this infinite world

"Goodbye, Vice Captain."

"Take care of yourself, after you return to the wild world."

"Well, I decided to follow the leader and give it a try..."

"Well, it's okay. We can understand your decision, but the rules are the rules, and I can't change them..."

……

——Where am I?
——Didn’t I enter the portal opened for us by the captain of the non-team and embark on the journey back to the primitive continent?

Xun Qiang felt groggy, as if he was soaked in water, and his last memory was of waving goodbye to his comrades who decided to follow the leader of the non-team and continue to track down the members of the Samsara Squad. But those scenes seemed like memories from a previous life, vague and distant...

——No...there is a problem!

Suddenly, Xun Qiang came out of this state of confusion, and there was no passage to the wilderness in front of him. In front of him, besides the sky full of stars, there was only a terrifying demon with four arms, each holding a fairy sword, wearing a general's armor, and talismans all over his body.

The third group of cultivators who had entered the passage earlier stepped into the energy core of the Demon God's chest without even noticing, and turned into ashes without even a sound...

"How is it possible... God Gun?"

Xun Qiang was horrified upon seeing this. He was very familiar with the terrifying demon before him… This was a weapon for annihilation of all races based on the prototype of the first god "Hao Yi", the "Xuanhuang Killing God" from the "Four Sins" series, the God Gun!

Moreover, the reason why Gun God is listed as one of the "Four Sins" is that it is not only a weapon, but also a torture device. Its power source is those cultivators who have committed serious crimes. It uses everything of these sinners as fuel to drive them until their souls and spirits are completely exhausted. They have to suffer in the torment of the raging fire all the time, continuously providing Gun God with corresponding energy to destroy them and their enemies together... But now, the source of Gun God's energy is his fellow soldiers who are on the journey home?

——Impossible! Nothing is right, unless...

Almost instantly, Xun Qiang figured out the key. As long as all the impossibilities were eliminated, no matter how unbelievable the fact was, it would only be the only truth... Just as Xun Qiang was about to start his backup plan to send a message to his superiors in the prehistoric heaven, he felt a hand gently placed on his shoulder.

"...As expected of a genius among geniuses, you can actually see through my magic with your Tribulation Crossing Stage cultivation."

When Feimian's slightly weak voice sounded behind him, Xun Qiang's blood and thoughts almost froze.

This was not just a description, but something that really happened. In the space, Xun Qiang suddenly entered a slow motion. Not only did the message he was about to send fail, but his speech also seemed to be slowed down dozens of times: "Captain Fei, can you..."

"Wait a moment, let's talk again after I finish the corresponding work."

Under Xun Qiang's almost desperate gaze, the hand that Feimian patted on his shoulder showed countless runes, which instantly merged into his limbs, bones, and even his soul, leaving the corresponding mark on his entire body... Not to mention sending messages to the outside, even the huge true energy that Xun Qiang was proud of was blocked by more than 99%.

When Xun Qiang felt the situation in his body, the deputy leader had to grit his teeth and said, "Killing a fellow soldier without authorization is one of the ten crimes, and it is unforgivable. If you are not the leader of the team, why did you..."

Xun Qiang's voice rose slightly, but he quickly suppressed it: "Captain, you should know that the members of the Third Regiment I took away this time numbered several thousand, including me, the deputy commander. With such a large number of people missing overnight, the monitoring department will definitely not be unaware of it. By then, even if you are the immortal commander, you will not be able to escape the corresponding investigation..."

"It's okay. I don't care anymore."

Behind Xun Qiang, Feimian said softly: "As long as I win this bet, then the winner will take all. From now on, the sea is wide and fish can jump, the sky is high and birds can fly, and I will no longer be bound by the heavens." "But, why did you do this, why did you do this?"

After hearing Feimian's confession, Xun Qiang could no longer bear it and finally turned his head with his willpower, wanting to question the captain whom he had known for 137 years: "Have you forgotten the years we spent together? Is our past just..."

But when Xun Qiang turned around and saw the captain behind him and saw the deep indifference in Feimian's eyes, he understood one thing.

——This person is serious. He is not contaminated by any ancient races, nor has he fallen into the trap of being an evil cultivator. Everything he does comes from his own heart and his own nature.

——He truly abandoned his identity as an immortal, chose to cut off everything from his past, and walked down an extremely dark path without looking back.

"Don't you understand yet?"

Feimian's voice was still gentle, but it carried a hint of coldness that he had never heard before, which made Xun Qiang tremble all over: "The strong are respected, and the weak are preyed upon by the strong. This is the most basic rule of the entire multiverse. The strong can do whatever they want. Expand outward, oppress the outer planes, draw the sword against the weak... Whether it is the Heavenly Court or us, we have always been doing this."

“Why is the highest rank among us cultivators the Venerable? Venerable, Venerable, of course… the strong are respected!”

——The strong are respected.

The outright law of the jungle came from the mouth of an immortal from the ancient heaven who called himself the "light of civilization."

In Feimian's eyes, Xun Qiang saw cruelty, determination, and the absence of any nostalgic feelings for his fellow men...and what chilled Xun Qiang the most was that what he saw the most in Feimian's eyes was incomparable indifference, the indifference that did not regard "human beings" as "human beings", and looked upon lower species.

Xun Qiang had also seen this look in his eyes countless times when he invaded other planes, and when he talked about the natives of other planes, his companions, his comrades, and even when he smiled, his eyes revealed such indifference...

——What on earth have we done?

When death was imminent, Xun Qiang realized that what he thought of at this last moment was not anything else but the members of the Reincarnation Team who were enemies with the Primordial Heavenly Court 18,000 years ago. The battle stretched across hundreds of thousands of planes and even reached the Primordial Land, but they were ultimately defeated by the powerful Heavenly Court.

Most of these "rebels" were killed on the spot, but one of the leaders was eventually captured and brought to public trial. His fifty major crimes were counted, and when he was put on the beheading platform, he used all his remaining luck to roar out words that spread throughout the prehistoric world...

Even though the immortals in heaven were wiped out by the track of time, even though the innate saints had wiped out all traces from the long river of time, even though that one person used his supreme magical powers to wipe out almost all causes and effects, the sinful man named "Yang Dingtian" paid the price of his own position as the protagonist of the multiverse, and the half-sentence of his last roar still circulated among the bottom of the prehistoric continent...

"——This is your original sin!"

Looking at Feimian in front of him, Xun Qiang realized it. He closed his eyes and said, "Yes, this is the rule of the jungle where the strong prey on the weak, the strong own everything, dominate everything, and decide everything..."

"It is our 'original sin'."

The next moment, Xun Qiang's body was thrown into the Gun God without any resistance...

No trace left. (End of this chapter)