I rely on myself

Chapter 175 Life and Goals

Although Arthur listened to Lin Yuan's words, he still couldn't understand what he meant.

I could just tell that Lin Yuan was feeling confused and sad, but I didn't know what was causing it.

In response to this doubt, Arthur asked directly: "Lin Yuan, what are you talking about? I don't understand. I don't understand what you just said at all."

Lin Yuan did not continue speaking, but took out a piece of information and handed it directly to Arthur, motioning him to take a look.

Of course Arthur took it and started watching it, but as the time went on, although his head was covered with a helmet so his expression could not be seen, the atmosphere around him changed.

From the original doubt, it turned into shock, and then into an especially strong sense of oppression, and as time went by, this sense of oppression continued to increase.

Fortunately, besides him, Lin Yuan was the only one in the workshop at this time, otherwise ordinary people would not be able to bear the heavy feeling of oppression and would eventually flee.

After quickly reading the entire document, Arthur was filled with a heavy atmosphere and spoke in an extremely cold tone.

"…Where did this information come from?!"

Facing Arthur's cold words, Lin Yuan's expression did not change at all, and he continued to reply with words of confusion and sadness.

"I got this from the factory I attacked during my first mission a few days ago."

"What are you going to do?"

After hearing the answer, Arthur wanted to take action, but he was Lin Yuan's automaton after all, so he left the decision to the other party.

After hearing what Arthur said, Lin Yuan understood what he meant and lowered his head, so that most of his face was covered in shadow.

"Well, Arthur, I know. In order to develop better technology, sacrifices are necessary. As a member of a large family, I have known this since I was a child. So whether I was learning the family magic at home or coming to this country to learn mechanical magic, I knew that magic is not as beautiful as it seems."

Arthur listened to Lin Yuan's words but did not express anything, like a dead statue.

Lin Yuan didn't expect Arthur to answer, he just wanted to speak his mind, so he continued.

"So I knew that cruel things like human experiments existed in this world, and I thought I would be used to it. After all, I entered the world of magic without taking it seriously even though I knew about the existence of such things."

Arthur still didn't answer, but just looked at Lin Yuan quietly.

"But I was wrong! Very wrong!!"

Suddenly, Lin Yuan raised his head, and the expression that was originally hidden in the shadows was exposed again at this moment. The expression that was originally filled with confusion and sadness, and seemed a little dead, became extremely excited at this moment. At this moment, his expression was full of awareness, and his eyes revealed a burning emotion.

"When I was raising funds for research and was sent on a mercenary mission, I saw the human bodies and organs stored in jars and soaked in Maflin to prevent them from rotting. At that moment, I realized that all my enlightenment was fake. It was just an idea I imagined to protect myself."

At this moment, Arthur no longer showed no expression, but looked at Lin Yuan with a heavy gaze.

"At that moment, I felt extremely terrified. I was terrified of the desires of human beings. Although this desire is the key to human beings becoming the protagonists of this planet, it is also because of this desire that human beings will lose their bottom line as human beings and become the same as beasts."

"At that time, I had only one thought, to destroy this place completely. It was not for the mission or money, but simply because I didn't want to see this scene."

"And if that's all, you should have given up on magic, right?"

Arthur suddenly spoke at this time, and said this in a gentle tone that had not appeared since he was born, because he could probably guess what would happen next, but because of this, he wanted to hear Lin Yuan say it himself, because that was an enlightenment that belonged only to him.

"Ah, if that was all, I would have given up magic, but I saw that because of my reckless destruction, a child whose body had been transformed into a mechanical structure and was dying but could not die, said "thank you" to me before I killed him. This undoubtedly awakened me who was immersed in fear and wanted to destroy everything."

"After I killed him, I saw that his mechanical parts were also destroyed by me, leaving only his incomplete body. But he smiled at that time. My emotions calmed down incredibly at that time. I looked at my corpse and thought for a long time. Finally, I came up with an idea."

"It would be foolish to give up magic, because their passing is an unchangeable fact. No matter what, I am also a person who studies magic, and it is undeniable that this magic that has been passed down to this day has the same existence and sacrifice as him to develop to this day. As a person who studies it, it is natural that I will inevitably shoulder this responsibility."

"That's why, as a magician and a creator, I cannot step back. If I step back, wouldn't that mean their sacrifice was useless and meaningless? So I have a request for my future!"

"Use your own method to make the whole world ban human experiments? I think..." Arthur looked at Lin Yuan as if he was looking at his own silly child, but said in a tone without denial.

"No!"

But Lin Yuan denied Arthur's words before he could finish, and continued, "I don't think a guy named Lin Yuan can do such a thing, and I don't think humans, who are driven by desire, can do it to this extent."

"then you……"

"I just want to prove one thing. Those who cannot make progress in their research and have to sacrifice others to make progress are just not good enough. If you really want to prove it, you should rely on your own abilities to make progress, sacrificing your own time, body, and even future, instead of sacrificing others to achieve your own success, which is like cheating."

After hearing what Lin Yuan said, an idea popped up in Arthur's mind.

"He is just like a child, pursuing a fair way to defeat others head-on, without considering the reality at all."

But even though he thought this way, Arthur didn't hate this idea, because this was Lin Yuan's life goal so far. Maybe it was incomprehensible to others, but this was exactly how he was.

(End of this chapter)