"Why do you have such a strong prejudice against the extraterrestrial devils, General Ming? I don't think you have such disgust and resistance even when we talk about the Cultivators!"
Lu Qingchen did not deny his identity at all. Instead, he said in the most frank and affirmative tone, "It's true that I am an extraterrestrial devil, but I am also an Immortal Cultivator who belongs to the reformists. I am also a patriot who loves the Star Glory Federation and is determined to reform the motherland because I cannot bear to see it go astray. Are the three identities contradictory?
"Perhaps the Imperium of True Human Beings at the center of the cosmos is a place full of racism and arrogance, but the Xing Yao Federation is different. This is an open, tolerant, and harmonious paradise. In this place, human beings and demons, the enemies in the past, can bury the hatchet. The folks from the desert world, the Water Crystal Sector, and the forests, the Forest Ocean Sector, can live a happy life. Why can't the extraterrestrial devils join the Federation and build a big, harmonious family with everybody? Human beings, demons, Spiriters, extraterrestrial devils … Everybody can be united and form a perfect symbiotic relationship. "
You — you've got to be kidding me! "
Although the black jellyfish had almost drowned his mouth, Heiye Ming still could not help but roar. "Both the Imperium of True Human Beings and the Xing Yao Federation are part of the civilization of mankind. The Immortal Cultivators and the Cultivators are only different in terms of beliefs, but we are all human beings. This is a civil war between human beings!
"Even if the demons — fine, even if I will never agree that the bizarre-looking demons are also members of human beings, at least — at least, they are all carbon-based creatures with flesh and blood, aren't they? However weird their appearance and habits are, they are at least derived from human beings, aren't they?
"What are the extraterrestrial devils? They are just some unpredictable, sordid energy life forms that are trying to control our feelings and thoughts!
"I won't be fooled no matter what you say. Don't forget that the Imperium of True Human Beings was the rightful heir of the Star Ocean Imperium ten thousand years ago. The Star Ocean Imperium was finally destroyed because the demons colluded with the extraterrestrial devils and corrupted the Blood God, the commander of the expedition army!
"As the rightful heir of the Star Ocean Imperium, we are sworn enemies with the extraterrestrial devils. You are daydreaming if you want me to cooperate with you!
"Now, I know what tricks your so-called 'perfect world' is playing. You confine most people in the Spiriters' Realm in order to absorb their feelings and soul waves and use the great lives of human beings as food for the extraterrestrial devils. That's all!
"As for the 'elites' who have passed all kinds of cruel tests, the so-called 'real people' who are struggling in reality, I'm afraid that they have long been deeply corrupted and completely corrupted by the extraterrestrial devils on the 'test battlefields', haven't they?
"In the end, what are the things that arrive in reality with the shells of human beings? Are they really human beings, or are they the puppets of the extraterrestrial devils?
"Kill me! Huff, huff, huff, huff, just kill me, but I will never cooperate with you! The pride of mankind is something that neither the wretched Pangu civilization nor you despicable extraterrestrial devils can blaspheme! "
Heiye Ming roared at the top of his voice with the last of his strength.
Perhaps it was his imagination, but after he roared the words, the black jellyfish around him slightly retreated, and Lu Qingchen's gloomy sigh that nobody could understand came over from the deep ocean.
"General Ming, your prejudice against the extraterrestrial devils is too deep. Or rather, the lies made up by the Pangu Clan in the past that are deeply etched in our genes and our souls are too powerful!"
Lu Qingchen said. "Like you, I am proud of the sacred brilliance of the civilization of mankind. Why would I really confine anybody? I only want to liberate human beings in such a way and completely break the seal that suppresses our souls so that human beings can recover their original appearance."
"What — what are you talking about?"
Heiye Ming bulged his eyes. "Not confinement but liberation? Break the seal and recover our original appearance? What do you mean? "
Lu Qingchen smiled and went on. "It is absolutely meaningless to dwell on whether it is human beings or the extraterrestrial devils that arrive in reality in the end, because …
"The extraterrestrial devils are not necessarily human beings, but human beings are extraterrestrial devils in the first place!"
Heiye Ming's eyeballs were almost exploding. "You are lying. That is pure nonsense. Who would believe such absurd lies?"
"Listen to the voice that is suppressed in the deepest part of your soul under the seal, and you will know whether or not I am lying."
Lu Qingchen sighed. "It's a pity that the seal has been branded too deeply, and too much time has passed. It's been so long that everybody has forgotten the remote origin and regarded the suppressed state of being sealed as their original appearance.
"Ten thousand years ago, the 'Blood God', the greatest commander of the civilization of mankind, heard the voice in the deepest part of his soul. He was determined to completely break the seal of the Pangu civilization and liberate all human beings.
"It is a pity that he failed. The battlefield was obliterated, the truth was covered, the heroes were tainted, and the lies were smeared with glittering powder, turning into an unquestionable history.
"Extraterrestrial devils. What a dreadful, despicable, and evil name. But who gave them such a dreadful, despicable, and evil name in the first place? Who told human beings time and time again that the extraterrestrial devils were dreadful and that they should never get in touch with them? Have you ever considered the question carefully, General Ming? "
Heiye Ming gnashed his teeth. "What — what do I need to consider? I've seen the horror of the arrival of extraterrestrial devils before!"
Lu Qingchen snorted softly. "Therefore, not everybody can control the 'tenebrum energy' that is condensed by the resonance between the overly powerful feelings and the spiritual energy. That's why we have to arrange for most people to live in virtual worlds and strictly manage and precisely control their feelings so that the 'tenebrum energy' can be output stably.
"You cannot deny the brand-new possibilities brought by the extraterrestrial devils and the tenebrum energy just because of the chaos and horror of the extraterrestrial devils, just like you cannot deny the hope that fire brings to a civilization just because it is burning everywhere.
"Any powerful force is bound to be dangerous. The more powerful it is, the more dangerous it will be. Only the strongest mind is qualified to conquer it, control it, and manipulate it, isn't it?"
Heiye Ming was rendered speechless again. "Is — is it true? Are we really —"
"Yes, we are really the same."
Before he finished, Lu Qingchen said, "The simplest logic is that only the same kind can swallow each other and regard each other as food. Wolves eat sheep, and sheep eat grass. They can only do that because they are the same kind. But neither wolf, sheep, nor grass can get any nutrition from rocks. Rocks are the real anomaly, aren't they? If we are not the same kind, how can the energy that the extraterrestrial devils need be stored deep inside the brain of human beings? "
Heiye Ming was silent for a while. His voice was completely feeble as he struggled symbolically. "I don't understand. Please tell me the whole truth."
"Nobody knows the whole truth. I don't understand it either. I only know some mottled pieces," Lu Qingchen said.
Lu Qingchen said. "But it doesn't matter. Accept my beliefs, listen to the voice in the deepest part of your soul, and become a member of my team. Then, we will fight side by side and search together!
"You can call our Great Dao the Immortal Cultivator 20, the Cultivator 20, or even the Human Cultivator 20. The name is just a code name. You only need to know that it combines the advantages of the Cultivator and the Immortal Cultivator and can lead us to the ultimate truth and figure out who we are. That's enough."
"Ahhhhhhh!"
While he hesitated, the black jellyfish completely enshrouded Heiye Ming's head and even his entire body and crawled into his brain through his mouth, his nostrils, and his ears. In the deepest part of his soul, he was like a man who had been swallowed by a swamp. There was no telling whether he was roaring in pain or delight, as if he were both being tortured and being reborn.
"Us."
Heiye Ming's voice was completely twisted as he howled, "What are we going to do? What are we going to do right now?"
"First of all, we are going to control the Xing Yao Federation. With the tiny world at the edge of the cosmos as our 'civilization laboratory', we will accumulate valuable experience on how to build and maintain a perfect world. Naturally, we are going to raise a coalition fleet of human beings, demons, and extraterrestrial devils that is strong enough to sweep across the three thousand Sectors. They will be a strengthened version of the Blood God's rebellion army ten thousand years ago, and you will be the highest commander of the fleet and their commander," Lu Qingchen said calmly.
It was not an ambitious temptation but an objective fact. "Then, we will march to the center of the cosmos, liberate everybody in the Imperium and the Holy League, and shatter all the schemes of the Pangu civilization that they are trying to make a comeback!
"Most importantly of all, we have to go to the center of the cosmos and search for the precious legacy left by the Blood God. I believe that we can find the real origin of mankind from the things that the Blood God left behind."
Heiye Ming's roars turned into vague gurgling noises. "… Origin?"
"Yes," Lu Qingchen said firmly.
Lu Qingchen said firmly. "We will see the future of mankind from the origin of mankind. Who we are, where we came from, and … where are we going? Are you not interested in those questions? Do you not want to figure them out completely? "
"I — I think I heard something. Huchi, huchi … Huchi, huchi … Huchi, huchi … I heard the voice. Who — who are we exactly? Where do we come from? Where are we going? Why are we struggling in this dark universe? Why are we struggling in this dark universe?"
Heiye Ming was cramping violently, but his cramps were getting smaller and smaller, as if the black mucus around his body was gradually hardening into an enormous cocoon.
His cries were getting weaker and weaker until they completely disappeared, too, as if he were slowly breeding inside and turning into a butterfly!
In the dark ocean, Lu Qingchen waited patiently.
After a long time, Heiye Ming's voice echoed from the black cocoon again. "I seem … to be awake. Thank you, Fellow Cultivator Lu."
"Congratulations, Fellow Cultivator Heiye," Lu Qingchen said.
"But my Black Wind Fleet is in chaos right now," Heiye Ming said. "We are in a passive position. If we continue being stalled like this, there will be too many unexpected factors, which will be very disadvantageous for our next step."
"It doesn't matter," Lu Qingchen said. "Although there is a major loophole in the plan, it is still manageable. Reinforcements will arrive very soon."
"Reinforcements?" Heiye Ming asked. "Where are they?"
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
