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 here without reason. Now he lets her come here and then lets her go. 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, he has finished reading, you can go." Li Qi waved his hand: "Go back and do your business."
"Senior, can you please 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 too distorted, 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 person's memory and cognition, and causes the other person to generate demonic thoughts. Then... the evil thoughts generated will belong to this seventh-level person, not to the ninth-level person.
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. Instead, it tries its best to do this 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 are different, but in general, they are all aimed at limiting the large-scale arrival of people in the world.
This is not only to maintain the ecology of the world, but also for the peace of the creatures outside the domain.
It can be imagined that the taxi driver that Li Qi met in Chang'an, the blue bird that settled in Chang'an with his children, must have been so outstanding that he could be promoted from the outside world to the human world.
After all, not all people in the world are good. When the restrictions outside the domain are opened, what will the world become? Li Qi's imagination can't keep up.
After all, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would be difficult to imagine the existence of such a "dream city".
In the dream city, even these slums that have lost everything have been allocated.
Trouble demon, trouble demon, is there anything more depressed and troubled than these people who have lost everything?
What they encountered was not the death of the whole family.
But the death of the whole world.
They can come here because they are all responsible patriarchs and responsible masters of the world.
They are full of ambition, full of dreams, and willing to fight for them.
They have an almost infinite love for life.
Therefore, the magic way makes life return them with infinite pain.
The magic way controls all freedom, making these originally noble and self-disciplined people, in the cage of self-proclaimed "freedom", constantly run towards death, constantly walk in the bloody hell, and cannot stop even if they are covered with wounds.
From the moment they were chosen, these people were destined to fall into hell, because their suffering and troubles are the food of the trouble demon lineage and the resources for their practice.
And why were these people chosen?
Because these people are very honest, sunny, self-disciplined, and kind. They are all good people, leaders of their own world, and have "almost infinite love for life."
Is this true for No. 1?
Li Qi believes that there is no doubt about this.
He must be.
This young man is shrouded in a desperate and fearful world, both outside the domain and in this dream city. He works very hard every day, but still maintains his love for life and can even consider the feelings of others.
He is considerate of others in his daily life, and wants to make his people live better. After encountering problems, he still wants to protect his people.
Even in this situation, he is still willing to lend a hand to others.
He can obviously abandon his people, and there is no need to blame himself. Just like those foreign travelers, he can live well alone and does not need to care about his own civilization.
However, although he is in danger and is a clay Buddha, he is still willing to use his broken temple to shelter others from the wind and rain.
He is full of infinite love for life.
But what about "life" to him?
As a representative of this kind of person, he was chosen.
Therefore, his experience will be inhumane, so no matter what job he does, he will encounter torture and oppression that destroys his mind.
This oppression can even be said to be the most shocking and abominable phenomenon, which is artificially imposed on him, and at the same time, he must maintain his mind as a human being.
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 and entanglement, the "trouble" generated is particularly delicious.
This is why people like ‘No. 1’ were chosen.
The bad reputation of the Demon Dao is caused by a lot of bad things, but not all Demon Daos are like the Demon Prince, completely self-centered and do not need to devour demonic thoughts.
Moreover, even if it is the Demon Prince, he actually needs to feed on the failures of others. This is the natural characteristic of the Demon Dao. Although they are completely ‘self-centered’, they still need to parasitize on other sects to survive.
Li Qi is not sure how this contradiction is resolved, after all, he is not a real Demon Dao.
Let’s talk about No. 1.
Being selected by the Demon Dao is not that simple. The qualifications required for people are also very high, and it is not everywhere.
The selected person needs to withstand countless pressures and maintain the tenacity of the human mind. This is not an easy thing to do, but... Fortunately, the outside world is large enough.
If the outside world is large enough, then enough people can be screened out and the required candidates can be found.
In the end, everyone who came to this dream city was so resolute and brave. No matter whether their temperament was good or bad, no matter whether they were kind or not, they were definitely very tenacious and could face all kinds of torture but never give up.
Even if they did evil, even if they fell, they would climb up step by step.
It was so sad that people who loved life had to face only such an ending, and it was doomed from the beginning. At the beginning, their hopes could not be realized.
If you want to really climb to a high position, you can, but the premise is that you have to be a demon, grow from a leek to a harvester, and then you can harvest others and become a "high-ranking person".
If you maintain your current status and Taoism, you will always be a leek.
Don't think that you can get out of the ranks of leeks when you reach the seventh or sixth grade. The high-level people in this dream city are all "fourth-grade", and there are many fourth-grade demons here.
You can't escape anyway.
"Get it, this is the truth here. I can help you leave here now. Are you willing to go?" Li Qi asked.
"Thank you...senior." The struggle in No. 1's eyes disappeared, and he became dazed.
It was probably inertia that made him say "thank you".
Because, after Li Qi revealed the truth of all this, No. 1 collapsed.
He didn't even know how to face it.
If he had been cheated out of his own world and all his people before, now he was cheated out of everything.
His cognition, his dreams, all his excitement and emotions.
Li Qi saw that after a brief period of depression, No. 1 became miserable.
He roared in anger and shock, and magic flew around him, venting his power. The wind seemed to be chirping and rushing around. His stomach began to twist into a ball, and he collapsed on the dirty floor as if he was dead.
While lying, he was also twitching constantly, as if every muscle and muscle in his body seemed to be screaming, and his heart was full of pain, fear and hatred.
Why? What kind of unforgivable crime had he committed? Why did the world treat him like this?
He tried to review the important things he had done in his life - whether right or wrong.
Was it because he insisted on chopping a piece of wood when he was a child?
Or was it the killing he committed in order to rule the world?
His heart seemed to be breaking, as if every time he was punished in his life, it was because of his negligence and carelessness.
Number One lay on the ground, listening to his heartbeat. He felt the blood flowing in his head and making a banging sound. His blood vessels continued to swell as if they were about to burst.
Angry tears wet the eyes of the Lord of the World. He kicked his feet like crazy, like a child who couldn't sleep at night and kicked the quilt. He completely lost the tenacity and dignity that a leader who ruled billions of people and made decisions with billions of people should have.
In this scene, according to his previous personality, Li Qi would silently turn around and leave.
He is like this, neither good nor evil, and doesn't like to be involved in too many things.
But now, Li Qi took the initiative to walk up to Number One, reached out, and pressed his shoulder.
"So, are you leaving?" he asked.
There is no other reason, just sympathy.
Isn't he Li Qi the same?
This made No. 1 seem to calm down.
"Thank you... Senior." He stood up again, bowed, and said the same words as before.
Li Qi nodded, waved, and sent him to a world outside the domain.
From then on, No. 1 had nothing to do with him.
Then, Li Qi looked at the witch next to him.
"You are crying because of your greed. Such delicious troubles, but you can't eat them."