Chapter 132: Freedom does not exist, life is no more!

You are very confused, both for yourself and for the myriad spirits.

What exactly is the meaning of one's own existence? Should the innocent myriad spirits die for the great undertaking of the Three Ancestors or Hongjun?

And, in this primordial history line that you have thrown into utter chaos, how exactly can one escape the fate of eternal enslavement by the Three Ancestors?

You don't know, so you have for the first time in your life placed hope in another self to devise a strategy for you…… You choose (?) Please answer with freedom!

Finally! You brat finally remembered me!!!

Looking at Jiaoming's first message seeking strategy, Zhao Si was overcome with excitement.

Today, sacrificing you, I feel it has nothing to do with me.

Without a doubt, only Jiaoming's Infinite Bloodline!

But Jiaoming himself cannot slaughter the bloodline, because the true spirits would flee, and the Three Ancestors also control kd on the front lines; to prevent Jiaoming's power from growing too quickly, the three of them constantly sacrifice themselves on the front lines, Jiaoming's side wins every day, so basically not many people die.

Finally, it's about approaching the problem……

This can be a deceitful, reputation‑loving act to absolve guilt, or it can be his reasonable behavior of hating killing yet having to use killing to stop killing.

Suddenly, Jiaoming's gaze narrowed, and his heart seemed to be pondering something:

"Let Luohou slaughter the bloodline……"

"If you weren't so confident, but instead asked me earlier, this puzzle‑solving process could have been skipped altogether……"

Writing this, Zhao Si hesitated involuntarily, but he forced himself to continue writing:

"My only suggestion is…… let Luohou slaughter your bloodline; the true spirits thus obtained you can use yourself, or let Luohou first detain and use them, and finally present them as a fortune to Hongjun……"

After making the difficult decision, Zhao Si solemnly entered in the answer:

"The fundamental purpose of your rebirth, information is insufficient, I don't know, but it certainly won't be to retrace Hongjun's old path."

Precisely for this reason, Hongjun has always been unwilling to reveal his relationship with Luohou to Jiaoming.

Hongjun spoke hesitantly, after all he did not want Jiaoming, this later‑generation junior, to walk the path of the Three Ancestors.

Obviously that shouldn't be, because no matter how righteous Hongjun's words may be, his means are always realized through the sacrifice of the innocent!

Who among the family understands? This overly free game protagonist simply gives the player no chance to act!

Indeed, upon seeing this strategy, Jiaoming felt somewhat disappointed in that "other self," after all that "other self" is his lifeline, and he naturally fantasized that the other party could give a good answer like "if you don't act, fine; if you act, you'll win big!"

Second point, should the myriad spirits be slaughtered by the Three Ancestors or Hongjun?

Today he can sacrifice this part of people on the pretext of eliminating the Three Ancestors, and tomorrow he could sacrifice another part on some other excuse.

"Slaughter……"

"The myriad spirits should not be sacrificed; no one's sacrifice can be decided by others. This is not only a lack of freedom, but also an arrogant contempt for life. Anyone who dares to issue a sacrifice order for others should have their dog's head smashed by those who were sacrificed!"

Having finished writing, Zhao Si only felt his hand tremble a little; he admitted this strategy was the most abstract of all he had written, because he had to endorse slaughter……

But…… Zhao Si suddenly had some enlightenment, understanding why Jiaoming has always longed for freedom.

"Now, I can't do even one."

And the effective information Jiaoming has gathered over these two lives is actually not much; his time has been entirely spent on deciphering the method for the Three Ancestors to attain the Dao and the relationship between Luohou and Hongjun, and these two pieces of information completely reveal no deeper purpose!

Jiaoming spoke resolutely, bringing forth his own leader's aura:

Flames will burn the Three Ancestors to death, and then consume himself completely!

"Excellent! You brat finally opened your apertures!"

That's how it is!

First point, what exactly is the meaning of one's own existence?

This question mainly asks what the purpose of the simulation game letting him endlessly reincarnate is, just as Jinbing's ultimate goal is coexistence of monster people equally; theoretically Jiaoming should also have such an ultimate purpose.

If the Three Ancestors are to attain the Dao, then Jiaoming here must attain the Dao before them—either Jiaoming attains the Dao, or Hongjun attains the Dao.

But Jiaoming also has to admit that this is currently the only way to defeat the Three Ancestors!

Could it be that he's not just looking at a text PPT?

As for what Hongjun said: "If these people are not sacrificed, then more people will be sacrificed in the future."

Jiaoming closed his eyes, he did not want his gaze to reveal pain and sorrow:

He struggled for so long, yet still failed to save everyone as he wished; even the resolve and order to slaughter must be issued by himself as the "Myriad Spirits Common Ancestor"!

Bestowing them with spiritual wisdom, then taking away their lives—creation and destruction are both in his hands; truly…… laughable……

Third point, how can the primordial history line thrown into chaos by Jiaoming escape the enslavement brought about by the Three Ancestors attaining the Dao?

This question is hard to answer, yet the answer is simple, for as Hongjun said, to overthrow the Three Ancestors one can only defeat magic with magic; a magical clash is the only way out!

After thinking it over, the only person on Jiaoming's side who can slaughter the bloodline under his command is Hongjun, or rather Luohou……

Praising him is also acceptable.

Zhao Si muttered a complaint, although he doesn't know the details of this version of the ancient three‑clans era, but no matter which version of the primordial wilderness, the outcome of the three‑clans war is always Luohou killing the Three Ancestors, then Hongjun killing Luohou, and thereby becoming a sage.

……

"I think we can discuss this further……"

At this moment, Jiaoming suddenly noticed the final sentence of the strategy:

"My freedom is their lives……"

That is utterly meaningless.

Southern Wilderness Small Volcano, under the tree.

So Jiaoming asked him this, but Zhao Si truly could not help……

"You let Luohou do the killing, leave the true spirits to me! I want to personally slay those three!"

So the Three Ancestors deserve to die, but Hongjun is also no good person.

Hongjun froze on the spot.

Tomorrow they'll sacrifice me—what then would be said?

Being sacrificed despite being innocent is itself a mistake!

A bird yearning for freedom is covered by countless heavy hunting nets; it has a pair of wings but lacks the power to take flight.

Zhao Si only said:

You have no right to decide on sacrifice for others!

If you insist on doing this, you may indeed earn praise from posterity, but those sacrificed in the present have ample reason to storm the Zixiao Palace and smash your dog head!

Hongjun, destined to be a complex figure with mixed praise and blame……

And this bird, which is by no means free, actually represents the myriad spirits sacrificed in pursuit of the Dao!

He previously thought it was about exterminating the Three Ancestors, slaying Rahu, and ending the war of the Three Clans, but Hongjun finally told him plainly: all of this was already in my plan; there was no need for you to come!

"Let Rahu slaughter my bloodline."

Am I really playing a game?

If Jiao Ming had asked earlier, it would have saved a lot of trouble.

Although Rahu is his tool for attaining the Dao, his purpose in creating Rahu is ultimately 'to stop killing by killing'; attaining the Dao is the means, stopping killing is the end, and Hongjun has always distinguished the two!

But the problem comes back: to attain the Dao, one must die, and die in great numbers!

Now the Three Clans aren't enough to kill; may I ask, on the Wilderness, what other group of living beings can be used to make up the headcount?

His self-position was never that of a simple good person; he was destined to be a complex figure woven of black and white……

An excited heart, trembling hands!

But……

What ought to be done, Hongjun would naturally do; could the simulator be trying to make Jiao Ming retrace Hongjun's path?

Hongjun is naturally inclined toward goodness; although he is a self-interested person, his main reason for wanting to thwart the Three Ancestors' plan is still to protect all living beings.

Because the protagonist of this simulation game has never been an individual, but rather a microcosm of an entire collective:

Jin Bing represents the innocent beings of the two races who died in the conflict between demons and humans; therefore, no matter which side he takes, he must die, and the only way to survive is to achieve the perfect ending of equal coexistence!

Cursing him is allowed.

Because to defeat the Three Ancestors, one must sacrifice the lives of all beings; and having sacrificed those lives oneself, what freedom is there to speak of?

"The other self" spoke well: those who make sacrifice decisions for others deserve to have their dog heads smashed by the sacrificed!

"Well then… let me, this fellow who is bound to have his dog head smashed, make the decision for them…"

But unexpectedly, "the other self" also merely proposed a slaughter plan similar to Hongjun's, and even "the other self" was more extreme than Hongjun—Hongjun never thought of raising a hand against his own bloodline, yet "the other self"……

Jiao Ming sighed helplessly:

Faced with the current situation, he seeks neither freedom nor the lives of all beings.

Or rather, his painstaking creation of an "evil corpse" to start the slaughter is precisely his "justice cut" taken in hatred of killing.

All the bad deeds are Rahu's doing, and have nothing to do with me, Hongjun!

Hongjun continued to stress the necessity of his attaining the Dao, but Jiao Ming sat leaning against a tree, staring blankly at the bird's nest, as if his mind wandered elsewhere……

But Jiao Ming, having banged his head against the wall for two whole lifetimes, still couldn't figure out what the purpose of the simulation is.

But now, when he suddenly asks what the purpose of the simulation is, Zhao Si can't answer!

After all, this simulation game has always been an exception, acting on its own; Jin Bing only fully understood his own path after laying the groundwork for two entire lifetimes, and then deducing it from countless known pieces of information.

"No need to discuss further!"

Jiao Ming's eyes reflected a complex fire:

It was rage, helplessness, cruelty, pain……

The myriad spirits yearning to live were forcibly sacrificed by the alternating great righteousness of the Old Ancestor and Hongjun, unable to eke out survival!

"Your freedom is the life of the sacrificed! This is your ultimate purpose of existence!"

Jiao Ming's gaze suddenly calmed; he looked at the still-chattering, educating-the-junior old man Hongjun, and suddenly spoke:

"Although I think Hongjun's reasoning is twisted, sacrifice is indeed necessary……"

Zhao Si became excited for a moment, shaking the fat cat in his embrace until it meowed wildly; after finally calming down, he began to earnestly analyze the problem for Jiao Ming.

The points Jiao Ming doubts are three in total.

He has given up freedom, and also given up the life of the collective he represents.

In this life, he seeks nothing; he only wants to have a good burn!

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(End of chapter)