Chapter 572: You wasteland people, is your moral bottom line really this high?

Facing Ying Duo's sharp gaze, Shen Zexi subconsciously averted his eyes.

"…Because the misfortune you encountered may be due to my ability, I think you need to look at this information…"

Shen Zexi said this with guilt and apology, probably aimed at the Xi Rensheng lying over there.

Ying Duo recorded all the textual data in his hand, listened to Shen Zexi, lifted his eyes and gave him a cold glance.

Shen Zexi subconsciously pursed his lips; he had also mentally prepared himself for whether to reveal his ability, since not only Ying Duo and Xi Rensheng suffered this misfortune, but many others as well…

"You wasteland people, is your moral bottom line really this high?"

Ying Duo was silent for a moment, then posed a soul‑deep question.

Actually, Yang Yixie had wanted to ask this for a long time: clearly this game world is a chaotic era, clearly the loss of lives is everyday here, clearly everyone in this world becomes extremely selfish just to survive…

In such a terrible world, why does everyone love being sentimental?

"Huh?"

Shen Zexi was stunned, not yet processing what Ying Duo had just said, when Yang Yixie already began to reveal his true nature.

Although Yang Yixie rarely speaks, that was because Xi Rensheng had said all the things that would make him look terrible and the mocking words, but now Xi Rensheng is lying down, he can speak up himself.

Don't forget, Yang Yixie used to be a game streamer; even if his eloquence was poor, it wasn't that bad.

"Isn't it indeed strange? The background is set to be so dark and grim, yet no matter how you look at it, the surface should appear bright while behind there are countless deaths and injuries?"

But the fact is, the Church‑garrisoned Tianmian City is indeed splendid, the Slum dwellers also struggle hard for survival, yet the Supervision Bureau, compared to Tianmian City, spends long periods patrolling near the ground Slum.

Nominally to block every possibility of an Aberrant Species invasion of Tianmian City, it has caused the previously self‑defending Slum residents, who could only form their own Mercenary Corps or small groups, to gain a bit of order, and some even turn their makeshift brick rooms into inns.

According to the usual pattern, shouldn't the Church have one face publicly and another behind the scenes, treating ordinary people as consumables and exploiting them wildly?

How come this Church not only painstakingly protects civilians, but even after unemployment the Supervision Bureau sends people to help allocate jobs, and to let most survive, even goes so far as to invade other worlds?

Is the moral bottom line too high?

Back then, how did those experimenters place Rune bindings on Mu Lingxiao that could make a person push themselves to this extent?

"Also the Academy chapter's storyline is off, right? It's as if they grabbed the wrong script; shouldn't it be the malicious alumni repeatedly harassing, then wildly slapping faces?"

The one who looks the darkest and most like the Academy chapter's antagonist turned out to be a social‑phobic.

"Clearly it should be the deep‑seated resentment after betrayal, because I deceived you, you chase me to cut the plot, yet you still apologize to me here?"

Sure enough, these people still have too high a moral bottom line, right?

If we really compare, players in the real world who will do anything to survive have stronger psychological construction in this regard than they do.

Is it because these people are just a bunch of youths around sixteen, inexperienced, or is the education in this wasteland world at fault?

Oh right, they're only sixteen…

The others have just enrolled, experiencing academy life, worrying about upcoming exams, and they are already here, researching how to defeat the final boss.

Actually, the Dome seems pretty similar…

Clearly the outside is already this terrible wasteland desert, yet the Academy of Heavenly Dome City still trains the children of ordinary workers toward the kind of 'model student' standards that can be called three‑good‑student in reality—simply unbelievable.

Is this really the educational system a wasteland world should have?

Recalling the flamboyant tactics Ying Duo once performed in the Academy, Yang Yixie couldn't imagine that if a real person did such things before his eyes, he would probably immediately dial a number to send them to a mental hospital.

By the way, does this world not have any mental hospitals?

What a state Ying Duo was in before, and these people didn't care at all.

Yang Yixie just felt the more he thought about it, the less it could be examined; in an instant, he didn't know whether Mu Linyuan was scheming behind the scenes or some other cause…

Thinking that way, Yang Yixie looked at the character info panel and saw Shen Zexi's four‑character title—'Child of Destiny'.

He raised his hand and patted Shen Zexi's shoulder, because after hearing Shen Zexi's words, he suddenly realized that Shen Zexi seemed the least likely to descend into the Abyss with them.

"Since that's the case, just keep praying."

Ying Duo, expressionless, spoke, and his words left Shen Zexi standing stunned.

"Let destiny decree our god‑killing ending; the number of people who fall halfway is not something you should worry about or hesitate over."

"Everyone here stepped in with a resolve to die; as long as the ending is right, any brutal process can be accepted."

Ah, perhaps he should be excluded.

Even though they are prepared for death, no one wants to die.

Yang Yixie is selfish, so it's best for everyone else to stay far from his world; all threats must be eliminated as early as possible.

Speaking of threats and the Dome… how's the situation over at Hua Jian Lei's side?

Logically, the plan should have started the moment they entered the Abyss.

If the Church enables ordinary people to reach that level, then hasn't the Dome truly become the sole antagonist?

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'Shock! The emerging companies everyone generally assumes are actually built on these methods!'

'Your happy life is built on others' flesh and blood! Let us guide you into the Dome's hidden secret dealings…'

'The missing her actually went here! When you meet again, can you still recognize her?'

If Hua Jian Lei had attended university in the real world, the press would surely have a place for him.

Because Ying Duo is absent, they lost the right to dominate more favorably online, but transmitting information only requires a single sheet of paper.

They duplicated those documents many times, secretly delivered them to various cities under the Dome's jurisdiction, and then, at the agreed time, distributed them uniformly.

The signal tower's location was scouted in advance by others; they only need to negotiate beforehand with some anti‑Dome forces, who will handle its demolition.

Just demolishing a single signal tower can buy a chance to topple the Dome, and those forces are very cooperative.

Now the Dome's proud Rune network has become the weight that pushes itself toward destruction.