Enforcer Manual
Chapter 1057 - 926: Recruitment Notice

Chapter 1057: Chapter 926: Recruitment Notice

This lunch gave "Nothingness" a new understanding of Lu Xiang.

To defeat an enemy like a phantom, she willingly returned to being a mortal at the cost of her own power, lurking in the unfamiliar "lower world" for decades.

For the residents of the upper world, spiritual energy is everything.

After all, not everyone can be like Song Lan, who could slack off and still advance at the same time; most of them have paid a long and painful price to get here, possibly spanning a lifetime.

Before that, they were no different from the "crickets" in the eyes of the upper world’s inhabitants.

The subjects of mockery, puppets manipulated by the threads of fate, they needed not only unimaginable effort but also enough luck to survive the conflicts before they could grow.

In this regard, luck was particularly precious.

"Nothingness" had seen countless crickets with excellent qualities, who ultimately lost the chance to ascend to the upper world for reasons even he hadn’t foreseen.

For this reason, those who had gone through this difficult process valued everything they owned more than anything, and most of them, after arriving in the upper world, joined the ranks of "fighting crickets" without any psychological burden.

They had finally made it through, now it was their turn to control the fates of others.

This was the most common mindset in the upper world.

Amidst such an atmosphere, Lu Xiang’s decision seemed all the more precious.

"Do you regret it?"

"Nothingness" was somewhat curious.

"No."

Lu Xiang’s answer came without a hint of hesitation. When that one-hundred-and-fiftieth fragment returned to her hands, she had thought about this question.

The answer was clear.

No matter how many times she had to do it over, she would make the same choice, perhaps just optimizing some details in the plan.

After all, the original intention of this was not to implement a genocide plan, but to make everyone aware of their situation. The only regret might be that persuasion eventually turned into a fierce act of self-defense. Although Song Lan always emphasized that he treated the inhabitants of the upper world as friends, aside from her and "Nothingness," it seemed no one else took Song Lan’s word.

It appears that Song Lan had indeed grown a lot during the time he was missing.

Apart from the epic enhancement of his cooking skills, he had also learned how to get along with others.

Everyone in the Law Enforcers department of District 17 really regarded him as a good colleague, a good friend. There would definitely be no one carrying a dagger smeared with deadly poison to stab him in the back when Song Lan resigned.

"And during the separation of spiritual energy, I had some personal reasons too."

"Personal reasons?"

"Only by abandoning spiritual energy and memories can one truly return to being human."

"Return to being human? Why did you think of returning to being human?"

"Nothingness" was even more surprised.

In the upper world, being human was hardly a respected identity; in the eyes of the residents, they were no different than crickets by the roadside, the only difference being that the followers of the Church were domestic crickets, while others were wild crickets.

As for the followers of the Mechanical God Church, they might be equivalent to vicious crickets with blades for tails, difficult to capture.

The sentiment was simple and straightforward, much like how no one would wish to become a cricket or some other insect.

"Because a Dumb Bird has been staying in my garden, extolling the various merits of being human."

Lu Xiang glanced at Song Lan.

During their conversation, the Dumb Bird helped itself to another serving of food.

The honest "Nothingness" was too focused on the conversation to realize the crisis he was facing—the beef and potatoes were nearly all eaten by them, and soon he would only have the soup made from beef and potatoes left to mix with his rice.

Imagine if a Dumb Bird was lazing in your garden every day, not leaving, and you had plenty of time—you would hardly be able to resist observing and studying this foreign creature’s habits.

In fact, her observation journal on the Dumb Bird went back much further.

The Dumb Bird always complained that life in the upper world was too boring, almost devoid of any form of entertainment, and he could hardly imagine how the residents of the upper world managed to pass the long years. Whenever she asked him about it, he would reply, "For humans, it is the most normal of desires."

Although theoretically they all ascended as humans through the Ceremony, the life of austerity often extended much longer than becoming a resident of the upper world.

According to Lu Xiang’s observations, only those who were single-minded could possibly complete the Ceremony, which means they often had to embrace this ideal from an early age and let it accompany them throughout their life, unlike the Dumb Bird who had experienced a rich life.

However, the many things Song Lan mentioned sounded very interesting and brought some waves to her monotonous life.

And now, she was finally experiencing the various pleasures he had described.

For instance, researching "A Love Tip Every Day," the best-selling manual on romance, had accompanied her through a happy period and also led her to develop feelings for Song Lan, feelings that would have previously been impossible.

Now this matter had become one of her sources of happiness, a far richer and more colorful life than spending every day in the upper world staring blankly at the garden.

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