Blow His Dog Head Apart!

He looked at Lin Zhu, light gathering in his eyes once more—the light of an Emperor seeking a way out from the depths of despair.

"Hell God, if... if you discovered that your people, your compatriots, were having their fates manipulated like puppets by some more powerful existence, sacrificed and exploited at will... what... what would you do?"

Li Shimin asked the question he most wanted answered, his gaze fixed tightly on Lin Zhu as though the answer would show him the way forward.

Lin Zhu did not hesitate at all. A cold curve, brimming with killing intent, rose at the corner of his mouth as he answered decisively.

"Do you even need to ask? Naturally... I'd blow his dog head apart!"

His answer was so direct, so crude, yet it carried an unquestionable resolve and an instinctive, intense revulsion toward being controlled and trampled upon.

"I have always followed one principle.

"Living beings may be strong or weak, but life itself and personal dignity should not be ranked as noble or lowly! You may punish someone who has made a mistake for legitimate reasons, and you may even fight to the death over differing positions.

"But you have no right to treat someone as a pawn to be manipulated at will, or as a number that can be sacrificed for some so-called greater good, merely because you are 'stronger' than them! That is the bottom line!"

Lin Zhu's tone carried an almost simple, unshakable conviction.

"People possess human nature—Greed, Anger, Ignorance, Arrogance, Doubt, Love, Hate, Desire, Grudges. They have selfish desires, but they also have righteousness; they are complex and real. Yet some lofty existences may cultivate themselves to the point where all that remains is cold, absolute, rational Saintly Nature. In their eyes, all things are Straw Dogs;