On the occasion of collapse

Chapter 349 Being strong is also a sin

Standing there blankly, Bai Zhi felt that everything around her had nothing to do with her. She looked at her hands, and the words of the little girl just echoed in her mind.

Monster, monster.

Covering her face, Bai Zhi's lips trembled slightly.

She didn't understand why she was called a monster despite defeating the demon.

After a while, Bai Zhi came back to her senses. She raised her head and looked in the direction where the little girl was standing.

There is no one there anymore.

After hesitating for a moment, Bai Zhi raised her steps and walked towards the city gate step by step.

Soon, she reached the edge of Yingtian Mansion, and she finally saw the survivors.

But there was no cheering, no worship, no thanks.

Some are just people with vigilance, fear, and hatred in their eyes.

Bai Zhi didn't speak, just walked forward silently.

When she was about to walk out of the gate of Yingtianfu City, she found that there was one more person on her way.

A kneeling woman.

Bai Zhi stopped. She looked at the woman kneeling in front of her and remained silent.

"Sir, my lord, my daughter is still young and not sensible. Please show me your kindness..." The woman's body was trembling as she trembled as she spoke to Bai Zhi.

"As long as you let my daughter go, I will let you do whatever you want."

Bai Zhi said nothing, but looked coldly at the woman in front of her who was obviously afraid of her.

After touching her face, Bai Zhi closed her eyes.

"Mom! Monster! Don't hurt my mother!" The voice she heard just once came from not far away. Bai Zhi looked in the direction of the sound and saw the little girl who threw a stone at her. girl.

She was currently being held tightly by an older-looking boy, preventing her from rushing forward.

Looking at the little girl, Bai Zhi laughed.

"Let me handle it?" Bai Zhi withdrew her gaze and watched the woman in front of her constantly hinting at the boy to pull the girl away.

"Yes, yes, it's up to you, sir." The woman's body trembled even more when she heard Bai Zhi's voice.

Bai Zhi nodded slightly, then raised the sword in her hand high.

"Mom!!!" the little girl's heartbreaking cry came, but it did not affect Bai Zhi.

But the next second the girl's voice turned into a whimpering sound, and it sounded like someone had covered her mouth.

She swung the sword down hard, brushed the hair on the woman's forehead, and stabbed it into the ground in front of the woman.

A few strands of the woman's hair fell to the ground. Bai Zhi straightened up and walked straight past the woman.

She didn't pull out the sword.

Because she doesn't need it anymore.

Under everyone's fearful eyes, Bai Zhi left Yingtian Mansion.

To these people, they just sent away a monster, it was simple.

—————————————————————————————————— (Humans like to call things that are incomprehensible, too powerful, and beyond their control. for monsters.)

Under the tree beside the mountain forest, Poria looked at Bai Zhi who was slowly walking towards this side, and showed a smile that made Bai Zhi feel reassured.

"Sister, I'm back." Looking at the Poria cocos in front of her, Bai Zhi twitched her nose and said a little sadly.

"Well, welcome back." Poria stretched out her hand and gently touched Bai Zhi's head.

She could guess what happened to Bai Zhi to become like this, because she had experienced it too.

Human beings are like this. They like to create heroes, but they also like to destroy heroes.

There is a saying that says so.

A dead hero is a good hero, a living hero is not a hero.

It's ironic, but realistic.

If a person does a hundred good things, he may become famous, but if this person does one bad thing, he will instantly become a villain who can be punished by everyone, no matter how many things this person has done Good thing.

People usually ignore a person's advantages and magnify a person's shortcomings.

This will make them feel great.

Behold, I have exposed this man for what he is, and this man is a bad man.

People like to prove that a good person is actually a 'bad person' in nature, even if he has done ten thousand good things and only done one bad thing.

People like to 'prove' that a bad person is essentially a 'good person', even if he has done ten thousand bad things and only done one good thing, or even done no good at all.

Putting the cart before the horse and confusing black and white, this is how people's hearts are.

"Are you sad?" Poria asked softly, patting Bai Zhi's head.

"Well, a little bit." Bai Zhi pursed her lips and said in a dull voice.

"Sister, I don't understand why those people are afraid of me?" Bai Zhi didn't understand. She didn't take action against them, and even tried her best to kill two emperor-level Honkai beasts.

She didn't expect people to thank her or praise her, but at least, don't look at her with fear or hatred.

"Because you are strong." Fuling gently took Bai Zhi into her arms and patted her back gently.

"Sister, is it wrong to be strong?" Bai Zhi raised her head and asked doubtfully.

"Yes, Xiaozhi, in the eyes of most humans, a person who is too strong is guilty and wrong no matter what he does."

"Because they know they can't control that person."

"...I understand." Bai Zhi was silent and nodded after a while.

"Xiao Zhi, many times, strong people cannot be accepted by others."

"They will be afraid of your power and afraid that you will hurt them, whether it is intentional or unintentional, whether you really want to hurt them or not."

"Having power is not your fault. The fault may also be those who are fearful for no reason. There is nothing wrong with power itself, it just depends on the person who uses it. Different positions and the power used by different people may be defined in the eyes of some people. It’s wrong.”

"Even sometimes, if a person opposes you, you can use your own power to silence that person. Only the strong have the right to speak. The law of the jungle is absolute at all times."

"I don't mind if you are a bad guy, but remember, don't try to be a good guy."

Chapter 350 This winter is a bit cold

In the fourth year of Jianwen (1402), King Yan led his troops into Yingtian Mansion and successfully won the throne.

In the same year, King Yan moved his capital north to Peiping.

The following year, King Yan succeeded to the throne in the first year of Yongle.

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Winter of the ninth year of Yongle. (1411)

In a forest far away from the city, a small courtyard sits quietly in the center, looking particularly mysterious.

The snow was swept to the four corners of the courtyard, leaving the center of the courtyard empty.

At this time, in the center of the courtyard, a woman who looked to be in her thirties was dancing vigorously with a spear.

"Squeak." The door of the wooden house behind the woman was slowly pushed open, and a woman who looked much younger than her slowly walked out.

"Xiao Zhi, you got up so early again?" The woman looked like she had just woken up. She gently rubbed her eyes with one hand and said to the woman dancing with the gun in the yard.

"Ah, sister, are you awake? I didn't disturb you, did I?" The woman who heard the noise turned back and looked at Fuling.

Yes, the woman dancing with the gun early in the morning is Bai Zhi, who is over half a century old. Although she has spent 50 years, Bai Zhi still looks like she is 30 years old.

The only changes might be the aggravated wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and a few strands of slightly white hair.

"No, I slept very soundly yesterday, but you can't sleep again?" Stretching, Fuling was not lying. Her sleep condition yesterday was really good.

Maybe it's because she hasn't really slept in these years. The quality of her sleep yesterday was unexpectedly good.

"Well, sister, you know that it's easy to wake up early in the past few years." Bai Zhi leaned the gun in her hand on the weapon rack in the yard, touched her head and spoke slowly.

"Then we can't always sleep only four hours a day." Walking forward, Poria touched Bai Zhi's head and said reproachfully.

"I know."

"Forget it, just assume you know. I'll make a pot of tea. You can sit over there and wait for a while." Seeing Bai Zhi's appearance, Poria shook her head, turned around and walked back into the house.

Looking at the back of Poria making tea in the house, Bai Zhi's mood was a little complicated.

She and Poria have been together for 34 years. Bai Zhi is constantly changing, from immature to mature, from mature to now, slowly getting older.

But Poria cocos has remained the same for 30 years and has never changed.

Bai Zhi doesn't know what to do. She can't stop her body from aging. She is very afraid that in ten or twenty years, she will be old, but Poria will still be young.

By that time, she will already be an old person and her health will deteriorate. In a few years, she may become nothing more than a loser.

And Poria is still young.

She was afraid of death, and no one was afraid of death.

She was afraid that after she died, Fu Ling would be alone again.

After so many years, she knew that Fuling looked like she didn't care about anything and wasn't afraid of anything, but in fact, Fuling was still afraid of one thing.

lonely.

Every time Bai Zhi thinks of this, she will force herself to stop believing, as if if she continues to think about it, that day will come soon.

Birth, old age, sickness and death are human nature.

But this law does not apply to God.

A somewhat scary thought arose in Bai Zhi's mind. She 'looked' at this scary thought, but could not make up her mind.

........

"Xiao Zhi?" Looking at Bai Zhi in front of her in a daze, Poria stretched out her hand and waved it in front of Bai Zhi.

"Ah? Sister, what's wrong?" Bai Zhi, who had come back to her senses, looked at the Poria cocos next to her and said in a daze.

"What are you thinking about? You are so absorbed in it." She picked up the tea she had brewed and put it in Bai Zhi's hand. Poria herself also held a cup and slowly sat down next to Bai Zhi.

"It's nothing...it's not an important thing." Holding the teacup in both hands, Bai Zhi looked down at the foam in the teacup in her hands and said slowly.

Fuling didn't speak, just picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"You, you don't even know how to lie. How can anyone tell a lie with their thoughts written on their face?" Fuling looked at the rising sun in the sky and responded calmly.

"..." After hearing what Fuling said, Bai Zhi held the cup in her hand tightly and looked at the heat radiating from the cup.

Poria was not in a hurry and just drank the tea from the cup silently.

It often snows in winter, but it stopped today. In addition, in the forest, even a little bit of snow cannot fall.

After a long time, Bai Zhi slowly opened her mouth.

"Sister, will I die?" Bai Zhi's voice trembled slightly, she was really afraid of death.

When I was young, I saw people dying in battles and starvation due to wars and famines. I saw people killing each other for a little bit of food to eat, and I saw people eating people.

Later, I saw the whole village offering sacrifices to the evil god.

I experienced seeing off my loved ones again.

Bai Zhi is really afraid of death.

Especially, powerless death.

Knowing that he will die eventually, but there is nothing he can do about it.

She is not reconciled.

"...Yes, everyone is mortal." Fuling knew what Bai Zhi was worried about and what she was thinking.

Bai Zhi stopped talking. She held the teacup in her hand tightly, her fingertips turning slightly white.