Chapter 352 The Balance of Life and Death (7)

Chapter 352 The Balance of Life and Death (7)

"I killed these scrap metal dolls."

The voice of the Death Fairy Xiao Hei echoed in the storage room, cold and emotionless, like a sharp blade piercing the air.

As she finished her words, the temperature in the entire room seemed to drop suddenly, and the chill rose from the ground, wrapped around everyone's ankles, and spread all the way up their backs.

Even the flickering lights in the storage room seemed dimmer and colder at this moment, as if even they were trembling at this terrible fact.

The shock brought by this sentence was like a silent storm, sweeping through the entire storage room.

The piles of mechanical wreckage seemed to have new meaning at this moment.

They are no longer just scrap metal and circuits,

Rather, they were victims of the power of the Death Fairy, evidence of a premeditated massacre.

Feiying stood there, completely stunned.

Her eyes were wide open, her mouth slightly open, and she looked completely incomprehensible.

As a warm and cheerful person, she never thought that Xiao Hei would do such a thing, let alone that she would admit it so calmly.

"Why?"

Feiying finally found her voice, but it was full of confusion and puzzlement:

"Xiao Hei, why do you do this? Did these mechanical dolls do anything to you? Or do they threaten your safety?"

Her questions came in rapid succession, each word laced with confusion and shock.

In Feiying's opinion, although Xiaohei is cold and arrogant, he is definitely not someone who would hurt others for no reason.

This large-scale massacre was completely beyond her knowledge and understanding of Xiao Hei.

Compared to the shocked and confused Feiying, Jasmine seemed much calmer.

Her brows furrowed slightly, and her eyes stared at Xiao Hei sharply, like a sophisticated analytical instrument, trying to extract fragments of truth from Xiao Hei's expression and words.

She was not shocked by Xiao Hei's confession, but immediately fell into a state of thinking and analysis.

"What good will this do for you?"

Jasmine's voice was calm and direct, without any accusation or anger, just pure curiosity and analytical ability.

"Ten thousand mechanical lives. This is not a small number."

"With your ability, you should understand how much trouble this will cause."

"So, you must have a strong enough motivation to do this."

Her questions went straight to the point, without any unnecessary emotion, like a calm detective analyzing a complex case.

Jasmine knew that in this situation, emotions would only interfere with judgment, and rationality and analysis were the key to finding the truth.

When Xiao Hei heard Jasmine's question, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing an expression between a sneer and helplessness.

Her eyes became deeper and more complex, like a pool of deep water in the darkness, making it impossible to see the bottom.

"How can there be so many reasons?"

Xiao Hei asked back, with a helpless indifference in his voice, "Giving life to the dead is Xiao Bai's mission, so giving death to the living is naturally my mission. We are twin fairies, carrying relative authority and responsibility."

There was a certain fatalism in her words, as if everything was arranged by fate, with no choice and no avoidance.

The determination and acceptance in that tone made people feel a little sympathetic and sad.

Jasmine frowned even more when she heard this answer.

She looked straight into Xiao Hei's eyes, and that sharp gaze seemed to be able to penetrate all lies and cover-ups.

"Isn't it that simple?"

Jasmine's voice was filled with an unnoticeable sense of urgency and suspicion. "Even if it's a mission, it should have a specific purpose and direction. Randomly slaughtering ten thousand innocent mechanical lives doesn't seem like a duty you should be required to do."

She stared at Xiao Hei intently, observing every micro-expression on her face, every flicker of her eyes, trying to find signs of lying or hidden truth in them.

Jasmine knows that in this dream world of lies and deception, the surface truth is often just a cover for a deeper lie.

When Xiao Hei was questioned by Jasmine, his eyes wavered slightly, but he quickly returned to his indifference and calmness.

She took a deep breath, as if making some difficult decision.

"Well, you'll find out sooner or later anyway."

Xiao Hei's voice became even deeper, "Since you are so anxious, I won't hide it from you."

She glanced at Jasmine and Feiying, then returned to the pile of mechanical wreckage and continued to speak slowly:

"The flower of life is used to give life to the dead, and the flower of death is used to give death to the living."

"We complement each other, like two sides of a coin, neither of us can exist without the other."

"The more powerful and lasting the life of death that Xiaobai bestows, the more powerful and lasting it is. Correspondingly, I also need to bestow a more powerful and lasting death of life."

“It’s a balance, a rule that can’t be broken.”

"Twins, we are twins because we are inseparable. Our authority is interdependent, and the actions of one will inevitably affect the other. Every time Xiaobai saves a life, I must end a life. This is the balance between the twins, and it is our inescapable fate."

There was a sense of helplessness and acceptance implied in her words, like a traveler who had seen through everything but still chose to move forward.

That deep sadness and determination make people feel a little sympathy and admiration for her.

"And these mechanical life forms are my latest discoveries, and they are the most suitable targets for giving life to death."

Xiao Hei pointed at the wreckage, his voice still calm:

"They are my choice. In this world full of mechanical life, they are the least noticed and least missed."

"They were designed to serve and be forgotten, with no one to weep for them or avenge them."

"The main thing is, I miraculously discovered that they are also considered a kind of life."

She spoke in a matter-of-fact voice, and didn't think there was anything wrong with her actions.

"To be honest, I don't know why this happened."

There was a hint of confusion and curiosity in Xiao Hei's voice. "Logically speaking, giving life and death to scrap metal should have no effect. After all, they are not truly 'alive', but just a bunch of metal and circuits running according to a program."

Her eyes swept across the broken mechanical wreckage with a strange sense of inquiry and thought.

"But the puppets of the Mechanical City are very useful for the balance of the twin flowers."

"Although they are mechanical structures, they seem to possess something like a 'soul' that can meet the needs of life and death."

There was excitement in Xiao Hei's tone.

"So, these mechanical lives will be the best choice for life and death."

"Ten thousand mechanical lives in exchange for one real life. This is a good deal, isn't it?"

Her words were filled with a kind of cold calculation and weighing, as if she was discussing a simple business transaction rather than the end of tens of thousands of "lives".

In Xiao Hei's opinion, the value of these mechanical lives is far lower than that of a real organic life, so using them in exchange for the latter's survival is a natural choice.

After hearing what Xiao Hei said, Jasmine's face turned pale instantly.

The calm and analytical attitude she had always maintained was now completely replaced by anger.

Jasmine clenched her hands into fists, her knuckles turning pale from excessive force, and her entire body exuded a rare sense of anger and oppression.

"Isn't the life of a puppet a life in your mouth?"

Jasmine's voice had completely lost its usual calmness and rationality, replaced by a chilling anger and dissatisfaction. "Although they are mechanical structures, each of them has its own thoughts and feelings. Each of them has its own value and meaning. They are not cheap substitutes, nor are they tools that can be discarded and sacrificed at will!"

Jasmine herself likes puppets and mechanical devices.

In the real world, her room is filled with all kinds of exquisite dolls and sophisticated mechanical equipment, each of which she treats as a treasure and carefully cares for and maintains.

She has an extraordinary love and understanding for machinery, and can feel a unique beauty and value from those cold metals and circuits.

That is why, when she saw that the Death Fairy Xiao Hei did not take the life of the mechanical doll seriously at all, a strong anger and desire to protect emerged from her heart.

In Jasmine's view, these mechanical lives, like organic lives, have their own value and meaning, and should be respected and protected.

Rather than being treated as a cheap substitute or sacrifice.

Xiao Hei saw Jasmine's violent reaction, but he was not surprised or retreated at all.

Instead, her expression became more indifferent and matter-of-fact, like a bystander who could not understand other people's feelings.

"What does that matter?"

There was a chilling calmness and indifference in Xiao Hei's voice:

"Anyway, these puppets are just a bunch of scrap metal waiting to be recycled."

"They have been judged as waste and are ready to be dismantled and recycled."

"I just sent them to die early. What's the problem?"

There was no trace of guilt or pity in her eyes, only a cold sense of entitlement.

In Xiao Hei's opinion, these mechanical lives that have been judged to be abandoned have no need to continue to exist.

Her actions simply accelerated an inevitable process and there was nothing wrong or immoral about them.

“And what I’m doing now is nothing more than what I’ve done before.”

Xiao Hei continued, with a certain arrogance and provocation in his voice, "Since Xiao Lei wants to control the Flower of Life and continue to do what Xiao Bai did in this old dream, then naturally, I will do the same thing to help her. There is nothing wrong with this."

Her words were full of twisted logic and sense of rightness.

It's like a patient who has become so immersed in his own worldview that he can't comprehend outside doubts.

In Xiao Hei's view, everything she did was to maintain the balance of the twin flowers and to help Xiao Lei master the authority of the flower of life, and therefore it was completely justified and necessary.

After hearing Xiao Hei's explanation full of twisted logic, Jasmine took a deep breath and tried to suppress her anger and dissatisfaction.

As a person who is used to thinking about problems rationally and logically.

She knew that an emotional outburst at this moment would not help solve the problem.

She needs to calm down and find a more rational and effective solution.

"Why didn't you tell us about this earlier?"

Jasmine's voice regained some calmness, but was still filled with suppressed anger. "Since the twins need balance, then we can definitely work together to find a solution. There must be other ways to maintain this balance without sacrificing tens of thousands of mechanical lives."

In Jasmine's opinion, there is a solution to any problem. As long as everyone works together, they will be able to find a solution that can maintain the balance of the twin flowers without requiring large-scale killing.