Storm on the Horizon

"Jianshu, you're wrong."

After thinking for a moment, Belle speculated, "This story is probably real.

After all, we've already confirmed that something related to [Primus] exists deep within this mine.

And... the abnormal Corruptive Breath here is most likely connected to Lady Wanzhou as well!"

Standing beneath Wanzhou's statue, Jianshu's Bangboo ears drooped as he said dejectedly:

"Yes, Miss Belle, I don't deny your speculation... After all, I've considered the same possibility. The reason I've lingered here is because I sensed my master's presence.

After Lady Wanzhou was betrayed by the humans she loved, she came to resent them and turned against humanity... That would be understandable too!"

Just as Jianshu had said: betrayed by those she loved, a hero became a villain.

That kind of plot had played out too many times in movies; reality was often even less reasonable than fiction.

"But, Junior Sister, Jianshu... isn't Lady Wanzhou the First-generation Void Hunter?" Ye Shunguang asked in confusion.

In her understanding, the First-generation Void Hunter was a hero who had protected New Eridu. How could a hero turn around and harm the people she had once protected?

Even if Void Hunter was merely a title, even if people's hearts could change... wasn't Lady Wanzhou someone who deeply loved humanity?

Even if she truly suffered betrayal, the more likely choice should have been to lose heart and retreat into seclusion—not personally destroy the Huiling Stone production base for revenge.

The guess that a hero had become a villain was far too pessimistic.

"Senior Sister Xiaoguang," Belle said slowly after considering it, "the records about Lady Wanzhou have been deified. She... was ultimately a person—an Intelligent Construct.

In this world, only [gods] would treat those who betrayed them with tolerance and compassion; only [gods] would still love humanity after suffering betrayal."