"Then … What about you?" The old man suddenly asked.
"If my guess is right, most people have seized the opportunity and made changes as you expected. Then you … shouldn't continue to exist as a threat, right?"
"You don't have to worry about that." Liu Xiaojiang shook his head calmly.
"You just have to guarantee that no one will use weapons of mass destruction in the upcoming chaos. If anyone intends to use the deaths of some innocent people in exchange for the safety of themselves and others in this world, I will kill everyone."
"After all, if even high and mighty managers like you are like those selfish ordinary people who will do anything to ensure their own safety and interests …"
"There's no need for this world that can only be managed by humans anymore …" Rhode muttered to himself.
"Why?" The old man thought that he had seen through Liu Xiaojiang, but after hearing these relatively terrifying and extreme words, he realized that he didn't see the true face of this young man at all.
"You humans are indeed the masters of this world, but the masters aren't the so-called managers of society. Instead, it's an identity that belongs to all humans," Liu Xiaojiang replied calmly.
"Besides, this world doesn't completely belong to you because it is also a place where other creatures live. If you can choose to give up on your own people, won't it become something that only belongs to you managers …"
"Are you confident in dealing with those weapons?" The old man frowned and the wrinkles on his face instantly tangled together.
"You can try …" Liu Xiaojiang said nonchalantly.
"My strength may not be that strong, but for a non-human existence like me, there is still something special about me …"
Upon hearing that.
The old man lowered his head and pondered carefully. Then, he looked at Liu Xiaojiang suspiciously.
"Xiao Jiang, you … How long have you lived?"
"I just woke up not long ago …" Liu Xiaojiang couldn't help but look at the old man with a playful expression and said,
"However, if you really want to argue, why do you think I used the name 'Ying Gou'? Do you think it's just a fake name for me?"
"You …" The old man's eyes lit up, but he still couldn't believe such a ridiculous thing.
"Don't tell me you're saying that you're a character from the ancient myths and legends. If that's true, even if you're Yinggou, according to the legends … shouldn't you hate the descendants of the Yan and Huang Dynasties?"
"However …"
"Everything you've expressed today, no matter if it's too extreme in terms of ideology, is ultimately for the sake of the world … for us, the descendants of the Yellow Emperor. It's completely different from the mythical Yinggou."
"I just don't want the world that I live in to collapse because of you humans. Besides, not all of the things that you have created over the years are boring in my eyes …" Liu Xiaojiang said.
"Everything that I'm persevering in and what I'm going to do next is essentially for my own peace and happiness … You're overthinking it."
"You don't hate us anymore?" The old man said in disbelief.
"Human thoughts will change due to various things …" Liu Xiaojiang said with an indifferent expression.
"After all, I'm also an existence with thoughts. I don't just follow my instincts. Can't I be like you humans, constantly evolving and changing in thought?"
"If it was me in the past, even if I didn't hate you, I probably wouldn't have said so much to you if I wanted to facilitate the next thing. I could completely control your thoughts and turn you into a puppet of me, Ying Gou …"
"But unfortunately …"
"I don't intend to participate in the management of you humans, nor do I want to use such self-deceiving means to integrate into this world. Because this kind of thing is not the freedom that we cultivators pursue …"
After that …
Liu Xiaojiang slowly got up from his chair and walked to the wooden door of the attic without looking back.
"Old Sir, I had a good chat with you today. I also hope that you can follow my request and stick to your bottom line as a human. As for the two outside … I'll help them disguise themselves and leave them behind. Consider them the bodyguards that I found for you."
"After all, if someone has a bad brain and insists on using those weapons of mass destruction, and even doesn't hesitate to kill you for this, if you really die like this … it would be too much of a pity."
However …
Just as Liu Xiaojiang was about to leave the attic …
The old man suddenly stood up from his chair and asked Liu Xiaojiang's back.
"Mr. Ying, I'm willing to believe everything you said for the time being, but can you really guarantee that what's about to happen can prompt us to give up our long-standing nature?"
Hearing this …
Liu Xiaojiang stopped in front of the wooden door of the attic. Then, without turning his head, he placed his hand on the doorknob and said:
"If there is a sufficiently powerful and terrifying enemy, the desire to survive will instantly surpass everything. I believe that even if this enemy of mine disappears in the future, this painful experience will be enough to wake up most people."
"As for the specifics of the future …"
At this point …
He gently pushed open the wooden door in front of him. Before leaving, he turned to look at the old man and smiled:
"After all, the help that the old man can provide is limited. The future … will still depend on the choices of you young people. After all, this world is not the territory of us old fellows. It is something that you young people have the ability to control."
"While I achieve my goal, the only thing I can do for you 'dominators' is to teach you how to treat yourself and everything in this world. And this … is the only thing that you taught me, this old man."
"After all, if the day of destruction really comes, even I can't save anyone at all. I can only be dragged down by you to the end …"
"I'm not a kind senior. I'm not even a person. I don't intend to go to the end with you. So before this really happens, I will choose to clean up the parasites in the world. But without you … it will inevitably be a lot less fun."
"So …"
"In order to let me live more freely in this world, your existence and changes are actually necessary … I believe that you guys, who are greedier than me, don't want to drag your subordinates to hell together, right?"
"After all, survival is always more important than anything else for all life …"
— — —
After a long time …
Liu Xiaojiang quietly left the attic alone, as well as this elegant residential area surrounded by water. From the beginning to the end, he did not alarm any ordinary people.
But …
Not long after he left this area and was about to return to the hotel to arrange his next move, he realized that he seemed to have been targeted as soon as he came out.
Moreover, he was followed by someone he was very familiar with but hadn't seen for a long time …
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