Pitiful people being controlled?
Hearing Star Elder's words, Chen Changan frowned slightly. This situation seemed somewhat similar to the awakening the Abyssal Clan's patriarch had mentioned.
"So, you're someone who underwent a self-awakening?" Chen Changan asked curiously.
"Mm... put that way, it's fairly accurate."
"Ever since I gained consciousness, there had always been a voice in my mind telling me to kill someone—to kill a man named Chen Changan."
"At first, I thought there must have been some deep-seated hatred between that person and me."
"For that reason, I cultivated relentlessly and kept making myself stronger, all so that when I encountered this Chen Changan one day, I could kill him without fail."
"But as I came to know more and more people, as I met more and more people, I discovered that there seemed to be such a voice in everyone's mind."
"Kill Chen Changan!"
"But who exactly was Chen Changan? Why did we have to kill him?"
"And who had left this voice in our minds?"
"Who was it that wanted to control our lives and turn us into their tools?"
"I couldn't find the answer, nor did I know where I should go to find one."
"Disheartened, I came to the Star Sea and lived in seclusion."
"If I hadn't discovered you, perhaps I would never have appeared before others again."
"You are Chen Changan, the one who made all of us become controlled?"
"You truly are different from the rest. No wonder you were treated this way."
"But I still don't understand. Why?"
"Can you give me an answer?"
An answer?
Chen Changan wanted an answer himself. He too wanted to know what kind of existence this mysterious and terrifying enemy truly was.
"I'm sorry, but I can't give you an exact answer either, because I'm