"Ask yourself, did you or did you not betray?"
This question plunged 1721 into silence for several minutes, the fierce and violent look vanishing from his face as he lowered his head to stare at his hands.
No, of course he hadn't betrayed anyone.
Yet, 1721 was unable to refute Duan Mingyuan's soul-searching interrogation.
He believed that omens of destruction would trap humanity in a fear they could not escape from, but if one viewed his actions from a different angle, they were indeed no different from leaking secrets.
Objectively, he had become a leaker, sounding the alarm for humanity, enabling them to detect impending crises earlier. Perhaps this still couldn't prevent the day of destruction, but it might inject more uncertainties into the equation—such as now, where Eisenberg-Adler, inheriting his mentor's research, was determined to build a digitalized world, a haven for humanity after the day of destruction.
