The three Family Heads showed no reaction to Chen Changan's question.
They were still immersed in the terror and grief of their families' destruction, still reeling from the blow of seeing their beautiful dream shatter before it had even truly begun.
Everything had clearly been unfolding just as they had imagined.
Everything had clearly gone exactly according to plan.
Why?
Why had it turned out this way? Was it all because Chen Changan had suddenly appeared?
"From the moment you chose to betray the Human Race, offering up the lives of your own people as sacrifices just to survive and striking a Contract with the Three Great Families, today's outcome was already sealed."
"But I'm also curious. You'd already been driven into the Underground Abyss. Why didn't the three races wipe you out? Why did they negotiate with you instead?"
"How did you convince them?" Chen Changan asked curiously.
This was something Chen Changan also found unreasonable. The Human Race had clearly been powerless to resist and had been forced to take refuge in the Underground Abyss.
And yet the three races had let the Human Race off with nothing more than a deal?
They weren't exactly benevolent creatures. Bu Yao had said it himself: all three races were utterly evil.
They had been born for the sake of evil!
However, the three men seemed to have fallen into some sort of illusion—or perhaps into their own thoughts—and completely ignored Chen Changan's questions.
Seeing this, Chen Changan gave a cold laugh, then placed his sword against one man's neck.
The bone-chilling cold of the blade instantly brought Fan Family Patriarch back to his senses.
"You... what are you..."
"Not this line again. I don't care who I am. Answer my question, or I'll make you wish you were dead!"
Chen