Gu Xicheng was also shaken by this force, his body trembled, and his meridians felt as if they were being pricked by needles.
Lu Qing quickly helped him up, frowning as she asked:
"Gu Xicheng, how are you?"
After a while, Gu Xicheng felt the pain in his body subside a little.
"I'm fine."
After answering Lu Qing, Gu Xicheng went to check on the state of the deity in his mind.
He closed his eyes, as if the attack had exhausted all his strength, causing him to fall back into a deep sleep.
Gu Xicheng knew that even if the gods were awake, they wouldn't answer his questions, so he simply stopped asking.
The evil spirit possessing Eileen had been dispersed, and he couldn't get any information out of her.
But after thinking carefully about what the Li Clan had just said, and considering the gods' reaction, he could vaguely guess some of the reasons.
Gu Xicheng looked at Lu Qing and saw that her expression was solemn, so he knew that her guess was probably not much different from his own.
"Qingqing, I..."
Gu Xicheng was interrupted by Lu Qing before he could finish speaking.
"Gu Xicheng, this Li Clan must be deliberately interfering with us, trying to make us give up on eliminating them. We can't be fooled by them!"
Gu Xicheng: "But what if what it says is true? What if eliminating the Wrathful King requires your..."
"So what?" Lu Qing's voice was sharp.
Looking at Gu Xicheng's bewildered and sorrowful eyes, she sighed deeply:
"If you could only choose between me and everyone else in the world, who would you choose?"
"What kind of bullshit choice is this!" Gu Xicheng shouted angrily, then hugged Lu Qing tightly.
"I only want to protect you and our family. I don't know any of the other people, so why should I care about them!"
"If saving this world requires your life, then let the world be destroyed!"
Upon hearing this, the god who had been feigning death suddenly spoke again:
"Gu Xicheng, you are a god, you should prioritize the well-being of the world, how can you indulge in love and utter such rebellious words!"
"I am not a god, nor do I want to be a hero who saves the world!" Gu Xicheng said angrily.
The question of train tracks has been a false proposition for a long time. Most people would choose to sacrifice one person to save five, but when he first heard the question, he was thinking about how to stop the train.
Even if this choice is countless times more difficult than changing the train tracks, he will do his best to find a way, because he has no right to decide the fate of others.
"Let me tell you, I would never sacrifice Lu Qing for anyone else, and you shouldn't even think about hurting her, or I won't hesitate to drag you down with me!"
After saying that, Gu Xicheng severed his connection with the gods.
The deity in his sea of consciousness, knowing his thoughts, did not refute him again, but frowned as if he was thinking about something.
Outside, the Li Clan had vanished, and the black mist surrounding the manor had dissipated.
Eileen turned back into a robot, her facial expression becoming mechanical.
"Eileen, where is Jody?" Lu Qing asked hurriedly.
Eileen mechanically replied, "Okay, I'll contact Mr. Jody for you now."
Then Eileen closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, she answered:
"Mr. Jody is resting in his bedroom. Would you like me to wake him?"
Lu Qing nodded.
Eileen then went upstairs to wake Jody up.
When Jody woke up, she felt as if her head had been hit, and it was extremely painful.
"Gu Xicheng, Miss Lu Qing, what brings you here?" Jody forced a smile when she saw the two of them.
Gu Xicheng frowned and said, "Jody, something happened to Tina. Why didn't you answer the phone?"
"Who did you say got into trouble?" Jody asked again, unsure.
"Tina, your daughter, she was almost killed last night. We called you many times, but you didn't answer. What happened?"
Gu Xicheng asked tentatively, wanting to know if Jody knew about Eileen being possessed.
Jody was shocked and hurriedly asked:
Where is Tina now? How is she?
Gu Xicheng: "She is currently in the hospital and is not in immediate danger."
"No, I have to go to the hospital," Jody said anxiously.
Gu Xicheng and Lu Qing took him to the hospital, and also brought Ai Lin along.
Upon arriving at the hospital, Jody breathed a slight sigh of relief after confirming that Eileen was still alive.
"Who is it? Who hurt my daughter?" Jody shouted angrily.
"Jody, do you remember what happened these past few days?" Gu Xicheng asked.
Jody thought about it carefully, but his memory seemed fragmented:
"I only remember that on the day of Tina's coming-of-age ceremony, after the banquet, I noticed that something was wrong with Number 18, Erin. She had actually destroyed all the other Erins..."
Thinking of this, Jody immediately looked at Eileen standing beside him, and then quickly removed her chip.
This time, Eileen did not resist.
After the chip was removed, Eileen closed her eyes.
Jody stared at the chip and said in a deep voice:
“There’s something wrong with Erin. After I discovered that she had harmful intentions, I tried to remove her chip, but I couldn’t remove it no matter what I did.”
"I don't remember much about what happened after that, but I do remember that Tina was very well-behaved during that time. She played the piano very well, just like Eileen."
Lu Qing: "That's right."
“Eileen has developed her own consciousness. She really sees herself as Eileen and has fallen in love with you. When she realizes that she can never compare to Tina’s place in your heart, she has murderous intent.”
Jody was shocked: "You mean, the person who wanted to kill Tina was Eileen!"
Lu Qing nodded slightly.
Just then, Wang Yanjun also received the surveillance video of the incident.
The surveillance video clearly shows that it was indeed Eileen who lured Tina out, then stabbed her and dumped her in the alley.
If Eileen hadn't called Lu Qing in time, she probably would have died from excessive blood loss.
After seeing the video, Jody was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground.
He never imagined that the android he created would almost kill his daughter.
Seeing Eileen already asleep beside him, Jody suddenly stood up, pounced on her, and swung his fists at her relentlessly until he smashed her face until engine oil seeped out from under her broken skin before he finally stopped, exhausted.
"Tina, I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!" Jody apologized repeatedly, her eyes red.
Actually, it wasn't entirely Jody's fault. Eileen did develop a sliver of human consciousness, but without the possession of the Wraith, she shouldn't have been able to do anything to harm Tina.
But Lu Qing didn't tell Jody, because Tina needed Jody's remorse, and Jody also needed to face the fact that Eileen had left.
When Tina woke up, Gu Xicheng and Lu Qing had already gone home.
They were woken up in the middle of the night, and both of them were very tired. They went back and took a nap, not getting up until the afternoon.
When Lu woke up, he heard Gu Xicheng on the phone, seemingly about company matters, and his face was filled with anger.
Lu Qing went to the balcony. Gu Xicheng's expression softened when he saw her. He then hung up the phone and pulled Lu Qing back into the house.
"Have you had enough sleep?"
Lu Qing smiled and nodded, gently stroking Gu Xicheng's still clearly tired brows and eyes:
"Are you still thinking about what the Li Clan said?"
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