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Chapter 628 - 527: The Human Heart
The third day after the Scarlet Moon descended upon Blue Star.The Dream Realm underwent earth-shaking changes.
With the Reverse Tower’s operation throughout the night, all the Mutants in the Great Xia Realm have completely recovered.
The crisis of merging entirely with the Dream Realm has been averted.
The anticipated ’big trouble’ ultimately did not occur.
Instead, Bob’s nanomachines discovered the gravely injured and dying Shen Zheqi in the sewer at Julu Pass and brought him back to the command center.
After urgent treatment, the first thing he said as he opened his eyes was, "The Sacrificial Array of the Longevity Company has been successfully destroyed."
The destruction of the Sacrificial Array meant that Dream Demon Frog’s plan to siphon spiritual energy from the Dream Realm ultimately ended in failure.
From the east side, the news of a great victory also arrived on the evening of the third day.
With the reinforcement of Gongyang Jin, Shang Siteng, Jiang Lingling and Nuannuan, along with Xia Youwei, Li Lingzhen, and Ye Qiu.
This lineup made fighting against the three Tier Nine Ultimate Crimson Demon Gods and the Crimson Insect Race emerging from the nest no longer a fantasy.
Most importantly, as the queen of the Crimson Insect Race, and Yi Fan, the Great Xia Spirit Contract Master who once betrayed during the Deep Blue Calamity, did not appear in this invasion battle.
The threat from the Crimson Insect Race in the east was resolved, and the Longevity Company’s scheme had also collapsed, everything was moving in a positive direction.
Until—
"Riots broke out in several cities in Great Xia?"
"This happened an hour ago, why is the news only coming now?"
"Someone blocked the communication channels in advance, with official personnel from Great Xia involved, and the Celestial Net’s intelligence is not yet fully integrated."
When this news returned to the command center, Shang Siteng and the others were still discussing the next steps.
They were planning on researching how to address the Dream Realm’s descent problem.
But now, they had to stop and deal with this immediate issue.
Internal rebellion in Great Xia.
This was an extremely unfamiliar term.
After experiencing the chaos of the Deep Blue, the unity among the Great Xia people was unprecedented.
They had gone through the toughest times together, each making immense contributions to Great Xia.
But now, with Great Xia officials involved in the rebellion? This seemed almost impossible!
"Why?" Bob asked his question after a moment of silence.
"What is the reason behind their betrayal of Great Xia?"
Unlike the logical thinking of the Celestial Net’s intelligence, it seemed Shang Siteng had already reached the answer.
"The aftereffects of the Desire Dream Realm."
"It’s a matter of the human heart."
...
"It’s that tower!"
"If we destroy that tower, we can return to the dream!"
"Destroy it!"
"Destroy it!"
Outside the Reverse Tower, a large number of Great Xia people gathered, most of whom were Low Tier Spirit Contract Masters, or even ordinary people.
They were stopped outside by the Intelligent Mechanic Warriors responsible for defending the Reverse Tower.
The reason they did not attack them further was because the base logic of these Mechanic Warriors included a rule not to harm the people of Great Xia.
Such scenes occurred in many cities.
Unforeseen by anyone.
"What on earth are you trying to do?!"
Amidst the city’s chaos, a Great Xia Combat Spirit Contract Master grabbed the person at the forefront and demanded.
"Do you know this is the Reverse Tower, the device that rescued you from the dream? If you destroy it, you will become Mutants!"
To enhance their persuasion, they used a virtual screen to show everyone the images of becoming Mutants.
Unexpectedly, these troublemakers were unmoved.
"So what if we enter the dream?! What right does the government have to stop me?! To stop me from dreaming!"
In the front, an elderly man in his seventies spoke excitedly.
"My wife was killed by the Alien Race, my son and daughter-in-law died in human strife. Even the only granddaughter they left behind died in North County, in that fall from grace into darkness!"
"Now, I can see them in my dreams, see them all around me, all around me!"
As he said this, tears streamed down his old face.
The old man, who had been to the front lines as a Combat Spirit Contract Master, was even a senior in the command hierarchy to the Combat Spirit Contract Master in front of him.
His words brought about a silence.
"I just want to see my wife, my son and daughter-in-law, my granddaughter. What did I do wrong?!"
"You want to save the world, then go save it, but I’m just a lonely old man; I just want my family to be reunited!"
The words of the seventy-year-old man were like a bomb, once again igniting the emotions of others.
"That’s right! I have worked diligently all my life for Great Xia; what have I gotten in return? In the dream, I don’t have to work overtime; I can freely lie on the beach, eating whatever delicacies I want!"
"Why should I leave the dream?"
"Why are we being forced to leave the dream? We volunteered!"
More and more voices joined in.
The crowd stirred again, while the Defenders, who were trying to maintain order and calm the people’s emotions, had to speak once more:
"Because dreams are false."
"Those are the illusions created by your desires, illusions."
"The world you awaken to is the real world!"
He attempted to persuade earnestly.
At this moment, still the seventy-year-old man, his expression inscrutable, softly said:
"Does it matter so much, the real world or the unreal world?"
"I just want to live in a happy world. The real world makes me suffer; the unreal world makes me happy."
"So why can’t I live in the unreal world?"
"But you’ll become Mutants, become monsters—"
"That’s just in your eyes!" The old man interrupted without hesitation, "In the dream, how our forms change in the real world, we don’t care at all!"
The Defender was rendered speechless.
His ears gradually were drowned by voices of opposition and resistance.
Watching this scene transmitted back through the screen, in the command center, the Contracted Spirit Girls and Bob also fell silent.
"This is human nature," Shang Siteng spoke.
"The scars that the war left on the people of Great Xia have not yet fully healed."
"Dreams are like a world full of enchantment and wonder, capable of comforting their deeply wounded spirits."
In Bob’s gaze, data streamed, and after a moment of silence, he spoke: "The desire to enter the dream is very selfish. They aren’t considering it from Great Xia’s perspective."
"Selfish? I think what the old man said isn’t wrong." Li Lingzhen shook her head with some emotion.
"Moreover, no one is born a saint; people are inherently selfish. They’ve already given so much for Great Xia, and we couldn’t give them a better world."
"Neither side is wrong; the fault lies with those forces attempting to destroy the world and disrupt the peace." Shang Siteng sighed, "We should contemplate how to soothe their hearts."
"The Clear Heart Powder from the Fu Xi Zither may help," Xia Youwei suggested.
"It’s too late." Bob interrupted their discussion at this point.
"The video footage was transmitted an hour ago."
"There’s been an incident with the Reverse Tower!"