What Does Your Justice Have to Do with Me?

An abandoned Library.

"That's right, little sister. Judging the danger of an Anomaly isn't just about how many people Anomaly can kill, but about how difficult Anomaly is to control."

With a satisfied exhale of a smoke ring, Tian Huo began to speak.

"Imagine a house where, no matter how powerful you are, anyone who enters will immediately be declared dead. Do you think this Anomaly is dangerous?"

"Uh... dangerous, but not very dangerous?"

Xu Lian seemed slightly hesitant.

"After all, if the library and the library are just in one house, controlling them should be very simple...?"

"That's right. Kitchen Knife in the hands of a bad guy and Handgun locked in a safe— the Handgun is more powerful than the Kitchen Knife, but the former is far more dangerous than the latter. That's roughly the idea."

Tian Huo flicked the cigarette ash off his hand with his finger.

"We want to turn those Anomaly plague our world into guns locked in a safe. That's the original intention behind the creation of [The Domain of Delirium]. By pooling the Strength of the entire world, we've expended a vast amount of resources to piece together this place using Puzzle Card."

With his eyes tightly closed, Tian Huo looked at Bai Zhi in front of him and spoke softly.

"[Wailing Wilderness], [Boundless Deep Sea], [Book], [Withered Jungle], [Despair Desert], [Icy Snow Land], [Terrifying High Dome], plus the final Core Zone [Death Space], these seven areas together constitute the [Domain of Delirium]."

"[Puzzle Card]... This kind of thing produced in your world can be used to create worlds?"

Opening the system task interface and looking at the Dungeon- exclusive drops displayed there, Bai Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly.

"If you can collect that many Puzzle Cards, you can do it too. In the beginning, it took almost half of our world's resources to build this place. Do you really think Puzzle Card are that easy to collect?"

With a sneer, Tian Huo spoke.

"Furthermore, I refuse to believe that places like the [Domain of Delirium] don't exist in your world."

"..."

A slight thought stirred within him. The first thing Bai Zhi thought of when he thought of a place similar to the [Domain of Delirium] was the Inner World.

In your own world, are there any unique products that belong solely to that world?

[Game], [Wild Monster], the [Shadow World] reduced to vassals, [Hell Town], or... something else entirely?

The Inner World Battlefield opened up by the [Night Watcher] organization, the strange Hell Town I once traveled to by the Hell Bus, and the existence that the Old Director suppressed at the Orphanage...

... I have a feeling that the water in here is quite deep?

"Alright, there's no need to say more about Puzzle Card. You'll know what they are once you get a piece. Let's get to the point now."

Tian Huo touched his forehead and spoke calmly.

"We have 124 survivors here. They can all leave with you, but you must ensure that they all reach the Evacuation Point safely, without any deaths along the way. Can you do that?"

"And what about you? Aren't you planning to leave here?"

Raising an eyebrow slightly, Bai Zhi turned to look at the door.

Faintly, one could still hear booming and Explosion sounds coming from afar.

"I think the reason you're unwilling to leave here is because of that person... the Purple Haired Girl, right? Who is she to you? Your Master? And who twisted her into this state? You? What exactly happened here...?"

"Enough!!"

Before Tian Huo could speak, the Young Man standing next to Tian Huo suddenly interrupted him, showing a rare outburst of anger.

"What do you outsiders know?! If it weren't for..."

"To be honest, I don't really enjoy dealing with smart people."

She raised her hand to interrupt Tian Kong's words. Tian Huo's voice remained calm, showing no sign of anger. Instead, she took another drag of her cigarette. Although she remained composed, her hands unconsciously clenched slightly.

"That's right, I am her Disciple, and I'm the one who twisted her into what she is now. So, what do you want to say? Rebuke me, this treacherous disciple who betrayed her master? Condemn me from the moral high ground?"

"No, you've misunderstood. I didn't mean any harm; I just wanted to know more about some things... like why you were trapped here."

Shaking his head, Bai Zhi began to speak.

"Putting myself in your shoes, I've never hidden anything from you, but you're unwilling to share any crucial information with me, which puts me in a difficult position. Since you're unwilling to tell me, then I guess I'll just have to guess myself, won't I?"

"... Speak, what do you want to know?"

After a moment of silence, Tianhu flicked the cigarette butt into the fire, Tian Huo tone flat.

"First, has something happened here in the [Domain of Delirium]?"

Bai Zhi held up one finger in front of him.

"Since you went to such great lengths, using so many Puzzle Cards to assemble this place, it should rightfully be under your control. But it's clear that it's now out of your control, isn't it?"

"That's right, this place was indeed under our control. Apart from the most dangerous Core Area, we even established research institutes in six other areas specifically for studying Anomaly, or trying to utilize them..."

As he spoke, Tian Huo pointed to his eyes.

"This Curse that seals our vision is actually a kind of Anomaly. As long as it can be kept under absolute control, Anomaly can also be used."

"So the problem lies in this area?"

Bai Zhi raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Otherwise, there would be no need for us to rescue the survivors for you, would there?"

"Save the survivors? Don't be ridiculous. When they decided to completely seal this place off, they were already planning to abandon everyone inside."

As if he had heard something quite amusing, he clenched his fist tightly, his nails digging deep into his flesh, and a mocking smile appeared on Tian Huo's lips.

"The goal is to save the survivors? Ha..."

"I understand. So, for the sake of the majority, the decision is made to sacrifice a small number of people?"

After hearing Tian Huo's words, Bai and *Tu*shu nodded in understanding.

"If that's the case, it's just a simple matter of choosing between two options, but..."

"Yes, it's obviously more worthwhile for dozens of people to die than for tens of thousands to die. It's a very simple trade-off... But why!?"

Suddenly, Tianhuo abruptly interrupted Bai Zhi's words, his previous calm vanishing, replaced by a Tian Huo smile.

"That's right, I'm selfish, I'm clueless about the big picture, I'm stubborn and inflexible!! What the hell does their so-called justice have to do with me?!"

"What does your justice have to do with me?!"