Chapter 555 - 30: Incalculable Bad Influence on Teenagers

"If the time comes when we encounter an Otherworld civilization that’s hostile and reasonably powerful, we can probably let these cancerous elements loose on them."

The one who said this was a Cultivator representative from a Southeast Asian country. He snorted coldly, "These cancerous elements are lurking on Earth like invisible boils. Having them scram to an Otherworld to wreak havoc on other civilizations would be a good way to put our trash to use."

"Indeed." A representative from the Zhu Country agreed deeply. "Of course, the best method would still be to capture all these anti-human elements and put them on trial. After all, if they really manage to stir up major trouble in an Otherworld, that would also pose a threat to us."

These two regions, along with Central Asia, South America, and Mid-America, which had not spoken, were all areas where the Mysterious Organization had been stirring up trouble. The local populations suffered greatly as a result.

To guide public opinion, the officials considered many factors and censored quite a few key parts of the news about the Beast God Realm. For example, information regarding the Tree of Life was completely concealed, with no reports on it whatsoever.

But for the average netizen, their thoughts were much simpler.

"They’re actually all just animals, not beast girls." This was a disappointed comment from a Yingzhou netizen.

"Just furries? Disappointing. Lost interest." This was a disappointed comment from an American netizen.

"Which ones are edible? Do they taste good?" This was a comment from a Zhengguo netizen.

Among them all, netizens from the European Union were the most concerned about the situation in the Beast God Realm. This was especially true because Selos, a well-known local internet celebrity and a judge on a new TV show, had apparently participated in the exploration of the Beast God Realm. She had posted numerous landscape photos of the Beast God Realm on her personal account, as well as some video clips of Spirit Beasts interacting with humans.

Although these photos and video clips were clearly canned PR materials that she was required to post by the officials, they did indeed allow everyone to learn more about the situation in the Beast God Realm.

However, from these clips, all they could see was an extremely ignorant, backward, and even what could be called a barbaric world.

The Devotion Species, which served as food; the Slave and Production Species, occasionally used as blood sacrifices and delicacies; the Combat Species, who fought for the Divine Beasts and were occasionally predators themselves; and at the very top, the Divine Beasts.

This was a bestial civilization where they devoured one another, where Divine Beasts oppressed all—a system even more terrifying than the slave systems of ancient times. Right now, this civilization had fallen into chaos because the kings of the various species had died unexpectedly amidst internal strife. According to the scraps of information revealed in the news, it seemed the United International planned to use this as an opportunity to influence the Beast God Realm and transform it into a more peaceful civilization.

This should have been considered a good thing, yet some people still expressed their dissatisfaction.

"The Beast God Realm is an independent Otherworld! Why should we interfere with them?!"

This was an anonymous netizen with an IP address from the Europe Region. He criticized the idea fiercely, his tone almost sanctimonious. "This is too arrogant! The strong preying on the weak is the law of nature. We can’t use human morality to judge them. Besides, how do you know which Spirit Beasts don’t like living like that?"

Even some anonymous netizens from Zhengguo expressed their agreement, their words filled with a strange self-righteousness.

"Exactly! ’You are not a fish; how can you know its joy?’ How do you know which of the Spirit Beasts are unhappy? It’s wrong to recklessly interfere with other civilizations!"

Meanwhile, Su Zhou, who was attending a celebration banquet on the Kunlun Plateau, was eating while simultaneously using Water Assistance to have streams of water peel his lobster and crab, and also using his mind to scroll through the forums on his phone.

This banquet was, in essence, just a social gathering. The networking in the main hall was the real point. But what did any of that have to do with him, Su Zhou? ’If you don’t eat at a banquet, can you even call it a banquet?’ So, he sat off to the side with a few acquaintances, quietly eating his food.

But after seeing that comment, even Su Zhou, a veritable giant of the internet, couldn’t help but blink several times, thinking he must have misread it... Then, he couldn’t help but exclaim, "These moronic netizens never cease to amaze me!"

"What’s wrong?"

Shao Qiming, who was sitting beside him using Wood Qi to levitate his chopsticks and pick up food, noticed his friend’s strange expression and asked casually. Su Zhou didn’t say much, simply handing his phone over.

Instantly, Shao Qiming was also rendered speechless. He sighed, shook his head, and handed the phone back to Su Zhou. "These people... they don’t even consider the Spirit Beasts of the Beast God Realm to be intelligent life, do they? To be able to say something as vile as, ’How do you know they’re not happy when they’re being eaten?’... That’s an arrogance that knows no bounds!"

’Actually, when some of the Spirit Beasts are eaten, while they might not be happy, they are truly willing.’

But Su Zhou, who had done more than just participate in the construction of the Beast God Realm’s fortress, understood the thoughts of the Spirit Beasts far better than Shao Qiming... But that twisted ideology was itself built on a flawed foundation. Not correcting it, but instead allowing it to continue developing—that was the real mistake.

"Besides, what’s wrong with being arrogant? If a civilization doesn’t even have arrogance and self-confidence, it could never have been established in the first place. When a civilization loses everything that gave it the right to be arrogant toward other civilizations, it means that civilization has fallen behind the other in every single way."

"Our Elder Sages built our civilization with such diligence precisely so that their descendants wouldn’t have to face the arrogance of others. In fact, it was so we could be the ones to arrogantly mock them."