My Synthesizer Has Talent

Su Qing could see it now.

These Rule Creatures...

Some were good, and some were bad.

The ones that didn’t move were likely the good ones. The ones that did move were usually trying to make another living being disappear.

Su Qing’s Profound Immortal Sword had already slain quite a few Rule Creatures.

These Rule Creatures were all very fragile.

If they were struck by even a slightly greater force,

they would almost certainly disappear.

Su Qing observed them for almost a month.

He discovered that these creatures didn’t just target him.

Every living being on this planet was affected by them.

"What in the world are these creatures doing?"

"Bai Di isn’t dead, so these people definitely aren’t dead either." Su Qing silently scanned his surroundings.

But in the end, if they were transported to another Space, ordinary mortals would likely starve to death.

The reason Bai Di wasn’t dead was that he didn’t need to eat to sustain himself at all.

So...

It was completely different.

Those ordinary mortals...

They were probably all dead.

"But why?"

Su Qing silently watched the creatures on the ground.

These creatures didn’t just appear on the planet; they even existed in the starry expanse where Su Qing was.

However, after Su Qing had wiped them out a few times,

the number of Rule Creatures his Profound Immortal Sword had to slay

had greatly diminished.

How interesting.

These creatures possessed intelligence.

That made sense.

If beings born from a Rule had no intelligence, then that Rule would be far too weak.

Su Qing appeared on the planet once more.

He was in a flat, desolate wilderness.

There was a small kingdom in the center, surrounded by low-lying vegetation.

"Can we talk?"

Su Qing said to his surroundings.

This was a language Su Qing had previously learned in another kingdom.

’These creatures should be able to understand, right?’

However...

all was calm. None of the little things appeared.

Su Qing shielded himself with the power of Space.

It prevented any living creature from getting close.

This was the safest approach.

He then listened to the language of the distant kingdom.

After a few days of study and analysis,

the area remained calm. Not a single one of those strange little creatures had appeared.

Using the language he had just learned, Su Qing called out once more, "Can you come out so we can have a proper talk?"

But...

there was still no movement.

There were clearly a great number of those creatures.

So why wouldn’t they show themselves?

This was what Su Qing found most strange.

Moreover, these creatures were clearly aware of his presence.

Yet they remained completely still.

Su Qing glanced around helplessly.

It was as if those Rule Creatures had never existed.

How bizarre.

’Why is this happening?’

Su Qing truly didn’t understand.

’But Bai Di is still trapped in here.’

Su Qing was at a loss.

He floated up, sat in mid-air, and began eating the synthesized, Standardized leaves.

He just kept eating.

Until...

「Three days later.」

A small blade of grass suddenly shot up from the ground, its roots moving like legs as it quickly ran over to Su Qing.

Then it stopped.

Su Qing had his Profound Immortal Sword ready to slay it.

"Ee-ee~"

"Ya-ee~"

The little blade of grass actually made a sound, incredibly tender and young. Its blades waved about, seemingly gesturing at something.

Finally, the small plant widened the gap between its leaves and continued to gesture.

It just kept babbling away.

Su Qing didn’t understand.

But he focused all his attention on analyzing the little plant’s movements.

Until the little plant...

suddenly vanished.

Just like that, abruptly.

It suddenly disappeared without a trace.

As if it had never existed.

Just like the Rule Creatures Su Qing had struck, it vanished completely.

"..."

Su Qing was speechless, his expression turning grave.

He seemed to understand why these creatures didn’t want to appear and attack him.

They had intelligence.

And with intelligence, they knew Su Qing was not to be trifled with.

There was another possibility, which was Su Qing’s biggest suspicion at the moment.

As long as they appeared under unusual circumstances,

regardless of whether they touched another living being or not, the little creature that appeared would vanish.

To put it bluntly, it meant death.

This was Su Qing’s best understanding of the situation.

And so,

Su Qing flew high into the sky once more.

His eyes, incredibly profound, observed every single movement on the planet.

He wanted to find the answer he was looking for.

He wanted to know what these Rule Creatures were truly trying to do.

...

After observing for a long while,

Su Qing fell silent, a complicated look on his face.

’This is...?’

These Rule Creatures were actually incredibly kind.

When they saw someone being bullied,

they would secretly swap them out, one for one.

When they saw a child crying,

they would actually appear to cheer the child up and comfort them.

Even if the child tried to get closer, they would deliberately dodge away.

Su Qing had seen this before.

But his previous view was that these creatures were a mix of good and bad.

This time, however, he had carefully observed each and every one.

Only then did he discover...

that these creatures were all incredibly kind.

It was truly...

Su Qing was left speechless.

Even if revealing themselves would lead to their own demise,

the Rule Creatures would still appear.

That was the root of true kindness.

They didn’t seem to seek anything in return.

’Do they even have a concept of life and death?’

This behavior moved Su Qing.

These little creatures were just too kind.

Too pure and simple.

Su Qing waited for a long while.

Then he returned to the planet’s surface.

He called out softly, "Can you find my friend for me?"

"My friend won’t cause any harm here."

But a long time passed,

and there was no reaction at all.

The little creatures didn’t appear either.

Su Qing was stunned for a long moment.

He didn’t know why.

He once again opened his eyes wide, continuously staring down at the planet.

To say they were kind... but Bai Di couldn’t return.

To say they weren’t kind... but Su Qing had never met such pure, simple beings.

They were willing to sacrifice themselves for a brief moment of a stranger’s laughter.

These were creatures unlike any Su Qing had ever seen.

But when Su Qing made a request,

he got nothing in return.

"Wheat, fruit trees, medicinal herbs..."

"They’re all forms that are edible or useful to living beings."

Su Qing discovered that this was the nature of the creatures’ disguises.

’If these Rule Creatures don’t move on their own,’

’does that mean they don’t have the ability to make other creatures disappear?’

’If a Rule Creature remains still,’

’and ends up being harvested and eaten,’

’then neither I nor these mortals would ever know.’

’After all, not even my spiritual sense can detect them.’

’One has to use their eyes to perceive their actions.’

’So, apart from the ones that move, the vast majority of Rule Creatures probably remain motionless.’

’Every plant and tree could be a soldier.’

’It’s possible that all the flowers, grass, and trees around me—even the insects and birds—’

’are all these Rule Creatures.’

Thinking about it in such detail, he felt a flicker of fear.

If he had been caught at the very beginning, he feared he would be in the same situation as Bai Di.

Bai Di couldn’t get out now.

Su Qing then recalled the little grass Rule Creature from before.

Its babbling and gestures toward him...

What was it trying to get him to do?

Su Qing, who possessed extremely high Comprehension,

continuously pondered the little grass sprite’s actions and tone.

’What was it trying to express?’

Su Qing didn’t know.

But he could try to figure it out.

If he still hadn’t figured it out in three years, Su Qing planned to leave the Secret Realm first to let Zhu Yuan and Yu Hu know that he was still safe.

...

"Wheat, fruit trees, medicinal herbs."

"These things are all very important to living beings."

"Not just that... what about water sources?"

Su Qing recalled seeing the pockmarked planet from high above, but on second thought, there was a pattern to it.

The water sources were distributed across the land.

All living beings could drink from them.

Which meant...

it was possible that the water sources themselves contained a large number of Rule Creatures.

Thinking about it in such detail...

Su Qing felt as if the entire planet was made of Rule Creatures.

...