At this point, the Dread Lord was about to continue talking about his inner journey, but Entity 303 interrupted him.
Entity 303 scratched the back of his head, pretending to look confused, then pointed at the Dread Lord's nose and said, "Why is your nose all red?"
Seeing Entity 303 interrupt the Dread Lord's "hypnosis magic," Little Bug quickly jumped in, saying, "What nonsense are you talking about, you arsonist? Old bones don't even have noses, how could it possibly be red!"
Seeing Little Bug respond so seriously to his words, Entity 303 couldn't hold it in anymore. While rubbing Little Bug's head, he looked at the Dread Lord and teased, "Little Bug can't see it, but I can! Oh right, let me tell you a little secret."
"The Dread Lord actually has another loud and impressive title!"
"What is it, what is it?" Little Bug looked at Entity 303 with a face full of curiosity.
Seeing that, Entity 303 said with a straight face, "That title is!"
"Clown... King!"
After saying that, Entity 303 couldn't hold it in any longer and burst out laughing.
Just earlier, Entity 303 had said that Null was the type who wouldn't let himself suffer any grievance, and clearly that applied to him as well.
Right now, he was obviously getting back at the Dread Lord for mocking him earlier.
The Dread Lord naturally understood this himself, and he had long gotten used to this kind of interaction between everyone.
He didn't fire back at Entity 303. Instead, he shook his head helplessly and smiled as he admitted, "Isn't that the truth."
"Every single day after going to the shallows, I was extremely uneasy. The reason for that unease was that I believed my king had peered into my heart."
"All of my anxiety was built on the assumption that my king had already seen through my inner thoughts…"
"But in the end, he had never once looked into my heart…"
At this point, the Dread Lord let out a long breath, his face full of relief. "That moment completely overturned everything I believed in the first half of my life."
"My king is skilled in strategy and also has the ability to peer into others' hearts…"
"If I'm being honest with myself, if I had such an ability, I would definitely look into the heart of every single person I came into contact with, let alone those who were planning to submit to me."
"And regardless of whether I had that ability or not, I would never accept someone as notorious as I was."
"Even if I had no choice but to accept someone like me for some unavoidable reason, I would definitely look into his heart!"
"Even if I looked into his heart and knew he had no ulterior motives, I still wouldn't be completely at ease. I would definitely check his heart every day to confirm his loyalty."
At this point, the Dread Lord looked at everyone and said, "I am indeed naturally suspicious, but I can be sure that some of the behaviors I just mentioned would definitely be what most people would do."
"Let me ask you, if you had such an ability, you might be able to resist peering into the hearts of every single person you come across, but could you really resist not looking into the hearts of those you intend to accept?"
Hearing the Dread Lord's question, everyone lowered their eyes and thought for a moment before honestly expressing their thoughts.
"To be honest, if I had that ability, I'd probably be about the same as you. I'd definitely sneak a look at everyone I come into contact with," Entity 303 said, curling his lips.
As soon as he finished speaking, the Ender Queen followed up, "I wouldn't look into everyone's heart, but for the people around me… I definitely wouldn't be able to hold myself back…"
Hearing the Ender Queen's answer, the Dragon Prophet, the Last Dancer, and the Wither King all nodded in agreement. "People are just like that. Most people want to peek into other people's secrets…"
"When it comes to their subordinates, every leader more or less wants to confirm their loyalty."
"It may not be very honorable, but that's human nature…"
Hearing everyone's words, Rookie and Notch looked at each other, then shrugged in mutual understanding. "Looks like we can't avoid it either…"
Hearing all this, Little Bug looked confused. "There's no need for that kind of ability at all. I just need to take a sniff and I'll know whether that person is good or not!"
Naturally, Little Bug's words couldn't be used as a reference. Even without his sharp nose, he probably wouldn't secretly peek into other people's hearts anyway. After all, he was just a carefree little wolf without so many schemes.
At this moment, among everyone present, only Null had not spoken. Everyone's gaze turned toward him.
After all, Null was Xu Yuan's dark side. His words might carry some reference value and help everyone understand Xu Yuan's true thoughts.
Seeing the eager looks everyone was giving him, Null frowned slightly. He averted his gaze, lowered his eyes, and thought for a moment before finally speaking.
"I do indeed have the ability to probe into others' hearts, but I've only ever used that ability on my king alone."
As soon as Null finished speaking, the Dread Lord immediately refuted, "You brat, now you don't even bother drafting your lies! Remember that Wither Storm we dealt with last time?! Back then you..."
Before the Dread Lord could finish, Null interrupted, "I only probed the fear in its heart."
"What I detected was merely what it was afraid of, not all of its inner thoughts."
There was no way to refute what Null said. Seeing that, the Dread Lord nodded. "Alright… those two concepts… really can't be mixed together."
After saying that, the Dread Lord frowned, his face full of confusion as he asked, "Then I understand even less."
"My king's greatness goes without saying. Even if I don't understand why he wouldn't probe others' hearts, I would never question it."
"But you are his dark side. Even if you try your best to balance your nature and your true heart, it shouldn't be to the point where you don't even have the thought of peering into others' hearts, right?"
Although the Dread Lord's words didn't sound very pleasant, he was just speaking the truth and didn't mean to belittle Null.
Null didn't get angry at all. He thought for a moment, organized his words in his mind, and then spoke, "I can probably understand my king's thoughts."
"There are always all kinds of voices in my mind… lingering, impossible to get rid of."
"So even though I have the ability to probe into people's hearts, I've never wanted to look into others' hearts."
"Because I understand very clearly that once the number of voices a person can hear increases, they are no longer as… pure."
"Obviously, my king understands this even better than I do."
"My king is a very free-spirited and pure person. He once told me a sentence, just do good deeds, don't ask about the future."
"And that has always been the principle by which he handles things."
"He doesn't scheme against people, and for those he truly acknowledges, he won't act one way in front and another behind their backs. He responds with sincerity."
After saying that, Null looked at the Dread Lord and said, "Isn't it his sincerity that truly moved you?"
"In fact, as early as when you made up your mind to go talk to him, you had already handed over your true heart, hadn't you?"