Shen Yi had actually been deliberately avoiding this question before.

This is an escape.

But it is also a part of Shen Yi's solidified personality.

Because the first world that failed to be saved constantly reminded Shen Yi of the dark side and shortcomings of humanity. It was enough to eliminate some of the naivety in Shen Yi's behavior and his pursuit of a perfect ending.

In a sense, it was precisely because of this failure that Shen Yi became what he is today.

However, the rigidification of personality does not mean that concepts and cognition will not grow.

Just like Bernice, she has never changed from beginning to end, but she still admits that her personality, ideas, and way of thinking are no longer sufficient to continue to lead the growth of civilization. This is her personal growth.

So, Shen Yi now began to think about this problem.

As for the treatment of the first world, was it more the fault of human beings themselves or his fault? How much possibility does a civilization that has fallen to that level have to continue to grow? Shen Yi continued to walk forward while thinking. Suddenly, his eyes swept across the sand ship and seemed to have discovered something.

So he walked step by step in the sand boat.

The technology contained in such a sand ship is actually not that advanced, and it cannot even be called a magic weapon. The most valuable thing among them is a medium-sized fragmentation launcher built based on alchemy technology. Its instantaneous penetrating power is enough to kill an ordinary fourth-level strongman. It is also the biggest trump card in the hands of the group of people just now.

But it has no meaning in front of Shen Yi.

He walked slowly towards his residence in the sand ship. The clear footsteps seemed particularly dull in the sand ship where suddenly only the sound of the storm could be heard.

Until a door that was cast under magic and tightly sealed slowly opened, and the scene inside appeared in front of Shen Yi.

It's a child.

The skinny children were imprisoned in tiny cages and piled together.

The moment they saw Shen Yi, they could only curl up and retreat, but where could they retreat to in the small cage? What's more, their eyes were filled with fear, and it was obvious that there was magic under control in their throats, so they couldn't make any sound.

but--

Not all of them either.

Shen Yi's sight seemed to inadvertently sweep over a slightly older boy. At this moment, the boy suddenly spat out an invisible and intangible spike from his mouth and shot towards Shen Yi.

This is a transcendent who has reached the first-order level, and it seems that he broke through silently during the period of imprisonment.

If the person standing here was a non-supernatural person among the group of people just now, then this attack might really have a miraculous effect.

But unfortunately, Shen Yi didn't even have to move.

Seeing that his attack had failed, the boy seemed to have lost all his strength and collapsed completely. Although he could not make a sound, his extremely frightened eyes and constantly shaking body were enough to show his fear at the moment.

The rest of the children were even worse off.

Shen Yi had almost understood that these children were probably children with certain talents, and were treated as commodities by the group of people just now.

All in all, in such a barren place, any extraordinary person is precious, and it is natural for these children with certain talents to fall into such a situation.

Perhaps they were kidnapped or sold by their parents. The talent test of the extraordinary people was quite complicated, especially in a place like this. It was unlikely to be done easily, so perhaps the latter possibility was even stronger.

After understanding the whole cause and effect, Shen Yi did not plan to stay here any longer. Since these children had met him, they were lucky. He only needed a thought to make these children leave this desperate place and have a new life and a new destiny.

However, just after Shen Yi walked out of the room.

Suddenly, violent resistance broke out.

The little boy who was limp just now suddenly struggled violently, madly releasing the little spiritual energy he had accumulated with great difficulty, and attacking this special cage. This was undoubtedly a futile effort, but the boy's ferocious eyes, bulging veins, and the will that seemed to be desperately squeezing out all his strength all indicated one thing.

——He doesn’t want to die.

This was not the first one. Soon there was a second one, a third one, and more and more children began to tear at the cage, stretching their arms out, kicking with their feet, and biting with their teeth . All their efforts were naturally meaningless.

Just like those thugs who rushed towards Shen Yi just now.

These young children may not be unaware of this, but they are also under great fear, hysterical, and desperate. All their rationality is suppressed by the desire to survive at this moment.

Maybe they regarded Shen Yi as a thug who imprisoned them, maybe they felt that failing to attack Shen Yi would mean death, maybe they were just driven by such an environment and atmosphere.

But no matter what, Shen Yi realized one thing.

Survival is also a part of human desire, and it is the strongest and most burning part.

The madness of these children at this moment is no less than that of the thugs just now, and no less than the mindless emotions based on desire and greed.

Because this is about survival.

"That's right." Shen Yi murmured involuntarily, "Adults will despair because they know too much and then give up everything, but the next generation of children will not."

That’s right, kids won’t give up.

They have been staying in such a terrible place since they were born. Their immature brains cannot tell them why this is happening, nor can they tell them what despair is. To a certain extent, children of this age, children who are not taught by anyone in such a place, all the thoughts in their minds are mostly based on physical instincts.

What is human instinct? It is the instinct of most creatures on earth.

If you are hungry, you will do whatever it takes to find food. If you are dying, you will do whatever it takes to survive. If you are bullied, you will think of fighting back to survive. So, if there are really children who can grow up in such an environment, will they still be numb because of such an environment? What will they become?

Shen Yi already had the answer in his mind, an answer that was very easy to come up with just based on his wisdom and experience.

However, he still wanted to see it with his own eyes.

(End of this chapter)