Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 741 By any means necessary
Which is more likely to cause a person to lose self-control: weakness or strength?

Under normal circumstances, the answer would naturally be the latter. After possessing incredible and superhuman strength, the "superman's" personal will would also override society. At that time, without restraint, the only thing that can be expected is that this "superman" can treat the world kindly and become a "saint".

So what if we're weak?

In a society where the overall atmosphere is positive, even average conditions can nurture a "morally upright" person. While not necessarily possessing great virtues or righteousness, they at least have the virtue of self-cultivation.

Even if we are weak and ordinary, most people should be like this.

There are evil people who, after becoming superhumans, gradually become saints over time due to the satisfaction of their desires and the regression of their emotions.

However, some weak people, under the influence of an unfriendly environment and limited by their own limited strength, repeatedly break their own bottom line and become villains in order to achieve certain goals.

Because our strength is limited, we must use it more efficiently.

And most of the "most efficient ways to use force" are appalling.

In short—any means necessary.

On this basis, as one effectively uses power and gradually achieves one's goals, and even one's life becomes smooth sailing, what follows is path dependence and the expansion of desires.

Why restrain effective means when these are already among their few remaining weapons? Why restrain what satisfies their desires when this is all they possess?
This cycle repeats itself, like a bottomless whirlpool, slowly dragging people down, making it impossible to escape. In fact, many become completely immersed in it, let alone escape.

This is "correct".

Yes, that's correct. In a distorted society where the strong prey on the weak, it's normal for people to do whatever they want to survive. We can't expect everyone to bow their heads and passively accept their fate forever. In the process of resistance, any conventional morality imposed on us becomes a burden; it's better to discard them all and break the mold. How thoroughly we break the mold varies from person to person.

For them, no matter how excessive or thorough they are in doing it, it is nothing more than "emergency avoidance".

Among such people, most die halfway through their lives, but some will stand out and transform from the weak into the strong, or even become supermen who are above all else.

After that, their final desires determined whether they would become saints or great evil.

Or they are consumed by desire, and in the end, even if they realize these things, they can no longer control themselves.

Or perhaps one could become a saint, transform oneself, and seek the ordinary desires that lead to a return to common sense.

The tragedies in parallel worlds are nothing more than this.

Lin Yilin is undoubtedly a scumbag with the potential to be "extremely evil".

Her true nature was one of emotional detachment and ruthlessness, but she was fortunate to meet a foster father and teacher after the earthquake who was willing to guide and restrain her.

During my student years, I met a group of like-minded people, each with their own quirks, yet we were able to find our place in society through these relationships.

Luo Ye holds a special significance for Lin Yilin.

Luo Ye is clearly a "superman" who can transcend everything, and no matter how lawless she is, she is undoubtedly a "saint". Her existence is a boost to Lin Yilin. A saint can suppress great evil because a saint can make great evil feel at ease.

However, Luo Ye could not always be with Lin Yilin, and his friends also had their own futures after leaving school.

With the passing of her adoptive father, Lin Yilin's anchor and support gradually disappeared.

Running her own firm alone in the chaotic gray neighborhood, Lin Yilin instinctively seeks help and support from the outside world when faced with external pressure.

Meeting Zheng Fan was the third greatest stroke of luck in Lin Yilin's life, and also the greatest.

She saw a "superman" who might stay with her forever and never leave, even more powerful than Luo Ye. Zheng Fan, on the other hand, was someone who went from being a "villain" to a "superman" and then chose to become a "saint".

Having the strongest means, there's no need to resort to any means necessary. One can be at ease making oneself behave and keeping a veil over one's ugly nature, making it difficult to remove.

This sense of security is Lin Yilin's greatest reliance, making her love it dearly.

Lin Yilin considered herself a sycophantic, treacherous, vain, and hypocritical scoundrel. It was precisely because of this…

That's why such an isotope can appear.

Sitting in the office, I looked at the first page of my electronic resume, which had been refreshed at some point.

The three large characters "Lin Yilin" were reflected on her retina, confirming her past conjectures. The long, densely packed experiences beneath the resume further unearthed all the things buried deep in her heart.

Zheng Fan stood up and turned to say, "Luo Ye is in trouble."

"Hmm?" Lin Yilin raised her head expressionlessly.

"His emotions are fluctuating wildly, and his exertion is at an extremely high level. It seems he's engaged in a fierce battle," Zheng Fan said. To be able to fight Luo Ye to this extent, he undoubtedly possesses combat strength of equal caliber.

As he spoke, Zheng frowned: "Something is trying to interfere with me."

When I was trying to probe the resume earlier, the sound of plants growing in my ear soon reappeared.

"It's a gray tree branch, isn't it?" At this moment, Lin Yilin also realized what she had seen in her resume.

"What?" Zheng Fan glanced at the small gray tree branch in the office. It seemed to break out in a cold sweat after being glanced at by Zheng Fan so suddenly.

This has nothing to do with it! It's just a harmless potted plant! It must be slander!

"It's a gray branch from a parallel world... In that world, the gray branch didn't appear as Jian Quanshen, but... directly found another version of me."

Zheng Fan immediately turned his head and said, "I'm going to find Luo Ye."

"Be careful!" Lin Yilin shouted, raising her voice somewhat inappropriately, causing Zheng Fan to turn around and look at her with some surprise.

"...Hmm." Zheng Fan only responded softly at the end, squatted down and rubbed the three little ones before disappearing.

……

Deep within the black world, at the treetops of a large tree, half-asleep and half-awake.

Multicolored lights exploded continuously, each burst possessing the power to shake a normal world, yet at this moment, both sides in the conflict treated it as a normal attack.

boom!
Another loud bang, this time even a sliver of bark was torn off the treetop. But then Luo Ye sensed something was wrong. The detached bark was directly wrapped and absorbed by the gray branches, entering Lin Yilin's body.

Luo Ye spat out a mouthful of blood: "You'll stop at nothing, Yi Lin."

The sound of her boots echoing on the ground was crisp and clear. The maid, Lin Yilin, walked leisurely out, dragging a large Guan Dao (a type of halberd), through the dust that was essentially fragments of material information.

On her exposed, fair arms, gray tree branch patterns emerged, while her body surface was covered with symbolic markings representing the black world, appearing like illuminated achievements.

And behind her, blood seeped in, forming the illusionary emblem pattern that Luo Ye was most familiar with.

The ultimate master of multiple worlds, the behind-the-scenes manipulator of parallel worlds, and the final zero point of infinite worlds.

Now, she has countless methods at her disposal.

With her other hand, she made a loose grasping motion, holding a rusty, nail-shaped object that resembled a rapier.

Luo Ye was stunned; just seeing this thing made his stomach churn.

"It seems you were also stabbed by me from this world once. As expected of the Karma Sister from this world, I made thorough preparations for this battle, unifying the Karma Sisters from all parallel worlds. However, my power growth has hit a bottleneck, and I still can't surpass you. Fortunately... I still have a lot of preparations, a lot more..."

The maid, Lin Yilin, spoke softly, but the slight curve of her lips seemed incredibly cruel.

(End of this chapter)