Inside the Hall of a Hundred Kings, after Number 41 revealed the information he had learned, the brief silence was quickly broken by a heated discussion.
"Did Tantai Qin really commit the act of wiping out the entire family?" Number 9 seemed quite shocked.
“What’s so strange about that!” Number 56, who had been silent until now, sneered. “Everyone here knows what kind of ‘way’ the Duke of Yanshan follows, otherwise he wouldn’t have had such a fierce conflict with the Marquis of Jingcheng back then.”
“I still think…this is too brutal,” sighed Number 66. “And it could easily lead to unforeseen consequences, after all, we really don’t know enough about the ‘Door’.”
"Perhaps, Tantai Qin is scouting ahead?"
"Bullshit, that woman is a born killer. She probably couldn't stop herself and killed them all. Hey, what a waste of such a nice-sounding name."
"Number 80, you'd better tone it down a bit. How do you know Tantai Qin isn't among us?"
The reminder from number 21 brought silence back to the Hall of Kings.
The group sized each other up, their expressions unreadable.
Although Shen Qian only vaguely understood the conversation and didn't know who Tantai Qin was, he suddenly understood why everyone was unwilling to reveal their true identities in the Hundred Kings Hall by sensing the subtle atmosphere.
Once connected to one's real-life identity, who can still speak so recklessly?
Or perhaps, everyone is maintaining a tacit understanding, working together to preserve this "online environment" where everyone can speak freely.
"Hey, you pros, you can't just focus on having fun yourselves, you have to help out the newbies too!"
Zhao Keyi couldn't help but shout, "'Gate'? I roughly know what that means, but what does 'exterminating a family' mean?"
Zhao Keyi's loud noise finally broke the silence. Number 9 chuckled and said, "I almost forgot about you two newbies. Number 98, do you know about the 'door'?"
"If you don't know, you can ask your personal attendant to check the information. You should still have access to this basic information."
“I know what ‘door’ is,” Shen Qian replied.
"Now that you know, things are easier."
Science Popularization No. 9 explained, "Each 'door' connects to a different space. Since it's an independent environment, there are naturally living beings there. The so-called 'door' extermination, as the name suggests, refers to..."
"Annihilate everything inside the 'gate'."
"Kill all living things?" Zhao Keyi stared in disbelief.
Shen Qian was also somewhat shocked. Although he didn't know what was behind the 'door', even if it was a small world, as long as there was life, it must be a huge group.
“It’s superficial, and that’s not all.”
Number 9 said in a complicated tone, "We also need to completely eliminate the possibility of life being born again, or to put it more vividly, to annihilate the life force of that world."
"From a Buddhist perspective, this is an immeasurable sin that cannot be washed away even after ten lifetimes of reincarnation!" Number 47 said in a low voice.
"Isn't it said that the existence of the 'gate' is a scourge to humanity?"
Zhao Keyi asked, puzzled, "If that's the case, killing those who aren't of our kind isn't a sin, is it?"
“Good question.” Number 47 chuckled. “Unfortunately… not all ‘gates’ are hostile to humans.”
Shen Qian and Zhao Keyi were both taken aback.
"Because not all 'doors' are opened by humans, there are also 'doors' that open naturally. Of course, there will be worlds that do not want to be enemies with humans."
Number 66 said leisurely, "There are even some friendly dimensions that have reached interoperability agreements with us."
Shen Qian was shocked, as this was the first time he had heard such a secret.
He then realized something and couldn't help but ask, "What kind of 'gate' did Tantai Qin use to exterminate?"
“That’s the problem,” sighed Number 41, who first broke the news. “That should be considered a neutral ‘gate’ that has been open for several years, but it has always kept to itself and our human race.”
Shen Qian and Zhao Keyi were both quite shocked. In that case, Tantai Qin's act of storming into the "door" and annihilating everything became somewhat difficult to judge.
"Otherwise, why do you think her actions would cause such a huge uproar in Northeast China?"
Number 41 shook his head. "From what I've heard, this move is also highly controversial among the princes and nobles. Apart from the Marquis of Jingcheng who has clearly expressed his opposition, the other princes and nobles have not yet expressed their opinions."
Is the teacher... against this kind of massacre?
Shen Qian silently digested the signals revealed in them.
"Speaking of which, Tantai Qin only managed to break into that 'gate' by herself and her sword after Jiang Huan left the Northeast ten days ago. Otherwise, if Jiang Huan were here, I'm afraid she wouldn't have succeeded so easily."
Number 41 continued to share what he knew.
"Isn't Jiang Huan here?"
Number 9 suddenly realized, "I knew it! If Jiang Huan were here, how could Tantai Qin dare to be so presumptuous?"
"Both of them are geniuses of their time. Jiang Huan is terrifyingly strong, but Tantai Qin is no less so. Otherwise, if they were ordinary people from the Mountain and Sea Realm, I'm afraid the kings and nobles wouldn't have been so lenient with them," Number 66 commented fairly.
Number 9's words clearly showed a bias towards Jiang Huan, which Shen Qian caught.
Could this number 9 know the senior brother?
"Guys, we've gone off-topic. You still haven't explained what the 'Dao Stone' and 'Heaven-Seizing Array' are!"
Zhao Keyi couldn't help but ask.
He considered himself to come from a distinguished family, yet he had never heard of these two terms before.
"Dao Stone is a very rare stone. In terms of its preciousness, it is probably comparable to the Stone for Mending the Sky. How it is produced and how it exists is a bit difficult to explain due to the principles of the Great Dao."
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