Chapter 285: Balance is in All Things (End of Volume)

No. 17 Queen Mary Street, Xia De and the doctor headed to the second floor with suitcases, and he suddenly laughed:

"Doctor, judging from what we just did, we look like standard bad guys."

"Good people and bad people are relative."

The doctor said, and the two did not go to the first floor, but entered the second-floor corridor and walked inward along the corridor.

"How to say?"

"No one is a completely good person or a bad person. A person can do good things, can do bad things, just grasp the balance."

The doctor said, and came to the innermost room with Xia De. Kicking open the door, the two came to the window, and outside was a safe alley.

"Balance... speaking of which, I have always been curious, our school name, St. Balance, has any deep meaning."

Xia De asked.

He pushed open the window, poked his head out to confirm that there was no one in the alley, and the people on the street were busy putting out fires and picking up money, so he took off his mask, then threw away the frog legs, and jumped directly from the second-floor window into the alley.

Taking off his gloves and shoe covers and stuffing them into his pockets, the middle-aged doctor also followed closely, jumping from the second-floor window with a suitcase, and explained in a flat tone, he was in a good mood now:

"The school name of St. Byron itself has the meaning of balance. Miracles and blasphemy are relative; enlightenment and whispers are relative; the life ring itself is a standard circle; the Ringed Shushi themselves have another self behind them. St. Byron believes that the foundation of the Ringed Shushi system lies in balance. Maintain balance to be promoted continuously without losing control."

He stomped his right foot, which was numb from landing, and after organizing clothes with Xia De, walked toward the alley entrance with suitcases.

The middle-aged doctor's tone was leisurely:

"Xia De, the more you live in this city, the more you can understand the preciousness of balance. This world does not need extremes. Where there is light, there is darkness; where there is kindness, there is evil. Even civilization and the country itself need stability and balance, not extreme good or extreme evil."

They came to the alley entrance side by side. The whole street seemed to be screaming. Black smoke billowed from the three-story building, and the flames leaping out of the window dyed half the sky red.

The two looked up at the burning window together. The fire was quickly spreading from the third floor to the second floor, but no one cared about them walking out of the alley with suitcases.

Xia De thought of his short time in this world, and the stories he experienced from First-Ring to Second-Ring:

"We kill and set fires, but we also protect the weak. We kill and rob, but we always remember to maintain reverence."

"That's about what it means."

The doctor nodded and turned to prepare to leave with Xia De.

The wind blew on the street, making the big fire even more fierce. More and more people ran past them, and this strong wind also caused the blood-red highly toxic liquid droplets remaining on the third-floor windowsill to drip from the window.

It fell in the wind, and tilted because of the strong wind.

"Hmm?"

Xia De felt something fall on his head, touched it, and found it was just clear water.

Brushing shoulders with the running people, they passed through the crowd who were shouting, screaming, or purely watching the fun, turned their backs to the burning building, and walked along the street toward the distance.

"Even the night before last, God and God, isn't it balance? The main god-positions of the True Gods balance each other, and when the Evil God comes to this world, there must be benevolent power to stop it. It may be mortals, or it may be other gods, but all this is balance."

Xia De paused and asked the doctor:

"So, you mean, the truth of the world is balance?"

"Not accurate, it should be said, balance does not need to be pursued, everything in this world is balance."

The doctor laughed.

"Does not need to be pursued?"

Xia De frowned slightly:

"I don't understand."

"You are still too young, too young."

The doctor sighed and shook his head at Xia De:

"You still have a long life to experience my words. Futilely exploring what is good, what is bad, what is light, what is darkness, is a waste of your own life."

"Then how should we grasp our own balance?"

Xia De asked for advice, and the middle-aged doctor smiled:

"I have experience in this, I often say this to my patients: review what you have done in a day before going to sleep every night. If you can relax and sleep after reviewing, then you can grasp the balance."

The young outsider nodded.

Behind him came the violent explosion sound of wood burning again. Beside the two walking toward the distance along the street, people either carried water basins and water buckets to help, or ran away quickly with terrified faces, only the two moved at a normal speed.

The flames rushed out of the windows of the three-story building, and the black smoke and fire dyed the sky of Tobeisk red. On the street under the building, people holding banknotes talked about what just happened, the woman with disheveled clothes cried loudly, and the people who came with water basins were nervous about whether they should enter the house.

The fire dyed every face red.

Turning his back to the burning building, the doctor walking forward raised his hand to press his hat, and the fire dyed his back red. Xia De turned to look at the burning building, with fire reflected in his eyes:

【Sixth Era, General Calendar 1853, Summer, Thunder Month. The fire dyed your face red. Under the midsummer sky, you witnessed everything you did. You also offered your eyes to the golden scale, and you also judged the god who held the blood banquet under the moon. The Chosen One is your partner, and the girl who bears everything stands by your side. The golden scale is balanced because of your weight, and in your eyes, what you see is the whole world. Outsider, you who master balance, do you crave the story now? Outsider, do you look forward to the vast epic?】

The doctor lifted his foot and walked forward, pressing his hat with his head down, with a smile on his face hidden under the hat.

The police squad blowing whistles stopped on the street, shouting to maintain order, their faces full of anxiety.

People on the street stood in the fire, the greedy lowered their heads to pick up banknotes, the helpless looked up at the building, and the brave waved their arms to indicate safety.

The City Hall carriage carrying water rushed from the street in the distance, and in the distance, more and more people were gathering.

Black smoke rushed out of the third-floor window, leaping out of the moving flames, leaving a winding upward trace under the overcast sky, until higher and higher.

Xia De lifted his left foot, held the suitcase in his right hand, and turned his head to look behind him.

Firelight flickered in his eyes, shadows swayed around him, noisy, grating static entered his ears, and the stench of burning surged into his nasal cavity.

A dull boom sounded overhead, the rising heat entered the clouds, water vapor condensed, and thunder sounded in the clouds.

The burning city, it's going to rain.

Tobeisk on Saturday, dense people moved in this steam city like little ants. Outsiders, Ringed Shushi, gods, cultists, fires... all this did not affect the stability and balance of the city.

Having experienced so many things, but this world, this city, was just like the day he arrived. Here, it was still the pearl of the north, the fog city of Tobeisk.

Xia De stood under the vast sky, in the huge steam city, listening to the soft laughter of the woman in his ear, and suddenly felt that he understood something.

Turning his back to the burning and smoking building and the people huddled together, he followed the doctor and merged into the bustling crowd.

"So, balance is in all things?"

In his pocket, the 【Founding·Balance】 Rod card emitted a faint light. The huge dark golden scale flashed behind Xia De, but no one saw this scene.

【Outsider, you have obtained new power.】

(End of Volume) ===== CHAPTER 286 =====