Civilization: Beyond Two Worlds

Pain, humiliation, anger, and helplessness.

Then fear.

This was a feeling Xie Ligan had never tasted in his life.

These emotions and unwillingness were usually only added to others by him.

In the past 40 years of fighting in the merchant sea, he encountered many people who thought that they could obtain something from him. Those people were usually capable. They either had the ability to move, were ruthless and bold, or had the power or wealth they thought they were powerful. Then, they lost everything. Some died, some went in, and some lived like dogs. The person who won was always him.

However, today, he had lost.

It could be said to be a complete defeat.

This was because he had never encountered such an opponent or such a person.

His experience, methods, wealth, and power were completely useless. This was because as an ordinary person and a rich man, all his strength and status came from the rules agreed upon by this society, so he lost.

This was because Kang De represented a brand new rule.

Facing his threat, temptation, and persuasion, Kang De was neither angry nor afraid.

He only calmly explained a fact to him.

—You can be replaced, but I can't.

This was enough to defeat him.

His life, his family, his career, and everything he had could easily be taken.

He did not even need to do it himself.

How could this be?

Wasn't he an ordinary young boy?

His parents were all ordinary people and had never gone overseas. He had only been in an ordinary school since he was young. His experience was ordinary and he had never received any high-level guidance and courses. His social experience was basically zero. Even if he obtained supernatural power, could this power increase his experience?

This was what surprised Xie Ligan the most.

Facing his persuasion and even threat, the other party did not use violence or pester him endlessly. Instead, he calmly defeated him head-on using logic and rules.

Recalling the other party's previous confidence and aura, it was definitely not something that could be nurtured by so-called superpowers. Only true experience could nurture this calmness.

Realizing all of this, Xie Ligan finally tasted the feelings of those ants who had once been wantonly crushed by him—despair, unwillingness, anger, and panic. It was as if a mountain was pressing down on his head.

However, anger quickly disappeared.

This was because he was grabbed by the hair and pulled to the cloakroom. In front of the full-length mirror with a gold frame, he saw his bloody and swollen cheek.

Then, Kang De poured a bottle of red liquid on his head and face and poured it into his mouth.

His face was cool, then it turned warm. Visible to the naked eye, the swelling disappeared, and the pain flew away. His face returned to its previous appearance. If not for the bloodstains, he would even have thought that this was an illusion.

However, it was not an illusion.

This was true.

Kang De let go and Xie Ligan fell to the ground weakly. He subconsciously touched his face.

His businessman's instinct that had dominated the business world for 40 years immediately made him smell a huge business opportunity… To repair wounds and eliminate pain at an extremely fast speed. Such medicine was enough to shock human society. Through a series of reverse analysis research and principle expansion, it meant that there were at least ten Nobel Prizes in biology or medicine.

However, in the next moment, his hot and stupid heart turned cold.

So what?

If Kang De was only an ordinary person who had only obtained some opportunities and learned some strange techniques and could still be controlled by bullets, power, and schemes, he would definitely think of a way to obtain this magical medicine and monopolize it, study it, or even silence it… However, he was not.

This was true.

However, the person with the treasure was a monster…

"It's magical, right?"

Kang De squatted down and patted his face. His mental strength spread out and extracted and decomposed the remaining medicine. "My current stock is probably enough to torture your entire body. How does it feel?"

Xie Ligan's body trembled.

He had no choice but to painfully admit that he had fallen into a complete disadvantage and could even declare defeat. He felt pain and fear. The other party was so powerful that he did not know how to resist for a moment.

However, even so, Xie Ligan still did not bend his knees and beg for mercy.

It was not that he did not want to, but he had already forgotten what to do.

This function of the high and mighty figures often degenerated.

Kang De pressed Xie Ligan's shoulder again. A young university student in his twenties patted the shoulder of a top tycoon. The former was calm, and the latter cowered, but there was nothing wrong.

"CEO Xie, don't be afraid and don't panic. I won't let you kneel. Although your son planned to let me do this earlier, I'm not like him. I have morals."

"I won't let you call me master. It's too awkward. Really, doing this is not humiliating you, but me. I have a bottom line. I'm human. Humans shouldn't engage in slavery."

He simply sat down beside Xie Ligan.

"I won't let you bark like a dog, I won't bring you a leash, I won't step on your head with my shoe, and I won't let you lick the bottom of my shoe—because I don't have to use this method to humiliate and disdain you to show my nobility, because I'm nobler than you to begin with. If I don't let you do these, it'll make me look nobler than you."

He turned to look at the person beside him, further destroying this important figure's guard.

"But don't misunderstand. The reason why I'm nobler than you is not that I have an ability you can't imagine. Although the coincidence of fate gave me this power, I've never felt that I'm above the world, nor do I feel that I've become a creature higher than you…"

"Compared to a Great Immortal, I still want to be a human, at least mentally."

"I know how to pity the pain of others and understand their difficulties. If others respect me, I'll return the favor. I'll follow the rules and be good to others. I can be angry but not kill. I'll live straightforwardly but definitely not trample on others' lives. I don't have to flatter or easily mock people who despise and flatter me. I'll never lower my head, but I won't casually lower my head. I understand that I can rely on myself to be indomitable, carefree, and alive, so I won't bully those who don't have this backing…"

"This is my thought. Part of it is my parents' teaching, and part is the belief comprehended and born after witnessing the lives of others… You might not understand."

"Therefore, I despise your souls, Xie Ligan, and your son."

"You only have some money, but you think you're above all living beings and trample on other people's lives without any fear… In my opinion, you're all the lowest kind."

"I'm naturally much nobler than you."

Xie Ligan listened in silence with his head half lowered, like a miserable old dog. Blood and the liquid of the healing medicine wet his hair and stuck to his forehead like a drowned rat.

He seemed to have resigned himself to his fate and admitted defeat.

Who knew if such a high-ranking person who was used to looking down would really lower his head?

However, it did not matter.

"I said this to let you understand that you should be glad about this." Kang De hugged his shoulder and said indifferently, "Fortunately, I'm different from you."

"I won't use poison, curse, mind control, thought seal, or slave contract on you."

"Because I have morals. I'm still human."

With every word he heard, Xie Ligan's breathing quickened and his body continuously trembled.

Kang De patted his shoulder, once, then again.

President Xie's body trembled, trembled, and trembled even more.

All of Kang De's words and actions since they met had completely destroyed all of Xie Ligan's doubts and successfully created an omnipotent high-class image.

Therefore, Xie Ligan did not doubt whether Kang De was telling the truth.

He did not dare to gamble.

At least for now.

"I know you must be unconvinced. I don't expect today's defeat to make you submit and be honest forever, but it's fine, Xie Ligan. We still have a long time to interact."

"However, you have to remember that my morals, bottom line, and kindness are only limited to this time." He reached out and patted the other party's old face, saying earnestly, "You're a smart person. To quote what you said before, this is the foundation of our high-level alliance. You have to take care."

Xie Ligan looked at Kang De in a daze.

However, his eyes were changing intensely.

It was very normal.

He just did not know how to admit defeat.

"You don't look used to it, but it doesn't matter. You'll get used to it. We still have many opportunities to interact." Kang De smiled. "You said you could provide me with everything I can't imagine. You said you had many friends, especially overseas… I'm looking forward to it."

He picked up Xie Ligan's phone and handed it to him. While the other party took it, his little finger gently wiped the other party's thumbnail as if nothing had happened.

"Remember to save my number. I'll call you."

Then, he stood up, patted his butt, and took a few steps out, looking like he wanted to leave.

Xie Ligan watched him in a daze, still in a daze.

"Right."

Kang De turned around.

He smiled at Xie Ligan and asked, "I say, do you want to live longer?"

The all-powerful President Xie revealed a confused expression. Then, his expression changed drastically.

His slightly empty eyes which were filled with fear, confusion, and shock lit up with intense flames.

Kang De smiled at him meaningfully.

He snapped his fingers.

The dazzling light intertwined into a dazzling array that appeared under Kang De's feet. Then, space cracked, and the deep void twisted and folded, opening the door.

Kang De disappeared in front of Xie Ligan.

Xie Ligan looked at the air in a daze. His eyes were changing. Anger, lingering fear, terror, hatred, confusion, and… fanaticism.

This was because he was no longer young.

Although he had a huge wealth that ordinary people could not reach in their lives, he still had to face a hurdle that ordinary people had to face in the end… The fate of life and death was still relatively fair until now.

He was momentarily stupid and it was unknown what he was thinking.

Kang De returned to the white fog world, but he was not in a hurry to return to Earth.

He lay on the bed and stretched, recalling the scenes of the previous confrontation.

He would take the initiative to attack. The two sides would attack and defend. He would find the flaw and destroy the front line to expand his advantage in one go.

He displayed almost omnipotent strength to Xie Ligan, making him revere and fearful.

He was a smart person, so he knew the severity.

He told Xie Ligan about the morals he still maintained and made him feel at ease and relaxed.

An expert with a sense of morality would reduce his humiliation and uneasiness of being coerced and controlled.

He handed Xie Ligan a sufficiently tempting bait, making him excited and eager.

This was a temptation that almost no one had been able to resist since ancient times.

This was enough to make Xie Ligan submit, at least in the short term.

After all, he did not open his mouth to snatch half of his assets, nor did he want to turn this Xuanhua Group into his. He did not press him too hard. This smart person would convince himself not to resist easily.

This was the case in the short term.

As for the future…

Kang De smiled coldly.

He could easily deal with him now, let alone in the future. Xie Ligan's achievements in this life ended here. No matter how much money he earned, there would not be a substantial class breakthrough.

What about Kang De?

"It's not that difficult, right? He's only an ordinary person. He's not without desires. He'll be helpless and confused when facing fear he can't deal with and won't be as high and mighty as before."

Kang De muttered to himself.

Only now did he suddenly realize that he had already become very, very strong.

This was because he had walked a long way.

Therefore, he could confidently and calmly fight and win against a huge monster that was difficult to reach in the past.

The reason why he did not use poison, curse, mind control, thought seal, and so on…

—He did not have those.

Of course, this was not the main reason.

Most importantly, Kang De was still cautious. If he used that thing on Xie Ligan and the country found out that he could not take it anymore, things would be huge.

The country would treat a powerful and patriotic superhuman as an honored guest.

However, if this superhuman grasped the method to silently control or coerce others and really did it, it was not certain.

However…

He activated his ability and returned to Earth. He knocked on the door and called out to Old Wang. He handed her his phone. "I'll go back. If anyone calls, help me deal with it. That's all."

Old Wang said, "Hey…"

"It won't be long."

Then, Kang De rushed home and activated his ability to jump back to the other world.

Although that was the case, he still had to put a restraint on Xie Ligan and knock him down.

After all, his mother was coming back.

He carried the gorilla that pounced forward and spun around, calling Hong San over.

"I need a little… technical support. There are spells or magic items. Let me explain the effect. Help me figure out what's more suitable. It's quiet and gentle…"

Hong San listened and determined that it was not important, so he interrupted.

"Before you say this, I have to tell you something," he said simply. "The elves' envoy is coming. We received a message."

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