Sir! Don't close the net!

Yes, at this point, the Thorn King is a classic, ordinary king with all the flaws that kings have.

Li Yili rested her chin on her hand and flipped through several pages in a flash.

This king was not a consistent person; his diary entries were intermittent, sometimes four or five days apart, sometimes twice a day, and sometimes only a month later, with a simple sentence like, "Ah, um, the weather is so nice today," as if writing in the diary was just a way to vent his frustrations.

In a situation like this, it wouldn't be long before the diary was thrown into some corner and never remembered again, but this ridiculously thick diary was almost finished.

June 20, 1974

I got that.

Li Yili narrowed her eyes slightly and sat up straight.

It's about to begin.

July 15, 1974

[Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!]

But no matter how much I emphasize it to myself, no matter how many women I sleep with or how much I eat, I can't get rid of this feeling.

I am still me, my body has not changed at all, and I am even very healthy. The doctor said I could sit on the throne for at least another eighty years, and even expressed regret about it, but I just have that feeling that I shouldn't be like this.

I was changed! I don't know when it started, no... it was probably before I was born that I was changed!

Li Yili narrowed her eyes slightly, recalling what Abel had said about returning to his original form.

If the people of Thorn City truly possess what they call their original form, then the King of Thorn City most likely became vaguely aware of his original form after obtaining "that."

February 1, 1975

My daughter can talk now, but I don't feel any joy; instead, I feel an overwhelming sense of revulsion.

The real me keeps telling me that my daughter is trapped inside that piece of flesh.

[Holy crap! I actually lifted a chair at my daughter!]

Li Yili frowned and turned a few more pages. In the following content, the Thorn King's mental state visibly began to deteriorate. His originally dashing and unrestrained handwriting began to become crooked and distorted, like that of a child who had just begun to learn to write.

April 1, 1977

I really hope this is just a joke, but—

I am now certain: I, we, all of us have been corrupted by Him, by them!

They invaded our world long ago, corrupting our bodies; their abnormal spirit has polluted our minds! They are observing us! They want to transform us!

[Undoubtedly, their experiments were fraught with difficulties and failed more than once! We still have a chance!]

I'm not crazy. I'm fully aware of how incredible what I'm writing is, but everything I'm writing now is true!

Li Yili pinched the bridge of her nose, feeling a bit overwhelmed.

"He" is a very subtle third-person pronoun, the kind that only gods can use. In other words, the King of Thorns felt that a group of gods had corrupted them and were now observing them.

"Damn it—" Li Yili cursed under her breath.

[On May 3, 1978, Vera arrived.]

Unbelievable!

I'm not the only one who discovered this! It's really hard to believe; I thought I was destined to be the king who saves the world.

Why don't we just get rid of Vera?

Li Yili's lips twitched violently.

It can now be confirmed that the king is not insane.

[The experiment began on June 1, 1978.]

There are no magic potions or magical gadgets, only an incomprehensible daily routine.

[Holy crap! Does this woman even know what she's saying?! "Self-disciplined"?! She's actually said "self-disciplined"?! I've never heard of that phrase before!]

Let's find a way to get rid of this woman.

Li Yili grinned. Judging from the contents of the previous diary, it was indeed true that this king was far from being a person who was virtuous and self-disciplined.

[On June 2, 1978, they finally agreed.]

[In fact, ever since I realized that we are corrupted by them, and began to observe, I have lost interest in women, and even delicious food has become unpalatable.]

Those things weren't what I truly needed, but rather what their bodies needed. Consuming them would only make it harder to get rid of them. I once thought that destroying my own body would bring liberation, but that's clearly impossible.

But if we're going to liberate everyone, then everyone should be liberated together; none of those powerful and privileged should be allowed to escape!

We must wake up from their spiritual pollution no matter what.

Li Yili did not immediately flip back, but instead crossed her arms and leaned against the back of the chair, looking up in deep thought.

The King of Thorns then changed his policy, using extremely harsh methods to whip himself and the nobles of Eden, becoming an incomparably wise king in the eyes of the people of Eden.

Given that the Thorn King previously seemed to possess all the flaws of kings in the world, the pollution he perceived from them likely referred to evil thoughts, including but not limited to the tendency to open silver pawns and waste money and effort for personal gain.

At first glance, it seems a bit like feudal superstition, and also a bit like an attempt to excuse his past behavior. Normally, he would probably use this notebook as an autobiography to whitewash himself and make himself look very virtuous and noble.

But judging from the current state of the thorns, the king has succeeded.

January 3, 1979

Although my daughter is still young, she is the one most likely to escape their spiritual corruption, so I have decided to educate her well from a young age to prevent her from being corrupted by them.

April 1, 1980

My thinking is correct. Although my daughter is incredibly thin in the eyes of normal people, and many doctors say she is malnourished and often falls asleep, this is exactly right! It means that my daughter is getting rid of this body that has been polluted by them and becoming her true self again!

Li Yili closed her diary and pinched the bridge of her nose hard.

The King of Thorns wasn't insane, but he was practically insane.

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Chapter 85 Don't try to understand the other person, you have to argue!

The King of Thorns oscillates between madness and sanity, and Li Yili, the reader, is in a similar state, albeit in the opposite way.

When the Thorn King didn't seem insane, Li Yili felt like she was going crazy, because what the Thorn King wrote and expressed sent chills down her spine.

When King Thorn seemed to be insane, Li Yili felt normal again, because no matter how you looked at King Thorn, he was just superstitious and doing all sorts of superstitious things. He was also making the same mistakes that every king makes, since every king with problems will do something outrageous when things are going well.

But the problem is that the current state of Thorn City forces him to accept the fact that the King of Thorn is not insane.

The people in Thorn City didn't die; they simply fell into a deep sleep, just like in a fairy tale. But when a fairy tale happens in front of you, it truly becomes a horror story.

These people are just asleep. They have been asleep for more than ten years. They have not drunk water or eaten. They are covered with a layer of dust, but they are still alive. Their skin is full and shiny, just like they have just fallen asleep.

Although she found it absurd, Li Yili couldn't help but start thinking in a certain direction.

What if these bodies were just parts of the residents of Thorn City? Parts don't wear out as long as they're not in use; if you take them out and leave them in a house, they'll just collect a layer of dust at most.

"Ah...that makes much more sense, my foot!"

Li Yili raised her hand and patted her forehead, then got up and wandered around the secret laboratory, which was full of dust and cobwebs.

"That's a human body! It's alive, with a beating heart, dividing cells, and consuming energy! Unlike spare parts! That's common sense!"

Yes, that's common sense, but this very common sense has become an obstacle preventing him from thinking further.

If he accepts the proof that the Thorn King's present bodies are corrupted by Him, an imposition of superfluous parts upon them, then the current situation makes sense.

These bodies come from Him and are used to corrupt these people, as long as they remain trapped in the flesh.

Inside the body, one has no choice but to provide nourishment for these excess flesh to maintain the body, thus being completely trapped and dying. What if these people were to break free of their bodies?

These bodies naturally belong to Him again, and since the corrupted people are gone, the things prepared for them will not change in any way.

Cult, without a doubt, is a cult. On Earth, anyone who promotes this idea is either insane or a fraud.

However, these contents were written by the King of Eden's Thorn City, while the operation was carried out by researchers from the Church of Steam and Steel, which represents the advanced science of this world.

But if he accepts the Thorn King's explanation, then he will have to accept the existence of their group.

In this contest, whoever tries to see things from the other's perspective first loses. Simply put, don't try to reason with them, just argue with them! Argue with them to the bitter end!

Li Yili let out a long breath, her eyes no longer confused. "Yes, the Thorn King is a feudal superstitious madman. That's all."

In fact, even after reading most of the Thorn King's diary, he did not feel nauseous about his own body like the Thorn King did.

Li Yili casually flipped through the progress report on the filtration of Thorn Residents that Vera, the researcher, was preparing to submit to the Thorn King.

This was a very detailed social survey, in which every Thorn resident remembered exactly what they did and when, but in his eyes it had little reference value. The Thorn King and Vera's so-called spiritual pollution from them and their methods of removal were simply nonsense.

Humans naturally have those desires; they arise naturally from life. If someone is already that kind of person, regulating their life will only prevent them from doing those things; it cannot eradicate the thoughts that lead to such behavior.

The Thorn King was so virtuous that he truly had no such thoughts...

This is just a diary, written by an ordinary king with all the flaws that kings have. As can be seen from the preceding content, this King Thorn is extremely concerned about his image.

Perhaps the truth is that this King Thorn is impotent and doesn't want others to know, so he went through a long and roundabout way to cover it up. And this world is not the Earth he knows. The sea can be above the horizon, so it's not surprising that other strange things appear here.

The establishment of Aipo and the new king's ascension to the throne and the change in national policy are enough to prove that this event was man-made.

As for how it's done, it's mostly related to pollutants.

Although I was startled by the claim that Abel and his companions had simply returned to their original state, upon closer examination... Abel's statement was completely unfounded.

The residents of Guoweidun will become fat because they swallowed pollutants.

The mutations of pirates are also related to pollutants; the squid and those deep-sea fish are the best proof of this.

The people of Thorn City are likely in this state due to pollutants. Perhaps there's another experiment being conducted in Thorn City, secretly using pollutants without the Thorn King's knowledge. The new king and the powerful figures who can't tolerate Thorn City's harsh demands have plenty of ways to deal with it.

The Thorn Laws of Thorn City also restricted Bishop Azawi, so the Crusades tacitly approved of the Thorn City incident.

It makes a hundred times more sense than Abel and his companions simply reverting to their original forms.

Just as Li Yili was about to end her investigation in Thorn City, her gaze involuntarily fell on the closed diary, recalling a part of it.