Monsters Die When Killed

Therefore, all nations were extremely cautious in their treatment of Spirit Beasts. With the exception of obvious Evil Beasts, the vast majority were managed and allowed to roam free rather than being indiscriminately driven off or killed. Consequently, in the Era of Spiritual Energy Revival, the issue of meat production, unlike that of staple grains, remained unresolved.

But now, the discovery of the Beast God Realm had stunned the nations: a creature that had been completely stripped of the possibility of developing sentience at the genetic level, and had been modified into a pure source of meat! If this could be popularized, it would undoubtedly lead to a massive increase in the world’s meat production!

"But this feels like a trampling of life..."

A researcher from the European Union said with some hesitation, "It’s clear that these Devotion Species must have been sentient before they were modified..."

"At the very least, we have to learn this technology—you can’t expect all of humanity to become vegetarian, can you? Besides, there are plenty of Spirit Plants... If we’re going to be so dogmatic about it, even Elements and Spiritual Qi can give birth to Elemental Divine Beings and Pure Energy Divine Beings. Should we stop using Magic and stop cultivating, then?"

Naturally, researchers from other countries would offer a rebuttal—some things are fine to think about, but taking them to such extremes only leads to absurdity.

All in all, despite a few minor disputes, the Beast God Realm was truly worthy of being called a great treasure trove. In this brand new Otherworld, so different from Earth, all the world’s nations had discovered a source of immense benefit.

And the greatest beneficiary was, without a doubt, Zhengguo, which controlled the passage to the Beast God Realm.

「Twenty-four hours later.」

"Have they already arrived safely near the Tree of Life?"

Life Saint Cang Lunzhe—a Bai Ze Bloodline, the Mimic Dao Leader of Zhengguo—had temporarily put aside his research for this Beast God Realm mission and come to the front lines. The silver-haired, middle-aged man stared at the terminal in his hand with some surprise. "It seems Qingyun and his team have had a smooth mission."

"The Europe Action Team has also escaped pursuit from the Feather Race border forces. They’ve infiltrated a plantation and are looking for a chance to sneak into the Feather Race’s main city... These Divine Beasts, they seem just like the lords of ancient times. They have almost no control over the lower levels."

Faced with such a weak enemy, most people would feel pleased, or at least relieved.

But Cang Lunzhe couldn’t help but sigh inwardly. He began to ask himself, ’They were clearly born with such Talent, with such a Bloodline. How could a civilization composed purely of Divine Beasts have fallen to such a state?’

’Of course, I know that a small group of individuals with powerful personal Martial Arts can hinder the progress of a collective civilization. That’s why I hope to transform all of humanity into a new Divine Beast called ’Humanity’—a higher form of life, forged by human wisdom, far stronger than any naturally born Divine Beast... But this transformation can’t possibly be rolled out to everyone at once. Some will get it early, some will get it late.’

’And will the ones who get it early allow the latecomers to catch up? Will the latecomers allow the early ones to maintain their advantage? If I really achieve my goal and bring about this new humanity... then conflict will inevitably be born, won’t it? Just like what the Divine Beasts did to the Spirit Beasts. In the future, will this new humanity do the same to the old humanity?’

Thinking deeply is, without a doubt, a virtue for a researcher.

But overthinking can throw one’s mind into disarray.

At this moment, Cang Lunzhe’s heart was in turmoil.

But, even so,

What must be done, must be done. The path that must be walked, must be walked by someone.

If one were to halt progress out of a ’fear of the future’ or fear of current ethics, then the era could not advance, and civilization could not progress.

’I am just a researcher. I cannot decide the future of humanity.’

With this, Cang Lunzhe suppressed his anxieties and firmed his resolve. ’In the end, what becomes of humanity, what decides the future of this Race, will always be humanity itself.’

’If, one day, humanity is destroyed by the evil in its own biological instincts, then that will only prove that humanity was just that kind of creature and nothing more.’

’But I choose to believe in hope. I believe that the goodness and Order forged by humanity’s Postnatal civilization are enough to restrain its own evil instincts.’

「Three hours later.」

Cang Lunzhe received a communication from the Daoist Saint: ’Mission complete. The Tree of Life is completely devoid of life.’

Then, fifteen minutes later, as the Daoist Saint and his team returned via Teleportation, all the nations of the world received the news as well.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, a great weight lifted from their shoulders, but at the same time, they noticed another, more perplexing problem.

"Where’s Su Zhou?"

"That inexplicably strong young Commander Tier from Zhengguo, where did he go?"

"Was there an accident with the Teleportation?"

The Daoist Discipline Bureau staff member in charge of the Teleportation Array even felt a chill run down his spine, thinking he had probably made some terrible mistake and would surely be sent to the Extraordinary Court... But then, the Daoist Saint’s next words stunned everyone for a moment.

"Don’t worry. Su Zhou said he was going to kill a few Divine Beasts. He’ll be right back."

Although he, too, was filled with worry, the Daoist Saint stroked his beard with an air of nonchalance, the words ’understated confidence’ practically written on his face. He spoke calmly to the fortress personnel standing nearby, "I had him take a camera inscribed with an observation array that allows for real-time communication. If he runs into any trouble, he can definitely hold out until our reinforcements arrive."

Visit and read more novel to help us update chapter quickly. Thank you so much!