Chapter 892: No. 15: What is the so-called monster controller?

No. 15: What is the so-called monster controller?

As a monster enthusiast, Aomo views the two animated works derived from the Gulite IP with a completely different perspective.

And if we were to rank them, he would definitely place Electric Light Machine King above Gulite.

Of course, in fact, most people rank them that way.

After all, the design of Gulite's 4S works has many obvious flaws, to the extent that even a complete layperson can spot some problems.

But Aomo's reason for this judgment is not based on story standards, nor on the arrangement of romantic drama, nor because his roommate appears as a villain, but because——Electric Light Machine King is the monsters' story.

Yes, monsters.

Just like humans, the story of Electric Light Machine King repeatedly mentions that monsters share human traits, including 'monsters also have hearts and feelings,' and the crucially important 'monsters are born from human emotions.'

Undoubtedly, the monsters' hearts in a sense also refer to human hearts, but at the same time, the monsters' appearance, speech, and thoughts cannot be understood by people, so the monsters also undoubtedly metaphorically represent people.

A group of individuals who are not understood by people in the crowd and society.

In that work, there is a girl named Feichuan Qianse.

In the protagonist's team, only her emotional knot differs from everyone else's.

Ma Zhongpeng faces entanglements caused by family reasons, Zhongshan Li obsesses over the step he failed to take with others back then, Nan Mengya wants to find the cause of her sister's death, while Qianse's emotional knot concerns only herself.

I thought there might be a dark past hidden under the sleeve, but actually there was nothing; in the end, it was merely the monster pattern she herself drew.

She did not gain friendship or love as the story progressed; she was out of place with others, instead falling into a panic of having nothing, until she gained a friend—the Radiant Wing Flame Dragon.

She is an oddity among people, only able to keep company with monsters, spending all day shrinking in her cousin Zhongshan Li's room, just as each monster, before being controlled by monster users to destroy cities, merely hides in a city corner, living quietly and humbly.

She has an astonishing drawing talent, yet she cannot fit into the class, cannot become friends with her classmates; attending class for her is as boring as being in prison, just like the former Xintiao Qian.

This is a lack of freedom.

Special people are like monsters: not understood, bound, bound by this society; but in fact, once we grant monsters 'freedom,' give them the right to move freely.

Then even if they subjectively have no destructive intent, they will objectively cause destruction.

Their talent, their power, can easily change the surroundings, just as a talented person, wherever they go, influences those around them and shatters ordinary people's cognition.

So the prerequisite for 'creating a society that needs monsters' is to destroy the original society; but has that society really been destroyed?

I'm afraid not.

From the moment he arrived in this city, Aomo has been sizing up this world.

He judges the city's temperament with the naked eye, and uses data collected by Gilbalis for social integration.

Even when bound by this group of vigilant xenophobic monster eugenicists, his gaze still hungrily seeks information—especially just minutes ago, when the Falling Flowers Flowing Water Monster was controlled by Ma Zhongpeng, granting salvation to these humans.

He watches the monsters, also watches the expressions of every person in the monster eugenics movement, and pays attention to the attitudes of those who were rescued.

Words of thousands of thanks are directed at several monster users, but only sporadic gratitude truly goes to that sacred and bizarre giant beast.

And the reporters are like flies drawn to rot, preferring to write about the King of Beasts' earlier destruction and the monster users' momentary lapse in etiquette rather than the current rescue.

Fortunately, they are facing the Ten Drivers rather than Gui She; otherwise, a bloodshed incident would likely be unavoidable.

Although monster users' physical fitness is not extraordinary, it is still enough to surpass those reporters who might just be fast runners.

Overall, this is still the society he is familiar with, even somewhat worse than the society he lives in—he has already seen many online denunciations of monsters.

One can also find the monsters' blatant appearances, and the time they can be locally recognized is still within about a month.

Too short.

Whether it's the time for this reputation to develop, or the pace of society's reform.

Such a society falls far short of monster users' expectations, yet several of Chen's companions have, with Peng's help, already accepted society, premised on lacking something.

Gui She's hatred of humans is essentially irreconcilable, while the Ten Drivers' obsession with former captain Shima requires personal resolution—Aomo has yet to see any trace of Shima's existence, even online, up to now.

This is an unreasonable point well worth remembering.

What?

You ask why I don't mention the badger?

The badger's emotional knot is the easiest to handle; it doesn't require a specific person, nor does it need untangling the whole group's impression—Moyu Jie simply cannot find a life goal, and the easing of this knot is hardly remarkable, not worth mentioning.

So returning to the main topic, even if the development of Gulite's 4S Electric Light Machine King cannot be applied now, the rules governing the world's operation remain largely the same, and that rule is called:

'Monsters are born unbound.'

From Chen's remarks in the final episode of 'SSSS. Electric Light Machine King.'

The former captain Shima gave up freedom for the princess, losing the ability to control monsters.

And Ma Zhongpeng, desiring to break free from family and live independently, obtained the talent for monster control.

Aomo also feels this, for he, as a person inside the Mefilas Alien suit, walked through that perilous territory and awakened that talent.

Moreover, he cannot help but admit that deep down he also harbors the desire to shake off that dark life.

Furthermore, it can be imagined that, unlike the original Ma Zhongpeng who gave up monster control for Nan Mengya and family, this Ma Zhongpeng wears the monster controller's attire, proving he has chosen this path.

He will be a true monster controller, and the King of Beasts has acknowledged his ability comparable to Chen's.

He also yearns for that 'freedom,' thus standing beside the monsters, becoming an oddity in society.

Rather, he distinguishes himself from the current Ten Drivers, Gui She, and the badger.

Such he, like Aomo and Chen, can hear the monsters' voices.

He hears its satisfaction, also hears its desire for more, and to achieve this desire, in the absence of the King of Beasts as an 'external invader' applying pressure, to further promote societal change——

——either Aomo becomes the new pressure

——or return to the familiar pattern everyone knows

Become a terrorist named 'Monster Eugenics Ideology'; only by destroying the original society can the contradiction between goal and reality be resolved.

It must be said, the appearance of the King of Beasts is very bad for this organization.

According to the historical actions of this organization gathered from the internet, each monster appearance has been very well controlled.

Although negative reviews are unavoidable, the improvement in reputation is indeed considerable——until the King of Beasts appears.

If he had just stayed away, it would have been fine; the extremely strong, long-existing enemy could actually have promoted Chen's plan to reform society, but when he came and saw Aomo, he went back.

This just leaves a mess!

There were two Aomo Linduns; one suddenly burst out, almost snatching their monster and also ruining Chen's renovation plan.

The other, after seeing everything, also had no intention of helping as a long‑term target, but instead spoke the first Aomo Lindun's brief yet thunder‑like message.

"The monster's disappearance is due to the dark curtain, and it has nothing to do with him."

The 'monster' in this sentence is not the monster from those idioms, but refers to what they call 'Nait', or rather—'Anqi', also known as 'Gulite Knight'.

He could also add: 'The dark curtain lies outside this world; whether it's the Nait or us, we all come from outside the world.'

At that time everyone seemed indifferent, but the looks that Chen and Ma Zhongpeng gave him were quite interesting.

Those who possess freedom and wish to resist the monster controllers never disappoint him.

"Chen, Peng, this kid is splashing dirt on you, eh!"

"The knight has disappeared, outside the world, but seriously speaking, it's not just him who disappeared, right?"

"The sound‑wave monster Anoxilas the Second, do you even hear such a long name? Next——Gauma/lost horse……"

Because he was tied to the chair, even shaking his body moved the chair along; at the brink of falling, Aomo displayed great balance with a great peng spreading its wings, speaking the name in three languages but with only two pronunciations, repeating it.

"Do you still remember Dingdian, about this name?"

He smiled, looking at everyone either stunned or doubtful; it was no surprise that mere words could not shake reality.

But he still saw it: the two boys' pupils dilated slightly, just as he had expected.

Some are like a blonde little girl living in the forest, having negative resistance to hypnosis, while others are like adventurers who constantly stare at a goblin slaughterer, their eyes lighting up at the slightest stir.

Just like now, the gazes of those two are very shining.

"INSTANCE, DOMINATION!"

In the monster's roar, in Duìyou's questioning, and amid the crowd's exclamations, Aomo suddenly turned into a fiendish demon, easily breaking the hemp rope while spreading his wings, spewing fire, and charging; with one hand each, in the rush he also snatched up the ten chariots and the badger.

The narrow yet sharp bone tail also bound the howling Gui She.

Turning into a stream of light flowing away from here, an expanding crimson data flow also covered all the surrounding people.

Gilbarlis data space erosion.

Precisely because there is nothing as useful as a healing light, Aomo constantly expends much thought in pursuit of 'unharmed'.

But such thinking clearly cannot apply to the two monsters that oppose each other.

The falling‑flowers‑flowing‑water monster Burbainde.

The nitpicking monster Gula.

Even in this identical uniform, same‑power IF line, it ends up being the boy raised in human society versus the boy wholly devoted to monsters.

They remain enemies of each other.