Monsters Die When Killed

What they wanted to preserve was not their thoughts or wisdom, but simply their species’ bloodline.

Meanwhile, all knowledge and the legacy of civilization rested solely in the hands of the Divine Beings. They would master this knowledge in solitude, waiting for the Era of Wind to arrive before sowing the seeds of civilization anew...

’It sounds a bit strange, but for them—or at least, according to the morality of the Wind People—it’s probably not a big deal.’

"Su Zhou, you are a singular existence. In all the Eras past, I have never seen a life form as powerful as you."

The Wind God then spoke, his gaze sweeping over Su Zhou from head to toe as he let out a sincere exclamation of wonder. "This isn’t your complete form, is it? You’re somewhat like the ’Dragons’ that once appeared during the Era of Water and the Era of Earth, yet not entirely the same... Could you be a being nurtured in some peculiar past Era, who has now reawakened from the Netherworld?"

’He also calls the Maze the Netherworld. It seems my guess on that front was correct.’

In response to the Wind God’s question, Su Zhou answered bluntly, "No. I am a being from an Otherworld, outside your own. I came to your world for certain reasons."

"Oh."

This time, it was the Wind God’s turn to give a completely unremarkable response. Su Zhou, who had been expecting a gasp of amazement, was left speechless. This earned him a round of taunts from Yara, who seemed to be thinking, ’Aha! So you’ve gotten a taste of your own medicine!’

’But this was different from when the Wind God revealed his true form. That sight, while certainly astounding, held no real value.’

’But what I’m talking about now is related to a whole other world—and it’s information about a world that, unlike the unstable Reincarnation World of Tartadis, might be incredibly stable!’

’Could the Wind God really not be interested?’

Su Zhou voiced his confusion aloud. And just as Su Zhou had honestly shared his thoughts before, the Wind God answered just as frankly. "We have long suspected the existence of Otherworlds, but we’ve never had the power to verify it. For example, the previous Fire God absorbed the power of all the Fire People in an attempt to resist the end of the Era. Before his defeat, he also tried to shatter this world and travel to an Otherworld—he simply failed, just like the others."

"And you’re not interested?"

Su Zhou found the Wind God’s way of thinking truly bizarre. He frowned. "Since you haven’t massacred any innocents, you’re a friendly in my book—someone I can have a civil conversation with. I’ll admit, I can’t just casually let people from this world travel to mine, as it’s not exactly empty. But you really don’t have any desire to even try and communicate?"

"Why would we have to go to an Otherworld?"

The Wind God couldn’t help but chuckle at Su Zhou’s line of thinking. "I understand perfectly well. When a being from one world encounters an individual from another, they tend to feel a sense of superiority about their homeland."

"But tell me, does your world not have species extinction and changing ages? Have the Overlord species of one era not disappeared, only for new civilizations to arise? Don’t tell me it doesn’t happen. As far as I know, everything in existence is repeating a cycle of Reincarnation, without exception. Your body, evolved to such a degree, is the perfect proof that your world is not a peaceful one. A truly peaceful world, you see, can never give birth to a great civilization or profound wisdom."

As he spoke, the gray-haired man shook his head. "Escaping one cycle, only to enter another? That’s not a very funny joke."

Su Zhou frowned as he considered the Wind God’s words. For a moment, he found that he couldn’t refute them—because, in fact, they were true.

’From the emergence of complex life five hundred million years ago, from trilobites to sea scorpions, ammonites to Dunkleosteus, and even dinosaurs, mammals, and the subsequent throngs of Giant Beasts, Divine Beasts, and Demon Fiends... If one really looked at it from the perspective of Reincarnation, then yes, even Earth was just repeating a cycle of environmental changes between Eras, a cycle where species flourished and then fell into decline. At a glance, it was hardly any different from the Reincarnation World.’

But he also knew there were plenty of counterarguments. For instance, while species turnover certainly happened on Earth, it was far more gradual than in this Reincarnation World. Never mind creatures like jellyfish that have thrived for five hundred million years; beings like the Chinese sturgeon from over a hundred million years ago and plants like the ginkgo tree from at least several million years ago all still exist today.

Besides, Earth didn’t have an apocalypse that occurred at set intervals. One could count the great Devonian extinction from hundreds of millions of years ago or the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs, but those could only be considered exceptions, not a guaranteed End of an Era that one was bound to encounter.

’What’s more, because of the Spiritual Energy Revival, even more ancient creatures were probably in the process of returning. With that kind of "kindness" toward extinct species, how could the Reincarnation World and Earth World even be compared?’

’That’s not right... Wait...’

But as this thought crossed his mind, Su Zhou froze.

’The restoration of species brought about by the Spiritual Energy Revival, and the appearance of ancient creatures from previous Eras within the Netherworld Maze... isn’t the situation a bit similar?’

’It wasn’t just "a bit" similar—the resemblance was uncanny!’

’If modern human civilization weren’t so powerful—strong enough to suppress these resurgent Spiritual Qi creatures and the sudden appearance of Evil Demons—then humanity today would likely be locked in bloody combat with these beings "returned from the Netherworld," wouldn’t they? Just like the slaughter between the revived civilizations and Deities of past Eras that occurs at the end of every cycle!’

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