Chapter 216 Law Enforcement Elder Guards the World (30)

“Then, unexpectedly, I was reborn but in a vegetative state. Mom, do you know how desperate I was? I could only move my eyes. Later, a very beautiful and graceful woman arrived with that person. She asked me a few questions and then sent me back.”

“I don’t remember the rest clearly. I only recall that she said, ‘The past cannot be changed. I should cherish the present’.”

The father said, “Well, it’s good enough that you’re no longer willful.”

Having died once, Shen Zhuzhu repeatedly promised she wouldn’t be willful anymore.

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Shen Zhuo asked, “Master, is the so-called System 168 with you now?”

The room was now only occupied by Bai Tang and Shen Zhuo.

Bai Tang guided Shen Zhuo onto the jade-colored hammer transformed from Canglan and lifted the restrictions on Prince Shen’s Mansion.

Bai Tang nodded slightly, ensuring that System 168 could no longer eavesdrop on the outside world. “It is indeed with me.”

Beneath his calm demeanor, Shen Zhuo seemed lost in thought but said, “Master, rebirth is not hope for me; it is just another Abyss. The abnormality of the old coot and the so-called System 168 are all the same. You, Master, are the one who can break the cycle and change things.”

Shen Zhuo was highly intelligent. In his previous life, his overwhelming hatred had driven him solely towards revenge. When he was reborn just as the world was on the brink of destruction, his desire to obliterate it only intensified. He had no thoughts of change; his focus was solely on how to wreak even more havoc upon the world. If Prince Shen’s Mansion remained unchanged and the Divine Movement Sect continued as it had in his previous life, it would only serve as a means to accelerate his plans, further solidifying his resolve to avenge himself against everyone. It was precisely because of Bai Tang’s intervention that the Divine Movement Sect had changed. Despite his deep-seated resentment, Shen Zhuo’s inner self yearned for warmth and someone to treat him with kindness.

Bai Tang shook her head gently. “Little disciple, you will come to understand that the one who can break the cycle is yourself. Always remember to ask yourself why, several times over. Some questions may not have answers, but this habit will lead to transformation. You must discern with your heart, figure out what they want you to become, and instead of waiting for others to save you, learn to save yourself. As long as their plans keep failing, their true intentions will eventually be exposed. It may be difficult, but you must never give up.”

Self-rescue?

To go against their true intentions.

Shen Zhuo took these words to heart. He knew Bai Tang was sincere.

He could only listen to his Master, perhaps because he felt that his Master was genuinely the one who could save him.

“Master, I want to see System 168.”

Shen Zhuo was curious about what System 168 was. He had the vague feeling that he had encountered it many times before.

Bai Tang opened her hand, and a ball of white light appeared in her palm, surrounded by a faint golden aura.

“This is System 168. It is currently imprisoned by me. Our conversation hasn’t been overheard by it. Oh, and I’ve destroyed nearly two-thirds of its core components, which is why it has become so docile.”

Shen Zhuo stared at System 168 for a long time before asking, “Did it bring you here, Master?”

Bai Tang replied lazily, “That should be its final function.”

Shen Zhuo contemplated for a moment before saying, “Then I won’t destroy it.”

It still had some use.

Even if Shen Zhuo wanted to destroy System 168, Bai Tang wouldn’t allow it. There was still an innocent girl who had yet to be found, and it was unknown what she would endure.

Bai Tang threw System 168 back in and ignored its pleas for mercy.

Shen Zhuo asked again, “Master, after being beaten by that old coot, you endured one hundred and nine lashes and a stab wound. Master really doesn’t feel any pain?”

He remembered all of his own pain vividly. The old coot’s lashes were not something new to Shen Zhuo; he had been beaten by them before and had even died under their strikes.

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