Chapter 1149 Companion Races of Humanity
The mess Cain left behind was so huge that it is not easy to make up for it now.
But since little Cain is willing to take responsibility, at least things are getting better.
——Although strictly speaking, it was not her responsibility.
In a sense, the current "Little Cain" is Lucia who has gained some of Blood Sky's memories. Others don't understand, but Aiwass understands it all too well... Isn't this state exactly the same as Aiwass's on the day he summoned Shadow Fiend?
Similarly, one's own memories and emotions remain intact, but one obtains partial memories of the incomplete "sacred one"; similarly, one recognizes that incomplete memory as a part of oneself, as one's "previous life", and is willing to bear the consequences and responsibilities for it.
That's why Aiwass repeatedly asked Lucia "how much memory do you have left?" This was actually to confirm Lucia's personal wishes and determination.
No one could understand Lucia better than Aiwas at this moment—being a pawn of the Huan Tiansi and cleaning up the mess for the Xue Tiansi were both inherently difficult jobs. And once the crown of the Mist Demon King was worn, it would be difficult to take it off.
That's why Aiwass decided to help her.
After Aiwass returned to his residence and told Sherlock and Isabel about this incident, they both fell into deep thought.
“…That’s one solution.”
Sherlock thought for a moment, touched his chin, frowned slightly, and said, "But I don't think this is the best way."
"The Mist Demon and the Moon Child are different."
Aiwass shook his head slightly. "The biggest difference is that fog monsters can live only with fog monsters, but moon children can't. Moon children can't suck the blood of their own kind, so they need to feed on ordinary people. As phantom demons on the path of love, their appetites for food, lust, killing, and satisfaction are intertwined, forming a strong desire. This means that if moon children gather together, the size of their blood slaves will also increase.
"But mist elves aren't pure love-path phantoms. Just as shadow fiends are transcendent phantoms that wield the power of love, mist elves also wield the power of devotion. They can help each other resolve their path impulses, just like the elves of the Theocracy. Therefore, mist elves don't need to coexist with other races."
"—That's exactly the problem, Fox."
Sherlock pointed out one of the blind spots sharply: "This also means that the expansion of the fog demon race is not constrained by natural conditions."
"Restraints..."
"Exactly. Just like in nature, if there are more rabbits, there will be less grass, and the number of wolves will increase because the wolves have more food. And as the grass decreases, the number of wolves increases, and the number of rabbits decreases again. The same principle applies to the Moon Child."
The detective sighed, "It's not nice to say this, but the Moon Children are like wolves that prey on rabbits. If there are more wolves, there will be fewer rabbits. The Moon Children will wreak havoc, unable to find blood slaves, causing chaos. Therefore, due to external interference or internal variables like Hawkeye, the number of Moon Children will decrease.
"Precisely because of this situation, while Moonchildren can assimilate new individuals through the method of blood resurrection, and can also give birth to pure-blooded or mixed-blood Moonchildren through normal reproduction... every birth of a Moonchild actually means an increase in predators. They will all compete for their food.
"From this perspective, the Moon Children will actually control their population to a certain extent to prevent too many of their own kind from competing for food. The Moon Children's internal culture perceives this phenomenon as a form of 'arrogance of identity,' meaning that those of insufficiently noble status cannot join their race.
"——However, the fog monster has no such restrictions."
Sherlock said slowly.
His meaning is simple.
New mist elves don't affect the quality of life of old ones—unlike the Moon Children, who would experience negative feedback due to food issues. Mist elves don't even need to eat, and can survive by drinking water alone. This means they won't squeeze each other's living environment due to work remuneration.
Then for this race that will not die as long as they take good care of themselves, wouldn't they continue to increase and not decrease?
"When the fog demons expand to a certain limit, the Fog City will become a Fog City, the Fog City will become a Fog Island, and the Fog Island will become a Fog Kingdom. Precisely because they can live happily without needing anything, there will be no obvious contradictions or conflicts within them. And unlike the elves, they don't possess the twilight characteristic of 'keeping everything unchanged'... So, sooner or later, the fog demons will spread.
"But for people elsewhere, living costs money. Their populations are also expanding, and living space is shrinking. When the fog monsters emerge to compete with them for living space, new conflicts will be triggered—even wars. It won't be internal versus internal, but internal versus external."
Sherlock looked at Aiwass and asked word by word, "That would be a life-and-death racial war. Humans can transform into mist monsters, but mist monsters can't transform into humans... What are you going to do then?"
This is a very sharp question.
But Aiwass does not think that this is an unsolvable problem.
"That's not a problem, Sherlock."
Ai Hua said frankly: "The situation you are talking about will only happen in a few hundred or even a few thousand years.
"Let's not even mention that the Fog Demons and the Fog Celestial Master are watching over them. If something truly irreversible happens, they can pull the Fog Celestial Master down and completely resolve the situation... just like they did with the Blood Celestial Master, erasing the unique characteristics of this race from the ground up.
"And your concerns are too limited to the current era. Let me ask you, what are your thoughts on fog monsters being able to survive indefinitely without needing to eat, only needing clean water?"
"fear."
Sherlock answered without hesitation, "This means that their way of existence is nobler than that of humans. It means that the path of love is nobler than any other path. It means that short-lived species like humans should be completely eliminated to make room for this new kind of human."
“But my take on it is this – opportunity.”
Aiwass shook his head and said to the two, "It doesn't need any resources itself, but it can produce them infinitely. This is a perpetual motion machine."
"Mist demons possess the power of the Path of Devotion, which means that part of their power comes from the source of 'civilization.' The fusion of civilization and creation, what can you imagine?"
"...Yantiansi?"
Isabel asked uncertainly, "He seems to be this combination."
When Sherlock heard what Aiwass said, he did not answer immediately.
He seemed to be thinking about something, as if he understood what Aiwass was thinking.
"you mean……"
Sherlock frowned slightly and asked in disbelief, "You want to let fog monsters work in factories? Because they don't need to eat, sleep, or be paid, they can't die, and they're willing to work for others... but fog is extremely harmful to machinery."
"It's not just factories, Sherlock. There are many jobs in this world that can be completed by machines regardless of the cost. The difference between fog monsters and them is that they also have the ability to create."
Aiwass said seriously, "You said fog monsters are a new kind of human that can replace humans... I think that's half right. They can't replace humans because fog monsters don't have the adaptability of the nine great paths; they only have love and devotion. They can only be considered a new race—and the Mist God specifically set it so that fog monsters can't reproduce, which is actually a way to control their numbers."
"For humans, who demand so much, I think the fog demons are more like 'helpers' than replacements. The resources they require are completely different, so they can coexist. It's not possible right now simply because we haven't developed a low-cost, stable, and universal method that would allow the fog demons to survive for a long time without affecting other humans. But technology is advancing - as long as there is a need, it is easy to meet it. Not to mention, the need itself is not difficult to meet."
"...Star Crystal Man?"
Isabel, who was standing by, immediately thought of the servant race of Atlantis.
At that moment...
Just like this moment.
(End of this chapter)
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