Pretending To Be A Boss

"Additionally, I'm not interested in the courtroom, but I am interested in the turtle of the courtroom. The Endless Turtle is also fated with me, I've heard it's a skilled fortune teller. Given the chance, I definitely want to give it a try, oh no, I mean to meet it."

Tang Xian lay on the vast back of the Shiling Beast, continuously launching attacks.

He slowly counted the accumulating damage within his sea of consciousness.

It was like the footsteps of death.

He was absolutely not a fraction too fast, nor a fraction too slow.

The entire person controlled the rhythm like a machine.

This gave the Shiling Beast a feeling of death gradually closing in.

When faint pain finally came through, when the pain became increasingly severe, the Shiling Beast completely fell into fear.

It formed two blockade lines with Lei Xiao, like two walls studded with spikes, making humans feel the suffocating sensation of their chances of survival being squeezed away little by little.

Now, Tang Xian used similar methods to return that kind of lingering pain back to them.

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People outside the ice wall didn't know what had happened inside.

Only Ye Feng saw it.

His extreme vision could see through cover.

In fact, as early as when the Masked Chopper Hero appeared last time, Ye Feng had seen through the true identity of the Masked Chopper Hero.

He recognized Tang Xian.

On the day of the hunting festival's registration, he and Tang Xian had made eye contact. As keepers of keen eyes, both acutely felt the other's existence.

But he loyally did not reveal Tang Xian's identity.

Even after Tang Xian's portrait had been engraved into the warrant for the most wanted criminals.

The specifics of the battle, Ye Feng couldn't see clearly, because that darkness was impenetrable.

When the darkness dispersed, all he saw was Tang Xian riding on the back of the Shiling Beast, which had a very low health bar.

Many thoughts flashed through Ye Feng's mind.

"Before, someone mentioned he rode on the back of a nine-tailed fox demon. Today, he's riding on the back of a dragon and a Qilin. These are all catastrophe-level boss creatures... It seems he really is the Eden demon child."

Ye Feng felt puzzled for a moment.

Is the Eden demon child truly an evil creature?

The lords in the Pyramid wouldn't deceive them, but what if even the lords only knew falsehoods?

He didn't know what abilities the Eden demon child possessed.

But the first time, Tang Xian saved the Federation's finest hunters.

The second time, he rode in on a giant dragon, saving nearly forty percent of humanity's gifted ones!

If he truly wished to destroy the Pyramid, who could stop him? If he truly was humanity's enemy, why would he do these things?

For the first time, Ye Feng began to doubt the education he had received from childhood.

The extreme ice shattered, and everything began to slowly collapse.

The vast darkness finally dispersed as well.

Those huge lightning bolts and flames that had been suspended in the air were all canceled by Tang Feiji.

Not long after, dust began to swirl in the low sky, all life within the Time Stop Domain started to rapidly decay, showing signs of having been dead for a while.

Everything that had been frozen started to fall in even more chaotic trajectories.

The Time Stop Domain had actually shattered.

Riding the dying giant Shiling Beast, Tang Xian looked like a savior.

He straightened his mask, looked at Song Que, and said,

"I came from the direction of the Yuepela Plains, there are many wild beasts there, but none are very strong. I can join you in the fight across the plains, and in the next two days, we could take down the Yuepela Plains."

Upon hearing these words, a cheer erupted from the crowd.

After escaping death, if they could experience an overwhelming victory, there was nothing more exhilarating.

But Song Que did not speak.

He knew Tang Xian hadn't finished speaking.

"But you can also choose to report to the lords of the Pyramid another matter, that a power known as the Court of Endless Beasts opposed you today, and they did not exert even one-tenth of their strength, yet they could easily destroy you."

Tang Xian continued to speak,

"Should you consider retreating to the previously secured human areas, to regroup properly? Another war like this will only lead to destruction, because even I am not sure I can deal with the enemies that will come next time."

Song Que nodded and said,

"I will order a retreat."

A murmur arose; even with the explanation from the Masked Chopper Hero, many people still wanted to rush out and battle.

They had already suffered too much humiliation today and desperately wanted to achieve military honors!

So, someone instantly looked at Song Que with incomprehension.

"Good. You are the supreme commander of humanity and the future lord of Fortress One. Some words, you may consider."

"Go ahead."

"We humans, are just lowly, insignificant, and even ugly creatures. What we are best at is domesticating creatures weaker than us, keeping them in captivity. We grant them the conditions to survive, letting them exchange their flesh and blood for it. Remember, along with humans, any animal can be tamed.

When facing beings stronger than us, we must learn to be parasites. The relationship between a parasite and its host is symbiotic. The host wants to kill the parasite, but the wisest thing for the parasite to do is to remain humble. As long as it is small enough and does not show any threat, it will not provoke the host's rejection.

If you have not found the next world to parasitize, do not attempt actions that would destroy yourself."

The analogy Tang Xian used stunned everyone.

The principle within these words seemed to be suggesting that humanity should temporarily remain dormant and conserve strength.

At the same time, they should learn to use their intelligence to control some weaker creatures.

Yet for some reason, it sounded so repulsive to hear.

Song Que felt there was another meaning in these words.

He stared at Tang Xian and said:

"If we are parasites in the mining area, what about the Pyramid then?"

Tang Xian didn't speak anymore.

He jumped down from the gigantic back of the Shiling Beast.

The azure dragon then bit into the barely alive Shiling Beast, while also lowering its body to let Tang Xian climb onto its back.

Though it was a dragon, it was as docile as a cute pet.
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Seeing this scene, Song Que suddenly realized the meaning of Tang Xian's words.

Remember, along with humans, any animal can be tamed.

In these words, there were only two relationships: the weak parasitize the strong, the strong domesticate the weak.

If humans are parasitizing the world of the mines, does that mean the Pyramid is domesticating humanity?

Is this what Tang Xian wanted to convey?

He had no time to think further, nor to ask.

Because the azure dragon had already taken to the sky, carrying the corpse of the Shiling Beast without affecting its flight.

Tang Xian looked back at Song Que, his face hidden by the mask, making it impossible to see his expression.

But that look in his eyes seemed to offer Song Que an answer.

The battle at the Yuepela Plains was over.

This battle, if judged by the outcome, was an unprecedented victory.

The sacrifice of fewer than ten thousand people, in exchange for the death of several calamity-class creatures and disaster-class boss creatures.

No matter how you look at it, humanity should be happy.

But no one felt happy.

Song Que and Ye Feng, on the defensive fortress of the highlands, looked at the mess below the fortress, watching people busily tally up the battle results and losses.

Both were somewhat bewildered.

"Whom exactly are we fighting for?" Ye Feng finally asked the question.

Only, Song Que had no answer for him.

"Is it for glory? Or for something else? Like a higher social status?"

"It's for the future of humanity," Song Que said.

"You can't even convince yourself of that reason, can you?" Ye Feng said with a bitter smile.

Song Que did not respond.

Ye Feng continued:

"Do you know? A few days ago, I had drinks with Gu Luo and Lin Jue, as well as the One-eyed King. We asked Lin a question."

"What question?"

"I asked, 'Lin, you've been with so many girls, how come you've never thought about getting married? Ever thought about having kids?'"

"What did Lin Jue say?" Song Que was indeed a very cooperative listener.

"He said, 'Dare to have a damn kid, but what if he's born talentless, a waste? To watch him go to the lower levels to work as a temp? Temp is just a polite term. To put it bluntly, isn't that just a mine slave? Isn't the meaning of living just to provide a sense of superiority for those above?'"

"That's a bit extreme," Song Que said.

"Extreme? Then you definitely wouldn't believe that Gu Luo, the One-eyed King, and I were all stunned because that's what we were thinking too," said Ye Feng, his tone becoming grave.

"Song Que, no matter how hard we try... those people don't have a future, do they?"