Chapter 233

"... destroyed the world again."

Xue Xuan's final blast made Zhao Si's mouth twitch:

Even though I'm a high‑dimensional player who naturally transcends the game world's perspective, in this decisive slaughter I can only admit defeat before Xue Xuan.

That damn world is the one that gave birth to you, full of your native folks—so couldn't you hesitate a bit when destroying the world?!

All that can be said is that, compared to Jin Bing and Jiao Ming, Xue Xuan's extreme childhood experiences forged his extreme mindset; in dealing with people, he is extremely focused on practical benefits.

For anything he thinks benefits everyone, he never consults others' opinions but unilaterally decides for everyone, ignoring what anyone thinks, and he strikes down anyone who opposes him!

For example, in Zhongzhou, cultivators who eat people—ordinary folk think it's fine, cultivators think it's fine, but he thinks it's not, so he directly starts a slaughter.

For example, mining spirit stones in the Sea of Blood— the Blood Sea cultivators saw no problem, but he thought it wrong, so he directly imposed a ban…

Xue Xuan has always called himself a savior; when others say they don't understand him, he's too lazy to explain and thinks they don't deserve to hear it, greeting opponents with the title Blood God Son—those below just need to follow, and he tolerates no doubt!

But he isn't simply a selfish villain; all his unilateral actions are based on the foundation of 'saving the people,' and he has never actively sought personal gain.

This was especially clear in the previous incident of opening the starry sky to moisten: Minghe allowed him to go alone to the Eternal Wasteland, but he insisted on taking everyone along before he would moisten!

After Minghe coldly refused him, he directly gave up, preferring to perish with everyone in the Chaos erosion rather than alone go moisten to the Eternal Wasteland to enjoy blessings…

In short, this kid is an extremely unilateral savior.

As for why he decisively blew everyone up this time…… Zhao Si thought a bit, and it became clear:

"This is still the decisive slaughter of putting interests first."

It's not that he wanted to blow up the crowd; he simply had to detonate, because Minghe had already rushed at him—if he hesitated any longer, he would surely be unable to live or die.

After all, this world‑ending calamity can be said to have been catalyzed by him alone; as the chief culprit, moreover bearing a heap of secrets that must not be leaked…… no matter what, he cannot let Minghe catch him.

"As the destined savior protagonist, this kid has always regarded his own life as the highest‑grade interest; as long as he can restart, everyone is effectively not dead……"

The extreme thinking has been explained; although it's still extreme…… it's not incomprehensible.

Zhao Si let out a faint sigh:

"Why is every one of my protagonists so extreme?"

"……"

"Forget it, let's just look at the settlement rewards……"

The speechless Zhao Si looked at the screen again; this time he could be said to have witnessed the finale of the Wasteland apocalypse, which in theory could be counted as a complete ending.

Moreover, the score couldn't be low, since he first indirectly destroyed the tottering Wasteland world, then a single fireball smashed the miniature Wasteland that Minghe had just kneaded, maxing out the world‑destruction achievement.

Furthermore, he left Laojun with 2.5 units of 'jun', and Minghe also took a hard hit from a fireball; although the two sages surely won't die, they definitely suffered losses…

【Faced with Minghe the Saint's astonished gaze, to avoid lifelong confinement you resolutely chose to self‑detonate with the power of the Wasteland!】

【The sage fire from Bird No. 3 erupted violently, in an instant shattering half of the miniature Wasteland; the remaining survivors instantly vaporized, and even Minghe was violently blown away!】

【Your flesh and primordial spirit were instantly refined by the close‑range burst of Wasteland power, leaving you with no place to be buried…】

【The aura of destruction enveloped the just‑reborn miniature Wasteland; having been blown up halfway, it had just welcomed new life, yet was about to meet total annihilation.】

【At the critical moment, Minghe once again displayed saintly means, scooping up the remaining fragments and re‑refining the earth, wind, water, and fire to forge an even tinier micro‑Wasteland!】

【Having done that, Minghe finally breathed a sigh of relief, yet looking at the empty void between heaven and earth, he inexplicably felt a pang of sorrow…】

【All done!】

【Minghe let out a lament.】

【But just after he sighed, he suddenly raised his brow, waved his hand, and in an instant two streaks of blood‑light flew from heaven and earth, landing in his palm and condensing into two humanoid blood clots!】

【Two?】

【The saint frowned, deep in thought…】

【Ding! You died; the wrong choice led to a bad ending…… In order to protect the lives of all beings, you not only banned mortal cultivation, but also unified the five regions of the Wasteland, thereafter forbidding immortals from going to Mount Buzhou to seek death, and unintentionally destroyed the mending‑heaven mechanism that Minghe had set up, thereby catalyzing the world's end.】

【Once the truth of the 'Immortal Realm' became completely clear, you grew angry at Minghe's obsession and grieved for the fate of the Wasteland's beings; solely because of the saint's fixation on heaven and earth, it caused mortals to become consumables from birth, and this whole tragedy merely served to keep a wreck‑like heaven and earth afloat…】

【You don't understand why Minghe insists on clutching the Wasteland and not letting it sink, when outside is clearly the 'Eternal Wasteland' and even the Six Saints have taken people to moisten there—what gives him the right to prolong the Wasteland with pointless suffering?】

【Even if Minghe truly has some unavoidable hardship, he shouldn't use all beings as consumables!】

【All personal reasons and pursuits should not be built on the bodies of innocent masses; otherwise, his dog's head ought to be smashed to pieces!】

【Thus, in the morbid mood of jade and stone burning together, you persisted in the idea of destroying the Wasteland and finally succeeded in practice, bringing a great apocalypse to the Wasteland…】

【In this final moment you uncovered many secrets—for instance, the power of the Heavenly Dao mysteriously grows stronger amid the Wasteland's destruction, and Minghe actually possesses the Six Saints' supreme treasures on his person.】

【Why does Minghe possess the Six Saints' dharma treasures? Does this prove that the Six Saints support his actions? If so, what is the reason?】

【And since the Grand Void Heavenly Dao is opposed to him, does this also prove that the Six Saints have already allied with Minghe to form an 'Anti‑Heavenly Dao Camp'? If so, why?】

【In short, by staking your life in this existence you have come to know your 'friends' and 'enemies' more clearly: Minghe is certainly your enemy, the Grand Void Heavenly Dao could be your friend, and the Six Saints could be on the same side as Minghe.】

【To lead the Wasteland's people toward a path of survival, you must overthrow Minghe, and even the Six Saints!】

【Although it sounds impossibly difficult, you aren't without options…… perhaps helping Laojun break free would be a good approach?】

【Ding! In this round of simulation you have gathered enough information; this round of simulation is over!】

【Ding! The evaluation of this round's simulation is being calculated, and rewards will be determined by the evaluation's level…】

【Ding! Evaluation as follows: you ended the Immortal Dao civilization that had strayed onto the evil path, and attempted to establish a Wasteland Heavenly Court for mortals, then later wanted to take everyone to moisten in the 'Eternal Wasteland'…… although these beautiful wishes ultimately came to nothing in the harsh reality, at least you strove for them.】

【Moreover, by severing Minghe's mending‑heaven mechanism you prematurely drove the Wasteland toward doom; although Minghe twice intervened to re‑refine earth, wind, water, and fire, the Wasteland's foundation is already destroyed, the miniature world cannot last long, and it will eventually perish—even Minghe cannot save it!】

【Thus, this round's rating is: Advanced!】

"Advanced!"

Zhao Si's spirits lifted—this is just shy of a perfect rating, so theoretically this round should reward a primordial‑level treasure!

"What is the prize?"

【This round's prize is: "Star‑Heaven from the Eastern Wasteland!"】

【"Star‑Heaven from the Eastern Wasteland": the stellar hosts transformed from Pangu's beard and hair, containing vast stellar power!】

Since the start of the 43rd yuan, 11th hui, 12th yun of human chronology, the stars have fallen into the Wasteland; of them, the Eastern Wasteland lost seventy‑two major stars, and this item is precisely one of those fallen stars from the Eastern Wasteland!

Since the stars are transformed from Pangu's beard and hair, and they are an important part of the basic material composition of the Primordial, they are rated as "Origin-level!" (Already bound!)

"Stars?!!"

Zhao Si stared, then couldn't believe it—this was an important component of the Primordial; there are only 365 major stars in the heavens, but here there are 72, basically equivalent to pulling out one-fifth of the Primordial's major stars!

This is not something any spiritual treasure or supreme treasure can compare to; the Origin-level is truly deserving.

The next moment, a string of pearl-like multicolored small balls flew out from the phone screen, emitting a faint glow before Zhao Si.

"Is this the Heavenly Stars?"

Zhao Si curiously picked up one, examined it closely, trying to derive a bit of the ultimate truth of heaven and earth from it.

But in the end he got nothing, as if it were just a string of pearls...

After playing for a while, Zhao Si gradually turned his attention back to the phone, pondered for a moment, and asked:

"You suddenly gave me this thing—is it needed for the next round of simulation?"

He had long figured out the system's tendencies; the things it sends out are usually purposeful—even if not useful now, they will definitely be useful later, and for the simulation game to continue, these props are necessary!

【Player exploration is all that's needed.】

"That means it will definitely be used!"

Zhao Si pursed his lips, not wanting to waste more words with it:

"Come on, let's start the next round!"

【Ding! Start a new round of simulation?】

"Yes!"

【Ding! You have already gathered enough information in the previous simulation; the second round has ended, and you are returning to the initial node……】

【Already returned to the initial node……】

【……Some year some meeting some fortune, you were born in a poor small mountain village in the Western Wasteland; due to extreme poverty, even as the eldest son you could not enjoy much privilege from childhood.】

【The Western Wasteland is already barren, and with constant natural disasters, the common folk's lives are even harder to endure; lacking food and clothing is bad enough, but there are also demonic path people running amok everywhere they go, villages lie in ruins, cities are littered with corpses, a sight too horrible to behold!】

【Natural and man-made disasters run rampant, and the court is even more a pack of corrupt officials—disaster relief never arrives, tax collection is swift, corruption is rampant, the court's pills……】

【At the age of three, suddenly a seven-colored small bird flew out from your body and perched on your shoulder; you stared blankly at this miraculous little bird, and memories like smoke surged into your heart……You came to understand past events, knowing that in a previous life you died a violent death after uncovering a heaven-shaking secret, and feelings welled up in your heart.】

【But before you could finish your lament, a humanoid blood clot also appeared in your palm, and from it a thread of a message intentionally left by someone from your past life was transmitted!】

【"I know what you have come here to do, but you need not meddle further; I will not abandon the Primordial world."】

【"If you wish to leave the world, then He is your enemy!"】

……

(End of chapter)