Humanity's wish granter? A master wish granter!

Such a kind and compassionate Healer should not be left in this filthy place by them using false missions.

Having seen enough, Hua Ling closed her eyes.

Ye Jiang: "..."

She had completed her task and could have left, but she didn't.

She remained squatting, then suddenly asked, "Why are you using drugs as payment for your mission?"

Mingming Shuiling Town is relatively wealthy, and every resident has savings, so why choose the rarest medicine as the reward for the mission?

Ye Jiang asked, puzzled, "Why?"

Hua Ling gripped her knees tightly, remaining silent for a long time before finally saying bitterly, "Perhaps it's because we also secretly hope that someone outside will notice our predicament."

She said, "The scarcest resource in Shuiling Town is medicine, and medicine is the Guard's most powerful tool."

She paused, then said, "... The world awaits Savior."

But they are no exception.

But do they really deserve to be saved?

The medicine was left behind by that child, Mei Ti. They killed her, yet they still want to use her sentiment as a bargaining chip for salvation. They are truly despicable to the core.

A wave of embarrassment suddenly washed over Hua Ling, and she could no longer lift her head.

Ye Jiang gave an "Oh," a very ordinary "Oh," without any mockery or condemnation, simply indicating that she understood. Upon hearing this, Hua Ling's tightly clenched hands slowly loosened. Thank goodness she hadn't been mocked. Thank goodness.

Ye Jiang had one last question, "Why don't you leave?"

Hua Ling said that some townspeople left and then came back, which means that townspeople are allowed to leave the town. Since there is inhumane oppression here, why not leave?

Hua Ling: "..."

Ye Jiang looked at the town's high walls. "Is it because of these high walls?"

Because they are confined by high walls?

As soon as he finished speaking, a loud crash came from afar. The stone giant crashed into the high wall, causing sections of the wall to collapse. The stone giant shattered and fell into the ruins indiscriminately. The guard on the stone giant's shoulder lost his footing and fell to the ground, where he was pierced through by a broad blade. He spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes wide open, and he died.

The battle in the distance was also coming to an end. The Guard was completely suppressed, with some dead and others wounded. The townspeople trampled the remaining members under their feet, and this Guard, which had been arrogant for more than ten years, finally met its demise.

The fighting stopped, but the entire town was affected, with countless houses damaged.

The high walls collapsed, and a distant town could be seen at a glance; the Sky was wider than ever before.

The Polluted high in the sky moved; it raised its head and looked down at the townspeople below, its eyes gleaming with expectation.

What is it expecting?

Hua Ling helped herself up with the stone and looked at the world on the other side of the wall with the townspeople.

They looked around, at the distant town, at the unfamiliar scenery outside.

They just watched, their faces showing no joy, but rather confusion.

After a long while, they lowered their heads and began to silently clean up the battlefield. The wind-type ability user moved the rubble aside, the earth-type ability user filled in the ground, and they began to repair the collapsed wall.

The walls were rebuilt high, and the cage was constructed by their own hands.

The light in the eyes of the Polluted high in the sky has been extinguished.

Oh, so it wasn't because they were trapped by high walls.

Ye Jiang watched all this and thought to herself.

Chapter 100 Dream Fulfillment for Humans? Dream Fulfillment Master!

The townspeople were rebuilding their town spontaneously, the process silent and numb. They would have celebrated when they jointly killed the A-Rank Polluted, but now that they had overthrown the Guard's rule, they seemed to have forgotten to celebrate. Ye Jiang, unusually, remembered for them and congratulated the dark-skinned woman beside him, who looked slightly bewildered upon hearing this.

"What?"

"The Guard has collapsed. Congratulations on your freedom now," Ye Jiang said.

Hua Ling remained silent, not immediately responding to the question. She watched as the earth-elemental ability users built the city walls high, and the scenery, including the Sky, seemed to grow increasingly narrow in her eyes.

"As long as the wall stands... we will never be free." (Black skin)

The woman said in a deep voice.

"?" Ye Jiang didn't understand.

Hua Ling chuckled softly, a laugh utterly weary, "Does the Healer think the Guard who have taken away our freedom?"

The Guard oppressed, toyed with, and made fun of them. To please the Guard, they forced themselves to Guard. The Guard were utterly despicable, using drugs and restraints on them. But were Guard who robbed them of their freedom?

Hua Ling suddenly asked, "Does the Healer think we didn't resist the Guard before?"

"Why?" Ye Jiang asked, also a little curious. It turned out that the townspeople's desperate struggle could have overthrown the Guard, so why hadn't they done so before?

"It's the second generation."

"What?"

"The current Guard is the second generation, established sixteen years ago after the previous Guard was overthrown," Hua Ling said sarcastically. "The previous generation's rule didn't last long, less than a year."

Yes, this isn't the first time a power group has appeared in this town. Not long after the first one appeared, the townspeople couldn't stand it anymore and rose up to overthrow them. The current Guard is the second generation.

Having experienced it once, they understand that peace gained through resistance is only temporary, while oppression is permanent. In this closed-off town, even if the first generation is gone, there will be a second, a third, and a fourth. Given this, why should they still resist?

"It's all in vain," Hua Ling said.

As long as the wall stands, as long as they remain here, they will never be free.

The fundamental reason is that the people, things, time, and space here are all stagnant, lacking any sense of movement, so chaos is bound to occur sooner or later.

Ye Jiang: "..."

It turns out that Shuiling Town has such a history, no wonder the townspeople didn't feel joy after suppressing the Guard.

So the question comes full circle --

Why don't the townspeople choose to leave?

Ming Xia came back. She was badly injured, but her back was straight. In just a few months, her temperament had changed a lot from when she was a student. She had become more and more determined and could stand on her own and shoulder the responsibility for the people.

"Teacher." Ming Xia greeted Ye Jiang, interrupting Ye Jiang's thoughts. Ye Jiang raised her hand to treat her, and the latter's eyes flickered but she did not refuse. Her straight back softened slightly, revealing a hint of childishness.

Ming Xia lamented the Guard ' evil deeds, and was astonished that the Ability Control Bureau, which visited every year, had been kept in the dark by the Guard, allowing them to commit such heinous acts right under their noses.

Ye Jiang suddenly asked, "Is the government not allowing the residents of Shuiling Town to leave?"

Ming Xia paused for a moment. "As far as I know, no."

She said carefully, "The government's decision to gather the rehabilitated people together and let them build towns is actually an act of aid, not a restriction."

Therefore, if the townspeople really want to go out, they will not be stopped.

Ye Jiang said "Oh," she didn't understand. Hua Ling said that some townspeople had gone out and then come back. She was wondering if they had been discovered by people outside and brought back, but it turned out that wasn't the case.

Since the high wall doesn't physically prevent townspeople from crossing it, and there are no additional restrictions from the government or Guard, then they...

"Is the Healer still wondering why we don't leave the town?" Hua Ling suddenly interjected. Ye Jiang and Ming Xia's conversation wasn't kept quiet, and Hua Ling had overheard it.

Ye Jiang looked at Hua Ling, her eyes asking why; she was genuinely curious.

As Hua Ling watched the high wall being repaired little by little, her eyes shimmering, she said, "The Healer has probably forgotten what I said. I said, what was the original purpose of building this high wall?"

Ye Jiang's memories were stirred, but before she could process them, Hua Ling said, "Healer, let me tell you a little story."

Hua Ling recounted that a few months ago, a resident named Yuan De left Shuiling Town, heading towards a nearby town. Just as he was about to enter the town, he encountered a couple who were also trying to reach it. They were being attacked by a Polluted and were nearly killed. Without hesitation, Yuan De intervened and saved them. The couple, realizing they had escaped death, looked at their savior with overjoyed relief...

They screamed, covered their heads, and hid, their eyes filled with fear and wariness as they looked at Yuan De.

"Later they thanked Yuan De, thanking him for saving them."

"However, the most hurtful reaction is the subconscious one—these two people... they're afraid of Yuan De, even though he saved them," Hua Ling said expressionlessly.

"That day, Yuan De watched the man and woman he had rescued walk into the city, but he didn't take another step. Looking at the city protected by high walls, he saw a rejection of him," Hua Ling said. "He came back, back to Shuiling Town."

Like all the other townspeople who tried to leave Shuiling Town, they eventually returned in silence.

Ye Jiang: "..."

She suddenly remembered her first day in Shuiling Town, when she had also rescued a group of people outside the town, and the way those people looked at her...

Hua Ling said, "The Healer has forgotten that we initially built these high walls to isolate ourselves from discrimination from the outside world."

The townspeople had forgotten, so they wanted to go out.

But those outside haven't forgotten.

The cyborgs bear black markings that make them easily identifiable, and people outside have always remembered, feared, and rejected them.

Within the high walls of Shuiling Town lies oppression, but outside those walls lies even deeper oppression and a greater lack of freedom.

Internal strife was certainly frightening, but external scrutiny was even more unbearable for them. It was because the outside world was denying the very essence of human transformation; they were denying that they were whole people.

The town was their only home, the only place that could accommodate them. That's why they helped the Guard conceal the visitors from the Ability Control Bureau. They were afraid of losing this place of refuge. After all, the Ability Control Bureau were also outsiders.

"If you're not a cyborg, you can't empathize with us," Hua Ling said finally, and Ye Jiang and Ming Xia both fell silent.