Hearing Xiang Xueyuan's words, Nie Qingkong's eyes widened instantly. He looked at Xiang Xueyuan in disbelief and gasped for air.
Something he had never imagined suddenly flashed into his mind. He murmured, "My parents... you... killed them..."
"They were ungrateful. I offered them a position, and they dared to secretly gather evidence and contact the Wen family." Xiang Xueyuan said coldly, "Ungrateful dogs can only be slaughtered. Haven't I taught you this long ago?"
Nie Qingkong stared blankly at Xiang Xueyuan, unable to believe that the person he had always respected, always been loyal to, and never resented even after being abandoned, was the source of all his misfortune.
It was he who had murdered his parents, and it was he who had caused him to suffer all sorts of torment and hardship.
He could have lived in the sunlight, he could have met Xia Qingyu like a normal person, he could have...
Clenching his hands into fists at his sides, Nie Qingkong looked as if he were about to fight Xiang Xueyuan to the death.
However, Xiang Xueyuan took a step forward, pressing the muzzle of his gun against Xia Qingyu's heart, and sneered at Nie Qingkong, "Do you want to test if your fist is faster, or my gun?"
Hearing this, Nie Qingkong gritted his teeth, "She is your own daughter."
"She can be, and she could have been." Xiang Xueyuan had come to terms with it; he now possessed what he had always yearned for.
This stone, containing infinite energy, would be the new starting point of his life, the ultimate destination he pursued.
As for his daughter.
If she had been sensible, obedient, and compliant, Xiang Xueyuan would naturally have been willing for her to live, after all, she was the crystallization of him and Liu Nuoran.
But she was rebellious, her eyes were always on outsiders, and she could betray him at any moment. What was the difference between her and an ungrateful dog?
Xiang Xueyuan had lost once before, and he would never allow such a thing to happen again.
His gaze shifted from Nie Qingkong's face to Xia Qingtian's face. "Xia Qingtian, have you ever played a game? A game where only one of the two can live.
Never played?
It doesn't matter, Tarik will teach you. He played it when he was very young."
"Were the games you played as a child so intense?" Xia Qingtian couldn't help but ask Nie Qingkong.
Nie Qingkong's lips were tightly pressed, his eyes cold and complex.
"Now, you and Tarik, only one can live," Xiang Xueyuan said to Xia Qingtian, "I'll give you three minutes."
His men should be arriving soon. Before leaving this island, Xiang Xueyuan didn't mind playing a little game for amusement.
[System, you're fucking dead again, aren't you?] Xia Qingtian gritted her teeth. [Can I play a little game with you too! One of you and Xiang Xueyuan must die! You choose!]
[Do you have to be so violent!] The System had been discussing countermeasures with Lu Yaoyang. It hadn't ignored Xia Qingtian intentionally, but dual-frequency chat was really draining. [I can't kill people arbitrarily. I am destiny, not the god of death. Get it straight! And I can't just point at someone and have them die, can I?
Besides, I'm about to undergo tribulation, with only half an hour left. I'm begging you, can you two settle your personal grievances outside and give me back this blessed land? I'm counting on ascending tonight to become the true main god who can control the fate of all living beings!]
[Are you listening to yourself? How ridiculous! Aren't you already destiny? What, you have departments too?] Xia Qingtian was speechless in her heart. [If you hadn't given me bad orders, would we have encountered this lunatic?
If you hadn't silently sucked up all his energy, would he have chased us like a rabid dog?
I don't care! If you don't let him die, I'll...] Xia Qingtian really didn't know how she could threaten this invisible little current. [I'll blow up this broken stone of yours!]
[No, no, no!] The System immediately panicked. It quickly said, [How about this, for half an hour, you just stall for half an hour. After half an hour, I'll definitely take my power and leave! Okay?]
[Am I telling you to leave? I'm telling you to solve this problem!] Xia Qingtian was speechless. [Can you grasp the point of the matter!]
[It's, it's all pretty much the same.] The System thought hard and said, [How about this, at worst, I'll help you one last time. This is already exceptional! The system has been unbound, and in principle, there shouldn't be any more such benefits!]
[Tell me first, and I'll consider it.] Xia Qingtian said with a straight face, knowing that she absolutely couldn't let this damn system lead her by the nose.
[Then, then I can give you one chance to use adrenaline...] the System hesitated.
[That's it?] Xia Qingtian raised her eyebrows slightly.
[This is already an exception! Take it or leave it!] The System was unhappy.
What was going on? Everyone was threatening it.
Lu Yaoyang was already difficult enough to deal with, and this Xia Qingtian had been corrupted.
When did she become so smart and domineering? It had only been away for a short time.
She had been corrupted so quickly!
Really!
[Tsk...] Xia Qingtian tsked. [Considering we're old acquaintances, let's just leave it at that. You're getting off cheap.]
The System rolled its eyes internally.
On the other side, it replied to Lu Yaoyang again, [I can only promise to protect her one last time. I don't care about anything else. Don't you dare try to bind me with the morality of protecting the world. I am the noble destiny!]
[Is that so?] Lu Yaoyang immediately exposed the System's lie. [If you were destiny, so many things that you couldn't change wouldn't have happened. Rather, you've been changing the destinies of others all along. Rather, you are against destiny.]
[You, you, you, you!] The System was terrified to have its little secret revealed by Lu Yaoyang. [How do you know! Who told you!]
[You really aren't destiny, you are anti-destiny.] Lu Yaoyang narrowed his eyes slightly. No wonder this System had latched onto Xia Qingtian, no wonder he couldn't change things no matter how many times he tried before, and no wonder Xia Qingtian had become the current key to breaking the deadlock.
If the end of the world was an unavoidable destiny, then this anti-destiny was the last struggle.
Lu Yaoyang also had a premonition that this was the last chance given to this world by the existence that controlled everything from the shadows.
If, this time, they still couldn't change things, the apocalypse would truly arrive.
Thinking of this, Lu Yaoyang clenched his fist at his side.
This was the last chance.
"Time is running out, and my patience is limited," Xiang Xueyuan's voice broke everyone's thoughts.
"Why the rush? If you're in a hurry to reincarnate, just go ahead," Xia Qingtian glared at Xiang Xueyuan and said, "You want to play a game, and you think you're someone? If it weren't for your age, who would bother with you!"
Xia Qingtian had already made up her mind. As soon as Xiang Xueyuan got angry and lost focus, she would use adrenaline to save Xia Qingyu first, and then take the opportunity to slap this lunatic, knocking him out directly.
She had wanted to do this for a long time!