Su Xian crossed her arms and said, "Li Chen, indeed, that's just how this world is."
"The era of peace is long gone. Even though it seems that the Four Passes of Human Race have not been breached and the interior is peaceful, I always wonder, what if those passes were breached?"
What would the world be like then?
"Will it become the way I imagine it to be, or will it all be annihilated?"
Whether Human Race can carve out its own territory remains to be seen; only when the barrier is broken will everything begin.
Li Chen's gaze deepened, as if he had discovered the source of his Inner Demons. Would Su Xian really say such a thing?
That possibility cannot be ruled out, but this is a fragment of memory from two years ago. Su Xian shouldn't have a reason to refute it, because he is just a memory in his own mind. So why would he be able to say such things?
Previously, Li Chen had already been observing what the so-called Inner Demons were, and he finally figured it out through Su Zhe and Su Xian. They wouldn't express this opinion to him so directly, at least that's how Li Chen saw it.
The fact that Su Xian could mention Guan Po so casually now shows that he knew about Guan Po's past actions; otherwise, no one would have thought of Guan Po.
The human brain tends to ignore things that affect its own interests and instead tells itself what to do in a different way.
Therefore, Li Chen saw all of this.
Inner Demons may not be any kind of monsters or ghosts, but simply a part of oneself that is in conflict with oneself.
He enjoys freedom and solitude.
And another version of myself is willing to immerse myself in this warm world, full of memories.
This is his Inner Demon; he wants to leave himself in this eternal memory, in this Warm Township.
In an instant, everything around them vanished once again.
Scene change.
This time, however, they have arrived at the Sinful Pass.
It was still that familiar apartment. Weiyang sat to one side, tapping on his phone. He lay on the sofa, with piles of documents on the table—his action plan to deal with Lust. But now he didn't want to touch them, because he knew they were memories. He wanted to see what this Inner Demon was up to.
At this moment, Weiyang smiled and said, "Chen-ge, what are you thinking about?"
Li Chen glanced at him and said, "What exactly do you want, you Inner Demon? If that's all, you can't take over my body."
Weiyang smiled, her expression unchanged, and slowly climbed to Li Chen's side, saying, "Then don't you think Warm Township is nice?"
"Everything here is yours. You can change the world, change anything you want, whether it's the freedom you desire or your family, can't you have it all?"
"Warm Township is your home."
Li Chen shook his head and said, "No, the word 'home' doesn't mean much to me anymore. Why do you think Inner Demon named Warm Township would be born?"
"That's because I was willing to give birth to this thing called Warm Township. It is indeed my weakness, but not my Achilles' heel. If that were all, you, as my Inner Demon, would be nothing more than an ant lurking in my heart."
What do you think?
In an instant, Li Chen's eyes, radiating a dark light, met Weiyang's terrified gaze, causing Weiyang to retreat in fright.
Who is the Inner Demon, and who is the real person?
At that moment, it was as if the two had switched roles.
"You..." Weiyang hesitated for a long time. She couldn't understand why he was completely unaffected by her, even though she was the Inner Demon born from his heart, and could even see everything with ease.
Are all his memories fake?
But how could that be? She could clearly know what Li Chen was afraid of, but why was he so calm when facing all of this, without even a ripple of emotion?
There's no solution... it's completely unsolvable.
Li Chen's entire heart felt as if it were encased in ice, so cold that even his Inner Demons couldn't penetrate it, let alone others.
But then Weiyang suddenly burst into laughter, looking at Li Chen with a mocking expression, and said, "You're destined to have no family, no friends, no kinship, so what do you have left?"
"Whom is the freedom you pursue for?"
"Is it myself, or someone else?"
Do you have someone you like?
Do you have someone you care about?
What else do you have?
"You have abandoned the world. You want to destroy it, you want everything to return to zero. Even if you succeed, in the end only you will live. Loneliness and solitude will envelop you. You will slowly die in that eternal loneliness, eventually turning into a cloud of Black Mist."
"This is your life."
Li Chen's expression remained calm, but his thoughts had indeed been brought to a critical point.
Is loneliness scary?
Of course it's scary... The reason why humans are social animals is because they are afraid of loneliness. When a person is trapped in their own world for a long time, their mood will only get lower and lower, and they will begin to break down.
If I succeed, will I truly be trapped in eternal loneliness?
The answer is unpredictable.
No one knows whether humans or other races will be reborn after the world collapses. It may be a long time, but they will definitely be reborn.
But will I still be able to fit in?
The answer is no.
All the answers pointed to loneliness.
But it is indeed true... Loneliness is a necessity for the birth of a strong person; if one cannot even overcome loneliness, how can one become God?
Li Chen looked at Weiyang and said calmly, "When the light shone on me, I thought I was saved. I thought the world would be as wonderful as I imagined."
"I thought I could live a peaceful and uneventful life, enjoying my own life. If a time-travel option were presented to me, I would not hesitate to choose to go back to the day I awakened and leave as an ordinary person."
"If I stay away from all this strife, then none of this will begin. Perhaps I will continue to strive in my next reincarnation, but I won't. I just want to live this life peacefully."
But now there's no chance for them to return.
Loneliness is destined to be my constant companion.
Weiyang was speechless for a moment; she was completely dumbfounded. How could this guy be so completely unresponsive?
It's as if she's shut everything out inside her heart.
Just as she hesitated to say something, Li Chen suddenly stood up, looked out the window, and said, "It is indeed difficult for humans to survive in a lonely world; but isn't it also because of loneliness that humans are attracted to each other?"
"Your understanding is wrong. Loneliness is indeed terrible, but what's even more terrible is having no goals and losing those goals, living aimlessly in this world."
"I used to think that when all the mysteries are solved, everything should end, but when one small mystery is solved, an even bigger one emerges."
"On this journey of pursuing the truth, there's no turning back."