"You are twisting words and forcing logic!"
The mental devil continued its counterattack. "There is a causal connection between killing ten million people and causing the deaths of a hundred billion people. It is neither one nor the other! It is because you are softhearted and hypocritical that you are unwilling to bear the crime of 'killing ten million people' that a hundred billion people were killed in the end! This is completely different from the example you mentioned! "
"Then, what is the same thing?"
Li Yao asked back coldly. "Let's say that a policeman sees a fully-armed criminal committing a crime. The criminal has already raised his gun. Caught unprepared, the policeman has no time to activate his gun. Having no other choice, the only solution is to grab an innocent little girl next to him and throw her over to knock the criminal's gun away so that he can subdue the criminal as long as he has enough time!
"Because he didn't do that and didn't throw the innocent little girl over, the policeman has to be blamed for every person that the criminal shoots and kills?
"If you still think that I am being unreasonable, how about the following example?
"Some fanatic believers capture a hundred innocent elementary school children as hostages and demand that the authorities hand over an adult who has' blasphemed 'their religion for them to do whatever they want with him!
"If the authorities do not hand over the adult, they will kill a hundred innocent children!
"If the authorities insist on not handing over the adult, and the fanatic believers do kill the children, will the hundred innocent children be killed by the authorities?
"There must be a 'causal connection' when the lives of the adult and a hundred children are weighed, right? If the adult dies, the children don't have to die, but if the adult doesn't die, the children have to die. It is always' neither one nor the other ', isn't it?
"Is it because of this that the authorities, who do not compromise, are murderers?
"Damn you! What kind of bullsh * t is that?
"It is the fire, the bandits, and the fanatic believers who kill people, not the firefighters, the police, and the authorities!
"Therefore, even if I did not choose the strategy of 'detonating Karan', I would only have made a choice that any sane firefighter, policeman, or authority would have made. Later, when the defense line collapsed and a hundred billion people were killed, it would be the invaders of the Holy League who killed them, not me who was trying my best to resist the enemy!
"If I were really in Wuying Qi's shoes, I wouldn't cross the boundaries of human beings no matter how dangerous the environment was. I would fight like a real Cultivator. If I failed, I would retreat, regroup, and continue the battle! If countless ordinary people are killed in the war during the process, I will blame it on the Covenant Alliance, and I will pay them back a hundred times sooner or later! If I couldn't do it, the only reason would be that I was killed on the way!
"I believe that, other than the Immortal Cultivators who have ulterior motives and the few people who are bewildered by them, those with normal intelligence and elementary thinking abilities will know who is responsible for the crime and who is the real culprit!"
The mental devil scratched its head and chuckled in derision.
Taking a deep breath, Li Yao said resolutely, "There's no need to cover your helplessness with sneers. Do you know what the biggest problem is with the so-called choice?
"The biggest problem is that human life can't be measured. It's priceless! If something that is already infinitely big is multiplied by a hundred times, the result will be the same!
"It is not to say that the lives of two people added together are necessarily more important than that of one. It is also not to say that the life of a handsome, smart big shot from a noble family is necessarily more valuable than that of a mediocre citizen from a poor background!
"The 8.2 million innocent people on Karan and the hundred billion innocent people in the rear are of the same value!
"If you deny that, 8.2 million people can be 'sacrificed' for the hundred billion people today, a hundred billion people can be sacrificed for the hundred billion people tomorrow, and another hundred billion people can be sacrificed for the hundred billion and one people the day after tomorrow. After all, the former are slightly more valuable!
"As a result, the foundation of human society will be gone. The number of people who will be killed in the end will be far more than the 8.2 million or even the hundred billion!"
"Stop your alarmist talk!"
The mental devil chuckled coldly. "Whatever nonsense you are talking about, it's just your imagination. I don't believe it!"
"You don't believe it?"
Li Yao smiled coldly, too. "I'm disappointed. I'm really disappointed! You are my clone after all. Despite our different stances, our intelligence level should be about the same, shouldn't it? But why is your IQ plummeting so fast? It's almost falling off a cliff! You can't even see through Su Changfa's simple rhetoric?
"Could it be that after becoming an immortal cultivator, everyone will become stupid?"
"Having such a stupid clone like you … I truly despise myself!"
"What did you say?"
The mental devil burst into fury and dashed to the top of Ou Yezi's memory tree like a monkey, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws. "Speak clearly. What rhetoric do you mean that I can't see through? I'm not letting you go if you don't speak clearly today! "
"It's very simple."
Li Yao said calmly, "Su Changfa only said that Wuying Qi saved a hundred billion people by blowing up Karan and sacrificing 8.2 million people. It sounds like a fair deal, doesn't it?"
The mental devil nodded hard. "It is a fair deal in the first place!"
"Then, did he tell us how many people were killed in the war between the Imperium of True Human Beings and the Holy League and the rightful government of the Star Ocean Republic in the end?"
"It was a super civil war that involved almost a hundred Sectors. Hundreds of billions of people couldn't have died randomly, could it?"
"How did the civil war break out? Why did the Holy League take advantage of it?"
"It was exactly because Wuying Qi's coup seriously tore apart the stability of the Star Ocean Republic and led to the serious conflict between the Cultivators and the Immortal Cultivators!
"How did the coup succeed? If we trace it back to its source, it has a lot to do with the explosion of Karan, too!
"Therefore, can we say that Wuying Qi blew up Karan and sacrificed 8.2 million people to save a hundred billion people, only to cause the death of hundreds of billions of people in the end?"
The mental devil: "Well …"
"You've seen it too, haven't you?" Li Yao said. "It's a mess that can't be settled no matter how you calculate it, because 'lives' should not be calculated in the first place! As a Cultivator, as long as I abide by my boundaries and do my best, I will have a clear conscience whatever the final outcome is! "
"How about it, Immortal Cultivator? Are you satisfied with my direct answer?"
Crouching on the branch, the mental devil rolled its eyes for a long time. Suddenly, it chuckled and said, "Forget it. I've been tricked by you all this time! I shouldn't have argued with you in the first place!
"Theoretically speaking, perhaps you are right. Human lives' should 'be priceless, and human lives' should 'not be compared and weighed!
"But it is just a theory. It is just 'should'!
"No matter what you say, in the real world, people's lives have a price. They are divided into high and low. They can be, and are often, compared and weighed by people!"
"Hehe. The lives of two people may not be more valuable than the life of one, but the lives of the magnates and the big shots who are born in noble families are certainly more valuable than a poor boy from a humble background!
"Every life has its own value. The only difference is their value!
"That is certainly the case in the Imperium of True Human Beings. But your beloved Xing Yao Federation, wow. What a free, democratic, and equal place. You have parliament, elections, the Constitution of Cultivators, the core ideology to protect the ordinary people, and the Cultivators who are willing to be the sabers of the civilization of mankind. What a f * cking paradise!
"Isn't that the case?"
"For you, who was born in the magical equipment graveyard and struggled to survive as a scavenger and grew up through all kinds of difficulties, do you need me to pick a few examples from your memories and throw them at your face?
"You are lucky enough to be a Yuanying Cultivator right now. You are a high and mighty big shot who is on an equal footing with the Speaker of the Federation. Of course, you can spout the theoretical bullsh * t easily!
"If you hadn't had any fortuitous encounters and were still the scavenger who was struggling to survive in the magical equipment graveyard, would you still be able to say such things when faced with the dark, cold, and cruel reality? Will you still firmly believe in the ideals of the cultivators? "
"No. You will certainly become an Immortal Cultivator one day!
"You and I both know that this is not a vicious speculation but a fact!
"I am the amalgamation of the negative emotions, dark memories, and cold reality deep inside your soul in the first place. I am 'half Li Yao'! My choice is a part of your choice! "
"Admit it. Part of you has already recognized the cruel reality and become an Immortal Cultivator!"
The remark hit the deepest part of Li Yao's soul precisely.
Li Yao was silent.
The mental devil counterattacked and burst into laughter. "This is exactly the problem of the Cultivators. You don't have the courage to face reality at all! However touching and perfect your boasting sounds, it is all just groundless' theories'! The Immortal Cultivators are the real warriors who are bold enough to face the bleak reality! "
"You are wrong."
Li Yao was enshrouded in invisible flames. Gold brilliance blossomed from the depths of his brain, as if a scorching sun was piercing through the clouds. An unbreakable golden fortress slowly rose up in his brain!
Pausing after each word, he said softly, "We Cultivators are definitely not afraid to face reality!"
"Of course, we know how dark, cold, and heavy reality can be!
"But we will never be as cowardly and weak as the Immortal Cultivators, who succumb to the pressure of reality without any principles and end up as slaves to reality!
"No matter how dark, cruel, and heavy the reality is, we will change it bit by bit with our Dao according to our ideals!"
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