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You shouldn’t... exist like you do!

Old Liu mustered his last bit of courage to ask the final question in his heart.

Such an existence before him was against all norms. No matter how challenging Pu YunChuan’s design, it had its limits.

It’s clearly unreasonable for an existence obviously stronger than the challenger by an entire dimension.

After all, no matter how bizarre the ability or unique the growth trajectory, they can be anticipated and planned for, but how do you win against sheer power?

You talk strategy, you talk troop deployment, you talk modern machinery, but the opponent just drops a nuclear bomb.

A nuclear bomb that’s completely un-interceptable, what can you do?

This is entirely outside the game’s rules!

"Because the settings are dead, but people are alive."

It was rare to see a living person not yet assimilated by the Heavenly Demon. And seemingly being one of the strongest in this world, the woman felt compelled to give him an answer.

After all... maybe for people in this world, it would feel unfair, but they didn’t know how much their side of the world had sacrificed for this!

"It all comes down to the difference between us. Do you know why, from the start of world planning, you were designated as the invaded party?"

Old Liu was taken aback. He hadn’t thought of that since the storyline was presented that way.

"Because the settings of the larger world are different.

" The woman looked at him, her eyes deep as though they held ancient memories: "Our world is a whole. It was affected by the energy from your world, which triggered a cosmic defense mechanism, giving birth to us, the lifeforms you know as Heavenly Demons. From our birth, we’ve faced your fears. "

"Our... fears?"

The invader said they faced our fears from birth?

"In your human terms, how would you describe it? Defensive expansion, perhaps?"

"That one mighty energy impact was so enormous it caused our entire world to feel threatened.

So our universe activated its self-defense mechanism, creating us, and we Heavenly Demons were born as a unified army with the sole objective of combating you.

This imprint was written from the start, no matter the cost."

"So, we continuously wear each other down, like Gu Insects, devouring one another, all to evolve stronger biological entities capable of facing you."

"You are different. The creatures of your universe also wear each other down, but your evolution is natural and more independent, yet also more scattered.

Your infighting is for selfish reasons, seeking to monopolize resources, even at the expense of letting the whole world become corrupted, or perish altogether.

This is the original sin of your world."

Old Liu: "....."

"I admit there are principled people among you, but you can’t resist the complexity of human nature. Once you evolve, you don’t pursue the ultimate evolution, but rather think about how to exploit resources from below, cutting off their upward path."

"Aren’t you the same?" Old Liu said coldly: "Your current energy, you’ve consumed many of your own kind, haven’t you?"

"Then why can’t you create an existence like me?"

Old Liu: "...."

"The reason is simple: you have too few King Level beings!

" the other laughed: "Why so few? Is it due to a lack of resources? Not at all. Most of your King Level individuals monopolize tenfold, even a hundredfold of the resources. You can’t utilize them all, but it doesn’t stop you from hoarding.

Even if those resources rot or go to waste, they must not fall into the hands of people below. "

"That’s your logic. But we are different.

Breaking through the King Level requires a quantitative change leading to a qualitative change.

Only with enough King Level beings can we evolve beyond the King Level.

By consuming enough King Levels, can we evolve to my stage.

Our place never hoards energy from those below.

As long as they have power, potential, they have a chance to grow or even kill me! "

"I was raised by a Mother Empress herself.

She watched me grow and saw my potential, yet she spared no effort to cultivate me, even actively seeking resources for me.

She never oppressed talent, and when I could threaten her, she waited patiently for the right time for me to challenge her.

If she won, she could become an even stronger me! "

"That’s something you people here cannot do. Therefore, you’ll never nurture an existence like mine!"

Listening to her recount, Old Liu, who had lived for eons, couldn’t find a counter-argument...

Let alone those extremely selfish and insane people like Elder Long; even he himself has never liked handing over control to others. Welding the car door shut was an honored tradition of all humanity. Dragon Slayers who became Evil Dragons are just human nature.

Perhaps Pu YunChuan was repulsed by this kind of human nature back then, which is why he created a utopian universe?

Yet, you just slapped your head and came up with an idea, but it sure did make us suffer.

What should we do now?

Old Liu looked at the other, his feelings incredibly complex.

Against something faster than light, an existence overwhelmingly transcending the King Level, what could win?

"How many of your own kind did you kill to become what you are now?" Old Liu asked.

"The power I possess today is the product of half the life in the universe’s sacrifice."

"Half the universe?" Old Liu laughed bitterly.

It’s not an unjust defeat. Among our people, we might destroy a world just for the sake of eternal power. Meanwhile, they are willing to sacrifice the entire universe to create the strongest ruler.

With such awareness, with what do you contend against them?

No wonder he returned so dejectedly, no wonder there was no fighting spirit. Even if this monster before him suddenly died, he didn’t believe his universe could win.

Such extreme cohesion, perhaps even purer than when the Central Federation was founded by those ambitious forebears!

This isn’t even on the same level.

From strength to ideology, it was utterly impossible to win!

Ah Pu YunChuan, you’ve created an unsolvable monster...

"Aren’t you going to run?" The other asked Old Liu.

"Is there any point in running?" Old Liu smiled bitterly: "Going back only means surviving for twenty more years."

"Twenty years?" The other amused: "Is it that long? I recall that the guardian told you, you closed up for a year, despaired for a year, if given more time, you might recover. You would only have a year once you returned, right?"

Old Liu: "...."

A year, so such a terrifying existence will arrive in a year. No wonder...

Chen Qing has no chance because, even if he took the intelligence back, within a year’s time, it’s impossible to have anyone capable of contending with such a monster.

No wonder...despair was inevitable.

"But saying twenty years is pretty good. Your world is indeed quite tenacious. Although you died early, your compatriots resisted for twenty years."

Old Liu: "!!"