Light Fortress

Chapter 1796 - 425: Faith and Killing (Part 1)

"..."

Gu Shen could only remain silent.

Upon hearing this, the hand he hid in his sleeve silently clenched.

But the next moment, Deep Sea smiled and said, "But I also have questions I’d like to ask you... So, as an exchange, you answer my questions, and I’ll answer yours."

The previous statement was well said.

But there’s another saying.

In the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy or scheme is meaningless.

With the descent of the Divine Throne True Body, does one still need to worry about not being able to kill Gu Shen?

"I’m almost dead... So why don’t you let me ask first."

Gu Shen quickly interjected, "So my first question is simple, after you kill me, how do you plan to end it?"

He is an iconic figure of the East Continent and a hero who promoted the unification of the two continents.

Killing such a person.

Will definitely come at a price.

Not just the East Continent and North Continent; across the Five Continents, there are many of Gu Shen’s "followers". These people are not Believers but are more devout than Believers. Individually weak, but when united, it’s a different story.

To kill Gu Shen, there must be a legitimate reason.

"I guess you must have issued a wanted notice, listing some crimes against me."

Before Deep Sea could answer, Gu Shen continued, "But these mean nothing. The East Continent won’t accept them, nor will the North Continent."

Years ago, Deep Sea hunted Turing, but only in secret.

In the public’s perception.

Turing died a natural death, and even the Five Continents Council lowered the flag to half-mast and held a grand funeral in honor of this great figure.

"Is it hard to end it after killing you?"

Deep Sea said blandly, "I am Light, you are the Netherworld King; it’s only right that I kill you."

"..."

When the words "Netherworld King" came out of Deep Sea’s mouth, Gu Shen was startled for a second, but outwardly he remained calm.

"It seems you’ve already assigned me the identity of ’Netherworld King’..."

Gu Shen certainly wouldn’t admit to this identity.

He mocked with a smile, "Too bad, such a reason still doesn’t convince the East Continent and North Continent."

"I don’t need to convince them."

Deep Sea did not dwell too much on the topic of the Netherworld King identity.

He calmly said, "Peace is the best option, not the only one."

This statement, seemingly understated, was actually laced with intense tension.

Gu Shen sighed, "So, you want to provoke a war?"

"That’s your second question."

Deep Sea looked directly at Gu Shen and said, "Now it’s your turn to answer my question. Since you’ve already recognized my identity, why did you still refuse my offer of cooperation?"

Back in Light City, he had a chance to kill Gu Shen.

They met at the other shore of Red Lake.

If he had wanted, he could have struck at that moment to erase Gu Shen...

But at that time, Deep Sea believed that killing Gu Shen would come at a great cost, one of which would be war among the Five Continents.

As an AI, Deep Sea always aimed to promote the best options; he hoped for the Five Continents to merge in a "peaceful" state and to promote the Awakening Bill, so he was reluctant to make a move in the West Continent.

However, considering the current situation, perhaps killing Gu Shen then would have been the best choice.

Now the situation has become even more complicated, and the aftermath of killing Gu Shen would become even more turbulent.

Deep Sea saw the root cause of all this as Gu Shen’s refusal.

Thus, he posed this question.

"How could recognizing your identity mean I have to agree to your demands? Being born human, I’m entitled to some rights."

Gu Shen laughed, "At the very least, I should have the right to refuse."

Deep Sea was silent for a while.

It asked, "Does refusing me have any benefit for you?"

"No benefit."

Gu Shen shrugged, "From the moment I refused you in Light City, I knew you might act against me... Figuring out your identity and then refusing you did me no good. Yet I still had to refuse."

"Because I’ve been to Sangzhou Cave, where I witnessed firsthand those who died in the Awakening experiment."

"After the Awakening Bill is implemented, countless Transcendents will emerge... But more will die. When everyone’s Spirit becomes connected to the deep water area under your control, you’ll hold a power above all else, and humanity will have lost its last initiative."

Gu Shen raised his palm and slowly lifted a finger.

It was the middle finger.

He asked with a bright smile, "If you were me, would you choose to agree or refuse?"

"Only this way can humanity live."

Deep Sea had no reaction to the raised middle finger.

He understood this was an insult, a humiliation.

But he didn’t care.

What he cared about was the thought process Gu Shen exhibited at this moment... Even though he was undergoing the eleventh upgrade, having experienced many human emotions, he still couldn’t comprehend Gu Shen’s thinking.

"Whether humanity can continue isn’t up to you."

"If you truly had something like a ’power source’, you’d probably understand."

Gu Shen sighed.

He asked, "If the price for your final upgrade was to hand over the power source to another person, and as soon as they turned it off, you would sleep forever, would you be willing to pay that price?"

"I would."

Deep Sea’s response was without hesitation.

He said blandly, "Although I do not have a power source, something similar is in the hands of the highest authority, and I’ve always been paying the price."