Chapter 1373: The Fork in the World’s Road

All the spotlights were now focused on Lin Sanjiu. As she sat under the intense light and looked up at the sky, the raindrops appeared bright like countless tiny meteors. Not far away, a group of vague shadows stood tall, backed by numerous armored tanks and artillery machine guns. Though they had the power to crush and slaughter everything, they seemed to have momentarily forgotten their arrogance. Their gazes were fixed on the two people Silvan had brought back as if trying to see through them, examining their safety and reliability.

When one of the young men waved his hand and dropped a long dark-green shell claw, the major general seemed pricked and retracted his gaze as if saying, ‘It’s another one of those people.’

“This guy is quite clever,” Silvan said with a laugh, patting Han Suiping’s shoulder. “I received his signal on the way here, so I brought him along.”

At Silvan’s compliment, Han Suiping stammered like a bashful girl, ducked his head, and quickly walked over to Lin Sanjiu’s side.

The other woman, wearing a patient’s gown, seemed somewhat familiar. Lin Sanjiu thought she resembled Han Jun’s wife, but Han Jun’s wife wasn’t as pale, emaciated, and skeletal. She looked like a stack of scattered blocks, carelessly stacked up again, as if something had been neglected, damaged, and could never be restored— and she seemed aware of this herself.

“I… I am Deng Yilan.” Her gaze wandered around, uncertain to whom she was introducing herself. “Han Jun was my husband.”

How could she have become like this?

Lin Sanjiu was taken aback and almost jumped up. The grand prize, who had been busy treating her wounds, had to quickly hold her down and say, “Sis, don’t move.”

Just because Deng Yilan kept shouting, “I have something to say,” and was heard by Han Suiping, who amplified her voice, Lin Sanjiu asked Silvan to find her. Han Suiping also hitched a ride along the way and returned unscathed, thanks to Silvan’s assistance. However, now that they were here, Deng Yilan seemed unable to speak.

Wu Lun was also silent, just like her. Both of them were ordinary people without any evolution, and despite not intending to leave this world, they had now joined the side of the posthumans. At this moment, they both shared a similar doubt. Lin Sanjiu was well aware that this was because they, like her, felt something was not quite right about the atmosphere on-site.

The major general endured a short wait and finally asked, “What exactly do you want? We are discussing the fate of all humanity. If you really don’t want to harm the innocent and think about the overall situation, then you should obey the management and follow the arrangements.”

As soon as he finished speaking, this sentence resounded loudly through the city, piercing the curtain of rain.

At this point, they could still ask them to obey the management?

Even in the pouring rain, the pungent smell of gunpowder couldn’t be washed away. The entire Copper Harbor Pier had been destroyed due to the battle between both sides, and there was no trace of its former appearance. These people were not facing unarmed civilians crying out for help; instead, they were facing posthumans who could potentially bring about the end of the world. However, the middle-aged man’s attitude toward Lin Sanjiu sounded slightly restrained, but it was far from the appearance of someone who was being controlled and unable to move.

This was very strange.

“Obey what management? You really think so, huh?” Lin Sanjiu said, raising her voice slightly. “That the world is already ending?”

“Yes, that’s right,” the middle-aged man said, waving his hand. “But, as long as you don’t interfere anymore and are willing to leave with your people immediately, we can naturally strengthen control and rebuild order. We can restore the damaged balance and save all of humanity. This is a massive project, and only we have the confidence and ability to accomplish it.”

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He added, “Your two companions at the base can be returned to you. However, you have to leave these few people who belong to us… If you commit a crime, you can’t just walk away and escape punishment. We’ll investigate it thoroughly.”

Lin Sanjiu had already planned to rescue Nu Yue and Wan Qingge, but she showed no signs of it. She glanced at the two ordinary people present. Deng Yilan stood there with a blank expression as if she weren’t the one being talked about. Wu Lun sobbed and couldn’t help but say, “That’s not true. I haven’t done anything wrong.”

“Naturally, someone will investigate your situation. What’s there to be afraid of?” The middle-aged man’s righteous and stern voice resounded throughout the city.

This sentence made Lin Sanjiu experience that familiar suffocating feeling again, even with Ji Shanqing and Silvan by her side. Reason, righteousness, and nobility were in other people’s mouths, and she couldn’t refute them. There was only a vacuum when she opened her mouth, as opposing meant being wrong.

“I was already planning to leave, but it was you who stopped me,” she said, almost laughing dumbfoundedly. “Now, I am in no hurry to leave.”

“Not in a hurry to leave?” the major general asked. “Then what do you plan to do by staying?”

“It seems our goals are similar. We both want to prevent this world from facing doomsday,” Lin Sanjiu said, her every word reverberating near and far through Han Suiping’s help. As much as the man disliked this, he was helpless in the face of it.

“Let you come and clean up the mess I’ve left behind. How can I face that?” She chuckled softly. “Each person should be responsible for their own actions. If you say I ruined this world, I will take responsibility for fixing it.”

“Fix… how do you plan to fix it?”

Lin Sanjiu lifted her eyes and pondered. “The first step is to break everything before rebuilding anew,” she said. “As you said, the balance has already been destroyed, so I can completely shatter the old world you’ve built… then, let the people living in this land, including the remaining posthumans, decide their own future. They should have the right to choose their way of life, to treat themselves and others better. My companions and I will safeguard this world. After rebuilding a new balance, the future of this world will no longer concern you, me, or anyone else.”

The middle-aged man remained silent for a while. Even though the umbrellas held for him blocked most of the light, Lin Sanjiu could still see his hand clenched into a fist and trembling slightly. The flush rising from his forehead was not due to fear but something else—like a venomous snake focusing its gaze on its prey after having its meal snatched away.

Unlike a venomous snake, it was far more enormous.

“You want to overthrow us?” the middle-aged man said slowly. “It seems you have no intention of negotiating. Oh, your friends have just arrived, so they don’t know yet, do they?”

He suddenly smiled, turned to Silvan, and advised, “If you don’t leave, you will degenerate here.”

“As a gun, I don’t worry that much,” Silvan said, smiling. Then he pointed at Lin Sanjiu and said, “If you have a problem, go find the person holding the gun.”

The scene fell silent momentarily, with only the pounding rain creating a series of rhythmic sounds on the opposite umbrellas.

“You are too na?ve,” the middle-aged man’s voice emerged from under the large umbrella two minutes later. “Do you think anyone else can manage this land well? If you do it like this, this place will soon fall into a dangerous and chaotic state. Let’s not talk about anything else. Do you know how to handle education? Do you know how to run the economy? Do you know about our capillary-like social monitoring and management system? Four posthumans to help rebuild society for four billion people? Isn’t that ridiculous?”