Lu Ce snickered as he looked at the Arbiter and said:
"There's no need to be so guarded. I just wanted to talk to you."
"You're not still thinking of using me to fight Them, are you? Dream on. I told you, this is the last time we'll ever meet."
The Arbiter said coldly.
"I myself am about to attend Their meeting. I don't know what will happen afterward, either."
"But don't get any ideas. Don't expect me and Them to start fighting and end up mutually destroyed. That won't happen."
"Oh my, how cold." Lu Ce smiled dismissively. "I don't know why you have so many misunderstandings about a kind person like me."
"You won't be needed to deal with those guys. I'm just asking what you're going to do."
"Have you figured out your role? In this great upheaval, everyone has their own position—or rather, their own goal."
"People like me and the Sun seek to reach the very top and challenge the strongest power."
"In this world, people like the Dragon Group and Perfect Life may be thinking about preserving humanity and saving the world."
"And the gods are simple enough. They want to destroy us, gain more power, and satisfy their own needs."
"And you?"
Lu Ce stared intensely at the Arbiter, making him freeze, as though his mind had been thrown into disarray.
An overwhelming sense of fear and confusion enveloped him, making him seem like a child only days after birth.
Lu Ce's voice continued, pressing him:
"What is your place in all this? What do you intend to do?"
"As the currently known existence most likely to be the strongest individual, you are already at the center of this most secretive and direct vortex, yet you have always seemed like an outsider."
"Arbiter—that