Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 819 - 64 Past Events

Chapter 819: Chapter 64 Past Events

Xiang Shan stared at Li Zheyuan, chuckling, "At this point, can you give me a reason not to kill you?"

"From 2056 to 2066, haven’t you had enough chances?"

But at that very moment, "Xiang Shan" suddenly released his grip and stepped back.

This feeling...

It’s like the emotion of "anger" ebbing away, revealing the rocks beneath.

Asgard stepped forward, positioning herself between "Xiang Shan" and Li Zheyuan’s head, her hand on her weapon, asking, "Now... that feeling just now... who exactly are you? Are you Jeanne or Xiang Shan?"

Jeanne shook her head slightly. She could see, Xiang Shan seemed to be standing behind Asgard, with arms crossed, turning his back to her.

[Now go tell this scum, tell him that if he doesn’t cure you, I’ll kill him. He’ll definitely believe it now.] Tumor Xiang Shan said, [As long as he truly believes his life is threatened, he’ll behave obediently.]

Jeanne was a bit perplexed: [Earlier it was... acting... but it didn’t seem at all...]

[No, that wasn’t just me, it was you too. We resonated so strongly that you behaved just like me...] Tumor Xiang Shan calmly said, [And I really wanted to hit him. I didn’t deliberately sever this process. The position occupied by my neural network is your instinct, your impulse. When you’re controlled by extreme impulses, you act just like me — I guess that’s the reason.]

In the past, Tumor Xiang Shan always maintained a mental distance from Jeanne, thus avoiding such problems.

[You actually don’t want to kill him?]

[I very much do.] Tumor Xiang Shan replied, [But at this point, it’s not really necessary. This guy lacks the courage and perseverance to continuously use the Restoring Enzyme. Without using such drugs, his achievements in inner and external strengths are limited. In this era, he lacks Hero’s mobility and stealth. He managed to hide for two hundred years because everyone was busy fighting wars and he had information asymmetry compared to ordinary people. He’s incapable of causing greater harm. For me, I prefer to wait until the judicial system is rebuilt to try him, to declare the end of that incorrect past — that’s what I thought two hundred years ago.]

[But your anger was genuine... do you even exploit your own anger?]

[I am just more restrained.] Tumor Xiang Shan shrugged.

Asgard, seeing Jeanne still in a daze, became anxious and even reached out to push Jeanne — given Martial Ancestor Xiang Shan’s current image, this required extraordinary courage.

Jeanne snapped back to reality, Xiang Shan had already vanished from her view. That image was just her illusion. Jeanne nodded to Asgard and said, "It’s me."

"Wow, what’s really going on with you? What was that earlier? Your whole personality profile completely changed..." Asgard asked, "A personality split caused by past training? I’ve heard of related cases, but..."

Jeanne shook her head and looked at Li Zheyuan: "I have a question."

Although Li Zheyuan didn’t have great inner strength, the deep impressions left from earlier allowed him to realize that the other’s "inner state" had changed.

Yet, knowing this, he became even more terrified. Li Zheyuan knew what an Inner Master could do but didn’t know the extent to which it could be done. When Inner Masters incorporate the neural networks controlling their behavior into the Soth Divine Realm, their body language becomes as clear as language. Performing becomes as easy as "reading aloud." This half-understanding made Li Zheyuan even more fearful of the Internal.

— It must be acting... either earlier or now...

— But which side is it...

Jeanne asked, "Do you really think Xiang Shan would kill you? He seems quite obsessed with ’justice’ and ritual ceremonies..."

[Times change.] Xiang Shan’s voice emerged behind Jeanne: [I hope to give sinners a fair trial because I believe it’s part of the process of rebuilding human consensus on society. But if Superman Enterprise were still around and I knew what scum Li Zheyuan was doing, I’d cement him into concrete, sink him in North Sea Bay — if at that point an accident happened involving the ’Benchmark Human Remodeling Surgery being implanted with a backdoor,’ Superman Enterprise, and the entire field of genetic research, would be set on fire by furious humans, right? Not wanting to accompany them in death, I’d naturally cement him into concrete myself.]

"Ha... hahaha..." Li Zheyuan laughed out loud: "I don’t know what the hell you are... but do you really think Xiang Shan is a pure good person? Huh? Hahaha... Killing... what does killing mean to him? In the mid-forties, this guy could rally a band of mercenaries to intervene in weaker countries’ civil wars. He really did that. Is he a good person? Haha? He doesn’t kill."

Jeanne was somewhat shocked. This clearly conflicted with the concepts she perceived...

The concept shared by Xiang Shan...

"He never did such things." Jeanne whispered, "It should be..."

"Hahaha... do you think this is some tremendous secret?" Li Zheyuan stared at Jeanne, using a mocking tone to cover his inner fear.

Jeanne shook her head: "No, this contradicts the memory... strange..."

[Hmm? This memory is actually an original version?] Tumor Xiang Shan was also a bit surprised, [In order to ensure the precision of the Anti-Martial God Special Operations Unit, they directly used Martial Ancestor Xiang Shan’s memory then... I guess, indeed, many would think it was me.]

Jeanne turned around, seeing Xiang Shan sitting cross-legged beside a 3D printer, his back to her: [I didn’t lack related thoughts either. My friend was killed, but the participants in the turmoil were destined not to pay with their lives. To accurately hold them accountable would mean another round of massacre. I felt unsatisfied back then, so I looked into military mercenary companies operating locally. In that era, doing things not leaving traces was nearly impossible.]

[Of course, when I was about to place the order, I gave up. But coincidentally, Yawgmoth didn’t give up. There was already a record of certain animal protection organizations hiring mercenaries to confront poachers... Yawgmoth was once part of such an organization... We consulted the same military mercenary company around the same time.]

Jeanne took a moment, using the knowledge from Xiang Shan’s memory, to understand the society back then, grasping those strange terms. She asked: [It wasn’t you, right. Everyone thought it was you... it’s so unfair.]

[Ah, I did it deliberately.] Xiang Shan said calmly.