445 Essay (2/2)

After a bunch of doodles, there was an off-handed complaint.

Took only two days to learn five hundred words. What were those idiots doing earlier? If they gave it to me earlier, it could be writing poetry now!

After paragraphs of nonsense, Ye Lanzhou went back on topic.

It wants me to name it but I don't dare.

Ye Qingxuan froze. Understanding what the words meant, he sank into deep thought. Hecatoncheir wanted a name that belonged to itself but Ye Lanzhou did not dare. Once something had a name, it would start differentiating between itself and the outer world. It would have a sense of self. Something that had a sense of self would become difficult to control. There would be countless changes.

After more nonsense, there was another phrase without context.

The subsidiary experiment is going on. It's revoltingly successful.

And then there was only one last sentence of the records.

It's learning so quickly. It already knows how to trick me into opening the door for it.

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After that, there were no more related records in the notebook. It seemed as if every day was spent carelessly. He would write down a few unreliable things and then draw some self-portraits. His beard grew longer and longer. And then, all that remained was white paper.

Ye Qingxuan's expression darkened. He flipped through the pages but there were no more records. Finally, he reached the last page and saw a long and messy essay. It seemed to be a message left specifically for others. This was the last thing Ye Lanzhou left on this world.

Lowering his head, Ye Qingxuan read through it silently.

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To Whomever It May Concern,

When you see this, it will already be irrevocable.

Firstly, I thank the Sacred City for giving a wanderer like me such trust. I am truly sorry for betraying this trust.

If everything is successful, the result will be as everyone has witnessed. Yes, I personally released Hecatoncheir.

Hermes was right. If we were truly searching for a good ending, this experiment should never have existed in the first place. I stepped into this forbidden territory due to my curiosity and thus discovered revolting secrets.

Therefore, I spent the last few days thinking if the goal of the experiment truly is as pure and glorious as we had thought.

No matter what, it must be stopped.

I should have guessed that, whether it is the East or West, it is the same everywhere.

I hope that I can destroy the horrible result born from the experiment in time. Hopefully, my actions can serve as a warning and make you all more clearheaded. Please rethink your actions.

Compared to the world, humanity is so insignificant yet how can we commit such atrocities?

Perhaps, we should have never come to this world.

This world belongs to them.