This villain, please exercise some restraint.

"Mian" blinked and looked at the person beside him, the smile on his face not diminishing, "Why, aren't you happy like this?"

Shi Si was speechless for a moment.

Should you be happy? He didn't know, or rather, he had never felt... true happiness.

What does it feel like to be happy? Is the heartbeat racing? Is it nerve excitement? Or... some other feeling?

He had felt all these before, but he didn't know whether he should name it "happy".

But it was probably just a boring emotion.

He didn't want to feel or do anything to feel an inexplicable emotion.

"What's more, dear...father, I have never regarded you as an 'outsider'. The relationship between us is so deep, and you should not always put yourself outside."

"Why can't you try to open your heart to me? You know, even if everyone chooses to betray, I will stand faithfully by your side."

Shi Si turned sideways slightly and turned to look at "Mian" who said "Mian" with a serious face. His straight lips suddenly curved into a somewhat evil smile.

This kind of smile made "Mian" stunned for a moment.

To be honest, he rarely saw this kind of smile after Temperance completed his identity change.

He thought that Shi Si had changed. He wasn't sure whether this change was positive or negative, but he could vaguely feel that after becoming a player and becoming Shi Si, his father seemed not to be that different in his thinking or behavior. ...inhumane.

Maybe it's because he lost the goal he was fighting for, maybe it's because, as the priestess said, the existence that once put pressure on his father... left.

But this smile made "Mian"'s mood inexplicably complicated.

He didn't want to see the previous restraint, because he knew very well that with his father's previous style, he was just seen as... an exploitable existence.

The changes brought about by Shi Si gave him some hope, but at this moment, he felt like his hope was shattered.

Perhaps, whether it is the restraint of the NPC race or the time of the player race, the father... will always be that father, and he... may never really be able to enter his sight.

When "Mian" raised her lowered eyelashes and looked over again, she only saw the pure curvature of the lips of the boy with short white hair.

It seemed that the smile just now was just an illusion.

"sleep."

A chuckle escaped from the corners of Shi Si's lips and he spoke out the word.

"Ah."

The boy in red gathered his thoughts and responded with a smile.

"I don't seem to like existences that are too beautiful or too glamorous, whether they are people, things, or...emotions."

"It is undeniable that they have their own unique beauty, but that beauty always seems so dazzling, so dazzling... that it burns the eyes."

"I acknowledge its beauty and the necessity of its existence, but...I want to destroy it myself."

"I appreciate...the beauty that comes with destruction."

"Mian" tilted his head, a little confused as to why Shi Si would tell him this.

Shi Si raised his head, it was evening, and the crimson glow in the distance was as beautiful as ever.

As always...it couldn't be reflected in his black eyes that seemed to be able to swallow up all colors.

"sleep."

He stared at the glow and called the name of the boy beside him again.

Maybe the person beside him is not called "Mian", maybe, lurking in that body is an ugly insect.

He knew this very well. In his eyes, the bug was a good useable product at first. He had hoped that it would be loyal, powerful, and efficient. But since the goal that disappeared along with the "world" was lost, his thoughts... Also disappeared.

And judging from his contact with "Mian" these days, some of the sincere emotions generated by "Mian" that he cannot suppress and subconsciously produce destructive desires have been clearly revealed in "Mian".

It seems to be the sense of belonging that comes from the Gu insect, or it may be the pure and fierce... family bond.

"Mian" will not betray him, he knows it very well.

"Mian" will unconsciously try to get close to and rely on itself, because...because of what? Because he saved it? Or did you bring it to Middle-earth?

Shi Si was still looking at the glow on the horizon with an expressionless face. He felt a little complicated about this issue, but he knew very well whether this was a question that...had to be clarified.

But this increasingly pure and sincere emotion derived from the complex reasons behind it made him unable to ignore it and made him... want to destroy it.

The boy in red looked at Shi Si and opened his mouth, but didn't say anything.

When the person next to him was called Temperance, he could still understand the logic of his actions, which was a kind of pure and straightforward "evil". But when he changed his name to Shi Si, he became a bit do not understand.

"Can you tell me what you went through after the Ten Thousand Gu Pagoda incident?"

He looked at Shi Si, and he wanted to know what caused Shi Si's ambiguous attitude now, and what... allowed Shi Si to have... that kind of ability.

According to the sword style, he is not stupid... It seems that the originator of the "fluctuating light" taboo incident that the priestess is looking for is someone else, and it is right next to him.

Even though he has shown a gentle attitude these days, Shi Si... is still as bad as ever.

Even, in "Apocalypse", this incident is almost equivalent to repeating itself.

More than once, he heard the priestess emphasize the horror of forbidden items, which seemed to be something that could truly end the existence of the undead race of "players" in a certain sense.

The "player" race seems to be the foundation of this world and is a very important existence.

No matter what happens, this race will always be protected and favored by the world.

Not only the Priestess-like existence will take into account the "player" race, but even the "world" she is quite afraid of seems to be a solid supporter of the "player" race.

"What have you been through? Trying to assassinate the World, joining the Fluctlight, and blending into the player group. The priestess should have told you clearly, right?"

Shi Si replied calmly.

"Then I might as well ask more specifically, after the Ten Thousand Gu Tower incident, how did you obtain the forbidden items...and why do you use them again and again?"

"Actually, whether it's 'Fluttering Light' or 'Apocalypse', it's not 'Stream' that releases the taboo items, but -"

"Mian"'s words were interrupted, but it was obvious that everyone present knew the answer to this question.

"If I'm not wrong, you did all this to blame 'Xi', and maybe the 'devil'?"

Shi Si's gaze fell coolly on Mian's body.

He did not deny the speculation about sleep.

"Mian" is not stupid, on the contrary, it is quite smart. Moreover, he doesn't think that things can be kept hidden after the follower tells "Mian" everything.

"The snipe and the clam are fighting... Although I may not be a fisherman, I can always get some... breathing space."

"Mian"'s expression changed slightly, "But, will even the priestess be involved? She can be said to have no ill intentions towards you at all."

"Priestess... Who knows if she regards me as a substitute for an old friend or a phantom of the past? After all, I am a person from the 'world', and it seems that there is nothing to regret if the people of the 'world' disappear."

These words were said very coldly. "Mian" didn't know why, but after hearing this, she felt the heart of this body twitch inexplicably.