Published: March 1, 2025
After the sovereign finished speaking, their voice slowly faded away.
Naturally, they had not truly left; most likely, the sovereign was hiding somewhere outside the Barrier, quietly observing the struggles and shifts in mindset of their puppets.
Perhaps they were swirling a glass of red wine, surrounded by beauties from various races, a faint smile playing on their lips.
However, one thing was certain: they would not show mercy!
There would be no mercy for these lowly ants, for these Earth beings who were once comrades, no mercy for these humans or mutated beasts who were being toyed with, and no mercy for the cruel thoughts in their hearts!
"What should we do?"
Sun Ruixing, standing beside Wen Yu, spoke in a low voice.
Wen Yu moved his lips, but for a long while, he couldn't find the words!
What should he do? What could he do? What should he do? What else could he do?
"I won't attack you! Yes, I won't attack you."
Muttering to himself, Sun Ruixing slowly turned away and walked toward the edge of the Barrier.
This was an act of evasion, and it was the only option left!
Wen Yu looked up at Sun Ruixing's slightly hunched figure growing more distant, the anger and despair in his eyes thickening!
To strike against Sun Ruixing was something Wen Yu desperately wished to avoid!
Wen Yu was not a good person, but he was certainly not an irredeemably bad one! Sun Ruixing had shown him kindness and loyalty. Wen Yu understood that, and he was clear about it.
But!!!
"I just want to live, I want to survive!"
The only wish he had after being reborn in the apocalypse now seemed so pale in the face of reality!
Morality, kindness, and life!
This was a test from the sovereign, or perhaps a jest! It was also the most difficult choice!
...
The calm battlefield grew increasingly oppressive.
Even the sound of heavy breathing gradually became inaudible!
Kill, or be killed; this choice was sometimes really very simple!
When a professional raised their weapon and killed a nearby mutated beast, the situation inevitably slid toward the abyss!
Chaos erupted first on the outer battlefield!
Most of the beings in this battlefield were slightly weaker professionals or mutated beasts.
They, too, were the first to buckle under the terrifying pressure!
Some mutated beasts frantically tore at the corpses on the ground, whether they belonged to the human race, mutated beasts, or the demonic clan!
Some professionals rushed toward the Exchange Stone Pillar!
They were fighting to enhance their strength, aiming to be the last one standing!
Wen Yu quietly watched the creatures around him gradually descending into madness, and after a while, he bitterly smiled!
The Touch of Greed in his hand extended out, while he summoned the one-eyed creature, whose whereabouts were unknown, casting an increasingly cold gaze upon these maddened beings!
When slaughter was unavoidable, all Wen Yu could do was kill! Only kill!
The Touch of Greed swiftly struck a nearby tier 3 black bear, its tremendous power tearing open the bear's belly, spilling its entrails, and then, Wen Yu’s hand with the Touch of Greed directly plunged into the bear's skull!
This tier 3 black bear had just killed a tier 3 demonic creature and was not lightly injured; under Wen Yu's sudden attack, it had no power to retaliate!
The bear's roar was forcibly lodged in its throat, and its lifeless eyes still held emotions such as doubt, disbelief, and despair!
The emotions within were so overwhelming that Wen Yu could hardly bear to look at it again!
A comrade just moments ago, now reduced to... an enemy!
...
"What are you doing?"
Just as Wen Yu killed the black bear, the little dragon nearby immediately reacted, yelling loudly at Wen Yu!
This shout was so loud that it made Wen Yu's ears tingle and also shocked the surrounding chaotic professionals and mutated beasts.
Wen Yu calmly withdrew the Touch of Greed from the bear's head and seriously looked into the little dragon’s somewhat confused eyes.
"I am fighting! I am killing! I am struggling! What do you think I am doing?"