The girl's face that appeared on the Wisdom Tree was still smiling faintly.
But her smile was filled with indescribable sorrow and mockery.
"The leader changed," the Wisdom Tree said faintly.
"He gradually moved his battle position from the frontlines to the back. He moved to a position where he could look down on everyone and control the entire situation. He was no longer at the forefront and fearlessly faced death like he did in the past.
"The leader also secretly kept a lot of monster flesh, etherealized nerves, and high-grade crystals for his own cultivation.
"If he wanted to quickly awaken and strengthen his supernatural abilities, aside from monster flesh and crystal mines, he also needed to consume an astronomical amount of energy, which meant that he had to eat ten times or even a hundred times more than a normal person.
"In order not to let the other townspeople discover the abnormality, the leader did not openly occupy too much monster meat. Instead, he set his sights on the compressed biscuits and canned food that were sealed in the depths of the warehouse. You must know, these strategic resources were the trump cards of Peach Blossom Town. They were originally used to help all the townspeople get through difficult times in the worst possible situation. Even the selfish strong people in the past were not able to squander them all, but they were gradually eaten by the leader. Only the outermost layers were left, and they were empty shells that had no substance to them.
"The leader became stronger and stronger.
"But he became more and more stingy with using his great strength to contribute to Peach Blossom Town. His strength itself seemed to have become his goal, and it stimulated his ambition and greed to increase exponentially.
"In order to obtain more cultivation resources, the leader did not hesitate to deceive the town residents into going to the place with the richest crystal mines and the densest number of monster nests.
"Of course, the banners he used were very nice. For the glory of human civilization, for the rebirth of Peach Blossom Town, for the reconstruction of a new Earth in the Other World, and for all the hidden dangers that might threaten Peach Blossom Town to be nipped in the bud.
"But when the ignorant town residents really fought against the monsters and paid a terrible price to occupy the monster nests, the largest portion of the most precious monster materials always fell into the hands of the leader. The wounded and dying warriors could only hope that some leftovers would slip through the gaps between the leader's fingers.
"The leader also had a high-sounding reason for such a distribution model. The monsters in the depths of the jungle were too powerful, and ordinary warriors were no match for them at all. So, the leader had to continue getting stronger and become the strongest fighting force in Peach Blossom Town. Only then could he fight against the powerful monsters and defend the fragile civilization.
"Haha, when I heard this, I really laughed until my stomach hurt.
"No one knows it better than me. When the chief pretended to come to the depths of the jungle to 'fight against powerful monsters', his main goal was to search for crystal mines and ancient ruins. However, he did not dare to engage in any bloody or bitter battles with monsters that were slightly stronger. At most, he would bluff a few times, burn down a forest, blow up a few mountains, and kill a few ferocious-looking, seemingly powerful, but actually just mimicry normal monsters. That would be considered as' going through an arduous battle and eliminating the greatest threat to Peach Blossom Town '.
"In fact, in order to obtain a crystal mine hidden under a mountain, the deranged leader did not hesitate to change the course of Tiger's Fury River and detonate a large number of crystal bombs.
"That explosion and the mountain torrent that followed caused nearly a thousand casualties and sacrifices, but it also allowed the leader to obtain the key resources to increase his realm. His fighting strength increased by another level, and he became a terrifying existence that ordinary humans could not defeat with numbers.
"Finally, someone saw the clues and found the evidence of the leader's crimes.
"Then, the leader used a series of lightning-fast and cunning actions to pin the blame on others. He even blamed the person who found the evidence.
"Under the leader's tearful accusations, the scapegoats and the people who found the evidence were all put on rubber tires by the angry town residents and executed according to tradition.
"But the leader became brighter, more righteous, and stronger. Gradually, he became the guardian of Peach Blossom Town.
"No one knew about the leader's background, aside from me, who watched and learned from the start.
"The leader's series of beautiful actions left me dumbfounded.
"If the first batch of powerful fighters who ruled over Peach Blossom Town were like selfish and cruel rats, and they did not hide their greed at all, then as the leader of the second generation of rulers, he pushed the art of deception to its limits.
"Monsters also deceive each other.
"Etherealized plants set traps to capture insect-type monsters, insect-type monsters grew colorful wings and imitated the patterns of powerful monsters, reptilian-type monsters used the vocal organs on their tails to attract prey. In the past, I thought that these deceptions were quite interesting. They were much more intentional than simple and crude attacks and hunts.
"But compared to the lies of humans, these deceptions, which are so clumsy that they're almost naive, are so low class that they're not even worth mentioning!
"I suddenly realized that humans don't just have two forms: Army Ants and Berserk Rats.
"There's a third form, and that's the Berserk Rats that pretend to be Army Ants and ask everyone else to become Army Ants as well!
"Perhaps the third form is what the leader of human civilization should look like.
"The rule of the leader of Peach Blossom Town is indeed much more stable than the simple and crude fighters of the past.
"He learned from the lessons of the first generation of powerful fighters. Even though he was more ruthless and selfish than the first generation of powerful fighters, he was able to say all sorts of heroic words that were more pleasant and resonant than anyone else's.
"Even though he used up all the strategic resources in Peach Blossom Town, he came up with all sorts of ingenious ways to cover it up by robbing the east wall to repair the west wall. Even if there came a day when he could no longer play this game, at that time, he would have already become so arrogant that no one could do anything to him. Even if the town residents knew the truth, what could they do? They were just a bunch of powerless mobs!
"Of course, even though he personally led the mobs to defeat the first generation of powerful fighters, he did not let his guard down. Instead, he shared some of the cultivation resources and cultivation secrets with his own bloodline and trusted subordinates, and he personally created a small group of powerful fighters.
"They learned from their mistakes. The group of powerful fighters would never fight against each other. Instead, they would focus on figuring out how to rule over the weak. Even if they occasionally had disagreements and fought against each other, they were usually just putting on a show for the weak.
"With the group of powerful fighters, they controlled most of the cultivation resources. Compared to normal town residents, they were also more familiar with the environment in the depths of the fog, the distribution of crystal mines, and the monster nests. It was even easier for them to put on a show of the strong fighting against the monsters and defending human civilization.
"To the ignorant normal town residents, they only saw powerful fighters fighting bloody battles, fighting to the death, and gaining achievements repeatedly. It was perfectly justifiable for them to enjoy more spoils of war, become stronger, and gain more achievements. But all of this was because of the damn transmigration and the Other World. It was all the fault of the evil monsters. The leader and his powerful fighters had already done their best, so what else could the town residents ask for?
"The townsfolk's lives are as bad as ever. They lack resources, their safety is not guaranteed, and they have to shoulder the most arduous and dangerous tasks of pioneering, hunting, and mining. They can be killed by floods, miasma, and monsters at any moment, but all of this is because of the damn transmigration and the Other World. It's all the fault of the evil monsters. The leader and his powerful fighters have already done their best, so what else can the townsfolk ask for?
"You have to understand that without a leader and a powerful fighter, the normal town citizens wouldn't even be able to live such a poor, tiring, and dangerous life. They would have long since been torn to shreds by the monsters and died without a grave!"
"Do you think that I'm mocking or even criticizing the leader?" it asked Meng Chao.
"Do you think that I'm mocking or even criticizing the leader?" it asked Meng Chao.
"Aren't you?" Meng Chao asked.
"Of course not," the wisdom tree said.
The Wisdom Tree said, "I've said it before. There's no good or evil, good or evil, black or white in nature. Or rather, survival itself is the greatest justice. As long as the race and genes can be passed on, whether it's an army ant, a ferocious rat, or a ferocious rat disguised as an army ant, nothing is impossible.
"So, I won't use boring morals to evaluate the leader's actions. When I mentioned despicable, ugly, evil, and deceitful words, my attitude was neutral.
"After all, the leader's management style seems to be stable and effective. Whether it's deceiving, forcing, or bewitching, he still mobilized and gathered the power of all the Peach Blossom Town residents to build this so-called civilization together.
"At that time, I was just the amalgamation of ten thousand raw beasts and ignorant plants. I knew nothing about the true meaning of civilization. In front of the leader, I couldn't even be considered as an elementary school student. There was no way I had the right and courage to evaluate the leader's actions.
"I was muddle-headed and fearful, but I felt that each of the leader's actions had a profound meaning. Each scheme was the crystallization of human civilization's wisdom. Every time he killed one of his own kind and used lies to make his own kind dig out a crystal from a mine filled with radiation, civilization would take a huge step forward. In the end, we would create unbelievable divine weapons like rockets and touch and even control the stars again.
"As an elementary school student, I wanted to imitate the leader and create a small civilization. Aside from imitating you and injecting the most evil wisdom, the most brutal personality, the most greedy ambition, and the craziest desires into the depths of the monsters' brains, what else could I do?"
Meng Chao's pupils shrank. "What did you say?"
"I'm talking about the birth of monsters," the wisdom tree said without batting an eyelid.
"The monsters of the past were stronger, louder roars, more monstrous faces, and had inborn talents like electricity, acid, poison, fire control, ice, fear, charm, and so on due to being immersed in spirit energy for a long period of time." The monsters of the past were not much different from normal wild beasts, aside from being stronger, having louder roars, more monstrous faces, and possessing talents like electricity, acid, poison, fire control, ice, fear, charm, and so on.
"But if we injected the strongest emotions and memory fragments of humans into the beasts' brains, it would be different."
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