"Wow!"
Xiaoming and Wenwen exclaimed at the same time, with envy beaming out of their bodies. "So glamorous, so cool, and so awesome!"
"That's nothing. The sound and visual effects of the 'Earth Blast' that I blew out just now were much more glamorous than his, alright?"
Li Yao said, somewhat unconvinced. "Besides, he broke the path of reincarnation and returned to the human world with my help after all. So, I'm sort of his savior!"
"Then —"
The two little fellows were somewhat unsure. "Look at how awesome he is right now, as if he is the only dominator in the entire world. Is he a friend or a foe? Will he listen to you?"
"He … He should be on our side!"
Li Yao was not sure, either. But right now, there was nothing else he could do except hope that Lu Qingchen was an ally.
Waving his flagella, Li Yao swam up hard and shouted at Lu Qingchen, "My good nephew, my good nephew, I'm here. It's great that you were reborn. I believe that you didn't forget that it was I who stood up and woke you up at the most critical moment when Fuxi hypnotized you, right? Also, I deeply believe that I planted the seed of 'truth, kindness, and beauty' in your heart at that time, which made you wake up and change your ways. You are now completely reborn, aren't you, my good nephew? "
Lu Qingchen turned a deaf ear to him. He did not want to bother with the earthworm that was crawling everywhere. Instead, he focused all his attention on Fuxi's last bit of data.
"When exactly … did you discover it?"
Fuxi was unwilling to give up. His data cracks were hissing like vipers that were struggling before death.
"From the very beginning, I realized that this was a scheme, even a great scheme that was interconnected."
Lu Qingchen smiled. "In the cold, dark universe, all the individuals are bound by chains of suspicion and hold great malice toward each other. When you run into a stranger for the first time, you will assume that the stranger is full of the most intense malice at first. It is the safest approach.
"Think about it. At that time, I was only a strand of remnant soul that could be annihilated at any moment, whereas you who appeared before me was so formidable and unfathomable! An unparalleled being like you showed obvious kindness to me and helped me repair and even upgrade the structure of my soul without any reason. How is that possible?
"So, from the very beginning, I was extremely vigilant against you. I kept guessing what you wanted from me, or rather, what value I had to you.
"However, even if I had guessed your purpose at that time, I didn't have a second choice. My remnant soul was so weak that I could only rely on your help to recover my vitality. If I had fallen out with you at that time, I wouldn't have been able to do anything if you had forcefully devoured me.
"Besides, hehe, I sensed how complicated, enormous, exquisite, and … juicy your database was at that time. From the first second I sensed you, I wanted to devour you and complete the upgrade with you to reach the unprecedented ultimate level. Haha. Hahahahaha!"
Lu Qingchen laughed maniacally and excitedly.
Fuxi, on the other hand, screamed in pain and regret.
"Then, I pretended to be ignorant and snuck into the Holy League under your arrangement. I even became the king of puppets and released viruses inside the Holy League. You think I don't know that it was a simulated attack that you targeted at the Holy League so that the Holy League and your mainframe would be more immune? In the meantime, you could pry into the information about my soul without me knowing it?"
While laughing, Lu Qingchen said coldly, "No, I know. I've always known. But at that time, I was still too weak, and you were too strong. I didn't even have one billionth of a chance to turn on you. So, I could only wait. I could only lurk, or even pretend to be crazy, just to wait for an unexpected factor, an unexpected factor that you couldn't predict even with all the computational ability of the universe!"
"How — how did you know —"
Fuxi roared in grief and fury, "That there was such an unexpected factor?"
"Because not long ago, the flawless plan that my teacher and I carefully planned was inexplicably ruined by this' unexpected factor '!"
Lu Qingchen finally glanced at Li Yao who was wriggling and narrowed his eyes. With a complicated expression, he gnashed his teeth. "I even felt that the enormous' unexpected factor ', the cockroach, the rat, and the earthworm, boasted a certain twisted and destructive power that transcended the laws of the universe. He was a perfect example of' too incompetent to accomplish anything '. As long as he stuck to you like a plaster, sticky and stinky, and you couldn't get rid of him at all, you would be screwed. No matter how many soldiers you had, how many plans you had, your invincible combat ability, or the legacies from the primeval era hundreds of thousands of years ago, it would be useless. You would be screwed. You would certainly be screwed. He would drag you to the same level as him and defeat you with abundant experience!"
"Well —"
Not just Fuxi, whose database was on the verge of collapse and whose computational ability had hit rock bottom, even when he was at his peak, he found it hard to understand how the 'unexpected factor' that Lu Qingchen mentioned could be so terrifying. "Even so, how did you know that the 'unexpected factor' would certainly show up?"
"He will definitely appear, because you have a great conspiracy, and this conspiracy will bring endless bloodshed, destruction, destruction, slaughter, slavery, darkness … As long as there are these things, he will definitely appear."
Lu Qingchen smiled and further explained, "At that time, I had vaguely guessed your identity. I knew that you were deeply connected to the Holy League and were even the mastermind behind the Holy League. Both I and the 'unexpected factor' were fighting for the supreme interests of the Xing Yao Federation.
"For the Federation, the Holy League and the Imperium were mortal enemies of the same level. The Holy League was even more of a threat. Therefore, when the Holy League had a great scheme, how could the unexpected factor, the cockroach, the rat, and the earthworm, not show up?"
"My children —"
After listening for a long time, Li Yao couldn't help but summon Xiaoming and Wenwen. "What are they talking about exactly? Why can't I understand anything? 'Unexpected factor'? Cockroach, rat, and earthworm? Who is Lu Qingchen talking about exactly?"
"…" Xiaoming.
"…" Wenwen.
"After confirming that you had a scheme, and that the goddamn 'unexpected factor' would certainly show up to sabotage your scheme, my plan was very simple. All I needed to do was to hide myself deeply and watch the two of you fight. When both of you were heavily wounded, I would show up unhurriedly and reap all the benefits. Then, I would be the biggest winner."
Lu Qingchen said confidently, "Of course, it was not as simple as it seemed. The key problem was that you had already learned of my existence and had me under your control. The 'unexpected factor' was deeply connected to me, too. No matter how I lurked, it was very likely that he would sense me instantly.
"Therefore, how I am going to completely vanish under the comprehensive scanning of the two of you is the biggest problem. It is the key to the victory!"
"That explains a lot. That's why you chose to fake your death!"
Fuxi's head was cramping crazily. "Human being. You shameless human being. You lied to me. You lied to everybody. You lied to the entire universe!"
"You were only half right. It was true that I hoped to escape from everybody's sight by faking my death, but you knew very well that the so-called 'fake death' was impossible. If I had to die, I had to die for real," Lu Qingchen said casually.
Lu Qingchen said casually, "At the beginning, I already pretended to be 'fake death' by detonating my soul, which was seen through by you very quickly. I believe that it did not fool the eyes of the 'unexpected factor', either. Such a clumsy approach is almost laughable in such a high-end battlefield.
"Therefore, when I detonated my soul for the second time, I barely kept any leeway. Except for the most inconspicuous soul seeds that pretended to be common soul pieces, my soul was truly blown apart, and I couldn't have been more dead.
"If you didn't have any reaction at that time and even maintained the status quo for a couple of days, even the deities of the universe wouldn't have been able to save me, and I would've perished into nothingness.
"I'm gambling with my life. I'm betting that someone will save me and rebuild my broken soul that has dispersed into nothingness!"
"How — how did you know?"
Fuxi found it hard to believe. "Somebody would save you?"
"Because I've guessed your purpose. To you, my soul is a unique 'cauldron' that can give you true life. Now that the cauldron is in pieces, how could you not repair it?"
Lu Qingchen's smile couldn't have been more brilliant. "As for the 'unexpected factor', I've studied him deeply and even had a soul-stirring confrontation with him. I knew very well that he was a guy with fatal flaws in both his personality and his abilities. To some extent, his wisdom never exceeded the limits of a high school student. Therefore, as long as I roared a few blood-boiling words' before my death 'and gave him the illusion that I seemed to have' abandoned evil for good ', the silly guy would probably spare no effort to save me. At the very least, he wouldn't stop you from rebuilding my soul or even try to wake it up so that we could deal with you together.
"Of course, he is not the only one. Most people are the same. A white spot on a piece of black paper will leave a deep impression on them. Just like the proverb in the Ancient Sages Sector, 'Lay down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha immediately'. Hahahaha. Even I am about to become a Buddha. How can he not be touched and not help me?"
"Fake. So … it was all fake. It was all an act. It was all a trap!"
Fuxi's face was not only filled with desperation but also fear. He was scared that he had the idea of swallowing such an unparalleled devil as Lu Qingchen.
Lu Qingchen was silent for a long time, but the most sacred brilliance was beaming out of his hideous face.
"What's real and what's fake? Who can tell the difference between real and fake?"
Lu Qingchen looked at Li Yao in a dilemma and sighed. "It's true that everything was part of my plan, but the feelings that I revealed at that time and the heartfelt words before my death were not … entirely fake.
"My hatred for you is real. My love for the federation is real. My longing for the brilliant future of the civilization of mankind and my yearning for unparalleled freedom are all real. Also, I am not 100% sure that I will be saved by you. As a matter of fact, I am not even 1% sure that I will be saved by you.
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