"The choice is yours anyway. No matter what you choose, you will become a murderer."
Mo Yan became more and more excited as he spoke, and an abnormal blush appeared on his fair cheeks: "I am really a genius. I can think of such a fun game. I am really looking forward to your choice, trialist."
Isn't this the classic "trolley problem"? It's just a cultivation world version.
Gu Qingze thought to himself that the "trolley problem" has no solution. If he answered it directly, he would definitely not get a satisfactory result. He could only... find another way.
..........
What Mo Yan didn't expect was that after listening to him, Gu Qingze didn't scold him as shameless as the previous trial participants, nor did he get angry. Instead, he looked at Mo Yan with some doubts:
"But...wasn't it you who summoned the demon? Those villagers were eventually killed by the demon you summoned. No matter what, I will not become a murderer."
"Even if we blame it on the cause, it's all because of you, not me."
Mo Yan said: "But, the choice is in your hands. You have the final say on who to kill, so you are the murderer."
Gu Qingze looked at him, somewhat helpless. "According to you, my mouth is so effective that what I say is what counts. You don't have to listen to what I say. If you don't want to do it, it won't work even if I say it a thousand times."
"You're just looking for an excuse to shirk your responsibility. And you were the one who made this choice, so you just want to kill."
Mo Yan was a little confused and retorted anxiously: "That's not the case. Because this is a trial, so what you say now is effective on me. So once you make the decision, you will be a murderer."
Gu Qingze was a little surprised: "You said that my words now are effective in front of you?"
Mo Yan said as a matter of course: "Of course."
Gu Qingze said: "Since my words are so effective... now I have to pass the third test."
"Of course you can...wait, that's not possible!" Mo Yan said halfway before realizing what was happening and refusing.
Gu Qingze looked as if it was exactly what he expected: "See, I told you, on the surface my words are effective, but in reality you can also refuse and disobey me."
"So you were just addicted to killing and wanted to kill someone. It has nothing to do with me."
"I..." Mo Yan was speechless and could only make a fuss, "I don't care, you have to choose one."
Gu Qingze sighed, looking like he really can't do anything about you: "Okay then, I choose 'or'."
"Okay, you chose 'or' then... wait a minute, what does 'or' mean?" Mo Yan realized something was wrong halfway through his sentence and asked in confusion.
Gu Qingze thought for a moment: "...You can understand it as, I choose the third one."
Mo Yan said: "But there are only two choices, there is no third."
Gu Qingze said with a look of righteousness: "I don't care. I don't care if there are only two choices. I will choose the third one."
"You..." Mo Yan was so angry at his unreasonable appearance that she started to cry, "Why don't you play by the rules? This is completely different from what I imagined."
Mo Yan was a little angry and threatened directly: "If you keep making trouble and being unreasonable, I will kill everyone in these two villages."
Gu Qingze looked puzzled. "You are the one who is being unreasonable and making trouble. I am only correcting your wrong view."
Mo Yan retorted, "You are the one who is making trouble and being unreasonable!"
Gu Qingze asked doubtfully, "How am I being unreasonable?"
Mo Yan said: "You...you are just being unreasonable and making trouble!"
Gu Qingze said, "You are being unreasonable and making trouble, otherwise you wouldn't be so unreasonable."
Mo Yan was angrily saying, "How am I unreasonable?"
Gu Qingze asked him back: "Where are you being reasonable?"
Mo Yan's face turned red with anger: "No matter where I am reasonable, I am more reasonable than you."
Gu Qingze looked at him: "Then tell me, where on earth are you being reasonable?"
"You... humph!" Mo Yan put his hands on his hips, "Don't think I don't know, you just can't choose to come out, deliberately stalling for time here."
Gu Qingze waved his hand: "You are the one stalling for time, aren't you? It was you who wanted to kill the villagers, but you put the blame on me and hypocritically gave me a choice."
"If you admit it yourself, then you want to kill me, then you can do whatever you want. I won't argue with you about this. But you insist on denying it. Aren't you a hypocrite?"
"I... I am a demon. There is no need for me to pretend to be a good person. 'Hypocrite' is a concept that belongs to you humans." Mo Yan defended.
Gu Qingze looked as if he had suddenly realized something: "So you learned it all by yourself."
Mo Yan subconsciously retorted, "You are the one who learned it all by yourself. Your whole family is also self-taught!"
"Speaking of which... I saw you save people without even understanding the situation. It seems you are considered kind among humans, so I am testing you with this choice."
"...You really don't care if I kill them?" Mo Yan's tone was filled with doubt.
Gu Qingze looked at him and smiled. "I just saw injustice and helped others. I'm not a good person. I just saw it... so I stopped it."
"If you want to kill them, I'll cover my eyes with a piece of cloth. As the saying goes, out of sight, out of mind. I'm better at covering my ears and stealing bells. As long as I can't see, I can pretend not to know."
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