Online Game: Unrivaled Gods

Chapter Nineteen Destruction

"What are you doing?" Sun Rui looked at the village chief who was blocking him, puzzled. He didn't believe the village chief couldn't see that this pretty young woman had already decided to die.

"Sir, you are very strong, but you have too little experience." The village head said something Sun Rui didn't understand, without any expression on his face.

Sun Rui couldn't understand it at all. How could he not stop someone from committing suicide? What did that have to do with how much he had experienced?

“What does this have to do with experience? We can’t just stand by and watch someone die.” Sun Rui said urgently. He could save a life simply by raising his hand. What was there to discuss at this moment?

"Respect their wishes; we cannot decide someone else's life for them."

"What kind of logic is this? As long as you're alive, there's still hope!" Sun Rui became extremely anxious and started shouting loudly.

The pretty woman kneeling in front of him smiled as if she hadn't heard Sun Rui's roar.

"That's arrogance! What gives you the right to decide other people's lives? Don't impose your own opinions on others!" Hearing Sun Rui's shout, the village chief faced him directly, his face contorted with rage, and yelled back, showing no sign of being a subordinate.

Stunned by the village chief's sudden change, Sun Rui remained silent, but he did not understand why the village chief could watch others die.

“Just like when we were soldiers, especially in areas bordering the Xiongnu and Xianbei tribes, do you know how high the mortality rate was for soldiers?” The garrison commander took a deep breath to calm himself down. “Although the tribes have calmed down in the last two years, the annual mortality rate for soldiers is still as high as 30%. If we just want to avoid dying, we don’t need to build any army. We can just wait for others to attack and then surrender.”

Listening to the village chief's words, Sun Rui didn't quite agree. One was protecting their homeland, and the other was suicide—these were not the same thing.

"Um..." Sun Rui opened his mouth, wanting to refute and state his own point of view.

“I know what you want to say, but everyone has their own principles, and we have no right to decide for others. I used to try to stop others, just like you, but in the end, that person lived like a walking corpse.” The village chief’s eyes were filled with sadness, making Sun Rui unable to say what he was about to say.

"Stop!" Sun Rui was so engrossed in his argument with the village chief that he didn't notice the pretty woman. By the time he realized what was happening, she was already far away, picking up a dagger from the ground. By the time Sun Rui noticed, it was too late; the dagger was already at her neck. Sun Rui only had time to call out to stop her.

"Pfft..." The pretty woman ignored Sun Rui's voice, her eyes revealing relief, and she fell to the ground with a smile on her lips. Sun Rui felt no sadness at the sight. He didn't know this woman, and they were not related, so it would be a lie to say he felt sad. But his anger was burning fiercely. Originally, Sun Rui had planned to recruit these bandits, but now he only wanted to bring them to justice.

As the work of the 150 soldiers progressed, the bandits in the mountain stronghold were all tied up and held captive in one place. The civilians who had been robbed by the bandits were also registered and would be sent back to their hometowns after returning to the city. There were also more than a dozen children, who, according to the soldiers' understanding from the civilians, were all orphans whose parents had been killed by the bandits.

After Sun Rui helped the child Ai'er bury his mother, he inquired about the child's situation.

"What's your name, child?" Sun Rui asked Ai'er gently, holding Chou Ya's hand with his left.

"My name is Huang Ai." Huang Ai appeared very strong. He only cried once when burying his mother, and then he was no longer timid and hesitant like other children.

"How old are you this year?" Sun Rui looked at Huang Ai and didn't know what to say for a moment, so he just made up a conversation.

"I don't know how to calculate it either."

"Why do you say that."

"I was only three months old yesterday, but when I woke up this morning I was like this, and I have a lot of memories in my head." Huang Ai seemed very confused, indicating that she was not sure why she had become like this.

Upon hearing Huang Ai's explanation, Sun Rui understood what had happened; it was all the system's doing.

"Are they all like you?" Sun Rui thought of all the children in the village, so he pointed to the children standing not far away.

“Yes, they’re all in the same boat as me. We were captured to threaten the adults and force them to obey our orders.” Huang Ai’s eyes reddened as he said this, clearly thinking of his mother.

"Alright, everything will be alright. Go play with Ugly Girl."

After settling Huang Ai in, Sun Rui headed towards the place where the robbers were being held.

"What do you plan to do with these people?" Sun Rui asked the village chief beside him, his face filled with murderous intent as he looked at the bandits kneeling on the ground.

"Sir, these people are yours to deal with." With the argument over, the village head reverted to his subordinate role.

"I've decided that if I say something, they should all be killed on the spot."

Upon hearing Sun Rui's words, the group of bandits kneeling on the ground all panicked.

"My lord, spare my life..."

"I didn't do anything."

"I am innocent."

Screams and pleas for mercy rose and fell, each claiming their innocence and that they had been forced into becoming robbers, pointing out the evil deeds of other robbers.

"Shut up!" Sun Rui roared, silencing the chaotic noises.

The bandits stopped talking and stared at Sun Rui expectantly when they heard the person who held the power of life and death over them speak.

"You're innocent? Who among you is innocent! Who doesn't have the blood of others on their hands? When you were slaughtering civilians, did you ever think about whether they were innocent or not?" Sun Rui said, his face contorted with rage.

"You didn't kill anyone?" A weak, mocking voice drifted from behind Sun Rui.

Sun Rui knew without turning around that it was the leader he had defeated, who had been brought over after the soldiers had stopped the bleeding.

Before Sun Rui could reply, the village chief standing next to him interjected, "We have blood on our hands, but we never slaughter innocent civilians. We kill you evildoers."

"You're talking about a crown spring." The leader revealed a disdainful smile.

"Oh, you're not convinced. Tell me." Sun Rui turned around and stared at the leader with his double pupils.

"If Wuyuan County were peaceful and prosperous, would we still need to be bandits?" the leader said, convinced of his own reasoning.

"Oh, is this Wuyuan County's fault? You all have hands and feet, and your martial arts skills aren't low. You can be soldiers or do manual labor, can't you?" Sun Rui scoffed at the chief's reasoning, calling it a lame excuse.

"this..."

"You bunch of people are just looking to get something for nothing, that's why you've decided to become bandits." Seeing that the leader was embarrassed and couldn't say it, Sun Rui pressed his advantage and added another sentence.

"Nothing you say will make a difference. We killed people, and you killed people too. You'll all be killed sooner or later." The leader's eyes darted around, seemingly plotting something, while he cursed Sun Rui and his men viciously.

“Come on, since I’ve killed someone, I’m prepared to be killed as well,” Sun Rui said firmly, his double pupils gleaming.

After his first murder, Sun Rui spent the entire night thinking. Yesterday, he witnessed firsthand the fragility of human life, especially since the life had been taken from his own hands. Sun Rui was terrified by this. If other people's lives were so fragile in his hands, then perhaps one day his own life would also end at the hands of others. Sun Rui pondered this question, and now that things have developed to this point, he has found the answer.

"Kid, don't talk big. Aren't you afraid?" The leader seemed quite skeptical of Sun Rui's words.

"Afraid? Of course I'm afraid. Everyone has a survival instinct. Not being afraid is just bragging." Sun Rui answered the leader's question with a matter-of-fact expression. "However, I will not defend myself for killing people, because the killing is a fact."

"you..."

"Alright, that's enough." Sun Rui picked up his spear and twirled it, clearly not wanting to waste words with the leader. "I, Lü Bu, will use your 'Surging Waves Spear Technique' to take your life."

"Wait, you're Lu Bu... uh." Before the leader could finish speaking, Sun Rui's spear was already shoved into his throat.

Hearing the leader's words, a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes. He thought to himself, "Why does he seem so surprised to hear Lu Bu's name? Lu Bu isn't famous yet, and he's not a player."

"Congratulations to player Lü Bu for killing Yuan Zai, a general in the Condensation Stage, and successfully occupying a small mountain stronghold. Please choose to occupy or destroy it."

After killing the leader, the system notification sound drew Sun Rui's attention away from why the leader, Yuan Zai, knew Lü Bu.

A villa in Huaxia City

"Crack..." A bowl flew against the wall and shattered into pieces. A middle-aged man with a gloomy face sat on the bed, panting heavily.

"Damn it, he's dead. By sheer coincidence, becoming a bandit actually brought Lu Bu here. It's all over. All my efforts are gone."

In the game, Sun Rui was unaware that the player he had just killed was someone who, like him, had become a bandit by chance. This player had originally intended to quickly expand his power by taking advantage of being a bandit, but unexpectedly, Sun Rui's bandit suppression directly killed him, causing him to lose this advantage.

"Destroy." Sun Rui had no goodwill towards this bandit camp and chose to destroy it directly.

"Player Lu Bu destroyed a novice mountain stronghold and obtained 10 gold coins, 32 silver coins, and 120 copper coins."

"Player Lu Bu destroyed the basic mountain stronghold and obtained the basic fence blueprint, basic barracks blueprint, and basic wooden prison blueprint."

"Congratulations to player Lü Bu for being the first to destroy a camp in the game, earning the title of Building Destroyer."

Building Destroyer: Increases damage to buildings by 10%.