"Of course I hate the monster, because it's the monster that caused all of this!"
Meng Chao could not help but retort loudly. "Monster Mountain Range surrounds Dragon City, so we're facing an unprecedented shortage of space and resources. The frontlines are constantly using up a lot of war resources, which is why the normal citizens' lives are so hard!
"Pearl Bai Shan, if you really want to take revenge on something for your mother's misfortune, you should vent your anger on monsters. I don't understand why you're willing to become the pawn of an enemy you can't live with!"
"That's right. It's the monsters who caused all of this. Monsters are the source of Dragon City's pain, poverty, and injustice. That's what the old village chief told us," Bai Shan said with a smile.
Bai Shan smiled. "The children in Leprosy Village have always listened to the old village chief's teachings. He said that humans and monsters are fighting a long war, and this war has used up most of their resources, which is why all Dragon Citizens are suffering.
"Leprosy Village isn't the only one suffering. Most of the citizens in the lair aren't having a good time either. It's the same for the normal citizens outside. There might be a handful of superhumans who have slightly better living conditions, but that's because they risked their lives to kill monsters.
"Survival has always been difficult. We can only grit our teeth and bear with it. One of these days, humans will completely destroy the monsters, and at that time, we'll never be able to enjoy the good life.
"Originally, all the children believed the old village chief's words.
"After all, he's suffering with us. He doesn't eat an extra can of earthworm meat or drink an extra scoop of drinking water. He's practically sacrificed everything for Leprosy Village's survival, so why would he lie to us?
"Wild Wolf, Zhang Tie, and I have snuck out with you before. We went to the monster coliseums controlled by the gangs to watch the performances.
"The monster coliseums might be exciting, but the normal lair citizens' lives are just as the old village chief said. They're slightly better than those in Leprosy Village, but not by much. Even the people in the gangs who seem to flaunt their strength have to use their full strength to survive, just like the villagers. There's no fundamental difference.
"I think it's the same for the ordinary citizens outside, right?
"If that's the case, even if my mom dies in such a tragic manner, I'm still willing to listen to the old village chief and endure it quietly. I'll grit my teeth and live together with the lair citizens and the normal citizens outside. I'll be filled with hope as we wait for humans to completely win against the monsters and enjoy endless good days.
"Heh heh, but one day, Leprosy Village was connected to the internet.
"At that time, I was already growing up, and I awakened to my talent in cultivation through genetic mutation. I helped the old village chief with you, Wild Wolf. I remember very clearly that the old village chief was very hesitant about whether Leprosy Village should be fully connected to Dragon City's high-speed information network. I could vaguely sense that he was worried, as if he was certain that the network would destroy Leprosy Village.
"But as the space in Dragon City became more stable, the spirit energy magnetic field interference became weaker, and the information base stations in the outside world became denser. Even if the old village chief didn't take the initiative, many of the villagers used all sorts of methods to connect to the internet and began to ride the waves of the surging ocean of information.
"I'm also one of them.
"Even now, I still remember the day I went online for the first time.
"It was like … a shining door leading to a new world. It was more than ten thousand meters tall and more than one thousand meters wide, and it slowly opened in front of me.
"An endless amount of information instantly drowned me, and I personally saw just what the world outside the lair was like.
"The normal citizens' lives were just as the old village chief said. They were slightly better than the lair citizens, but not by much. It was still within the limits of what I could imagine, understand, and accept.
"But I read about the lives of Transcendents on the Internet.
"More accurately speaking, I saw the lives of the descendants of the peerless elites who created the Survival Committee and controlled all of Dragon City from the nine great mega corporations, the nine great cultivation families, and the lives of the superhumans who stood at the top.
"It was a cultivation video shot by a powerful fighter, and he taught everyone how to execute force when they became stronger.
"The location of the video was his house. It was a mansion in Dragon City No.1.
"Since the cultivation plan also involved making nutritious meals, the powerful fighter held a camera and passed through the entire house from the cultivation room to the kitchen.
"I was also dumbfounded when I saw just how extravagant and grand this powerful fighter's home in Dragon City No.1 was. It was huge, and there were mountains of food piled up in the kitchen and storage room. Even his pet dog was fed until it was plump and white, and it looked like it was satisfied with its food.
"The fat dog lay at its master's feet and ate its fill all day. It had a carefree expression on its face. I've never seen such a look on any villager's face, never!
"Wild Wolf, Zhang Tie, I remember that I shared this video with you at that time. After you watched it, you didn't say a single word, but your cultivation became even crazier. You tortured yourselves and the cultivation machines day and night, and you looked so fierce that you looked like you wanted to eat the entire cultivation cabin. You didn't even want to spit out a single screw.
"By the looks of it, you're the same as me. You're filled with puzzlement and anger, but you don't know who to answer your puzzlement and who to vent your anger on.
"Meng Chao, you're from the outside world, so it might be difficult for you to understand how we feel. You should understand how it feels to have the entire world shatter and crumble.
"I couldn't accept this fact, so I searched for more information online to learn more about the superhumans who stood high above us.
"The more I learned, the more shocked I became.
"The most powerful people in Dragon City are the giants known as the nine great mega corporations, and the nine great cultivation families who control the nine great mega corporations are the real masters of Dragon City.
"Dragon City No.1 isn't the best mansion in Dragon City, and the powerful fighter who filmed the cultivation video isn't a core member of the nine great cultivation families either.
"The real masters of Dragon City live in blessed lands filled with spirit energy. They build manors and manors and enjoy everything there to themselves.
"So, while the Leprosy Village villagers, lair citizens, and Dragon Citizens are quietly enduring the pain of survival and doing everything they can to survive, there's actually a group of people who can live lavishly, live lavishly, and live carefreely. In fact, it's only natural that they obtain strength and authority.
"So, even though we're all humans and Earthlings, the differences between us can be so great. Once, I found a graduation ball video of a private school from one of the nine great cultivation families online. The boys and girls in the prime of their lives were dazzling, and they looked like princes and princesses. When I saw them talking and dancing, they didn't look like they were in the Other World, which is surrounded by monsters. Instead, they looked like they were on Earth, which was calm and sunny!
"While I was in a daze, I had the misconception that the old village chief talked about completely winning against the monsters and enjoying endless good days had already arrived.
"But when I removed the head-mounted computer and looked around, all I saw was the sky filled with smoke, the alleys shrouded in poisonous smoke, the workshops that made piercing noises, and the strange-looking bodies and deformed and monstrous faces.
"In the past, I never thought that there was anything wrong with the villagers. After all, I grew up watching them, and everyone looked the same. It was the same for me and my mom.
"That's why I didn't understand why the outside world looked down on us. I felt wronged. The lair citizens were covered in dust, and they didn't look much better than us. What right did they have to look down on us?
"Then, when I saw the rich people, I understood what a real Earthling should look like. It was only then that I understood how ugly I, my mom, and the people around me were. They were basically deformed monsters.
"If I were a rich person, I would also look down on these monsters.
"So, I finally understood. I completely understood.
"The 'endless good days' the old village chief talked about had indeed arrived, but unfortunately, it only happened to the rich people. Heh … Heh!"
Bai Shan let out a strange cackle again.
That cackle was like a poisoned dagger her mother's soul had personally stabbed into Wild Wolf, Zhang Tie, A 'Ji, Ms. Mulian, and the Wild Wolves' hearts.
They could empathize with Bai Shan.
Perhaps they were not as radical and malicious as Bai Shan.
But their puzzlement was about the same.
"Meng Chao, you came from the outside world, and you're smart. I heard that you have quite a number of mega corporations supporting you, and you're ambitious. You want to turn Superstar into the next mega corporation. I wonder, can you answer my puzzlement?"
Bai Shan asked. "Didn't you just say that all our tragedies are caused by the monsters and that the war between humans and monsters has used up most of our resources? That's why we can't change our lives for the time being. As long as we win against the monsters, all our problems will be solved.
"But the Monster War hasn't ended yet, and we've just started our counterattack. Why is it that today, no, since a long time ago, the rich superhumans from the nine great mega corporations can live in such big houses, eat such sumptuous food, and enjoy such luxurious lives?
"If we use the resources they enjoy to improve the environment and working conditions in the lair and Leprosy Village, wouldn't countless people be saved? At the very least, their pain would be reduced.
"I'm not asking them to sell their mansions and mansions and contribute all their wealth. Even if they don't have a pet dog, the resources they save would be enough to feed one more child in Leprosy Village. This is a very simple math problem. Even elementary school students can do it. Why aren't they willing to do it?
"If the people in control of Dragon City had cared about the working conditions in the lair and Leprosy Village a little earlier and invested some of the resources they used to live extravagantly into the weapons workshops in Leprosy Village, would my mother have died so early? At the very least, she wouldn't have died in such pain.
"Meng Chao, since you exposed me, I don't want to live anymore. Even if you don't kill me, I won't have the face to face everyone. But before I die, I really want to hear the answers to these questions. Please help me answer my questions. Are my mother's death and the tragedy in Leprosy Village really caused by the monsters?"
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