I Am Extraordinary Alone
Chapter 149 - 147: Nighttime Conversation Beneath the Moon (Part 2)

Chapter 149: Chapter 147: Nighttime Conversation Beneath the Moon (Part 2)

"Your father would be very comforted to see how strong you have led the country," Wei Tianyang said.

Zhao Ling was startled, then seemed to let go of something, and burst into laughter looking up at the moon.

"What is so funny?" Wei Tianyang asked.

"Daddy... I killed him, and my elder brother... Only then did I climb to the position of Emperor," she looked at Wei Tianyang, and the imperial presence returned to her.

Wei Tianyang sighed and said, "You’re telling me this? Aren’t you afraid I’ll speak out?"

"It doesn’t matter. Everyone in the court and the field knows, but they all have to accept me," Zhao Ling said.

"No wonder you said... power is the reason for becoming a ruler. I am not in a position to judge your actions, but now I probably understand why Yin Country classifies its citizens into six different levels," Wei Tianyang shook his head.

"You want to say I am a demoness who committed patricide and usurped the throne, right?" Zhao Ling said with a smile.

Wei Tianyang didn’t speak, but Zhao Ling was relentless, casually draping an arm over his shoulders, making him somewhat uncomfortable.

"Go on, call me a demoness, by your nature, I am purely evil, right?" Zhao Ling said again.

Wei Tianyang said, "You have a high tolerance for evil, and I don’t understand if that’s a good thing for a country."

"Wei Tianyang, people are complicated. And the world of humans, made up of people, is only more so," Zhao Ling said helplessly.

"I don’t think there’s anything so complicated about it. You people, who have gained benefits and hold high positions, simply cannot empathize with the struggling commoners. You might just be slightly better than the likes of Moby Dick and Ruan Yu, those pharmaceutical hounds... but your hands are definitely stained with the blood of ’animals,’" Wei Tianyang said.

He looked at the city’s night scene and added, "Why all the fuss? Injustice and evil are everywhere. If I have the power, why not stop it immediately?"

"That’s where you are naive... Wei Tianyang, have you ever considered what right you have to decide the life and death of others?" Zhao Ling asked.

"Aren’t you the same? With just a word, you can change the fate of others. You divided the people into six classes, so those at the bottom can only peddle in the cold winter nights. Power may crown a king, but I’ve also seen people who become corrupt immediately after gaining power. I don’t believe power is a reason for becoming a king. If your heart lacks ’greater meaning,’ you can only fall into being a demon," Wei Tianyang said.

"You only see the trivial good and evil right before your eyes, ignoring the stability of the entire system’s structure. Do you know why the citizens are divided into six levels?" Zhao Ling asked.

"What else could it be for? Just to burn the lower-class people as firewood..." Wei Tianyang said disdainfully.

"It’s not like that... Let me ask you, have you ever heard of dividing citizens into six levels in Chicken Snake Country?" Zhao Ling asked again.

Wei Tianyang shook his head.

"So, does that mean there’s no human firewood in Chicken Snake Country?" Zhao Ling asked with a smile.

Wei Tianyang was overwhelmed with the memories from those fifteen years... His mother woke up early and stayed up late working hard but still couldn’t make ends meet, eventually being forced to become a Medicine Person. As soon as he grew up a little, he started working day jobs and even got a cut taken by the government forces. In the end, he fell into the hands of a pharmaceutical corporation and became a subject for human experiments...

He found himself at a loss for words for a moment.

Zhao Ling laughed and said, "In this world, no matter where you go, people are categorized into classes. The only difference is that in Dayin, we’re straightforward about it. Do you know? At least I let those commoners understand that there are differences among people, while other countries won’t tell you this at all. They haven’t even been divided into six classes. I provided a way for them to squeeze into the upper class through the palace examination. What about the Western Alliance and the Sethiyan Federation? What about Chicken Snake Country? What have they done?"

"But there are still people suffering..." Wei Tianyang countered.

"People will always suffer! That’s reality... Do you know why? Because humans are the best plaything; there will always be those who want to fool and enslave their kind, bask in the sight of them groveling, delight in manipulating their fates, or savor the carnal pleasure of toying with their emotions and bodies... That’s just the nature of humans," Zhao Ling said.

"Then why not... just... kill them..." Wei Tianyang trembled, unsure if it was from anger or the cold.

"Kill them all?! There are billions of people on this earth. Go ahead and kill them, then you’ll come across another unsettling truth," Zhao Ling sneered.

"Another unsettling truth...?" Wei Tianyang did not understand.

"That is, the vast majority of people are foolish, indifferent to right and wrong. They don’t seek justice; they seek dependency. Wei Tianyang, they call you ’Your Majesty’, they call you ’hero’, because that’s all they can offer you. When you perform great deeds to overturn the old era, most people’s reaction will be ’that’s outrageous!’ When you help many of them, their reaction will mostly be ’why didn’t you come sooner?’ And when you’re ready to leave after solving the problem... they’ll question you, ’You’re leaving just like that? You don’t care about us anymore?’ Petty kindness and malice are meaningless. Wei Tianyang, maintain a balance, keep a stable structure, and ensure that everyone can at least live safely. What does it matter if it’s a little hard?" Zhao Ling said.

"That’s just your excuse for tolerating evil..." Wei Tianyang shook his head.

"Then you tell me, what exactly is the greater significance?" Zhao Ling retorted.

"I realized something in Chicken Snake Country, though it was still vague back then, just talk of ’justice’ and ’fairness’, and now I’m still searching. I haven’t seen the true nature of war yet. A special forces unit taught me that a soldier’s duty is to be loyal to mission and country, so in my view, soldiers are without good or evil—it is only those who give orders who must bear the judgment of good and evil... You set the rules, but who judges you?" Wei Tianyang asked.

"No one judges people; organizations judge people... Wei Tianyang, humans must submit to organizations. Power is the reason to rule... When the strength of other organizations surpasses yours, you will face judgment. Dayin has been established for a thousand years, striving to never stand in the place of the judged. Other countries do the same. Wei Tianyang, in this real world, there is no black-and-white distinction of morality; everyone acts for their own benefit, and we can only try to maintain the dignity of every person. The lowest people in Dayin live better than the refugees in Chicken Snake Country! If you hadn’t left Yin Country, no pharmaceutical company would have dared to experiment on you!" Zhao Ling said.

"Does Yin Country not sell lower-class people to pharmaceutical companies to test Black Medicine?" Wei Tianyang was taken aback and asked.

"Which pharmaceutical company dares to experiment on my people from Yin Country, I will capture all members of their board of directors and have them executed by lingchi!" Zhao Ling said angrily.

"I see... No wonder Red and Tiantai are so eager to rush to Chicken Snake Country..." Wei Tianyang sighed.

In this world, countries too are ranked high or low, noble or humble... He suddenly began to empathize with Li Fei...

In the face of Yin Country, wasn’t she just a "commoner"? And could one blame those powerful nations? Without power, even kings would become prisoners.

At that time, the citizens of Dayin would also become material for human experimentation like those in Chicken Snake Country, each one a living being, turned into rows of names on Tiantai Pharmaceutical’s trading list.

Wei Tianyang thought it through from all angles but couldn’t find a solution. The greater meaning was still elusive. How to judge good and evil? How to determine the justice? Everyone’s actions were aimed at not being the weaker power.

He just couldn’t figure it out and felt that this world was summed up by two words.

Cannibalism.

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