The wilderness.
After several centuries, Chen Changsheng had taken up killing once more. The scent of blood left him momentarily dazed.
"System, do you think I'm becoming a cold-blooded killing machine?"
"Whenever I killed before, there was always anger in my heart. They provoked me, so I wanted to wipe them out completely."
"But now, there's no anger in my heart when I kill. There's even the faintest trace of pleasure."
"Is this what it means to abandon the Seven Emotions and Six Desires?"
In response to Chen Changsheng's question, the system's electronic voice slowly sounded.
"Replying to Host, you have not abandoned the Seven Emotions and Six Desires. You simply miss home."
"Hahaha!"
"That's an interesting thing to say. A person like me has a home?"
"Yes!"
"The meaning of home is not a house or a place to live, but where one's memories lie, where one's heart remains attached."
"The original epoch held many memories you could never forget. There are even some old acquaintances who are still alive."
"That is your true home, deep within your heart."
Hearing this, Chen Changsheng smacked his lips. "But I'm doing quite well here too!"
"Anyway, it's much better than where I used to be."
"But the people here don't know you!"
The moment those words fell, Chen Changsheng instantly fell silent.
Yet the system did not stop speaking.
"You have indeed lived well in the Pill Epoch, but you have always been an outsider here."
"The loneliness born from that sense of unfamiliarity is tormenting you, while also washing away the hostility in your heart."
"When that loneliness accumulates to a certain extent, your Seven Emotions and Six Desires will gradually weaken as well."
"This is your truest current state."
Having received the system's answer, Chen Changsheng sighed softly. "You're