Chapter 1249

Xiao Mai: "It's actually possible."

Anlieta: "Guessing like this won't get us anywhere. Why not ask the Almighty Dao Jun?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Even the Queen is getting playful now!"

Su Xiao: "That's fine. A Queen who holds herself aloof isn't cute—it's the lively Queen who feels closer. If she'd just hug me, it'd be even better."

Lin Daiyu: "Your abacus beads have already flown all the way to me."

Rem: "Your map's too short."

Tian Ailiu: "Can't everyone just let Brother Taixuan speak? I'm so anxious!"

Su Xiao: "I know you're eager, but don't rush yet!"

Tian Ailiu: "......"

Zhang Taixuan: "You're all half-right. The world has been spitting out strange beings, and yes, it's a calamity sent by Heaven and Earth—but it doesn't intend to destroy civilization, only to cleanse the current one and reboot it."

Civilization."

Su Xiao: "Reboot civilization? So it doesn't mean wiping out humanity?"

Zhang Taixuan: "It won't destroy humanity outright. But losses of several tens of percent during the cleansing are unavoidable. After all, the world won't intervene to control the strange beings—"

It only retrieves them once their tasks are nearly complete. How many die in between? It doesn't care."

Ye Hei: "So it's the same old pattern. Heaven and Earth have no mercy!"

King of the Jungle: "Normal. Beasts have no morality; the Dao shouldn't either. Only sentient beings that form civilizations develop culture and morality. Morality—"

That sort of thing is learned, not innate."

Su Xiao: "Brother Snake speaks wisely. We think the Dao is heartless because we're human, shaped by learned morality. But the Dao itself—"

It doesn't possess such things."

Spirit Sovereign: "Why haven't I gained such insight?"

King of the Jungle: "Because though you take beast forms, your daily knowledge and habits come from humans. You're not beasts—you're humans in beast shapes."

Bai Suzhen: "That's true. We demons too—affected by human civilization—differ fundamentally from true beasts."

Tian Ailiu: "Why? Why has the world suddenly decided to destroy humanity? There must be a reason."

Zhang Taixuan: "Of course there is. Don't you see how many modified humans and modified creatures exist on Qi Yu's side?"

Tian Ailiu: "Mm."

Zhang Taixuan: "His world's technology has reached its peak—but not the path the world envisioned."

Zhang Taixuan: "The emergence of modified beasts and humans, along with severe environmental pollution, showed the world a terrifying future—humanity would destroy itself through this uncontrolled, insane science. So the world acted."

Under the science of contracts, the world intervened.

Tian Ailiu: "Uncontrolled technology?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Humans and beasts were originally excellent species. But the emergence of modified humans directly polluted the gene pool. It seems like one modification grants immense power—"

In truth, it slashed the upper limits of both humans and beasts by a huge margin."

Zhang Taixuan: "Look at the group members and their worlds. Wan Ling can all become Immortals—even Jin Xian. That upper limit is terrifying. But modified humans—even if they poured all the resources of the entire universe into it—how many Jin Xian could they create? And even if they did, what meaning would that hold for the world?"

How many Jin Xian could be created from the resources of one universe? And even if they were created, what meaning would that hold for the world?

Zhang Taixuan: "A few Jin Xian don't count as a civilization—they can't raise the world's level. Walking this path, the world would exhaust all its resources and still rise no higher. It would just wait to die. How could the world let humanity take this road?"

What could lead humanity down such a path?

Su Xiao: "That's not right. The tech path shouldn't be weak."

Zhang Taixuan: "But you must consider how rich the world's resources are. Without resources, no matter how strong the science, it can't sustain a civilization—it's like a castle in the air!"

Su Xiao: "That's true."

Tian Ailiu: "So that's why the strange beings appeared?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Exactly. Once the world realized the civilization's path was wrong, it intervened."

Tian Ailiu: "And after that? After rebooting civilization, what kind of civilization does the world want to develop? Cultivation? Superpowers?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Looks like Ailiu's gotten smarter."

Tian Ailiu: "I'm just guessing based on Qi Yu's world. Aside from modified humans, human power comes from cultivation, martial arts, or awakening superpowers."

Zhang Taixuan: "That's precisely the original path of civilization. Its upper limit is extremely high, and crucially, it doesn't rely heavily on external resources. Once civilization reboots, the new civilization will be one where superpowers and cultivation coexist."

The civilization is one where psychic powers and cultivation coexist.

Qi Yu: "So that's how it is?"

Su Xiao: "Wow, Qi Yu Teacher hasn't left yet?"

Qi Yu: "I've been here all along."

Hu Yifei: "Qi Yu Teacher is a hero driven purely by interest—he still worries about his own world."

Qi Yu: "A little. Now that the problem's found, is there any way to fix it?"

Zhang Taixuan: "It's easy. We've already said it all."

Qi Yu: "Have humans walk the path of superpowers and cultivation?"

Zhang Taixuan: "Exactly. Once you cultivate, your soul will revive a little, and you'll quickly think of a solution."

Qi Yu: "Me? Shouldn't we all help?"

Su Xiao: "Don't get it wrong—that's your world. Don't we have enough fun just slacking off?"

Anlieta: "True. Changing your own world brings real satisfaction. Qi Yu Teacher isn't weak in power—once his soul revives a bit and gains extraordinary wisdom, changing the world shouldn't be hard."

The world shouldn't be hard to reach, either.