Meng Chao watched the lizard eat the vermin in the crack, and the snake eat the lizard.
His instincts told him that Lin Chuan's logic and emotions were wrong.
Even if this lizard is stupid, it won't believe in a snake's nonsense. Vermin are vermin, lizards are lizards, venomous snakes are venomous snakes, Demonic Halberd Pigs are Demonic Halberd Pigs, and Crystalline Nine-headed Dragons are Crystalline Nine-headed Dragons. "Each race has their own interests, and they're even mortal enemies. There's no such thing as a monster that exists as a whole!
"To Demonic Halberd Pigs, humans are terrifying, but they might not be as terrifying as Crystalline Nine-headed Dragons. After all, millions of years before humans transmigrated to the Other World, Crystalline Nine-headed Dragons, as Apocalyptic Beasts, ate countless Demonic Halberd Pigs. And even if Demonic Halberd Pigs and Crystalline Nine-headed Dragons worked together to form a monster civilization and defeated humans together, killing the last human, would the Demonic Halberd Pigs' fates change? Would the Crystalline Nine-headed Dragons stop eating them?
"So, if you're a Demonic Halberd Pig and a Crystalline Nine-headed Dragon appears in front of you and invites you to contribute to the monster civilization with a smile on its face, you should definitely not hesitate and look like you're not afraid of death.
"But in your heart, you must know that you're fighting against humans because you don't want to be eaten by a Crystalline Nine-headed Dragon for the time being. You should only fight for yourself, and at most, you should fight for your own kind and the other Demonic Halberd Pigs. You shouldn't fight for vermin, lizards, Iron-armored Rhinoceroses, Crystalline Nine-headed Dragons, and you shouldn't fight for the monster civilization, because there are no monsters. Do you understand? There are no freaking monsters!"
"Big Brother Lin, calm down."
Meng Chao scratched his head. "Humans and monsters can't be compared like machines, right? Vermin, lizards, snakes, Demonic Halberd Pigs, and Crystalline Nine-headed Dragons are definitely different. They're not the same thing, but we're all human comrades. We have the same appearance and language, so we can understand each other.
"Based on your logic, if I'm a Demonic Halberd Pig, then all the Dragon Citizens are Demonic Halberd Pigs. Shouldn't we fight together and move forward together?"
"Is that really the case? Do you really think that the millions of humans living in Dragon City are the same species?"
"In a herd of Demonic Halberd Pigs, even the strongest and most brutal leaders are known as Demonic Halberd Pig Kings. Their daily lives aren't much different from those of normal Demonic Halberd Pigs. Yes, they can enjoy the best nest in the herd, but it's just a slightly bigger and prettier quagmire.
"What about the human world?
"Some people live in dilapidated and cramped old apartment buildings. Their rooms are not much bigger than a mouse hole. They have three floors high and low, but they have to squeeze four to five brothers and sisters into a camp bed. Every day, they smell the spiritual energy that smells like garlic. When they eat, they can hear the sounds of their neighbors peeing and defecating.
"You know this feeling as well as I do.
"Oh, your family is slightly better. You only have two siblings, and at the very least, you have some space in the living room. You can maintain the most basic dignity of humans.
"I have five siblings in my family. I really don't know how we've survived since we were young.
"And the living conditions of families like ours aren't the worst. Among the tens of millions of people in Dragon City, at least millions of people are still living in slums that are like shacks. They don't even have their own kitchens, toilets, and plumbing!"
"Big Brother Lin, this is all because of the monsters," Meng Chao interrupted him.
"The monsters are the ones who destroyed Dragon City and destroyed our beautiful homes, causing countless people to lose their homes. The Survival Committee is already doing their best to solve this problem, but we lack resources and space. We have to work together to overcome the difficulties before we can gradually rebuild the city and solve the problem in the end."
"Heh, lack of resources and space?"
Lin Chuan cackled strangely. "Then why are there people living in Dragon City No.1 when millions of citizens are still living in shacks? And Dragon City No.1 isn't even the most luxurious mansion in Dragon City. The mansions of the Deity Realm superhumans are something you can't even imagine!
"The nests of Demonic Halberd Pig Kings are at most twice the size of normal Demonic Halberd Pigs. There's no fundamental difference between the nests of Demonic Halberd Pigs. That's why they're the same kind.
"And among humans, the difference in the size of the homes of the weak and the strong can be dozens of times, and the difference in value can be hundreds of times. How can they be considered the same kind?
"Let's not talk about basic necessities, food, housing, and transportation. Let's talk about food. What do the normal people in Dragon City eat? They eat luncheon meat made from monster organs and gigantified earthworms. What do the powerful eat? They eat all sorts of superbeast meat that is rich in spirit energy. It can make them full of energy, make them in high spirits, and prolong their lives. In fact, it can even change the nature of their lives, allowing them to stand far above normal people!
"I don't need to tell you. You should know just how different the food of the powerful is from the food of normal people, right? Let's talk about what we ate during the operation. Lu Siya provided us with portable high-calorie food, and the value of one meal is more than the food expenses of a normal family for a month!
"No matter how much the Demonic Halberd Pig King eats, it's impossible for it to eat ten times the amount of food a normal Demonic Halberd Pig can eat. There's no fundamental difference in their diets, either. That's why they're the same kind.
"When you eat instant noodles and luncheon meat while you watch someone enjoy the delicious food in a luxurious hotel that you can only buy with half a year's worth of food expenses, can you really shamelessly say that you're the same kind as them?"
Meng Chao fell silent.
"Admit it. You don't know just what sort of lives the rich children lead. They're people who are destined to become superhumans since they were born. You've never even thought about it. You just see that everyone looks similar and speaks the same language. In fact, when a rich lady like Lu Siya lowers her status to recruit you and pats your shoulder while saying that we're friends, you believe her and treat her as the same kind." Lin Chao narrowed his eyes.
Veins popped up on his skin. He gritted his teeth and said, "But I'm different. I've personally seen the daily lives of the rich children. I know very well that I can become friends with Lu Siya, but I'll never be the same kind of person as her.
"Did you know? In the past, Lu Siya's father deliberately brought me to his house on my birthday so that Lu Siya could celebrate my birthday with me because he wanted to become the general manager of the mining company to create the image of someone who valued relationships.
"His house is the top three floors of a luxurious apartment with more than thirty floors.
"It's the first time I learned that humans can have luxurious houses that are as luxurious as palaces. Even the nannies in my house live in houses that are bigger than my family's, and they can even dig a swimming pool on the roof. There's even a multi-purpose court beside it for their family of six or seven.
"I also saw a small swimming pool beside the big swimming pool. I might say that it's a small swimming pool, but it's bigger than my kitchen and toilet combined. It's twice as big. Do you know what that small swimming pool is for?"
Meng Chao shook his head and asked, "What is it for?"
A strange smile appeared on Lin Chuan's face again. "It's for dogs to swim. Lu Siya keeps two biochemical hunting dogs that have undergone genetic modifications. I heard that they have to swim every day to maintain their mobility.
"By the way, those two biochemical hunting dogs are used to eating the two tenderloins of Iron-armored Rhinoceroses, which are the most tender tenderloins on the backs of Iron-armored Rhinoceroses. Before I came to the Lu family, I, my family, and all my ancestors had never eaten tenderloins of that quality before.
"It was a very perfect birthday banquet.
"All the people in the Lu family are very cultured and polite people of high society.
"They put on sincere smiles and treated me as the main character, like stars surrounding the moon. They asked me to blow out the candles and cut the cake for me. They even gently held me in their arms with the bald teddy bear so that the reporters could take pictures of me.
"At that time, I didn't think that there was anything wrong with it. I just felt dizzy, as if I had a beautiful dream.
"But when I was sent back to Joyous Heavenly Garden by the Lu family's limousine, I noticed that something was off when I returned home.
"My younger sister was curled up at a corner of the dining table and eating luncheon meat made from earthworms.
"My two older brothers were fighting over the toilet, and they had a heated argument.
"I could also hear heavy breathing and the sound of someone banging against the wall next door. I couldn't do anything about it. People who live in places like ours are already used to this.
"And I had nowhere to run, because all of Joyous Heavenly Garden was the same. Even if I could escape, there would still be a sour and foul stench left in my pores after the low-grade crystals reacted with me.
"At that moment, I looked at my family who was eating earthworm meat and arguing over who should go to the toilet first. I listened to the horrible sounds coming from next door and remembered what I saw in the Lu family a moment ago. Lu Siya let her two biochemical hunting dogs play in the pool while her younger brother played basketball alone on a wide court. Her mother lay by the pool and drank iced drinks while she basked in the sun. At that moment, I felt as if a bolt of lightning had struck my mind.
"For the first time, I started thinking about this question. Just what is a human?
"I felt that between Lu Siya and I, one of us wasn't a human.
"If Lu Siya was a human, then my family and I weren't. We were animals that were even more inferior than her biochemical hunting dogs.
"If we were humans, then Lu Siya and her parents were definitely intelligent lifeforms that were at a higher level. They were immortals or aliens. That's why they had the right to enjoy everything that was like a dream.
"Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to explain what I saw. Since we're all humans, why is the difference in our living environment so great? It's so great that it's far greater than the difference between a Demonic Halberd Pig King and a normal Demonic Halberd Pig."
This is the third time I've added more monthly votes this month. I'll definitely pay you back what I owe you slowly.
Then, our monthly votes seem to have fallen below one hundred again. If you still have the strength to spare, please help me. I'll do a 720 degree turn in the air to thank my dear brothers and sisters.
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