"So what exactly was your goal? Blowing up Tianfu City?" Sun Hang asked.
The blurry figure—or rather, Chimera Seventeen—slowly shook her head. "No. They are irrelevant to me... I can destroy them, or I can spare their lives... I simply do not care whether any human lives or dies."
"Was your goal to find me... for revenge?" Sun Hang could not help frowning.
If his self-sacrifice could save all of Tianfu City, or even the entirety of Shu Province...
If Old Wang, Yang Qi, Zhong Ling, or the others had been the ones making this choice, they would probably have sacrificed themselves without hesitation... Even Miki Fukada would have made the same choice—her willingness to take part in this operation proved that she had already prepared herself for sacrifice. Trading one life for so much was absolutely worth it.
But unfortunately... none of them were qualified to make that trade.
The only person qualified was Sun Hang, the "cowardly, life-loving" one.
Sun Hang hesitated.
He did not want to be a hero. Not even a little.
That was not because he was particularly cowardly. He simply did not think it was worth it.
He liked this world, but only on the condition that he could experience it... If he himself no longer existed, then no matter how wonderful the world that remained might be, what did it have to do with him?
Sun Hang knew many people might condemn that thought as selfish, but it was what he truly believed.
"Would you trade your life for a city?" Chimera Seventeen slowly asked.
Sun Hang did not answer.
"You hesitated." Chimera Seventeen's tone seemed half-mocking. "You see, from the very beginning, you never regarded humans as your own kind. That is why you feel that sacrificing yourself for them is not