The dark Palace no longer existed. Anthony had destroyed the entire Palace. All that was left was a lonely dragon throne and a lonely Duanmu Huangqi.
Normally, the dragon throne symbolized Duanmu Huangqi's power. All the officials in Xidu had to bow and worship the throne.
Now, the dragon throne and the great sense of loneliness made it look like a gravestone.
Lü Shu looked at Duanmu Huangqi and said, "You guessed that you would die today, right?"
Zhang Weiyu had already quietly told Lü Shu what he had discovered in the harem.
Duanmu Huangqi slowly opened his eyes and looked at Lv Shu. "No one can predict their own future, but I have always been prepared for the worst. When I was fighting in the past, I always had the determination to die, but I ended up being reborn from the jaws of death. Two thousand years ago, I received orders to behead the Qing Kingdom. I killed my way from the east of Xidu all the way to the Royal Palace. I knew that no one would come to help me. If 100 of us died, we died. There would be no twists and turns like the stories the storytellers spoke of. So, I could only fight for my life. "
Duanmu Huangqi thought back and said, "The soldiers in Xidu looked at the 100 of us alone. It was like they were silently laughing at us. What they did not expect was that we were among the thousands of soldiers and killed the Qing King in front of them. I stood by the Qing King's body and placed his head on my black dragon spear. Turning my head to look behind me, there was only a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. I think this was probably the success of a general built on 10,000 bones. "
After saying this, Duanmu Huangqi carefully examined the Quaking Mountain Armor on Zhang Weiyu and the others. "Who would have thought that, in the same Xidu, with the same Quaking Mountain Armor, I, Duanmu Huangqi, would be the one to be killed. This world is strange. How did it become like this? "
"It's different this time." Lü Shu smiled and said, "I really want to know, how does it feel to be abandoned?"
Duanmu Huangqi fell into deep thought and then suddenly said, "In this world, many people once thought that they were the chess player, but in the end, they found out that they were just a chess piece. I, Duanmu Huangqi, am not the first person to think like this, and I don't think I will be the last."
"Who is your accomplice?" Lü Shu's voice gradually turned cold. "Tell me, and I will send him down to accompany you."
Duanmu Huangqi suddenly smiled strangely and said, "You want to get the secret from me, Duanmu Huangqi, just like that? Isn't it too easy?"
"Don't you hate him?" Lü Shu said calmly, "In this battle, I've been waiting for someone to save you. In the end, no one did. It seems that your companions think it would be better for you to die."
"No, no, no." Duanmu Huangqi shook his head and said, "At the very least, you're wrong about one thing. He and I are not companions, and I, Duanmu Huangqi, do not need companions. I have never expected anyone to save me, and I do not need anyone to save me. "
Lü Shu fell silent. He suddenly felt that it was not this world that had abandoned Duanmu Huangqi, but Duanmu Huangqi who had abandoned the entire world, including himself.
"Have you never had companions in your life?" Lü Shu asked.
"Yes, my companions are the ninety-nine people who have gone through fire and water with me. However, they are all dead now and buried behind this palace of mine." Duanmu Huangqi smiled and said, "In this world, I only need them to accompany me, and that is enough."
For some reason, Lü Shu suddenly felt that this legendary Western Emperor Of Heaven had too many contradictions in his heart. It turned out that the suspicious and tyrannical Emperor Of Heaven also had people he could trust.
It was just that the people he could trust were no longer around.
Lü Shu thought about it and said, "Have you ever thought that sometimes your loneliness is actually because you cannot trust others?"
Duanmu Huangqi asked in reply, "Is there anyone in this world that can be trusted?"
Lü Shu said calmly, "I used to think the same as you, that there is no one in this world that can be trusted. However, I later realized that I was wrong. If there is no one in this world that can be trusted, then it would be really boring."
Duanmu Huangqi laughed and said, "Even you can come back to life. What else in this world is true? What else is false? If you want to persuade me now, you might as well fight me to your heart's content. "
Lü Shu suddenly felt that sometimes a person's worldview, outlook on life, and values were already fixed at the age of forty. Moreover, Duanmu Huangqi was a person who had lived for countless years. No matter who persuaded him, it would probably be useless.
Moreover, there was no need for him to persuade him, because Duanmu Huangqi was going to die today.
Many people hoped that others would admit their mistakes, but in fact, they hoped that others would agree with their point of view. However, Lü Shu did not need Duanmu Huangqi to agree with him. He only needed to kill him, kill those who wanted to kill him, and then return to Earth. It was that simple.
Lü Shu asked in reply, "How do you know that I am that person?"
"The Mountain Shaking Armor is already in your hands. Is there a need to ask?" Duanmu Huangqi said calmly, "Zhang Weiyu and Liu Yizhao are also by your side. Who else could you be? Who would they submit to? "
Lü Shu suddenly realized that loyalty was the label that Zhang Weiyu carried. Whoever led Zhang Weiyu would be the Divine King …
"Back then, you also risked your life for the Divine King. Have you ever thought that you would betray him today?" Lü Shu asked curiously.
"I didn't think about this at that time." Duanmu Huangqi's fingers tapped on the dragon throne. "It's good enough that I'm still alive. However, do you think that I'm the only one like this?"
"Who else?" Lü Shu asked.
Duanmu Huangqi smiled and said, "Aren't you also changing? After one reincarnation, didn't you still kill so many people? "
"Do you know why I reincarnated?" Lü Shu asked curiously. The Old Divine King probably would not tell such things to Duanmu Huangqi.
"In the past, I thought that you were really dead. Only now do I understand that it was just a reincarnation. As for why you reincarnated, isn't the only one who can kill you?" Duanmu Huangqi's tone started to become relaxed, and there was even less darkness and gloom. "Didn't you already have your heart in the war? I can still feel it."
Lü Shu shook his head. "Actually, you are wrong. I am not him, and he is not me."
"That's not important." Duanmu Huangqi shook his head. "What's important is that in the end, you still walked the same old path. You killed so many people and created so many sins. What's the difference between you and him? What you need to understand is that when you stare into the abyss … "
Li Heitan suddenly raised his hand and interrupted him. "I've heard this saying before. When you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back at you. Nietzsche said it!"
The place suddenly quietened down. Everyone looked at Li Heitan silently. Li Heitan felt a little guilty and slowly retracted his hand …
Duanmu Huangqi said, "To be precise, when you stared into the abyss, you might not have thought that one day, you would also become the abyss."
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