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Mimicry King once asked Xue Law: If you need to kill someone in order to save more people, would you kill someone?
This is actually not a very clever question; in fact, it's quite a stupid one.

When the Mimic King first asked, he asked, "Under what circumstances would you kill someone?"
"They probably think that guys who cross the line deserve to be killed," Xue Dinglu said.

What is your bottom line?

Xue Lude scratched his head. This thing was actually quite abstract, but in the end, he still gave an ambiguous answer: "I don't think I'm a good person. I kill, commit arson, modify human bodies, and manipulate souls. I'll stop at nothing to achieve my goals, and if necessary, I'm even capable of destroying the world..."

"But if it's someone who makes even a rotten person like me feel physically nauseous, or someone whose presence would make the world go rot if I let him go, then maybe that's my bottom line."

Although it did not provide a definitive answer, it essentially addressed the question of the mimicry of the king, albeit with a very abstract one.

But this still doesn't answer another question.

If sometimes sacrificing a few innocent people could save more people, or even the whole world, would you kill that innocent person?
Xue Dinglu scratched his head; he couldn't answer this kind of multiple-choice question, especially one that seemed utterly stupid.

He would never allow such a thing to happen. If there is a situation where it is necessary to sacrifice innocent people to achieve a goal, Xue's Law will definitely not allow such a thing to happen.

If this happens, it only proves that you are not good enough and that you are incompetent, which is why you cannot achieve the best of both worlds.

“Actually, this trolley problem is really stupid, but if I really encounter a situation where I have to sacrifice innocent people because of my lack of ability, then I’ll be the sacrifice,” Xue said. “I have no right to make others die, but I have the right to make myself die.”

"That's just cheating," the Mimic King could only retort. "Let me change the premise: what if you're not qualified? You don't even have the right to die."

"I think you're just being dishonest. If it really comes down to sacrificing innocent people... well, I'm an apostle now, why would I be considering such a stupid question? I'll just use the power of immortality to connect to my brain, use the wheelchair concept to replace thinking, perform a Reanimation Jutsu, and then pull out a red ball..."

"Just say, 'Universe Superman, open your eyes, I've brought a brand new life!' Even someone like my aunt whose soul has reached its end, I can use immortality to transform her into an eternal, immortal being like a lich, wouldn't that solve everything?" Xue Luding stated his attitude.

"Thinking about this thing is as abstract as that mad god-king thinking about how to tear his daughter in half."

"Then why don't you just use the power of immortality to save your loved ones?" the Mimic King retorted.

"Because I don't know what the side effects of this thing will be..." Xue Dinglu said.

……

Although the previous conversation ended unhappily, Xue Law felt that the Mimicry King Guang asked some bizarre questions.

Mimicry King believes that Xue's law has been avoiding the difficult points.

And today, it seems that the same trolley problem is now before us.

"Only the sacrifice of four people is needed to bring forth the Seventh Apostle, thus saving countless people tormented by the Seventh Apostle in the Warp. Isn't that a good ending?" The words of the Mimic King came, even carrying a hint of provocation.

"Don't talk. If you weren't so bad at computing power, I wouldn't have encountered such an idiotic choice on my end," Xue Dinglu retorted irritably.

After all, it's just a fragment. If we compare the Mimic King to Sun Wukong, then the Mimic King fragment on his body is at most just a clone created from a monkey hair.

It doesn't even qualify as one of the six senses of the Great Sage; it's just a single monkey hair.

For those below the Apostle level, or even other Tier 5 enemies, this monkey hair can be quite effective. However, against creatures like the Green Ox Demon, Lion Camel Ridge, or Yellow Eyebrows, this monkey hair can only play a supporting role.

Now, Xue feels like a pig with a monkey hair attached, about to steal the gourd with gold and silver horns.

That's really difficult...

Moreover, the path of sacrificing the minority to save the majority is not feasible. This is not a problem of numbers, but a problem of mindset. When you are thinking about how to sacrifice the minority to save the majority, you fall into the trap of nihilism and completely alienate your own humanity.

This has actually become a breeding ground for nothingness, and the nothingness monsters, who have only recently had their fill, are likely to start rioting again.

When you're willing to sacrifice the minority to save the majority, what if that minority were scientists who had the opportunity to create technological inventions that could save billions of people? Their value alone would be greater than that of the majority combined. So, what would you choose?
What if the minority are all ordinary people, but the majority are all gang members, and prostitutes controlled by gangs that even God couldn't stop? Their value is negative. In that case, what would you choose?
So once you start considering your choices, you've already lost; you've already become a complete monster corrupted by nothingness.

This guy is the kind of guy who'd be thrown into a masquerade ball and run around naked.

Perhaps most people at the masquerade ball were affected by this kind of nihilism.

Moreover, Xue's Law does not suggest that this needs to be chosen.

“She’s not a prostitute, she told me. Despite living at the very bottom of society and having a very difficult life, she’s not a prostitute,” Xue Dinglu said. “On the contrary, she’s a half-elf with a very chivalrous personality. If it weren’t for her awkward identity, she could have done very well anywhere.”

“Killing her would not have been worthwhile.”

"What if she really was a prostitute?" the Mimic King continued to press, for some reason, he actually quite enjoyed these kinds of philosophical questions.

“It’s very simple, I brought a brand new life!” Xue Dinglu said. “You’re the kind of stupid person who thinks you’ve made a mistake. Only an idiot would think about something like this.”

Then he stepped out into the sea. The morning sun had just peeked over the horizon and was rising above him. The fiery red sky looked like a burning flame.

……

In fact, they developed many corresponding strategies to deal with the prophecy.

For example, they take turns keeping watch, and instead of acting alone, the four of them gather together in the castle hall, ensuring they can see each other directly.

But she stopped acting and was directly teleported to the black tide-like sea. Countless vengeful spirits in the sea dragged her body like madmen, trying to pull her into an abyss.

However, in the Divine Purification Demon Eye, those vengeful spirits are merely pure energy, not souls, and have no consciousness. What the naked eye perceives as vengeful spirits is perhaps simply a deception of the eye.

The seawater squeezed my lungs, as if trying to expel the last bit of air from them.

"Am I going to die..." the half-elf Rhythm thought to himself.

To die without any value, like garbage, just as one is born and discarded like garbage...

Bubbles escaped from his lips, silvery water droplets rolled and rose, light flickered overhead like a candle flame about to go out, his limbs grew heavier and heavier, and his paddling motions turned into meaningless spasms.

Arms, like tentacles from the deep sea, seemed to want to entwine her. Just as her consciousness was about to fade, she suddenly remembered that when she was a child, she often played games like holding her breath. She would hold her breath and slowly immerse herself in the river, feeling the rhythm of the water flow and her heartbeat.

This is also the name she gave herself: Rhythm.

This time, however, she will no longer have the ability to get up.

The last wisp of gas turned into a bubble and floated to the surface...

"...Sorry, newcomer, you won't be allowed to interfere with this ceremony. This is our only chance to return to our hometown." The veteran with three rows of teeth suddenly blocked Xue Luding's path, pulling out a musket and pointing it at Xue Luding's head.

He walked on the water as if it were flat ground. It wasn't just his three rows of teeth that made Xue Dinglu realize that he had many fish-like features, making him look like a human who had evolved directly from an aquatic creature.

"Don't think that just because you're a spellcaster outside, you can do whatever you want on the Death Cruise. Here, no matter who you are, you have to obey the rules of the Death Cruise!" he said, without any intention of attacking; the musket seemed to be merely a threat.

"So, you prepared this ritual to return to the real world?" Xue Dinglu asked.

“Indeed, this ritual is a mission that only teams that have completed nine death missions can take on, and it is also the only mission without any strange attacks. However, we must sacrifice four people to complete this mission.” He said, not even thinking that Xue Dinglu would change anything after knowing this information.

Perhaps he also wanted to stall Xue Lude, since that half-elf wouldn't last long.

"You know, many times, even though they've managed to complete the first nine death missions, many teams still fail in the final mission. This is because everyone wants to go home, and no one wants to become a sacrifice for the mission. As a result, the number of people killed by each other in the end far exceeds the number killed by the supernatural!"

"This is the biggest challenge of this mission. The difficulty lies not in the monsters, but in people's hearts."

He spoke without a trace of pity, completely disregarding the half-elf struggling and shrinking underwater.

"I don't care about this or that, I'm too lazy to waste my breath on you." Xue Dinglu directly stretched out his hand, ready to slap him away.

However, in the next instant, the power of authority was suddenly bestowed upon him, and at that moment, his waving arm experienced an indescribable feeling of obstruction.

"Oh right, I forgot to remind you when I introduced it to you before, attacking teammates is forbidden in the mission world, that's the rule of the evil god!" He smiled, revealing all three rows of teeth.

His previous act of drawing his gun was purely because he took advantage of Xue's ignorance of this rule.

"Slap!" Suddenly, a slap landed on his face, the force sending him flying and crashing into the sea.

"Don't spout nonsense and insult my intelligence like this in front of me." Xue Dinglu strode away, ignoring everything else, and walked straight up to him.

If he can't attack, then he doesn't need to attack, right?

……

As her consciousness faded, the half-elf Rhythm felt her body gradually stiffen, unable to muster any strength...

Did he just die like that...?

Suddenly, a pair of outstretched hands stirred the seawater, and those hands were stretched out in front of me.

"Hold on tight!"

The voice came.

"I……"

When she saw this helping hand, for some reason, she just wanted to live, and she clung to that arm with everything she had to survive...

She gripped her arm tightly, overwhelmed by the joy of surviving the ordeal and the overwhelming gratitude for the helping hand extended to her.

"Thank you, thank you..." she said, wanting to hug the priest she had only known for a day. However, when she came to her senses, she realized why she could still speak in the water.

The half-elf turned around in terror, but she saw herself. She seemed to have completely lost consciousness and was being grabbed by countless large hands and pulled toward the abyss.

So, I'm already dead...

Just as she felt her soul being pulled apart, she suddenly heard a voice: "So your body and soul have separated, but it's not a big problem. I've brought another life with me..."

"Ah?" That was her last thought.

Xue Dinglu noticed that only one soul had been pulled up, but after thinking about it, he figured it wasn't a big problem.

For him now, physical death is no longer so serious.

However, that body cannot be wasted.

He immediately swam to the corpse and asked, "King of Mimicry, is the ritual only required by the corpse, or does it require the soul as well?"

“Nature requires a soul, so a body alone cannot meet the requirements of the ritual,” said the Mimic King. “However, I quite like you. This way of doing things really suits my taste. Therefore, I will take her into the pure land of the original body, where she will live a completely new life.”

“No need, I should have a way to revive her now. But let me ask you, if the soul and the body are different concepts, what will happen to the Seventh Apostle after the ritual is successful?” Xue Dinglu said, revealing his idea.

"Hmm, what do you mean?" The Mimic King felt his head was a little pointed.

“Since the ritual was wrong, let’s go for something drastic. The half-elf is the princess. Her father should be the Elf King. She is just an illegitimate daughter born to the Elf King and some human woman because of some illness.”

“According to the normal ritual procedure, the ritual will definitely fail if the order is wrong. But what if I forcibly insert the soul of a ‘prostitute’ into her body?” Xue asked.

Mimic King: "?"

He really felt that his head was pointy.

However, the computing power begins to calculate the results and predict the future...

"Indeed, if the body is that of a princess but the soul is that of a courtesan, calculations show a 98.7% chance of still meeting the conditions for awakening consciousness. However, it will have unpredictable consequences for the source of power: a 1.1% chance of the ritual failing directly, and a 0.2% chance of causing a backlash against the source of power..."

After calculating the mimicry of the King, he realized there was hope!

You're always coming up with something new!

Xue Dinglu laughed immediately; he seemed to have found a loophole in the Seventh Apostle's authority.

And this virus of mine is about to infiltrate your vulnerability, Seventh Apostle!

Innovation Century!
He usually only used the first beast of human evil, Goliath the Destroyer.

Now, it's time to bring out even more "beasts".

"Lilith, the second of the seven evil beasts of humankind, representing human lust, lewdness, and corruption, the most ancient and sacred artist in history, and the prototype of all succubi!"

A gigantic, succubus-like phantom appeared behind Xue Dinglu. (End of Chapter)