"I'm not a deity. I'm human, just like you."
Gu An looked back toward the sky and answered, while prompts for seized lifespan kept popping up before his eyes.
The evil demons of this world looked countless beyond measure, but in truth, most of them were avatars, feigning an overwhelming, sky-blanketing momentum in an attempt to scare the courage out of all living beings.
When the boy and the little girl heard Gu An's answer, their tension faded, replaced by enormous surprise.
Besides them, there were actually still living people—and he seemed very powerful!
"Big Brother... what's happening to those things in the sky?"
The boy mustered his courage and asked. Although Gu An's appearance astonished him, he had not witnessed the process of Gu An taking action, so his heart was filled with curiosity and confusion.
Gu An turned and looked at them. Though the siblings looked utterly bedraggled and pitiful, he did not feel too much sympathy. Having looked down upon the heavens, he had seen far too many living beings who were even more miserable than them.
"They're about to be expelled. In the future, this world will return to how it was. Head north, and you'll meet other people. Everything will get better."
Gu An answered. In this world, ninety-nine percent of all living beings had died in less than ten short years. All the survivors hated the immortals and gods. They would pass on what they had seen and heard from generation to generation, making their descendants hate immortals and gods.
He would not help all living beings understand the truth. No matter what, the suffering of all living beings had indeed been caused by immortals and gods.
With that said, Gu An walked in another direction.
"Big Brother, was it you who saved us