Qin Siyang rarely used "a good man" to describe someone.
The word "good" was too pure, while the world around Qin Siyang was far too complicated.
A good man would struggle to survive at his level.
He Kui, who had served as District Chief of Zone 14121 before being killed by people from Zone 1, had been one. Zhou Maoyi was another.
His assessment of Zhou Maoyi was not rash, because Qin Siyang had already met every living person in the village.
The personality traits those people had retained might have made them good warriors or good mothers, but none of them could be called a good person.
Only Zhou Maoyi was an exception.
Though Qin Siyang and Zhou Maoyi belonged to different eras, good people were rare in any age.
That made Qin Siyang even more certain that the personality trait each villager had retained was the strongest one they had possessed in life.
Just as he had said.
Zhou Maoyi had been a good man in life.
The two walked on in silence for a while longer. Qin Siyang surveyed their surroundings; they had reached the foot of the mountain.
He said, "Let's stop here. Thank you for showing me the way."
"Here?"
Zhou Maoyi looked around and asked, "Are you saying this is the key to passing the [Succession Trial]?"
"Yes." Qin Siyang nodded. "Zhou Maoyi, I was lucky to meet you."
Zhou Maoyi looked somewhat puzzled. Qin Siyang smiled without explaining further.
His encounter with Zhou Maoyi had not been inevitable.
The woman and Know-It-All had met Zhao Longteng, but Zhou Maoyi had not. That meant the villagers who appeared in each [Succession Trial] were not fixed.
In other words, Qin Siyang's meeting with Zhou Maoyi had been a matter of chance.
Qin Siyang could not