Chapter 220 Individual Thoughts
Chapter 220
Boyan watched as his 30% pollution level disappeared, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The Interconnection of All Worlds looks very high-end, but it was completely useless at first, Boyan curled his lip.
At first, he was extremely excited, thinking that he was about to rise to power and would definitely be able to see the wonderful things in the myriad worlds. But he didn't expect that this thing was one-way!
It's still a one-way street where the other party takes the initiative!
The key point is that even if it's one-way, it would be fine if it could allow trading, but this thing is a trap; it can only transmit a message.
At first, I couldn't contact anyone at all. It was a mermaid who found me and gave me the cultivation technique, which enabled me to improve rapidly.
But he didn't expect it to be a trap. He wanted to improve his cultivation, but at that time he had no choice. He did improve his strength, which allowed him to survive in various apocalyptic worlds.
It wasn't until Lin Xia revealed the first three forms of the 'Spark Body Tempering Method' that he realized he had made a mistake in his practice.
Cultivating the 'Starfire Body Tempering Technique' will increase his strength without any hidden dangers, but cultivating the technique given by the mermaid will result in a pollution value.
At first, the mermaid explained that the two were structurally different and would have some side effects, which she accepted at first, until she switched to the Starfire Body Tempering Method in order to stop accumulating pollution value.
Unexpectedly, the mermaid's attitude changed immediately. He demanded that he build an altar on the seabed and use his pollution level to feed the underwater mermaid race.
Mermaids do exist on Earth, but they have no intelligence; aside from their appearance, they are essentially wild beasts.
But ever since I activated the altar and fed them with pollution, they actually developed intelligence.
He didn't know whether they had developed intelligence or something else had descended and taken over their bodies.
He agreed to do it because of three reasons: the threat, curiosity, and the desire to find a way to remove the deep-seated pollution within him.
But no matter what he did, the pollution value followed him relentlessly. He then realized that he had made a grave mistake. Perhaps the establishment of the altar had further solidified the pollution value on him.
They could have used the mermaids to conduct some verification experiments, but they were really useless. They couldn't even hold out for a single round before Lin Xia completely destroyed them.
Although there are still many mermaids among humans, they are all mermaids transformed from humans. Their thoughts are still deeply rooted in humanity. Since they did not enter the altar, they were not contaminated and were of no use to humans.
Sure enough, he guessed right. Lin Xia destroyed the altar, and the pollution value on his body disappeared.
While it's something to be happy about, this also proves Lin Xia's strength, and I should probably really consider cooperating with her.
After all... he glanced at his own talent again. Perhaps there would be other things outside that could connect with him. If he encountered something he couldn't resist and became a puppet, then he would be doomed.
...
Lin Xia looked at Xie Cheng, who gritted his teeth and continued, "Seventh Sister, I asked them, and they do have a channel dedicated to mermaids, but they haven't responded to any mermaid's call, nor do they intend to."
“I think if we wipe them out completely, wouldn’t that force them to turn against us? They are indeed human beings, you’ve said it yourself, they are still human beings.”
Ji Wei was a little anxious. She knew that Seventh Sister had slaughtered their lair. Although most of the mermaids might indeed be innocent, no one could guarantee that there wouldn't be any mermaids in there who wanted to build another altar.
It is still a force hostile to Lin Xia and all of humanity.
Lazy Cat and A-Tong looked at each other, puzzled, wondering why they suddenly wanted to catch mermaids. Ji Wei then told them about what had happened in the past two days in private.
“Those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts.” A-Tong tugged at her hair, which was a bit too long. Her casual remark instantly ignited Xie Cheng’s anger.
"How can they not be human? Although they have been contaminated, it was not of their own volition. Does cultivation make you no longer human? Where is your compassion? Where is your empathy?"
"Brother Xie, don't get agitated. What you all said makes sense, but those mermaids are indeed contacts that other forces can make, and they are also channels for transportation." Lazy Cat pulled back the agitated Xie Cheng.
"Does that mean innocent people deserve to die?!" Xie Cheng roared.
A-Tong paused, glancing at Xie Cheng: "What if they implicate even more people?"
Xie Cheng pursed his lips: "That didn't happen."
A-Tong nodded and remained silent.
Ji Wei glanced at Lin Xia: "Bo Yan, Seventh Sister and I wiped out their hideout. If there are any mermaids among them, then we are their enemies."
Xie Cheng paused for a moment: "Is this necessary? We are both intelligent races, does it have to be a life-or-death struggle? Planning ahead should not come at the cost of lives."
Ji Wei took a deep breath and remained silent.
The lazy cat looked around, but didn't dare to say anything.
"Seventh Sister, there's also a favorability test on the main island. That should tell you something, right? They..."
Lin Xia lowered her eyes, propped her chin up, and said finally, "You are in charge of those mermaids. They are not allowed to land on the main island, live among humans, intermarry, or leave."
Xie Cheng was about to argue when Lin Xia looked at him and said, "Otherwise, you'll die."
Looking into Lin Xia's eyes, Xie Cheng shut his mouth. He knew that Lin Xia was different from before, and when she said she would kill, she really meant it.
Watching Xie Cheng leave, A-Tong shook her head regretfully: "Why doesn't he understand that racial conflict is a matter of life and death?"
The lazy cat scratched its head: "Why?"
"Have you ever seen different intelligent races living in harmony? Including in the novels you love to read?" Ji Wei asked rhetorically.
The lazy cat paused for a moment, then slowly shook its head.
"Although I don't know how serious the harm is, our world is already under the control of others, and he still pities the race that wants to invade our world. How compassionate and empathetic is he?" A-Tong said sarcastically.
"Seventh Sister said that the ocean system can influence and control a person's thoughts," Ji Wei said worriedly. "What if everyone turns against us..."
"Isn't there a survival system? If we really can't control it, then we all perish together. There's no point in us thinking about it so much." A-Tong shook her head.
Lazy Cat frowned: "I'm so worried about my parents. I wish they were older too."
"What's so great about it? How do you know our parents can come back?" Ji Wei's face also darkened. "It's not like our parents will come back. I hope they come back after everything has settled down."
Lazy Cat sighed: "Is Brother Xie becoming estranged from us?"
A-Tong cut off her hair with one scissor: "Before, the islander did less hands-on work and more work, and it was mostly altruistic, so naturally there were fewer disagreements with him."
"We're going into the game in 3 minutes." The three of them went back to their homes to get ready.
Lin Xia glanced at her system notification, but there was no notification yet. Three minutes later, the three people left, and the entire floating island became quiet.
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