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"You...what exactly do you intend to do?" Wang Ye had actually become calm by now.

From the moment he decided to step into this place, he no longer had a chance, but he felt he should know the truth.

The purpose Chen Qing sent him here was to investigate the truth, whether or not he could go back to support Chen Qing.

As long as the truth was thoroughly investigated, passing the message to him, whether he received it in the future or not, was beyond his control. At least he wouldn’t owe him anymore.

"What have you investigated?" The woman looked at him with a smiling gaze.

"A group of people secretly created the first batch of digital life forms and shortly after, they orchestrated a world war. Their aim was to make the entire world uninhabitable for living people, forcing all humanity to become digital life forms..."

Mr. Jin: "....."

This conspiracy theory had actually been circulated a long time ago.

Indeed, the world war at that time was too extremely bizarre, and many historians believed that there were forces behind it.

However, there was no concrete evidence, and with the official fierce denial of these rumors, this theory could only circulate within historical circles, giving it a conspiratorial feel but never making it into the history books.

"There is indeed such a thing..." The woman replied with a smile.

With those words, Hou Jie and others had their eyes reddened!

This conspiratorial theory had always weighed on everyone’s minds, but everyone treated it as a legend. Deep down, there was always a stroke of luck that their lives were a historical inevitability, not the private intent of some, but now someone was telling them that it was indeed so...

The world is so cruel, most people can’t decide their destiny, most are merely played by the few. No matter how insane the decisions these people make, the majority can only endure, unable to do anything else.

A group of people at the peak of power, simply because they wanted to prolong their power, even though they had already achieved longevity but are still unsatisfied, dragged the entire world down with them.

Thus... billions of people died, the entire world no longer had living carbon-based life, everyone became a mass of data, existing only for those people’s lust for power. ..

How tragic!!

Even Wang Ye felt an extremely uncomfortable sense of suffocation in his heart, oppressively uncomfortable...

Is this... humanity?

"Everything stems from an experiment back then." The woman casually found a chair to sit down, her movements bold and crisp, not at all like a graceful noblewoman, but the indifferent light in her eyes made Wang Ye feel more repelled than when he had seen any other family head.

"Back then, a group of people holding top resources, some were the richest in a country, some were regional warlords, some were top politicians of major nations, but their lives were almost at an end.

So they came together through investing in the same laboratory, that group of people coming together was formidable, especially after the experiment was successful. "

"The experiment was already successful, those people had already managed to extend their lives as they wished, so why do the latter?" Wang Ye asked coldly.

The woman looked at him amusingly, "I thought... your Demons wouldn’t be so naive."

"Just assume I am naive, can you solve my doubts?" Wang Ye smiled.

"A group of people at the peak, if they lost their rightful power and status, what difference would there be between living and being dead?"

"I see..." Wang Ye nodded, "Then what does all this have to do with Chen Qing?"

"Chen Qing..." The woman’s eyes were incredibly complex, seemingly recalling events from the distant past: "The success of that year’s experiment hinged crucially on a man named Pu Yunchuan."

"Pu Yunchuan..." Wang Ye muttered to himself, but was not surprised. The woman seemed slightly astonished upon seeing his reaction and said, "It seems that Chen Qing trusts you exceptionally, even telling you the name Pu Yunchuan."

Wang Ye didn’t respond; frankly, he didn’t understand why Pu Yunchuan trusted him so much—was it just because he had saved Pu’s life once?

Not only had he shared such vital information, but he had also let Wang Ye come to the rear area of Digital City, which he felt was overly trusting.

"Pu Yunchuan..." The woman sighed softly, "If he had cooperated back then, would there have been so many troubles afterward? By now, the world would have been a paradise."

"How interesting..." Wang Ye looked at her, amused. Do people really fragment like this? Thinking that by doing such things, the world would become better if left unchecked...

A group of people responsible for the death of billions, claiming they can make the world a better place. What kind of hellish joke is that?

"Did he stop you?" Wang Ye didn’t bother to argue but directly asked about his most pressing concern: "The world war still erupted, and the era of data still arrived; I don’t see what Pu Yunchuan stopped."

"He did stop us..." The woman sneered, "Back then, he had a big heart. To ambush us, he even used his own younger brother as bait. My father never imagined falling into the hands of a gamer till his death. But his own fate wasn’t much better.

The overwhelming tides of historical inevitability were against him, how could he expect to hold them back? "

"It seems that mantis arm was thick enough." Wang Ye smiled, "It gave you quite the trouble."

"I suppose so..."

"Back then... it wasn’t the Liu Family..." Hou Jie, who was nearby, couldn’t help but ask.

Based on sparse historical records, the explosion of the lab that year killed thousands, as representatives from various countries were present, causing a significant diplomatic incident.

One of the most affected was a General surnamed Liu from the Eastern Federation, a war god of that time, who inexplicably died overseas, triggering nationwide outrage instantly.

The Central Federation, usually averse to external conflicts, was also drawn into the subsequent war because of the boiling public sentiment and the cries of the Liu family.

"The Liu family, huh... nothing but ungrateful wolves in sheep’s clothing.

" The woman’s expression turned colder upon hearing the surname.

Without that old man’s help, Pu Yunchuan wouldn’t have been able to accomplish anything.

Although his actions were anticipated by her father, without him, the catastrophic consequences that forced her father and other leaders to hide for so many years would not have occurred.

Back then, that old man was nothing more than a phoenix man who graduated from a military school. If not for being valued by her father, where would he have gotten the opportunity to make a name for himself and become Huo Qubing as written in the history books?

Ungrateful, betraying her father at that critical moment, truly an unredeemably ungrateful wolf.

"I understand now..." Wang Ye nodded, "You plotted the Data Project back then, and now you can still immediately control the Federation, and even after many years, you can use preserved genes to bring Pu Yunchuan’s memories into the New World, proving your deep-rooted influence.

However, you still dare not show yourselves. "

"Why? What makes you fear?"

"What do you think?" The woman looked at Wang Ye.

"The fourth version!" Wang Ye exclaimed with a smile!

"An ancient person..." The woman suddenly looked at him seriously, "Arriving here for just half a year, you’ve managed to grasp everything about this place and even deduced this far.

You really are remarkable. No wonder Chen Qing values you so highly, having Xi in your hands really is a big trouble. .."