Swallowing the Stars: I, the New Master of Babata

It sounds very unfair... Dong Qing possesses the personal strength to overthrow all rules and constraints. The so-called balance and restraint, even breathing restrictions, are limited to Dong Qing's own morality.

But the real world is inherently unfair. Without Dong Qing, the second strongest being in the world, who single-handedly suppressed the Beast King, the five great nations and the HR Alliance would have had no chance to unite.

Divide and conquer.

That's certainly good.

But they face the Limitless Martial Arts School and the Thunder Martial Arts School, and even the King-level monsters that are scattered all over the world.

The influence of the five major countries and the HR alliance is visibly fading away little by little.

to be honest.

It's not that Dongqing needs the five major countries and the HR alliance.

Instead, it is the five major countries and the HR alliance that need Dongqing.

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Global virtual network, virtual reality live streaming.

Thanks to Dongqing's strong support for virtual reality technology, billions of people worldwide, the vast majority of whom never had the opportunity to become formal martial artists, now have the chance to use civilian versions of virtual reality technology.

Dong Qing himself may not realize it, but in the hearts of ordinary people, he holds an extraordinary position. Especially after the five major powers and the HR Alliance did their best to help Dong Qing make a name for himself, ordinary people who didn't know much about Dong Qing before were instantly captivated.

No one told them that the virtual reality technology was supported by Dongqing back then.

Virtual reality technology has thus transformed from being the exclusive domain of martial artists into something available to the general public.

No one told them that although Dongqing had always been stationed in the Yunnan-Guizhou-Sichuan base city, he was not welded to it. Dongqing had silently contributed to the end of each beast tide.

No one told them that Dong Qing had repeatedly proposed laws and regulations to restrain martial artists worldwide during the Supreme Council of the War God Palace, which greatly reduced the humiliation and exploitation of ordinary people by martial artists.

"Is this a King-level monster?"

"The Beast King of Ailao Mountain?"

"This is outrageous! Why would there be such a cowardly beast king?"

"So what? That turtle flipped over belly-up before too!"

"What do you mean by 'turning belly up'? That means surrendering, admitting defeat because you can't win."

"As expected of the Azure Emperor, this bear is almost getting a concussion from kowtowing so much."

Ordinary people might just be watching the spectacle.

The martial artist saw a completely different picture.

If Dongqing hadn't given others the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities and compete for cultivation resources and personal honor...

In fact, there was no need to start the Battle of Ailao Mountain at all; Dong Qing alone could have leveled Ailao Mountain.

But what if Dongqing really chooses to do that?

Then, is there any meaning to human existence?

Some people may not understand.

In fact, this is easy to understand.

This is because it reflects the human psychology of being needed—being needed by family, friends, and life itself. Only when one is needed does one have value.

Being recognized and needed is the highest form of spiritual nourishment for humankind. Being needed is the best proof that a person is alive and exists.

Although Dongqing has never said that he no longer needs the human collective, as his individual strength increases, the humans themselves will begin to doubt their own necessity to Dongqing.

The battle at Ailao Mountain is the best proof that Dong Qing only asked the five major powers and the HR Alliance to arrange some people to handle trivial matters, and incidentally used his own identity to mobilize some martial artists.

However, now the war machines of the five major powers are running at full speed.

I must prove my indispensability to Dong Qing.

Hong has the Limitless Martial Arts School, Thor has the Thunder Martial Arts School, and Dong Qing must also have the ties of the Earth Defense Organization, the Chairman of the Planetary Security Defense Council, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Space Force.

Only with bonds can there be feelings; only with feelings can one avoid being easily abandoned. Otherwise, if one's personal strength exceeds worldly understanding, all that will ultimately be received from others is indifference and alienation.

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A shift in perspective.

In Ailao Mountain.

Dong Qing pondered for about ten minutes before finally deciding to give these beast kings a chance.

The colossal hand that was about to strike the two beast kings hovered steadily above their heads.

the reason is simple.

Dong Qing's perspective has long since shifted away from Earth. From the day he established the Planetary Security Defense Council, his gaze has been fixed on the vast and boundless universe.

These beast kings, though monsters, are also native species of Earth. In fact, from a genetic perspective, they were all born from Mother Earth and are of the same lineage.

To give a simple example.

The genome similarity between humans and chimpanzees is approximately 98%–99%, between humans and dogs is approximately 95%, and between humans and mice is approximately 85%.

Even though they share about 50% genetic similarity with bananas, because they both share the gene sequences required for basic cellular life activities, fundamentally, all species on Earth come from a common ancestor.

However, with natural evolution, countless branches have emerged.

But the genetic sequences of extraterrestrial races outside of Earth are completely different.

Long ago.

Scientists in the field of biological genetics from five major countries.

This defined all eukaryotic life on Earth.

All life originates from the same source.

Evolutionary differentiation.

All eukaryotic organisms on Earth share a single genetic code.

It's just that the differences arose from the natural evolution of genes after birth.

Since Dongqing has decided to leave Earth and lead humanity towards the vast and unknown stars.

Dong Qing felt there was no need to exterminate the Earth's monsters, thus causing uncontrollable extinctions of Earth's native species.

Furthermore, that is...

The extermination of a race is far less profitable than the complete conquest of one.

Since the Earth monsters are willing to acknowledge humanity's dominant position, it's not unreasonable for them to stay.

If, in humanity's journey toward the stars, someone were to be able to control these exceptionally gifted monsters, it would undoubtedly be a great help.

It saves a lot of time and resources, allowing us to truly establish ourselves in this universe before other races and civilizations can react.

As for the backlash...

Unless Earth is the only planet left in the entire universe, and all other extraterrestrial races have died out.

No joke.

Instead of worrying about Earth monsters turning on humanity, we should worry about aliens enslaving us.

Of course.

Objective problems still exist.

For example, the issue of mutual recognition.

Human beings can fight to the death because of differences in nationality and skin color.

Earth monsters and Earth humans will inevitably clash in terms of physical form.

If only Earth's monsters could also transform into human form like the mythical beasts.

Many conflicts of identity and cognition can be avoided as much as possible.

Thinking about this...

Dong Qing felt it was really necessary to study Earth's monsters properly.

Let's study the innate secrets that evolved from their own bloodline.

We are all of the same origin.

It's just evolutionary differentiation.

If we could understand the innate secrets that evolved from the bloodlines of Earth's monsters.

Humanity might even experience an explosive evolution because of these innate talents and secret techniques.

After all, what humans excel at most is learning.

Once learned, it becomes part of humanity's own heritage.

"Little fox, stop wagging your tail! It's about to break!"

"Little brown bear, stop kowtowing. Aren't you afraid of getting a concussion?"

Using his powerful mental energy, Dong Qing forcefully entered the depths of the consciousness of the nine-tailed fox that kept wagging its tail and the iron-backed bear that was kowtowing violently.

During this process, Dongqing also took the opportunity to dispel the real illusion created by the Nine-Tailed Fox, freeing the Fire Maiden Fal from the mental illusion and preventing her from continuing to destroy the environment.

"Your Majesty, what am I doing...?"