Chen Changan had always remembered that the people of Chaos Heaven were all potential enemies of his.
So he didn't care whether these people lived or died, and he would never give them his true heart when dealing with them.
Chen Changan had to take responsibility for himself, and for everyone who had placed their hopes and expectations in him.
Even if that meant becoming the absolute villain who did every evil under the sun, in everyone's eyes.
"Are you... tired?"
Mu Yunyao's sudden question left Chen Changan momentarily stunned. Tired?
"I've never thought about that."
"There are people I care about, and people who care about me."
"I want to protect all of this. It's what I choose to do."
"Besides, does it matter whether I'm tired?" Chen Changan asked with a smile.
"I know you. You're ruthless, but you're also compassionate. Your personality has always been complicated."
"If you were truly nothing but a rotten seed, so many people wouldn't have followed you with unwavering devotion all these years."
"I understand that you have things you need to protect, but forcing yourself to do things you don't want to do for their sake must be exhausting."
"Remember, you... are someone we want to protect, too."
"So if there's something you really don't want to do, leave it to me. I'll bear the burden."
"Because I don't want to have anything to do with other people, much less befriend them."
"I have no qualms about it," Mu Yunyao said coldly.
Chen Changan glanced at Mu Yunyao, then smiled. "All right. I won't stand on ceremony with you."
As they talked, they had already reached the territory of another Chaos Beast. There, they also saw the corpses of the six people.
Chaos Beasts only fed on Chaos Power and had