She was trying hard to change herself.
Or rather, after what had just happened, the guilt in her heart had become a catalyst forcing her to change. She had already harmed her master's interests, so no matter what, she could never make a similar choice again in such a situation. If she did, even if her master said nothing, she would come to despise herself.
Lin En saw what was on her mind at a glance.
"It's all right. Don't worry. I just wanted to hear what you were thinking."
"That's all."
Lin En gently patted her shoulder, without forcing her to offer any further opinion on the matter.
Then Lin En walked over to the mother, crouched beside her, and looked at her pale, bloodless face. He reached out, slowly extending his hand toward her neck.
"Sometimes I keep asking myself what I really am now. Am I human... or an evil god?"
If you're human, then do what a human should. If you're an Outer God, then stop troubling yourself with morality and pointless compassion.
Is that choice so hard?
You clearly want to have it both ways. You want to maximize your gains, but you also want to keep that pitiful shred of humanity from being defiled.
But isn't that ridiculous?
Because most of the time, those two things conflict. Only by giving up part of one can you gain part of the other. There has never been any way to have the best of both worlds.
"Yeah. How could anyone have the best of both worlds?"
Lin En mocked himself.
Bzz-
At that moment, surging power flowed along his fingers into her body, a mixture of his flesh and a portion of his Outer God power.
Within that bloodred glow, the shriveled, wrinkled insect body that