However, Chen Cheng's answer clearly did not meet the system's expectations. It looked at Chen Cheng and said:
"Why? Isn't this good? All of us are bound within the rules. As long as no one crosses the line, living here is just like living in heaven.
And you, along with everyone you think of, will live in this world. Could such a life really be bad?
Could that world, watched by Outer Gods every moment and doomed to destruction the instant the True Gods were defeated, really be so good? Could living in the apocalypse truly be better than this land of tender delights?"
The system asked many questions, but Chen Cheng was already growing impatient.
"It's simple. Humans cannot adapt to a world controlled by a program they created themselves. If you want me to choose, that's simple too—go die first, and prove to me that you are truly selfless."
The system said nothing more. It merely looked at Chen Cheng. Through those electronic eyes, all Chen Cheng could see was the coldness of machinery.
Rumble... The base's gates opened from the outside. Clearly, the system had not taken an irretrievable step.
Just as Chen Cheng was about to rise, the system suddenly called out to him.
"If I truly destroy myself, will you accept such a world? Even if you take my place afterward and must do the same things I did, would you still be willing?"
"Impossible. I'm not that great. My existence may have been nothing more than one of Old Ke's pranks.
After all, in your era, I should have been called the Father of the Artificial Sun. Perhaps it was because of that title, combined with humanity's perpetual worship of the sun, that I was chosen."
With that, Chen Cheng rose and strode away.