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"Why should I tell you if you can’t help me rescue them?"

Jiang Xiaoling looked coldly at the other person, no matter how earnestly the other side seemed to plead. The fact remained that they wanted to extract information without offering anything in return, an attempt at getting something for nothing, which anyone could attempt.

Mister Hua Pi’s face stiffened slightly upon hearing this, and his rigid fingers twitched. The stalemate between them lasted a while until finally, Mister Hua Pi spoke, "Knowing that I am Hua Pi, you should also know what I am capable of doing."

"You can’t do it!" Jiang Xiaoling stared fixedly at the other person. "Don’t say you, even if Ali came, he couldn’t read encrypted memories."

Mister Hua Pi: "....."

This didn’t seem like a bluff. He hadn’t acted immediately because he was afraid of failing to extract the memories.

His methods had a low margin for error; once someone was turned into a puppet and if the memory read failed, there would be no second chance.

It was not as if he could defy the heavens like that Ali fellow.

After thinking for a moment and seeing the other’s resolute gaze, he finally didn’t dare to take the gamble.

He sighed, "An open rescue is impossible. What I said earlier wasn’t to brush you off.

A secret rescue might be possible. After all, right now, all Central Plains People in Baiyun City are being slaughtered like pigs and dogs.

As long as your relatives are eventually taken to the concentration camp, the chance of me rescuing one or two people without drawing attention is relatively small.

.. but the premise is that your relatives can last that long! "

Jiang Xiaoling looked distantly at the female members of the Jiang Family, biting his gums until they bled. His sister was only seven years old; how could she endure such torment for so long?

Yet if he forced him to rescue now, with the other’s capabilities, he probably couldn’t do it. Jiang Xiaoling knew Mister Hua Pi, whose combat strength was practically zero.

At this moment, he suddenly longed for power. When weak, one was at the mercy of others; survival hinged on luck, unable to protect or do anything...

"Fine!" Jiang Xiaoling closed his eyes. "Rescue one more person tonight, and I’ll answer one more question for you!"

"Oh? Still bargaining..." A cold sneer flashed across Hua Pi’s face, but he didn’t say anything. Once he had the other person’s relatives in his grasp, there would be ways to make this fool spill all the information.

Bargaining, all those who had bargained with him became part of his collection. This na?ve individual clearly hadn’t understood the cruelty of this world well enough. Well, then, let’s give him a good lesson.

"You at least have to reveal something upfront, right?" Mister Hua Pi tried to get the upper hand first: "Otherwise, how would I know if you’re telling the truth? I’m taking a risk to help you rescue someone; you ought to give me a down payment, right?"

"What do you want to know?"

"What does ’Corrector’ mean?"

"The repairers who fix this world...."

"I didn’t ask you to play smart with me." Hua Pi’s face darkened. "Push me too far, and do you believe that I can still prevent your relatives from resting in peace after they die?"

Jiang Xiaoling took a deep breath and looked at the other person. So, these were the Correctors that they had pinned their hopes on from above?

To hear from the other’s indifferent tone, regarding the people around as pigs and dogs and ruthlessly threatening his compatriots, how were these people any different from the first batch of corrupt players?

"This world needs to be corrected. The previous batch of players have already corrupted this world, and the power they control is too strong, disrupting the world’s balance.

Thus, a group of Correctors is needed to overturn their rule and restore the balance of this world.

The higher-ups... sent a group of volunteers over, the so-called Correctors! !"

Clang!

Despite his speculation, the moment he actually heard these words, Mister Hua Pi was still so shaken that he staggered backward and leaned against the wall.

Above... correction? So... their transmigration wasn’t by accident; it was planned!

He had suspected this for quite some time...

Why were all the transmigrators in this batch from the developer team? Why did they all know each other?

Why did it seem like those players knew of their existence and targeted them relentlessly? Why did those ancient beings know that he and his companions were the last ones?

All of this... was planned; this was never just any transmigration; this world might be...

A terrifying thought surged through his mind; Mister Hua Pi felt a profound shock, as if his whole being was on the verge of collapse.

He abruptly moved forward, seized Jiang Xiaoling by the collar, "This world is fake, isn’t it? What... what kind of beings are we actually?"

Although he was a demon with zero strategy, he still possessed some basic abilities; otherwise, how could he slaughter ordinary people to create puppets? Moreover, the one in front of him was just a five-year-old child, who was lifted up as easily as picking up a chick.

"Speak up!!"

At this moment, Mister Hua Pi’s eyes were blood-red, teetering on the edge of madness!

But faced with such a crazed Mister Hua Pi, although Jiang Xiaoling was terrified, he clenched his teeth, "That’s the next question. If you can save the person, I’ll tell you; if not... you can’t blame me..."

"You little... you..." Mister Hua Pi sneered coldly, about to make the other party suffer his methods.

But then he heard him say, "I advise you not to have any crooked thoughts. I’m very fragile, and a little carelessness might well kill me. If I die, even if you find me again, my memories might be gone. You should know this, right? How much memory does one lose after dying once?"

Mister Hua Pi paused, staring intensely at the other for a long time, before finally releasing him...

With a thud, Jiang Xiaoling fell to the ground, grimacing in pain, but still stubbornly staring back at him.

Mister Hua Pi closed his eyes, took several deep breaths to barely calm his emotions, and when he opened his eyes again, he looked at Jiang Xiaoling with a complicated expression.

"When I was born for the first time, I was extremely grateful to the people in this world who raised me."

"What?" Jiang Xiaoling was taken aback, not understanding why the other was suddenly telling him this.

"I also tried to see the people of this world as human beings..."

"What are you trying to say?" Jiang Xiaoling frowned.

"If you can survive well, you will understand," Mister Hua Pi smiled, "There’s a reason why the players in this world treat all living beings like worthless dogs. Because they are not the same thing. ’Those not of our kind, surely have a different heart.’ In this place.

.. it’s vividly demonstrated. If you have the chance later on, you’ll understand this principle.

From the very beginning, I never agreed with the King of Qin’s nonsense about demons and humans coexisting! !"

Mister Hua Pi looked up at the sky, memories of his first death and subsequent reincarnation flooding his mind—memories that were ancient, that he had retained.

This world is strange; important memories, such as information about past lives or critical details, often get completely forgotten while the sickening, trivial stuff engraves itself into one’s bones. ..

He still vividly remembered the deaf-mute woman who had agreed to marry him simply because of his kindness, because he had cared for her since they were children. At one point, he actually believed that this world had its bright spots.

But once they discovered his true identity, decades of familial affection meant nothing.

When she hacked him to death, that hideous expression made him feel utterly alienated; he had never imagined that his frail wife, unable to even kill a chicken, could be so ferocious.

The rejection by those of a different race is beyond your imagination. Demons and humans coexisting? Ha... What a joke!

Young man, it’s the same for you. Don’t think that those so-called relatives of yours are willing to give up everything for you, even their lives.

It’s because they believe you are their kin, that you are the child they gave birth to.

But once they find out about your existence, that you are a reincarnated monster, that you have taken over the body of their child...

You will realize, the maliciousness bred from that familial love will be more terrifying than any evil in the world!

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"Oh, Mister Hua Pi is here too?"

Above the city, seeing some stiff puppets mingling among the crowd on the street, a white-clad young man who had already arrived in the city smiled slightly.

"Should we capture him first?" Mister Origami, standing behind him, asked coldly.

"Why should we capture him?" The young man glanced at him, "Do we have that much free time?"

"You don’t seem to hate him..." Mister Origami looked up at him, "After all, he was one of the traitors!"