"I almost went down to the next floor just to catch this one, but I don't regret it! I only regret not catching more." The ghost raised its head and glared hatefully at Wang Yao. "Do you know? That son of a bitch not only tortured and killed me, but also ruined my cat life and destroyed my hope!"
"Damn it, I was a cat in my past life, and it's so hard to be reincarnated in the underworld! Who's going to burn paper money for me after I die? If I had stayed with that girl, given how much she liked me, maybe I could have gotten some paper money after I died..."
"Now... now not only have we suffered greatly, but we also have to earn every single penny ourselves. It's too difficult!" The ghost sighed and lowered its head to gnaw on its thigh again.
"If... I mean if... this thigh belongs to that little girl, could you... still bring yourself to eat it?" After hearing the ghost's tragic past, Wang Yao couldn't help but feel great sympathy. But no matter how much he sympathized, he couldn't just let the ghost eat people. So he thought for a moment and asked again.
"This...isn't this a man's thigh? Where is the girl's?" The ghost was stunned by what Wang Yao said. He looked up at Wang Yao, then looked down at the thigh on the ground and asked in astonishment.
"So, according to you, if this leg belongs to that little girl, you wouldn't eat it, right?" Wang Yao was secretly delighted and hurriedly asked.
"Of course, it really is that little girl's. I'm too sad to eat her!" the ghost said matter-of-factly, then lowered its head to eat again.
"Wait a minute! Are you saying that whether or not to eat it depends on your feelings for it?" Wang Yao bent down, pointed at the leg that had been gnawed and pitted, stared at the ghost, and then asked.
"Uh..." The ghost was stunned for a moment, feeling that there was a big problem with Wang Yao's words, but for a moment he didn't know how to answer.
He wasn't stupid; he naturally understood the subtext in Wang Yao's words: ghosts shouldn't eat human flesh because both humans and ghosts have feelings for each other. As long as they try to establish a relationship, they'll eventually develop feelings for the owner of this thigh. Wouldn't that mean he couldn't eat the tonic that was already in his mouth?
For a ghost, eating human-eating vessels is already a pleasure, because human-eating vessels have a special attraction for ghosts, making them more coveted than other pig-eating vessels, sheep-eating vessels, or the like.
The artifacts from the underworld are extremely expensive, and there's usually no chance to get them. He finally managed to get a little bit to try today, and he really doesn't want to give it up like this.
"I'm telling you, you're such a damn dawdler. We're all ghosts now, and you still say we can't eat this or dare not do that. I'm a ghost, you know. Eating human flesh won't give me high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or enteritis. Why are you worrying about all that?"
At this moment, the other ghost, who had been burying its head in its food, raised its head, glanced at Wang Yao with disdain, and looked at him sideways.
"In my past life, I was a human being. I lived an honest life, running a small business. But I did rip off a few familiar people and cheated a few strangers who would never come back. They actually sent me downstairs as soon as I came in. At least my children and grandchildren still remember me and burned a lot of paper money for me..."
"Through tireless efforts day and night, accumulating every penny, I finally managed to climb up the ranks and even managed to get into the system, becoming an official position that I never dared to dream of in my previous life. Although it's not a high-ranking one, at least I have a secure job, right?"
"I was hoping that with the filial piety of my children and grandchildren, and after working hard for a few more years, I could accumulate enough merit. I don't even need to become a genius, but I could at least get a spot to be reincarnated, right? But damn it, the paper money just disappeared while I was burning it?"
"I thought about it and realized why. After doing some calculations, I realized that I've been here for two or three hundred years, and my descendants have long forgotten about me."
"So, ghosts and humans don't have that much connection. This is what they mean by the difference between Yin and Yang." The ghost smiled slightly and pointed to the thigh on the ground.
“You say this leg belongs to my son or grandson? I’ll still eat it without hesitation. Those bastards have forgotten they have an ancestor in the underworld after having so many kids. Who else would I eat if not them? You say this leg belongs to a good person? Then I’ll eat it even more. What good are good people? They’re all just bastards who got cheated…”
"It would be better to be eaten than to live a miserable life. I'd like to be reincarnated sooner, and even if I'm a cat or a dog in my next life, I can't be a good person."
"You say human flesh is forbidden? If you had said you ate human flesh when I was alive, I would have sent you to the authorities. You would have been detained for a few days, if not beaten. But now that you've become a ghost, you're no longer human. Human flesh is so delicious, why not eat it? Is there some kind of retribution for eating it?" the ghost laughed.
Wang Yao's spirits lifted. Despite the ghost's seemingly eloquent words, it was clear that he had seriously considered the issue of cannibalism. Wang Yao was not displeased by the ghost's rebuttal; on the contrary, he couldn't help but feel a surge of joy.
If this ghost has seriously considered whether or not it should eat human flesh, it means that it still has some humanity left. If it convinces itself, it may truly awaken to the truth.
Even if he doesn't help persuade other ghosts not to eat human artifacts, at the very least, this ghost himself will definitely be able to resist the temptation, and thus he will have his first true comrade in the underworld.
"Since eating human flesh won't cause high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or enteritis, and it can also help vent anger and relieve resentment without any retribution, does that mean eating people is necessarily right?" Wang Yao asked with a smile.
Actually, he had been thinking about this issue ever since he fell out with Gu Qi. To be honest, he was being a bit too domineering by asking the Underworld not to sell human artifacts.
Human flesh cannot be eaten, and human tools cannot be sold! That's how the matchmaker decided it. But the real reasoning wasn't really explained, which is why Gu Qi felt he was being unreasonable. Wang Yao believed it was the right thing to do, but what about the logic? How could he convince others?
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