Chapter 712: The Bottom Line of Being a Human Being
All of a sudden, the golden blade that bloomed from the depths of Chu Ge's soul slashed the soul of the national teacher like black venom.
However, the scattered black souls wriggled and pieced together, twisted like an earthworm that could not be killed, and asked sarcastically: "Oh, is it, to forcibly take the body of someone else, is a beast with a wolf's heart and a dog's lungs?" As a soul shifter, you are also qualified to say such things as a grandiose occupancy of the body of a soul beast? β
Facing the interrogation of the national teacher, Chu Ge sneered: "National teacher, you are enough, don't want to use such sophistry to confuse my mind and hit my will to fight."
"Yes, I admit that I did occupy the body of the soul beast, but the soul beast is only an animal, a muddy beast, and a beast without intelligence.
"Since human beings have evolved for thousands of years and are still firmly embedded in the food chain, even as the king at the top of the food chain, they are also bound by the laws of nature, human beings must devour all other creatures to survive, and must use other creatures to survive and use other creatures to survive this is the principle of nature, I neither deny it, nor do I need to bear a ridiculous sense of guilt for this.
"If it is an animal that has not yet awakened wisdom and does not have free will, it can be used no matter how it is used, and at most it will be pleasant, but the higher life forms that have wisdom and free will and know who they are are two completely different concepts.
"I swear, all the soul beasts I have used have no wisdom and will at all, and they have even undergone special concoction at the embryonic stage, and at the beginning of brain development, they are prepared to carry human souls, strictly speaking, they have never produced 'souls' at all, just a bunch of flesh and blood composed of cells, and tools composed of parts, there is no difference.
"And for those beings who have awakened their wisdom, know who they are, and have free will and 'souls', whether they are humans, rats, abyssal beasts, or you, whether they are friends or foes, I have never thought of stifling your free will and devouring your souls.
"I think this is the bottom line of human nature, and I am willing to do my best to fight for this bottom line, and I will never let your evil dream succeed!"
"It's so beautiful, if I had my hands now, I couldn't help but applaud you."
The national teacher said coldly, "So, what about Dr. Virus, his evil experiments and wanton manipulation of the soul have already broken through all the bottom lines of human nature, and what qualifications does he have to be a human being?" β
"As I said earlier, even among human beings, there are people with beast hearts, pigs and dogs who are not as well-dressed as beasts, and the Celestial Organization is a collection of these scum huddling together for warmth, whether it is Dr. Virus or other members of the Celestial Organization, they are not qualified to live as human beings."
Chu Ge said, "National Teacher, if your ideal is to become a person like Dr. Virus, I will stop you at all costs!" β
"Ha, haha, that's a good point, the Celestial Organization is all crazy and demonic like Dr. Virus, and naturally it is not enough to follow suit."
The national teacher laughed, and the black mist around his soul became more and more treacherous, and he said mysteriously, "So, I don't know if the abyssal giant beast is considered a 'higher life with wisdom and free will', and whether a lieutenant colonel of the regular army of the Earth Alliance is qualified to act as a model for mankind?" β
Chu Ge was slightly stunned: "National Teacher, what do you mean?" β
"Nothing, just to tell you a little secret."
The national teacher said, "Do you think that Lieutenant Colonel Wu Zhengting took the trouble to deceive the soul of that abyssal giant beast into the body of a little mouse, and then get this little mouse to the underground of Lingshan City?" β
Chu Ge was stunned for a moment, and said: "Didn't the military want this abyssal giant beast to see with his own eyes the fraternity of human beings, the prosperity of the rat clan, and the cooperation between humans and the rat clan, and use this method to relax the vigilance of the abyss giant beast, let it have a deeper understanding of human civilization, enhance its favorability towards us, and then become our ally and help us defend the lifeline of the sea together?" β
"Haha, hahahaha, hahahahaha!"
The national teacher suddenly laughed wildly, his soul almost burst with laughter, it stretched out countless tentacles from the depths of his soul, trembling and pointing at Chu Ge, and said hilariously, "You are so naΓ―ve and cute, Chu Ge, do you really believe in Lieutenant Colonel Wu Zhengting's nonsense, and believe that an organization like the Earth Army, which takes killing as its vocation, will take great pains to create a 'model of peace', and use such a complex and uncertain method to win the favor of a monster?" β
"This ......"
Chu Ge was speechless for a while.
The words of the national teacher ruthlessly tore apart the mystery in his heart, making Lieutenant Colonel Wu Zhengting's lie, which is actually not difficult to see, mottled and fragmented.
"Let me tell you, the truth is not at all what Lieutenant Colonel Wu Zhengting said, what 'friendly visit', 'model of peace', 'hope to form a deep friendship with the abyss beast, and fight side by side in the ocean and the deep sea as allies'."
The national teacher said coldly, "The truth is actually very simple, from the moment you locked on the abyss giant beast and found that its IQ was not high, and it was just a child, the military, that's right, the peace-loving, justice-loving, and light-defending military of the Earth Alliance decided to destroy its soul, seize its body, and completely put it under its own control."
"In other words, from the very beginning, your military wanted to 'take' this abyssal beast, yes, exactly what I was doing."
"What!"
Chu Ge's heart was shocked.
"Why, don't you believe it? I don't have any proof, but if you think about it a little bit, you should know that this is the only correct answer. β
The national teacher sneered, "Your military, especially the crow troops led by Lieutenant Colonel Wu Zhengting, are not good men and women who eat fasting and recite Buddha, let alone encounter abyssal beasts that are 'not of my race, and their hearts will be different'.
"Rather than cautiously approaching it, slowly winning its favor, negotiating various terms with it, making it agree to cooperate with the military, and risking that one day it will turn its face for various reasons...... No matter how you think about it, this is a program that is completely undesirable to the military.
"For the military, who are accustomed to solving problems with the most simple and crude methods and cutting through the mess quickly, it is impossible for them to tolerate such a super uncontrollable factor, and it is simply the military's instinct to dangle under their noses and on the lifeline all the time, destroying the soul of the abyssal giant beast and seizing its body.
"It just so happens that although this abyssal beast has an independent soul, because of its growth environment, its wisdom has not yet matured, and it is still an innocent and very deceitful child.
"So, your military lured it all the way to the outer waters of Lingshan City, and tricked its soul into the body of a little mouse with clever words, and then secretly sent this little mouse into the underground of Lingshan City, ready to severely damage its soul here, waiting for an opportunity to seize its body.
"In other words, while Dr. Virus is secretly digging his traps, your military is also sneaking up their traps, but unfortunately, both Dr. Virus and the military are fools with rat eyes, and they all end up cocooning themselves and burying themselves in their own holes."
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Chu Ge had nothing to say.
Although he wanted to refute the national teacher loudly, recalling the expression on his face when Lieutenant Colonel Wu Zhengting and himself explained the so-called truth, Chu Ge had to admit regretfully that perhaps the truth of the national teacher's version was closer to the confusing truth.
"You believe it, don't you?"
The soul of the national teacher and Chu Ge is deeply entangled, and Chu Ge's every move cannot escape its perception.
Sensing Chu Ge's hesitation, it laughed both proudly and rampantly, "So, put away your clichΓ©s about the 'bottom line of human nature'!" If it is said that regular soldiers who are supposed to represent the bottom line of human nature can arbitrarily invade or even take the souls of other intelligent beings, and even design to deceive a monster whose IQ is equivalent to that of an innocent child, then where is the so-called 'bottom line of human nature'?
"Admit it, the bottom line of human nature is that there is no bottom line, that is, in order to survive, you can do anything, from this point of view, there is no essential difference between Lieutenant Colonel Wu Zhengting and Dr. Virus, there is no essential difference between the Earth Alliance and the Celestial Organization, good people and bad people, good dogs and bad dogs, they are all the same, we are all unscrupulous beasts in order to survive!
"I don't feel that I am much more evil than Lieutenant Colonel Wu Zhengting, since even a guy like him who has no bottom line can become a lieutenant colonel of the Earth Army and fight for human civilization, why can't I, well, why can't I!"