in the edge

Chapter 563: More Dangerous Than Everyone Like a Dragon
"Everyone is like a dragon. What does it mean that everyone is like a dragon?"

In the classroom of the county government, Du Chengfeng was still explaining his ideas to the Lord of Fire.

"Everyone is like a dragon, which means everyone has the opportunity to become stronger... Don't you think this is the way it should be?"

"But……"

The Lord of Fire frowned, obviously disagreeing with this idea. After all, in his opinion, this was an extremely unreliable thing. In his view, allowing everyone to hold power would undoubtedly breed chaos. After all, there was a huge problem in the middle.

Giving everyone power doesn't mean they can use it well.

After all, many people have not experienced so many things, nor can they have a clear understanding of their own hearts. If they are asked to do something firmly, the result may be another situation - such as the firm pursuit of women, or the firm pursuit of money, or even worse, even the firm pursuit of murder.

They are indeed determined, and it cannot even be said that they are not strong. After breaking through this layer of window paper, they even have the ability to put their ideas into practice.

But it is obvious that allowing these people to practice their ideas will only cause greater trouble.

Just like the massacre going on in the inn in the town right now.

As a powerful being, the Lord of Fire could sense the disaster over there, and could even sense who had done it - it was clearly one of the evil masters who had caused trouble for him in the first place, and this also meant that after he left in a daze, these people had been captured by the Lord of Black Tiger.

And judging from the swordsman's behavior, the Black Tiger Star Lord has already told him all his knowledge.

Those things that should not be easily mastered by mortals have already leaked out. God knows how the Black Tiger Star Lord did it, and he did not get noticed by the stars in the sky, but this thing was done after all, and these blocked knowledge was finally passed down.

The slogan "Everyone is like a dragon" is becoming a reality.

The disaster has already appeared.

"This is what you want when everyone is like a dragon."

Taking a deep breath, the Fire Star Lord looked at Du Chengfeng.

"You can see this, right? This is what you mean by 'everyone is like a dragon'. If you let these mortals master the power, only things like this will happen. They don't have the ability to bear this power. What you are doing will only make them... This kind of thing would not have happened in the first place."

"Indeed, you are right."

Hearing what the Lord of Fire said, Du Chengfeng also sighed.

"If I had known earlier, I should have arranged more detectives to patrol the night, so that this kind of murder would not happen... No, why are you looking at me like that? Do you think I can still hold him down before he draws his knife?"

"No, what I mean is..."

Fire Star Lord was stunned by the question, this was obviously not what he wanted to say - he naturally knew that no one could control the situation where a master of evil spirit suddenly drew his sword and killed people. After all, anyone could suddenly yell and go crazy and then pick up a sword to chop people. This kind of thing could not be suppressed by any ability.

Rather than this strange question, he was more concerned about how the Tin Man handled the matter.

Can we really solve this kind of chaos by just sending a few more detectives over?
After all, he knew all these constables. He recruited them because he saw the Tin Man. Rather than constables, they were more like slightly stronger residents of the town. Perhaps it was okay to let them beat up ordinary people, but it was limited to a one-on-one fight. If the number of ordinary people exceeded two, these constables would be pinned to the ground and beaten.

Constables of this level don't even have combat capability. They may not be able to help much even if they are sent out to help. What else can they do?
Count on them to face those evil masters who have already stepped into a higher level? Count on them?

Not to mention that those masters of evil spirits have already stepped into another realm. Even if they have not reached that level yet and are still just ordinary masters of evil spirits, they are far from being defeated by these constables, right?

What's the difference between this behavior and sending those detectives to their deaths?
"What do you mean by letting them die?"

When Du Chengfeng heard what the Lord of Fire said, he immediately became unhappy.

"Haven't I already taught them all those things? They already understand the concept of everyone being like a dragon, and they already have a firm belief in their hearts, so how could anything go wrong?"

"But the things you taught me..."

The Fire Star Lord frowned.

He was also observing the constable training during those days, and just like what the Tin Man said, these constables did learn the concept of "everyone is like a dragon" - but therein lies the problem, the Tin Man has no idea what "everyone is like a dragon" means, and the so-called professor is simply shouting slogans. What's the point of shouting slogans?
“That’s the biggest meaning.”

Du Chengfeng pointed at the Fire Star Lord and then pointed at himself.

"Everyone is like a dragon. What does it mean that everyone is like a dragon? You are a dragon, and I am a dragon. This means that everyone is like a dragon. There is no fundamental difference between you and me. There is no distinction between high and low. We are all the same people, equal individuals... What? You still don't understand? Let me simplify it a little bit."

Du Chengfeng thought about it, pointed at the Fire Star Lord again, and then pointed at himself.

"If you can kill me, I can kill you too. It's such a simple truth, they can understand it. Don't you understand it?"

"I..."

The Fire Star Lord's mind was in a mess.

He really didn't understand, and didn't know what was being said. After all, this kind of thing was fundamentally impossible - after all, he was a powerful being, who had long transcended life and death through his firm will. As long as he didn't want to die, he could still maintain his will even if he was killed. How could he really die?
"Look, are you going to say you are different from me?"

Du Chengfeng frowned.

"If you say you are different from me, then you are not a dragon. Everyone is like a dragon, everyone is a dragon. If you are not a dragon, then you are not even a human. You are neither a dragon nor a human, so what are you?"

"...?"

The Fire Star Lord felt dizzy after hearing this.

He could clearly understand every word, but when they were mixed together he could not understand anything at all. At this moment he felt again the same feeling as before, the feeling of the words left by the strange voice lingering in his mind - only this time, the words of the Tin Man were more brutal and chaotic, even like a red-hot iron rod inserted directly into his brain.

At least he could understand what the strange voice said before. Because he could understand it, he felt that it made some sense and even agreed with it for a while.

But this time, he couldn't understand what the Tin Man said at all. But even though he didn't understand it at all, he actually felt that the logic made sense - the most outrageous thing was that he could at least find some untenable points in what the strange voice said to refute.

However, this time, faced with the Tin Man's simple and crude theory, he couldn't even find a reason to refute it.

It seems to be true. What the Tin Man said is really right. Everyone is like a dragon. Everyone is a dragon. He is not a dragon. He is not even a human. He is neither a dragon nor a human...

“…Who is this old man?”

Fire Star Lord's eyes began to sparkle. "I am..."

"You are the Fire Star Lord!"

Du Chengfeng frowned again. He was a little confused as to why this old man suddenly became like this.

He didn't say anything, he was just expressing his thoughts normally, what did this old man think of? Did he end up like this?
"But what you just said is very true."

Du Chengfeng thought about it and expressed a certain degree of recognition for the old man.

"You're right. It's not reliable to just arrest people after the fact. After all, people are dead. This method can't prevent crimes from happening... We still have to prevent them. You reminded me of this. Even for the sake of those dead people, I have to do this."

"Do? What can you do?"

Perhaps because the new words he heard were too outrageous, the Lord of Fire had come back to his senses a little at this moment.

"Forget prevention. Your detectives can't even catch anyone. With what they have... uh."

Before he could finish his words, the Fire Star Lord was already stuck.

As a powerful man, he has already sensed the battle in the distant inn.

At the beginning, or when he was stunned just now, things were the same as he thought. The swordsman, who had already gone one step further, was killing people everywhere, and even the young constable was beaten and sat paralyzed on the ground. However, the young constable, who had only learned this new trick for a few days and could not even use a sword, raised his hand and shot the swordsman to death with a crossbow arrow.

One of them was originally a master of evil spirit, and at this moment he had even become a half-step powerful being. If he were released into the wild, he would be able to kill everyone and even thousands of people. But he was killed by a small crossbow arrow.

They had already strengthened their will and had even begun to transcend life and death itself, but they were killed by a crossbow arrow.

"...What did you do?"

Cold sweat was already oozing out of the back of Fire Star Lord.

Although he has not figured out what is going on, his intuition reminds him that this may be something more terrifying than the so-called "everyone is like a dragon".

If that young constable could kill the swordsman with just a crossbow... doesn't that mean that the young constable could kill him too with just a crossbow?
How could an immortal being be killed?

"How...how did you do it?"

The Fire Star Lord finally couldn't help but ask.

But after hearing this question, Du Chengfeng shook his head.

"I think this is still the problem of the swordsman himself."

As he said this, Du Chengfeng pointed at the remaining scars on the body of the Fire Deity Star Lord.

"If he is truly powerful and has truly transcended life and death, then he should be able to fight back even after death, just like you. Now that he hasn't done that, it means he is fake. The problem lies with himself, and you can't blame others."

"..."

The Fire Star Lord fell silent.

Impossible, absolutely impossible. He sensed very clearly that the swordsman had indeed touched the edge of great power - although the swordsman pursued the bloodiest and most brutal will of killing, but no matter what, this determination still allowed the swordsman to transcend life and death itself.

In other words, the swordsman should have been like him, in a posture where he could not be killed no matter what.

But...where exactly does the problem lie?

Until the young constable brought a few helpers and dragged the swordsman's body back to the classroom, the Lord of Fire had not figured out what the problem was. The body in front of him was a normal death, like a mortal died of a fatal wound in the throat, but the deceased was not a mortal, but a powerful being who had transcended life and death.

"Everyone is like a dragon..."

The Lord of Fire could not help but think of the slogan he had heard.

This slogan itself is synonymous with chaos. After all, he had heard of that period when everyone was truly like a dragon. Although he had only heard some fragments from other star gods, he had already gotten a glimpse of the bloodiness involved.

But now, what lies before him is something even more dangerous than Everyone is Like a Dragon.

"Everyone is like a dragon... No, we can no longer say everyone is like a dragon."

Thinking of this, the look in the Fire Deity's eyes when he looked at Du Chengfeng had changed.

"Perhaps this should be called... equality of all beings?"

Just by saying these few words, the Fire Star Lord was already sweating profusely.

This is a crazier idea than everyone being like a dragon, because it is simply unrealistic - people have never achieved equality. Kings and generals are different from peddlers and hawkers, and masters of evil are much more powerful than ordinary people.

In fact, he himself is the best example. As a powerful being, how could there be any equality between him and those mortals?

If they are truly equal, then what does his powerful identity and strength mean?
"Impossible, absolutely impossible... This kind of thing will never happen!"

The Fire Star Lord looked at Du Chengfeng again. His seemingly harmless appearance now became as ferocious as the evil demon king in mythology and legends.

In the past, he had some strange impressions of the Tin Man. After all, the Tin Man could be regarded as the most unlikely powerful person. He had none of the dignity that a powerful person should have, nor did he show any demeanor of a master. Rather than looking like a powerful person, he looked more like a mortal. Even among mortals, the Tin Man was far from being as outstanding as those kings, princes, generals and ministers.

Such a person should not be able to become a powerful person. After all, these twists and turns are really too strange.

But now, all those strange things suddenly have explanations.

The Tin Man never found the path he wanted to stick to, as he said he would.

But the path in the Tin Man's mind is too crazy.

(End of this chapter)