Chapter 2774

"What cruel?" Zhu Yanyi looked at Di Yuan with surprise. "What does this have to do with me?"

"I bring other creatures here, cultivate them, give them power, and then let them fight the gods," Di Yuan said. "Is that not cruel?"

"I didn't participate in killing the Earth Demons, but other gods said they don't seem like good creatures," Zhu Yanyi said uncertainly, looking at Di Yuan.

Di Yuan laughed. "That depends on your perspective. From the gods' side, Earth Demons are indeed bad, born from human greed and evil. But from their own view, they don't think they are wrong."

"See, you already have the answer. Why ask me?" Zhu Yanyi said with a knowing expression.

Di Yuan paused, then understood her look. "Since they are not of our kind, cruelty doesn't matter."

"Exactly," Zhu Yanyi smiled. "So, it’s just a game you created. You don’t do it often—once every billion years. I think it’s acceptable."

Di Yuan sighed deeply. "Thank you, Medical God. Your words make me feel much better."

"Are you sad about this?" Zhu Yanyi asked curiously.

Di Yuan nodded. "These Earth Demons are formed from the regret of mortal soldiers and the greed and evil of some people."

"You collect the regret of mortal soldiers?" Zhu Yanyi gained a new understanding of Di Yuan’s abilities.

Di Yuan’s eyes grew deep. "When I was alive, I was the Grand Marshal of a country. Later, I was killed because my merit overshadowed the ruler. I was unwilling to accept that, and because of that unwillingness, I was reborn."

"Reborn?" Zhu Yanyi hadn’t expected Di Yuan to be reborn too.

"Yes, reborn," Di Yuan said, recalling the past. "After rebirth, I kept a low profile. My prestige wasn’t as high as before, so I survived. But the emperor remained a tyrant. Seeing people suffer and wars raging at the borders, I got angry. In my anger, I rebelled."

"Did you succeed?" Zhu Yanyi asked.

Di Yuan nodded. "I succeeded and became the founding emperor. In the first few years, the country was well-governed. But as time passed, many beauties entered the harem. I lost my way, betrayed my wife, and she died with resentment. I killed my sons, who lamented that they wouldn’t be imperial princes in their next life. In the end, I realized I had nothing. I was alone."

Di Yuan looked at Zhu Yanyi. "Medical God, if it were you, would you walk this path?"

"But I am not you," Zhu Yanyi said with a grin. "I have never been you, so I would never walk your path."

Zhu Yanyi looked deeply at Di Yuan. "You said you were reborn. I can also be considered reborn, though my rebirth was due to my husband’s methods. I can tell you about my life before rebirth."

Di Yuan looked at her. "Go on."

Zhu Yanyi smiled slightly. "My first life was very ordinary. In fact, almost any random mortal was better than me. I was smart as a child, and because of that, I was proud. As I grew up, I wasted my potential, like the story of Zhong Yong, and ended up attending a third-rate university."

Zhu Yanyi recalled her past life. "Honestly, being a college student was still decent back then. At least finding a job after graduation was easy. Although I was from a third-rate university, I graduated. I studied finance. It’s a good major, but without connections, it’s useless. Except for the internship period, I couldn’t find relevant work. Because of this, I even ran away from home."

Thinking of her past, Zhu Yanyi felt it was absurd. "I ran away for a year, then returned home. Seeing my parents aged and worried because of my departure, I felt guilty. So, I agreed to their arrangement and went to work for a large group company, starting as a basic quality inspector. Slowly, I became a manager in the quality department, learning various related skills. But one day, I realized that even with hard work, people could still treat you as a fool. Someone with connections but no ability earned more than me, holding only a small inspector position. In anger, I resigned."

"And then?" Di Yuan was absorbed in Zhu Yanyi’s story.

Zhu Yanyi smiled faintly. "After leaving the first company, I joined another similar-sized group. This time, my starting point was decent—I was directly appointed as the Director of the General Manager’s practice chamber. But it was just a fancy title. The workload was huge. Besides my main duties, I had to handle attendance and salary settlements for hundreds of employees. My salary was only 2,500. At first, I was calm. But when I saw that some people, without connections, could earn several times my salary just by talking well, I suddenly felt that working for others was meaningless."

As she spoke, Zhu Yanyi seemed to relive those moments. "So, I resigned again. Later, by chance, I discovered the benefits of the internet: original web novels. So, I started writing. Gradually, my income increased, and I became famous. I went from writing as a hobby to writing as a profession. Oh, by the way, during this time, I got married once, but divorced after three months. It was a flash marriage and flash divorce. After that, I treated my nephew as my own child. When I died, I was just over fifty, not even sixty. That was my past life."

Zhu Yanyi turned to look at Di Yuan. "You know, I also had regrets. My regret was that if I had a next life, I would study hard and stop being willful. Unexpectedly, my husband gave me such an opportunity. I started from scratch and walked a completely different path."

"Why did you tell me this story?" Di Yuan asked, confused.

Zhu Yanyi smiled. "I just want to tell you that most things in life go against our wishes. The experiences of the past life are not the standard for this life. You ruined your reborn life trying to escape your past. To put it plainly, you made a mistake even when you were keeping a low profile."