My brother is so cunning

Chapter 1131 A Contest with a Sage: The Bottom Line of Humanity
These words struck Wen Zhong like a pebble thrown into a calm lake.

He suddenly looked up at Wenrui's back, his eyes filled with shock and emotion.

In the past, he had always doubted the character of his unfilial son. Whenever he activated his third eye, the first target locked by his "villain radar" was always this kid.

From the day the boy was born, Wen Zhong felt that this kid was incompatible with him. When he saw him, a series of derogatory terms immediately flashed through his mind: eagle-eyed and wolf-like, scheming, treacherous, rebellious, and smiling with a knife hidden in his mouth.

As he grew older, his sinister nature was revealed in his actions. He was ruthless and unscrupulous in achieving his goals, never taking etiquette and moral principles seriously. He even went so far as to instigate Wen Zhong to depose Emperor Xin and install the crown prince as king.

But at this moment, Wen Rui's words, which sounded like those of a martyr sacrificing his life for righteousness, completely changed Wen Zhong's mind. The person in front of him truly had "the well-being of all beings" engraved in his bones, and he was willing to pay the price of his life to open up a new path for this world.

Wen Zhong's eyes welled up slightly. He stepped forward and said solemnly, "Child, all these years, I have wronged you! The arrival of the three saints is unstoppable. Fortunately, you are determined to die for your cause, so go in peace. It's just a pity that with the saints' intervention, I'm afraid even your remnant soul cannot be preserved..."

“I heard that you were promiscuous in the mortal world and have a child out of wedlock. I had previously refused to acknowledge you because I thought it would ruin the reputation of my Wen family. Now that you are dead, I will take your son, my grandson, into my life and raise him with care so that he can carry on your legacy.”

"Ah this..."

Wen Rui awkwardly twitched the corners of his mouth and said, "That's not what I meant. I think I can still be saved... I'll have to trouble you, Father, to set off now and rush to Biyou Palace to ask the Tongtian Sect Leader for help. Please don't give up on my treatment now!"

Wen Zhong was also taken aback and asked doubtfully, "Even if the Tongtian Sect Leader comes in person, Yuanshi Tianzun only needs to hold him back to buy time for the two Western Saints, and you will surely die. Is there any way to survive?"

"Uh..." Wen Rui's embarrassment deepened, and he stammered, "Their Three Saints Decapitation Strategy is powerful, but I'm not entirely without a chance to struggle... it's just that this method isn't very honorable..."

"You've created another new Heaven-Slaying Secret Technique?"

Wen Zhong's doubts deepened, and he pressed on, "The two saints of the Western Sect are no ordinary people. Your methods of transforming mortal objects and turning decay into wonder cannot withstand the saints' methods."

Wen Rui's eyes flickered as he said, "As the saying goes, 'I am for all living beings, and all living beings are for me.' My Jie Sect is dedicated to seeking a glimmer of hope for all living beings and all things. It can't be that my sect makes one-sided sacrifices; there has to be a give and take. Since I have already sacrificed so much for all living beings, it is only reasonable for them to shield me from a calamity as well."

"My plan is that when the two Western Saints attack, I will rush into the crowd of Free City, find someone to shield me, and thus prevent the two Western Saints from fighting freely and effectively..."

"This is the only loophole in their plan. The two saints of the Western Sect are bound by their doctrines and beliefs and cannot wantonly kill innocent people. So I will find a place where innocent children with innocent backgrounds gather together, and they will not be able to throw powerful supernatural powers at me at will..."

Veins bulged on Wen Zhong's forehead. The slight emotion he had just felt from his son's declaration of martyrdom vanished in an instant. He swung his hand and slapped Wen Rui's ugly, cowardly face.

"My Wen family has been renowned for generations, how could we have produced such a wicked beast as you!"

Wen Zhong angrily rode auspicious clouds to the Thirty-Third Heaven. Before leaving, he cursed and said that he went to seek help from the Tongtian Sect Leader not to save Wen Rui's life, but because he did not want Wen Rui to implicate innocent children.

Wen Rui walked out of the intelligence room with a sheepish look on his face. He had no choice. The other party had disregarded the virtues of immortals and actually mobilized three Primordial Saints to ambush him, a mere God of Merit. If he didn't resort to some underhanded tricks that broke through the bottom line, wouldn't he have no choice but to close his eyes and wait for death?
Using innocent children from the Demon Alliance as human shields sounds shameless, and it is indeed shameless, but it's all for the sake of survival, so why not?

Wen Rui doesn't have any celebrity baggage and never boasts about his high moral character, yet he's been labeled as a demon. So what's wrong with using some children as human shields? It's not like he's eating children!

The real evil demons and monsters eat children like snacks!

Those kinds of demons are all qualified to be forgiven and converted by the Western Sect, adding a beautiful touch to Guanyin Bodhisattva's lotus pond. He Wenrui just hid behind the children for refuge, betting that the two saints of the Western Sect had a higher moral standard than him and would not kill innocent children.

After leaving the intelligence room, Wen Rui headed straight for the underground fortress at the lowest level of the Demon Alliance base.

Although the child human shield plan was established, one cannot risk one's entire fortune and life on the assumption that the opponent has a lower moral standard than him.

Logically speaking, Western saints have always emphasized compassion and considered themselves moral exemplars of the Three Realms, never eating beef. However, those two saints were born in India, a magical land. Even if they were ancient deities, their character is seriously questionable.

Upon arriving at the secret chamber within the base's bunker, which was shielded from all divine sense detection, Wen Rui immediately opened the system interface. He still had two chances to draw black technology.

Now we are at a critical juncture, facing imminent battle. Whatever technology we use can at least increase Wen Rui's chances of survival under the pursuit of the two Western Saints.

With practiced ease, Wen Rui opened the system panel and entered the reward draw page, clicking the draw button without hesitation.

Three options immediately popped up on the screen:

1. Miniature Black Hole Annihilation Cannon. This device uses quark fusion technology to create stable miniature black holes (approximately 10 tons in mass, with an event horizon diameter of only 10 meters). These miniature black holes slowly evaporate through Hawking radiation, but before evaporation, they release an extremely strong gravitational field that tears apart the atomic structure of the target material, causing it to collapse into the black hole, forming a miniature singularity explosion. The energy released is equivalent to 10 billion tons of TNT (about 5 times the Hiroshima atomic bomb). If the miniature black hole does not completely evaporate, it will continue to devour surrounding matter, eventually growing into a "miniature black hole" capable of swallowing planets.

2. Nano-Grey Goo Cluster (Requires advanced nanotechnology prerequisites). "Grey Goo" is a self-replicating cluster of nanorobots, each approximately 1 nanometer in size, equipped with a "molecular decomposer" (capable of breaking chemical bonds between atoms) and a "self-replication module." Upon release, the Grey Goo uses the target material as raw material to exponentially replicate itself (100 times per hour), simultaneously breaking the target material down into atoms for replication, ultimately transforming the entire target area into a nanorobot cluster.

3. Consciousness Protection Barrier. The consciousness protection barrier uses a "brainwave shielding field" (a low-frequency magnetic field generated by a superconducting coil) to block external electromagnetic signals from interfering with the brain; simultaneously, "consciousness anchoring signals" are implanted within the barrier to maintain a stable frequency of brain neural signals and prevent consciousness from being tampered with; for individuals already affected, a "neural signal repair device" is used to restore normal neural activity and remove mind control based on the individual's original brainwave data.

(End of this chapter)