Free Web NovelChapter 73: Chapter 73: I Want to Build a Harmonious Society Between Humans and Evil Spirits
"Yeah, the nature of evil spirits is to slaughter humans, and humans need to escape from dungeons, plus they kill evil spirits to gain strength themselves." Xiong Jie didn’t speak for the evil spirits; now that he was an undercover, he had to make his stance clear.
"Oh..." Jiang Che grunted, "Are all evil spirits bad?"
"Yeah, killing is their nature." Xiong Jie replied.
He actually wanted to ask more, but as soon as he heard that humans needed to kill evil spirits to grow, he just couldn’t speak anymore.
When he heard that Ning and Tuantuan said they couldn’t leave, he already had his answer in his heart.
In his heart, no matter what his family was, good or bad, he’d choose to protect them.
Because he could clearly remember, the door had opened in front of him before.
He remembered Ning and Tuantuan sitting together on the stone steps by the road, watching him touch the door in silence.
Turns out, he could have left all along.
Jiang Che didn’t say anything—he thought there must be some deep misunderstanding between humans and evil spirits. Not all evil spirits were bad, after all.
Dad, Mom, his wife, and Tuantuan, they were all pretty kind!
But he didn’t say that out loud. He’s afraid everyone would get in danger. In Xiong Jie’s words, two things were clear: Evil spirits kill humans, and humans also kill evil spirits to gain power and become stronger themselves.
"Do evil spirits come to the human world too?" Jiang Che kept asking.
"They do, that’s exactly why humans want to get stronger. If you don’t work hard to become stronger, then when the hunting ground descends, humans will face one-sided slaughter." Xiong Jie looked at Jiang Che. This kid really didn’t get it!
The two of them kept walking forward bit by bit, and the light at the exit grew brighter and brighter.
The branches and forest ahead were a tangled mess, the towering trees blocking out most of the light, but still, some light was leaking through the cracks, like hope in darkness.
Purple mist swirled around them. There wasn’t much of the rainbow smoke left; this patch was already wrapped in purple.
As Xiong Jie stepped into this area, he just wrinkled his nose a little. Now wasn’t the time to wonder if the purple miasma would be harmful to humans.
The master’s order was simply to follow this road and keep walking.
"Then in the future, I’ll try to let humans and evil spirits live in peace and build a harmonious society for both!"
The moment Jiang Che said that, even Xiong Jie looked at him in disbelief.
Was he really an idiot or just pretending?
Ding Ning and Tuantuan weren’t talking directly to Jiang Che the whole time; she watched Jiang Che through the viewpoint planted on Xiong Jie and heard what he just said.
"Your dad’s such an idiot." She rubbed Tuantuan’s head.
Tuantuan also snorted softly, "Daddy really is a big dummy!"
How can humans and evil spirits ever get along in harmony?
Jiang Che might not know what everyone else was thinking, but he did know that before he could truly protect his wife and family, he couldn’t let anyone know his wife’s real identity.
The instant Jiang Che finished, everyone in the stream burst out laughing.
[Crazy is crazy, he sure doesn’t talk like a normal person.]
[I really can’t figure out how someone like this could survive.]
[Honestly, I might be a conservative, but I still think humanity should eradicate evil spirits, and peace isn’t realistic unless the power’s in our own hands.]
[Before humans have power, they destroy anything threatening their lives. Once humans get power, even Siberian tigers and brown bears can be locked up and protected in zoos.]
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Xiong Jie didn’t speak again; Ding Ning gave him a new order in his head.
[See that giant flower up ahead? Take Jiang Che with you, be careful, and get over there.]
Of course, Xiong Jie saw that massive flower. He’d seen a lot of wonders in his life, but never a flower that huge!
Even watching other Survivors in different dungeons, there was nothing as freaky as this.
Of all places, the exit had to be right under that flower.
Its thorny vines were covered in spikes, and the petals were loaded with sharp teeth. All the purple miasma in this area was leaking from its body.
The flower didn’t move much, its stems swaying gently.
Xiong Jie paused in his steps, pulling Jiang Che back. "Keep it down. Don’t wake it up."
"That’s him?" At the top of the giant flower, Hua’s real body was leaning against Ding Ning.
"Yeah, my husband—he’s a human." Ding Ning looked at Jiang Che below, her eyes curving into a smile.
Xiong Jie, who’d been recruited as Ding Ning’s lackey, still couldn’t help but feel a jolt of fear at this scene.
But Jiang Che was different. He knew the Light Gate was connected to him, knew this whole place was connected to him.
He made it here with complete calm.
"Alright then, I’m going to start the show." Hua’s voice had a hint of delight; soon, she’d get to kill this human.
Ever since the human set foot in her territory, she’d sensed there wasn’t a shred of fear in his emotions.
The fat guy next to him though, that one’s emotions were all over the place, glancing around nervously.
That’s why she felt she had to kill Jiang Che—the fat one was the normal one. This Jiang Che guy, he was the oddball.
Who comes into a dungeon as a human and isn’t scared at all?
The viewers watching the livestream were all floored at this; none had ever seen a cannibal flower this huge before.
[OK, looks like the last Survivor in dungeon nine is done for.]
[That flower’s asleep, maybe if they’re careful there’s still a chance.]
[That looks like a dungeon boss. Never seen a flower this big, not even in other SSS-level dungeons.]
[Honestly, that purple miasma here is already way above average.]
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While Xiong Jie moved cautiously, Ding Ning directed Hua to start weaving an Illusion Technique.
This was a livestream; Ding Ning didn’t want to leave any flaws.
Hua, meanwhile, suspected this human was also an illusion master.
If they didn’t want to be exposed, they couldn’t change the scene, nor the awareness of the two—they only tweaked subtle details.
Xiong Jie pulled Jiang Che along, tip-toeing toward the exit.
Jiang Che, not quite sure what was going on, just followed his lead.
He couldn’t help but glance around, because he could sense Tuantuan was nearby, just not showing herself.
"Once we get close, you run for the Light Gate. Don’t look back." Xiong Jie didn’t dare raise his voice, only dared to whisper to Jiang Che.
The giant flower’s body was already awakening—in the moment the two didn’t notice, the huge blossom was already above their heads, blooming in full, purple miasma thickening.
Xiong Jie was still tugging Jiang Che along, carefully moving forward, not realizing danger was already upon them.
