The smile on Wei Xiaotian's face was frozen like that of a statue, but his eyes were rolling in circles. He had a cautious look on his face as he said, "Alright, seeing that you have served Sky for so many years, if you have any questions, ask away!"
Below the ground, Li Yao's heart suddenly palpitated. He had always felt that the Immortal Cultivators were not so easy to talk to and that they must be up to something.
After sensing carefully, he discovered that the spiritual waves between Wei Xiaotian and the sky seemed to be much more intense than before. The amount of information transmitted seemed to have been increased by more than ten times, and data was being exchanged crazily.
"Don't think about it. The guy is stalling for time."
The mental devil on Neltharion sent a secret message to Li Yao. "He is not going to make any 'deal' with Xiahou Wuxin at all. He is only trying to stall for time to prove what Xiahou Wuxin said just now.
"The City in the Sky and Manjusaka must be closely monitoring every action of Xiahou Wuxin, Liberty City, and even the entire Land of Sins on the surface of the planet. But real-time monitoring is one thing, and analyzing and processing all the information captured is another.
"The Immortal Cultivators have access to an enormous database of astronomical figures, but I don't think that they can gather enough manpower and computational ability to analyze the data and figure out every trace.
"This Immortal Cultivator 'Wei Xiaotian' is not sure whether or not Xiahou Wuxin is tricking him. If my guess is correct, the Immortal Cultivators in 'Manjusaka, the City in the Sky' are trying their best to analyze Xiahou Wuxin's past surveillance information, trying to find the existence of the most inconspicuous warehouse below the ground.
"That's why we need Wei Xiaotian to stall for time. Xiahou Wuxin's question is exactly what he wants.
"Of course, it is a good thing for us, too. It will make our arrangements easier."
The mental devil sent the pictures captured by Neltharion to Li Yao.
With Xiahou Wuxin, Wei Xiaotian, and the rest of them as the center, the distribution of the tough bandits in all directions was scanned clearly by the mental devil.
Han Te and the Coloured Glaze were searching for the most suitable target.
A Boxing Champion was also fine-tuning his every metal joint with a multipurpose maintenance tool, making sure that the body fit his combat database perfectly.
A rain of blood was coming!
On the ground, Xiahou Wuxin took a deep breath and glanced at Xin Xiaoqi again, as if he were truly full of curiosity. "I know that the entire Land of Sins is a laboratory that you have established, and the sinners in the Land of Sins are nothing more than your test subjects. I also know that the assassins and mercenaries that you asked me to arrange in the 'Valley of Thorns' are here for training and screening. You seem to call it 'trial', don't you?
"Although all of this is cruel, I can more or less understand.
"However, among the angels who have arrived in the Land of Sins, other than the experimenters such as you and the trial-takers, there are also some crazy weirdos who are here purely for slaughter and sabotage. They often talk to the air, laugh, and make all kinds of astounding performances. In recent years, such slaughter clowns have been showing up more and more often. As for what exactly is going on, I don't have the slightest idea at all.
"Before I die, can you answer my questions and tell me the truth about the clowns, Lord Wei? Otherwise, I will not be able to die in peace!"
Li Yao condensed his soul below the ground, not letting go of any soundwaves from the ground. Everything about the slaughter clowns, or streamers, was also the thing that he found most incomprehensible and most curious about.
"I thought that it was a big secret. So, this is the only thing you are talking about!"
Wei Xiaotian said with a smile. "It is not a top secret. It doesn't matter if I tell you. However, you do have a keen eye to ask the key to the existence of the Land of Sins after only one question!"
"The key to the existence of the Land of Sins?" Xiahou Wuxin asked in confusion.
"Yes. In the past hundreds of years, the Land of Sins has always existed as a testing ground for magical equipment and techniques. But in the past hundred years, and especially in the recent decades, the arrival and activity of the 'streamers' is the greatest reason why the 'paradise of sins' continues to exist and prosper!"
Wei Xiaotian said proudly. "Do not underestimate yourself and think that you are just poor 'test subjects' or 'props' for the trial quests. No. For the great Imperium and the civilization of mankind that is even greater, you are of much greater significance. You have no idea how much you have contributed to the harmony and stability of the Imperium!
"Rest assured. The Imperium will not forget you, and the civilization of mankind will never forget the nameless heroes, either. Haha. Hahahahaha!"
"Streamers?"
Xiahou Wuxin finally learned the names of the slaughter clowns. After chewing on the name for a moment, he ignored the 'nameless heroes' that were full of mockery and continued asking patiently, "What kind of contributions?"
"You know that the Imperium is made of one percent of true human beings and ninety-nine percent of hominoids. Compared to the true human beings who know the meaning of life clearly and are willing to devote themselves to the great cause of the evolution of the civilization of mankind, the hominoids are the ignorant, self-degenerate, shameless, and lazy, inferior species. It is too difficult to trigger the potentials of the inferior species and ask them to make contributions to our great civilization!"
Xiahou Wuxin sighed. "For hominoids, as long as you are slightly relaxed with them, they will have all kinds of thoughts and be eager to take advantage of you. But if you are slightly stricter with them, they will be frustrated and lifeless. They will be even worse than spiritual puppets when they are whipped.
"Or rather, under the instigation of a few ill-intentioned, disobedient fellows and the hostile forces from the extraterrestrial domain, the mobs will even rise up to resist the true human beings and the wise reign of the great Imperium!
"In the past thousand years, we have adopted a lot of ways to manage the hominoids, but in terms of high pressure, harsh repression, and conciliatory policies, they all had their shortcomings. The overly harsh approaches would lead to the decline of the hominoids' work efficiency and their lack of enthusiasm, which would significantly increase the odds of riots and rebellions. The overly lenient approaches, on the other hand, would cause the hominoids to have all kinds of ideas that they shouldn't have, which would also undermine the hard-won prosperity and stability of the Imperium.
"In the end, it was not until Lord Wuying Lan, the wise and wise ruler of Manjusaka, created the epoch-making concept of 'slaughter stream' that the problem was resolved and the needs of most of the hominoids in the Imperium were satisfied, allowing the Imperium of True Human Beings to step into a brand-new era!"
"Slaughter stream …"
Xiahou Wuxin thought quickly, and his voice was even more bitter. "I understand it now. No wonder those 'streamers' carry so many unnecessary crystal cameras with them. As it turns out, all their slaughters are for other people to watch, as if they were putting on a great show."
"Yes. All kinds of slaughter streams are the most popular entertainment programs in the entire Imperium and the only form of entertainment for most hominoids."
With his hands behind his back, Wei Xiaotian said casually, "Also, it is far more than a simple entertainment but a brand-new way of education and guidance that combines education with entertainment."
"Combine education with entertainment?"
Xiahou Wuxin gnashed his teeth. "'Combine education with entertainment', indeed!"
"Human beings are the strongest fighting race in the sea of stars. Only the strongest are qualified to be crowned with the great name of 'human beings'. The law of the jungle and natural selection is the only law in the universe!"
Wei Xiaotian suddenly raised his voice and said, "Every hominoid should understand such a supreme idea. Through the slaughter stream, they will be able to understand the concept of 'strong' and 'weak' more intuitively and understand how cruel life is. Their fighting will will also be raised without them knowing, so that the ambitious ones among them will be able to distinguish themselves better!
"On the other hand, did you know, Leader Xiahou, that the happiness of a human being is based on comparison? The resources in the universe are so scarce that it is extremely difficult to improve the environment and the material conditions on a large scale. However, it is not so difficult to find ways to improve the mental happiness.
"No matter how hard the work is and how painful the life is, as long as I know that somebody is in more pain, more hardship, and more inhumane torture than I am, all the pain that I have been through does not seem so unbearable anymore. Human beings' senses are always so weird!
"Therefore, for the hominoids who work in the boundless fields and the sunless mines of the Imperium, since we cannot improve their working environment and living conditions for the time being, we can show them the lives of people who are even more miserable. That is the life of you, the sinners in the Land of Sins."
"I understand it now," Xiahou Wuxin said coldly. "The hominoids are your slaves. It is needless to say how the slaves are tortured in the farmlands and the mines. But whatever the torture is, it is much better than biting each other like wild dogs in the Land of Sins or being butchered by your 'experimenters', 'trial-takers', and 'streamers'!"
"You've hit the nail on the head," Wei Xiaotian said with a smile.
Wei Xiaotian said with a smile, "When an unlucky guy sees someone who is ten times more unlucky than him, he will be in a good mood. He will even feel that he is quite lucky. That's how happiness comes about!
"The hominoids work in the mines day and night. They are lazy, directionless, and ignorant guys in the first place. Naturally, they will complain and even slack off after they work too much, resulting in the decline of productivity.
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