"Take back your self-righteous sympathy. I don't need anyone's pity."
"Stepping away from a utilitarian world and seeking inner peace doesn't mean I've permanently abandoned my interests."
Ni Guang sensed everyone's thoughts, which annoyed them greatly.
Huang Ji explained on their behalf, "This Mind Warp didn't erase their pursuit of Supreme One. It merely changed it from the sole meaning of their life into a secondary passion."
"Traveling freely is now the ultimate meaning of their life. If they can't leave whenever they please, that would be truly unacceptable to them."
Everyone understood. No wonder Ni Guang had returned.
Traveling and enjoying scenery was now their primary passion, while science could still be a secondary one. Ni Guang's original dream had not vanished; it simply could not violate the traveler's foremost purpose.
That was why Ni Guang had appeared and said, 'I came back to take a look at Supreme One.'
Lin Li's success had stirred them. With one journey over and the next not yet begun, the current Ni Guang could barely be considered free and clear-headed.
Of their time, perhaps seventy percent was spent traveling and enjoying scenery, while the remaining thirty percent could still be devoted to research.
Ni Guang's indomitable character had not disappeared either. They simply often acted on a whim and left whenever they pleased.
"But they said they'd given up," Lin Li murmured.
Huang Ji sighed. "What they gave up was their original idea of changing this universe's settings. Such a thing was practically impossible to begin with. Back then, they had no choice. Though they knew it couldn't be done, they still believed they could accomplish it."
"But now, with only thirty percent of their mental disposition and subjective will remaining, of course they gave it up."
"Yet they can still choose