"Wait a minute, this is the most important part, you can't be vague like telling a fairy tale!"

Meng Chao grasped the key point keenly, "You cooperated with the strange...'spiritual beast' to eliminate the strong men who were also human beings?"

"That's right."

Gu Ling nodded heavily and said matter-of-factly, "Is there any problem?"

"Of course there is a problem. Every word here is very problematic."

Meng Chao resisted the urge to jump again, "How can humans cooperate with spiritual beasts?"

"Why not? There is no enmity between us and the spiritual beasts. Since we are both called 'spiritual beasts', we have naturally awakened to a certain degree of wisdom and know what is good and what is bad. We can communicate and calculate the pros and cons together, right?"

Gu Ling gave Meng Chao a serious analysis, "Look, ordinary people and strong men from the middle and lower classes have no fundamental conflict with spiritual beasts. After all, our population is not large. As long as we control our greedy nature, we just eat some melons every day."

Guoli Tao, at most you can catch some fish from Peach Blossom Stream and go hunting some low-level spiritual beasts in the jungle. You won't hurt this vast jungle at all, nor will you hurt the unparalleled high-level spiritual beasts.

of.

"So, why do we have to be enemies with them?"

"But, spiritual beasts can eat people." Meng Chao said gloomily.

"Spiritual beasts don't like to eat people!"

Gu Ling snorted and retorted, "Humans are not big in size, produce too little meat, and have a long growth cycle, so they are not good food at all.

"Besides, human beings are also smart, know how to make all kinds of terrifying weapons, and can use a lot of insidious and cunning tactics. If spiritual beasts insist on eating people, they will have to rack their brains and pay a heavy price, and they may even die.

In the hands of humans - in order to eat humans, the energy consumed and harvested are not proportional at all!

"If a certain kind of spiritual beast insists on relying on humans as its main food, its tribe will definitely starve to death.

"As long as there is a choice, no matter how powerful the spiritual beast is, they are not willing to be enemies of humans. What's the benefit of being enemies?"

"is that so?"

Meng Chao frowned and said, "But, in our Dragon City——"

"I know that the spirit beasts and humans around Dragon City are fighting fiercely. That's because you insist on developing some kind of civilization, destroying the nests of spirit beasts, and turning the peaceful mountains, forests and grasslands into some kind of industrial zone and residential areas.

District, scientific research base, you have to capture a large number of spirit beasts to use as raw materials for industrialization, you have to split the mountains and dig out all the crystal veins. You have to destroy the homes of the spirit beasts. How can they not fight with you?

Are you trying your best?"

Gu Ling pursed his lips and said, "And the reason why you are doing this is not for the benefit of the ordinary citizens of Dragon City, but just for the ambitions of you, the powerful and aloof people called the 'Nine Great Families'.

"The nine wealthy families should have the same meaning as the 'Supreme Commander and Pioneer No. 1' of Taoyuan Town in the past, right?

“The cultivation of these peerless experts requires a large amount of crystals.

"The enterprises they created want to expand and proliferate indefinitely, but they also need a steady stream of land and various raw materials.

"In order to obtain crystals, land and various resources, the peerless experts drive ordinary citizens to fight against spiritual beasts.

"Ordinary citizens fought bloody battles with spiritual beasts and paid a heavy price. Most of the trophies gained in exchange fell into the pockets of the nine wealthy families through various methods.

"The peerless experts are getting stronger and stronger, and the nine major companies are getting bigger and bigger, but what ordinary citizens get are bruises all over their bodies and the unforgettable hatred of the spiritual beasts.

"All of this is the same as the original Taoyuan Town, isn't it?"

"..."

Meng Chao stared at Gu Ling's seemingly innocent and clear big eyes and said, "Your grandfather told you so many things!"

"Of course, ever since the first outsider came to Taoyuan Town along the Peach Blossom Stream, we have been very concerned about what he said about the 'Dragon City'."

Gu Ling said, "With the arrival of more and more outsiders, we learned that Dragon City still maintains the lifestyle of the early Taoyuan Town and the Earth Age. This is really terrible, and it is worthy of our gratitude and vigilance -

- Fortunately, the people of Taoyuan Town woke up in time and made changes. Otherwise, our world will always be full of war, slavery and deception. How terrifying it would be!

"Mr. Meng Chao, don't look at me like that. In my grandfather's words, you are going to get into a warehouse full of smelly salted fish and squat for three days and three nights. You can no longer smell the stench on your body."

Tasty.

"Actually, if you think about it carefully, you will know that there is a lot of room for cooperation between ordinary humans and spiritual beasts. We can form a mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship instead of killing each other and losing both sides."

"Yeah?"

Meng Chao narrowed his eyes and said, "The shapes of humans and spiritual beasts are so different, what kind of 'symbiotic relationship' can be achieved?"

"The morphological differences between rhinos and hornbills are also very different. This does not prevent the arrogant and violent rhinos from letting the hornbills stand on them and eat the parasites in the scabies on their skin. The hornbills are able to eat well and the rhinos are free from scabies.

Wouldn’t everyone be happy if the disease is over?”

Gu Ling said, "Also, no matter how hungry or ferocious the crocodile is, they will not refuse to open their bloody mouth and let the toothpick bird carefully clean the food residue between their teeth, because even if it is dozens of meters long,

, a super spiritual beast-level crocodile cannot clean its teeth by itself and keep its mouth comfortable.

"Mr. Meng Chao, don't you think that if we want to treat rhino skin diseases and maintain oral hygiene and health for crocodiles, we humans are a hundred times better than hornbills and toothpick birds?"

Meng Chao was stunned.

He had never thought about the problem from this perspective.

"After all, the fingers of our human hands are a hundred times more flexible than those of hornbills and toothpick birds, and we also have smart brains that can invent various medical devices and massage props, which can help spirit beasts get rid of troublesome diseases and take care of them.

You have to be comfortable and keep humming."

Gu Ling clapped his fingers and counted the benefits of cooperation between humans and spirit beasts, "We can also help spirit beasts build nests. Originally, no matter how powerful the spirit beasts were, the nests they built were rough and leaky from all sides, but if we rely on us

Human crumbling structures, surrounded by flowers, vines and moss, can create the most comfortable nest.

"Don't underestimate the importance of the nest. Whether the nest is safe, comfortable and stable is closely related to the reproduction of spiritual beasts. The spiritual beasts that build nests in the wilderness and jungle, the number of fetuses produced each time, and the survival rate of the fetuses are all closely related.

Not high, but with the help of humans, they can give birth to and feed three to five times as many children!

"One more thing, we can also take care of spiritual plants.

"We collect the excrement of spiritual animals, prepare it, and bury it on the roots of certain spiritual plants. This will make the spiritual plants grow stronger and produce more plump and delicious fruits.

"These fruits are not only food for humans, but also delicacies for spiritual beasts.

"In the past, spirit beasts had to fight to the death to survive.

"But with the help of humans, the fruit production of spiritual plants has greatly increased, and the number of plant-eating spirit beasts has skyrocketed. Carnivorous spirit beasts can eat and drink enough without having to work hard, and lie in warm and soft nests.

Here, they can enjoy treatments and massages performed by humans using special tools. This is a wonderful day that they never dreamed of!

"Of course, humans do not provide unilateral services to spirit beasts. Spirit beasts have also made many contributions to our civilization. As you walked along the road just now, you also saw that many spirit beasts live with us in Taoyuan.

Town, let’s contribute to everyone’s common life!

"And after forming an alliance with the spirit beasts, our gathering, fishing and hunting in the jungle will be more secure.

"As long as the number of hunting is not too excessive and is limited to some simple-minded low-level spiritual beasts, just to meet the survival needs of the townspeople and not to develop any 'civilization', not only will the high-level spiritual beasts not

They will interfere, and they will protect us secretly, and even hunt low-level spiritual beasts with us to share the spoils together!"

The little girl shook her head, looking very proud.

"I see, it sounds really... harmonious, natural, and enjoyable!"

Meng Chao controlled the twitching of his temples and corners of his mouth and asked in depth, "Okay, I admit that there is indeed a lot of room for cooperation between humans and spiritual beasts, but I still don't understand how the original 'agreement' was reached.

?At that time, spirit beasts probably did not understand human language, had difficulty understanding human thinking, and had no trust in each other. Moreover, many cooperation models between the two parties had not yet been figured out.

"You can't just run up to the jackals, tigers and leopards surrounded by spiritual flames and ask for a massage, right?"

Gu Ling burst into laughter.

"You are so funny, Mr. Meng Chao. I know that you are different from those lunatics. You can completely understand and accept Taoyuan civilization."

The little girl said, "In the beginning, humans and spiritual beasts did not understand each other's language and could not think with the same logic. It seemed that we were about to fall into endless hatred and fighting.

"Fortunately, the emergence of the 'Wisdom Tree' saved us."

When Meng Chao heard this, he couldn't help but ask: "What exactly is the wisdom tree?"

"The Wisdom Tree is a big tree. It has a unique ability to connect our brains with the brains of spirit animals, allowing us to feel the same way as the spirit animals and communicate with each other in an incredible way.

ideas and reach the perfect deal.”

Gu Ling said, "Through the Wisdom Tree, our souls seem to be able to enter the bodies of spiritual animals, feel the soaring of falcons in the wind, the waiting of cheetahs in the depths of the jungle, and the pythons walking among the vines, and understand their needs and worries.

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Chapter completed!