Chapter 310 : The True Essence of Evolution
"The relationship between Elucia and Lonis is really wonderful, isn't it?"
"Yes, I feel like they've gotten even closer."
Living on the Time Shuttle, everyone's atmosphere was quite pleasant.
After all, this ship had a complete living system inside, and whether it was water or supplies, everything was abundant, so there was no need to worry about other safety issues.
But just then...
The Eight-Tailed Fox suddenly came out and said untimely:
"Hmph, although you've successfully passed through so many checkpoints, I still have to remind you. The Sea of Ice and Lava isn't as simple as you imagine."
Because her suggested Tentacle Beast Path hadn't been adopted by everyone, the Eight-Tailed Fox seemed somewhat resentful.
"There's no need to worry about this. Our Time Shuttle has extraordinary heat-resistant capabilities. Even temperatures of thousands of degrees cannot affect the interior, and temperatures of tens of thousands of degrees cannot melt the hull."
Luozhi Sheng nodded and said with considerable confidence.
But her answer drew a snicker from the Eight-Tailed Fox: "High temperature? Oh my, it's not like that at all."
"Not like that...?"
"Hehe, because although the temperature of the Sea of Ice and Lava is very high, those flames are different from ordinary flames. They are ice flames."
"Ice flames?"
"Yes, these flames are formed by the peculiar power of the Ice Abyss. They don't radiate heat to the surroundings like ordinary flames, but instead continuously absorb heat from the surroundings."
"What!"
"In the past, the Doomsday Independent Kingdom also valued this thing highly, considering it one of the important ways to reverse the universe's entropy. But later, they discovered it was just another way of operating energy."
"!"
"That's power from four-dimensional space. It's just that for us, that kind of space is too magical, almost like magic... But after thousands of years of development, this power is now being used on a large scale in today's world, right?"
"Large-scale use of this power... As far as I know, there are no such flames in human society."
Luozhi Sheng shook her head with some hesitation.
"No? I thought it would have matured by now. After all, I remember that in the final period of the Doomsday Independent Kingdom, they were always working on that thing called the Magic Crystal project..."
"Magic Crystals!"
The Eight-Tailed Fox's statement stunned the girls.
Because they were all too familiar with this thing... From small things like cooking fires in daily life to large things like the energy needed for spaceship operation, everything relied on Magic Crystals.
Because compared to ancient coal and oil, the energy that Magic Crystals could provide was enormous. Just a small piece could be used for a long time, and it wasn't as dangerous as nuclear energy, requiring layers of protection.
"Ah, you really still use Magic Crystals. Then I'm relieved. Actually, in this research, I also provided some ideas and papers. But now, I've forgotten the specific content~~"
"Magic Crystals were actually the research crystallization of the Doomsday Independent Kingdom?"
Sethilu's body trembled. She hadn't expected that this resource now spread throughout the world would come from their former enemy's research.
So the Doomsday Independent Kingdom wasn't simply villains, but actually pioneers of a new era?
The girls looked at each other somewhat at a loss, but Yicheng came over and said:
"Power itself has no right or wrong; what's right or wrong is the master who uses it. Perhaps the achievements of the Doomsday Independent Kingdom were extraordinary, but in the end, they used it in the wrong place."
"Yes, I agree with this too."
Although it seemed like critical words, the Eight-Tailed Fox nodded in agreement: "I think power should bring happiness to living beings. Because if the end of power is endless suffering, what meaning does power have?"
"Eight-Tailed Fox?"
"Think about it, don't living beings exist in this world to pursue happiness? Because of happiness, we mate; because of happiness, we eat food; because of happiness, we want to live. If life is a journey of suffering, why don't we just commit suicide directly?"
"!!!"
The Eight-Tailed Fox's statement stunned the girls.
Everyone looked at each other, suddenly feeling that what the Eight-Tailed Fox said made a lot of sense...
However, Sethilu stepped forward and said gently:
"Miss Eight-Tailed Fox, I don't oppose your ideas. It's just that many times... some people's happiness is built on other people's suffering."
"Oh...?"
"For example, some strong people feel happy by exploiting the weak, and many people gloat when they see certain people having a hard time..."
"So, this is exactly my research direction."
"What do you mean?"
"If we research a tentacle monster that can photosynthesize and produce delicious nectar, then it wouldn't need other humans to work for it, and it could serve humans forever, keeping humans in happiness every moment."
"?!"
"Everyone wouldn't need to move every day, just lying at home would bring infinite happiness. Wouldn't that be the ultimate enjoyment? Ah... of course, to better enjoy this happiness, appropriate bodily modifications would also be necessary. It would be best if the tentacle monster could secrete some mucus to maintain our body's sensitivity."
......
Hearing the Eight-Tailed Fox say this, the girls blushed... because this kind of talk only appeared in heavy-taste adult books, as the ending that corrupted female protagonists would embrace.
But now, she was saying it very seriously, as if conducting some academic discussion.
......
Hearing everyone say this, Luozhi Sheng also sighed deeply and said: "But in that case, wouldn't all humans become sitting ducks, reduced to livestock-like existence? We wouldn't have any freedom... and because we wouldn't need to think, our intelligence would gradually degenerate..."
"So, this is why I was expelled from the Doomsday Independent Kingdom."
"Ah?"
"Didn't I say? It was because I was too weak~~~ Later it was led by Caster. He was good at using suffering to stimulate human potential, which led to subsequent conflicts."
"So that's how it was..."
Suling blinked disappointedly and murmured: "Isn't there any way that both makes people feel happy and improves their abilities?"
What Suling said was also what most people hoped for... to be able to live happily while also happily improving oneself.
But such a thing was impossible, right?
There couldn't be such perfect solutions in this world; life would always have regrets.
But before Suling could deny herself, the Eight-Tailed Fox said: "Well, actually there is."
"Really?"
"Being tortured and tormented while also enjoying happiness and bliss. The method you're talking about, isn't that exactly what little fox Lonis is doing now?"
"!"
"So in this world, masochists and bottoms are the true essence of evolution, the strongest existence!"