Gods Vanish on a Cloudy Day
Chapter 11 The Perfect Kin and the Returning Su Zhou (1w1, Seeking Monthly Tickets!)
After spending several days searching for information about the 'post-rebirth' world, Bai Yingxue discovered in a daze that this world had more than just a few problems.
--Its problems were huge!
Starting from the spiritual energy revival four years ago, the direction of everything was very different from the world the girl was originally familiar with!
First of all, there were those traitors of mankind, the demonic paths lurking in the darkness.
The three major mysterious organizations that should have been calling the shots in the world twenty years from now, the 'Heavenly God Descent Society', the 'Holy Serpent Spirit Litanies', and the 'New Dawn Society', had all disappeared in just a few years, even completely destroyed!
No matter how much Bai Yingxue didn't believe it, repeatedly checking the internet, even using some of the skills and special channels she knew in her previous life, and learned more news than ordinary people could know, the fact was just that.
The Descent Society, which should have opened the gate to another world, summoned many alien invaders and void demons, was destroyed early in the Tifon region. It didn't even have time to create various mutations and major events on Earth, such as stirring up civil strife in Ross, inciting refugees to impact the Europa Union, spreading heart demons and celestial demons around the world, and creating economic crises, let alone triggering several 'catastrophes' that forced the official emergency seal of time and space gates and the exile of time and space realms.
As for the New Dawn Society, which summoned many alien civilizations to the solar system, thus triggering the start of the 'Deep Space Battle', its leader, the Deep Space Caller, seemed to have been killed at the beginning of the operation on the moon.
Similarly, this monster didn't have time to implement the 'Dark Day' plan to shoot down all satellites of Earth civilization in the future, nor did it have time to guide the solar wind to impact the Earth's magnetic field and atmospheric ionosphere, almost completely destroying the 'Darkest Day' event of the crystallization of human information age civilization... It died silently, neatly, like a phantom like a bubble, completely different from the joint international gathering of global elite powerhouses in Antarctica for the encirclement and decisive battle.
In her previous life, Bai Yingxue was also the main force in the encirclement and suppression of the Deep Space Caller. She knew very well how terrifying the other party was—that nearly immortal body, incomparably powerful, enough to move mountains and seas, the divine will to destroy myriad laws, and the terrifying supernatural power that became stronger the more people attacked, was truly the nightmare of all combatants.
If it hadn't been for a powerhouse from the Europa Union using himself as bait, infecting himself with the Celestial Demon virus and being devoured by the Deep Space Caller, using the power of the Celestial Demon to break the other party's supernatural power, the final result of that battle would have been unknown.
As for the Holy Serpent Spirit Litanies... It had always been playing soy sauce in the past life, but in this life, it was playing soy sauce too much—Bai Yingxue even saw in shock that in the list of sponsors for many comprehensive sports selection competitions, she found the names of several vest companies and corporate groups commonly used by the Holy Serpent Spirit Litanies!
Instead of playing sacrifices, instead of playing coercion, instead of playing brainwashing and erosion, they actually seriously started investing in doing business?
The chaotic serpent lurking in the human dark world had become a regular angel investor?
"I wouldn't believe it even if I was killed!"
In this regard, Bai Yingxue's expression was agitated, and her emotions were very unstable.
As for the direction of some other events, such as the fact that the Celestial Demon army of Qingqiu Star had been completely wiped out, it made the reborn girl even more dumbfounded.
You must know that in their world, the Celestial Demon army of Qingqiu Star would not be discovered until 2022 at the earliest, and at that time, the Celestial Demons had already grown stronger, and even crossed the cosmic space to attack the time and space gate located on Qingqiu 5... If it hadn't been for Zheng Guo relying on the fortresses around the time and space passage to defend it strictly, perhaps the Qingqiu time and space passage would have already fallen.
But now, not only would the Celestial Demons be completely wiped out, but also many of the Qingqiu people who should have been extinct had survived.
... Ehe, fluffy, so cute.
Wiping away the saliva, in short, after seeing this, and finding many true and false pieces of information, Bai Yingxue finally discovered the key.
The singularity of this world, Su Zhou!
That Su Zhou who didn't hold the Yinglong bloodline, but held the bloodline of a mythological creature called 【Zhuzhou】that she had never heard of!
When she realized this truth, Bai Yingxue was staying at home, watching the midday news every day while frowning and drinking yogurt.
The petite girl's entire body was sunk in the soft sofa, and numerous dense files and image data filled the coffee table and the armrests beside her, making her seem buried.
Because the Descent Society was wiped out early, her parents did not lose their jobs due to the rampant Celestial Demon virus, and the whole world did not fall into turmoil, and was still developing peacefully...
This rare contrast between peace and the turbulent previous life made Bai Yingxue feel like she was in a dream, but it also made her understand how hard-won the present beauty was.
"Everything stems from this guy's difference!"
Staring at the image data about Su Zhou in her mobile phone screen, Bai Yingxue asserted.
Su Zhou, at the beginning of the global spiritual energy recovery in his previous life, was a genius who showed the Yinglong bloodline and became famous in one fell swoop.
In the four years he cultivated in the Qin Hang Academy, he was at the top of the year-end evaluation every year, and won the first place in the internal sports competition of the three major professional cultivation academies.
Whether it was an action against the Beast God Realm or the major mysterious organizations, he took the lead in everything and charged at the forefront as a pioneer.
Holding the belief that evil must be eliminated, Su Zhou was never bewitched by any forces, and his belief was extremely firm. For more than 20 years, he had always been the sea-stabilizing needle of Zheng Guo in his previous life, suppressing countless turmoils. For a period of time, he was even Bai Yingxue's idol.
However, although Su Zhou always took the lead in battle, which was admirable, his attitude in daily life and daily communication with people was very bad.
He had no friends, and all his relatives and friends at home, and even his childhood friends' families, had all died in the various natural and man-made disasters that had been set off by the spiritual energy recovery over the past 20 years.
This made Su Zhou extremely radical and irritable, and he held an attitude of absolute zero tolerance for evil.
Even he himself could be completely called some kind of evil—when destroying the Descent Society's bases around the world, he would not even care about the hostages and innocent civilians in the hands of the mysterious organization, and would rather kill them all directly than let one go.
Therefore, Su Zhou was called the Demon King by the public, and always caused huge controversy in public opinion.
Because of his power, all of Zheng Guo's foreign annihilation troops were handed over to him to lead. But also because of his extreme nature, no one dared to let him really become an important decision-making role that could guide the future of the world.
"But in this world, not only are Su Demon King's parents alive and well, but he also has many relatives and friends. Except for always being a troll on the internet, he can be described as gentle and refined—he has become a candidate for the Holy Seat and the Minister of the New World Exploration Department. It's really strange!"
Not only that.
Su Zhou, who advanced to the Earth Immortal five or six, or even six or seven years earlier, is now the focus of global news.
Raising her head and looking at the TV news, Bai Yingxue could see that the broadcast content of the midday global news was exactly the scene of Su Zhou suppressing primitive separatist warlords in various parts of Africa.
Bai Yingxue, who had also participated in the annihilation of global unstable elements, knew very well that these warlords and the many local armed forces in the central region of World Island were all remnants cultivated by the Descent Society after occupying local grass-roots forces after the energy wars in the past. The Descent Society served as the supernatural umbrella for these forces, and these forces ruled this area for the Descent Society, providing various materials and even population.
In her previous life, because the Descent Society's power had spread to other time and space realms, and the focus was no longer on Earth, the rule of the local warlords who had lost their umbrella was once precarious.
But for various reasons, the major forces on Earth always had more urgent problems to deal with, and they could not spare their hands. Therefore, even after 20 years, they still existed, like weeds, growing again in the spring breeze, always unable to be eradicated.
But now...
The girl stared blankly at the news content.
Su Zhou, transformed into a stream of light, shuttled between heaven and earth. He cruised in the atmosphere at 20 times the speed of sound, bringing up an eye-catching white shock wave cloud.
Then, the overlord Earth Immortal located in the high altitude would occasionally reach out and point out divine lights, shooting them towards solid strongholds on the land of Africa.
Each shot meant the death of a long-standing corrupt warlord who had previously served the Descent Society, or the complete destruction of a core stronghold or weapons warehouse representing a region.
Of course, sometimes, when some people's crimes were not so serious, Su Zhou would choose not to kill people, but would personally come down and subdue everyone, and then hand them over to the United International peacekeeping forces who were acting together.
Even some local people's organizations that did good deeds, Su Zhou didn't even move, and directly skipped them—and the United International also consciously didn't move, and ignored them as well.
This neat action made the accompanying reporter only stutteringly broadcast the temporarily written news release, and issued a voice of praise.
After doing all this, Su Zhou immediately turned around and flew to the central region of World Island, another chaotic place.
From beginning to end, it took no more than a day and a half.
"...He's simply the perfect incarnation..."
Looking at this scene, Bai Yingxue couldn't help but murmur to herself.
Although, she really wanted to say 'I can do this too!'.
But no longer being the Profound Water Divine Phoenix, she could only stare blankly at this, revealing an envious look.
Su Zhou in this life was very different from the previous life from the very beginning.
Whether it was personal strength, or his actions and action plans, he had basically reached the optimal level... at least the optimal level relative to the future in the girl's cognition.
For example, if Bai Yingxue was a multi-week player who restarted after deleting the file and wanted to rely on experience to directly achieve a perfect ending, then Su Zhou here was a genius who could achieve all achievements with a single save in one life!
All the way, Su Zhou did not leave any regrets. Not only him, but probably the same was true for most people in this world—his parents were alive and well, and he had many relatives and friends. Didn't Bai Yingxue's family also remain happy and well, and not on the verge of collapse due to unexpected shocks?
Although the process seemed a bit tortuous, that was all.
"It feels like he was reborn too... If not, then Su Zhou in this world is probably a guy who was born with a strategy guide."
Recalling the warmth from her parents that she had forgotten in recent days, the former Divine Phoenix who returned to her youth could not help but reveal a faint smile.
After Bai Yingxue was reborn, what she wanted to save most was these regrets.
But the current situation made her unable to help but complain: "What's going on? Isn't this making me have no room to play at all... Now I don't need to change anything at all. The world is already beautiful enough!"
The reborn girl should theoretically be somewhat frustrated or unwilling at this moment.
Because everything she knew, which could be used as a reference to climb to a higher place in the future, had all disappeared.
However, on the contrary.
Moving her gaze away from the TV that was still broadcasting the news, and looking out the window at the bustling high-rise buildings.
Watching the 'new world' that was different from what she knew, a raging fire burned in Bai Yingxue's eyes.
——What a harmonious, new world without all kinds of disasters.
In any case, I became a celestial god in the past full of suffering... Even if I may not be as powerful as that strange Zhuzhou Su Zhou in this life, at least, I still have the experience and skills from the future that he never had!
Since this world has become very beautiful, then I will continue to add bricks and tiles to it!
"After all, this Zhuzhou version of Su Demon King is working so hard, so I have to work harder too!"
"Let's continue to act according to the original plan. Remake the Phoenix bloodline, participate in the national comprehensive sports competition, and then gradually stand out."
Although, in this new world where history has completely changed its appearance, it is very likely that those disasters will not happen again.
But Bai Yingxue still plans to tell the officials and even the whole world about her rebirth and the information about the future after she has a certain amount of self-protection.
Let all the things that have not yet happened in the future be prevented in advance.
"The invaders from another world, the alien visitors from the other side of the starry sky, the adventurers from the myriad realms who suddenly descend, and the battlefields of the myriad realms that are opened up with their appearance."
"Plus the crisis of the intelligent machines, the resurrection of the ancient gods, the runaway order formations, and the incomparably powerful galaxy super forces... I want to tell the people of the present all this information about future disasters that may still exist."
All tragedies, all recovered!
All sacrifices, all blocked!
Standing up, Bai Yingxue clenched her small fists at this time and made a decision.
In this life, she returned with the memories of 21 years. Even if the situation of the world has changed greatly, the truly original belief in the girl's heart has never dissipated—she will live a magnificent life without failing the past and without failing herself, and she must live a perfect life without any regrets!
"I, Bai Yingxue, am not some stepping stone!"
And at this very moment.
June 17, 2018, late at night.
The central region of World Island, the nuclear wasteland of more than 40 years ago, the edge of civilization now.
"I've solved almost everything on Earth, and all that's left is to be wary of the aliens and the Pioneer Space."
"Now that the fish are gradually taking the bait, I can concentrate on doing this after I return to Zheng Guo."
Su Zhou stood on the barren sandstone plain, his face expressionless as he looked up at the sky.
In this area where there was almost no civilization of fire, the Milky Way was incomparably brilliant, and the white moon hung in the center of the sky, casting moonlight to the end of the horizon.
The night wind rolled up sand and dust, the heaven and earth were vast and long, and behind the young man, the small village built next to the rare oasis in the sandstone plain was built in this seemingly isolated place. If it weren't for the residence of the local slave leader in the center of the village, which was burning in the blue-purple magic fire, this place would have been truly peaceful and tranquil.
Amidst the cries and cheers of the many local slaves who had been rescued, the young man, who had completely eliminated all the remnants of the former Descent Society in this area, couldn't help but ask the Serpent Spirit in his spare time.
"Do you hate perfection, Yala?"
As if casually starting a topic, Su Zhou looked at the stars twinkling in the sky and casually said, "Like hating 【Destiny】, hate 【Perfection】."
And accompanied by the rustling sound of clothing rubbing, a red long serpent that was twice as long as the young man's arm had already wrapped around his shoulder. The snake head, like a gem, was parallel to Su Zhou's line of sight, and together they looked at the crack in the sky extending into the depths of the boundless universe.
"If you say pure hatred like destiny, it's not entirely true."
After thinking for a while, Yala's calm voice sounded in Su Zhou's ear: "A kind of anger at its unwillingness to strive... More than hatred, it's more like anger. Like enemies and rivals, 【Destiny】 and 【Perfection】 are similar but different existences to me."
"Then what kind of great existence is He?"
Su Zhou's tone was curious, and Yala would always satisfy Su Zhou's reasonable curiosity.
"Completeness, immortality—the source of awakening, the representative of immortality, the origin of all pure lands, all paradises, the divine bird soaring in the right path, the ultimate destination of all things."
Slowly stating the domain of 【Perfection】, the Serpent Spirit's tone was somewhat complicated: "'Nirvana', 'Rebirth', and 'Redemption'... He is such an existence."
"Generously granting those who are full of enthusiasm, high-spirited, and never discouraged the opportunity to recover from tragedy and redeem everything again and again, and then witness them going to the end they seek—when wisdom and enlightenment reach the ultimate state of perfection, even life and death and troubles are surpassed and eliminated. Returning again and again in Nirvana, the dignified space-time, the indestructible true suchness, is His most beloved grantor."
"Isn't this pretty good?"
Hearing this, Su Zhou scratched his chin in confusion—although all great existences represent a kind of correctness, even the path of destiny gave him a feeling of quite recognition, but listening to Yala's words, the path of this great existence of 【Perfection】... is simply the best kind!
"You just don't understand enough. If you can really understand the cruelty and indifference contained in 'Nirvana' and 'Rebirth', the sadness of 'it's all the same', then you probably also have a perspective that transcends time and space."
Yala replied indifferently: "Moreover, repeating the same things as yesterday, following the same habits as yesterday... just correcting the previous mistakes and going to the perfection that you already know the ending of, is certainly considered the right path, but it's just going further on a road."
Speaking of this, the Serpent Spirit even laughed: "Is there any meaning to such redemption? As long as you encounter a little bit of test and accident, or even a situation that becomes better, the so-called perfection will have to start all over again, right?"
"In the end, perfection is just a dead end for obsessive-compulsives that is destined to never reach the end."
Su Zhou did not express an opinion on this.
After all, for Yala, no matter what path it is, it is full of loopholes, full of flaws, and there are places where you can argue and find fault everywhere.
Half of His opinions can be listened to, and the other half that is sarcastic can be left for the next time to argue with others.
And at this moment, Yala turned its head, its snake eyes meeting Su Zhou's.
"What's wrong, Su Zhou? Do you also think that the path of perfection also has its merits?"
He said teasingly: "Then you are really full of universal love."
"Yes, and no."
Su Zhou didn't mind Yala's tone that seemed to be mocking a single-minded devotee. He just replied with a smile: "It's just that, how should I put it, after walking all the way to the present, I already have quite a lot of feelings about my own path."
Saying this, Su Zhou slowly stepped forward. He walked slowly in the sand and gravel plain, towards the oasis water source not far away.
While walking, he said calmly: "I originally thought that a person's life should be to do righteous things."
--Just like in the Godwood World, when he was determined to fight against the National Preceptor and the Demon Emperor, that immortal who killed thousands just for his own survival, the Godwood King.
"Later, I discovered that I was actually doing the things that I loved to do, and wanted to do."
--Just like the first time he went to the Reincarnation World, when facing the Water God who caused the great flood and intended to slaughter the city to restore his strength for his own people, he vowed to stand in front of the gods.
"But then, I understood that I was just doing the things that had to be done."
--Just like in the Divine Dragon World, when facing the artificial contractor who had no past and was as innocent as a blank sheet of paper, he discovered that no matter what great righteousness others had, what dreams they had, or what wishes and reasons they had, he could not sit idly by, let go, and had to create a brand new future.
"And now, I'm just doing the things that can lead to better choices, the things that I 'should' do."
--Just like the second time I went to the Reincarnation World, and now on Earth. Even though it was not necessary, I still chose to take action. Not because of some kind of justice, not for some kind of bias, and not for a necessary belief, it was just like flowers blooming and falling, and day and night alternating, just a matter of course to do some things.
A correct thing.
"I can understand a part of the correctness of perfection. But it must also have some omissions and contradictions with other correctness—and the contradiction between correctness and correctness is the source of the war between great existences."
"But the contradiction itself will bring about better changes."
Su Zhou smiled and bent down. He had now arrived at the water source of this desert oasis, a semi-transparent spring lake that was somewhat dirty and even had a lot of radiation.
He reached out and put his fingers into the water. The Water Assistance coordinated with the Water Purification method from the 'Mingxing Dragon Transformation Art' was activated, and the vast spiritual power swept across this land, causing the bright spiritual light to light up and the purification ripples to spread.
In an instant, the eye-catching brilliance, like lightning, spread across this land and even into the depths of the river.
In just a few breaths, when Su Zhou pulled his fingers out of the oasis lake, the spring water here had been completely purified—along with all the underground water sources within a few hundred miles.
Whether it was the radiation from the nuclear weapons that exploded decades ago, or the dirty dirt produced by people's lives over the years, it was all cleared and purified.
Returning to cleanliness.
After doing all this, Su Zhou casually got up and continued his night walk.
He did this, perhaps for justice, but also because he wanted to, and it was also the necessary act to make this world better.
But this was also just what a good person should do.
Although Su Zhou had not seen the perfect faction and did not know what the order in the heart of this great existence of 【Perfection】 was like, he could probably guess that Yala, who liked more possibilities, whether good or bad, and even liked the path that became worse, must be unable to stand guys who would painstakingly refine too long on one path, thus giving up other possibilities.
"I really want to witness the correctness of other great existences."
So the young man whispered to himself, causing the red serpent spirit to also gently laugh and find fault: "Don't forget, there are also their mistakes."
And the young man shrugged and replied: "I know, I know."
At this moment, Su Zhou turned around and looked up.
He could see that in the distant dark sky, there were bright searchlight beams and noisy sound waves ringing.
The United International peacekeeping force's helicopters were carrying emergency mobile units and speeding from the nearest base, preparing to take over the last piece of no man's land in this area.
From then on, all the chaotic areas in the world will return to 'normal'.
——Here is the central part of World Island.
The center of the energy war in the past, the place where all hope was destroyed.
Su Zhou's global diplomatic visit, the last stop.
The young man looked around at this barren land, the wasteland of war.
For energy, for hegemony, mankind endlessly fought for their own desires.
And this land was the center of the conflict, the battlefield of desire.
That war destroyed everything.
In the ruins after the war, darkness spawned from the corpses—with the support of the Descent Society, countless warlords, bandits, slave traders, and all kinds of people living in the darkness appeared on this land. They oppressed their compatriots and obtained benefits from the flesh and blood, just like the great powers of the past oppressed their countries and obtained wealth from the land.
Human beings are oppressed, always because human beings oppress their own kind.
Su Zhou knew very well that he came here, eliminated the slave leaders and warlords, killed all the former Descent Society remnants who acted recklessly, as well as the local thugs, oppressors, and murderers. He killed the separatist and corrupt local tyrants, eliminated the source of the Descent Society's spread of superstition—but all of this was just cleaning up the mess.
Those countries that formed the United International peacekeeping force, especially Ross, the Europa Union, and the American Federation, were the source of all this suffering. They destroyed all this order, but now they can pretend to be maintainers.
It's disgusting.
But...
"Things always have to be done, mistakes have to be corrected, and suffering has to be amended, at least it's better than now."
As for whether all this is meaningful.
For example, a person eats a piece of cake. The taste of this first cake is a bit bad. It's not fermented well, it's very sour and bitter.
But he's not full, so he continues to eat the second piece and the third piece.
There are problems with these two cakes. One is too dry and too hard, grinding his teeth, and the other is too bland, tasteless to eat.
Until the fourth piece, a good cake that is delicious, not sour or astringent, and has a rich flavor—after eating it, the person is finally full.
But can he say that because the first three cakes tasted bad, there was no need to eat them?
Just eat the fourth cake, is that okay?
Innovation is not such a thing.
Innovation is not inviting people to dinner, nor is it a fairy tale.
Innovation needs to talk about logic, seek truth from facts objectively, and needs to be gradual and step by step.
Su Zhou put his hands behind his back. He saw the helicopter brigade rushing over quickly and then landing in front of him. A team of international peacekeeping forces poured out of the cabin and then lined up in front of him, watching him with eyes of awe, worship, and a hint of fear.
Fear? Of course. Facing a human immortal who swept away 122 stubborn fortresses overnight, precisely struck, killed, and captured more than 200 local tyrant leaders who were hidden in places God knows where, without involving even one innocent person, and without letting go of even one evil person, they were still human beings and would indeed feel fear and awe.
"Professor Su, the 3rd Mobile Detachment of the Safavid Region has arrived! Please give instructions!"
The captain at the head asked him for instructions in this way, his tone was excited, but also with a hint of fear.
Obviously unnecessary. Su Zhou did not have the corresponding authority. Legally, he could not command these troops.
But if he didn't speak, even the international peacekeeping force representing the will of the four permanent members of the Security Council would not dare to do anything.
——How do you guarantee that the initiators of these sufferings will contribute to the construction here, instead of letting this land continue to rot and breed sores and maggots to facilitate their looting of benefits?
Su Zhou seemed to hear the Serpent Spirit's voice ringing in his ears. That was questioning.
——Because this is the proposal I made. I demand world peace and human beings to work together, so they will, and must, do so.
And this was the answer.
"Go and arrest those thug followers and slave traders who have passed out. Don't affect other people."
"Also, the leader of the group, I spared his life. He needs to be tried and confess his backers through legal procedures—don't try to do stupid things, because I already know who the backers are. If the law cannot uphold justice, then I will personally take action and conduct a trial."
"At that time, more people will die."
"Yes!"
Speaking calmly, Su Zhou could hear the uniform response of the troops in front of him, as well as some guilty voices.
He could also sense the gazes full of fear, unease, fear, and confusion coming from behind him.
Su Zhou turned his head. He could see many slaves without a thread of clothing and poor people in rags—slaves, or rather servants, in the Safavid region were quite popular in the Western upper class. After training, they were loyal and would not betray, because even being used as dogs was happier than staying in their hometown.
But now, everything would be gone.
——It's time to go back.
Su Zhou watched the peacekeeping force enter the village in a hurry. Their goals were clear, and they did not hinder any unrelated people, just as the young man had requested. It seemed that even if Su Zhou wasn't here, they wouldn't dare to cross the line.
The most basic order descended because of Su Zhou's existence.
Although, this was just an order brought about by power and violence.
But without power and strength, there would be no justice.
This was why Su Zhou chose to show his strength in the American Federation before conducting a global visit and telling everyone about the future that this universe was about to face.
Without power, there would be no trust, no order, and nothing that human beings had built.
And when the things here were done, he should leave—there were more things to do in Zheng Guo. He had spent enough time eliminating most of the disputes and chaos in the world.
It was time to go.
Su Zhou turned around and prepared to leave.
However, he heard a footstep that was initially hesitant, but eventually ran forward firmly, ringing behind him.
A child.
Slightly turning his body, Su Zhou saw a child's face that looked sallow and thin due to hunger and wind and rain.
He had messy black hair and brown eyes full of bloodshot eyes due to sand and malnutrition.
He ran out of the enclosure where the slaves lived, panting as he came behind Su Zhou. This action exhausted almost all of his strength and courage.
And Su Zhou stopped and waited patiently.
"You, are you the one who defeated Murtaiz?"
After catching his breath, the child watched Su Zhou in the darkness with bright eyes. He was excited and worshipful, and seemed to want to fall down in front of the young man—but a force prevented him from kneeling down, but this behavior made him even more surprised.
Murtaiz, the local armed leader, the boss of the slave traders, the first evil person that Su Zhou had pointed out to be sent to trial, one of the hundreds of oppressors on this land.
"He killed many people—my parents, and Nigel's sister. He insulted many people and did many, many hateful and disgusting things..."
The boy's words were not fluent. He had not received a good education, nor did he often communicate with people. Naturally, he could not say anything logical. He listed many of Murtaiz's evil deeds until his mouth was dry and his courage waned.
Facing Su Zhou, who had been listening without saying a word, his voice gradually became smaller, and then became a little frightened and confused.
"Why... didn't you kill him? You can kill him, but you didn't do it. Why?"
——Why?
This was not a question, but pure doubt.
If it were other people, they might regard this question as a question, questioning why Su Zhou did not exercise his power and kill the evil person—a kind of angry questioning as a victim.
But Su Zhou, who had a heart without thoughts and could hear the voice of the heart, knew.
What the boy in front of him was thinking was a pursuit of knowledge.
Why not kill—he was yearning for the justice of revenge.
Why can he kill—he was yearning for this power.
Why do you have to do this—this child was pursuing the truth and the reason behind what Su Zhou did. He knew this might be right, but he didn't know why, so he wanted to know the reason.
The boy plucked up his courage, risking 'his life', and asked Su Zhou this simple question, not just wanting to see the wicked punished, so he came to ask.
He wanted to know why Su Zhou's path led to the current result. He knew this might be right, but he didn't know why, so he wanted to know the reason.
Su Zhou didn't speak at first. He just seriously looked at the boy in front of him—those were indeed the eyes of an oppressed person.
Human beings oppressing human beings is the source of all suffering.
And building a world where no one oppresses anyone is the path that human beings should take.
So he opened his mouth and said something to the ignorant boy who didn't know if he could understand.
For example, the truth of history, along with human instincts
As well as the meaning of wisdom, and the practice of justice.
"Using violence to solve violence is a last resort, the last means and order. Only by solving barbarism with justice can it be called civilization—to put it simply, if a dog bites a person, a person can't bite a dog, we can use a gun."
"In the future, this land, and all the land in the world, will become the same, full of vitality and innovation. And seeing that you took the initiative to come to me, I will give you a little reward."
"After all, only those who strive for freedom and survival deserve the right to enjoy both."
Finally, reaching out his hand, Su Zhou smiled and raised his finger, and tapped it on the brow of this nameless boy.
Some knowledge poured into his heart, some power repaired his wounds, and some skills that could help others and the basic cultivation methods used to popularize to others were all left in his heart as seeds, waiting to germinate.
Finally, before Su Zhou left, the boy, feeling dizzy, struggled to maintain his last bit of clarity.
With a mixture of awe and confusion, he asked the young man's back:
"Who exactly are you?"
"Who am I?"
Su Zhou repeated it once, and then smiled.
——I am a force.
Always wanting to do evil, but always creating good results.
What is needed here is innovation, and I came for that reason.
"I am Su Zhou."
Leaving his name, Su Zhou smiled and turned around, turned into a stream of light, and disappeared at the end of the sky.
——A meteor streaked across the sky.
The human world is long at night. The blue-purple streamer passed through the dark night sky and clouds, and shuttled through the gaps of the starry sky and moonlight.
It streaked across the sky to the east, incomparably bright.
June 18, 2018, afternoon.
Su Zhou had returned for almost a whole day, and this whole day, he had been conducting continuous meetings and reports, as well as promoting the implementation of some related policies.
Zheng Guo Tiandu, in front of the building where the Security Bureau's conference hall was located.
Tang Yuan, who had been staying up all night for more than a week, stood next to a black car, chatting with the mild-toned in-car AI.
"When will the Minister come out? Didn't he say that the meeting would end soon?"
"So much work is piled up, and there are many things that I can't make decisions on. If he doesn't come back, the department won't be able to operate!"
"He's so irresponsible!"
Although he complained like this, Tang Yuan knew very well that Su Zhou, who had visited the world in the past ten days and suppressed almost all known sources of chaos, just simply explaining what he had done in the meeting would probably not be something that could be solved in a day.
Even with Su Zhou's current status, the process of reporting could be greatly simplified, but according to Tang Yuan's understanding of his own Minister, he knew very well that he would clearly state everything that should be said and everything that should be instructed