Did Father's thoughts make a mistake?
This is actually the famous trolley problem. It's said that on two tracks, one has five people tied up, and the other has one person tied up. A runaway trolley is speeding towards them, and its brakes are failing. You can choose to let the trolley continue on its original track, which will kill the five people on the first track, or you can switch the track, but then the person tied to the other track will be crushed.
When forced to make a choice, most people would choose to pull the lever, as it would only result in one death. One life for five is worthwhile in terms of absolute rationality.
But what if the person tied to the other track is your child, spouse, parent, or another relative? Would you still have the courage to pull the lever with righteous indignation?
Perhaps some would firmly say yes, but humans are emotional beings. If it really came down to it, how many would have the courage to save five strangers they don't know and bear all the bitter consequences alone?
Father was the same.
Although he was respected as a Great Mage, he was still human, and his heart was made of flesh. Especially since Father was getting old, people tend to become more emotional as they age.
Just like now.
Looking at Xiao Yu's pitiful gaze, Father knew that stopping the demon would save more people, but he compromised for now.
"Alright, we'll deal with that realm first."
Soon, the Chen Long family arrived at the edge of the encroaching darkness. Seeing the ever-expanding darkness, Father frowned.
To be honest, the reason he was unwilling to deal with this was that Father could feel the extraordinary nature of this dark realm from afar.
He had also read in an ancient book that it was a high-level magic used by the Holy Lord in ancient times, and even he might not be able to resolve it with all his might.
But since he was here, no matter how difficult it was, Father could only brace himself and go for it.
Seeing the spreading darkness, Father first took out a dried pufferfish and shot several emerald green beams of light at the black mist.
As Father had guessed, these magical beams were swallowed the instant they touched the darkness, without even delaying it for a second.
There was no choice. Father asked Chen Long to bring out everything from the trunk.
Chen Long didn't dare to hesitate. He rushed to the back in three steps, opened the trunk, and took out a bundle twice his size. Without closing the trunk, he happily brought it to Father.
Father opened the bundle, took out the items one by one, placed them in specific positions, then poured the magic potion he had prepared on them, and finally stood in the center and began to chant incantations.
As the incantations were chanted, all the items emitted emerald green magical light. This light converged above Father's head into a giant sphere. When the sphere was as large as a small car, Father waved the pufferfish in his hand and pointed it in the direction of the black mist.
As commanded, the sphere immediately floated towards the black mist.
The moment the sphere and the black mist made contact, there was a pause of several seconds, as if the two forces were competing. Then, the sphere gradually submerged into the black mist.
After the sphere had completely entered the black mist, the spread of the black mist clearly stopped. However, this pause was only temporary. In less than a minute, the black mist began to spread outwards again.
Seeing this, Father sighed helplessly, then beckoned Xiao Yu and T.R.U.C.K. over, handing each of them an octopus tentacle and a dried gecko, respectively.
"Sir?"
T.R.U.C.K. held the octopus tentacle, somewhat at a loss.
In his opinion, if even Mr. Great Mage couldn't solve it, what use could he be?
Father couldn't be bothered to scold T.R.U.C.K. and directly told them, "You two go to the southwest and southeast corners of this black mist. I'll stand in the north. Perhaps the three of us working together can control this black mist."
He didn't have much confidence in himself, but since Mr. had spoken, he would just follow orders.
Xiao Yu, on the other hand, was immediately happy to have a role to play and patted her chest, saying, "Don't worry, Father, leave it to me."
With that, T.R.U.C.K. and Xiao Yu ran to their designated positions.
Seeing this, Chen Long was unhappy and quickly ran to Father, saying, "Father, are you letting Xiao Yu do such important work... is it too dangerous?"
As soon as Chen Long finished speaking, Father flicked his forehead, saying with exasperation, "Yes, if you were willing to learn magic from me, wouldn't Xiao Yu not have to go now?"
Chen Long knew he was in the wrong, pouted, and said, "I'll go watch Xiao Yu."
With that, he quickly ran away from Father in three steps.
Watching Chen Long's retreating figure, Father sighed helplessly.
Then he looked at the ancient Chinese sword placed on the car, and Father's gaze became sharp, and he already had a plan in mind.
Soon, Xiao Yu and T.R.U.C.K. arrived at their designated positions. At Father's command, the three of them simultaneously chanted spells, exerting pressure on the black mist from three different directions.
Indeed, the combined strength of three people was much greater than Father's alone. The speed at which the black mist spread slowed down. With a little more effort, it could be completely stopped.
Just as Father was thinking this, he suddenly saw the black mist stop, and then it began to shrink towards the center at a visible speed.
"Father, you're amazing!"
Xiao Yu's voice, full of admiration, came from the phone.
Only Father knew that this was very abnormal. Even if the three of them tried their best, they could only prevent the black mist from spreading, but they could never completely eradicate it. Yet now, not only was the black mist not spreading, but it was also constantly shrinking, revealing the damaged streets and human corpses within. The werewolves who had been hiding in the black mist hunting humans had already left through the Shadow Kingdom when the black mist began to shrink.
Only when the last wisp of black mist dissipated was the problem of the black mist finally resolved.
Although the sudden change in the situation left Father feeling confused and bewildered, there was no time to dwell on it. Regardless of the reason, the black mist problem was now solved, and they still needed to hurry to stop the demon.
Just as Father and the others finished dealing with the black mist and were driving towards Mount Fuji, Bai Qi and Di Kui had already reached the foot of the mountain.
When the two demons arrived, Song Xia still tried to stop them with local mages, but without exception, they were all killed by Bai Qi and Di Kui.
Looking at Mount Fuji, Bai Qi said to Di Kui, "Go. As long as you make this volcano explode, the entire Tokyo will be submerged in molten lava. If we're lucky, the entire island nation will sink to the bottom of the sea."
Although Di Kui, as the demon of the earth, did not want to sink a good piece of land into the sea, this small sacrifice was necessary to curb human development.