Chapter 831 Regret
Facing Li Qi's order to let her go, the witch immediately panicked and hoped that Li Qi could spare her.
Although she herself didn't know what happened, she knew that the senior in front of her could not let her come over without a reason. Now he lets her come over and lets her go again. It seems that he is shouting around to show his authority, but in fact it is inevitable. There are deeper reasons.
This is especially true for the devil.
So the witch immediately kowtowed and begged for mercy. Although she didn't understand it at all, it didn't stop her from asking for help.
"Spare your life? Oh, you are wrong. I didn't want to kill you, and I didn't do anything to you. I just wanted you to show up once and let him see what is going on." Li Qi pointed. Point to number one in front of you.
"Now that he has finished reading, you can leave." Li Qi waved his hand: "Go back and do your business."
"Senior, can you stay here and let me observe." At this time, the witch raised her head, and although she was still kneeling on the ground, she said this decisively.
"Oh? That's okay, you can stay here." Li Qi ignored the other party, then ignored the witch and waved to No. 1.
No. 1 suddenly woke up, his temptation was dispelled, and at the same time, the longing for this place in his heart was dispelled.
Number 1 is indeed determined, and the previous demonic thoughts actually had only the most ordinary effect, similar to a carrot hanging in front of a pig.
That evil thought is a ‘thought’.
A thought of getting ahead.
Therefore, under this thought, his "firmness" turned into stubbornness. It obviously did not affect his thinking at all, and there was no such thing as brainwashing. In fact, brainwashing was impossible.
Demonic thoughts are generated in the heart of high intelligence, and even Li Qi cannot figure out their nature.
If we can figure out what the 'Devil' is, then we can also figure out what the 'Demon' is. This issue is too high-end and beyond Li Qi's reach.
But this does not prevent demonic thoughts from widely existing in, and only existing in, the hearts of higher intelligence, and this heart must be free and not brainwashed by hypnosis.
You can use education, experience, torture, and other methods to distort the hearts of higher intelligent beings and cause them to generate demonic thoughts. But if you hypnotize, brainwash, or even directly modify the other person's cognition, the demonic thoughts generated will actually It is no longer the original person. If it is even distorted too much, the evil thoughts that may arise will distort the person himself.
A seventh-level magician distorts the mind of a ninth-level person, modifies the other party's memory and cognition, and causes the other party to generate demonic thoughts. Then... the demonic thoughts generated will belong to the seventh-level one, not the ninth-level one.
It's just so strange.
The magic idea itself relies heavily on "subjective cognition". If you shape the other person's subjectivity, then according to the concept of magic, the other person's subjectivity actually becomes your "subjectivity".
Therefore, when the Demonic Way cultivates demonic thoughts, it does not brainwash people, but tries its best to do it through the environment or temptation.
Implanting demonic thoughts in the heart to cultivate 'obsession' is already a despicable method. It is precisely because of this despicable method that Li Qi was caught here and set up as a typical example.
That's right, Li Qi really just wanted to be a role model, not because he had any opinions about the other party.
His current thoughts are still on No. 1.
Li Qicong felt some kind of intuitive touch from No. 1. Wu Jin's sixth sense told him that No. 1 in front of him might be able to help him find some clues to the devil's path.
So, Li Qi squatted down, faced No. 1 who was lying limply on the ground, and said, "Now, I will help you get rid of the evil thoughts, and I will also help you block the influence of this witch."
"You are free now. Can you tell me, do you still want to stay here?"
No. 1 raised his head and looked at Li Qi.
He was a little confused.
Now, he began to vaguely understand the truth.
That is... this universe is really scary to them. He has already understood it before. He saw two powerful people passing by and touched each other, which led to the destruction of nearly half of his world group. world, so I tried my best to come to the world.
However, now he discovered...
Things were far scarier than he imagined.
"Don't look at me with that look. So, what do you want to do now? This part of the world is not easy to come to. Do you want to go back to the outside world?" Li Qi asked.
However, No. 1 lowered his head in despair and lost all strength: "It's like this outside the territory, and it's like this in the world. Is there no way to survive in this world?"
Li Qi squatted and said: "Although from my point of view, saying such words can easily be misinterpreted as cynicism, but I still want to say that you have to fight for your own way to survive. When you are at the eighth level, you fight as hard as when you were at the eighth level. Don't come to the world, come here... The target you are fighting for is not the eighth grade. Although the outside world is full of dangers, it is at least big enough."
"If it is big enough, there will be enough opportunities. There are not that many powerful people, and there are not that many people who will go and destroy the world group without any trouble. What you encountered was an accident."
"However, it is an accident outside the territory, but not here. You are not allowed to come in and out at will, and patrol angels are set up to govern. It is not to suppress you, but to protect you."
Yes, Li Qi fully understood now.
All major sects basically have restrictions on outsiders entering the world. This has been said before. (See Chapter 816 for details)
These management measures vary, but generally speaking, they are all designed to restrict people from coming to the world on a large scale.
This is not only for maintaining the ecology of the world, but also for the peace of life outside the territory.
It is conceivable that the taxi driver Li Qi met in Chang'an, that blue bird who settled in Chang'an with his children, was so outstanding that he could be promoted from outside the territory to the human realm.
After all, not all people in the world are good people. Li Qi's imagination can't keep up with what the world will look like after the restrictions outside the territory are lifted.
After all, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would be difficult for him to imagine the existence of such a 'city of dreams'.
In the city of dreams, even these slums that have lost everything have already been allocated.
Demon of trouble, demon of trouble, is there anyone more depressed and troubled than these people who have lost everything?
What they encountered was not the death of their entire family.
But to destroy the whole world.
Being able to come here must be because they are all responsible clan leaders and responsible masters of the world.
They are motivated, full of dreams, and willing to work hard for them.
They have an almost unlimited love for life.
Therefore, the devil makes life reward them with infinite pain.
The devil has controlled all freedom, allowing these originally noble and self-disciplined people to continue running towards death in the cage of what they thought was "freedom", and walking in the bloody hell, unable to stop even if they were bruised and bruised. Down.
From the moment they were selected, these people were destined to fall into hell, because their suffering and troubles were food for the lineage of troubled demons and the qualifications for their practice.
And why were these people chosen?
Because these people are all honest, sunny, self-disciplined, and kind. They are all good people, leaders of their own world, and have "almost unlimited love for life."
Is this the case with number one?
Li Qi thinks there is no doubt about this.
He must be.
This young man was shrouded in despair and fear in the world, both outside the country and in this dream city. He worked extremely hard every day, but he still maintained his love for life and was even able to consider the feelings of others.
He is considerate of others in his daily life, and wants to make his people live a better life. After encountering something, he also wants to protect his people.
Even though he is like this, he is still willing to help others.
Obviously he can abandon his tribe without any need to blame himself. Just like those foreign travelers, he can live well alone without caring about his own civilization.
However, even though he is unable to protect himself and is a clay Bodhisattva, he is still willing to use his ruined temple to protect others from the wind and rain.
He is full of infinite love for life.
But what about "life" for him?
As a representative of this, he was chosen.
Therefore, his experience will be inhumane, so no matter what job he is engaged in, he will encounter torture and oppression that destroys his mind.
This kind of oppression can even be said to be the most shocking and bad phenomenon. It was artificially imposed on him, and at the same time, he had to maintain his human mind.
Yes, you have to endure such terrible torture, and at the same time, you have to keep your mind firm and love life. Under this contradiction, the 'troubles' produced in this entanglement are particularly delicious.
This is why people like ‘Number One’ are selected.
The bad reputation of the devil is caused by bad things, but not all devils are like the devil prince, completely self-sufficient and do not need to swallow the devil's thoughts.
Moreover, even if he is a demon prince, he actually needs to feed on the failures of others. This is the natural characteristic of demons. Although they are completely 'self-centered', they still need to be parasitic on other Taoist traditions to survive.
Li Qi was not sure how to resolve this conflict. After all, he was not really a demon.
Let’s go back to No. 1.
Being selected by the devil is actually not that simple. The requirements for people's qualifications are also very high, and they are not available everywhere.
The selected person needs to be able to withstand countless pressures and still maintain mental toughness. This is not an easy task, but... fortunately, the outside world is large enough.
If the territory is large enough, then enough people can be screened out to find the candidates you need.
In the end, everyone who comes to this dream city is so determined and brave. No matter their temperament is good or bad, no matter whether they are kind or not, they are definitely very tough and can face all kinds of torture but still never give up.
Even if they do evil, even if they fall, they will climb up step by step.
It's so sad that people who love life only face this ending, and it was doomed from the beginning. From the beginning, their hopes would not be realized.
If you want to really climb to a high position, you can, but the prerequisite is that you have to become a demon and grow from a leek to a harvester. Then you can harvest other people and become a 'high-ranking person'.
If you maintain your current situation and orthodoxy, you will always be a leek.
Don't think that you can break away from the ranks of leeks when you reach the seventh or sixth level. The top management of this dream city is full of "fourth-level" people. There are many fourth-level demons here.
No way to escape.
"Understood, this is the truth here. I can help you leave here now. Are you willing to leave?" Li Qi asked.
"Thank you...senior." The struggle in No. 1's eyes disappeared, and he became confused.
Saying "Thank you" is probably due to inertia.
Because, after Li Qi revealed the truth of all this, No. 1 completely collapsed.
He didn't even know how to face all this.
If he was deceived out of his own world and all his people before, then now he was deceived out of everything.
His perceptions, his dreams, all his passions and emotions.
Li Qi saw that after a brief period of depression, No. 1 became miserable.
He roared in anger and fright, and his spells flew around him, venting his power. The wind seemed to be chirping, flying in all directions, his stomach began to twist into a ball, and he collapsed in the sewage. It looked like death on the dirty floor.
While lying down, he was also twitching constantly, as if every muscle in his body was screaming, and his heart was filled with pain, fear and hatred.
why? What heinous crime did he commit? Does the world deserve to treat him like this?
He tried to review the important past events he had done in his life - whether they were right or wrong.
Was it when you were a child that you insisted on chopping a piece of wood?
Or was it the killings he committed in order to rule the world?
His heart seemed to be cracking, as if every time he was punished in his life it was because of his own negligence and carelessness.
No. 1 was lying on the ground, listening to his heartbeat. He felt the blood flow thumping in his head, and his blood vessels continued to expand as if they were about to explode.
Angry tears wetted the eyes of the Lord of the World. He kicked his feet frantically, like a child who couldn't sleep at night and kicked the quilt. He completely lost a man who ruled billions of people and brought several people with him. The perseverance and dignity that a leader of a billion people making decisions should have.
In this scene, according to his past character, Li Qihui silently turned around and left.
He is like this, neither good nor evil, and doesn't like to have too many things on himself.
But now, Li Qi took the initiative to walk up to No. 1, reached out and held his shoulder.
"So, let's go?" he asked.
There is no other reason, just sympathy for the same disease.
So why isn't Li Qi like this?
This time, No. 1 seemed to calm down.
"Thank you...senior." He stood up again, bowed, and said exactly the same words as before.
Li Qi nodded, waved his hand, and sent it to a world outside the territory.
Since then, No. 1 has nothing to do with him.
Then, Li Qi looked at the witch next to him.
"You're so greedy, you can't eat such delicious troubles."