Excessive ferocity due to caution

Zhao Yi appeared in a small, dark room.

The room was dimly lit and covered in dust.

You can tell that this place has been sealed off for a long time.

Zhao Yi looked around curiously.

That was unexpected.

Logically speaking, shouldn't he be on that pure white platform? Why is he here?

After moving his body, Zhao Yi felt all the power that had been sealed within him return.

The inventory can also be used.

At one edge of this small room, there is a worktable covered with documents and books.

The light from the table lamp wasn't bright, but it gave off a very warm feeling.

The man in the fox mask wearing a suit reappeared here.

"Where is this place?"

Zhao Yi asked.

The man in the fox mask replied:

"The chairman's former office."

Zhao Yi was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized what was happening.

"Tang Jiushijiu?"

The man in the fox mask nodded:

"Yes."

"The prototype and embryo of the entertainment company were created here."

Zhao Yi strolled around the room, looking at his surroundings:

"That's incredible."

"This movie wasn't chosen for me by the Lü family, was it?"

"What Tang Jiushijiu left for me?"

The man in the fox mask and suit stood very neatly to the side and smiled:

You're half right.

"This film was indeed not selected for you by the Lü family, but it was not left by the chairman either."

"This film is something you left for yourself."

A glint flashed in Zhao's eyes.

Sure enough, there was something fishy about this movie.

"Light makes shadow, and shadow makes light."

"The two films, 'Light and Shadow,' combined together focus on cause and effect, while the third film, although titled 'Cause and Effect,' actually focuses on light and shadow."

"This strong contrast will more easily attract your attention."

Zhao Yi frowned:

"?"

The man in the fox mask shrugged.

"This is a question you left for yourself; someone of my status wouldn't know the answer."

Please don't ask me.

Zhao Yi wanted to light a cigarette, but his eyes were drawn to a piece of paper on the table.

That was also a doodle.

It depicts a dilapidated tower.

A few hastily written words were left above:

He wanted to do the impossible.

Searching for a truth that has no answer.

So he tore down the tower, and everything was reshuffled and started anew.

[After all these years, I still have no clue, and I still don't believe he will win.]

He can't win.

No one can stop their return.

Because... they never left.

These words conveyed extreme despair.

There is also the resolute determination to fight to the death.

"Written by Tang Jiujiu?"

"Yes, sir."

"What level is he at?"

"First God."

Zhao Yi raised his eyes:

What is the difference between pre-existing and post-existing deities?

The man in the fox mask pondered for a moment:

"In the words of ancient documents that were lost before the Chaotic Era, the ancient gods seized creation, reversed yin and yang, and had the ability to wreak havoc on the universe and glimpse the cycle of reincarnation."

"But I don't know how to describe it specifically. Perhaps only those who have reached that level can truly know."

"If I were to describe it in my own words, then no matter how many later gods there are, they cannot defeat one earlier god."

Zhao Yi clicked his tongue:

"Even someone as powerful as him has enemies he can't defeat?"

The man in the fox mask slowly said:

"Aren't you the same?"

Zhao Yi put the paper back and lit his cigarette.

"I have amnesia."

"I don't remember most of what happened before... By the way, where is Tang Jiushijiu now?"

Fox Mask Man:

"You should be able to guess."

"A sacred mountain?"

"Yes."

Why was he there?

"To buy you time."

"I feel really guilty for saying that."

"The chairman is very capable. With him there to keep watch, nothing bad will happen for the time being."

"Hmm, that makes me feel much better."

Fox Mask Man:

"..."

After a moment of silence, Zhao Yi asked again:

"So, the person I was before left behind this movie, and nothing else?"

The man in the fox mask walked to the bookshelf and took out a letter.

Although the letter paper was very well preserved in this small room, it was still quite old.

There are only two words on it.

Abstaining from killing

The moment Zhao Yi saw those two words, he knew they were written to himself.

His memories are listed above.

Zhao Yi couldn't help but laugh:

"Was I that funny before?"

"Doesn't he have any idea how many people he's killed, yet he tells me to stop killing?"

"I suddenly feel that his failure was inevitable... He was so stupid that he was beyond redemption."

The man in the fox mask also laughed:

"That's what the chairman used to mock him about."

Zhao Yi stopped laughing upon hearing this.

He carefully put the letter away.

"It's really unbelievable how such a stupid guy could have survived to that point."

The man in the fox mask said:

"So you know, he's not stupid."

"He is not only strong, but also has a very forward-looking vision, and can see many things that others cannot."

Zhao Yi said calmly:

"So how could I not kill someone?"

Fox Mask Man:

"Or perhaps he just doesn't want you to solve all the problems with pure killing."

"After all, he's already walked this path once."

"Since he ultimately chose to give up, he must have had his reasons."

Zhao Yi remained silent.

His expression was unexpectedly serious.

The fox-masked man's reminder was not without merit.

He knew that his former dominant personality was the inheritor of the red-clad bloodline.

Every successor of the red-robed bloodline has committed far too many atrocities.

This is precisely why they are likely to have the same misconception—

Killing can solve all problems.

In fact, killing can solve most of the world's problems, even if it is not the best solution and even if it leaves hidden dangers.

But one day... Zhao Yi's main personality finally encountered a problem that killing could not solve.

"Is that why you toppled that tower?"

Zhao Yi's gaze was distant as he recalled the tower that had collapsed on the sacred mountain.

Long ago, the Forgotten Traveler also told Zhao Yi that there was a very tall tower in the Holy Mountain.

But it collapsed later.

Zhao Yi originally thought that some kind of change had occurred, caused by the invasion of external forces.

But now, he suddenly realized that he was the one who had pushed down that tower.

P.S.: Second update.

Goodnight to all the babies. I'll probably write one more page before going to sleep.