The moment she heard that, Candice's eyes flashed with a suffocatingly cold light, but she still tried her best to use a gentle tone and said, "Silly child... of course you are Mommy's..."

"When I learned that I wasn't human, this hypothesis immediately sprang to mind..." Feng Bujue said, "Now that I think about it... the words on the back of that photo – 'Arthur and Andrew, my children, my love' – whether I saw it, or Arthur saw it, it's all the same... isn't it?"

Feng Bujue looked at Candice's only eyeball and said in a deep voice, "Actually, what you covet isn't just his power, but mine as well. Neither Arthur nor I are human, nor are we your children. The only difference is... I'm simpler and easier to control." He sneered, "You're truly a terrifying woman. The depth of your scheming makes me admire you..."

Numerous fragments flashed before Feng Bujue's eyes. Every line of information on the web in his mind became crystal clear, leading him to the core truth.

Feng Bujue stood up and continued, "Arthur said 'My silly brother' to me twice. The first time was when we were very young, probably less than ten years old... At that time, he was already aware of his difference, he knew he was adopted. And I still treated him like my own brother, trusting, admiring, and respecting him. Therefore, he said that sentence, which was his inner recognition of me as his brother, and of that kinship."

He paused, then continued: "And just now, Arthur said that sentence for the second time. And followed it with 'You think you're so clever, and this... is the price.'" He smiled, "At first, I thought it was a satire from the victor, but as I gradually came to my senses... I realized that there was also sympathy and helplessness in his tone."

"So, what was his reason for calling me silly the second time?"

Speaking of this, Feng Bujue changed his tone and began to narrate from the perspective of a player: "Arthur is very smart. There's no reason he couldn't think of the things I could deduce, it was just a matter of time."

"After the failed Liancheng (alchemy), Arthur obtained the information that Andrew 'wasn't human'. Subsequently, he would naturally launch a series of deductions based on this..."

"My knowledge is limited, but I can still make that previous assumption. And Arthur knows you much better than I do, so he quickly figured it out... that Andrew wasn't your child either."

Feng Bujue sighed and said, "Perhaps out of pity, or perhaps out of guilt, Arthur decided not to tell his younger brother the truth, because he knew Andrew couldn't bear that fact."

"Under your bewitchment, Andrew had already determined that his brother had deceived him, and determined that Arthur was a cruel demon. If Arthur now tells him that you, this so-called mother, are the one who's been using him, and that he's just another power container you're raising..."

Feng Bujue pointed to his face, "For a person who's been deceived and used, and ultimately ended up in this situation, that kind of truth is too cruel." He shook his head and said, "Arthur is a person who clearly distinguishes between love and hate. Only when facing Andrew has he always left room. He knew that his younger brother had betrayed him at your instigation, but he hesitated to act, and even when the Liancheng (alchemy) ended and it was too late to turn back, he still didn't strike the killing blow."

"Things have developed to this point, and Arthur has done his utmost. He told me the healing method before leaving. And he considered it very thoroughly, he asked me to ask you who Andrew's 'biological father' was. Heh... this is actually Arthur thinking of a way to cover up for you, so you can smoothly say what Andrew actually is, and won't expose the fact that you and he aren't biological mother and son."

"You... you're not Andrew, who exactly are you?" Candice looked at Feng Bujue with surprised eyes.

"I'm here to give you liberation," Feng Bujue replied.

As he spoke, he squatted down again, pressed his hands on the ground, and activated the Liancheng Zhen (alchemy array) he had just drawn.

In an instant, blood-colored light rose sharply, and energy surged out from the surface of the Liancheng Zhen (alchemy array).

Seconds later, the light dissipated. Feng Bujue was still standing, and from a bystander's perspective, Andrew had returned to his normal human appearance, and the corpse-like rotting phenomenon around him had disappeared.

And not far in front of him, Candice, who was in the center of the Liancheng Zhen (alchemy array), although she had also returned to the appearance of a human female, her body immediately began to rot, extremely painful rotting...

[Your Summoning Specialization has been unlocked, and the login space has been updated with a task]

"Ah! What's going on? What's going on!" Candice howled frantically, rolling on the ground in pain.

"I have to say, Arthur is also a naive guy." At this moment, Feng Bujue's expression was more like that of a cold-blooded demon. "He just walked away, as if taking away all the sins. But what about after that? Andrew heals his injuries and helps you restore your human body, and then you'll live harmoniously as mother and son? After experiencing these things, will you let go of the child who has always regarded you as his mother?"

Feng Bujue took a few steps back, keeping a certain distance from the struggling Candice: "I don't think that's possible... If you had any conscience, you should have given up your thoughts when those two children were very young."

"In that case... Arthur in his youth wouldn't have attacked you either. He would have accepted you as a mother, just like he accepted Andrew."

"He would take action, which shows that you never gave up, and the threat was imminent..."

"A dozen years, even if you raised two dogs, even if the original intention of raising them was to eat meat, even if the owner wasn't a woman, you should have given up, right?"

"What do you understand! They are monsters! They deserve to die! My husband, my children... were all killed by monsters like them!" Candice roared with her last strength, "What's wrong with me making these two little monsters pay the price!" She grinned hideously, "You want me to let them go? Hahaha... every day, every minute! When I smile at them, when I hug them, when I coax them to sleep, I can't wait to peel their skin! It's these monsters who owe me! Isn't it right for me to make them pay me back!"

"I see... Due to your personal hatred, you're venting your anger on the entire race, and then you're grabbing two innocent children to complete a self-deceiving revenge." Feng Bujue summarized, "Putting aside your absurd logic, perhaps objectively speaking, what you're doing is not wrong... From the standpoint of humans, those two brothers are indeed a threat to this world. However, also from a human perspective..."

At this moment, Candice was on the verge of death, and the decay had spread to her internal organs. Her eyes bulged as she watched Feng Bujue take something out of his pocket, a small wooden comb with the letters A.A. engraved on it.

"At that time... the family formed by three people with no blood ties... the laughter, the tears, the happiness, were all those things fake? When you wrote that line on the back of that photo, didn't you really have any attachment to that time..." He paused, then continued, "Don't monsters have humanity and emotions? In my opinion, humans can be more cruel than monsters. It's this twisted world that created a real monster like you."

Feng Bujue picked up the comb and put it in front of his eyes: "This is just an ordinary piece of wood... It's the bond between brothers that saved Andrew from suffering." He lowered his eyes to look at Candice, "But in this world, what can save you?"

[Hidden Quest Completed]

[You will be automatically transported after watching the ending]

A wide open meadow, a dark, gloomy house.

A figure walked out of the gate, blonde, covered in stains, his eyes full of emptiness and confusion.

The dark clouds in the sky happened to dissipate at this moment, and Andrew saw that on the path in front of the door, not far in front of him, stood a small figure.

"Bro... Brother." Andrew just instinctively called out to the other party, but he didn't know what else to say.

"Because I wasn't too reassured, I decided to take a look around before leaving." Arthur still seemed very calm. "What happened?"

"I... I killed her, I killed... Mom..." As Andrew spoke, two lines of tears welled up from his eyes. He wiped his face with his sleeve, "She... she's not my biological..."

"Okay, I know." Arthur interrupted, and sized his younger brother up and down a few times, "Your injuries are healed?"

"Yeah..." Andrew replied, "But I still don't know what kind of monster I am..."

"Monster?" Arthur repeated, followed by a sneer, "Hmph... now that you've recovered, it doesn't matter what you are, right?" As he spoke, he snapped his fingers.

In an instant, flames soared into the sky, and the big house behind Andrew was like a match head being lit, instantly burning into a huge ball of fire.

"It's all over..." Arthur sighed, and said, "All you have to do is keep the good things in your memory, and burn all the other things to ashes." He looked at the sky, "Whether you're a demon or a monster, the sun will rise as usual tomorrow. Monsters, just live as monsters, there's nothing to be ashamed of." He paused, "Now, I no longer have any reason to become human and live a so-called peaceful life... I'm going to leave this small place and venture into the outside world. Do you want to come with me? Brother."

"I..." Andrew hesitated for a few seconds, then he also laughed, "Heh... two bloodstained monster brothers, wreaking havoc on the Sattie Continent together?"

"Sounds pretty good, doesn't it?" Arthur laughed.

"Yeah... brother." Andrew rarely showed a firm look in his eyes.

Under the moonlight, the wind rose.

Two figures walked side by side on the country road, and the raging fire behind them burned away the darkness of the past.

The road ahead leads to an unknown future.