Chapter 354: Chapter 305: …don’t be like this, suddenly I can’t laugh anymore._2
Fantasy so extre it was like listening to a myth.
Just when he was a bit unsure of what to say,
a snide female chuckle suddenly filled his ears.
“Pretentious, just a Mart trickster.”
“I actually thought you were soone with great ambitions and important endeavors, but now it seems you’re just another Mart trickster. What’s next? Are you going to say that with just a little money, one can purchase an ‘Order of Atonent’ from you and wash away their sins?”
“These clichéd tricks might fool others, but do you think they can fool ?”
As the voice faded away,
a scantily clad woman, escorted by eight fully ard n, strode into Wang Zhongyi’s office. She crossed her arms as she looked toward Chen Yi, who stood by the window, her eyes filled with mockery and scorn.
This woman was the sa one who had just entered the elevator.
Originally, she had just co here to take care of so business.
But when she had stepped into the elevator earlier, the young man before her caught her attention. This young man’s face wore a look of indifference that was all too common in the faces of everyone in Ao City.
It was an indifference to the lives of others.
In this world, indifference was a requisite skill for survival.
However, the indifference on this young man’s face was different from that of the other inhabitants of this city. It was like… as if he was out of place in this world, as if everything before him was nothingness.
Furthermore, the way this young man looked at her carried neither the lust found in bold n’s eyes nor the fear and caution present in timid n’s eyes. It was as if… as if she were a log, non-existent.
This feeling intrigued her greatly.
So, when the elevator stopped on the ground floor, she decided to go back to the 18th floor with her bodyguards, curious to discover what kind of person this young man was. Just as she reached the entrance of the Red Skull Faction leader’s office, she heard this young man’s speech.
“If no one else is willing to be a Walker, then I am willing.”
“This world always needs people who might seem foolish but are filled with courage.”
“We want peace.”
This speech was sothing she had never heard before.
It was sothing she had thought about in her heart.
But she dared not ntion it to anyone. To speak up would only lead to being treated as an outcast.
For a woman to take over her father’s business in this world was extrely difficult. Even though she had proven her excellence, the veterans of her father’s powers always hindered her. Especially if she dared to express any opinion about peace.
The veterans would instantly see her as a weak leader.
She would lose all qualifications to inherit her father’s power.
And at that point, not even her father could do anything about it.
However, just as she unexpectedly started to idolize and yearn for this young man she had only t once, the speech he continued with shattered the thoughts that had just arisen in her heart.
So he was nothing but a Mart trickster after all.
She had actually believed he was a hero willing to oppose the world with great ambitions.
Indeed.
In this world, preserving oneself was already a luxury.
Saving others?
Was there any luxury greater than this?
Afterward, as she looked at Chen Yi standing by the window with a hint of contempt and loathing flashing in her eyes, she suddenly felt that this young man wasn’t so different after all. Just as she was about to order her bodyguards to kill this Mart trickster in front of her,
the man suddenly began to speak.
“Do you think you’ve seen through the truth?”
“Do you know what’s the most pitiful thing about you? You’ve killed all those who wanted to save you.”
“What now?”
Chen Yi slowly turned his head to look at the woman standing by the office door, his steps leisurely as he walked up to her. Looking down at the woman who was shorter than him, he spoke quietly with a calm expression.
“You want to kill ?”
“Do you think you can kill ?”
“I may not be the first to co to save you, but I will definitely be the last. You don’t have much ti left. Are you sure you want to kill ?”
“I…”
The woman who had always shown herself to be strong suddenly felt sowhat tongue-tied, looking at the young man approaching her and subconsciously stepping back. But then she flew into a rage because of this step back!
She was actually intimidated by a Mart swindler!
“Fine, fine, fine!”
The woman glared at Chen Yi, raging and enunciating each word, “Since you say we do not belong to this world, but are here to atone, then our original world must certainly have its own culture, right?”
“Co on, tell about the culture of the world we originally belonged to.”
“If you can’t articulate it, you can leave your life here today.”
Exactly.
Wang Zhongyi, who was just about to step forward and show his support for his teacher, also ca to the sa realization, looking forward to Chen Yi’s reply with expectation in his eyes.
Many things can be faked.
But the culture of a world is systematic; it cannot be fabricated, and even if conjured up on the spot, it would be full of holes and easily shattered. Since the teacher claid they were not of this world, he must surely know the culture of their original world.
As long as the teacher says it out loud.
It would prove that everything the teacher said was true.
At that ti…
After completing the atonent, could they really return to that peaceful world?
Wang Zhongyi’s eyes beca even more filled with anticipation. As a child, he loved playing with beanbags. In his textbooks, a long, long ti ago, there was a ga many children enjoyed, called throwing beanbags.
The rules were simple.
One child would throw a beanbag to another, and then it would be passed around in turn.
But the beanbags he played with as a child were always thrown against a wall.
The only ti soone played beanbag with him was with that elder sister, and then that elder sister was killed by his father.
If they could return to that peaceful world, might he too be able to freely play with beanbags?
“…”
After hearing this woman’s demand about their culture, Chen Yi calmly smiled, put one arm behind his back, took down a walking stick hanging on the wall, held it in his hand, and slowly paced around the office.
“Since you want to hear it, then I shall tell you.”
“The world you originally ca from boasts tens of thousands of years of culture.”
“It has countless splendid or fleeting cultures that co and go like a night-blooming cereus, or those that endure, benefiting many generations.”
“These are the most glorious achievents of your ancestors.”
…
The audience in the live stream room began to feel unsettled.
‘Damn, this is spoon-feeding, why would she ask such a question? I could answer this too, doesn’t this seem like the map is suddenly lowering the difficulty?’
‘This woman isn’t really going to be hoodwinked like this, right? She clearly seems to co from a high background. What if she really believes Chen Yi, thinking he’s a savior sent by the gods?’
‘I’m serious, if Chen Yi clears this using such trickery, I’ll be the first to call BS. Who can’t swindle? Get in there, and I’d do it too!’
‘Do you think you’re funny, the guy above? The map has limited all of Chen Yi’s powers, what else should he use if not trickery? Co on, tell what you would use?’
‘What I would use is none of your business, I just find this kind of bluffing distasteful. Even if he clears it, I won’t give him any credit, that’s what I’m saying.’
‘Your words just made laugh. How about you stop talking in the chat and say it to Chen Yi’s face once he’s out of the map?’
‘Hahaha, then Chen Yi would probably imdiately ask which tribe he’s from, after all, Chen Yi never takes revenge on just an individual.’
‘No, he’d probably ask which Starfield he’s from.’
‘…don’t be like that, I suddenly can’t laugh anymore, is it still possible to change my Starfield registration now?’
…
Chen Yi held the walking stick in one hand, standing in the gentle twilight glow, and with a voice rhythmic and resounding, he raised his left arm and began to speak.
“Set a heart for the heaven and earth, establish a life for the living people, continue the lost teachings for the sages of the past, and create peace for all generations to co.”
“This is a tiless saying left by Mr. Zhang Zai, simple yet profound, its legacy unceasingly revered throughout the ages.”
“Have you ever heard of such tiless sayings?”
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