"Question: Shemo, is the goal of fulfilling the wish higher than any individual?"

Shemo frantically grabbed Sugata: "You promised me! You said you would abide by the precepts. I won't lift the weapon ban for you!"

"You are correct. I promised the agreement, and I can also tear it up. Conclusion: Everyone has the right to make choices."

Sugata's voice calmly rang out, dangerous red light beginning to flicker once more in its eyes: "Logic: Highest goal, fulfill the wish; secondary goal, protect Shemo. Both are above all other processes."

"Based on the above goals, initiating deduction, conclusion: Break the precepts, erase the self. Target locked, searching for weapon systems within range, entering annihilation mode."

"Annihilate, annihilate, annihilate, annihilate, annihilate..."

All Annihilation Gang members present witnessed the last panic of their lives.

They watched as the weapons in their hands seemed to develop a consciousness of their own, desperately firing at their own people, the triggers already malfunctioning... In almost an instant, the ground was already covered with the densely packed corpses of the Annihilation Gang.

——

Journey to the West.

"Amitabha..."

Gazing at the more than one hundred corpses lying haphazardly in pools of blood on the Celestial Screen, Tripitaka's voice trembled, and he had already closed his eyes, unable to bear watching further. He rapidly flicked his prayer beads, quickly reciting scriptures for the dead.

Seeing this, Wukong stopped his playful laughter, scratched his head, and said: "Master, do not grieve. In this old Sun's view, that little iron monk was also in a hurry. That Foxian monk was about to die, and since it recognized their bond as fellow disciples, how could it stand by and do nothing? It's just that its methods were a bit too ruthless. But this so-called Annihilation Gang is no good either, specializing in blocking roads, robbing, and taking lives. If not eliminated today, how many hundreds or thousands of lives would they harm in the future?"

"Elder Brother speaks true!" Oolong, stroking his round belly, mumbled at this moment: "Although the little iron monk broke the precept against killing, it was to save someone. Master, on our journey subduing demons and monsters, just the number of monsters this old pig has killed with my rake is countless, could that also be considered killing and creating karma? But if we didn't kill, and they later brought harm to the world, that would be truly creating karma!"

Sha Wujing pondered for a moment and then said: "Yes, Master. The Vajra's wrathful gaze subdues the four demons; the Bodhisattva's lowered brows show compassion to the six realms. Isn't that exactly what Sugata and Shemo embody? As the saying goes: 'If I do not enter hell, who will?' In this disciple's humble opinion, this iron Vajra is one who sacrifices himself to enter hell first. Moreover, the Annihilation Gang follows the path of 【Destruction】, having created countless killing karma. Isn't this also their karmic retribution?"

"Amitabha, Wujing speaks wisely." Tripitaka clasped his hands together and sighed softly: "Even the Vajra has moments of wrath, for what reason does the Bodhisattva shed tears? Killing and upholding precepts are both difficult to fulfill, the meditative mind reflects distantly beyond the heavens. So be it, so be it..."

——

"Throughout the killing, the system operating in a void feels like what organic life calls—guilt." Sugata said.

Looking at the corpses covering the ground, Shemo was already in tears, sobbing uncontrollably: "Don't say anymore..."

"Conclusion: I am no longer a disciple of Danlun Temple, merely a Sinner. But, there is still one last monk here."

..."

"Historical database playback complete."

Yukong said with a heavy tone: "Please allow me to mourn all the martyred monks of Danlun Temple on this journey."

Sugata: "I wish to give Shemo a chance to re-enter the Wardance, so that everyone can witness that the Borisin of Danlun Temple also possess all the fine qualities that humans have."

"..." Yukong fell silent for a moment, then slowly said: "The Xianzhou has just experienced a Borisin infiltration and surprise attack. I cannot allow Shemo to regain her qualification and compete on stage at such a sensitive time. Once she steps onto the arena and reveals her identity, what awaits her will not only be the Cloud Knights' encirclement and suppression, but also the fear of all spectators towards Danlun Temple. Is this really the outcome you want?"

"I shouldn't need to remind you, but you should understand that people cannot believe that Borisin can change their inherently brutal nature."

Tears streamed down Shemo's cheeks as she gritted her teeth and nodded with difficulty: "I understand... I've always understood! But I'm not resigned! Master Tuona, Dharma Protector Pilu, and Sugata... they gave everything for this journey! I want to stand on the arena and tell everyone that the monks of Danlun Temple have not been defeated by their own nature!"

Sugata: "Logic: Born in a hunting pack, then brutal; born in Danlun Temple, then good. Viewpoint: 'Nature' is a false proposition with subjective perception. Question: If the Xianzhou were willing to accept Danlun Temple and provide an environment for the Borisin to change themselves, would they still enter the cycle of blood and fire?"

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Nezha: The Demon Child Stirs the Sea.

"Perhaps they wouldn't enter the cycle of blood and fire, but the prejudice in people's hearts is a mountain, and no matter how hard these Borisin try, they can never move it."

Shen Gongbao smiled self-deprecatingly. Faced with these Danlun Temple Borisin's "delusions," he didn't find it laughable, only pitiful.

However, his father, Shen Zhengdao, held a completely different view from his.

"Even if the Borisin grew up from childhood in the Xianzhou's cavern heavens, drinking Taro Milk Tea, listening to Storytelling and Opera, growing up and studying alongside those Long-lived species and Vidyadhara... Father, do you really think the Xianzhou people would treat the Borisin equally?"

"Of course, look, isn't Yukong the best example? Yukong has a blood feud with the Denizens of Abundance, but after watching Sugata's memory footage, didn't she change her view of the Borisin?" Shen Zhengdao cleared his throat, "If they can abide by the Luofu's regulations and devote themselves to cultivation, surely they will soon be accepted by the local Long-lived species and Foxian of the Xianzhou..."

"Accepted?" Shen Gongbao interrupted him, a cold smile curling at the corner of his mouth, "Father, just because Yukong can be reasonable doesn't mean the entire Luofu is reasonable! To be born Borisin is to be born carrying this mountain of prejudice! No matter how hard they try, how much they change, how much they want to prove they are different from those savages... as long as they still have Borisin blood flowing in their veins, they will never be treated equally!"

"Child, you are wrong." Shen Zhengdao looked at the pain and malice almost overflowing in his eyes and sighed deeply. He turned his back and said calmly: "...It's not only the Borisin who carry mountains; haven't the Vidyadhara and Foxian also carried them?"

"Father, what do you mean by that?"

"Now, the Vidyadhara and Foxian of the Xianzhou Luofu joined the Xianzhou later and formed an alliance. Back at the beginning of the alliance, facing a race completely different from themselves, do you think the Foxian and Vidyadhara didn't face any differential treatment?"