CHAPTER 1284: CHAPTER 1283: AREN’T YOU BORED LIVING SO LONG?

What irony...

Elder Long could clearly feel that the other party was not mocking him, but was sincerely stating that sentence.

He truly believed he could solve everything. If he did nothing, this most troublesome arch-nemesis he encountered after entering the Digital Era would be resolved.

What a pity though... I actually lost on trust.

I didn’t trust Chen Qing to the end. As a result, the other party actually bet his life on my success. Should I laugh or cry?

But it feels quite strange. Although it seems... I’m losing, it doesn’t feel bad at all...

Looking at Chen Qing, he asked the question he was most curious about: "How did you get this Heavenly Dao to agree to work with you?"

He knew that Chen Qing’s only way to break his Taiji Domain was if he also gained the recognition of this universe’s consciousness and offered a more worthwhile deal.

"I learned from you." Chen Qing gave a salute and sighed: "You are a truly terrifying person, mastering the hearts of others and applying it to data modeling. You accurately guessed the main consciousness’s thoughts and made it abandon the powerful weapon it created. That process left me in awe, but unfortunately, it realized my existence and didn’t inform you first. I knew then that it must have its plans for me."

"So, without hesitation, I made my offer."

"I see..." Elder Long smiled bitterly. To think he could master the human heart, yet still underestimated human nature. Indeed, since he already knew that the Heavenly Dao was merely an ordinary human model with the greed inherent in human nature, if it could betray its competent subordinate for profit, why couldn’t it betray me?

As long as the price is right...

"What conditions did you offer?"

Elder Long was very curious, given that his offer of the gentle Dao Fruit of Taiji as a collaboration project, becoming a part of the world and never going against the Heavenly Dao’s will, was already impeccable. Yet Chen Qing could offer better?

"I don’t want longevity..." Chen Qing said directly.

Elder Long: "....."

"All I want is to transfer all the Heavenly Dao from the Main Universe over and make this Heavenly Demon World a more complete universe like the Main World, where both worlds align their consciousness and weaken all living beings under them to the point where none surpass King Level. Everything in the world is measured within Yin and Yang, with no exceptions, no special treatment for anyone!"

"You...." Elder Long looked at Chen Qing with complex emotions, unsure of what to say...

"Elder Long, your condition is certainly good, but can others rest easy with you beside them? You have always maintained longevity; who knows if you will find other ways to replace the Heavenly Dao in countless future years? After all, not only do you control this world, but you also control the Digital City outside, so anything is possible, isn’t it?"

After listening, Elder Long looked at Chen Qing with an even more complex expression, eventually responding with: "What exactly are you after?"

Chen Qing did so much, sacrificed so much, and in the end, it wasn’t for longevity?

"To bring the world back on track!" Chen Qing said solemnly: "The mistakes made back then need to be compensated for. Humanity shouldn’t be driven to extinction just like that. What I want, for those who have passed, I am powerless to compensate, but at least, in the future, rekindling the Human Race and giving the world a new future is what I should do and is what Pu YunChuan wanted me to do."

"Externally, because he didn’t want to die, he fell for your trap, leading to a huge mistake, species extinction, and the whole world becoming a Digital Era, which is the nightmare of his lifetime."

"Internally, he designed this world as a paradise for the strong and a hell for the weak. As a designer, he never expected this world could come to life one day. But the people around are all flesh and blood, and he didn’t want this tragedy to continue. What he wanted was for this world to be better and slightly more normal in the future— a simple ideal he strived for many years."

Elder Long: "Rekindle... the fire?"

"Not everyone wants to become a person in the digital world, and not everyone wants to live such a life. The world outside being devastated doesn’t mean there’s no hope. Using genetic replication to recreate physical bodies and using current technology to recreate a world isn’t impossible."

"Aren’t you afraid of the contradiction of rebooting the two worlds? Could the Heavenly Dao’s consciousness grant your wish? Doesn’t it fear the external world’s people encroaching on it?"

"Human character isn’t just about greed; there’s also a desire for evolution, and this world consciousness is the same. Rekindling the fire can spark the Human Race’s curiosity for exploration, and science will become more comprehensive. I put forth the best condition, that is, the world consciousness can also create a body for itself to experience a human’s life!"

Elder Long: "......"

It is said that I’m good at controlling people, but compared to this guy, I’m afraid I’m still far behind.

A truly terrifying person...

Indeed, an existence that has never experienced life’s feelings, in this world, views all things from a loftily detached perspective. Witnessing the joys and sorrows of all things, eons may numb it. Its willingness to communicate with humans this time is entirely due to its alertness about its safety, but if it could live a different life as a human, experiencing the world with ordinary human eyes, such an experience might be the most enticing thing for this world consciousness.

Indeed, people desire to experience what they lack. Poor people want to experience a rich person’s life, while sometimes rich people want to experience an ordinary person’s life, don’t they?

The melodramatic plots in TV dramas aren’t always melodramatic; what’s not experienced holds the greatest allure!

Chen Qing’s plan, for both world consciousnesses, is probably an enormous temptation...

"Will it trust you?" Elder Long couldn’t help but ask, "Aren’t they afraid of you exploiting the opportunity to replace them when they access the real world?"

"That’s why I said I wouldn’t pursue longevity..." Chen Qing chuckled: "When I die, they certainly won’t fear me anymore. I haven’t specified when this experience should take place. They have enough time to wait until both worlds’ order is rebooted. After I die, they can slowly verify if my genetic copy is gone, if my reincarnation is non-threatening, or simply suppress my reincarnation outright; all are possible....."

"Is it worth it?" Elder Long couldn’t help but ask.

"Why not?" Chen Qing smiled: "I am among the last batch of King Level. If this succeeds, I can live for another Era. In such a long span, what isn’t worth it? How long did people live in the past? Living that long... isn’t it boring?"