Generally speaking, Su Ming believed that beautiful things tended to unfold slowly.
For example, the sun slowly rose, the moon slowly set, and the flowers in Kamar-Taj's courtyard bloomed one by one before withering petal by petal.
But sometimes, destruction possessed a different kind of beauty. Nature held violent power, and rapid changes could make one's blood race.
Yet drastic upheavals were often disasters, the same for all living creatures, including humanity. Volcanic eruptions, typhoons making landfall, earthquakes, and tsunamis were all like that.
Suddenly changing a piece of past history was undoubtedly introducing a similar upheaval. Though one might admire the desired happy ending born of that change, it was difficult to know what would remain after that brief beautiful past.
Mount Vesuvius behind the three of them truly erupted. Dark-red lava surged forth amid billowing black smoke, while thunderous booms pressed outward in waves. White-hot rocks were hurled high into the air before plunging down at speed, leaving countless fiery red streaks across the smoky sky. Heaven and earth were dyed crimson.
"If there really were a city at the foot of this volcano, the people living there would be in trouble. Nature's power really is terrifying."
The impossible-to-ignore commotion naturally drew Jesse Quick's attention. She turned to look at the billowing smoke behind them, watching burning rocks fly into the rainforest and marshy lagoons. The vast amounts of smoke and steam obscured her vision, prompting her sigh.
"Humanity has always sought to coexist with nature. Changes to the environment should have been made for better coexistence. It's just that some greedy people always forget what nature looks like when it gets angry during its peaceful periods, stretching their claws out too far. Crunch, crunch, crunch. Sigh!"
Roger, chewing on a carrot as he sighed, was also watching