"Sir, the cola with ice you requested."
The waitress in a miniskirt took a glass of bubbling cola from the tray and handed it to Xing.
Xing took the Coke with both hands, thanked the girl, took a big gulp, and then looked at the man sitting opposite him on the sofa.
"I originally thought there wouldn't be any other pre-humans in this era, but now that I see you..."
The clown smiled, his tone seemed to be much more relaxed, "...It seems I was wrong!"
"Pre-human?"
Xing looked at the Joker, confused about the former human he was talking about.
If there are pre-humans, then there must be post-humans or new humans. According to what he meant, these outsiders are considered pre-humans, so aren't the humans in Fog City all post-humans?
Hearing Xing's doubts, the clown's eyes flickered.
"Xiao Cang said that the force you belong to is a super empire that can span galaxies, but you don't know anything about the previous humans. If we don't rule out the possibility of traveling through time in the novel, then you should be the human spark that was sent out of the Chiwu Galaxy ten thousand years ago!"
"Oh yeah, now it should be called the Red Moon Galaxy!"
The Joker said with a smile, but he had already regarded Xing as the latter. After all, time travel in novels only happened in novels.
"What happened ten thousand years ago? Those monsters..."
Xing didn't explain but took the opportunity to ask a question.
Hearing this, the clown remained silent, seemingly recalling something.
After a long time, the clown took off his mask, revealing a strange face, half of which looked like dry bark, and the other half was as white and tender as a baby's skin.
"My ability is immortality. I don't have any other special abilities. The only thing I have is the ability to live. I've lived for three hundred years now!"
"The Poker Club wasn't founded by me. It's been passed down by generations of Immortals. For example, our vice-president is another Immortal. Please forgive him for not being able to show up right now!"
The old man picked up the teapot, poured himself a cup, and took a sip.
"I also learned the truth from the old president when I was 169 years old. It turns out that we are actually the same as the demons outside. Humans are demons, and demons are just another form of humans..."
"Or to be more precise, we have ceased to be human since ten thousand years ago!"
The old man threw a new-looking book toward Xing.
Xing took the book and looked at the cover, which had nothing written on it.
But when he opened the first page, the records inside really shocked Xing.
"Thirty thousand years ago, a horrific viral crisis broke out in human civilization. Billions of people were either infected or devoured by infected bodies in just five years. The virus even gradually evolved, and in the end the virus carrier became the monster we have today!" The old man spoke slowly with a heavy tone.
Xing was a little surprised when he heard that.
"You mean that all humans were dead by then?"
The old man nodded and continued.
"Pre-humanity is basically gone. Even if there were some survivors, they couldn't escape the monsters' predation. Only a few sparks were sent into space, seeking the last glimmer of hope for humanity."
"So humans nowadays are also demons... demons?"
"To be more precise, they are unawakened demons. After all, demons are originally humans. Although the new humans appear to be no different from the previous humans, they are still demons in essence!"
"If that's the case, why are humans still trapped in this cage? And why do monsters eat humans?" Xing was puzzled. "It can't be because they're delicious, right?"
But the old man nodded.
"It's exactly as you said. Although the new humans are also a type of demon, to adult demons, humans are indeed delicious. Especially those new humans who can't transform into demons. They are a rare delicacy for demons!"
"To monsters, infants are nothing. Just like wild beasts in the desert prey on the young of other animals, there's a food chain among monsters, but the new humans are at the very bottom of it..."
"However, after becoming a demon, they cannot reproduce, while new humans can. This is why the demons have established a sanctuary. The fog outside the city was cast by a powerful demon."
After talking for a while, Xing didn't know what to say. There were no humans in this world anymore. Even though they looked like humans, they actually had nothing in common with humans.
When they checked before, they thought that the different worlds caused the different human body structures. After all, there are three different races in the magic world, the Daxia world and other non-magic technological worlds. Simply put, they are ordinary people, magicians and warriors.
Originally they wanted to label the demon world as people with superpowers, but now it seems that is not necessary.
After 30,000 years of development, even though the monsters at the beginning were caused by viral infection, the new humans are now completely monsters rather than humans, and are two different species.
From this, it seems that their plans may need to be changed.
"Knowing this, I'd like to ask how the Empire will deal with us new humans?"
The old man spoke slowly, his old and turbid eyes fixed on Xing, a sharp light flashed in his eyes, and he waited quietly for Xing's answer.
"Hehe, it seems that you want to test our attitude towards the new humans. If I say that the new humans are not human and want to destroy them along with the monsters, will you take action?" Xing sneered.
"We have considered ourselves human since birth. We also have our own personalities. We also hope for the destruction of demon civilization, but we also long to live!"
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