Clearly, only one person needed to be sacrificed.
When that sentence surfaced in Shen Jin's mind, it was incredibly tempting.
"Clearly, I could live a little easier."
Everyone encountered choices like that in life.
Clearly, you could play a few games at night instead of writing.
Clearly, you could pretend not to hear your parents' expectations instead of striving to improve.
Clearly, you could hide in a corner your entire life and be a speck of... ordinary, unnoticed dust!
"But... I'm not that fat shut-in who only had himself to feed anymore!"
"The world is changing, and people always change too!"
"Some things are more important than life!"
"This time... it's not about personal gain. It's about staying true to myself!"
"Go!"
Shen Jin's gaze gradually hardened with resolve, and his hands moved faster.
At the same time, a new idea surfaced in his mind.
"Who said fighting had to mean clashing head-on? Technology is the greatest offensive power!"
Once Shen Jin had cleared his thoughts, his mind sprang to life again, and he found another angle of attack.
He excitedly clapped his hands.
Smack!
"Yes!"
He hurried straight toward the warehouse!
Three hours later.
At five in the morning, dawn was just breaking.
On a secluded stretch of coast on the Divine Assembly's West Surface Island, all was calm.
Several scrawny Japanese fishermen were gathering seafood. It seemed this was the only food they could get.
They cast their nets normally, but the nets bounced back in midair.
It happened very suddenly!
It was as though something in the air was stopping their nets from flying out.
One fisherman rubbed his eyes and saw nothing ahead.
The sun that had just risen today was still so red, and the sea was still so blue.
"Strange... I must be so