Yin Xu stopped pretending, so Chu Yang dropped the act as well.
He spread his hands and said, "I didn't guess much, probably just... your mother isn't a human."
"Heh, just a guess?"
Chu Yang said indifferently, "It's a guess with reason. You think you know humans well, but in reality, your understanding is far from enough. You believe humans need faith, so you pretended to be the mother of humanity, wanting me to obey you and accept everything you say as truth."
Yin Xu also said calmly, "This is only our second conversation."
The implication was that she didn't believe she had revealed too many flaws in their two conversations.
But Chu Yang pouted and said seriously, "Do you know what I feel when I face you?"
"Isn't it supreme majesty?"
"It truly is supreme majesty, but you've molded me into the Human Emperor. You probably don't realize how other humans feel when they face me. After our first chat, I started verifying this. When all humans speak to me, besides respect for a superior, there's also a deep sense of closeness. This closeness is best described as a hundred percent trust. But you..."
Chu Yang's tone shifted as he continued, "You claim to be the mother of humanity, the creator of humanity. I should have felt this same closeness towards you, but I didn't. I only saw a strong person's pity for the weak from you, as if speaking to me was an act of pity."
Yin Xu scoffed, "That's it?"
Chu Yang shook his head and said, "Certainly not. I've also discovered that your love for humanity isn't enough! It's far from the love a mother has for her child!"
"Not enough? Do you know how much effort I expended to create this system to help humanity, and you say it's not enough?"
"You know your own intentions. Since you and Shi Tian are both of the same level of strength, I'll call your realm 'Creators.' He could create so many Shi Tian Clan members without reservation. To this day, less than a fifth of humanity in this multi-plane universe remains. I can no longer count how many billions have been killed. But have you heard their cries?"
Yin Xu didn't find anything wrong with that. She said indifferently, "By using you to counter the Shi Tian Clan, wasn't I helping humanity win this war?"
"See, your indifferent attitude alone proves you cannot be the mother of humanity! Since Shi Tian began his offensive, countless humans have been slaughtered every moment. As the Human Emperor, I can hear their pleas for miracles, feel their despair and sorrow. These emotions constantly torment me, and often I feel hopeless, believing I'm unworthy of being called the Human Emperor... Yet you are so unmoved. I think you don't understand the meaning of the word 'mother' to humans."
Yin Xu paused, and she immediately understood why Chu Yang was so certain. Emotionally, she wanted to be humanity's controller, while Chu Yang wanted all humans to cease suffering.
This emotional gap was the primary reason she was exposed.
And emotion was the most core element of the human race. It was so complex that even Yin Xu, who had become a Creator, found it difficult to comprehend.
Yin Xu couldn't help but praise Chu Yang, "You truly are the person I chose, to have seen through my plan so easily."
Chu Yang said coldly, "You're not that clever. Anyone who had consumed the Human Emperor's Dao fruit could have figured this out. Moreover, you were too hasty. If I were you, I wouldn't have shown myself when the progress reached 90%. That way, I might have felt that the 'Cultivation Era Construction System' had a higher prestige."
Yin Xu slowly walked up to Chu Yang, and the haze covering her gradually receded, revealing her true form.
Judging by her outline, she was very similar to a human, or perhaps her outline was that of a human woman.
But when her form was revealed, it was completely different from a human.
Her body was covered in numerous red tentacles, while her face was indistinguishable from a human's, even so beautiful that words failed to describe it.
Yin Xu no longer bothered to pretend to be the mother of humanity. Her gaze turned cold, and her aura became condescending, exerting immense pressure on Chu Yang.
"Since you've seen through me, I have no need to hide. However, you must understand an objective fact: everything you have, everything on Blue Star, and why humanity in this universe has lasted this long, is all because of the system I left within you. If I wanted to harm humanity, I could have, just like Shi Tian, wiped them out entirely."
Her meaning was that she simply lacked empathy for humans, but that didn't make her humanity's enemy.
Chu Yang shook his head, "No, in my eyes, you and Shi Tian are the same. You both act for your own benefit. If I'm not mistaken, there are two ways to acquire dominion over this universe. One is to eradicate humanity, the favored race of heaven and earth, and support a new race to replace humans. The ruler would then be able to intercept the highest authority of this universe."
"The other method is to become the Human Emperor! To have all humans believe in oneself, and thus naturally become the supreme ruler of this multi-plane universe. I am well aware of how great the authority of the Human Emperor is, so this is a completely viable path."
Yin Xu still felt that Chu Yang was just a bug she could crush at will, but this bug was now a bit too smart, which she disliked. 138 Reading Network.
The two methods Chu Yang spoke of perfectly corresponded to the methods Yin Xu and Shi Tian employed to gain dominion over this universe.
The Human Emperor's Dao was the strongest Dao in this universe, because humans were the true spirits of the universe, the most perfect race created by the universe itself.
Reaching the pinnacle of the Human Emperor's Dao allowed one to become the ruler of this multi-plane universe and write the rules of the Heavenly Dao.
And the Human Emperor was the emperor of humanity, so the practitioner had to be human.
Chu Yang stared coldly at Yin Xu, "And once I open this gift pack, I have every reason to believe that you will instantly seize everything from me, possess my body, and steal the fruit of the Human Emperor, becoming the new Human Emperor!"
Yin Xu took a deep breath. She hadn't expected Chu Yang to be so troublesome.
Someone who had never reached her realm could actually analyze from the perspective of a powerhouse like her.
"Aren't you afraid I'll kill you?"