Chapter 157 Shouldn’t We Reflect on This? (5k)

In order to make people believe in the theory of the cyclical destruction of civilization, Black Agate traveled around the Dragon Territory for many years, but ultimately got a miserable result.

Everyone thought he was crazy. His superiors stopped approving funding for him, his partners terminated their cooperation projects with him, and even his students left him.

Black Onyx worked for the future of the world, but ended up being alone.

However, such a blow did not make Black Agate give up. When he realized that Long Yu could not help him, he made up his mind to do it himself.

It is up to you to personally stop the destruction of the civilization cycle and save the future of the world.

Seeing this, Shen Cheng realized that the words that Black Agate had said before, which seemed like riddles, were actually true.

He was really making an overreaching attempt, really trying to save the future.

Black Agate decided to work on his own, so he sold all his property and added his previous savings to start looking for ways to save his future.

But Black Agate soon began to spend more than he earned, because he had to do a lot of experiments to verify some ideas in his mind, and soon his savings were all gone.

Just when Dark Horse was at his wits' end, a mysterious organization extended an olive branch to him.

This mysterious organization is the Blasphemers.

The Blasphemers hope to use Black Agate's scientific research strength to increase their combat effectiveness, while Black Agate also wants to use the Blasphemer's resources to achieve its own goals. The two sides hit it off.

Shen Cheng knew nothing about the Blasphemers, but Black Agate, as a famous scholar, knew a lot about this organization.

The Blasphemers are essentially a national restoration organization, and their origins can be traced back to a change of dynasty in the Demonic Empire.

The previous Black Dragon Emperor was overthrown by the current Demon Queen. The royal family members of the Black Dragon Emperor and the elites of the old dynasty fled from the Dragon Realm and then privately established the Blasphemers.

The Blasphemer's goal is to fight back to the Dragon Realm and re-establish the Black Dragon Dynasty.

In order to achieve this goal, they have been secretly creating conflicts between demons and humans, trying to start a second war between demons and humans.

Only if there is enough chaos can the blasphemer take advantage of the situation.

After Black Onyx began to cooperate with the Blasphemer, large areas of his memory were blank again.

By the time new memories emerged, Black Agate had become one of the high-ranking members of the Blasphemers, and had also invented something as terrifying as the Water of Return to the Source.

From the previous memories, we can see that the inspiration for the Return Water comes from the gastric juice of demons, but Black Agate has failed in many experiments, which makes him, a scholar with a strong will, feel frustrated.

Therefore, it is impossible for the water to return to its source to succeed suddenly.

Combined with the large amount of memory that was missing before, Shen Cheng had a guess in his mind. Perhaps Black Agate used his own memory as a price to exchange the method of making the water of return to the source with the memory messenger.

Moreover, the lifespan of Black Agate is much longer than that of ordinary demons, which may also be exchanged from the Memory Messenger.

The reason for creating the Water of Return to the Origin is that after years of thinking, Black Agate finally found a way to prevent the destruction of the civilization cycle, and the Water of Return to the Origin is his tool to save the future.

After years of wandering around in Dragon Territory but being deserted by everyone, Black Agate realized that more people does not always equal more power.

If a group does not trust each other and does not unite, the power they exert may be even less than that of an individual.

Therefore, Black Agate decided to use the water to dissolve all the creatures in the world into the water. The dissolved creatures did not die, but changed into another life form, and lived together in the water, without distinction between each other.

The black agate will act as the brain of the returning water, and it will think for all living things.

When all living things in the world become one, and all living things think and act with the same will, Black Agate cannot imagine how powerful the force will be, enough to resist the cycle of destruction of civilization.

This is how Black Onyx is used to save the future.

He also knew that once this method was exposed, everyone would regard him as a madman and attack him, even the blasphemers who respected him very much.

Therefore, Black Onyx never revealed his plan to anyone.

The blasphemer was overjoyed when he learned that Black Agate had invented the water that could return to its source, so he planned a terrorist attack on the Hanyunzhou government.

Ostensibly, the purpose of the Blasphemer was to rescue his imprisoned companions, but in reality, his real purpose was to stir up conflict between humans and demons.

When all the humans in an entire state capital were killed, even if the federal government wanted to continue to maintain peace with the Dragon Territory, it would be overwhelmed by the surging public opinion.

Black Onyx will also take advantage of the situation and prepare to dissolve all humans starting from the state capital, then expand to the entire human society, and finally submerge the entire world in the water of return to the source.

This was a double deception. The blasphemer deceived his subordinates into thinking that the terrorist attack was to rescue their companions, but in fact it was to provoke a war between humans and demons.

And Black Onyx also deceived the Blasphemer's upper echelons. His purpose was not to provoke a war, but to dissolve the whole world.

If the plan goes well, when the blasphemers are complacent, perhaps they will be greeted by an unprecedented flood.

Unfortunately, Black Agate failed in the end and was stopped by Shen Cheng and his two companions.

Black Onyx had the power to fight back until his death, but he finally chose to give up resistance because there was always a question hidden deep in his heart.

If he really succeeded, and used the water of return to the source to dissolve all the creatures in the world and destroyed the three civilizations of demons, humans and vampires - would he be considered to have personally caused the birth of the civilization cycle of destruction?
The worry of wanting to save the world but ending up destroying it was the reason why Black Onyx finally gave up resistance.

At the end of the memory, Black Agate also saw the blurry figure behind Shen Cheng.

He felt that he should recognize this figure, but unfortunately he had made a deal with the memory messenger and sold many of his memories, so he could not remember many people clearly.

After the memory replay ended, Shen Cheng found that he had no way of evaluating black agate.

He is emotional and is willing to sacrifice everything he has, including his honor and life, to save the future.

At the same time, he is rational, even cruel. In order to achieve his goal, he is ready to dissolve all creatures in the world and erase their independent thoughts without hesitation.

This is an extremely contradictory individual, but one thing is certain, that is, Black Agate has no selfish motives, and everything he does is for the future of this world.

In order to become the mastermind of the returning water, Black Agate must allow himself to dissolve in the water, but while dissolving, he must remain conscious.

This cannot be done without the great will to save the world.

Shen Cheng was unable to evaluate the other party and could only silently offer his respect.

Then, a look of joy appeared on his face. He finally found what he wanted most on this trip - a way to break the curse of open blood.

This method was the result of Black Agate's previous research, and he used it as a bargaining chip and sold it to the Memory Messenger.

However, Black Agate was very cunning and secretly kept a backup copy of the research manuscript for himself.

The research manuscript is now hidden in a lounge in the basement, together with some of his personal belongings.

In addition, Shen Cheng also learned some important information from Black Agate's memory.

For example, there was indeed cooperation between the Blasphemer and the Supervisory Department. It was the Supervisory Department that secretly provided convenience, which enabled the Blasphemer to send so many demons to lurk in and even build large-scale machinery underground.

All the communication between the Blasphemer and the Supervisory Department was secretly recorded by Black Agate in his diary. He had no hobby of writing a diary, but he began to develop this habit after the Memory Messenger took away his memory.

And in the end, Black Agate saw the mysterious figure behind Shen Cheng.

The figure was very blurry. Black Agate recognized it, but he had lost his memory. Shen Cheng didn't recognize him at all. He could only see that the other person had long hair and a pair of obvious horns on his forehead.

It's not a cow's horn, it's more like a dragon's horn.

After reading the memory, Shen Cheng had a three-star extraordinary card in his hand.

This is a creative ability card that is extremely helpful in inventions, but it is completely auxiliary and has basically no combat power.

Black Agate's last wish is to end the cycle of destruction of civilization. How can Shen Cheng help him fulfill such a great wish?
Therefore, this trial card is useless to him.

He put away the cards and looked down.

The entire underground air-raid shelter returned to its original flooded state, and the volume of water even increased, submerging the places where people could originally stand.

Wei Yiting and Lu Jinglong could only find a small place to stay.

"The old guy Black Onyx has been dealt with."

Lu Jinglong looked at the returning water in front of him, scratched his head with his remaining left hand, and said helplessly: "Then how do we get out?"

When he came in, he relied on his subordinates to clear a path. Now he is the only one left, and he is a life-type ability user without any fancy abilities. Does he have to swim out?

I’m afraid that if I jump down, I will die immediately.

Wei Yiting was not too worried, but was also thinking about how to leave this place. Seeing the two people with headaches, Shen Cheng fell from the sky: "I know the way to leave, come with me."

When expanding this underground air-raid shelter, the demons left a retreat route.

This escape route was originally reserved for Black Onyx, because he was a high-ranking member of the Blasphemer and there was no need for him to stay and sacrifice together.

But Black Agate had no intention of leaving, so this road could only benefit them now.

Hearing Shen Cheng's words, Lu Jinglong did not doubt it at all. Instead, he laughed and gave him a thumbs up.

"It still has to be you, brother."

Lu Jinglong seemed to be heartless and brainless, but neither Shen Cheng nor Wei Yiting dared to underestimate him.

A top-class demon hunter, anyone who dares to look down on him is tired of living.

The reason why Lu Jinglong acted so carefree in front of Shen Cheng and Wei Yiting was probably because, on the one hand, he believed in the golden signboard of Star Ranger, and on the other hand, it was probably because he was simply fearless.

Even if he lost a hand, he didn't think Shen Cheng and Wei Yiting could do anything to him.

Under the leadership of Shen Cheng, the three of them quickly found a secret passage in the corner of the underground air-raid shelter.

After entering the secret passage and walking for a distance, a fork in the road appeared in front of me.

Shen Cheng raised his hand and pointed to the left and said, "Just keep walking from here and you will be able to leave."

He said this obviously because he didn't want to go with the two of them.

Lu Jinglong didn't ask anything.

"I will take my leave now. Today's work is still possible thanks to your assistance. On behalf of the federal government, I would like to express my sincerest gratitude to you two."

"You're welcome."

Wei Yiting held up an umbrella with one hand, her posture very elegant: "We are here for the safety of the people of the state capital, not for the federal government. Your thanks are a bit self-indulgent."

Wei Yiting's words sounded like those of an angry young man, but Shen Cheng knew her true identity. With her background, she was one of the highest ruling classes in the Federation, but she ended up standing on the opposite side of the government.

As expected, there is no class that betrays its class interests, but there are individuals who betray their class.

Lu Jinglong was not embarrassed at all by Wei Yiting's sarcastic words. Instead, he laughed: "No matter what, you have objectively helped us. You can't deny this. I know you have opinions about the federal government, but on this matter, we are still in the same camp."

"Are you proud?"

Shen Cheng couldn't help but retort: ​​"In the final analysis, it is your government that colluded with the demons that caused this matter to become so big. You still have the nerve to make connections here. Shouldn't you reflect on it?"

As soon as the reflection paper came out, Lu Jinglong was silenced.

Because he couldn't refute it.

What Shen Cheng said was very right. If the Supervisory Department had not been secretly covering up this matter, the demon would not have been able to make such a big fuss and would have been caught long ago.

Facing the gazes that Shen Cheng and Wei Yiting gave him as class enemies, Lu Jinglong touched his head and an embarrassed expression appeared on his face.

He could not explain, or even give a guarantee that the Supervision Department would be punished.

Because he knew in his heart that the matter was not as simple as it seemed, and the abnormal behavior of the Supervisory Department might involve struggles at a higher level.

He is a top-class demon hunter, which sounds powerful, but in fact he does not have much say among the top management.

Even his immediate superior, Zhao Nanxing, was often helpless.

They have powerful military force, but are restricted by rules and forced to compete with those who have no military force.

Why not turn the table?

Because there will always be someone more powerful than you who is actively maintaining this set of rules.

"Goodbye, you two."

Lu Jinglong suddenly lost interest, left after saying a few words.

But he suddenly stopped, turned around and said to Shen Cheng: "I will have someone cancel your wanted order."

This is the only thing he can do now.

Shen Cheng didn't care. A small wanted warrant couldn't do anything to him now, and it would only make things more impressive if he told others about it.

However, he did not reject Lu Jinglong's kindness.

"Thank you."

"Oh, I'm the one who should say thank you, but you guys won't accept it, ah."

Seeing Lu Jinglong leave with a sigh, Shen Cheng felt a little relieved.

The duration of his true form was almost up. If he waited another ten seconds, he would be in a weak state, so he took the initiative to confront Lu Jinglong, making him too embarrassed to stay here any longer.

After Lu Jinglong left, Wei Yiting looked at Shen Cheng and asked, "Is there anything else that you need to stay?"

Shen Cheng nodded: "There are still some things that need to be investigated."

"I should have asked if you needed help, but I'm tired now and need to go back and rest for a few days."

Wei Yiting stretched, showing off her perfect body curves.

"Then take care, I won't see you off."

Shen Cheng also didn't want Wei Yiting to stay, so that she wouldn't see something she shouldn't see.

Wei Yiting took off the mask on her face and smiled at him, "You are so anxious to get me out, you must be hiding some unspeakable secret."

Shen Cheng shrugged: "Then you can stay here. Can I really kick you away?"

"Forget it, it's more cost-effective to go home and sleep in."

Wei Yiting put away the umbrella in her hand and used it as a walking stick on the ground: "I was originally looking forward to the day when you could become a Star Ranger, but what you did today made me realize that you are fully qualified to become a ranger."

Although Shen Cheng was not opposed to becoming a Star Ranger, this title even brought him many benefits.

But for the time being he is not willing to become a member of a certain group and be constrained by it.

Because he is not sure whether he can uphold justice, and he might turn evil one day.

After all, blackening is three times stronger, and whitening is seven times weaker.

Shen Cheng did not refuse directly, but asked another question: "If I become a Star Ranger and do evil things in private, will you find out?"

"If I say that we won't find out, are you going to become the evil element that infiltrates our midst?"

Wei Yiting teased, and then explained: "The power of the Star Ranger comes from the practice of justice. If you betray the justice in your heart, you will not be able to obtain the power of the Ranger. It depends on your own choice. It doesn't matter whether we find out or not."

There are also Star Rangers who fail to uphold justice and even turn evil, but they have all lost the power of a ranger.

Hearing her say this, Shen Cheng almost forgot that this world is ruled by idealism, and most of the power comes from belief.

Only Shen Cheng himself is an exception. He has no faith, so he cannot gain power, but at the same time, he will not be troubled by the shortcomings of various powers.

Seeing that Shen Cheng did not immediately agree to become a ranger, but instead asked a lot of questions, Wei Yiting had already guessed something.

She smiled slightly: "It seems that you still have doubts in your heart. It doesn't matter. When you think it through, come to me."

After saying that, she raised her finger, made a keep-in-touch gesture to Shen Cheng, then turned around and left.

Shen Cheng looked at her elegant yet sexy back and thought that this leather jacket really showed off her figure.

If I have the chance I must let Xiao Qingque or Ruan Qingsha wear it and see it.

After Wei Yiting left, Shen Cheng's upright figure suddenly relaxed. Three minutes had passed, but he was still holding on despite being too weak.

He turned to the right, where Black Onyx's lounge and research manuscripts were located.

(End of this chapter)