Xu Mo, a player who lived for chaos, actually had no intention of judging this interesting NPC.
If he could speak, he would have gladly clapped and praised the performance. However...
He had seen far too many brilliant performances in his time.
Right now, the most important thing was that he could sense something from the man's eyes—this guy was holding back.
So, his brilliance was probably far from over!
Furthermore, it was only after the man finished his splendid speech that the steadily rising Completion Rate finally ground to a halt.
【Key Storyline: Calamity of Dawn, Current Completion Rate: 80%!】
Eighty percent!
This was a highly delicate number, giving Xu Mo a faint feeling that they were just one final step away.
Besides, Liang Shuguang was clearly acting strange. Just moments ago, he had been shouting about persisting and insisting that they had to kill him.
Yet, his tone had suddenly shifted, and he was no longer so extreme, even planning his own retirement ceremony?
It looked as though he had chosen to abandon his madness just to survive.
But Xu Mo didn't buy it for a second. At the very least, he knew the man wasn't someone who feared death.
And at the very end, he even cast a glance at me...
Hehe... Fine. I will definitely pry that final twenty percent out of you!
...
Regardless, the matter temporarily concluded in an anticlimactic manner.
Everything Bai Feifei had experienced today felt incredibly surreal.
From fighting her way back from the North District, to the City Lord suddenly appearing, making everything clear in a few sentences, and then suppressing it all just as quickly.
Four Edgerunners, who supposedly could not die from external forces, had actually perished!
Yet, three of them had been executed by the 'culprit' himself.
Standing at the messy gates of the North District, she watched Liang Shuguang's wheelchair disappear down the street, her mind still in a complete muddle.
Before leaving, Xie Xuan had bowed deeply to her once more, saying that Turing City would always welcome her.
It seemed everyone had their own things to attend to, yet she alone felt that something was off, as if there was unfinished business.
By the time she was settled in, her head was still spinning. Before she knew it, she had been led into a very luxurious room.
Since entering the Inner City, she had never received such grand treatment.
Now, she simply lay on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.
For some reason, the Old-Timer hadn't spoken for a long time...
She stared at the patterns on the ceiling, her thoughts churning. She felt a surge of uncontrollable, restless emotions beginning to brew within her.
Just then, the familiar voice of the Old-Timer finally echoed in her mind.
“Hehehe, what are you thinking about?
“Congratulations on changing history.”
Bai Feifei's body shuddered, and her eyes instantly regained some clarity.
“Wh... What?”
In her mind, a highly mischievous grin appeared on Xu Mo's face.
In truth, Xu Mo was already planning to make his move. He had a premonition that Liang Shuguang's grand abdication ceremony would be another mess.
And he felt a strange connection, as if the other party wanted him to guess this as well.
But he deliberately kept quiet about it.
Where was the fun in spelling it out? Of course, he had to tease Bai Feifei right now!
He had been quite surprised that Bai Feifei could maintain her resolve under Liang Shuguang's powerful brainwashing speech.
So, he deliberately continued, “What do you mean, what? Isn't this the good outcome you've been hoping for?”
Bai Feifei was taken aback.
“It looks like Dawn City has been saved, so congratulations.
“But you should start thinking about what to do next. Build a good relationship with the people from Turing City. Your next priority should be resolving your remaining lifespan of less than three months.”
Bai Feifei nodded instinctively, feeling a sudden wave of emptiness.
She fell silent for a moment, then suddenly muttered to herself, “Did I really change history?
“Is this really all there is to it...?”
She felt that something was wrong.
In her imagination, she wanted to resolve the hidden crisis, give Dawn City a bright future, and prevent its destruction.
But now, she had only uncovered the source of the crisis—and only a fraction of it, at that. It felt as though Dawn City was only sinking deeper into the darkness.
Her mind finally began to clear up. Recalling Liang Shuguang's lengthy speech, she murmured to herself.
“If a person's achievements and value can serve as a justification for committing sins...
“Then isn't the Old Ones' Awakening destroying the world also completely natural?
“After all, no one understands the Great Old Ones. Perhaps, to this world, they are actually the ones in the right.
“The will of the gods is likely far superior to that of humans.”
Xu Mo: ?
Wait, why are you suddenly getting all philosophical?
Did you get infected by Liang Shuguang?
But it didn't matter. He could already hear the very impulse he wanted in her words!
“If everything is a necessary sacrifice...”
“Hehehe, why so serious?” Xu Mo suddenly interrupted. “Don't you find this very entertaining?”
“What?” Bai Feifei was stunned, her train of thought instantly derailed.
“I just think Liang Shuguang's appearance is highly amusing,” Xu Mo continued with a chuckle.
“If we only ever encountered cowardly, petty villains who feared death, wouldn't that be incredibly boring?
“Don't you think his presence adds some flavor to this dull plot?”
Bai Feifei's expression instantly turned blank. She had never looked at things from this angle.
Or rather, no normal person would ever look at things this way!
It was as if even the most serious matters were nothing more than a game in the eyes of this Evil God.
She was momentarily at a loss for words, not knowing how to respond to the Old-Timer.
Xu Mo laughed again.
“You guys have assumed a set of standards, as if every action must have a justification.
“Let me tell you, it doesn't.
“You can completely do something without any reason at all.
“If you want to do it, just go ahead and do it. It doesn't matter if you haven't figured it out, it doesn't matter if you're wrong, and it doesn't matter if you aren't thinking about anything at all!
“Remember, there are many seemingly powerful people and seemingly correct principles in this world, but to hell with all of them! Only your final decision is what matters!
“Whatever you decide, that is what is correct!”
Bai Feifei felt as though her consciousness was a solitary boat tossing on a turbulent sea.
One moment, a massive wave named 'Liang Shuguang' crashed down, throwing her off balance.
The next, a tsunami named 'Old-Timer' swept over her, threatening to submerge her entirely.
Seeing that the timing was right, Xu Mo roared in her mind.
“Enough! There's no need to babble so much. I've had enough of these tedious formalities. Time is short, so I'll only ask you one thing!
“Are we killing him or not?!”
Xu Mo's sharp shout jolted Bai Feifei awake.
Her entire body shuddered. She sat up on the bed, her eyes slowly focusing.
That thunderous shout seemed to completely clear her cluttered mind. As she closed her eyes, the only things she could recall were the scenes she had personally witnessed.
The emaciated figures in the coal mines, the mother whose arm had been torn off, the baby thrown into her arms, and the endless bones buried beneath the earth.
The grand, booming voices of the world were far too loud. She was simple and didn't understand any of that grand logic. If so, then she would simply listen to the ignored, silent suffering.
“Kill him!”
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