TOMWDET Chapter 186.2

God-Making Chapter (2.2)

Despite being not far from what looked very much like a horror movie scene – Leia with his hair dancing in the water, his hands appearing to be controlled by some unknown force, desperately clutching his own throat.

Due to suffocation, his excessively protruding eyes, combined with the naturally inorganic pupils of fish, startled Su Li when he came to his senses.

But even though Leia appeared to be going mad enough to strangle himself, the elements within his body were continuously dispersing outward.

The ultra-high concentration of water elements stirred up tremors in the depths of the ocean, and the whirlpool originated from this. But what was most terrifying were the precarious volcanoes in the deep sea that could erupt at any moment.

“Kill, kill me!” Leia’s eyes revealed a longing for life, but his mouth spoke of a desire for death.

The mermaid also exhibited two different attitudes in a short time, like someone with split personality.

“Let me, let me die!” “No, that’s wrong, why should I die? It should be other monster beasts that die…”

“As the mermaid ruler, as the highest authority holder in the Water Tribe, I who live here have no regrets at all. How could I possibly desire death!”

His expression was firm to the point of distortion, yet in the next second, he lost that firmness, leaving only the distortion.

“It hurts so much, so much, so much, so much, so much… Why does it hurt so much! Let me die, let me die! Why, why do you remain unmoved seeing me in such pain? Kill me!”

Strange madness.

Unlike Elvi, whose abnormality could be detected and then terminated by Su Li’s intervention, Leia was already in an episode state. He had caused chaos and was only discovered by humans through the fluctuations on the sea surface.

The mermaid’s current danger level was like a highly dangerous explosive package that could detonate at any moment.

Should he kill him as she requested, or handle it in some other way?

Su Li could feel that his first purification skill, which he had previously considered for dealing with control techniques, had not been realized as imagined. The elements that had adopted hegemony mode were following those element factors that continuously flowed into his body but would gradually disappear, informing his brain and thoughts…

Kill Leia.

He was longing for death, wasn’t he?

Transformed monster beasts had no qualification to live in the first place.

Asgari’s idea was correct – all transformed monster beasts must die. Otherwise, these people… monster beasts who had once been persecuted would not think of holding umbrellas for humans who hadn’t been harmed, but would completely tear apart the protection humans had already gained, continue creating tragedies, perpetuating sins until the entire world was thoroughly destroyed.

The mermaid ruler had never been a good thing.

To be precise, no monster beast was a good thing.

From a human perspective, Rota County stood there as eternal proof of sin.

A voice from an unknown source seemed to project directly into the depths of his brain: You don’t need to forgive them on behalf of humanity…

You are human, you should hate every transformed monster beast that has caused harm to humans equally, just like humanity’s common wish.

They denied the fact that they themselves were human.

Those are aliens.

You should kill him!

Kill him, kill him, kill him, kill him, kill him, kill him!

The hatred backed by what seemed like an entire world caused Su Li’s eyes, which had always been a lake-like deep green, to be covered with a layer of red mist.

This was humanity’s will.

Monster beasts should perish in accordance with the times.

The appearance of humans, and the civilization that could only be fully formed after hundreds of thousands of years, was enough to make elemental power become a thing of the past for the world.

But it didn’t happen.

Elements remained the mainstream of the world.

Humans became breeding tools for monster beasts.

Natural monster beasts that should have become wild beasts were also able to continue existing.

Only when all transformed monster beasts died, and natural monster beasts became history in the world’s evolution, with humans becoming the world’s mainstream – this was the correct answer for the new era!

“But…” The young man whose eyes were blinded by red discovered in the blink of an eye that the mermaid, who had been going mad enough to nearly crush his own throat, suddenly picked up a trident-like weapon and aimed it at him.

That posture of desperately wanting to kill him at all costs, and the instantly ferocious and distorted face…

Su Li was certain that if he wanted, the elemental power erupting from his ring could easily kill this mermaid who had raised a weapon against him.

But…

“What does this have to do with me?”

The voice from an unknown source suddenly stopped.

Su Li wasn’t from this world, nor had he participated in this world’s civilization. All he wanted was to raise a cat in an inland area where sunny days outnumbered rainy days, bask in the sun when free, and quietly retire.

The figure of the mermaid who wanted to kill Su Li made cracking sounds like a mirror.

“I don’t need a life of ups and downs, magnificent waves. A future that can be seen at a glance is, for me, the open-ended answer for someone like me who has lived over thirty years and understands that emotions cannot be squandered, that the self needs no interference, and that joy can only be given by oneself.”

Su Li’s hands couldn’t grasp the world, and his flamboyance needed no one else to know. He would act, he would try to change things, simply because he had prepared himself for the possibility of no return.

Living in the present, clarifying the future – this was the solution a person with a youthful appearance but mature soul gave to his own life.

The distorted figure of the mermaid ahead broke apart bit by bit.

“This never means I have any need to comply with your perception.”

The entire figure of the mermaid shattered completely.

That figure of the mermaid that seemed to want to kill Su Li and tear him apart changed back into Leia, who was clutching his own throat with eyes full of pain.

Was Leia trash? Of course he was trash.

But if he killed him, what would Su Li face?

It couldn’t possibly be this world’s gratitude toward him and the provision of powerful strength.

Castor’s research had always relied on researchers’ love for research and their trust in Su Li.

If he chose to compromise and attack the mermaid figure that had tried to assault him, then that mysterious voice would only gradually deepen its manipulation of Su Li’s thinking.

And the Water Tribe losing their ruler would only truly put humans in a situation of being attacked from both front and rear.

For that voice, as long as it could eliminate all transformed monster beasts, it didn’t matter if large numbers of humans died.

Because the civilization humans currently possessed was itself derived from monster beasts.

Loss would only be a return to normal, a fresh start.

But…

What made that voice think that an adult, someone who had received education, possessed complete values, and had the basic ability of self-reflection, would be stupid enough to be absolutely emotional without a trace of reason?

Su Li’s answer was simply that no matter what he faced, he would not lose his composure.

Being targeted as an enemy by Leia, would he then maintain some inexplicable prideful thought, believing that someone as noble as himself, favored by the world, should not be targeted by others?

Bewildering.

Su Li had roughly guessed that he had been pulled over by some special existence from another world.

But he wouldn’t fall into prolonged confusion and self-disturbance over things that had already happened.

He only considered reality.

Was the death pressure that might be caused after the mermaid triggered a tsunami not great enough? Or was Clemens, whose original form was as tall as a twenty to thirty-story building in modern society, not strange enough?

Only then would that inexplicable voice assume that he, a human, after choosing to use the elemental power unique to this other world, would act according to that voice’s wishes and carry out a killing?

Let’s call it the Spirit of Humanity for now.

Did that thing really understand what a complete human being looked like?

One-sided like black and white lines drawn on paper, easily seen through.

But Su Li soon stopped dwelling on this point and directly broke the mermaid’s hand.

Elemental power was indeed useful, but no matter when, it was people who controlled power, not power controlling people.

To prevent Leia from continuing to strangle himself, Su Li also broke his other hand.

When the mermaid’s external pain interrupted the strangeness in the depths of his brain for an instant, the Raven enclosed in the protective shield saw the disbelief that flashed in Leia’s eyes.

Just… just directly broke his hands?!

But the facts told the mermaid that Su Li could also directly seal all his power under this deep-sea pressure.

In that instant, Leia felt like he was about to be crushed.

After being pulled into the protective shield by the Raven’s dark elements, the mermaid embraced the darkness without hesitation and fell unconscious.

It wasn’t until the human brought him to the beach that this sudden whirlpool incident was interrupted.

When the mermaid woke up, he happened to see Matilda kicking him with her foot.

“What are you doing?” Leia’s voice was hoarse.

“Thinking that if you really went mad, I wouldn’t mind killing you myself.”

After finishing her reply, Matilda realized what she had said, then showed a smile and said frankly, “Sorry, I shouldn’t have said that to you. What I should have said to you is: other monster beasts commit suicide when they go mad, but when you go mad, you want to kill others… there’s definitely something wrong with you.”

Leia refused to answer this judgment and placed his gaze on Su Li, who remained consistently dry.

When the latter’s strange gaze followed the scorching stare, Leia asked with an odd expression. “Between humans and monster beasts, which does the world acknowledge as correct?”

“Based on my human identity, I can unhesitatingly say it’s humans. And for monster beasts, they can also say without thinking that it’s monster beasts.” Su Li answered objectively.

“Your answer is too vague. I thought you should know a more accurate perception.”

When his neck was being tightly strangled, as if that hand was being controlled by an unknown existence determined to kill him, the only thing Leia could feel was that only Su Li could free him from that suicidal state.

The mermaid didn’t know the reason, but he just felt the human knew the reason.

“Then why don’t you ask yourself why you think Lord Su Li’s answer is vague?” Egbert was very displeased now, whether with the Raven who cooperated well with Su Li, or with this mermaid who had caused additional trouble for no reason.

“Isn’t this the most straightforward representation of two positions? Lord Su Li has already explained it very clearly. If you can’t understand even such plain words, is it because you’ve been soaking in the ocean for hundreds of years and your brain has already rotted?”

Egbert was just venting.

Heaven knew that when he watched Su Li jump down from a cliff over ten meters high, his heart stopped for several seconds.

This fear far exceeded the resentful feelings toward the Raven who cooperated well with the young man.

“But the books at the bottom of the sea told me that the existence of monster beasts in this era is wrong. Transformed monster beasts are even more the result of forming errors, and the deeper creators of errors.”

Leia was now like a child unable to see, not knowing the path ahead.

If it weren’t for Su Li’s unique suppressive ability that seemed to dominate monster beast bodies, Leia would probably have fallen into madness the instant his hand, against his own will, directly clutched his throat.

Initially, being betrayed by his own body, the fear was forcibly placed on Su Li who had produced that effect.

And this sudden occurrence became distrust of himself.

To what extent could life’s deepest fear reach?

Leia’s conclusion was: fearing himself, not trusting himself.

He was almost driven mad!

No matter what kind of bloody distortion the broken arm that hadn’t had time to be straightened revealed, Leia could feel an even more abnormal… sense of security from it.

This perception was also imposed on Su Li.

He didn’t trust himself, but began trusting Su Li, who made him infinitely fearful, without reason.

Leia hoped to hear an answer equivalent to authority from Su Li’s mouth.

The mermaid now, whether mentally or physically, had no way to resist this young man who had calmly conversed with an unknown voice while standing in the deep sea.

“I want to know your answer.”

Leia was so nervous that his body trembled involuntarily.

But whether it was the unicorn, the dragon, or even Matilda, they all couldn’t help but show expressions of surprise.

“Is that so?”

In everyone’s eyes, Su Li seemed to be contemplating which side was actually the correct answer.

But in reality, Su Li didn’t think this question required any consideration at all.

“The world doesn’t care about humans or monster beasts at all.”

“Whether all humans die out or all monster beasts perish, the world remains this world. The sun will still rise as usual, the moon won’t suddenly explode, tides will rise and fall, day and night will alternate – none of this will change.”

This fact-based evaluation made Leia feel as if he was experiencing clear, cold moonlight in broad daylight. That light couldn’t make people feel disgusted, yet it was so distant and cold that one couldn’t approach it.

“Using a relatively harsh way of speaking, targeting your current state, then I can only say – please don’t be overly self-conscious.”

Adding the polite “please,” the words full of sarcastic meaning seemed to become less sharp.

“And if using a relatively peaceful way of speaking, then only this remains – all things are insignificant.”

The young man who gathered everyone’s gaze was stating facts in the most normal way. But in others’ eyes, just as he said, all things were insignificant.

Su Li saying these words didn’t seem like he was evaluating from a human perspective, but more like… standing from the world’s perspective.

But would people, and monster beasts who similarly possessed human consciousness, consider things from the world’s perspective?

The answer was no.

Although the question was asked by Leia and Su Li was just giving a normal answer, the young man’s consistently unperturbed expression and his attitude of being able to give answers directly without any deep thought made people feel that non-human quality.

Of course, this didn’t mean his way of thinking leaned toward monster beasts either.

Neither humans nor monster beasts would consider from the world’s perspective, so what would consider problems from the world’s perspective?

The world itself.

Or rather… a god.

Leia’s twisted hand was straightened by Lan Zhe, and the monster beast’s powerful recovery ability soon made him move freely.

But the mermaid’s subsequent actions were completely different from before.

He chose to follow by Su Li’s side.

No matter how other aquatic monster beasts hinted with their eyes, he was able to express when humans discussed which Beast Tribe city to specifically attack: “I, and even the entire Water Tribe, will support your actions.”

Elvi was already looking at him like she was looking at a madman.

Attacking the Beast Tribe seemed like a human joke to the dragon.

Regarding Clemens being injured, Elvi hadn’t taken a denying attitude during Matilda’s narration, though she hadn’t completely believed it either.

Facing such a monster, Leia’s decision not to participate in battle, no matter how shameful, was indeed the best way to preserve strength.

Even if Clemens could really go to the deep sea and kill the mermaid ruler in the future, that was only something existing in imagination, with no shadow in the present.

Leia’s current behavior only made the dragon feel that the mermaid’s brain might really have been rotted by seawater.

Bartholomew was even more surprised. “Your attitude not long ago, compared to now, is like you’ve become a different monster beast.”

After Su Li once again showed an attitude of refusing him to follow, Leia stopped and began explaining the reason.

“Do you believe there exists in this world a being that has existed for at least ten thousand years, yet always hopes for monster beasts and transformed monster beasts to die?”

Both the dragon and unicorn wanted to question this, but as long as the mermaid spoke it out, it meant Leia had already found evidence or had seen it personally.

“The civilization of monster beasts is denied by that existence, humans are viewed as correct by It. Errors continue to develop in Its eyes, while the so-called correctness is about to be squeezed to having no living space.”

“The madness disease Su Li spoke of, our bloodline disease that we’ve never been able to completely resolve, was caused by that existence.”

“…Don’t believe it?”

“But what if I said I personally saw that existence conversing with Su Li?”

At that time, in the deep sea, in the library area that had been shattered by Leia’s water elements, those Water Tribe members who had been examining materials with him chose to flee immediately after he fell into a mad state.

After that came Su Li and the Raven’s arrival.