novelraw Chapter 1050 - 401: Going Home_2
Chapter 1050 - 401: Going Home_2
"If it weren’t for you, President, building a town here, I wouldn’t have thought of setting up shop here. The pioneers plant trees, and the later generations enjoy the shade. You are the foundation of everything," Li Xiu said.
"The pioneers plant trees, and the later generations enjoy the shade, so you swallowed the Spirit Suppressing Stones I painstakingly gathered?" the President sneered.
Li Xiu knew that there was no point in saying anything now. The President had given so much for the Spirit Suppressing Stones, and it was absolutely impossible for him to give them up.
"President, there’s something that has always puzzled me. Can you help clarify it for me?" Li Xiu said calmly, as if he hadn’t heard the President’s accusation.
"Speak," the President said, unhurriedly, squinting his eyes.
"What do you plan to do with the complete Spirit Suppressing Stone once you have it?" Li Xiu asked, looking at the President.
"Go home," the President spoke slowly.
The President’s answer did not surprise Li Xiu. Anyone who knew of the President’s background would have thought that he perhaps did not wish to live in this world. After all, he was severely rejected by this world, and it was impossible for him to integrate into it.
The President’s desire for the Spirit Suppressing Stones had only two possibilities: one was to use the Spirit Suppressing Stones to integrate into this world, and the other was to use them to leave this world.
"Can you tell me where you come from?" Li Xiu asked again.
"This question stumps me a bit," the President pondered.
"If it’s inconvenient, you don’t have to answer," Li Xiu said.
"It’s not inconvenient; I just don’t know how to answer your question," the President said with a gentle smile. "If you want to know where I came from, I can tell you. I came from a prison much like this world. Unfortunately, this place is even worse than that prison."
"Prison?" Li Xiu hadn’t expected such an answer and was momentarily at a loss for understanding.
"It’s normal that you don’t understand. How should I explain it to you... Before, I used a basketball court as an analogy for this world. Now I’ve changed it. I compare this world to a prison. I wasn’t originally part of this prison, but a person on the outside, involved in creating the prison. However, due to certain problems, I was imprisoned within one of these prisons. There are many such prisons, and I was confined in one of them. People like me don’t much enjoy being constrained, so I chose to break out."
At this point, the President’s expression became very peculiar and rather gloomy, as he continued, "I used all my wits, and finally broke out successfully. I thought I could regain my freedom, but who would have thought, when I looked up, damn it, I had taken the wrong path and broken into another prison. This prison, although quite old, is unlikely to hold me, and I can still use the same method to break out. However, there’s a very bothersome issue now—I don’t know which path leads out of the prison. I’m afraid if I try again, I’ll end up in yet another prison. Had I known, I might as well have enjoyed myself on Laojun Mountain. At least the level of evolution in that world is much higher, and there are more opportunities. Since I’m already at this point, I can only figure out a way to ensure I can return to the outside world."
"Does this method have something to do with the Spirit Suppressing Stones?" Li Xiu frowned and asked.
The President nodded, "In fact, aside from breaking out, there’s another way to get out. Every prison has a big door to the outside. As long as you can get the key, you can walk out through the door. I need to get that key."
"The Spirit Suppressing Stone is the key?" Li Xiu began to understand.
"No, the Spirit Suppressing Stone is not the key," the President’s answer caught Li Xiu off guard.
"It’s not the Spirit Suppressing Stone?" Li Xiu looked at the President in surprise. If the Spirit Suppressing Stone wasn’t the key, why did the President go to such lengths to seize it?
"Although the Spirit Suppressing Stone isn’t the key, it can create the key," the President said with a half-smile, staring at Li Xiu.
Li Xiu’s expression changed slightly as he fixed his gaze on the President, "So, I am the key you painstakingly crafted?"
"Correct," the President nodded readily, "You are more impressive than I imagined, already exceeding my expectations."
"Why choose me?" Li Xiu couldn’t understand. When the President selected him, he was just a novice Trial Taker. There were plenty of more powerful Trial Takers, yet the President somehow singled him out.
"Because only you will do," the President sighed. "Originally, I thought that as long as I had enough energy, I could create the key. But I overlooked one problem: this is not my homeland. There is nothing here that can manufacture a key. No matter how much energy I have, it’s impossible to create a key. So, I shattered the Spirit Suppressing Stone, hoping to catalyze this world’s rapid evolution to gain more energy. But this proved futile."
"So I came up with another plan, to combine my genes with those of this world, creating a body that wouldn’t be rejected by this world. Then I would use that body to evade the control of the prison system and escape the prison. Unfortunately, this method encountered numerous difficulties. I tried genes from many species, but because I had shattered the Spirit Suppressing Stone, none of these species evolved to their ultimate state. Even if my genes fused with theirs, it wasn’t enough to allow me to escape the prison, so this plan also failed. But now that I think about it, even if that plan had succeeded, whether I could escape this prison would still be unknown."