You want me to kill a god just for copying two superpowers?

Chapter 18 Ideals are seeds that sprout from reality

Xu Menghe crossed her arms and leaned against the door, looking at Su Jue: "You really don't need me to stay with you. You're still injured! What if Liu Xu kills you?"

After lunch, Su Jue said he was going to visit Pei Min in the morgue, since he had injured him.

However, he did not plan to bring Xu Menghe along, firstly because he believed that Xu Menghe herself had no combat ability, and secondly because he did not want Xu Menghe to know that she could no longer use her magic.

More importantly, the various aspects of life healed his wounds, but he didn't want others to know.

"No need, I can go by myself. I have something to ask you." Su Jue's lips curled into a slight smile.

Xu Menghe was taken aback; he rarely saw Su Jue smile.

No, it's probably because they haven't seen it.

The smile was stiff. Such stiffness might make others feel uncomfortable, but for Su Jue, who rarely smiles, this rarity might add a touch of amusement to the stiffness.

"Okay, okay, I was just asking. I don't really want to go." Xu Menghe waved her hand and then closed the door.

Inside the villa, Xu Menghe recalled Su Jue's appearance just now and muttered to herself, "I didn't notice before, but this guy is actually quite handsome."

She carefully recalled the scene from earlier. The boy had dyed his hair white in a very anime-like style, but it didn't look out of place on him at all. He usually had a cold face and never made eye contact with her, but upon closer inspection just now, she realized that his eyes were also a very noble purple.

Like an amethyst embedded in an eye socket, it's unforgettable once you see it.

……

Su Jue bought a bag of fruit on her way to the morgue.

During the journey, he unconsciously recalled the scene from that day.

"They seem to be torn between killing us and not killing us..."

Su Jue still felt guilty, even though he and Pei Min had barely spoken, the other party had still saved him.

Before she knew it, Su Jue had arrived at the morgue.

But this time, just as he was about to open the door, it opened by itself.

Su Jue lowered her head and saw the person inside the door.

A little boy, about seven or eight years old, opened the door. He looked up at Su Jue and asked, "Who are you?"

"Hello, is Pei Min here? I'd like to see him." Su Jue squatted down and looked the little boy in the eye.

He couldn't help but think to himself that there were still such young sorcerers.

He seemed to have read the information. The little boy's name was Xu Wang, and his technique was to create a space that could be entered by a password. As long as you went to a specific location and entered a specific password, you could enter his space.

This is also the origin of the morgue. The limitation is that once he leaves this space, he will drive everyone out and make them return to where the door should lead.

"Looking for Uncle Pei?" Xu Wang turned to look inside. "Uncle Pei is looking for you."

He looked completely weak, and his shout was feeble.

"Come in first." Seeing no response from inside, Xu Wang looked at Su Jue.

"Thank you." Su Jue nodded and entered the morgue.

They're probably all off on missions; there's no one else in the morgue today except for Xu Wang.

"Uncle Pei is in his office. He was injured a while ago and is still recovering," Xu Wang said, pointing to Pei Min's office.

Su Jue nodded again. As he approached, he saw that the door was open, so he simply walked straight in.

"Boss, I... are you alright?" Su Jue greeted him with a mix of trepidation and excitement.

"You dare to come back?" Liu Xu's question came as soon as he entered the door.

Su Jue looked up and saw that Liu Xu's gaze was calm, but there was a fierce glint hidden in his calmness.

In just a moment, Su Jue saw it: Liu Xu had activated his technique. He tried to escape, but it was too late.

Su Jue's order to "escape" was "delayed" before it could be issued.

Su Jue watched Liu Xu walk towards him, but his brain seemed to slow down a hundredfold, and he couldn't convey the command to his body no matter what.

"That's enough, Lao Liu." Pei Min's voice came, stopping Liu Xu from doing anything further.

The moment Su Jue recovered, the escape order he had just given was successfully transmitted. He immediately retreated, making a running away gesture, but stopped again just as he was about to leave the house.

"I'm fine, don't worry," Pei Min said.

"I thought you would use that sword." Su Jue turned around, placed the fruit on the table, and said with her head down.

That day's events actually had a great impact on Su Jue. Many times, he would see Pei Min put away the Xihe Tears in front of him once again.

This sacrifice was very shocking to Su Jue; under normal circumstances, he would never have thought of sacrificing himself for someone.

He had even considered sacrificing others for his own safety.

"It's just a minor injury, I'll be fine soon, you can take a look." Pei Min pulled open his clothes, and Su Jue stared at Pei Min's body, stunned.

Only a small patch of burns remained from the last explosion, but that wasn't the problem. The problem was that Su Jue saw that the small wound was still healing at a visible speed.

"As you can see, I'm no longer human in a sense, and all of this actually has a lot to do with the morgue." Pei Min lit a cigarette and put it in his mouth.

He had only taken one puff when Liu Xu snatched the cigarette from his mouth.

"I'll just take one puff."

"no."

"Thanks."

After Pei Min finished speaking, he lit another cigarette.

"Just this one," Liu Xu sighed.

"Oh, where were we? Have you seen the information Xu Menghe sent you? I remember that little girl hacked in once, and we gave her some incorrect information." Pei Min exhaled a puff of smoke.

"I haven't had a chance to look yet," Su Jue said, which was the truth. He was just about to look when he was pulled away by the various scenes of life.

"It's nothing, just some trivial stuff. There should be a file in there with a name like 'Plan,' right?" Pei Min asked.

"Pei Min!" Liu Xu glanced at Pei Min.

Pei Min ignored Liu Xu's reminder and continued, "The morgue's 'God-Making Project' was an experiment that used me as a subject, attempting to create a sorcerer with powers comparable to gods while still human."

Su Jue frowned. He had only intended to visit Pei Min, but he hadn't expected the other party to tell him something like this.

"A disaster happened ten years ago. I really want to forget it, but it keeps haunting me like a nightmare. I may remember it forever."

Inside the room, Pei Min spoke slowly and deliberately, while Su Jue listened attentively.

Liu Xu didn't really understand what Pei Min was trying to do; he shouldn't have said such things.

The morgue's deification plan is something almost every high-ranking member knows about, and other organizations are also well aware of what the morgue is doing, but no one ever speaks of it openly.

"I was only in my early twenties then, full of passion, with two friends. I felt like a hero, a savior, the hope of mankind. That day, the incarnation of a god looked down at us like an arrogant and tyrannical king. I rushed forward without hesitation. I felt that he was just a small bump in the road of my life." Pei Min took a drag on his cigarette, but it was already finished. He took two more drags, still wanting more, and then put the cigarette butt in the ashtray.

Pei Min thought of his two companions, a loving couple.

"But I underestimated Him. Even just an incarnation could plunge me into a desperate situation. Later, my two companions defeated Him together, but it seems that I lost my source because I was in close contact with Him for too long. I was depressed for a long time until the morgue came to me that day."

"Is the lack of a source the key to the god-making plan?" Su Jue asked.

"Well, for my dream of becoming a hero, I agreed without hesitation. I won't tell you what happened after that, but it wasn't a very happy time." Pei Min stroked the scabbard of Xihe Tears: "It is also a product of the God-Making Project. As long as it exists, I can live. When I die, it will change its form and go to someone else."

"Why are you telling me all this?" Su Jue finally asked the question that had been puzzling him.

"Is Su Huai your uncle?" Pei Min asked.

"Yes, it's related to him?" Su Jue looked at Pei Min.

"Then it's alright, just listen." Pei Min nodded.

"Well... I have one more question." Su Jue paused for a moment, intending to ask one last question.

"About Fang Qi? We know he was taken away by an organization, but the morgue still has to issue a warrant for his arrest. There's nothing we can do about it," Pei Min explained.

But that wasn't what Su Jue really wanted to ask. What he was curious about was, what was the price of such a powerful god-making plan that could even make a person immortal?

"I want to ask, what is the price of the God-Making Project?" Su Jue looked at Pei Min.

The moment Su Jue asked that question, he felt his thoughts slow down again, but this time Pei Min quickly interrupted him.

"Liu Xu," Pei Min called him softly, "This is why I told you this. I want you... to ask Su Huai to resolve this disaster. Should I say that only he can do it? That would make my heroic dream seem even more like a joke..."

Pei Min lowered his head when he made the request, seemingly in great distress; he hated this choice.

He knew what it meant for Su Huai to use his abilities too much, but if the morgue were to do it, could they really do it?

"For me to unleash power comparable to a god's incarnation, I would need to sacrifice at least thirty sorcerers, the more the better... But that's not what I wanted to be a hero." Pei Min turned his chair around and looked up at the golden plaque—

As long as this place exists, the world will be at peace.

"I don't agree with what you said, senior. The peace I want is not just for the world, but for all people," Pei Min said to himself.

Liu Xu looked at Pei Min without saying a word. He and Pei Min were friends, but their thoughts were completely different.

This is a trolley problem. Obviously, Liu Xu chose to pull the mechanism so that the trolley would run over the kind little child in order to save the ten unkind children.

This is one type of realist: regardless of who is saved, it's always a minority sacrificing the majority.

Pei Min clearly belongs to the third type of idealists. He wants to stop the tram with his body. He doesn't want anyone to die. What he wants is not to use the kind of calculation method to give up some things in exchange for others, but rather to give up himself in exchange for everything.

But his ideal was not ideal.

Silence filled the room. Su Jue thought of his parents again, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.

"Do you trust me? Boss... Boss." Su Jue suddenly spoke, looking up at Pei Min.

"Boss?" Pei Min was taken aback when he heard the other party call him boss. This was the first time Su Jue had used such a title to address him.

"Are you not used to it? Or is it because I'm not from the morgue? Just let me call out like this once," Su Jue said.

"Anyway, I'll talk to Su Huai. If he doesn't agree, I'll do it myself." Su Jue turned to leave, but turned back before closing the door.

Pei Min didn't notice that Xi He's tears were trembling slightly when Su Jue looked over.

He said, word by word:

"I'll give you the peace you want."