As soon as these words were spoken, the room fell into dead silence once more, with only the sound of breathing rising and falling.
Dan Dinghe accurately pointed out a problem that they all faced, whether to choose their own path or the worldly attachments.
Each of them, in their own world, held high positions, were pillars of support, the higher they stood, the greater the responsibility and the more attachments they had.
The flood two years ago rang a warning bell for all of them, making them realize that in the face of absolute power, they were like ants on the ground, facing the dam breach, facing the oncoming flood beasts, all they could do was to wait in place for death to come, the ultimate fate being obliteration in the flood, without even the qualification to resist.
Many of them, in their own world, their clansmen, family members, partners, and others have already been obliterated in the "flood".
