136 Yinghuo Swaying
Qiu Ran is dead.
This heavy truth weighed on Li Aoz's chest like a boulder; he clutched his neck, feeling a suffocating oppression, but it wasn't sadness at all.
Qiu Ran is dead.
Li Aoz kept trying to grasp every wisp of wind, to snatch back a trace of Qiu Ran's existence from its grasp, but every wisp of ash slipped through his fingers and could never stay.
Qiu Ran is dead.
Li Aoz suddenly stopped all activity. Qiu Ran was just dead; only Qiu Ran was dead.
Strangely, he knelt on one knee, feeling neither overwhelming sorrow and pain, nor intense grief and empathy.
He just stood there, the huge impact of reality leaving his face numb and stiff, unable to show the slightest emotion.
Snap!
The sound of heavy footsteps on the ground rang out, Li Aoz slowly raised his head—not far from the collapsed ashes, a tall and thin body slowly stood up.
"Damn carbon-based life forms!"
Its entire body was stained with the black of shadow, and at first glance it looked like a humanoid figure no more than two meters tall, but its body was covered with thin, gelatinous tentacles, and it had a disproportionately long, inverted triangular head with its face stretched extremely long, its features gone, leaving only a pair of huge, pale eyeballs.
"Flames, damned flames! Why are carbon-based lifeforms so afraid of fire? They've even forced out my true form. If this continues, the Speaker will definitely annex me."
Luo Zhi · Concealment, was more filled with lingering fear, revealing his true form and exuding an oppressive aura of the Beta-rank.
If the jury hadn't been physically robust, they would have been burned to ashes long ago, just like those ordinary Imitation Human Social Citizen.
For citizens of Imitation Society devoid of facial features, unable even to smile, there is hardly anything more cruel.
"Eliminate the witnesses first, and then make a plan after the senator hijacks the train."
It raised its slender hand, its six fingers transforming into sharp blades, ready to completely eliminate Li Aoz was kneeling on the ground.
"They actually threw away their own weapons. What foolish Carbon-Based Life."
It approached Li Aoz with disdain, and instantly swung its blade down!
Li Aoz remained expressionless as he raised one hand and casually waved it in front of him.
boom--
Luo Zhi · Concealment, stood frozen in place, then incredulously raised its hand, which had transformed into a sharp blade—and blazing flames rapidly erupted along its palm.
"Fire! How could this be—"
Before it could shriek, crimson flame-like halos rapidly spread from Li Aoz's eyes. He slowly stood up, his hair being tousled by the cold wind blowing in from the Outland. His originally jet-black hair was faintly tinged with dark red. He put one hand in his pocket and approached Luo Zhi · Concealment Step by Step.
"How could you possibly have the power of fire—stay away!"
The explosion had caused Luo Zhi · Concealment to lose most of its transformation ability. Facing the relentless advance of Li Aoz, it was almost as if its soul had been shattered, and it wildly swung its sharp blades.
Without exception, whenever it desperately swung its blade, about to reach Li Aoz, Li Aoz would casually raise a hand and type a few words to deflect it.
Clang!
Li Aoz removed the mechanical power arm, which restricted his ability to unleash his Aoneng potential.
He didn't know how he was feeling. After the intense emotional ups and downs, he felt neither sad nor happy, but instead became extremely calm.
' Lioz, kill it!'
Xue Nuo's voice echoed in his mind, and now he felt extremely frightened when he thought about it—if Xue Nuo hadn't been so young and in poor health, and hadn't been in the first-class carriage receiving treatment like those other children, he probably would have been ruthlessly devoured and replaced by the Imitation Human, just like those innocent passengers and Qiu Ran.
But even without her reminder, Li Aoz had only one thought in his mind: destruction.
boom--
The flames ignited, Luo Zhi · Concealment's face, which was now reduced to large, pale eyeballs, filled with terror and fear.
Am I scary?
Li Aoz asked calmly, and gently brushed aside its slash, igniting a stunning cluster of crimson flames.
The ignition of the flame in the "Natural Ignition" is a very romantic and gorgeous process: the area in front of his palm twists into a vortex like smoke, the rapid increase in temperature causes the air to sway, and the pressure is rapidly increased.
The greater the pressure, the higher the temperature; the higher the temperature, the greater the pressure. In a very short moment, the two form a positive cycle like a chain reaction.
The air and combustibles inside were then quickly ignited. However, the final manifestation of the [Natural Ignition] Aoneng, through intense molecular motion, ultimately produced a bright red flame, which instantly sliced and melted the Imitation Human's sharp hand each time.
The whole process was like petals blooming, full of wonderful science fiction scenes.
But Li Aoz's face was numb, and he always felt that something was missing.
His numbness and indifference were nothing short of a horror movie in Luo Zhi · Concealment eyes.
Unrestrained and effortlessly unleashing its extraordinary abilities, with almost no visible consumption, it desperately wields its blade, only to be shattered by the raging flames in the end.
Under high temperatures, even its fiercest attacks are weakened and diminished by the flames.
"Why?! This is impossible! Didn't the councilor say that there are no experts with the limit of strength on this vehicle?!"
Luo Zhi · Concealment Terror and Horror:
"Congressman, you're lying to me—"
"Oh, so you're at this level. Then it seems you're Social Citizen of the jury."
Li Aoz suddenly struck first, kicking Luo Zhi · Concealment to the ground. He then raised his left foot and stomped on Luo Zhi · Concealment's face.
"The Forgery Society · Philolis is nothing compared to me. I've even killed thirteen great demons from the Outer Society Pergalai!"
Luo Zhi · Concealment, froze, staring at Li Aoz in disbelief and screaming in terror, "You—how do you know about Outer Society? How could the humans of Azure Planet possibly know about these things!?"
*Smack! Li Aoz stomped hard on its face and said calmly:
"Philolis is a disgrace to society, nothing more than a spineless dog being chased and beaten by the narrative."
"Shut up!"
Luo Zhi · Concealment, enraged, tried to sit up, Li Aoz immediately pressed his palm down on its head.
A raging inferno instantly engulfed its scalp, surging and relentless. While pressing down on its burning head, Li Aoz continued, "Philolis had its neck bitten off by the Muttering Society Gadia and almost lost its life. It also had two councilors killed by the Zoskot Fleet of the Tenth Narrative and was tricked by the [Greedy Chairman], who swindled it out of four hundred resource star systems."
His words shattered the Luo Zhi · Concealment faith within them. Li Aoz knew all too well that the citizens of these societies revered their maternal society as they would a mother, as they would a deity.
Many Social Citizen simply refer to their society as "mother" or "mother," since they are indeed like separate cells within society.
Unable to endure the dual torment of body and mind any longer, Luo Zhi · Concealment gave up resisting, but still asked unwillingly, "Who exactly are you?"
"I am--"
Suddenly, Li Aoz grabbed its neck, and under the watchful, wide-eyed stare of Luo Zhi · Concealment, the flames completely incinerated it, burning it into ashes and tar.
He stood up, turned around, and still felt that something was missing.
"—Oh, I'm Li Aoz."
The most upsetting thing to do is to leave things unsaid.
While it might feel satisfying to see someone die with resentment, it's not exactly a happy feeling.
He calmly put his hands in his pockets, picked up the long knife, and slowly walked towards the train's weapons control room.
There's also the other party's so-called congressman.
"Citizens, juries, members of parliament, speaker of parliament—that is the structure of society."
He murmured:
"Now, I feel like I can no longer accept the fact that this planet has been destroyed by Imitation Society and has to be blown up."
"This is a planet with a despicable country like Frostplate, yet it is also a planet that gave birth to Qiu Ran and Nomi. It is a bitterly cold land without sunlight, yet it is also the homeland where Outland People strive to survive. In any case, it cannot be destroyed because of such a bunch of trash."
"I want to completely eradicate this Imitation Society. From the speaker of parliament to the citizens, I will slaughter every single cell in it."