"Only resist... without changing anything?"
Huo Qing froze, and Nian Quan did not quite understand either. "What... do you mean?"
"I mean, I don't know what is right either." An Jing spoke evenly. "When all is said and done, there's nothing to hide from you. You know I'm Heavenly Fate, right?"
Seeing the two nod, An Jing drained the energy drink in one gulp, folded the can in half, and said unhurriedly, "But in truth... I'm also a reincarnator who has unlocked the Mystery of the Womb."
"I came from a world with no Heavenly Demons, no supernatural powers—meaning, no Immortal Dao or Martial Dao."
"In that world, there were no outside invaders, and the world was not going to be destroyed. Yet people still waged wars with the intent to destroy everything... There were no external forces, no corruption, no demonic invasion or taint. The root of it all was entirely, completely humanity itself."
"In that war, both sides abused superweapons and brought the world to the brink of ruin... Guess what happened in the end?"
"The world was about to be destroyed, so in order not to perish together, everyone came to understand one another... and was forced into peace?" Huo Qing murmured hesitantly, though even he himself knew he did not believe what he was saying.
"Haha."
An Jing looked at Huo Qing and laughed lightly. "Because the world was about to be destroyed, everyone would unite as one, stop oppressing each other, stop deceiving those above and below, stop being selfish?"
"What kind of joke is that? What fairy tale are you dreaming of? They fought even harder, even more without restraint. With nothing left to lose, they only wanted to destroy everything even more thoroughly, to make sure no one could emerge victorious."
"I was