Jin Xinyue's eyes were like two deep swirls. She stared at Li Yao as if she were hoping that Li Yao could pull her out of the swirl of chaos. "Therefore, after listening to your analysis, I was deeply shaken and did not know whether what I was doing was right or wrong.
"If it is impossible for the Star Glory Federation to let go of the hatred against the demon race, or if it is destined to conquer all the demons because of 'war bonds', 'victory funds', or other interests, why do I have to stop you, Father?"
"Perhaps, it would be better to let the 'Red Tide Plan' break out smoothly?
"That is exactly what has been bothering me. Please enlighten me, Master!"
Li Yao frowned. "What if I can't enlighten you?"
Jin Xinyue hesitated for a moment and said, "In the few months since I turned from a demon into a human being, I've been studying hard to be a Cultivator.
"The most important thing for a Cultivator is the 'belief'. I've been looking for what my 'belief' is exactly, but it's a pity that I haven't come up with a clear answer even after all the hard work.
"However, although I don't know what my 'belief' is yet, I am very clear that it is definitely not anything!
"If I follow your footsteps recklessly before figuring out what I am fighting for, it will definitely not be the direction that my 'belief' is guiding me!
"Therefore, if you can't enlighten me, Master, I'm afraid that it will be difficult for me to stand on your side wholeheartedly.
"Even if I follow you, I'm afraid that I will soon be mentally deranged and mentally deranged."
Li Yao's eyes suddenly turned deep and dark. "Are you suggesting that, if I can't give you a satisfactory answer, you will switch from me to your father's side?"
Cold sweat the size of beans was popping up on Jin Xinyue's forehead. She replied, her voice shivering, "I — I don't know. I really don't know."
Li Yao narrowed his eyes. Wisps of demonic aura spread out. "Even if you're my enemy, you won't hesitate?"
The demonic aura caused the blood-red moonlight to waver. Jin Xinyue shivered as if she was in an invisible storm. Her cold sweat turned into ice beads.
She gasped with difficulty. Smiling bitterly, he said, "Yes, it was Master who wanted this disciple to learn how to become a true cultivator. This disciple held the 《Basic Laws of Cultivation》 and studied it over and over again for half a day before realizing that to become a true cultivator, one had to learn how to become a true cultivator. It seems that we can't avoid tasting the taste of 'no matter the cost' for certain things. "
Li Yao's face darkened, and his demonic aura grew stronger.
Jin Xinyue was so suppressed by his demonic energy that she could not utter a single word. She managed to summon a trace of spiritual energy to resist, but her fingers and toes were all trembling.
It was a strange scene, but it was impossible to tell who was the human and who was the demon.
A moment later, Li Yao suddenly retracted his demonic energy, as if he had changed his face. The sky was clear after the storm. A warm smile appeared on his face again. Scratching his hair, he smiled and said, "Your father's words do make sense. I've thought for a long time, but I can't find any rebuttal."
Jin Xinyue was soaked in sweat and breathing heavily. She finally realized that her master was just testing whether or not her belief was firm enough.
Calming herself down, she sorted out her thoughts. She asked, "Therefore, Master, you admit that the Xing Yao Federation might pretend to be peaceful in a few years' time. Maybe it will launch a sudden attack on the Blood Demon Sector and conquer the entire Blood Demon Sector? "
Li Yao sighed and replied honestly, "Of course it's possible.
"Although I was born in the Xing Yao Federation and am a Cultivator of the Heaven's Origin Sector, I don't want to lie through my teeth and say that the Federation is a perfect country. Cultivators, on the other hand, are all righteous saints who keep their promises. "
"I grew up in the magical equipment graveyard. I struggled my way to the bottom of the Federation. I know the dark side of the Federation a hundred times better than your father does!
"Before and after I became a Cultivator, I met a lot of guys who didn't deserve to be called Cultivators. But they, as well as the families behind them, were still rising in the Federation and occupying important positions. Some of them even controlled the lifeline of the Federation.
Li Yao recalled the member of the Jiang family whom he met on the train north to the Grand Desolate Plateau, the Cultivator who ran away in the face of the beast tide and the scumbag who regarded ordinary people as ants.
Other than the guy, there must've been a lot of other Cultivators on the train.
But only seven of them were willing to stand out in the end.
How many Cultivators like them were there in the entire Federation?
Cowardice and brutality were two sides of the same coin. For the Cultivators who regarded ordinary people as nothing more than weeds, it was even less likely that they would consider the lives of common soldiers and low-level demons important. If they found enough benefits after careful calculations, they would certainly tear apart the most fragile peace under the guise of righteousness!
Therefore, when Jin Tuyi proposed the dreadful future, Li Yao was truly speechless.
"However, we can look at the problem from another perspective."
Li Yao grinned. "Your father has his reasons, and I have my reasons. Do you want to hear them?"
"Reasons?"
Jin Xinyue chewed on the words slowly. She sat on her knees dutifully and put her hands on her thighs, before she said solemnly, "Please enlighten me, Master."
"In terms of reasons and changes, I'm certainly not as good as your father."
Li Yao waved his arms and pushed everything away, as if he were pushing Jin Tuyi's reasons aside. "However, let's leave what your father said aside for now. Let's make an assumption.
"If we don't do anything right now and don't stop anything and just sleep here for a year and a half, what will happen in the future?"
Jin Xinyue pondered for a moment and replied quickly, "The Red Tide Plan will break out smoothly. The elites of the Coalition Army of Demons will assault the capital city of the Federation and fight the experts of the Heaven's Origin Sector hard. At that time, the spores that Elder Nether Spring planted will take action and infect everyone in the capital city, human beings and demons alike, into 'uncontrollable mutants' or his slaves. He will seize the control of the two Sectors in such a way!
"Whether or not Elder Nether Spring's ambitions can be realized, his' virus troops' will certainly suffer heavy losses in the battle with the remaining forces of the two Sectors. The two Sectors will be reduced to ruins, and they will be unable to resist the minor apocalypse that is coming.
"It is very likely that we will not be able to resist the minor apocalypse. Under the strike of the minor apocalypse, our capability will plummet, and our civilization will regress by hundreds of years. After a hundred years, we will certainly be conquered and even destroyed by the expedition army of the Imperium of True Human Beings!"
"Exactly."
Li Yao nodded in satisfaction. "This is the worst outcome, isn't it?
"The Heaven's Origin Sector, the Flying Star Sector, and the Blood Demon Sector are likely to be smashed into smithereens in only a hundred years. There can't be a worse outcome than that, can there?"
Jin Xinyue tilted her head and thought hard for a moment. Then she nodded and said, "Yes. This is the worst outcome. There can't be a worse outcome."
Three worlds had been destroyed, so what could be worse than this? —
Even if the Sectors were not destroyed, Jin Xinyue could imagine the position of the demon race under the reign of the Imperium of True Human Beings.
After all, the Imperium of True Human Beings was called the Imperium of True Human Beings, not the Imperium of True Human Beings. Would the Imperium of True Human Beings offer any preferential policies to the aliens?
Li Yao opened his hands. "Then, it's settled!"
"Like you said, even if the two of us do nothing and change nothing, everything will still slide to the worst outcome!"
"Then, does it really matter whether or not everything we've done is right?"
"Your father is quite right. It's true that I don't have any evidence to prove that the Xing Yao Federation is sincerely seeking peace. So, I can't prove that what I'm doing is definitely right and that there will be a way out, either.
"But even if it is wrong, it won't make the outcome worse!
"Let me put it more straightforwardly. Even if the two of us take off our clothes right now and dance in front of the headquarters of the Pantheon of Demons, the outcome won't be worse, will it?"
Jin Xinyue was dazed for a long time. Her eyelids were bouncing nonstop, as if she were a machine whose springs had malfunctioned. She mumbled, "It does seem so!"
"So, what are you worried about?"
Li Yao said casually. "Of course, you have every reason to be worried. Even if we resolve the crisis right now, what if the Tian Yuan Realm expands rapidly with the help of the Flying Star Sector and launches an attack on the Blood Demon Sector in a couple of years, turning all the demons into slaves?
"But even so, we will still die together. What's the difference between dying a few years earlier and dying a few years later?
"All in all, this is the choice in front of us. If we do nothing, we will definitely be screwed! But if we do something and try to change something, even if the future is uncertain and the final peace is unlikely to arrive, we will at least have a 1% chance, right?
"Alright. Even if it is not 1%, even if it is one thousandth, one ten-thousandth, or one billionth, it is still not zero!
"We have to take one step at a time. We can always take care of the problems in the Blood Demon Sector first before we go back and take care of the problems in the Star Glory Federation! Even if we are wrong and do something stupid, at the very least, the outcome won't be worse. It can't be worse, can it? "
The mist in Jin Xinyue's eyes gradually dispersed. She mumbled, "Master, you do have a point."
Li Yao smiled. "Your father's logic may be correct, but I believe that my logic is correct, too. It's just that we see the problem from different perspectives. He is a commander and needs to see the big picture, while I am just a soldier who only needs to do what I think is right."
"Then …"
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