Chapter 122: Leave Not a Single One

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"No other choice?" Lv Cheng found it somewhat amusing.

"Is there really no other choice?"

Han Ji's expression was heavy, "This is a decision by the Supreme Judgment Court. If Salang is not eliminated, she will inevitably stir up even greater catastrophe. You have all seen it, this calamity..."

"You mean that once Salang is eliminated, the world will be at peace?" Lv Cheng asked with amusement.

"How many Red Cardinals does the Black Vatican have? And how many Salangs have there been?"

"If you kill one Salang today, a new one will be born tomorrow. If you can kill all of us today just to eliminate Salang, will you have to kill even more people tomorrow for the sake of another Salang?"

"Then, may I ask, why do you want to eliminate Salang?"

"Salang kills the innocent, and you kill even more innocents in order to eliminate Salang."

"In that case, how are you any different from Salang?"

"Or are you saying that you believe you are righteous? That you have no other choice?"

"If Salang were to find a helpless, moving, and tragic reason, wouldn't she also become righteous?"

"Or perhaps, because Salang kills many innocents, she is evil, and because you kill fewer innocents, you are righteous?"

"What do you know!" a gray-robed person stood up.

"The Black Vatican's next step is to resurrect the Qin King Ying Zheng. Once the Ancient King awakens, the inner city will inevitably become Hell. Using all the people here to trade for the lives of the million people in the city..."

"By what right?" Lv Cheng's expression remained unchanged.

"They are innocent, so are we not innocent?"

"May I ask, how are you certain that Salang is definitely here? Everything from just now was a play you all performed together. How do I know this isn't just you, or the Supreme Judgment Court you speak of, using the slogan of clearing out Salang to eliminate political rivals and keep us all here?"

"You suspect that Salang has already invaded this place, but I can also suspect that Salang has already invaded the Supreme Judgment Court. Perhaps that legendary Chief Judge is actually Salang?"

"From beginning to end, it was all a play he performed, toying with the world~"

"……"

As Lv Cheng's rebuttal fell, the atmosphere on the scene became extremely subtle.

Not only the group of high-level officials who were restrained, but even the surrounding Imperial Guard Mages began to waver.

A suffocating sense of despair welled up in their hearts. What if, what if what Lv Cheng said was true, and they were all being toyed with by Salang...

"No wonder the Supreme Judgment Court views you as the greatest threat to this operation and even specifically ordered me to keep you under strict guard, absolutely not allowing you to leave the surveillance range." Han Ji looked helpless.

"With just a few words, you have shaken everyone, and even I cannot help but start to doubt the purpose of this operation. But, I am sorry, at the moment, we have no other way."

"Then what if Salang is not here with us?" Lv Cheng asked.

"What if Salang doesn't care at all whether she can survive, or if she is willing to take this Ancient Capital down with her?"

"……"

Han Ji did not speak.

"In other words, the Supreme Judgment Court you speak of must eliminate Salang no matter what?" Lv Cheng asked.

"Even if it cannot save this city, at least Salang must be kept here?"

"Yes." Han Ji nodded.

"If you must eliminate Salang no matter what, then I have a better way," Lv Cheng said.

"What way?" Han Ji asked.

"Destroy the Ancient Capital! Leave not a single one!" Lv Cheng said coldly.

"Since it is uncertain who Salang is, and uncertain whether this city can be saved, and since it doesn't matter if the innocent are harmed, then let's do it thoroughly!"

"Since you feel that killing us here is for the greater good in order to eliminate Salang, then for the sake of the country and the whole world, destroying the Ancient Capital is not impossible, right?"

"……"

Once these words were spoken, everyone was shocked. Feeling the coldness radiating from Lv Cheng, even Han Ji could not help but feel a chill down his spine.

This kid was serious!

"What kind of crazy talk is that!" Zhu Meng stood up.

"Crazy talk?" Lv Cheng's expression was slightly cold.

"Isn't this their theory? Since the minority can be sacrificed for the majority, then compared to world peace, burying the million people of the Ancient Capital right here to ensure Salang is 100% eliminated, isn't that very cost-effective?"

"It's just that, when the monsters invade in the future, if world peace requires destroying this country to preserve more people, I hope the Supreme Judgment Court you speak of can be just as decisive!"

"……"

"Calm down first." Zhu Meng let out a long sigh.

"Calm down? Am I not calm enough?" Lv Cheng asked.

"I fought tooth and nail, just woke up, and kindly came over to take a look, only to be grabbed by you all with your righteous airs before I could say a few words, and now I am to be executed."

"Even after all this, I haven't directly taken action. Am I not calm enough?"

"A million innocents are innocent, but I, as one innocent person, am not?"

"Since the innocent can die, and since I can die, and we can all die, then why can't they die?"

"……"

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"Damn it! If you have the guts, let me continue!"

In the Bell Tower Monitoring Room, fearing that if Lv Cheng continued, he would truly break the mental defenses of those high-level officials, Han Ji simply locked him up alone.

Not only that, he set up a Barrier outside the room so that even those guarding him could not hear a single word from him. Furthermore, the Barrier also isolated Psychic telepathy, directly blocking Lv Cheng's path to causing trouble.

"It's a real pity that you don't cause trouble with this talent of yours."

Afraid that Lv Cheng would be lonely by himself, Ling Xi volunteered to follow him in.

"Isn't what I said the truth?" Lv Cheng sat down.

Ling Xi found it somewhat amusing, "Honestly, if you had said that at any other time, your suspicion of being in the Black Vatican would have been basically locked in."

Lv Cheng wasn't just complaining earlier; that guy's Mind Element was definitely exerting force in secret!

Because even she had almost been swayed!

She even found herself uncontrollably doubting whether the Han Ji that Lv Cheng spoke of, or even the Supreme Judgment Court, had truly been infiltrated by Salang!

It was too terrifying!

She had actually started to doubt even herself!

Did she not know whether she had infiltrated the Supreme Judgment Court or not?

But she just couldn't help but doubt it a moment ago!

The situation in the Ancient Capital is critical right now; even if those people outside noticed their own abnormalities, they wouldn't attribute this matter to Lv Cheng, only thinking they were too nervous, but if it were normal times...

"My dear sister, I'm afraid we really might have to die for love together next."

Lv Cheng sat by the window, looking at the dense Undead Army outside the Golden Barrier.

"Do you really want to die for love with me?" Ling Xi walked over.

"If you want to, I can die for love with you once," Lv Cheng said.

"But it's a pity, you don't want to."

The person in front of him now is not Ye Chang, but Salang.

Ye Chang truly loved him; after Wen Tai died, Ye Chang, by a twist of fate, regarded him as her new emotional anchor, only the pursuit from the Parthenon back then forced her to hide further away.

And afterwards, the personality of Salang gradually occupied the dominant position.

The Salang before him, although she also had special feelings for him, was not the same as Ye Chang.

To put it simply, in Ye Chang's eyes, Wen Tai was Wen Tai and he was he; Wen Tai was already dead, and all she had was him.

But in Salang's eyes, he was just a shadow of Wen Tai, and this personality with a broken mind even wanted to turn him into a second Wen Tai.

To put it more bluntly, Ye Chang is his yandere.

Salang is Wen Tai's yandere.

"How much longer does the medicine last?" Lv Cheng asked.

The maintenance of the Salang personality relies on special drugs from the Black Vatican; different dosages of the drug result in different durations of maintenance.

Once the effect wears off, Salang will disappear, and even Ye Chang herself wouldn't know that this thing had been there.

That is why the whole world has been investigating for so many years and no one has been able to find Salang.

After all, many times, Salang does not exist.

Who could ever find a person who does not exist?

"What, you really don't want to see me?" Ling Xi pressed Lv Cheng against the wall.

"I am smarter than her; how could you like that fool?"

"She can't do anything."

"Because the person I knew back then was her, not you," Lv Cheng said faintly.

The one in Bo City back then was not Salang, but Ye Chang.

"But now, the one in front of you is me," Ling Xi narrowed her eyes.

"If we can't escape, even until the moment of death, the one accompanying you will only be me."

"Not her!"

"..."

"Really?" Lv Cheng smiled.

"I believe she would accompany me to death, but you?"

"Will you accompany me to death?"

"What do you mean?" Ling Xi leaned in closer, her entire body pressed against Lv Cheng.

"If I wanted to die for love with you today, would you agree?" Lv Cheng said seriously.

"..."

(End of this chapter)