Although they were mentally prepared, when Fangzheng led them into the tower and saw the scene in front of them, Misaka Mikoto and Kuroko were still shocked.
"This is …"
Looking at the densely packed glass jars in front of them and the mutilated corpses in the jars, both of them turned pale.
"These are all holy angels?"
"That's right …"
Fangzheng stretched out his hand and gently touched the glass jars in front of him. He then made a gesture.
Soon, the scene in front of the three of them began to change. Time turned back, and soon, it was like a movie.
They saw the construction of the Eddy Courtyard. It was a paradise built to communicate between humans and the holy angels so that both sides could live together in peace. However, in the midst of the apocalypse, even Heaven was far too weak. They could not survive in front of the monsters. Therefore, in order to protect this paradise, they needed more power.
Therefore, the holy angels who came to the Eddy Courtyard made a decision.
They gave their bodies to be studied in the Adilu Courtyard.
"This, this is …!"
Misaka Mikoto trembled even more when she saw this. Kuroko remained silent. At first, they thought that the Eddy Courtyard was only deceiving the holy angels, but things were not as simple as they thought. In fact, the proposal was actually made by the holy angels!
In the beginning, the Eddy courtyard rescued a lot of holy angels, but those holy angels had been enslaved by humans for a long time, and some of them had already become monsters. Instead of living in pain, it was better to fall into eternal sleep and sacrifice themselves for the future of the holy angels and humans. That was what the holy angels thought at that time.
"How could this be!"
Misaka Mikoto slammed her fist on the wall angrily. She would rather hope that the courtyard of Eddy had deceived the holy angels. They pretended to save the holy angels and tricked them into coming here to conduct experiments. That way, Misaka Mikoto would undoubtedly think that the courtyard of Eddy was the "bad guy". However, the truth was the complete opposite of what she thought. The holy angels had volunteered to do such a thing, and the courtyard of Eddy only accepted their proposal.
In fact, the original intention of these holy angels was good. After all, the holy angels had always been hunted by humans because they had great power and could be used as weapons by humans. If they could sacrifice themselves so that humans could find a way to gain power without hurting the holy angels, then maybe the holy angels and humans could really live in harmony.
Dreams were plentiful, but reality was cruel. When Pandora's Box was opened, what happened next was no longer up to them.
Of course, in the beginning, there were people with a conscience in Edilu Courtyard, and Keith was one of them. At that time, he also felt pain for what he had done, so after marrying Xi Ya, he even showed Xi Ya the secret of Edilu Courtyard. Perhaps at that time, Keith also hoped that Xi Ya could reject all of this and close this magic box.
If Xi Ya thought these things were too cruel, he might stop all this and find other ways to enhance the power of the Eddy Courtyard. Maybe history would have a different ending.
But Xi Ya did not refuse. On the contrary, she even took the initiative to ask Quiss to experiment on her.
They had made their choice, so there was no turning back from now on.
Quiss was completely obsessed with transforming the holy angels to gain power. He had long forgotten the original intention of the Eddy Courtyard, and the ideal of harmony between humans and holy angels. He only hoped to gain more power now. Gradually, they started to rob the holy angels. They attacked the holy angel's village and robbed the holy angels one after another. They called it "protection", but in fact, they were used for research and experiments.
At that time, Xi Ya had a child.
The child of her and Quiss. The child of a holy angel and a human.
Xi Ya happily told Quiss about this. She thought Quiss was as happy as she was. In fact, Quiss was happy, but the reason for his happiness was different from Xi Ya's.
In Quiss's view, the child of a human and a holy angel was a good experiment subject for research.
So when Xi Ya rushed to Quiss's room excitedly, what she saw was not the warm scene of a father holding the child. Instead, she saw Quiss holding a blood-stained scalpel, and in front of him was her and Quiss's child …
At this moment, Xi Ya completely collapsed.
"Boom!!!"
The explosion of thunder crashed down and destroyed the scene in front of her.
"Crazy."
Misaka Mikoto hugged her arms tightly. She lowered her head and could not stop trembling.
"These people are crazy!"
"Big sister …"
Looking at Misaka Mikoto beside her, Shirai Kuroko hurriedly comforted her. In fact, she did not look too good at the moment. After all, this matter … had completely crossed the line of humanity.
"Everyone has made a choice, but the result of their choice may not be the result they want."
Fangzheng patted Misaka Mikoto's shoulder, then raised his head and looked into the depths of the room.
"Am I right? Mr. Quiss? "
"…"
Hearing Fangzheng's words, Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko immediately raised their heads in surprise. In front of them, behind a dilapidated desk, sat a person wrapped in white cloth from head to toe. Only a pair of eyes could be seen. The person was staring at them motionlessly.
"Huh? Quiss? But he's not … "
Misaka Mikoto was baffled. She still remembered that in the video Fangzheng showed her, Xi Ya could not bear to watch her husband kill their child. She killed Quiss with her own hands. When she came to her senses and saw her husband lying in a pool of blood, Xi Ya fell into madness.
"Because he modified his own body, right?"
Fangzheng chuckled and looked at Quiss.
"You made a choice, but this is the result of your choice. I really want to know, how do you feel now? "
"…"
Faced with Fangzheng's mockery, the man did not say a word. On the other hand, Misaka Mikoto clenched her fists and glared at him angrily.
"How could you do that? Xi Ya is your wife. She has done so much for you. She was even happy to give birth to your child. How could you do such a thing?!"
"… Because we need power."
At that moment, the man finally spoke.
"In order to protect Adilu Courtyard, in order to protect our home, we need power, more power. Therefore, sacrifice is unavoidable. Besides … I believe Xi Ya can understand … "
"You …!"
"Everyone has their own choice."
Fangzheng pressed Misaka Mikoto down and looked at Quiss.
"Seeking power requires a certain amount of consideration. Of course, at this point, no one is innocent. Be it you or Xi Ya, this is the result of your choice."
Fangzheng did not have any doubts about the human experiments. In fact, the Zergs were also conducting human experiments. However, Fangzheng's targets were criminals and torturers. Those who insulted, beat, humiliated, and tortured the cursed children in the dark world.
When these people wailed in pain during the Zergs' experiments, not only did Fangzheng not feel anything, he even wanted to laugh.
However, it was another matter to involve the people you loved.
Fangzheng also needed strength, but he had always kept an eye on his position.
In the pitch-black world, Fangzheng stood on the side of the cursed son. Therefore, Fangzheng didn't feel any psychological burden when experimenting on the people who had humiliated and tortured the cursed son. On the contrary, in Fangzheng's opinion, it would be too easy for them to be shot dead. It would be better to keep them alive and let the Zergs do research on them.
In the world of Transformers and superheroes, Fangzheng did not care if he burned the entire North American continent because he was not an American. What did the lives of Americans have to do with him? Besides … Could Americans even be considered humans?
In the world of the Legend of the Sword and Fairy, Fangzheng burned all the gods and Buddhas because he was on the side of mortals. Naturally, Fangzheng showed no mercy to the Heavenly Court who had betrayed their ancestors and the Western Paradise who tried to invade the Central Plains.
Comrade Mao Zedong once said that one should be as warm as spring to one's comrades and as cruel as winter to one's enemies. Fangzheng thought that he was a model soldier who learned from Mao Zedong when he was a child.
Of course, Xi Ya and the Holy War Angels who volunteered to do human experiments also had to bear some responsibility, but in Fangzheng's opinion, the blame should still be placed on Keith.
This was because Fangzheng had such people under him. Every time the little angel encountered trouble, her first suggestion was to use genetic weapons to wipe out the entire race. However, Fangzheng had never agreed to it, right?
The little angel's values were inhuman. Even if she were to commit genocide, she probably wouldn't shed a single tear when she saw those people die in front of her. She wouldn't feel any guilt either. However, Fangzheng had never gotten her to do such a thing, right?
If he really wanted to commit genocide, it would be Fangzheng who went to the Zergs himself!
He could deal with the enemies however he wanted, but to do it to his own people … That was either crazy or self-torture.
"Boom!!!"
There was a violent explosion outside. Rei and Xi Ya were obviously fighting, but the man was still sitting there, motionless.
"Your paradise is finished. I don't know if you've ever regretted it, but to be honest, I don't care."
Fangzheng shrugged. He had made a choice, so he had to bear the consequences. Perhaps for the Edilu Court at that time, they had indeed become stronger in a short period of time. But in the end, the Edilu Court perished. This may or may not have had anything to do with their choice.
But in any case, heaven no longer existed.
"Boom!!!"
Another violent explosion sounded. Fangzheng glanced out the window and saw that on the other side of the square, Lei Zi was still brandishing her giant wind blades as she battled Xi Ya. However, Xi Ya was no longer the same as before. Her right arm had been completely ruptured, and from the wound on her shoulder, something that looked like intestines could be seen. It was trembling non-stop.
"Has she reached her limit?"
The man let out a long sigh when he saw this.
"Xi Ya has absorbed too much human and holy angel DNA. To be honest, it's already amazing that she's able to retain her sense of self until now, but … the arrival of the Sevenbrilliance Treasure Tree has greatly affected her mind."
"Zuo Tian!?"
"Big Sister, let's go help her!"
Misaka Mikoto and Shiroi Kuroko could no longer sit still. However, Fangzheng stopped them.
"No need. You guys stay here and watch."
"But … this is a battle between the two of them. Don't worry, Lei won't lose."
She should be, after all, she has the main character's aura … Besides, if Fangzheng remembered correctly, Lei had been targeted more than once in the manga, but she had never been injured … Oh, that's not right. In the beginning, she was kicked by a bank robber.
After that, she was never injured again …
'Tsk tsk tsk, a mage and a member of the Black Operation combined can't even defeat a bank robber.'
Just as Fangzheng was sighing, the battle was finally coming to an end.
Xi Ya, who had lost her sense of self, was stabbed in the chest by Teardrop. Before she died, she finally regained her senses. She smiled and said a few words to Rei. Then, she turned into petals and disappeared into thin air.
"Xi Ya!!!"
At that moment, no one said a word. They just quietly looked at Rei, who was kneeling on the ground and crying her heart out.
After a while, Fangzheng let out a long sigh and raised his right hand. Soon, a pitch-black greatsword appeared in his palm.
"Then, let's end this."
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