Chapter 17: with translation of chapter title

Zhao Si

Zhao Si frowned, could it be that Di Jun sent someone?

"Wrong, the current time point has clearly surpassed the time when the Heavenly Court issued the slaughter decree during the last simulation, yet Di Jun has shown no movement so far; this is already different from last time, indicating that Di Jun, because of my butterfly effect, has not yet harbored killing intent toward humanity."

"It hasn't come at the start, and now it's this late—surely it can't suddenly decide to start a slaughter? Logically that makes no sense."

Guang Chengzi

Jie Sect disciples

【You are not unfamiliar with these unexpected visitors, for in your past life, when you were reborn as a human, you could almost see their figures every day…】

【"Friend Daoist, may I have a word?" the Daoist who called himself Guang Chengzi stepped out from the crowd, smiling and sending you a signal of friendly communication.】

Purple Sky Divine Thunder

Jie Sect disciples

Ren Sect and Jie Sect

Taiyi Golden Immortal

【The Sects of Chan and Jie are of one breath and branch; even the rational Guang Chengzi could not stop his angry fellow disciples, and under the combined fury of several dozen Taiyi Golden Immortals, hundreds of Golden Immortals and Mystic Immortals, you were instantly vaporized on the spot, your soul and spirit scattered.】

Second, the merit of humanity is not entirely on one's own person; the damned cheap father king actually dispatched over a thousand brothers and sisters to help, so in fact the merit is divided among over a thousand dragons, and the merit that falls on one's own head is not as much as imagined.

"Killing me is perfectly normal, but what does that have to do with humanity? You even forcibly drove humanity back to a primitive society, deliberately making them start over from scratch…"

sages' disciples

"In the last simulation, humanity hardly had any civilization to begin with, so the sages' disciples' aid to humanity was hardly blameworthy; at most it was just a bit utilitarian."

Heavenly Emperor's appointed great chieftain

【A: Disdainful, you lot—an illegal club with no entry in the Heavenly Court's registers—how dare you presume to chat with the exalted Heavenly Emperor‑appointed great chieftain? B: Kneeling on the spot, to be able to address the sages' disciples as fellow Daoists, little dragon, you are truly blessed across three lifetimes, and you readily agree to all their conditions.】

Chan Sect disciples

disciples of the Two Teachings

sages' followers

the Primordial Wilderness

But once the mechanism of merit is known, these people's selfless sage‑like conduct instantly turns utilitarian!

But the Heavenly Dao roughly has a grudge‑value mechanism; when the number of offenders increases, guilt is divided and becomes smaller, averaged over several hundred heads, so the law does not punish the many, and even if it does, the crime is not worthy of death.

【26】 【After beheading you, this petty Mystic Immortal madman, the disciples of the two sects remained furiously enraged; they simply abandoned any notion of gentle negotiation and launched an attack. Soon afterward, your over a thousand brothers and sisters were all imprisoned, and the tens of thousands of humanity that had already developed a mature civilization were also washed back to a primitive state.】

After slaying you, this petty celestial immortal troublemaker, the Two Teachings' disciples remained enraged; they abandoned any pretense of peaceful negotiation and launched an attack. Shortly thereafter, your over a thousand brothers and sisters were all arrested, and the tens of thousands of people who had once built a thriving civilization were reduced to a primitive state.

"【After beheading you, this petty Mystic Immortal madman, the disciples of the two sects remained furiously enraged; they simply abandoned any notion of gentle negotiation and launched an attack. Soon afterward, your over a thousand brothers and sisters were all imprisoned, and the tens of thousands of humanity that had already developed a mature civilization were also washed back to a primitive state.】"

We need to keep brackets.

Now ensure each line starts with 【N】 and a space? The instruction: Output 【N】 for EVERY line listed below — all 13 must appear. Keep each translation on a SINGLE output line. Return ONLY the 【N】 lines. Nothing else.

Thus each line: 【2】 translation

Make sure we have exactly the lines requested: 【2】, 【3】, 【4】, 【7】, 【8】, 【13】, 【14】, 【15】, 【17】, 【19】, 【24】, 【25】, 【26】. That's 13 lines.

Check we didn't miss any.

Now produce final【2】 Zhao Si frowned, could it be that Di Jun sent people?

disciples of the Three Teachings

the sages

the Demon Race

Zhao Si flipped through it again and quickly grasped the key point:

They're back, they're all back, the familiar extreme option is back again!

It's been a full month since I last saw this game go crazy, and Zhao Si even started to miss the feeling of courting death.

After some thought, Zhao Si adjusted his mindset, seriously clicked to continue the game; since he had uncovered the key information, he ought to make good use of it:

"These people, in order to maximize their merit gains, have gone mad……"

So after several hundred people joined forces to kill him, they merely imprisoned the other over a thousand dragons, not daring to kill them; if they really slaughtered them all, even if several hundred people shared the blame, the Purple Sky Divine Lightning would be unavoidable.

The human race lacked rites and morality; those of the Chan Sect who were enthusiastic about it traveled far and wide, offering free morality lectures to humanity.

What truly surprised him was the subsequent actions of the Sect of Two's disciples.

"But this time, after the protagonist had already brought humanity into a civilized state, the Sect of Two's disciples would rather destroy their existing civilizational achievements than not lead humanity's development themselves…… This is really going too far!"

What could this heaven-defying operation be for? It goes without saying!

"So, the protagonist was let to be killed by that cheap father……"

【If you choose option B, you kneel in greeting, can address the sage's disciples as fellow Daoists, little dragon, you are truly fortunate across three lifetimes, and you gladly accept all of the other party's conditions.】

【A: Disdainful, you few who don't even have a place in the Heavenly Court's registry, an illegal club's petty troublemaker, dare to talk to the Heavenly Emperor's personally appointed great chief? B: Kneel in greeting, you can address the sage's disciples as fellow Daoists, little dragon, you are truly fortunate across three lifetimes, and you gladly accept all of the other party's conditions.】

Zhao Si wore a look of difficulty.

The actions of the Sect of Two's disciples essentially boil down to: if there's difficulty, they go for it; if there isn't, they create difficulty, just to make sure they never miss out on merit.

"But that's not right, isn't a person of great merit supposed to gain the favor of the Heavenly Dao, thereby making enemies dare not kill them? I've governed humanity for over seven hundred years, not only bringing them from savagery to full civilization, but also increasing their population by tens of thousands; this merit can't be considered low, right? How can these guys just say they'll kill and kill!"

"B!"

But he also had no way, after all this segment didn't give him any options; it was the protagonist's own action, and Zhao Si couldn't operate it even if he wanted to.

【The Sect of Two's disciples ordered humanity not to cultivate immortality, and under their leadership to relearn language and writing, use common fire, build houses…… All your efforts were overturned and redone; future humanity will no longer remember your deeds, only remembering that the sage's disciples saved them from the barbaric age……】

【You are dead; the wrong choice led to a bad ending. Your reckless making of enemies not only brought upon yourself the disaster of death, but also brought upon your kin the disaster of lifelong imprisonment, and furthermore implicated the innocent humanity, forcing them to restart civilization from scratch and once again march toward the destined fate of endless slaughter with the Demon Race, swallowing the era's growing pains……】

If one doesn't know how "merit" is obtained, Zhao Si would probably rack his brains and still not figure out why those immortals who swagger across the wilderness like they're 2,580,000 would be so courteous and humble toward humanity.

How to choose? Pick them one by one!

"A first!"

Even the Ren Sect's Xuandu, who practices "non-action", does not mind stepping forward to save an old man who has broken his leg when he encounters him.

Those who struck to kill the protagonist were not just any single person, but hundreds of Chan Sect disciples acting together; therefore, theoretically, if only one or two had killed the protagonist, they would surely have been struck by the Purple Sky Divine Lightning repeatedly.

【If you choose option A, you disdainfully think, you few who don't even have a place in the Heavenly Court's registry, an illegal club's petty troublemaker, dare to talk to the Heavenly Emperor's personally appointed great chief?】

"Forget it!"

In that lifetime, whenever humanity encountered various troubles, the sages' disciples would lower their lofty attitudes and enthusiastically offer help to humanity:

When the Demon Race carried out massacres, the sages, who usually regarded all beings as ants, would specially provide shelters for humanity.

Recalling how the disciples of the Three Teachings in the previous lifetime had enthusiastically helped humanity, Zhao Si was quite certain this was for merit.

Having figured out the crux, Zhao Si could hardly find words to complain.

Zhao Si opened his mouth wide, but he wasn't shocked because of the protagonist's death; after all, this damned option is definitely a dead end.

【Your flattery surprised Guang Chengzi; originally I wanted to make a mutually beneficial trade with you on relatively equal terms, but now it seems we can freeload……】

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(End of chapter)