Chapter 8 Pollution Chapter 55 Two Choices
When Vice President Chi Meng, Deputy Island Master Fan Xi, and Bai Yu Town Guard heard this, their expressions changed slightly.
"He's really out of control." The Baiyu Guard sighed.
"Chi Meng, Wu Ming is from your Yuanchu Research Institute." Deputy Island Master Fan Xi said softly, "You handle it."
Vice Dean Chi Meng nodded slightly and looked at Xu Jingming: "Junior brother, have you not realized that you have lost control?"
"May I ask you three, where did I lose control?" Xu Jingming looked at the three people.
"You should be very clear about how many things you have done in the past six years ." Vice Dean Chi Meng said, "Let me just mention a few. First, the Ning Wei case!"
"Was I wrong in the Ning Wei case?" Xu Jingming asked back.
"The seventh prince of the Tanchen royal family, Prince Yuxu, lost a bet and as punishment, he completely massacred the indigenous civilization of a private planet under his command." Vice Dean Chi Meng said, "The massacre of the indigenous people of the private planet was done by Prince Yuxu's personal guards disguised as star pirates."
"Ha ha……"
Xu Jingming laughed, "The destruction of an indigenous civilization was actually a punishment for losing a bet. Do you think this is ridiculous, three of you? The most ridiculous thing is that the seventh prince, who is at least a member of the royal family of a medium-sized cosmic civilization, decided to massacre an indigenous civilization, but he didn't even think of eradicating it completely?"
"He has owned this private planet for many years, and the indigenous civilization has given birth to a group of star life forms over the years. These star life forms have left the planet and are serving the Seventh Prince. But what about him? He slaughtered the private planet at will after losing the bet, but he didn't expect that many of the relatives and friends of those star life forms lived on that private planet."
“So, these people became the rebels.”
Xu Jingming sighed, "This prince probably didn't even look down on these little people. So before slaughtering the indigenous civilization, he didn't think of dealing with those star creatures first. Afterwards, he suffered a lot and realized the need to capture those star creatures."
"He still didn't want to kill them, but to make these space creatures his slaves." Xu Jingming said, "And Ning Wei was a space creature whose entire family was killed, whose civilization was destroyed, and who was taken as a slave."
"His whole life was all about revenge," Xu Jingming said. "Is it wrong for me to help him get revenge?"
Vice Dean Chi Meng said: "Prince Yuxu himself, the big businessman who made a bet with him, and all the star lifeforms of the personal guards in this operation. Kill them all, leaving no one alive."
"Yes." Xu Jingming nodded, "739 people, not one will be left alive."
"Prince Yuxu deserves to die." Vice Dean Chi Meng said, "The big businessman who made the bet only asked him to kill a certain number of people. There was no civilization that had to slaughter innocent people. The big businessman should not be executed according to the law."
"If the bet fails, you will let the other party kill one billion people? Why keep this kind of businessman if not kill him?" Xu Jingming sneered.
"Prince Yuxu has a violent temper, and the Royal Guards have strict military rules. When he gives an order, the Royal Guards must execute it. Those who disobey the order will be executed by the 'law enforcement team.'" Vice President Chi Meng said, "So the Royal Guards are executing orders. They dare not disobey. They are executing orders and should not be executed."
"Knowing Prince Yuxu's temperament, why didn't he leave the Royal Guards earlier? If you are willing to be a pawn, it's not a pity to die." Xu Jingming said coldly.
Vice President Chi Meng nodded slightly: "Let me ask you about the second case, the Cangfu case."
Xu Jingming also recalled one of the people who had been possessed and felt pain for more than six years - Cang Fu.
"Cang Fu was betrayed by his good friend Ze Fang, and more than a thousand people in his family died. Cang Fu's hair turned white overnight, and he vowed to take revenge." Xu Jingming said softly, "Cang Fu made a comeback and eventually took control of Qing State. But Ze Fang fled to the hostile Xun State."
"After more than ten years of fighting, Cangfu finally defeated Xunguo and was about to capture his enemy 'Zefang'. But at this time, a risky spaceship discovered this planet."
"This indigenous planet has since entered the cosmic age."
"This planet was bought by a big family. Zefang was very good at dealing with people and quickly got on the big brother's good side. He has since soared to the sky." Xu Jingming shook his head. "Cang Fu was tortured by Zefang. Zefang didn't bother to kill him, but tortured him every day. He is in hell, but he can never see the end."
"It just so happened that I passed by this planet of life and observed the emotions of all the life on the planet. I discovered the strong pain in him." Xu Jingming smiled and said, "I fulfilled his wish."
"In the Cangfu case, you killed 1,132 people," said Vice Dean Chi Meng. "Some of them deserved to die, but most did not. After all, before the spacecraft discovered that planet, the conflicts between countries on the planet were difficult to distinguish between right and wrong. After integrating into the universe civilization, all of them were written off. You shouldn't kill people just because of the hatred from the indigenous period."
"Integrate into the universe civilization and write off everything?"
Xu Jingming shook his head. "More than a thousand people from the Cangfu clan died in vain? More than 100,000 innocent people were harmed by Zefang. Did they all die in vain?"
"The indigenous period and the cosmic civilization period are different stages." Vice President Chi Meng said, "The indigenous countries' conflicts and grievances are entangled with each other and it is difficult to explain. The laws of the Universal Human Alliance will not trace back to the grievances of the indigenous period."
"The law doesn't trace back, but Cang Fu will never forget the blood feud." Xu Jingming said, "So I helped him avenge this blood feud."
"Brother, have you discovered it?"
Vice President Chi Meng looked at Xu Jingming and said, "You no longer have any respect for the law! You kill people based on your own understanding. In the past six years, you have committed 701 crimes in total. No matter how noble their status is, you are merciless."
"According to the law, he only needs to be imprisoned for a hundred years. You can just kill him directly."
" According to the law, some minions were forced to follow orders, and generally a light punishment will suffice. You still killed them."
"According to the law, this is a grudge from the Aboriginal period and will not be pursued. You still killed him."
Vice Dean Chi Meng looked at Xu Jingming and said, "You ignore the law and everyone's identity. You do everything according to your own heart and kill whoever you want. Junior brother...what is the law in your mind?"
"You violate the law again and again! You are breaking the law, you are committing a crime!" Vice President Chi Meng looked at Xu Jingming.
"I understand."
Xu Jingming nodded.
"You said you were sober." Vice Dean Chi Meng said, "You are sober, but it is still illegal. Aren't you out of control?"
"Brother." Xu Jingming said softly, "What is the law for?"
"The law is to ensure a better order for the entire universe human alliance and to make people's behavior more in line with good cognition." Xu Jingming said, "Repaying kindness with kindness and revenge with hatred is in line with people's basic cognition. It is not about rigidly following the law! The law is dead, but people are alive. If you don't know how to adapt, you will be like a machine."
"Laws are dead, but people are alive." Vice President Chi Meng nodded, "Yes, so the law has many supplementary clauses. The law can be improved slowly, but... that is not a reason for you to violate the law."
"Brother, then you can punish me according to the law."
Xu Jingming said, "According to the law, I have enough power. For the things I have done, I will only be deducted for my merits, right?"
"As for the case, just deduct more than 100 million credits." Vice President Chi Meng nodded, "But the people you killed and the crimes you committed are not important. The three of us came here because of something more important - you are out of control."
"I lost control?" Xu Jingming looked at them, "What part of me lost control?"
The White Prison Guard said, "Wu Ming, you have violated the law time and time again! You still think you are sober and right, and that there is nothing wrong with breaking the law... If this isn't losing control, then what is it?"
"Before the high-dimensional pollution, would you violate the law like this?" Deputy Island Master Fanxi also said.
Xu Jingming was stunned.
Before high-dimensional contamination...
I never thought about violating the law.
Since when did I start ignoring the law?
"Have you discovered? You have long ignored the law, doing whatever you want, and you still think you are sober and right." Vice President Chi Meng said, "Yes, your excuse makes sense. The law has certain flaws. But to govern 34 universes and a vast amount of human civilization, our laws have been improved time and time again."
"This is the law agreed upon by the three supreme realms and confirmed by generations of outstanding figures. Everyone agrees that this is the law that governs the entire human race."
"You think you are right and the law is wrong. Who do you think you are? Are you smarter than the three supreme realms and all the human ancestors in history?" Vice Dean Chi Meng said, "Today, you, Xu Jingming, think the law is wrong. Tomorrow someone else will think the law is wrong. If no one follows the law, how can the entire universe human alliance be managed?"
"This is a relatively perfect law that balances all aspects." Vice President Chi Meng said, "Don't say that you, Xu Jingming, are just a source life. Even the three supreme realms can force the law. But the three supreme realms don't think that what they make is necessarily perfect. So it was also discussed with many outstanding people from the Universe Human Alliance before the law was confirmed. And it is also monitored through the virtual world network, and it is still being improved from generation to generation."
Xu Jingming was silent.
"After you were contaminated by the higher dimension, even though you killed Lu Naduo, you still respected the law at that time and still knew to submit evidence and sentence him to death."
"What about now? You no longer care about the evidence. You just act directly based on the so-called truth you discovered through observation and memory." Vice Dean Chi Meng said, "Is the truth in a person's memory necessarily the truth?"
"Since when have you become so free in killing?" Vice President Chi Meng looked at Xu Jingming.
Xu Jingming remained silent.
The three of them looked at him and said nothing more.
for a long time……
"This is high-dimensional pollution." Xu Jingming whispered, "Unconsciously, even though I thought I was very clear-headed, my understanding of the world, the law, and everything was constantly being distorted."
“Before I was contaminated, my actions were naturally within the legal framework.”
"After being contaminated, I occasionally find loopholes in the law so that others can't do anything to me."
"And now, I have completely disregarded the law and I have elevated myself above it. And I think I am right."
Looking back, Xu Jingming said, "My behavior has been changing. If I continue like this, I don't know what I will become."
When Chi Meng and the other two heard this, they actually felt relieved.
"There is still hope." Deputy Island Master Fan Xi said with a smile.
"Finally I know my problem." said Baiyu Guard.
Vice Dean Chi Meng also nodded and said, "Junior brother, now we give you two choices. First, we will fine you 100 million merits as punishment. You must recognize your mistakes and don't make them again. Second, if you can't control yourself and still do what you want, we can only imprison you!"
"There are two paths, choose one." Vice President Chi Meng said.
"Pick one?"
Xu Jingming lowered his head and said softly, "I am in a sea of suffering. The pain tortures me day and night. If I am not allowed to turn the tide, I will definitely go crazy."
"Let me control myself? I can't control myself anymore!" Xu Jingming looked up at the three people in front of him, "I choose to be imprisoned!"
