"Not to mention Little Immortal Elder and the Forbidden Ground—even those old fogeys of the Divine Beast lineage didn't make a move."
"Little Immortal Elder is Xiao Yunshu's disciple's disciple. His philosophy of Severing Earth from Heaven coincides perfectly with Xiao Yunshu's idea of halting the era's development."
"Although the Forbidden Ground gained quite a few benefits from us, they have always regarded us as thorns in their eyes and flesh in their side."
"Back when we did not yet have the strength to challenge the Forbidden Ground, they naturally funded us and reaped returns from us."
"Now that we possess the strength to challenge, or even destroy, the Forbidden Ground, they naturally hope we all die sooner rather than later."
"By the same logic, the other epochs stationed in the Virtual World think the same way."
"Only when all of us are dead can they suck the Virtual World dry, down to the marrow."
"The grand scheme of the world has always been cruel and heartless. On such a chessboard, there is no room for Human Sentiment."
After hearing Chen Changsheng's words, Xiao Hei lowered his head and said, "How did the world become like this?"
"The world has always been like this. You simply never paid much attention to it before."
"Then aren't we, who are utterly out of place in this world, freaks?"
"We have always been freaks!"
Having received that answer, Xiao Hei fell even more silent.
Perhaps worried that Xiao Hei's mood would affect his injuries, Chen Changsheng smiled and comforted him. "Actually, you needn't feel too sentimental. An era this cruel will surely come to an end."
"Back then, I said I would use the Virtual World to lay out a chess game and trap them for five hundred thousand years."
"Only a little