Of course, whether he told them or not no longer mattered.
Tongye knew that the moment he became a prisoner of the Surface Humans, his fate was no longer in his own hands. Whatever role he had played in the whole affair, honorable or otherwise, no longer mattered.
What was done was done. Whether he told the truth or not could not change that.
Tongye had never been the sort to have a sudden attack of conscience. He had always been a consummate egoist. He didn't care in the slightest whether others lived or died, so long as it benefited him. If he had to die, he wouldn't mind taking the whole world down with him.
Otherwise, he never would have betrayed the Titan Academy without hesitation when it tried to persecute him.
The current situation had shocked Tongye, but it wasn't as if he felt any guilt.
I just want to live. What's wrong with that? The world's the one that's fucked up.
When you wanted the information on the special-effect drug, you didn't act like this. You begged for the seed like a dog, then complained it was ugly after you got what you wanted?
I'm not buying any of that.
Who cares what happens to the rest of you?
Once he had made up his mind, Tongye simply played dumb. He had already told them everything he could. Anything he couldn't say, he'd sooner die than reveal.
Fortunately, after hearing his explanation, the leaders of Taiyi Academy and the major clans understood that Tongye had harbored no malicious intent in this affair. When he had brought them the information about the special-effect drug, Taiyi Academy and the clan leaders had welcomed it enthusiastically. It would be unfair, and untenable, to settle accounts with him now.
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