Living in the Doomsday and Becoming an Immortal Alone
Chapter 104 - 74 The Youth Asks_2

Chapter 104: Chapter 74 The Youth Asks_2

"That’s good then."

The young man regained his calm:

"The first question is... is it very happy to have the love and care of parents?"

Wang Jixuan was taken aback.

The young man’s eyes held a glimmer of yearning.

Wang Jixuan wasn’t sure whether the young man wanted to hear a positive or a negative answer, and he didn’t want to lie to this pure soul that was almost like a blank sheet of paper.

Wang Jixuan smiled bitterly, "I can’t answer this question. In my memory, there is only a vague fence yard. I let my parents down. My teacher used enough gold and jewels to make them wealthy for life to take me away from their side."

The young man hurriedly said, "I empathize with your experience, sorry, I didn’t know you had been abducted."

Wang Jixuan: ...

Forget it, what’s the point of nitpicking with a child.

He said, "It’s nothing, you seem to understand quite a bit about human society."

"I would secretly read the books they flipped through, listen to their conversations, and then imagine as much as I can what the world outside the Nutrition Storage is like."

The young man smiled, then asked again:

"Have you ever experienced love? Love is beautiful, isn’t it? That counts as a question."

Wang Jixuan pondered for a moment; images flashed through his mind.

He was lying under a tree lazily practising his skills, enjoying the mountain breeze, while a junior sister calling out "senior brother" bent down to him;

When he was deep in thought and couldn’t solve a problem, his slightly drunk senior sister reclined on a bamboo chair, her gaze as soft as silk fixed on him;

And there was a beautiful girl with a strong will despite her physical disability, a tremor of emotion in his Dao Heart when she rested her forehead against his back...

"It should be beautiful," Wang Jixuan said with a smile, "I haven’t experienced it yet, but I should in the future, to complete my life’s experiences."

The young man’s eyes suddenly shone brighter, "This is an additional question — is love like what Researcher Qin Qin often does for me? Or is it that love should outweigh desire, and mutual warmth is more important than venting desires?"

"I really can’t explain that."

Wang Jixuan said with a bitter smile:

"I’m certainly no philosopher."

"Sorry, Mr. Storm, I was too presumptuous... but I can feel from the change in your tone that you might have already started to appreciate the beauty of love."

Wang Jixuan shrugged his shoulders, "Then you are indeed presumptuous. I haven’t started dating yet."

The young man laughed softly, almost inaudibly, and smoothly asked the third question.

"Then, Mr. Black Storm, can you tell me clearly, have the things I did before hurt other human individuals? Because I was just following their orders before so that I could live a bit more comfortably."

The young man’s gaze became tinged with helplessness:

"If the information I sent out those six times has hurt human individuals, that will confirm that I am a selfish clone."

Wang Jixuan asked, "Was the last message you sent out to make the Blade Beast Group retreat?"

"Yes."

The young man said in a soft voice:

"The order from Researcher Qin Qin was to direct the Blade Beast Group to focus their attack on the main battlefield in the desert."

"This was decided after a discussion with that Uncle Feng."

"Researcher Qin Qin used her body to get Uncle Feng’s aid, hoping he would take action at a critical moment, making her, the new Biological Minister, the hero who saved the Fortress. But Uncle Feng didn’t want to take that risk."

"Uncle Feng said, the D5 battle zone was nearing collapse, it was the last struggle of that old Devil before his self-destruction, and Lingtong was one of the potential heirs, and it would be best to eliminate her then."

"I judged that if I issued such an order to the Blade Beast Group, it could put humans at a disadvantage and result in many human casualties. This was completely different from the previous times I had worked with the Military to lure the Blade Beast Group into traps."

"So I sent out the message for them to leave... Uncle Feng and Researcher Qin Qin couldn’t actually tell what message I had sent."

"You did a great job."

Wang Jixuan said with a smile:

"I don’t know about the others, but that last command you sent was great, it caused some confusion among the Blade Beasts. They didn’t fight to the death, and our defensive lines were not breached.

"You played a very important role."

"That’s good then."

The young boy smiled with relief, then sighed and looked down at himself in the Nutrition Storage.

He asked, "The last question is... can you kill me?"

"Why?" Wang Jixuan asked, "Isn’t living good?"

"I saw a sentence in the pages of a book blown open by the wind that I could identify with from my heart. It goes like this."

The boy’s voice slowed:

"Humans are creatures shaped by the past, consciousness comes from the stacking of one’s own memories."

"My memories aren’t enough to make me believe there’s a glimmer of beauty in tomorrow, but I’ve never had a choice between life and death before."

"So, Mr. Storm... can you kill me swiftly and directly?"

Wang Jixuan asked, "Why not try looking forward? You’re still young, the pain of death... is hard to bear, it’s an endless silence... Change your question, I can’t reply to this one."

"Then, Mr."

The boy’s soul widened his eyes, carefully and with a quivering voice, asked:

"Can I, as I am, be called a human?"

...

The laboratory’s glass door was pulled open.

Wang Jixuan stepped out with a smile and walked over to Qin Qin, who was restrained to the side.

The three Half-human Mechas chatting looked over, as did Zheng Shiduo and several Spiritual Ability Users curiously glanced over.

Master Wang gazed down at Qin Qin, and suddenly kicked the wall beside her, creating a noticeable crater.

"Witch! I’m only not killing you because there’s still interrogation!"

Master Wang cursed under his breath and turned to go before Lingtong.

Lingtong asked, "How did it go?"

"Finished asking," Wang Jixuan said to Lingtong, briefly conveying a few matters.

Qin Qin’s and Uncle Feng’s calculations, their intention to harm Lingtong;

The boy’s specific abilities;

And the existence of the Level Spirit Ability User [Beast Speaker].

Wang Jixuan said, "After the investigation is complete, could you let me see the report? You don’t need to show me the details, if what I’ve said matches Qin Qin’s testimony, just give me a thumbs up."

Lingtong asked curiously, "Why?"

"I want to save this boy, his pure soul, in my view, is particularly precious."

Master Wang clicked his tongue:

"Although the purity of a soul can’t be faked, unlike the look in one’s eyes, one learns from past mistakes... Saving him is just a simple effort for me, wait for your investigation."

"Understood."

Lingtong let out a slight sigh of relief, pondered for a moment, and softly said:

"We still have some work to do, let Big Brother Deep Sea take you back to rest."

"Alright, I just need to rest... take a break."

Wang Jixuan waved his hand and left, his footsteps light and easy.

The Half-human Mecha Deep Sea who ran up behind initiated an over-the-shoulder hug, starting to bond with the cool, helmeted man.

In the corridor, it seemed as if the words Wang Jixuan had left with the boy’s soul echoed.

In the Nutrition Storage in a corner of the laboratory.

A tear fell from the corner of the unconscious boy’s eye, and his lips twitched slightly.

...

"You are certainly human, I don’t understand about clones or non-clones, but undoubtedly, your soul is complete, your personality is healthy, you are a complete human being.

"I’ve recently understood a truth that I can share with you, it’s simple, but it’s my personal experience, and it is...

"Living is awesome."