Chapter 1930: Chapter 1924: The Forerunner

How does it feel to walk amidst doomsday?

“I thought it would be terrible, but unexpectedly it was very peaceful…”

Lu Ping’an accepted the fruit from a roadside vendor and happily took a bite. It was a taste he hadn’t experienced before.

This world is at quite an extreme and delicate bipolar state. In areas without battles, everything remains unchanged, while in disaster zones, even Lu Ping’an and his group cannot traverse.

Fortunately, this time the destination was still within a safe zone.

“It’s kind of spicy… Uh, not just plain spiciness, but purely a highly stimulating fruit? Interesting.”

Lu Ping’an bought more simply, although he might not be able to bring them back, but if he extracted a module or something, Zhi Xi might really like it.

Different positions lead to different perspectives and needs. Rather than picking up some Extraordinary Substance, Lu Ping’an was more interested in this world’s life genetics.

The courtyard was also constantly collecting local “species”… These gene modules might be the foundational strength of a Master of Life.

“Are you still going to follow?”

“Yes, My Lord.”

The Rabbit Beastman nodded, her eyes firm, even though she was the only high-risk member in the team.

At this moment, the temporary three-person group was on a journey eastwards to seek the possibly existent Great Graveyard.

And in this team, if “Lu Ping’an” died, it wouldn’t matter much. This body was not meant to last long, and that old fox typically didn’t treat his life with much importance… The life picked up still fulfilled its duties, having received a call, it must respond.

Lu Ping’an could tell, this wasn’t blind obedience. The old fox had already guessed what this call meant… In fact, Lu Ping’an had guessed too, which was why he was so interested in taking this trip.

“If this journey leads to death, it will be my honor and a way to wash away my sins…” The Rabbit-man Warrior, thinking of the innocents fallen by her blade before, her limbs instinctively trembled but a moment later, her gaze grew firm.

In the past, she had erroneously killed the Guardians of knowledge, perhaps this time she could compensate.

She looked towards Lu Ping’an, hoping he would acknowledge her resolve.

“Uh, even if you do this, a sin is a sin, it can’t be washed away.”

But her currently worshipped god could be overly cruel at times.

He never believed that sins could be washed away or forgotten. Killing A and being kind to A’s remaining family C does not count as compensation and relief, only deceiving oneself.

Yet he didn’t find much disgust towards the “warrior” before him because she was merely a deceived tool. Her malice was not out of selfishness, if one truly pursued her crime, those using and deceiving the tool should bear the largest blame.

In truth, if you delve deeply into this matter, the curse, the world’s inherent disgust for knowledge, is the biggest culprit.

“It’s not the people who are wrong, but the world… Tsk, such a cliché statement actually has a day of describing reality.”

Lu Ping’an sighed and didn’t continue looking at the devastated woman.

“Follow along… You’re not redeeming, you’re saving lives now, one doesn’t counteract the other…”

The woman visibly became dejected, denied by the deity she believed in, at that moment, she felt despair.

However, receiving the “answer” paradoxically left her feeling at ease.

“… Yet past evil does not affect your current good. Instead of being a redeemer, I look forward to seeing an avenger, a savior.”

Saying politically incorrect words, yet entrusting Lu Ping’an’s expectations.

He was neither the God of Justice nor the Lord of Law; he was merely the God of Trading, the protector of life value.

Rather than letting this “hero’s seed” consume itself in angst and pain, ultimately succeeding in a suicidal so-called redemption, Lu Ping’an hoped she would, while carrying excessive burdens, fulfill her expected path of redemption with her own will.

Only such a life could be considered brilliant, using one’s choices to create one’s own path…

Lu Ping’an didn’t use reassuring phrases like “you’re not a villain,” even though he knew the other party quite needed it, or rather, part of the reason for actively joining was to seek recognition from the deity.

As a deity being worshiped, he was too cold as he indeed didn’t provide spiritual consolation or anesthetization.

But as the Master of Life, he longed to see the splendor of life…

“It would be a pity if crushed.”

If overwhelmed by guilt, it would indeed be a shame… Lu Ping’an wouldn’t offer the so-called “Redemption Scroll,” as it would only make wrongdoers disrespectful, creating more evil.

“Just pray and redemption is done? That’s too easy.”

For life’s fading, Lu Ping’an would feel sorry but as the overseer of life value, he was instead a natural justice endorser of “blood revenge,” taking other’s lives, being taken in return wasn’t abnormal.

The question of sin seems irrelevant to Lu Ping’an as the God of Life… However, if a true wrongdoer appeared before him, he would handle them based on his likes and dislikes.

“You’re still a gem, this moment covered in dust or even decaying would be too regrettable.”

Calm words were expectations, not redemption.

“As long as life continues, there’s no full stop. Whether you choose to save lives or something else is your own decision. I, the Master of Life, am not a judge nor a manager; I’m just a trader allowing potential choices for the future.”

The rabbit girl raised her head, flames in her eyes.

“I will strive to live… I won’t let the value of my life end here, I’ll carry those sins and never forget them, I’ll make my life more valuable…”

Strangely, the warrior’s aura suddenly boiled.

As a holder of the path of the Master of Life, “Being Close to God” also brought more transformations… Nearing divinity itself meant progressing in the occupation career path more forward.

As for whether this transformation is good, that’s another matter… The heroic profession didn’t originally have a higher path, but evidently, she had broken through the limits Lu Ping’an designed.

Watching the silently followed female warrior, Lu Ping’an smiled and said nothing more.

In some sense, the local folk customs were still simple, unlike other worlds where self-cognition differed from the start.

“Life was originally like raw stone, whether tempered into a gem or merely black coal slag…”

Originally, it was a path dragging raw ore to make bullets, arms consumption route, but as material, life here is top-tier.

Perhaps the world’s consciousness is malicious, but these sincere-hearted beastmen might be able to emit special brilliance in the hands of this “jeweler” Lu Ping’an.

“I’m looking forward to it, don’t die, without life, there’s no future…”

[Hero Never Dies (Upper Silver Professional Abilities): As long as will persists, combat continues. In times of necessity, burn the will, enhance life force, and forcefully prolong the fight.]

[Weight of Life (Silver Mid-position Professional Abilities): Bear the weight of life, remember the pain of life, attach to the blade…]

[Deity’s Evaluation: Don’t die.]