Perhaps no one in the world is as perfectly suited to "taking a bullet while lying down" as the alien races of Earth. Whether it was the ecological extinction that occurred in their home world or the millennia of continuous infighting on Earth, for most aliens, it was an undeserved disaster. Hasu felt this even more acutely after hearing the whole story. But ultimately, who should this disaster be attributed to? The Guardian who carried out the ecological extinction? Or the out-of-control divine blood?
These were all victims. Ultimately, all responsibility should rest on the heads of those rebels who assassinated the gods in the first place.
"Why did they kill their own creator?" Hasu asked, puzzled. "What did that goddess do to offend them?"
"Based on the information we have, nothing," Hao Ren shook his head. "The Creator Goddess never restricted any of the species she created. She was engrossed in studying the mysteries of the universe and rarely even actively contacted her creations. We've discovered many ruined civilizations, from which we can roughly determine the Creator Goddess's behavioral patterns. The actions of those god-slayers were entirely one-sided: they simply wanted to kill the god and take their place."
"Incomprehensible..." Hasu frowned, then shook his head. "Are these things all true?"
Hao Ren spread his hands. "What else do you want me to prove? If you really don't believe me, I can find an opportunity to take you to the Dream Plane, but you'll have to sign a non-disclosure agreement first, and after that, you'll have to follow my arrangements. Many things about another universe are still classified."
Hasu smiled wryly and waved his hand. "No, I'm not disbelieving, it's just... well, you know, I'm a stubborn person, and many things aren't so easy to accept. But I'll try to understand these things. If what you say is true, what are you going to do next?"
This time, Vivian spoke up from the side: "We've always wanted to solve the problem of the various races on Earth being in a chaotic melee. The recent weakening of the races' antagonistic senses has given us hope. Now you know that the infighting between the races was a misunderstanding from the beginning. Don't you think we should end this meaningless attrition?"
Hasu slowly stood up, gazing at the calm, silent golden disk, a faint light flickering in his single eye: "Even without the innate antagonistic senses, do you think this war, having developed to this point, can still end peacefully?"
The innate antagonism may have been the beginning of the aliens' infighting, but it was definitely not the driving force behind a war that lasted ten thousand years. War is like a train sliding towards an abyss. Once it starts, the hatred and animosity accumulated in the chaos will become the fuel for this train of death. And when it continues for several generations, the warring parties no longer even care why they were fighting in the first place. When killing and hostility become a habit, their respective races and factions become the only reason for the war. To this extent, the influence of "innate antagonism" has become an unimportant thing.
Even if the antagonistic senses of the various races disappeared, they would still continue to oppose each other. The hatred of generations and the extreme distrust of other races would continue to maintain this situation. This is not something that can be reversed by a few negotiations and the revelation of a little truth.
These things were not only thought of by Hasu. In fact, Hao Ren and Vivian knew this a long time ago. When trying to find out the truth about the innate antagonism, they knew that this ten-thousand-year war would not easily stop because of their actions. Vivian nodded in agreement: "Everyone knows that people die when they are killed, but the killing has never stopped. I know your concerns."
"But the situation is always improving, isn't it?" Hao Ren still had confidence. "Thousands of years ago, would any of you dare to believe that there would be 'heretics' like Amutura among the demon hunters? Hundreds of years ago, would you dare to believe that pure-blooded hunters like Bai Huo, who have no killing instinct, would be born? Decades ago, would you dare to believe that you would be standing on the same front line as an ancient alien like Vivian, carrying out missions together?"
Hasu thought for a moment: "I wouldn't dare to say anything else, but I really dare to believe the last one—the Countess has always been capricious, and who would dare not give her face when she suddenly has a whim to do something? What if she blows up the whole city again because of four potatoes..."
Hao Ren glared: "Be serious, I finally managed to say a parallel sentence—anyway, you understand the general meaning."
"What would happen if these truths were made public to everyone?" At this time, Izhaks suddenly interjected. As a demon, he was still used to simpler and more direct solutions.
As a result, Hasu and Vivian said in unison: "Inappropriate!"
Hasu explained: "The human heart is uncontrollable. The consequences of publicizing these things are too unpredictable. Before the war stops, it will probably first cause even greater chaos. Those who believe and those who don't will stand against each other, and supporters of various schools of thought will start fighting again. Most people will think that this is a conspiracy message spread by the opposing camp, and in the demon hunter camp... I'm afraid someone will really be tied to a pyre after a long absence."
"Just let them tie me to a pyre," Izhaks muttered casually. "Anyway, I'm not afraid of that."
Hasu rarely smiled when he heard Izhaks's muttering: "I never thought that demons would also joke—well, what you said makes sense, the situation is indeed improving, after all, even a stubborn person like me has gotten mixed up with you. Then I will report what I know today to the Council of Elders. I believe they won't be so easily persuaded, but at least... the seed has been planted."
Hao Ren was a little worried: "Speaking of which, if you suddenly say this after going back, won't you really be regarded as a heretic and roasted?"
Hasu didn't care: "No need to worry, as an elder, I still have this right to speak. Amutura has been researching forbidden knowledge for thousands of years and hasn't been judged, has he?"
Vivian reminded leisurely: "It's good that you have confidence, but I think it's unlucky to use Amutura as an example..."
"In any case, let's put this thing away first," Hao Ren noticed that the black pollution on the golden disk had been completely purified by the Celestial Agreement, and walked towards the altar. "By the way, Hasu, you demon hunters don't have any objections to me taking this thing away, right?"
Hasu quickly waved his hand: "The farther away, the better! Who's interested in this thing?"
"Your Council of Elders will definitely be interested. Those old geezers who are idle and think wildly all day will think that this is a valuable research material, and will even blame you for not fighting for the interests of the demon hunter group," Vivian teased Hasu's superiors, and watched Hao Ren put the golden disk into a huge storage container and then into his personal space. "If you want to take this thing back, it's a good thing instead, so I can wait until your Council of Elders dies down a bit before cleaning up the mess. If those most stubborn guys die, everything will be solved."
Faced with the malicious jokes that Vivian was making, Hasu could only respond with a helpless expression. He really didn't want to argue with this ancestor-level figure.
After the golden disk was put into his personal space, all the magic settings in this hall immediately lost their energy supply. As a strange, low-pitched sound came from the sculptures around the hall, Hao Ren felt that the previously thick magic reactions in the surrounding space completely dissipated at once.
Then, according to the method that Vogus had said before, he found the runes on the altar that could reopen the maze door. After Izhaks injected his magic power into the runes, the altar immediately lit up, and a group of magic lines originally arranged on the edge of the base slowly detached from the stone platform and floated into the air, forming the shape of a door. Hao Ren saw Lily's furry tail wagging at the door at first glance.
He stepped out of the door and pinched Lily's tail casually: "Yo, I'm back... hey, don't bite, don't bite!"
Lily was grabbed by the tail from behind, and she immediately turned around and took a bite, gnawing at Hao Ren's arm until golden light burst out. It wasn't until she recognized that it was her landlord that she let go: "Landlord, are you crazy! Don't you know you can't grab someone's tail from behind!"
The exit of the maze was still in that underground refrigeration facility, but the hundreds of Tana people who had been rescued before were nowhere to be seen. Only the demon hunters, Hesperides, and the Anka-tero chieftain Vogus were waiting here. Bai Huo was the first to come up to greet Hasu, followed by Hesperides coming to Vivian: "Is everything over?"
"It's done, it's done," Hao Ren said with a relaxed smile. "The Shadow of Chaos has become history. This time, it's the most thorough seal, and you'll never have to worry about it causing problems again."
Hesperides' first reaction was to look at Vivian. In her mind, the one who should have this ability was this Most Ancient One, so she thought that Vivian had done it, but Vivian just smiled: "It's Hao Ren's power."
Hao Ren rubbed his hands and said politely: "It's nothing, it's nothing, I should thank the organization for its cultivation..."
Lily, who was watching from the side, felt goosebumps all over her tail: "Landlord, your smile is too fake, and you finally did something big, but why are you acting like a puppet of the Japanese invaders..."
After Hao Ren and the others had greeted each other, the Anka-tero chieftain Vogus was the last to come up: "It seems that this disaster has finally come to an end. I thank you on behalf of the surviving members of the Anka-tero family."
Hao Ren came back to his senses. He took a deep look at Vogus, and after a series of thoughts tangled in his heart, they finally turned into a sigh: "Alas... seeing you reminds me that the real trouble has just begun."
Vogus: "Huh?"