As the Puppet King roared evilly and enchantingly, Chu Zhixiao's soul had been completely entangled by the red lines of blood. Her head in the illusion was like a complicated mess.
"No … Don't you dare corrupt me … Your fallacies … are all wrong!"
Chu Zhixiao's hands were deeply mired in the red mess as she put up the last, feeble resistance.
"Hehe. What is right and what is wrong exactly?"
The Puppet King pressed forward.
"Order is right, and chaos is wrong!"
Chu Zhixiao bellowed in pain. "It is such a mess outside. So many people have turned into animals. Their precious blood is flowing for nothing. Is this your 'salvation'?"
"The people of the Holy League are too sick to be cured. Comprehensive surgeries are required. Of course, the surgeries will bleed and mess up the internal organs. There is even a high risk that the patients may die on the operating table. But can you refuse the surgeries just because of the pain, bleeding, and risks? It is the only way to save mankind! "
The Puppet King said matter-of-factly. "There can be no construction without destruction. The evil order has been established for too long. Only the most violent chaos can break it. Then, from the debris left by the chaos, a new order, the brightest order, will gradually rise. It will be an order that is made by human beings. It will be an order that we, as the dominators of the universe, establish in our own hands!"
"You — You are crazy. You are an out-and-out lunatic!"
Chu Zhixiao's body was almost dissected into flying streaks of blood, but she still did not give in. "Don't forget that there is still the Imperium of True Human Beings. The collapse of the Holy League will only create an opportunity for the evil Imperium. I know the current situation of the Imperium of True Human Beings very well. It should not be the future of mankind. Even 'Black Dream' Yun Haixin, as an Immortal Cultivator, said that he hoped that the Imperium and the Holy League would be destroyed if possible. Nobody should live in such a place!
"Are — are you a pure lunatic, or are you a spy sent by the Imperium for the purpose of disrupting the Holy League so that the Imperium can rule the entire universe?
"The Imperium of True Human Beings? Haha, hahahaha, Major Chu, I have to admit that your question really annoys me. Aren't you looking down on me too much? "
The Puppet King's lips gradually cracked to his ears as he sneered in silent mockery. "How can a country at the end of a dynasty such as the Imperium of True Human Beings, which is decayed and vulnerable despite its strong appearance, give birth to a savior like me?
"No, I am not from the Imperium, nor am I a pure Immortal Cultivator. Just rest assured. The chaos that I am going to create involves the Imperium and the Holy League. After the Imperium and the Holy League suffer heavy losses, and most of the puppets at the center of the cosmos that are manipulated by the gods and the Immortal Cultivators who are mired in crimes die together, a new, vigorous force of justice and brightness will come out to clean up the mess. The civilization of mankind can withstand such a strike and thrive, radiating even more brilliance than right now. I have 100% confidence in that!"
"What? A new force?"
Chu Zhixiao's soul was almost frozen. Even the bloody streaks around his body were frozen in midair, too.
"What?"
Li Yao, who had snuck into the illusion and eavesdropped stealthily, was greatly surprised, too. "What's the meaning of this? What does the Puppet King mean exactly?"
Perhaps, Chu Zhixiao misunderstood the 'new force' that the Puppet King mentioned to be the Divine Heart Association.
But Li Yao was very clear that the Puppet King must be referring to the Xing Yao Federation!
"Well, it sounds like the Puppet King, or Lu Qingchen, is trying to devise a plan to make the Imperium and the Holy League suffer heavy losses so that the center of the cosmos will be burnt through and most of the people of the Imperium and the Holy League will be killed."
The mental devil explained considerately, "Look, if a universal war does break out, and most of the people of the Imperium and the Holy League are killed, the civilization at the center of the cosmos will be regressed by hundreds of years. Hundreds of Sectors will be turned into radioactive wastelands, and countless planets will be blown into smithereens. The remaining people will be shivering in fear in their caves after running out of food and clothes. The starships that were as magnificent as mountains will be wasted, and the glorious armies in the past will turn into gangs and bandits.
"At such a time, will the Star Glory Federation, the only one with advantages in organization and technology, be able to arrive at the center of the cosmos as a 'savior' and clean up the mess without the slightest effort and reap all the benefits?"
Li Yao was silent for a long time.
"However —"
He struggled to say, "The capital planet of the Empyreal Terminus Sector alone has a population of almost a hundred billion. It is impossible to estimate the population of the entire Imperium. Together with the Holy League, which is not much smaller than the Imperium, how many people will there be exactly? Five trillion? Ten trillion?
"To achieve the total collapse of the order at the center of the cosmos, at least thirty percent or even fifty percent of the population will have to be killed. Well — well — well —"
"I think you've underestimated the mental devil," the mental devil said.
The mental devil said, "In the great wars of national annihilation, when the order of every dynasty completely collapses, it is not an exaggeration to say that nine out of ten houses are empty. It is not unusual at all even if ninety percent of the population is lost.
"All in all, the death of one person is one person, and the death of a hundred million people is just a series of numbers. A hundred million, a billion, ten billion, eleven billion, ten trillion. Is there any difference for Lu Qingchen, the Puppet King? Most importantly of all, those who will be killed are not the people of the Federation but the people of the Imperium and the Holy League, the enemies of the Federation!
"Remember, not everybody is as sentimental and merciful as you, who even cares about the lives of the people of the enemy country. Many Cultivators do not even object to the 'collateral damage' when attacking the enemy country, do they? If you do not attack the important military targets because you care about the lives of the civilians of the enemy country, how can you fight the war?
"To carry out his beliefs, Lu Qingchen could even sacrifice the lives of countless people of the Federation when he was in the Federation years ago. It is needless to say that he is killing some people of the Imperium and the Holy League right now. In his eyes, and even in the eyes of many people of the Federation, it is a righteous act for the interests of the country and the long-term peace!"
"I …"
Li Yao was lost for words for a moment. It was not until a long time later that he finally said, "All in all, what he did was wrong. He was trampling on the boundaries of humanity and the fundamental spirit of the Xing Yao Federation under the guise of humanity. It was an out-and-out massacre and a crime against humanity!"
"Yes, yes, yes. You are right. You have always been right," the mental devil said.
"However, I do want to know something. You are now confident that you can reach the balance between the Imperium and the Holy League and find a tiny living space for the Xing Yao Federation in the shaky balance. That will be the foothold for all your actions.
"But what if you fail?
"Should you fail, and the balance is broken, either the Holy League swallows the Imperium, or the Imperium swallows the Holy League. But whichever of them swallows the other, they will certainly extend their tentacles to the Xing Yao Federation next. By then, the Federation will be doomed forever. All the people of the Federation and the so-called path of the Cultivators will be obliterated.
"At such a moment, if Lu Qingchen's plan causes the Imperium and the Holy League to suffer heavy losses, most of the people at the center of the cosmos will be killed, and the civilization and technology will plummet, the Xing Yao Federation will be saved. It will even create a rarely-seen golden opportunity for the Xing Yao Federation to become the dominator of the universe and the leader of the civilization of mankind.
"Do you think it is a bad idea?
"Let's simplify the question again. It's a choice. If one party has to be completely doomed, will you choose to let your motherland and compatriots, the Star Glory Federation, and the people of the federation be doomed? Or will you choose to let your enemy, the people of the Imperium and the Holy League, which are a hundred times more numerous, be doomed so that the people of the Federation can clean up the mess of the civilization as the 'savior' and create a new glory? "
Li Yao's soul was bubbling like a surging spring, indicating the anxiety and hesitation in his heart.
"The question is too simple. Why don't you ask me who I should save if my wife and my mother fall into the river at the same time?"
Li Yao asked back.
The mental devil smiled and did not pester him. It simply said, "Forget it. Let's talk later."
Not far away, Chu Zhixiao was deeply shocked by the King of Puppets' words, too. He lost his cool and exclaimed, "What plan? What are you up to exactly?"
"Of course, I cannot tell you my real plan right now," the King of Puppets said casually.
The King of Puppets said casually, "You only need to trust me 100%. There must be a way to turn the center of the cosmos into a chaotic swirl, release the most brilliant humanity in the swirl, and then reestablish brightness on the ruins. Everything will be fine.
"Last time we met, I told you that I was not from the Imperium but from a place far, far away.
"In my … hometown, I once tried to implement my dream, but the conditions were not mature enough at that time. It was true that I was too hasty. It was only natural that I failed in the end.
"But failure is the mother of success. There are no world-changing innovations that can be accomplished overnight, right?
"When I drifted in the depths of the universe and accidentally arrived at the Holy League, I discovered that all the fundamental elements to realize my dream were here!
"You have the most developed Spiritual Nexus and crystal processors, the most advanced artificial embryo breeding technology, the Channeling Temples, and countless starships, which are all embedded in the enormous national machinery as nodes of the Spiritual Nexus. You also have countless soldiers and workers whose heads are blank, waiting for me to instill humanity into them. It's almost a miracle. It's the promised land that the gods have bestowed upon me!
"It's a pity that your Ultimate Benevolence Masters are too wasteful. They have everything to become gods and devils, but they only use those things to destroy humanity and degrade themselves into slaves forever!
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