Douluo Continent: This Tang San is different

Chapter 320 Gu Yuena gave up thinking...

After packing the books, Tang San took Gu Yuena and left the second floor, continuing up the stairs to the third floor.

The third floor is also a library.

Therefore, Tang San did not look closely and continued upwards with Gu Yuena. The fourth, fifth and so on, up to the twelfth floor, were all libraries, but the number of books decreased and the space for storing soul tools increased, ranging from level two to level nine soul tools.

Gu Yuena filled the Golden Rope Treasure Pouch with some items, especially the glittering soul tools, accepting them all without hesitation.

From the thirteenth floor to the twenty-fourth floor, the space is used for rest, living, and research, and includes a canteen, kitchen, living room, bedroom, laboratory, and so on.

But there is no toilet.

It wasn't that the people living inside the Golden Tree didn't need to use the toilet, but rather that public toilets were built around the edge of the Golden Tree to prevent harmful substances from human excrement from polluting it.

It's fair to say that back then, everyone who wanted to use the restroom had to leave the Golden Tree first...

From the twenty-fifth floor onwards, and finally to the thirty-sixth floor, each floor is a vast space, equivalent to an unformed plane in the process of being conceived.

Tang San, who controlled the Golden Ancient Tree, knew that these twelve layers were the truly precious places. As long as this original Golden Ancient Tree continued to grow, one day, at some point in the future, it would be able to take root in the endless void, absorb dimensional energy from the universe, continuously strengthen the Douluo Continent world, and nurture these twelve demi-planes into a true miniature universe plane.

For the Golden Ancient Tree to nurture a true miniature universe, only the first-generation tree species that grows from seeds can do so. Golden Ancient Trees that grow from cuttings can only be considered second-generation and no longer have the ability to nurture a universe.

In addition, the first generation of tree species must not be disturbed too much during the gestation period. That is, it cannot be uprooted and planted in another place. Doing so will cause the unformed demiplane to be destroyed, and the entire tree will consume a great deal of its essence, and may even be unable to gestate a new demiplane space.

However, as the Golden Tree grows, its roots may penetrate into the void of space, potentially revealing the dimensional coordinates of the Douluo Continent and causing other races in the universe to invade Douluo Star.

It is both an opportunity and a challenge.

A more conservative person might forgo the twelve demiplanes nurtured by the Tree of Life and instead replant the Golden Tree in a different location, hoping to ensure a longer period of stability for Douluo Star.

But Tang San felt it was best to let things take their natural course. Fortune and misfortune are always intertwined; there is no such thing as peace and stability.

The greatest hymn to humankind is courage!

If you lack courage, you are just a weed hindering the development of civilization. You can just crush it and die because you deserve it!

Besides, this golden ancient tree is now his property, or even another body. Anyone who dares to harm it will be destroyed!

These thoughts suddenly popped into Tang San's mind, and he immediately snapped back to reality, shaking his head vigorously. He thought to himself, "No, why would I have such thoughts? I haven't reached that level... Could it be that even if I don't use those three heads and six arms of greed, anger, and ignorance, they will still influence my thinking and arouse my evil thoughts at all times? If so, then I can't be too active in thinking about problems in the future, or I should try to think more objectively."

Seeing Tang San remain silent, Gu Yuena asked in confusion, "Aren't you going up?"

"The top twelve levels are all demiplanes born from this golden ancient tree. Although there are living spaces around the edge of the trunk, there's really nothing to see there." Tang San explained the situation briefly before preparing to take Gu Yuena down to the twelfth level and below to see if there was a way to avoid the mecha guards.

"A demiplane?" Gu Yuena muttered. "The Golden Ancient Tree actually has such abilities? That's amazing. If we can take it down, it might become a place where soul beasts can live peacefully in the future."

Tang San suddenly said, "Born in hardship, die in comfort."

Gu Yuena pouted, clearly unhappy, and said, "How can you say that? I just want my soul beast people to have a safe and peaceful place to live."

"I think that if you want to achieve this goal, you first need to eliminate all other creatures besides soul beasts." Tang San shook his head. "And even if you succeed, you still have to consider the internal competition... Speaking of which, you soul beasts also prey on each other, right? You can't change that. Soul beasts will always be the ones oppressed by intelligent creatures like humans, because your unity is only superficial, or rather, limited to the batch of 100,000-year-old soul beasts. So in terms of population... in terms of animal population, you are at a natural disadvantage, not to mention in terms of thinking."

"Soul beasts are very smart, okay?" Gu Yuena said angrily.

"I didn't say that soul beasts are stupid. It's just that you've lived in human society for a few years now, so you should be aware of the difference between soul beasts and humans, right? Soul beasts are used to the power contained in their bodies and lack human creativity... or rather, they're used to the lifestyle they've developed over thousands of years and don't strive for progress."

Tang San explained in detail some of the differences between soul beasts and humans: "This is the difference between soul beasts and humans. It's about whether they are content with the status quo or they transform the environment to suit their own survival. Two attitudes, two choices."

"Of course, it's not necessarily true that the human way is superior. The ultimate goal is survival. Perhaps one day we humans will bring about our own demise, while the soul beasts will still be alive and well."

"But I think that even if humans disappear, some soul beasts will inevitably choose to evolve into human form, thus causing the human species to reappear in this world."

"However, the most likely scenario is that the soul beasts had already disappeared before humans committed any reckless acts."

Gu Yuena was startled, and couldn't help but worry about the future of the soul beast.

After all, what Tang San said was true. Soul beasts do not have the same intelligence as humans, or rather, they do not have the creative ability of humans. They are content with the status quo. Even when they go out to explore, they just fly around the world and do not take a close look at the environment of those places. In fact, once they encounter danger in a certain place, they will never go back.

But humanity will continue to explore until it conquers that region.

This is the gap.

Even if future human soul masters can advance without soul beasts' soul rings, the increasing human population will inevitably squeeze the living space of soul beasts.

That's a struggle for survival!

Of course, coexistence is also possible, where soul beasts become dependent on humans, becoming tamed pets like ordinary cats, dogs, and parrots. However, soul beasts are untamed and difficult to subdue. Only a very small number of soul beasts with extremely weak bloodlines can be tamed by humans. For the rest of the soul beasts to be tamed, it would probably only be possible after she, the Silver Dragon King, becomes a Dragon God and can subdue all the soul beasts…

Ok?

Why would she think that way?

Gu Yuena pondered, wondering if her thought patterns were becoming more and more human-like rather than soul beast-like.

It's clear that the spirit beasts are his subjects!

However, in the human world, there are many delicious, fun, and beautiful things. Although there are also those with ill intentions, there are also those who are selfless.

Soul beasts do not have the concept of "selflessness". Perhaps Di Tian and others might go through fire and water for her, but that is because they are ferocious beasts with intelligence no less than humans. The vast majority of soul beasts aged ten thousand years or less are completely controlled by their bloodline instincts. Their first reaction when encountering danger is to run away.

Moreover, the environment of the Star Dou Great Forest has remained unchanged for thousands or even tens of thousands of years, making it extremely arid.

Of course, more importantly, Tang San isn't in the Star Dou Great Forest...

Ugh, so annoying!

Gu Yuena brainstormed for a while, but then got restless and decided to give up.

Anyway, I'm just a clone; let the main body handle it...

Half a day later, Tang San, Gu Yuena, Yu Tianheng, and Dugu Yan gathered in the lobby on the first floor of the Golden Ancient Tree. The two of them were covered with storage soul tools, having reaped a rich harvest.

"How do we get out now?" Yu Tianheng stared at the gate, where a tall mecha stood, blocking the entrance. From the hall, all he could see were its steel legs, but he estimated that it was at least twenty meters tall.

Moreover, inside the hall, Yu Tianheng used his electromagnetic overclocking ability to unleash his fourth soul skill, Blue Lightning Divine Dragon Swift, condensing an electromagnetic tyrannical cannon to attack the steel thigh.

But the lightning was absorbed the instant the electromagnetic tyrannosaurus cannon hit the steel, and could not cause any damage.

"According to the information on the tenth floor, these mechs will only follow certain procedures. As long as we hold a piece of the Golden Ancient Tree plank or a branch, they will not attack us. This is because the program is set so that they cannot harm the Golden Ancient Tree in the slightest. Even just a branch or leaf will trigger their prohibition command."

After Tang San finished speaking, he proposed a second method: "Besides that, we can obtain the authority over those mechs and become their new masters."

"There are two ways: either defeat a giant mech at full power in a one-on-one battle, or answer the mech's questionnaire correctly."

The Golden Civilization chose its successors in a simple way: through both literary and martial skills.

The "written" part refers to answering the questionnaire correctly. According to relevant information, those one hundred questions are not all related to soul guidance knowledge, but also include humanities, geography, astronomy, mathematics, chemistry, physics, and so on.

Martial arts is a one-on-one duel, except that it involves fighting against giant mechs, and the mechs in full power mode are equivalent to a peak Douluo of level 99!

The materials used in this mech are at least forged to the highest level, making it a true steel body. It possesses intelligent combat AI and weapons of mass destruction, enabling it to conduct carpet bombing fire coverage.

Tang San estimated that unless it was a power of overwhelming strength like that of a god, challenging it would be like lighting a lamp in the toilet—courting death.

These two things were also the basic requirements for the Golden Civilization to select its successors.

If all the intelligent AIs of those mechs were integrated together, it would be the most precious treasure left behind by the Golden Civilization: the Golden Heart. It would be similar to the intelligent light brain in the science fiction novels that Tang San had read in his previous life, containing all the research data and achievements of the Golden Civilization, including the data that the surviving members handed over to the Dragon God for destruction.

It can only be said that the Dragon God is ignorant of technology and ruthless techniques...

(End of this chapter)