The devil affectionately calls me a bad guy

"The land is prosperous because people live here. You sacrificed the people of Youshui Mountain to protect this land so that more people can live here. But look at yourself..."

Li Lin opened his arms.

"This Youshui Mountain...where is the prosperity?"

The man didn't move, only the mist that kept dancing on his face silently expressed his inner confusion.

“No scenery, no background, no characteristics, a completely abandoned three-no scenic spot by the times, just a barren mountain struggling to survive!”

Chapter 232: How long has it been since you heard the cry of a newborn baby?

Youshui Mountain, even the name of a scenic spot is a stretch.

There are mountains, but they are neither so high that people are daunting nor so long that people are filled with emotion.

There is a forest, but it is average, very average, just like a small forest in the school. It makes it impossible for people to take a deep breath and feel the atmosphere of nature.

It's an ordinary mountain, an ordinary forest, and an ordinary story background. The only highlight is that it is easier to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff than in mountains like Huangshan, and the body cannot be found. However, the bodies of people who commit suicide by jumping off a cliff cannot be found, so it's not that special.

And most importantly...

"How can a mountain be prosperous when all the people living at the foot of the mountain are ghosts?"

Li Lin crossed his arms over his chest, raised his eyebrows, and yelled as if he was scolding a boss who didn't understand market planning.

“How many people were involved in the initial operation!”

"There are nearly 3,000 soldiers in the company."

cough……

Li Lin's mouth twitched.

At that time, 3,000 people...

What a jerk! Oh no, this is always a jerk no matter what happens!!!

"In reality, 3,000 people..." Li Lin glanced around, "exchanging the lives of Youshui Mountain for one is indeed a good deal."

"Of course! I could save this land with only a few decades to live. There's nothing I can be proud of more than this!" The man crossed his arms, the mist covering his face leaping like flames.

It seems that he is really proud of his behavior and is not confused at all.

"So, what was your original purpose?"

"Save the land!"

"Isn't that why you saved this land?" Li Lin tilted his head.

"Eh..." The man paused, and after a long silence, he hesitated, "Prosperity."

"So, with your unremitting efforts, what is the birth rate of newborns in Youshui Mountain? What is the aging rate?" Li Lin raised his eyes, "You even risked your life, so report the results."

"New, newborn..."

The man stammered and stepped back, and the retreating fog began to slowly spread again.

This guy wants to escape.

"Zero, right?"

Li Lin sneered.

"All the people living at the foot of the mountain are those who want to trick people up there and then kill them. Are there any living people here? Who dares to live here? Who can live here? Ah, there is still one living person, Comrade Zhang San, who is hiding in his hotel, lying down, not leaving the house. Is this the prosperity you mentioned that sacrificed many lives?"

The man's backward movement suddenly paused, as if he was suppressing something, his body trembling slightly, and a translucent mist leaked out from him little by little, the mist that obscured his appearance was also much lighter than before.

"I don't need the evaluation of future generations..."

"Ha...really," Li Lin scratched the back of his head with a helpless look on his face, "You care so much that you're about to cry, and you're just leaving it there without anyone's judgement."

"A man should shed blood, not tears! If you ever…"

"Then tell me about your birth rate of newborns."

“Wow…that thing…that thing!”

The man's hands were shaking, and the shaking was visibly visible to the naked eye.

"In the future, there will be a day, a day not far away..."

"I say...how long has it been since you last heard a baby cry?"

Li Lin sighed softly and looked at the wavering man in front of him with a complicated expression.

He did not hate people who were willing to devote their lives to their careers; he even admired them.

Your life is your own, but whether you are willing to give it up is not something you can decide. There are too many things you need to overcome.

The man before him had undoubtedly overcome this.

By the way... I also helped many people overcome it together...

The man's body shook violently, and he slowly raised his head. Translucent mist slid down his face like tears. Surprisingly, it was a young face, and he looked only about sixteen years old.

"As expected... that's how it is..." Li Lin held his waist with his left hand, feeling helpless.

He didn't see far ahead, and just did things based on his passion. He lost his life without regrets. He only understood the general idea and used the excuse of "you are just cowards who don't understand the greater good" to involve other people's lives as well.

It's not that his will is so strong, it's just that he is simply cowardly and timid. He doesn't dare to face the fact. That's why he seems to have a stronger will than anyone else. That's why he refuses to give up and keeps repeating the same thing no matter how long it has been.

In this way, he proved that he was right and that he was not wrong. He did not kill the people at the time, but made their lives valuable and meaningful.

Now, the cruel truth has been revealed.

Countless lives were sacrificed, countless families were destroyed, and in return... a vibrant mountain where the sound of a baby's cry has not been heard for who knows how long.

"I'm telling you, what made you persist for so long? Why are you still insisting on harming the people who come up the mountain?" Li Lin glanced at the trembling man, put his hands behind his back and walked slowly to the edge of the pool. "Is it the righteousness you mentioned? Is it for the sake of the lives of this land? Or are you worried about..."

The young man's face was completely twisted, and he no longer had the confidence he had before.

Hesitation, fear, timidity, apology, and many other emotions that had never existed before overflowed with the fog.

"Find out you've been doing useless work all this time?"

Bai Jie was stunned for a moment, then raised her right hand and gently tapped the palm of her left hand.

"As long as I continue to repeat what I did in my lifetime, then what I do will always be right and just."

"As long as this place is still beautiful, it proves that what I did was right. The sacrifices of those people, including myself, were meaningful. But... even if this place loses its vitality once again..."

The man silently turned his face away, the fog dissipated, and all that was left was his pitiful true face.

"There is also the reason that there are so few people coming to the mountain now, and there are too few people to be tricked." Li Lin spread his hands, not giving any face, and simply pointed out the last fluke and escape in the man's heart, "You actually... really hope that this mountain will return to its original state, right... Nothing can better prove that what you did before was correct than this."

"I, not at all..."

The man clenched his fists.

"Do not……"

"Ah~ After all, you are not doing this for a piece of land at all. You are just simply satisfying your selfish desire to be a hero who sacrifices his life to save a piece of land."

"No! I just want to save this land!"

"Then!" Li Lin raised his hand and touched his neck. The mark left by the military order gradually turned from itchy at the beginning to stinging now.

He didn't know whether he did the right thing or the wrong thing, but there were some things that needed to be said, and he would never keep his mouth shut.

"Do you dare?!"

"Starting today, stop harming others. Use the rest of your time to see if you have saved this land or not?!"

Chapter 233: Maybe Things Have Just Begun

Sacrifice the few to save the many.

An eternal topic.

The most typical example should be a ruthless person who killed his father to prove his truth, killed his childhood sweetheart to prove his truth, killed his master to prove his truth, and killed his wife. In fact, killing his daughter was no different from killing him. He was undoubtedly a super ruthless person.

Once such people start, it is difficult to stop.

Is it because he believes that this is the right thing to do, so he firmly believes that sacrificing the minority to save the majority is the only way, or...

He didn't dare to think about it, for fear of discovering that there was actually a way to save everyone, but he didn't do it, and instead killed all those who could have survived.

"Do you dare? Since you simply want to save this land and are not obsessed with yourself, and you saved this land in that way, then do you dare to do nothing from today on?"

Li Lin opened his hands.

"Stop harming others and use your own eyes to see if this land will return to its original state because you stop harming others."

The man opened his mouth, his eyes wandering, as if he was struggling with something.

“For you, this is a win-win situation~”

Li Lin glanced at the pond at his feet and smiled faintly.

"You, understand what I mean."

The man's heart skipped a beat and he turned his face away in panic, not daring to look Li Lin in the eye.

Of course he understood what Li Lin meant.

If the Youshui Mountain does not return to its original state because he stops taking action, it means that this land has been completely preserved, and he should feel happy.

If Youshui Mountain returns to its original state because he stops taking action, it means that his original actions were correct. His life, those people's lives, and the lives he took away later are all meaningful. At that time, he only needs to continue taking action to bring Youshui Mountain back to life.

No matter which choice he makes, he wins.

unless……

He is a coward, a selfish coward who is afraid to accept reality, so... Li Lin wins.

The man took a deep breath, glanced at Li Lin coldly, turned around and walked into the thick fog.

"I hate you."

"What a coincidence, I hate you too."

Li Lin smiled brightly.

The man paused for a moment, then completely disappeared into the thick fog.

"so……"

Bai Jie carefully moved to Li Lin's side and reached out to pull Li Lin's clothes.

"Does he intend to continue to harm people?"

"He is a man who is willing to risk his own life!"

Li Lin raised his hand and gently rubbed Bai Jie's head, then deliberately raised his voice and shouted in the direction of the dissipating fog.

"How could I not dare to do something of this magnitude!"

Maybe it wasn’t Bai Jie’s illusion, the mist dissipated a little hastily.

"From today on, no one will die in Youshui Mountain anymore," Li Lin chuckled and showed a bright smile.

"boom--"

As soon as Li Lin finished speaking, a figure fell from the sky and hit Li Lin heavily on the back.

……

Li Lin's expression was a little stiff.

Hit, hit in the face, don’t hit like this…

Just as he said that from today onwards no one would die here anymore, someone... fell down?!

"that……"

Li Lin raised his hand and slapped his forehead.

"Male or female?"

"I, I don't dare to look..."

Bai Jie's body was stiff and she didn't move.

Damn it! You, a headless ghost, are actually afraid of corpses!!!