Chapter 363: The Ungrateful Should Die
When everyone heard what Xiao Yu said, they suddenly felt enlightened.
Everything that happened here, starting from the Sand City, could not be explained by common sense. Xia Wanqing's participation in this celebration was not so much an accident as it was deliberately arranged by someone.
They just witnessed everything that happened that year with their own eyes.
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"But my cultivation is still there!" Xia Wanqing covered her chest and felt it. "If Black Dragon gave his cultivation to that person back then, what is he giving me now?"
"It's the same level of cultivation." A deep male voice suddenly sounded behind everyone!
When he looked back, it turned out to be the dark figure that Xu Chuchu had just seen!
"Who are you?" Xu Chuchu took two quick steps and stood in front of him.
As she got closer, she discovered that this person didn't seem to be a physical entity. His body was somewhat transparent, and she could vaguely see the things behind him through him, but the surface was still covered with a layer of black, so her facial features could not be seen clearly.
Facing Xu Chuchu's questioning, he pretended not to hear it, and instead walked around her and stood at the outermost edge.
His position at this time was already very exposed. The servants in the open space and the people outside should be able to see him, but no one noticed him.
"This man is the giant dragon. I can sense his aura." Shu Yu quietly moved behind Xu Chuchu and whispered, "But it should be only a part of it."
"Part?"
"Yes, the afterimage he left behind." Shu Yu explained, "Powerful dragons can leave behind a part of their phantom to guard or monitor something. They have independent thoughts, but they are essentially the same person. Hmm... I don't know if you can understand."
"Stop talking nonsense! Just say it's like an earthworm!" Sect Leader Feng said impatiently, "An earthworm can be pinched in half and become two earthworms, but they're still one earthworm."
Xu Chuchu: "...I understand, I understand."
The earthworm theory is also quite convoluted, but fairly intuitive.
So the person in front of them is the afterimage of the black dragon that was left here. Is he the one the Red Dragon Queen wants them to find?
The noise made by the two dragons was actually quite loud, but the afterimage man seemed to be oblivious to it.
He just waved his hand, and all the scenes in front of him, the movements of people and dragons, started to fast forward again.
Soon, the city lord absorbed the power of the dragon pill, and the dragon left with its clan.
The plot is the same as before, except that the person who absorbs the cultivation has changed.
"The Red Dragon Clan informed us that a species of creature called humans had begun to multiply in the land under my jurisdiction," Afterimage suddenly spoke. "I have observed them here for hundreds of years, blessing them with fertile soil, lush orchards, and clear rivers. I have also discovered that they are indeed intelligent and thoughtful beings."
"As you can see, before I left, I bestowed my cultivation upon a warrior, allowing him to lead the tribe and continue to thrive."
Seeing him pause, Xiao Yu asked, "And then?"
The Shadow Man turned around and faced them for the first time: "Then I discovered that they are not a group willing to be content with the status quo."
"They are never satisfied, reclaiming farmland everywhere and destroying forests. They keep livestock in captivity and graze them, turning the grasslands into wasteland."
The afterimage man waved his hand again, and the scene in front of him changed even faster.
Under the leadership of the city lord, the people were busy building more houses and high-rise buildings. The next step was to expand the territory and reclaim wasteland...
Even at such a fast speed, the human population is increasing rapidly, visibly to the naked eye.
The originally lush green forest slowly turned into a barren mountain as if it had been gnawed by mice.
The Heishui River also began to become gradually polluted. People who needed water could only go upstream and fetch water from the section of the river that had not yet passed through the city.
Because of the deterioration of the surrounding environment, people have to go further away to make a living.
After the first Black Water City was established, there would be the second, the third... Cities gradually emerged. Each city was well-built and managed by a city lord. Flat official roads were built between the cities, and human life became more orderly.
People no longer just exchanged goods for goods. Money was born, paper was invented, and children began to read and write, and learn how to do business...
A civilization was born.
In Xu Chuchu's view, this is the evolution of natural civilization.
In the eyes of the black dragon, this is human beings' destruction of the earth.
But the scene continued, and a scene appeared that made Xu Chuchu turn pale.
Industry emerged, with factories, wastewater, and waste materials... some were piled up in wasteland, and some were discharged into rivers.
This is the most polluted period in the history of human civilization.
The others had never seen such a scene and were stunned.
Is this... the future?
The afterimage man snapped his fingers and the picture paused.
"Ungrateful, aren't they?" he said to himself. "I gave them land, I gave them strength, I gave them the chance to live and multiply."
"And what about them? They've ruined my land and turned my home into a wasteland, full of filth and stench."
His tone was calm, but he seemed very angry. His body was shaking, and even the black shadow attached to it was trembling.
Sect Leader Feng approached Xu Chuchu again: "Actually, I can understand a little bit. Each black dragon has its own territory. Throwing garbage on it is like pooping on it. That's why black dragons usually have bad tempers. Everyone has experienced that..."
"I understand, I understand." Xu Chuchu quickly made a hushing gesture.
She was more concerned about what the afterimage man did next.
"So you punished them." Xiao Yu did not ask, but confirmed.
"Indeed," the Shadow Man said coldly, "I stripped that warrior of his spiritual power and banished him to the Land of the Dead to be punished for eternity. I razed all the cities and forests here, turning them to sand. The Sand City you saw earlier was a remnant of this Blackwater City."
Xu Chuchu pursed her lips: "You killed everyone."
"Ungrateful people deserve to die, don't they?" said the afterimage.
"Not all people are evil. You're killing innocent people. You're slaughtering people!" Xu Chuchu said. "I don't deny the mistakes they made, but they will suffer the consequences. They will learn to change."
"If you think their crimes are unforgivable, then what's the difference between you and them in turning the land and homes into sand? You're even worse than them. You've also killed other lives here."
The afterimage suddenly looked at Xu Chuchu. Even though Xu Chuchu couldn't see his facial features clearly, he still felt a chill running through his bones.
The Dragon King's power is too strong. Even if it is just an afterimage, it is enough to intimidate them.
"I never do anything I regret," he said.
Xu Chuchu suppressed the chill and continued to argue, "This is the normal process of human civilization's evolution. It's also part of nature. Otherwise, according to your logic, would every place in the world where humans have lived be turned into sand? Is this what you want?"
The afterimage said, "Yes, and no."
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