Monsters Will Die if They Are Killed

"Monster Race..."

Su Zhou deliberately repeated this word. After all, he is a young man in the new era. At least seven or eight kinds of monster race settings flashed through his mind, each of which was almost completely different. It is even mixed with various folklore, classical anecdotes and even modern ghost stories.

But in the next moment, Su Zhou took these settings back into his mind, and he asked directly: "What is the specific situation of the monster race? Is it the legendary beast becoming a spirit?"

【Yes and no. In essence, the Yaozu are human beings who practice the ancient Taoism. The category you mentioned is actually classified as 'spiritual'. 】

The middle-aged male voice, as stable as a machine, calmly spoke an astonishing answer: [The fakes of people are demons, the spirits of things are spirits, and the lingering souls of people are ghosts. 】

[The heaven and the earth are obedient, and suddenly there is something very strange. If the gods are not upright, they are evil. 】

This passage was written by a certain celestial master of the Taoist school, the predecessor of Zhengyi Academy, before the founding of Zhengguo. There are many specific explanations, but it is very simple in this context.

——The existence of demons depends on people. Animals and tools that open spirits are ghosts. A person whose soul does not disperse is a ghost.

Hearing this passage, Su Zhou lowered his eyebrows and thought for a while. He looked at Yala, then at his own hand, and then said thoughtfully: "So, the demon... is actually made by humans. ?”

[Yes, just like people can cultivate into 'fairies', 'ghosts' and 'Gods and Buddhas', people can naturally cultivate into 'monsters'. 】

The male voice was full of approval, and Su Zhou understood so quickly, it seemed to save him a lot of effort in explaining: [In the age when one could practice, the difference between species was not as detailed as it is now, because the biggest gap and difference did not come from appearance and the body, but whether to 'practice'. 】

[In very ancient times, far beyond our historical records, there were countless powerful beasts born with extraordinary powers in the world. Learn to mimic the strength of those mighty beasts. Through a long period of study, primitive humans learned how to imitate the strength of the opponent by devouring the extraordinary organization of the beast. 】

[This is the original form of the demon, the 'imitation of Tao'. Beast-headed human body, human-headed animal body, and even a complete animal body are all characteristics of this Tao. Of course, with the gradual development of practice techniques, people can also maintain their original shape and master the power of those extraordinary beasts, but at the same time, they can also transform into the true body of demons and release their full power. Therefore, demons were an important part of the civilization circle at that time. 】

"During ancient times, humans and demons lived together. The legends about Emperor Xuanyuan's wife Qingqiu, King Shengyu's wife Tushan, and Emperor Xihuangwa seem to have some truth."

The male voice's words reminded Su Zhou of the fairy gods with beast characteristics in the ancient legends of various countries... In this way, it is easy to understand why those fairy gods with beast characteristics are also the ancestors of human beings. And the reason why there is no taboo for human beings to marry all kinds of monster races in ancient times can be understood.

Everyone is human. For the ancient human race, those beast characteristics are nothing more than the difference in the appearance of modern humans, which is similar to the difference between big ears and thin lips. It is not a big deal.

To be honest, if he himself has achieved extraordinary high-level, and all kinds of organ structures in his body are all extraordinary, then apart from having a humanoid appearance, he is indeed not much similar to a normal human being.

For example, can normal human beings eat 20kg of hard vegetables and big meat, and take out side dishes and rice that are several times that amount? Obviously not!

Together with the fairy spirits, even the physical body can be dispensed with. In this case, what's wrong with having a different physical body structure? In ancient times, there were still immortals with three heads and six arms, and there was no essential difference from conjuring a snake tail and dragon claws.

"It's no wonder that I have awakened such a strong dragon's blood. The country hasn't eliminated me as a foreigner."

Thinking of this, Su Zhou couldn't help making a joke. He asked, "Then the dragon king of the monster clan is probably an old fairy who practiced the way of transforming dragons?"

[Not really. Among the demons, there are not only humans imitating extraordinary beasts, but also extraordinary beasts imitating humans. So we actually have no way of determining where your dragon blood, and the monster dragon king on the bottom of the sea, came from. 】

The male voice was still calm: [But this is not important, after all, 'monsters are faked by people', and monsters depend on people to exist. 】

[I said that in ancient times, there was not much difference between races. As long as you can cultivate and recognize the identity of human beings, you can join the common group...the extraordinary beasts with wisdom choose to imitate the demons transformed into human beings. They can be regarded as a part of "human beings". They have learned human language, human culture, and human living habits, and they choose to simulate human bodies. They are already human. Triumph of civilization. 】

"It's so... what about those who don't accept it?" Hearing this, Su Zhou became more interested: "By the way, why did the dragon king die at the bottom of the sea?"

He remembered his initial doubts.

[Beasts that do not accept 'human thoughts' are spirits. 】

The calm tone of the male voice has a cold sense of humor at this time: [That is, the source of the 'supernatural material' we often say. It tastes good, doesn't it? 】

[As for why the Dragon King would sleep forever at the bottom of the sea... In fact, it is probably because his real body is too large, and his sensitivity to the concentration of spiritual energy is far higher than other extraordinary individuals, so before the spiritual energy is completely cut off, because of lack of action Energy, 'starved' to the bottom of the ocean. 】

This answer made Su Zhou click his tongue twice. Thinking about it, such a huge and unreasonable body must require an environment with a high concentration of spiritual energy to survive, just like a whale can only live in water: "In this case, So what about this ruin?"

[Put it on hold for now. 】The answer from the middle-aged male voice was without any delay from the beginning to the end. As soon as Su Zhou finished speaking, it replied directly:【The tide of spiritual recovery is about to hit again, and many ruins in Zhengguo are about to be opened. The ruins can be developed in the future. 】

[However, the news that Jiaolong has been born is indeed very important. It means that the monsters in the sea will soon usher in a leader... Well, no, we still have Professor Su Zhou. 】

Speaking of this, the male voice smiled for the first time: [This is actually the reason why the Central Committee values ​​you—as long as you can advance faster than those dragons in the sea, there will be no monsters in the sea. A co-respected 'king'. If your strength is far stronger than those flood dragons, then maybe those flood dragons will regard you as their master? 】

[This is also the reason why even in later generations, when there are more cultivation methods of the way of immortals and gods, the 'Dao of Transforming Dragons' and the 'Great Dragon Kings' always exist. 】

No wonder they treat me so preferentially, which is more reasonable. Su Zhou nodded slightly, and he also mentioned by the way that he was swimming on the beach before, and was greeted by many sea snakes and fish.

But Su Zhou didn't expect that, in his opinion, there was nothing special about it, and it was just a trivial matter that was mentioned in passing, which would attract the other party to pay so much attention to questioning.

【Wait a minute, Professor Su Zhou, are you sure that those sea snakes and sea fish are already enlightened? 】

"Yes." Su Zhou didn't understand why the other party was so serious for a moment. He recalled a moment, nodded and said, "All of them have been enlightened—there is even a black sea snake among them, which is extra spiritual."

【... There are so many people just along the coast, and the recovery of the spirits should have come to an end. 】

The male voice on the other end of the communication murmured: [It seems that the second wave of aura explosion is coming soon... If so, Professor Su. 】

[The committee here has a task that I want to entrust to you. 】

...

"Is the truth of the Yaozu actually like this?"

When Su Zhou hung up the phone, he closed his eyes and pondered for a while, then opened his eyes and said, "It has answered a lot of doubts in my heart, and it's no wonder that people all over the world are interested in humans who have awakened various strange bloodlines and abilities. There is no exclusion or suppression.”

"Yara, what do you think?"

Regarding Su Zhou's question, Yala was not as lazy as before. Instead, she thought for a while and replied seriously: "It's a little strange, but also a little understanding. Your world, as the core of the great seal, seems to be true. Something odd."

It didn't say what was strange about it, nor did it say what was weird or clear, but Su Zhou didn't ask further.

In fact, Su Zhou himself could guess what was weird about it.

——Even in the ancient aura-rich era, a dragon king thousands of meters long is not something that can be ignored... But according to the voice of the middle-aged male voice, dragon kings do not seem to be such a rare existence, at least there are pluralities. Not only that, besides the monster king on the human side, there are other powerful beast kings among the elves who can fight for the front.

Although the earth is vast, can it really accommodate these behemoths? There are also immortal gods in the major civilization circles. If every slightly stronger immortal god has the power of the Dragon King, can the small earth really accommodate these existences? The struggle between them might not be difficult to destroy the surface.

However, there is not enough information now, so there is no need to think wildly. When the school starts, I can rely on my professor's authority to find the answer in Zhengguo's official database.

"Dididi."

At this time, Shao Qiming sent a message. Su Zhou looked down at his phone and found that the other party had sent an emoji.

After taking a closer look, his face suddenly turned black—that emoji was exactly what he had been surrounded by fish before.

【Fish Snake Fish Snake Man Snake Fish Snake Fish】JPG. There is a line of small characters below.

[Surrender to me, I am the master of all salted fish! 】