Yet when Chen Cheng Two heard Chen Cheng's threat, he burst out laughing, even more wildly than Chen Cheng had.
As he laughed, tears spilled from the corners of his eyes. He seized Chen Cheng's arm and cried out as though his heart were being torn apart:
"Ridiculous, isn't it? You think it's ridiculous. But weren't they just like you?"
"Kill me. Perhaps that would be a release for me too."
Chen Cheng sensed a deep longing for death in Chen Cheng Two. He had meant what he said: he wanted to die.
For a moment, Chen Cheng was at a loss. From everything he knew, things were nothing like Chen Cheng Two claimed. Those people of the Ancient Civilization had slaughtered gods and destroyed devils; even the Gods and Devils had been unable to wipe them out. So where had the despair Chen Cheng Two spoke of come from?
Chen Cheng Two sniffed and pulled himself back from the brink of losing control. Then he looked at Chen Cheng and said:
"I can only explain it to you this way, because that is what they knew and understood."
"We're almost out of time. You don't have the technology here to recharge the Phase Converter. Once this is over, you can kill me or carry on with your own plan.
"But I should warn you of one thing: be careful of the Kingdom of Como's Attendants."
Chen Cheng still had many questions, but there was no time. He could ask only one last thing.
"You said that was what they understood. What do you mean? Are you saying they weren't the ones who did all this?"
Chen Cheng Two glanced at the Phase Box, whose energy was nearly spent. In the end, he could only say:
"You already have your