"Back then, one wrong thought led to completely different consequences for these Wastelanders.
They were not merely Wastelanders. They came from Gray Soil Town—they were your fellow townspeople.
If you hadn't killed Ying, they would not have died in the jaws of Mutated Beasts. It was you... who killed them."
Hearing the voice in his heart, Bai Ye's expression grew increasingly strange, as though he was holding back laughter.
"Don't you feel guilty?" The voice grew colder.
"You're right. I feel guilty, I regret it, I'm practically dying of guilt. What should I do? I'm so guilty I could cry..."
Watching Bai Ye's exaggerated performance, the voice said coldly, "Quit pretending. They're already dead because of you. What use is your guilt?!"
Bai Ye suddenly understood. "Yeah, what use is guilt? Then I won't feel guilty anymore."
Voice: "..."
"Hundreds died because of your momentary impulse. If it weren't for you, those soldiers and Wastelanders could all have lived! Those were hundreds of lives! Don't you regret it?"
A curve lifted at Bai Ye's lips. "You created a fake dream, invented a future that never happened, and came here to ask whether I regret it?
Trying to morally blackmail me? Hehehe... I have no morals!"
Voice: "This isn't moral blackmail. This is fact. The fact is that you caused the deaths of hundreds!"
"Putting aside the fact that I didn't kill those hundreds of people, even if I had... so what?"
"You!"
Seeing that the voice in his heart was getting angry, Bai Ye's smile widened. "I think I know why that Forbidden Aura disappeared. You, the Heart Demon, fused with it, didn't you?
So now you're both a Heart Demon and a Nightmare?"
The voice did not answer.
Suddenly!
Countless ragged Wastelanders appeared before Bai Ye. Their faces were