Chapter 140: Will I Fall?

After hearing about the first Instance from Bai Hualin, neither Mo Xiaobai nor A-Dai rushed to speak.

The corners of Bai Hualin’s mouth paused slightly, and she quickly spoke out the second Instance:

The Calamity of Yangcheng!

“The general background of this Instance is that after Mozi went to the Chu State multiple times, although he did not accept the rewards from the King of Chu, the Chu State and the Mohist School were generally in a honeymoon period. However, the Mohist School still could not directly change the thoughts of the King of Chu, so they changed their target and attempted to instill the concept of ‘Universal Love’ into the nobles of the Chu State.”

“After that, the big boss of the Military School, Wu Qi, switched allegiance and returned to the Chu State. His great name is known even to someone like me who doesn’t understand history. But when I entered the Instance, Wu Qi was already dead, dying under a conspiracy siege by those nobles. The task we Players received was to protect one of the nobles, the Lord of Yangcheng, and help him escape the pursuit and revenge of the new King. This was because the King of Chu, who had just ascended from the Crown Prince, wanted to kill everyone who ‘shot Wu Qi and hit the King’s body’.”

When Bai Hualin said this, her eyes drifted as she looked at Mo Xiaobai: “Great God, do you know what kind of mood I was in when I received the task? If I had balls, they probably would have shattered all over the ground.”

“I can probably guess. What you’re talking about should be another flaw in the ‘Universal Love’ concept.” Mo Xiaobai nodded; he could understand Bai Hualin’s resentment.

“Yes, the core idea proposed by the Mohist School is ‘Universal Love’, but because their ‘Non-Offensive’ concept conflicted with Wu Qi’s Military School concepts, and adding Wu Qi’s terrible character of killing his wife and not burying his mother, they joined those nobles in planning a conspiracy. But the plan wasn’t thorough when killing Wu Qi, and it affected the corpse of the late old King of Chu.”

“I really had ten thousand alpacas galloping in my heart at the time, and I wanted to refuse this escort mission. But the mission was arranged by the Intellect Brain, and I’m not as open-minded as you, Great God. In the end, I stupidly completed the mission. If I had known that Instance Quests didn’t need to worry about NPCs, I would have absolutely slashed the Lord of Yangcheng to death right then. That coward used the Mohist mentality of sympathizing with the weak and their imperfect concepts to make fools out of the Mohist School.”

As Bai Hualin spoke, her two little tiger teeth inadvertently revealed themselves, looking like she wished she could go back into the Instance and do it again.

However, unfortunately, she, Bai Hualin, could not possibly have this kind of opportunity.

“The things that happened later, people who know a little history should probably also know. The Juzi at the time, Meng Sheng, after arranging for us to escape, stayed behind himself. He also discovered then that supporting the Chu State nobles in plotting against Wu Qi was singing a contrary tune to ‘Universal Love’. He finally woke up and realized that this rift was a fatal blow to the Mohist School.”

“So Meng Sheng committed suicide, and at the same time declared to the world that the Mohist School’s ‘Universal Love’ had no problems, that the Wu Qi incident was his private behavior, and that he was no longer worthy of being the Juzi, so he would atone with his death. When the remaining eight Players rushed back to the Yangcheng fief after finishing the mission, they happened to witness Meng Sheng committing suicide together with his die-hard followers.”

“I still dare not recall that scene now, because it was too real, you know? Nearly two hundred people stained the area with blood. Most people might think this was where righteousness lies, a symbol of the Mohist School, but we Players and the living Mohist disciples only saw infinite desolation and helplessness. Meng Sheng forcibly used death to temporarily plug the rift, but no matter how beautifully the surface is painted, it cannot change the fact that the inside is full of cracks.”

“The Mohist School at this time seemed to have boundless glory as a prominent school, but in reality, it had reached the edge of crisis. Then, ha, then the person who would give the Mohist School a fierce kick was born, and that plot was the third Instance I experienced.”

After finishing the second Instance, Bai Hualin let out a breath, her brows slightly furrowed as if considering how to speak. Mo Xiaobai did not rush her either, because if he didn’t let Bai Hualin finish speaking, it would be hard for him to respond.

Mo Xiaobai had to know what exactly Xiao Bai experienced in the end that would make her have no interest in the Mohist School, just like Cheng Liya now, preferring to cook and wash dishes every day rather than step out of the circle she drew in her own heart.

However, before Mo Xiaobai could speak, A-Dai suddenly opened his mouth: “I probably know the third plot. It is Ying Si expelling the Mohists, right?”

Xiao Bai, who was just about to continue speaking, had her eyes light up: “You actually know?”

“I don’t know much, I just learned a little about it. It is said that the Mohist School had signs of converging towards the Qin State at that time, and the people of the old Qin were simple and honest, which was also suitable for the Mohist School to spread their ideas.”

A-Dai nodded and spoke, but after finishing, he asked: “But I have always had a question. Why did the son of Juzi Fu commit murder in the Qin State at that time? As the son of a Juzi, he should be the clearest about the concept of Universal Love.”

“This question of yours, I actually want to know the answer to as well!”

Bai Hualin curled her lips and complained, starting to narrate the process of her last Instance Quest: “Maybe because they sensed the resentment of the Players during the second Instance, when our final group of eight entered the third Instance, the Intellect Brain actually gave us a choice of two options. At the execution ground, the Player team had two choices: one was to save Fu’s son, and the other was to escort Juzi Fu to leave the Qin State safely.”

“At that time, we voted to decide which one to do. Although three people insisted on robbing the execution ground, the other five of us didn’t want to save that murderer, so in the end, we chose the escort mission.”

“My idea at that time was very simple. I just felt that since Fu’s son had killed someone, there was no need to save him. Besides, if we saved him, we would have to face the threat of the Qin Army directly, and there was almost no chance of success. But on the way to do the escort mission, we asked many fellow Mohist disciples, and surprisingly, not a single one had seen Juzi Fu’s son kill anyone with their own eyes. They all found out afterwards, and even the King of Qin knew earlier than they did.”

“Xianyang is the capital of the Qin State, so it makes sense that the King of Qin would know faster, but the King suddenly ran to find the Juzi, saying that he could show mercy and pretend it never happened. The motive for this kind of action inevitably makes people suspicious. Because everyone knows that the King of Qin is Ying Si, the Ying Si who executed Shang Yang as soon as he took the throne, the Ying Si who worked in cahoots with Zhang Yi, and he is also the first King of the Qin State. I really don’t feel that he has the attribute of respecting the old and cherishing the young, that he would disregard a murder case just because of Fu’s old age.”

When Bai Hualin said this, she suddenly went silent.

Seeing that Bai Hualin didn’t continue, Mo Xiaobai smiled: “So, you think that Fu’s son breaking the law in the Qin State was a trap set by Ying Si? Based on what you just said, this speculation is not impossible. In the entire plot, the person who convicted Juzi Fu’s son was Ying Si himself. Whether he really killed someone or it was a frame-up, the murder became a fact, and it was Ying Si who personally told Fu about it.”

“Since he said it, Fu only had two choices: to save or not to save his son. If he chose to save his son, it would mean he was shielding a murderer, and the ‘Universal Love’ concept might as well not be used anymore; it could be thrown directly into a stinking ditch. If he didn’t save him, then he would be the real culprit who killed his son, because Ying Si had already spread the word that it could be treated as if he didn’t know.”

“It looks like the power to choose between killing or not killing is in Fu’s hands, but a Juzi who can even kill his own son and no longer loves him, how can he make people believe in the Mohist theory of Universal Love? If this trap was really set by Ying Si, I can only say that the King of Qin is even harder to deal with than the King of Chu.”

“Giving a multiple-choice question where both sides are dead ends, tsk tsk, the method is indeed brilliant. No wonder the Qin people in history, after being influenced by the Mohist School, could burst forth with even stronger cohesion in his hands. It can simply be described as dominating the heavens, the earth, and the air.”

Mo Xiaobai tsked twice, and Bai Hualin also pouted and said: “Yes, Ying Si is really a formidable King. The Mohist School, which was already full of cracks, was almost kicked apart by him.”

“So after finishing these three Instances, I didn’t want to do any Mohist inheritance missions anymore. What’s the point of finishing them? Even if I reintegrate the Mohist School, so what? To walk the old path of Mozi, Meng Sheng, and Fu all over again? Mozi didn’t win against the King of Chu, and Fu also lost to Ying Si. Great God, you tell me, if there really is such a day, will I end up falling into your hands?”