Damn, I turned into a monster

Chapter 229, Section 227: That was a long time ago.

Today, Wei Yiyi learned something: everyone has their own little quirks that they're not good at showing off.

But some people are different; they seem to have no sense of shame and don't bother to hide this quirk from others.

But for some reason, despite having only met Wang Wu by chance and not even being very familiar with him, she stayed outside the carriage for a full hour.

Midway through the journey, the carriage curtain was lifted, and she saw it too…

It can only be said that the life of the nobility was indeed utterly absurd. No wonder so many people wanted to become nobles, or at least members of those powerful and influential families.

Because of human beings' most primal desires, because of human nature.

They possess power and wealth, and therefore, people born into such families are often able to act with even greater impunity.

Although given the level of governance in the Chu state, it was unlikely that such a thing as a noble family's son disregarding human life would happen near the capital, the tricks they could pull off were far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

Although Wang Wu arrived outside Yingdu quite early, he didn't enter the city until almost night.

There were some unexpected circumstances that caused a delay, but it was nothing serious, as the matter has been resolved.

After resolving the problem, Wang Wu entered Yingdu alone. The female cultivator who had accompanied him earlier left in a hurry because the journey had been delayed for too long.

As for the noblewoman from Chu who caused him to delay for so long, Wang Wu took revenge on her severely and humiliated her, letting this woman know that even if he was a monster, he was not someone she could humiliate at will.

Men, no, male demons, all have dignity, and those who trample on and sweep away their dignity will surely suffer their merciless revenge.

Sometimes, traveling alone can be a pretty good thing.

Yes, Wang Wu is on summer vacation now. Although it's not summer yet, that doesn't matter, he's on summer vacation anyway.

Back when he was still on Earth, he often fantasized about going on a trip as soon as he had a break after getting a job, but unfortunately, he had already transmigrated before he could find a job.

Although he had graduated from university some time ago, he was still staying at home, relying on his parents and playing video games while waiting to pass the exams, instead of looking for a job.

That period of time is not far from now, but for some reason, in Wang Wu's memory, it seems like a very, very long time has passed.

Many of his past experiences on Earth were not blurred; in fact, they were clearer than when he first arrived here. As his cultivation level increased, he could even clearly recall the scene of his birth.

But Wang Wu didn't dwell on it too much, because it wasn't a pleasant experience. With his body strengthened and his cultivation level elevated, everything he could feel when recalling that memory was different.

A heavy body, murky air, and a world that is too fragile.

Even though a newborn's body should theoretically be the most vibrant, in Wang Wu's eyes, that body was so lifeless and so heavy.

This is the chasm between the extraordinary and the ordinary; the Wang Wu of today is worlds apart from the Wang Wu of the past.

However, this does not mean that Wang Wu is unaware that he is no longer the person he used to be; such doubts about self-awareness would not arise in someone like him.

Moreover, even ordinary Earthlings in their hometowns experience constant cell replacement throughout their lives, except for a few cells.

In the local dialect, people are like the Ship of Theseus, constantly being replaced and renewed over time. Of course, some cells cannot be replaced indefinitely, so this analogy isn't entirely accurate.

However, after Wang Wu reached the complete realm, he had indeed completely transformed his entire body from the inside out, including not only the cells in his body but also his brain.

After all, the most important step in the fourth-grade complete realm is 'brain restructuring', which means, just like his name, is a process of completely restructuring the brain.

Disassemble, then reassemble.

But this obviously doesn't mean that the current Wang Wu is not the same as the Wang Wu of the past, because after transmigrating, Wang Wu learned about the existence of 'soul'.

As for what the soul is, even on Earth, my master's home planet, there isn't a very good understanding of it. Past human empires did explore this topic to some extent, but people quickly stopped paying attention to it.

Because what the soul is was not important to the old human empire, and manipulating souls was not something that the people of the old human empire were interested in.

They don't have much of a pursuit of life and death, or rather, immortality or eternal life, which is very different from the human civilization in Wang Wu's hometown.

They do not pursue so-called 'eternity', nor do they make much effort to transcend civilization, to transcend their original universe, and to go to a wider world.

For their civilization, the greatest meaning of existence is killing—no, war.

From its birth to its demise, violence and destruction were etched into the very genes of this civilization. Of course, some insightful individuals within this civilization were also aware of this problem.

Therefore, when creating the new humans, although the main purpose of creating the new humans was to enable humans to wage war better, the new humans were indeed not as obsessed as the old humans.

However, the new humans are clearly not interested in controlling soul reincarnation and achieving eternal dominance, or rather, they haven't reached the point where they are interested in such things.

After all, although they inherited almost all the means of production from the old human empire, humanity is still in its developmental stage, and many star systems where the new human civilizations reside do not have many resources.

It's not just their star system that lacks resources; the entire universe lacks them.

The overexploitation of the universe by the old humans has made the entire universe's resources scarce, which is undoubtedly fatal for those surviving and emerging civilizations.

Even those star systems that were fortunate enough to escape the flames of war from the old empires were not because the old humans didn't reach them, but simply because there were hardly any resources there.

Lacking resources, they received little attention and narrowly escaped death in the war.

Starfields with existing civilizations may enjoy a period of peace, while waiting for the outside universe to calm down, waiting for the universe, which has been burning fiercely for countless years, to settle down.

For star systems where no civilization has yet emerged, hundreds of millions of years are not enough to make the probability of life arising 100%.

Although the probability of life being born in the universe where the master resides is indeed relatively high, and the probability of forming a civilization is also relatively high, perhaps the civilization there was just lucky.

But overall, it is still low.

However, these ultimate philosophical questions were not something Wang Wu needed to consider. He was just an ordinary person, at best an ordinary person with some muscle. He wouldn't waste even a single brain cell on things that concerned the ultimate fate of human civilization.

In fact, although Wang Wu still has cell-like 'structures' in his body, they are completely different from the life forms of ordinary carbon-based life.

As for what form of life Wang Wu is now, well... there's no need to delve into that question; let's leave it for now.

Continuing on their journey, Wang Wu arrived at the massive city walls of Yingdu, the capital of Chu, just before sunset.

On his journey, he encountered another father and daughter, just like when he first went to Hedong County.

However, unlike that time, Wang Wu's companionship did not arouse any suspicion from the father and daughter, because the aura emanating from him could not possibly be related to any demons or monsters.

Even monsters are quite common in the Chu Kingdom, and they can walk openly on the streets without having to consider the attitudes of the people around them.

Because the people of Chu were very tolerant of monsters, monsters in Chu also had great freedom of movement, basically going wherever they wanted without being stopped.

Of course, a small check will still be conducted when entering the city, mainly to see if they have eaten anyone and how many people they have eaten.

Because of the harmonious relationship between the Chu Kingdom and the demon race, the two sides often mingled together. Under such circumstances, some cooperative relationships that could not be seen in other countries often emerged between the human and demon races.

For example, helping humans dispose of corpses.

It is well known that improper handling of human remains can cause considerable trouble. Both cremation and burial require special treatment before interment.

However, if the disposal of the corpses is left to the monsters, then this problem will be easily solved, and the cost will be very low.

However, for monsters, humans are not a high priority on their diet unless there is absolutely nothing else to eat.

The main reason is that it doesn't taste good; its lack of nutritional value is secondary, except for cultivators.

But what cultivators value most is their human core; as for their physical bodies, those things are definitely not more valuable than the flesh of a demon beast.

It doesn't taste good, I don't like it. But sometimes I can put up with it for the money.

Of course, this is all predicated on freshness. Even scavengers before they transform will still prioritize fresh food after they do.

If conditions weren't so harsh, who would be willing to eat rotten food?
Helping humans dispose of corpses is a very lucrative business, but even so, there aren't many monsters willing to do it.

Unlike other countries, the Chu Kingdom's tolerance towards the demon race led to their high degree of integration with human society, making it extremely easy for them to obtain food.

Since it's so easy to get other foods, especially the foods you like, why would you eat something you don't really like?

And that's when the temptation of profit comes.

Just as some people are willing to eat excrement for money, there are also demons who are willing to hold their noses and dispose of human corpses for profit.

The corpse is handed over to the demon clan who are engaged in the funeral industry by a special corpse driver. The demon clan will then take care of everything and finally put the prepared corpse in a coffin for a grand funeral.

The father in this father-daughter pair was a corpse driver.

Of course, the name sounds quite mysterious, but in reality, it's just a very ordinary job. Well, very ordinary here. Back in my hometown, though, it would certainly have a more mysterious feel.

After all, they really can manipulate corpses.

Although they do not enter the Taoist sect, they can still perform some minor spells. This is what is known as a 'magician' among the human population, a very low-level form of supernatural power, or rather, not even a supernatural power at all.

Because they do not possess any so-called supernatural powers, and their lifespan is no different from that of ordinary humans.

The little girl's father was taking his daughter to Yingdu to visit relatives. According to the corpse driver, he had a son who worked as a clerk in the government of Yingdu and was said to have become a fifth-rank official at a young age.

At this rate, he could officially become an official of the Great Chu Kingdom before he turned forty, and the treatment of an official would be far superior to that of a clerk.

Humans in this world age more slowly, and their average lifespan is also longer, so sixty years old is still considered the prime of life, while only after eighty years old is one considered to have entered old age and their bodily functions begin to decline.

Then, after the age of ninety, their bodies begin to age rapidly, their health deteriorates day by day, and they often die around the age of one hundred.

A forty-year-old official, a commoner official, is indeed considered to have a promising future among ordinary people, only slightly less so than a family that has produced a cultivator.

If one can go further, then one will naturally surpass the lowest level of cultivator and become a prominent figure among ordinary people.

Therefore, when talking about his son, this corpse-driving father's face was filled with pride.

The corpse driver's daughter is very cute. At least children her age are not yet old enough to judge beauty or ugliness. Unless they are horribly ugly, children of this age are generally quite cute.

And this one is no exception.

"Brother Wang, where is that Earth you're talking about?"

On the way, because he was bored and this topic suddenly came to mind, Wang Wu started talking to the little girl and her father about his hometown, leaving the two of them stunned.

Today, most people in the world know that there are other civilizations on their planet, and many of the cultural products of the March people have also arrived here and spread rapidly.

These items were extremely inexpensive and quite entertaining, so they quickly became popular among the lower classes.

The little girl had an instrument hanging around her neck that Wang Wu didn't recognize, but it looked like some kind of communication device, somewhat like a tablet or a mobile phone.

“In a very far place, the stories I am telling are from a long time ago.”

Wang Wu replied with a smile.

(End of this chapter)