"They're just some insignificant mortals. There's no need to care about them."
Seeing the resentful look in Xiaotuanzi's eyes, Zhuyan scoffed and continued, "Don't look at me like that. All of this is caused by you humans. Do you know how long they've been feeding this Dream Eater?"
"Twenty years. Can you believe it? It only took twenty years to grow it this big. You tell me how much hostility you humans have!
The last plan failed during the war years. At that time, you humans were starving and freezing, but you didn't have so much resentment and hostility. Instead, in this peaceful era, your grievances are increasing. Look at what you humans say on the Internet and what you do in private. It's so dark and vicious. At least we fierce beasts are openly bad, while you humans act like whores but still want to set up memorial archways."
"The Dream Eater in the sky wasn't created by me, nor by my subordinates. They only fed it hostility once, and then never cared about it again. This cute thing can also devour nightmares, but it's still hungry after devouring them. There's so much hostility that it can never eat it all up. If only you humans could restrain yourselves a bit, the Dream Eater wouldn't have grown so fast."
"Oh, right. I forgot to tell you one thing. Actually, you humans really have the ability to create gods, but you can't create bright gods. Well, I've said so much. It's time for me to go. If you still want to meddle in this matter, then go ahead. I won't kill you. After all, killing you will involve karma, especially this little one. But if you really piss me off, if I can't live, neither can you."
Under the hateful gazes of Niannian and the other two, Zhuyan didn't feel the least bit uncomfortable. He swaggered away. Just as he took two steps, he turned around and glanced at the three of them, saying, "I've almost absorbed enough. Next, you may get to see the god created by humans with your own eyes."
After Zhuyan left, the three of them fell into a long silence. A sense of powerlessness came over them one after another. Niannian gritted her teeth and made up her mind. "I'll go to the Underworld and beg Lord Judge to help me. I can give all the remaining merits on my body to the Underworld."
"Don't go. Giving away all your merits will hurt you to death! There must be another way."
Shen Weixun frowned and tried to dissuade her.
"Senior Brother, there's no other way. We can't beat that Zhuyan, and we can't deal with the Dream Eater either. I'll exchange all my merits with the Underworld. At least we can get rid of the Dream Eater. The Dream Eater doesn't belong in the human world. I'll offer a stick of incense to Grandmaster later. If Grandmaster is willing, he will surely help us.
Senior Brother, if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold."
There were tears in Niannian's eyes, but she wasn't reluctant. She was just anxious.
It was already a critical moment. She really couldn't just sit back and watch the world fall.
For now, only a small part of the Sun Country was affected. But if this trend continued, it wouldn't be long before Hua Country would also fall.
"If it doesn't work, come back. Don't be reckless."
After thinking for a while, Shen Weixun still nodded.
Niannian finally showed a smile. She took out Grandmaster's memorial tablet from her small satchel and directly knelt on the spot, kowtowing three times and offering three sticks of incense.
She conveyed her thoughts to Grandmaster.
Unexpectedly, Grandmaster's memorial tablet suddenly fell to the ground with a thud.
This meant that Grandmaster disagreed to help.
Niannian was so angry that her eyes turned red. She raised her hand and used a talisman to open a passage to the Netherworld.
Without even looking at the memorial tablet on the ground, she directly dived in.
Shen Weixun glanced at the memorial tablet on the ground disdainfully. "Grandmaster, you're still so calm at this time? Little Junior Sister is really angry this time. You probably won't receive her offerings in the future."
Maybe Grandmaster heard this, because the memorial tablet suddenly flipped over and stood up again.
Did this mean that Grandmaster agreed to help?
Before Shen Weixun could ask further, several anxious figures ran over from not far away.
Each of them was holding a gun in their hand.
They looked like soldiers.
The one leading the way was actually Meng Chang?
"This was distributed uniformly by the higher - ups. We can't let this chaos continue. The higher - ups have negotiated with the official of the Sun Country, and they've agreed that we can use weapons here. Don't worry. These are all tranquilizers. Let's calm them down first, and then we'll figure out a way slowly."
Controlling these people was indeed the best choice. Once these people lost their ability to move, they naturally wouldn't turn into rioters. The people around them would be out of danger, and they wouldn't be able to produce more hostility while in a coma. When Xiaotuanzi came back, whether or not they could invite the big shots from the Underworld, they could still discuss how to deal with the Dream Eater in the sky.
Shen Weixun and Zhang Zicheng immediately took the tranquilizer guns.
Sometimes, technology was indeed more useful than metaphysics.
Before they split up to act, they suddenly remembered that dangerous figure they had seen just now.
They quickly reminded each other, "If you encounter someone you can't beat, run away immediately. Don't be reckless. We saw fierce beasts just now, Xiangliu and Zhuyan."
"What?"
Meng Chang was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped. His mouth opened wide into an "O" shape.
"Don't worry. They don't dare to get involved in human affairs for fear of getting karma on their hands. As long as you don't go up to them on your own initiative, just run away immediately if you sense danger."
After giving this last reminder, everyone immediately dispersed.
Zhang Zicheng still choked with sobs. Looking at the chaotic scene and the blood everywhere, he really couldn't bear it.
Especially when he saw a mother fighting desperately with the rioters to protect her child, Zhang Zicheng bit his lower lip tightly.
They weren't like this originally.
They had humanity.
After saving a mother and child and a young man, Zhang Zicheng saw the young man quickly hide behind him. He quickly turned around and advised,
"Go find a safe place to hide."
"Can I help you?"
The young man was still wearing a school uniform. Maybe he was a bit scared when he was being chased and hacked just now, so his voice was a bit trembling. But he still summoned up the courage to ask.
The young man was actually speaking in the Hua language.
"Aren't you afraid?" Zhang Zicheng asked in surprise.
"I'm afraid, but I think I should do something." The young man lowered his head and said.
"What's your name?"
Zhang Zicheng showed a gratified smile and asked. He knew that there were still many good people in this world. That fierce beast was just talking nonsense!
"My name is Han Qiang."
The young man looked up and smiled shyly.
"Come on. Let's go find some ropes. I'll shoot the people, and then we'll tie them up."
Double - insurance was more reliable. Who knew when these people who had been injected with tranquilizers would wake up.
Zhang Zicheng looked around.
There were hardware stores all around. There should be nylon ropes and other things for sale in them. The doors of these stores had been violently broken open, and no one cared about them even though they were wide open.
Zhang Zicheng dragged Han Qiang into one of the stores. The two of them rummaged around for a while and found a lot of tools that could be used to tie people up.
While Zhang Zicheng was getting the things, he remembered the prices. He took out his phone and scanned the QR code on the gun - shaped payment device, paying an approximate amount, more than enough.
Although the world was in chaos, his morality couldn't be. He would never do something like stealing a gun.
After they left the store, Han Qiang carefully followed behind Zhang Zicheng. As soon as Zhang Zicheng saw a rioter, he would shoot. After the rioter fell limply to the ground, Han Qiang would quickly run over and tie the person up tightly.
At first, Han Qiang was a bit clumsy because of his nervousness and wasted a lot of time. But after he got used to it, he could tie up a person in just one minute. He was very fast, and he also formed a bit of a tacit understanding with Zhang Zicheng.
The two of them cooperated perfectly. They subdued many rioters and saved more and more people. Some of the saved people voluntarily joined Zhang Zicheng's rescue team. Before they knew it, there was a large group of people following behind Zhang Zicheng.
If a person was facing a rioter alone, most people would choose to run away to save their lives. Few people would want to fight the rioter head - on, unless they were very confident in their own abilities.
But if a group of people were facing a rioter, everyone would gain a lot more confidence. After all, unity was strength.
After Zhang Zicheng's team grew, he didn't even need to shoot. The men and women behind him would take the initiative to rush forward and suppress the rioters with punches and kicks. Only when they encountered a rioter with a more lethal weapon would he need to use his gun.
Seeing that the situation was getting better, Zhang Zicheng finally showed a smile. The two or three streets they had been to had already been stabilized. If this continued, maybe they could quickly stabilize the riot in an entire district.
Things weren't so easy for Shen Weixun. He was used to acting alone. Not many people could enter his heart, and he wasn't used to teaming up with strangers.
Naturally, he didn't care about the people he saved. After saving them, he would just tell them to find a safe place to stay and then leave in a hurry on his own.
It took him a long time to get out of one street. Some of the rioters behind him, after being injected with the tranquilizer, seemed to regain their strength quickly. They staggered to their feet and still wanted to cause trouble, which gave him a huge headache.
But he could only grit his teeth and continue to save people while cursing in his heart.
Seeing this situation, Shen Weixun couldn't help but worry about Zhang Zicheng.
This guy looked carefree, but he was actually very soft - hearted.
He probably couldn't even resist stopping to comfort someone if they were crying.
He was the easiest to be attacked by others.
He should have gone with him.
Shen Weixun took out his phone and called that idiot in his mind.
After waiting for a long time, the phone didn't ring even once. Shen Weixun thought that Zhang Zicheng had had an accident. He became even more anxious, and his actions became a bit rough.
After clearing the second street, Shen Weixun decided that it would be better to go find Zhang Zicheng first.
For him, that idiot was more important.
Just as Shen Weixun was about to leave, a large group of people ran over from afar. The team was so large that there seemed to be quite a few people.
Shen Weixun thought he had encountered a group of rioters. Just as he was about to prepare for battle, he saw the person in the lead waving at him.
"Little Third Brother!"
Zhang Zicheng saw Shen Weixun and waved excitedly. He had been leading the people behind him in the fight all the way and didn't have time to reply to his message. He thought something had happened to him, so he rushed over in a hurry.
"Why didn't you reply to my message? I thought you were dead!"
Seeing that he was safe and sound, Shen Weixun was relieved, but at the same time, his anger flared up.
Everyone in the Taoist temple was so worrying!
"We were just saving people and didn't have time to reply to your message."
Zhang Zicheng scratched his head and said embarrassedly.
He also knew that not replying to the message at this critical moment would make people worry.
But he really didn't have the time.
"What's going on with you?"
Shen Weixun asked curiously, thinking that he had just casually brought the saved people with him.
"They were all the people I saved before. They volunteered to help me with the rescue. Before I knew it, there were so many of them."
Zhang Zicheng pursed his lips and smiled. His tone was filled with pride.
"Come on. Stop showing off. I know you're amazing. Hurry up and clean up. After you're done, go help others."
Shen Weixun rolled his eyes impatiently and then left on his own.
At first, Shen Weixun thought that the people Zhang Zicheng said were helping were just doing some simple little things. In his impression, if humans really had the courage to resist, they wouldn't have messed up the world like this in just three days.
Unexpectedly, these people were well - organized. Some were tying people up, and some were fighting. They worked in groups of three or five to subdue a rioter. Their movements were neat and skillful.
It was really surprising. He knew that the most powerful thing about humans was their cohesion, but it was really rare to see such cohesion without any organization.
They swept through one street after another. They used their bodies to draw a line, with chaos in front and calm behind. The boundary of calm was still expanding infinitely.
They connected a line and used their efforts to dispel the haze. They were just the most ordinary people among the masses. Some of them were very weak, so weak that they had no influence on the world and so weak that they could hardly protect themselves.
But they wanted to protect this world. Even though they were afraid, panicked, and uneasy, there was always a belief supporting them behind them. Maybe it was for their homeland, maybe for their relatives and friends, or maybe for their own future peace.
This world had never been the world of just one person, nor the world of those gods, and even less the world of those powerful fierce beasts.
Among all living things, humans had been able to survive until now not because of the protection of gods, nor because of the mercy of those fierce beasts.
It was because of their determination to unite all along.
Shen Weixun put away his contempt for human nature, and the anxiety in his heart was dispelled.
He suddenly believed that no matter whether Niannian could ask for help from the Underworld or not, humans could get through this turmoil.
The power of human unity was really powerful. They only took one day to quell the chaos in the main city of the Sun Country. Everyone who had helped in this process showed a smile. Suddenly, a ray of light shone through the dark sky and hit everyone's faces. Soon, the blue sky was completely revealed.