The Source of Evil

"Qin Yiguan?"

"Yiguan- Yiguan?"

Teacher Qing's eyes were vacant, and she stammered, "A... a good name."

The boy's eyes welled with tears. "Yes, it's me."

"But..."

"Who am I?

Teacher Qing stared wide-eyed, trying hard to recall. He glanced at the two broken puppet robots, "Even they don't know my name..."

"I remember!"

Tears welled up in the boy's eyes again. "Your name is Mu Qingkuang, nicknamed Light Emperor. Your Fusion Rate is everyone's dream. You are one of the four strongest in the Experimental Zone!"

"Light Emperor?"

Teacher Qing still looked confused. "Is Light Emperor that powerful?"

"Very impressive."

The boy trembled, his eyes filled with tears. "The Snow City of Heavenly Light, such a massive city, could rise from the ground and soar through the air at your mere thought. I simply cannot comprehend how that was done, but that scene was the most breathtaking sight I have ever witnessed in my life!"

In that instant.

The boy recalled the scene of Snow City of Heavenly Light's collapse, and an overwhelming sense of desolation welled up within him.

"Snow City of Heavenly Light?"

Teacher Qing suddenly perked up, "Do you know why it's called 'Heavenly Snow'?"

But the next moment, Teacher Qing's expression turned blank again. "I can't remember either."

Qin Yiguan's tears flowed uncontrollably again. "It's okay, think about it slowly."

That day, I stepped on my own city and flew away.

Teacher Qing suddenly said, "It's because of an evil villain, he's incredibly cruel, and I... I have to defeat him."

Qin Yiguan's eyes slightly opened.

He had intended to ask, "And then?", but after a moment's pause, the boy's gaze turned icy, and he changed his words to—"Who is he?!"

Because Qin Yiguan already knew about it later.

Snow City of Heavenly Light crashed, Teacher Qing was defeated, suffered brain damage, and ended up in this state!

Who is he!

How dare you hurt my teacher!

He's dead!

Grind the bones into dust!!!

But at this moment, Teacher Qing's eyes glazed over, and he became timid again. He said, "Who is he? I've forgotten..."

Qin Yiguan felt powerless to use it.

Clenched jaw.

Suddenly, a faint glimmer of light appeared in Teacher Qing's eyes, and she murmured, "But I don't regret it."

Qin Yiguan paused.

For some reason, the message that Teacher Qing sent to me through the electronic textbook suddenly came to mind.

Each person carries within them a world—a world they have struggled against, conquered, been moved by, and loved.

Forge ahead bravely, live up to your youth, and have no regrets.

May each of my students become the strongest arrival in this new world.

Qin Yiguan clenched his fists even tighter.

Right now.

Footsteps came from behind Qin Yiguan; to be precise, they were the footsteps of a mechanical body.

He turned around.

But there was a mechanical puppet, which was more humanoid and less ferocious; it was a high-end product.

It was even wearing a white suit, and the metallic outline of its face perfectly replicated its operator; it even had artificial hair on its head.

"Through the ' Perversion Detective's' information, I learned your real-life address."

"Within the Metaverse, I've been tracking you. The only time you committed your crimes was during the time you were 'offline.'"

"I never imagined you were such a casual Castoffs could just log off at will!"

But then the mechanical puppet spoke slowly.

Qin Yiguan squatted on the ground, turned his head and said, "Jiu Zhengxuan, I'm not in the mood to argue with you today. I'm in a bad mood, I'll deal with you later!"

The mechanical puppet stepped forward and stood behind Qin Yiguan.

It was about to speak when it suddenly froze.

"This is!"

"Teacher Qing!"

Jiu Zhengxuan's tone was one of utter surprise, but the next moment, his voice became hoarse, and one could fully feel his sorrow, "Teacher Qing... how did he become like this?"

Qin Yiguan could not hide Jiu Zhengxuan's change in mood.

Such a rapid change in tone was an unconscious act; Jiu Zhengxuan was truly distressed.

He himself is a person of conscience; at least most of the time, he is an upright person.

yes.

Teacher Qing was also his teacher.

The air suddenly became very quiet.

The two looked at their teacher, both knowing the reason behind it, and felt an indescribable sadness in their hearts.

The world is cold and cruel, full of twists and turns, and heartbreaking.

Suddenly, Teacher Qing seemed to remember something; her body trembled more violently, and her eyes filled with terror.

He suddenly raised his hand, pointed at Qin Yiguan's eyes, and said, "I remember now, it's you! It's you!"

Qin Yiguan's expression suddenly changed. "Teacher Qing, what did you say? What do you mean by 'me'!"

It's you!

Teacher Qing's eyes were filled with fear, and her outstretched finger trembled. "It was you! You shot down my city! You were shrouded in black mist! You're the villain! You're the one who killed me!"

A deafening thunderclap resounded in Qin Yiguan's mind.

His eyes widened slowly. "It's me?"

In that instant, Qin Yiguan thought of Black Calamity.

He looked exactly like Qin Yiguan, and his body was surrounded by black mist!

Before making the deal with Qin Yiguan, Black Calamity was ferocious, twisted, and utterly cruel!

It killed its own parents and wanted to kill itself. At that time, it was not in a predicament. It only hated Qin Yiguan and wished that Qin Yiguan would fall into Hell. It even... wanted to kill Teacher Qing, who had taken great care of it in the Metaverse!

Qin Yiguan was breathing heavily.

It's Black Calamity.

Teacher Qing is the Light Emperor, very powerful. Looking at the entire Experimental Zone, there are few who can rival him.

However, Black Calamity's Fusion Rate is very high, approaching 90%, and the [Gestalt Collapse] is unpredictable!

It's Black Calamity...

Qin Yiguan felt a pain in his heart!

Actually, I've always been unwilling to admit it, Black Calamity... is one of my personalities, and it is also me.

It harmed Teacher Qing.

The boy slowly lowered his head.

Upon hearing this, Jiu Zhengxuan flew into a rage, "Qin Yiguan! Why are you such a beast in human form! Why did you attack Teacher Qing! And you're still putting on this hypocritical act here!"

yes.

At this moment, Qin Yiguan was disheartened.

His own personality led him to commit so many evil deeds and so many cruel acts.

Now it has one more crime to its list!

Ironically...

I firmly believe that I can eradicate it.

Can I kill Black Calamity?

But in reality, as long as I exist, it will exist.

I am the source of evil.

The boy's eyes were vacant. "Teacher Qing, I want to help you get revenge, and I want you to recover, but... I don't know how."

"You are my most promising student."

But Teacher Qing seemed to have forgotten everything that had just happened. Staring at the moldy energy block in his hand, he said in a daze, "Keep that hope in your heart, turn it into a belief, even into a passion. One day it will come true and illuminate your path."

Qin Yiguan felt ashamed.

This is something that Teacher Qing once told me.

However, Teacher Qing was not in his right mind, so these words were completely inapplicable at this moment.

"Teacher Qing..."

"I have no faith right now, and I have no clue what to do."

"I can only kill people, but there are some 'people' I can't kill."

Can murder become a form of hope?

Can you light my way?

"How is that possible?"

"If you knew that all of this was because of me, you probably would never forgive me, would you?"