Daily life of a teacher in the martial arts department

".."

The man remained silent, but Cain spoke up, saying, "As you requested, I have the answer to your previous question."

The man's expression remained unchanged, his pupils fixed on his pipe, and he casually said, "Tell me."

"You want to usurp the destiny of the progenitor."

"anything else?"

“However, you are afraid of the thirty-seventh tribulation of the progenitor, the tribulation of humanity.”

"Yes, I am indeed afraid."

"However, your foundation is terrifying. There are only a handful of people in this world who are qualified to become your 'calamity'. Among them, the only two people you value are me and... ah, it turns out to be him."

The man's expression remained unchanged as he said, "Continue."

Cain continued, “You are afraid of him… No, you are determined to win. But the time is not right yet, so you don’t want to contact him unless you are certain of victory… And coincidentally, you learned through unknown means that I am still conducting experiments in the Black Dragon Ruins, and so an idea took shape in your mind.”

The man took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped his pipe. His pupils were calm and still, without the slightest hint of redness.

"You want to lure the military into discovering my whereabouts, and then find a way to get that man to come here. In the end, whether I die or he dies, it will be good news for you... That's your plan, isn't it?"

Cain spoke softly, calling the man's name.

"Wenren... no, Ji Chaoge!"

Chapter Thirty-One: Death and Immortality

(PS: 66 missing)

Wenren Geshi, this name resounds throughout the world.

No one is unaware of this name, because it is truly legendary.

Zhu Dongfeng, the former largest shareholder of Shikongsha who has now stepped down to the second line, once commented on Wenren Geshi in this way.

'The most perfect schemer, orator, ambitious manipulator, military strategist, and mastermind of all time, with a deep mind, strong will, and meticulous planning, almost flawless. If that were all, he would only be trapped and die in Black Dragon's small territory. But the problem is, he is also the most terrifying and insane biologist and alchemist in history.'

"When we were creating his card, there was a huge disagreement within the team about how he should be deified. Emperor? Needless to say. Strategist? That makes sense too. Alchemist? You could say his alchemy skills were a bit off, but you can't deny he was ahead of his time. Biologist? That was also suggested, but rejected because it was considered inhumane. But in terms of its epoch-making significance, he deserves it."

"Such a legendary figure, even his heinous crimes cannot overshadow his heaven-illuminating talent. But I still want to say, everyone, it is a blessing for us that someone like him has died."

The Black Dragon Emperor, Wenren Geshi, led a legendary life that is truly breathtaking. Had he been born in a more modern country, he would undoubtedly have become the third alchemist to achieve godhood, following in the footsteps of Mingxuan Hou and the Alchemy Emperor. There is no doubt about that; his current achievements are already more than enough. If he were placed in an environment like the Seven Luminaries, he would only have done even better—the educational environment of the Black Dragon Emperor and the Seven Luminaries is simply incomparable.

However, it's hard to say what would have happened to him if he had been born in another country, since he was not deified through force.

Therefore, the name Wenren Geshi is known to everyone. In comparison, the name Ji Chaoge is much less important; probably fewer than seven people in the world know this name.

The man called Ji Chaoge had a deep expression and didn't speak, staring straight at Cain.

Cain smiled and met the man's gaze, but the man's gaze seemed to penetrate the soul, giving Cain a strange sense of dread. Cain frowned slightly and deliberately gave up the eye contact.

"What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?"

After wiping his pipe, the man casually tossed the handkerchief onto the rocks, put it in his mouth, took a light drag, and spoke as he exhaled the smoke, his voice calm.

"I'm thinking about whether I should kill you."

Cain was slightly taken aback. After seeing part of the other party's memories, he could no longer completely dismiss this statement as mere boasting.

Ji Chaoge took in the change in Gai Yin's expression, chuckled, and said, "I was just kidding, I can't do it."

Cain shook his head, the smile on his face gone, and said, "Whether it can be done or not is not something that can be decided by words alone."

Ji Chaoge chose to end the topic. He took another drag, his voice hoarse with the smell of smoke.

"What you said earlier was correct. I did intend to use you to fight Ying Qin to the death. But clearly, I underestimated you. You saw through everything and came before me. As you can see, I am a man who cannot even kill a chicken. So, what do you plan to do? Kill me and complete your revenge?"

“This is a trivial matter, hardly worthy of being called revenge.” Cain lowered his gaze and said softly, “Before, I only wanted to tell you not to try to use me. Because I am no longer human, nor can I become a human calamity; fate or goddesses cannot control me. But now, I have changed my mind… In the future, you will inevitably become a huge obstacle for me. Therefore, killing you now, before you are ready, before you have reached your peak, is not a bad option…”

“Look,” Ji Chaoge suddenly laughed and said, “No matter what you think, no matter how you explain it, in reality, you have become a knife in the hand of fate, and a calamity for me.”

".."

Cain could not deny it, because in the end, he did indeed become a blade in the hands of fate, a calamity for Ji Chaoge, destined to kill him.

This coincidental and dramatic turn of events left Cain speechless.

Ji Chaoge chuckled softly:

"You are also a slave to fate, you poor thing."

"Perhaps so, we are all slaves to fate." Cain said softly, looking at the man, his pupils gradually turning crimson gold. His gaze fell on the man, like intense light falling on snow, and in the blink of an eye, it began to "melt" Ji Chaoge's body.

Ji Chaoge remained expressionless, yet she was utterly powerless to stop Cain. His body melted away bit by bit, and life was slipping away from him.

The tragedy of those who achieve godhood through non-military means lies in this: no matter how outstanding your talent or brilliance, it is utterly useless against force. This is precisely the domineering nature of Wang Qiushui. Under her gun, all beings are equal; she can kill whomever she wants. She can travel across the continent several times a day, killing hundreds of important national leaders and directly paralyzing an entire political system. Cain is doing the same thing now.

“You have many unfulfilled ambitions, but please take them to your grave,” Cain said. “To be honest, you frighten me a little; it’s the first time I’ve ever seen anything like it.”

Ji Chaoge's body was about to completely melt into a sticky mess, and his indistinct voice still carried a sense of indifference.

"You are a slave to fate, that's true, but I am not, don't get that wrong."

Cain paused slightly, about to speak, but stopped halfway through opening his mouth.

Ji Chaoge died and turned to ashes.

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In the dark underground laboratory, a huge, opaque gene dish suddenly exploded, and a naked man fell to the ground, with pale blue liquid spilling all over the floor.

He woke up in just a few seconds, quickly looked around, and after confirming that there was no danger, he quickly searched his memory, trying to understand the cause and effect of his situation.

"..I see."

The man quickly understood. He walked to the side, took out a set of clothes from the drawer, and put them on.

"He transferred all his memories to the magic network, then deleted that part of them, implanted information sensors in his brain to upload his memories in real time and determine his life or death. If he dies, these memories will be uploaded to another clone... That's ruthless, isn't it? To prevent others from reading his memories, he simply deleted those parts of them..."

He finished dressing, his expression unchanged.

"It's also a matter of luck. I haven't inherited the ancestor's destiny yet. The ancestor's destiny is irreplaceable. If I had inherited the ancestor's destiny, those abilities wouldn't have been able to come over. They would have gone straight back to the other side of that door."

"Speaking of which, Ye Jiaofang and Wang Qiushui, now I can finally say that I wasn't lying. I really have no interest in immortality... because I already achieved it long ago."

The man quickly sat down at his desk and began to analyze the gains and losses of the incident. Afterwards, he would have to clear this part of his memory again, implant false memories, and give himself mental hints to be more vigilant. But before he began, he made a small complaint.

"Come to think of it, it's ridiculous that I don't even remember having a spare body. At that moment, I thought I was really going to die..."

There was no trace of redness in Ji Chaoge's pupils. He smiled and muttered to himself.

"I was scared half to death."

Chapter Thirty-Two: Slaves

"The two people's slumber is remarkably similar."

In the City of Truth, 350 meters underground, in the "Yin City" prison, P.S., dressed in a green military uniform, was gazing at Ji Fenming inside the nutrient tank. Of course, at this time, the military did not know that his name was Ji Fenming, and even the fact that he was a rebellious ghost was only from the words of Nephalem and Ying Qin Guan, and they had no opportunity to verify it themselves.

If even demons are like this, then demi-humans are even more so. All other races besides demi-humans can be gradually eliminated and locked down through various means, but demi-humans are the only ones who are unsolvable and invincible. As the saying goes, the most skillful deception is to deceive oneself as well. And demi-humans have simply reached another realm... they themselves don't even know they are demi-humans.

Ji Fenming was defeated and captured by Ying Qin at the Chaotic Province. However, he has been in a deep sleep ever since, using some unknown means. His state of sleep is different from that of Shen Jiu. One believes he is dead and cannot be awakened by normal external stimuli, while the other forces his body to believe he is dead and can no longer react.

Every now and then, P.S. would come to see Ji Fenming like this, hoping that the other party could wake up. He realized that this was a super big fish. In the case that the demi-humans were unaware that they were demi-humans, Ni Gui was the biggest enemy. He was likely a survivor of the city in the night sky more than 20 years ago. He was definitely not the only one.

However, Ji Fenming remained unconscious.

Piers lit a cigarette, his expression calm.

"To prevent further leaks of information, they deliberately went into a deep sleep? But a better method would have been suicide..."

Before modern interrogation, there is only knowing and not knowing, not knowing or not knowing. No matter how lofty your beliefs are, no matter how firm your will is, it's all useless. That's why some professionals, when about to fall into enemy hands, choose suicide. They are not even afraid of death, but they don't believe they can withstand the torture that ravages their souls.

However, Ji Fenming did not choose suicide. Instead, he activated a secret technique to fall into a deep sleep—a risky move. Once asleep, if he awoke, everything would be out of his control. He wouldn't even be able to commit suicide... Did he believe someone would come to save him? Or was he simply afraid to die?

This attachment to life is both abnormal and quite normal.

It's said to be normal, but in reality, it's due to educational issues between different human races, with both sides regarding each other as mortal enemies.

This is actually quite abnormal. The real conflict lies with the progenitor, not with humans and other races. Everyone knows the problem lies with the progenitor. But no one can defeat the progenitor, so they can only fight each other.

Not to mention that the racial war between the two sides has lasted for thousands of years and is already an irreconcilable conflict. Even if the progenitor disappears, do you think the side with the advantage will let the other go? Don't be ridiculous. Thousands of years of racial war and hundreds of millions of deaths have etched this hatred into their very bones.

People often come out and make grand pronouncements, saying that we can't just focus on the past. But this kind of thinking overestimates human history and the history of other races. To put it more realistically, the entire history of humankind and the history of other races has been spent in struggle.

The struggle between races is not part of history... the struggle between each other is the whole history of mankind.

Then, up to the modern era, the middle part of the story has begun to end, and the final, strongest boss, the 'Ajin', has surfaced. As for the true mastermind behind it all, the 'Progenitor', in the game, he would probably be a true hidden boss that can only be challenged in the second playthrough or a sequel, so we basically don't consider him for now.

Therefore, it is normal for people to grow up in such an education and environment, where different races hate humans and humans hate different races, and for them to make sacrifices, including not being afraid of death. But it is somewhat abnormal that the other side cherishes their life. As for what is normal, there is not much to say. What creature does not cherish its life?

His strength suggests he's a core figure among the alien race. Such a person would undoubtedly have undergone extensive brainwashing, so his fear of death seems abnormal. However, considering he's also a living being, his fear of death is understandable, hence this contradictory viewpoint. Of course, from a human perspective, it's seen as brainwashing. But from the alien race's perspective, it's about achieving a great national rejuvenation. Different perspectives, nothing more to say.

So, regarding his attachment to life, it's hard to say. P.S. personally leans towards the idea that Ji Fenming believed someone would come to save him... Of course, there's also a very small possibility that he didn't have the chance to commit suicide. No one has asked Ying Qin Guan about this. Because this question is a bit complicated, and not important; knowing or not knowing doesn't matter. The most important thing is for Ji Fenming to wake up.

“Our enemies are all progenitors…” P.S. stared at Ji Fenming, who was no longer human, inside the nutrient tank.

Ji Fenming's inhuman appearance was not due to interrogation by the military, but rather because they considered him a peerless master who might awaken and unleash his full power to fight his way out of the prison. Therefore, they physically weakened him.

"But none of us can defeat the Progenitor. You and I are nothing more than playthings of the Progenitor..."

Piece was very old; he had lost all his hair, and his waist was no longer as straight as it had been in his youth. Only his eyes remained sharp.

Is this statement really correct?

"The ability to control everything is innate, whether they want it or not. So humans, their own kind of alien races, other kinds of alien races, and everything else, all want to kill them... Perhaps it's just a pointless thought of my short-lived species, but were the progenitors truly free?"

This principle is something everyone understands. The progenitors' abilities were innate; they were capable of controlling their own lineage of other races, just as the children of humans and other races would inevitably be of different races. This was something they couldn't control. Although the progenitors had some freedom, the option to control or not control, this freedom was utterly useless. For higher beings, when it comes to matters affecting their own free lives, it's not a matter of "you can" or "you can't," but rather "you don't want to."

—Unless the progenitor doesn't leave offspring, this idea is as absurd as telling other races not to have children with humans. The progenitor is the most powerful and free creature in the world. An ordinary person who gets this ability becomes an ancestor the next day. And you're telling him to abstain from sex and castrate himself?

Although the progenitor did not need to abstain from sex, and could decide whether or not to impregnate someone with a single thought, the idea of ​​castration is actually quite similar, since the result is the same.

Therefore, while reaching the top of the food chain, the progenitors also became the loneliest creatures in the world. Everything they came into contact with, except for fellow progenitors, wanted to kill them—humans and other races alike.

Out of fear, they would slip a poisoned dagger into their pockets and launch a fearless charge toward their predetermined fate.

"Although it is just my own opinion as a boring and short-lived creature, it is not entirely without reason. Ancestors, could it be that you are all slaves to fate, just like humans and other races?"

Chapter Thirty-Three: Patience