our sights.
"So, while Jin Qianxi and I were entangled in this mess, the situation in Peach Blossom Town changed, and the situation changed completely.
"No matter what, the leader and the powerful fighters under him controlled great power and most of the resources. They used these resources to turn themselves into superhumans.
"They had surging spirit energy in their bodies, and they were no longer normal townspeople and bottom-level fighters. They could no longer fight against them with numbers.
"The leader and the powerful fighters under him had the last laugh, and they became the victors of the internal conflict before it was destroyed.
"They defeated the Volunteer Army formed by normal townspeople and bottom-level fighters. Oh, I should call them the Rebel Army now.
"The leader massacred the townspeople in Peach Blossom Town, and the remnants of the Rebel Army only managed to cover a small portion of the townspeople to escape into the depths of the forest.
"The leader's army chased after them, and right under Jin Qianxi and my noses, they played out a cat-and-mouse game of torture and bloody slaughter.
"The fugitives ran out of food and ammunition, and they were exhausted. They continuously fell into the hands of the leader's army, and one of them was a girl called Gu Ling.
"Since her parents were the leaders of the Rebel Army, the leader's army decided to give the girl the harshest punishment to intimidate the Rebel Army and the normal townspeople who followed the Rebel Army.
"If the girl's screams could force the last of the Rebel Army to come out and fight against them, that would be for the best.
"In the past, I would have watched all of this coldly. After all, it's not like I've never seen the cruelest torture before.
"But how did that saying go? If I had never seen the light, I could have endured all the darkness.
"That's right. If I had never seen the City of Light in Jin Qianxi's mind, where everyone is equal, everyone laughs, and everyone is happy, I could have endured everything in front of me and endured this so-called civilization!
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