Devouring Stars: Master of Evolution

Chapter 401 A World of Misery

"If this is the case in the 1008 advanced cosmic nations, do you know what it's like in the secret realms of the universe?"

Qin Mu looked at Luo Feng and sneered.

They appear to be a technologically advanced human race, possessing interstellar warships, a world encompassing a virtual universe network covering the entire cosmos, and ruling over 1008 advanced cosmic nations, countless secret realms, and billions of star fields.

The universe is governed by the most backward feudal slave system!

How ridiculous!

In theory, reaching the planetary level in the 1008 Advanced Universe Nation would grant one the status of a cosmic citizen and the protection of the law.

Those below the planetary level are not considered citizens; they are natural slaves who can be captured and hunted at will.

Isn't that cruel?

But they are not the worst off.

As long as they can leave the planet and make contact with the universe, even slaves can still obtain cultivation methods by logging into the virtual universe network and strive for that tiny chance.

After all, there are infinite possibilities in the virtual universe network.

But what about in the secret realms of the universe?

Worse!

There is no virtual universe network!

Only by becoming cosmic-level can one possibly make contact with the outside world!

Ordinary people from lower-class bloodlines might have a sliver of hope of becoming planetary-level beings through diligent cultivation.

Can it be cosmic-level?

This is simply a dream!

Humans of lower bloodlines in the secret realms of the universe, unless they encounter extraordinary opportunities, have almost no chance of reaching the cosmic level.

In advanced universe nations, powerful entities like Virtual Universe Corporation at least determine a range based on the strength of the killers, prohibiting excessive killing within that range, otherwise, punishment will be incurred.

For example, the Blood Demon King could conduct low-level Blood Demon Trials, selecting 100 people from a hundred billion planetary level; he could do that.

However, this cannot be done continuously within a single galaxy.

In other words, we need to preserve a small portion of the human race so that they can reproduce...

For immortal beings, time is worthless.

A single seclusion can last for hundreds or thousands of years, and the dead humans can reproduce again.

However, if there is a large-scale massacre, such as a massacre in a galaxy, the Virtual Universe Company will send powerful forces to intervene!

For powerful martial artists, the law is meaningless.

Even when Luo Feng was dealing with the situation, he was only acting based on the education he received in China and his sense of justice, which was driven by his heart.

The Virtual Universe Company issued the mission not because they really intended for Luo Feng to save a certain number of people, but because they wanted to observe his character.

That's it.

As for how many people actually died in the Blood Demon Trial, nobody really cared.

And that's still considered good.

Excluding those areas that were purchased and occupied by the powerful.

Most universe nations still have laws in name only. In the original timeline, Luo Feng was able to protect Earth from the Nolan Mountain family because of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire's laws.

By threatening to become space pirates, they made the Noranshan family back down and dare not openly occupy Earth.

Although for some powerful individuals, the constraints of this law are practically nonexistent, it ultimately allows most humans in the universe to live normal lives.

And what about inside the secret realm?

It was utter chaos!

Ruled by sects and families, the law was virtually nonexistent, and the law of the jungle was even more blatant, with the strong preying on the weak.

"Look, this is the indigenous human tribe that a Chinese exploration team encountered when they entered the Blue Amber Continent."

In this region, there is a sect called the Blood Blade Sect.

The sword techniques they practice require the condensation of malevolent energy.

What is the best way to condense malevolent energy?

Of course it's murder!

A sect whose strongest members were only at the Hengxing level has slaughtered billions of people in just a hundred years!

The purpose was merely to practice swordsmanship and refine the killing intent.

Looking at the Soul Devouring Sect, its strongest member is a Realm Lord, making its threat even more severe.

Like your golden-horned behemoth, they follow the path of devouring.

The difference is that the Golden Horned Beast devours metal, while they devour flesh and souls!

Every year, the number of lives slaughtered through cultivation is no less than 10 billion!

To this end, they enslaved hundreds of kingdoms, conquering a city every so often.

It's like harvesting chives.

Similar sects and forces are countless on the Blue Amber Continent.

As Qin Mu spoke, he casually sent some information that China had collected on the Blue Amber Continent to Luo Feng.

After quickly glancing through some of the materials, Luo Feng's expression visibly turned ugly.

"Whether it's advanced cosmic nations or these forces, they are far stronger than China in terms of history and power!"

However, in terms of civilizational development, it is not as advanced as the Chinese civilization, which has only existed for a few thousand years.

Since they can't do it well, let China do it!

Even if China were to lead, and things were handled poorly, it would still be far better than the current chaotic state.

Qin Mu said in a deep voice.

The information he collected through the insect swarm went far beyond that.

What was shown to Luo Feng was only the relatively less evil part.

Qin Mu sometimes couldn't help but wonder, how could people be so vicious?

Qin Mu was even quite curious that such a human race could become one of the six top races.

In addition to the appearance of the Primordial Ancestor, which suppressed billions of races with absolute power, cultivated many powerful Universe Lords, and created the Virtual Universe as a super cheat code.

After carefully examining the matter, Qin Mu discovered that the human race actually did a relatively good job in this regard.

As one of the six top races, the Mechanical Race, which is known as the most united and technologically advanced, is actually a completely pyramid-shaped slave society.

Essentially, they were all slaves of the Machine God.

So no matter how this group develops, it will remain the same, because their most basic logic is actually to recognize a master!

Even the ruler of the universe is no exception.

The demon race is even more chaotic. Although it is called a race, it is actually an alliance formed to fight against other races. Internally, the most primitive bloodline is still the most important.

In essence, it was still a slave society.

The Prison Clan is even more extreme, with an extremely chaotic internal structure. They adopt a laissez-faire strategy and often secretly instigate conflicts to cultivate strong individuals, leading to bloody massacres within the clan.

In some cases, entire races within a single ethnic group were even wiped out.

In comparison, apart from the progenitor who led the rise of humanity, the human race has actually done quite well...

All I can say is that this is a world where everyone is trying to be the worst.

The human race is not the worst one.

"I haven't paid much attention to China's development over the years."

But my brother and Xu Xin also told me. They really did a great job.

It not only abolished slavery, vigorously developed science and technology, and emphasized education, but also purged internal space pirates, corrupt elements, and so on.

Although it has some imperfections, compared to other cosmic kingdoms, it is simply paradise on earth.

"If China could manage it, it would definitely be much stronger than the indigenous forces in these secret realms."

Luo Feng agreed.

"China has indeed done a good job. In fact, it's laughable that after taking over the Black Dragon Mountain Empire, China originally planned to take drastic measures and even prepared to completely amend the laws."

However, after careful study, the Chinese leadership discovered that the laws of the Black Dragon Mountain Empire were extremely rigorous.

There are detailed regulations for handling each aspect.

Unfortunately, most of these legal provisions are just that – provisions!

Especially when facing powerhouses at the cosmic level or above, such as domain lords and world lords, they almost become a joke.

Therefore, in the early stages of their development, I allocated a group of Zerg world lords to them.

They carried out a major purge within the Black Dragon Mountain Empire.

If the original laws are then strictly enforced, things will naturally develop.

Thinking about all that, Qin Mu was speechless.

For the human race, with the virtual universe as a game-breaking weapon, doing anything they want is incredibly easy.

It's just a matter of whether you're willing to do it!

The reason for this is that in the universe, strength reigns supreme.

Including virtual universe companies, almost all powerful entities don't care about ordinary humans who are weak.

Whether it's the Cosmic Genius Battle or the battles in the Giant Axe Arena, the purpose is to select geniuses.

Under these circumstances, Qin Mu could not change things on his own.

This is a physical problem affecting the entire human population.

He nurtured and supported China, enabling it to develop and grow stronger, so that the matured China could solve its problems.

Compared to one person patrolling and killing everywhere, using one person's power to deter.

It would be far better to establish a society with legal rules, and then strictly enforce those rules.

Of course, Qin Mu was also well aware of this.

Even if China were to grow strong enough to rule the Qianwu Universe Kingdom and even the entire human race in the future, it would still be impossible to prevent certain dark events from occurring.

However, as long as there is the supervision of the swarm network, the seed of genes, and low-level bio-armor, at least the lower-level humans can have a path to upward mobility.

At the same time, we should try our best to avoid meaningless large-scale killings like the Blood Demon Trial.

The Chaos City Lord and the Giant Axe Founder, among other high-ranking humans, were aware of Qin Mu's desire to change the格局 (geju, a concept encompassing the overall structure and structure) of the human race.

Qin Mu did not hide this fact. From the moment he proposed the Human Gene Ascension Plan and the Low-Level Embroidery Plan, the higher-ups of humanity were aware of Qin Mu's thoughts.

They weren't particularly supportive of Qin Mu's idea, but they didn't oppose it either.

They led the human race out of the early days of the primordial universe, an era of billions of races vying for supremacy, and they have little understanding of the social structure and systems of human races in the universe.

Because in the past, before the rise of humankind, the situation was many times worse than this.

Their consistent approach is to cultivate geniuses amidst hardship.

The people in the Universe Kingdom are alright; they have considerable potential.

They didn't care about the fact that it was extremely difficult for humans in the cosmic secret realm and divine kingdom to become immortals and venerable beings.

Even with changes in the genetic material, habits formed over millions of years are difficult to change.

Although Qin Mu holds a high position among the human race, his strength is too weak, and it is unrealistic to forcibly change their mindset.

However, this might not be a bad thing for Qin Mu.

After gaining control of the Eastern Peak Secret Realm from his teacher, the Lord of Chaos City, Qin Mu could act as he pleased, given the indifference of the human elites.

The development of China involved agriculture and other aspects.

On the other hand, Qin Mu plans to use the swarm network to create a second world comparable to a virtual universe network!

Through the inheritance space, he has initially built a small network, but the number of special life forms and immortal humans who have received the inheritance is still too small.

But with the countless humans in this secret realm as a foundation, a vast mental network, comparable to a virtual universe, was completely created by the Zerg swarm through implantation.

Once this network is truly established and operational, the wisdom, understanding of laws, and secret practices of the entire human race, and even the entire primordial universe and the life forms of the cosmic sea, will all be transformed into the foundation of the insect swarm!

Compared to this, the inheritance space is nothing.

……

"These things can't be changed overnight; let's take it slowly."

Once we are stronger and have a real voice, it will be easy for us to make changes.

If one could reach the level of the founder of the Great Axe, a single sentence would be enough to abolish slavery throughout the entire human race…

Seeing that Luo Feng was deep in thought, Qin Mu interrupted him.

"Yes! We're only realm lords right now, it's really too far ahead of us to be thinking about these things."

Luo Feng's heavy expression relaxed a little, and he said.

"Now, we have only completed the cultivation of the human form. Next is the Golden Horned Beast."

Compared to its human form, the Golden Horned Beast's body is far more complex.

It takes decades of cultivation to complete the genetic transformation.

The cultivation of the Nine Tribulations Secret Manual is not the same. The higher the genetic level, the more complex it is, the more difficult it is to cultivate, and the longer it will take.

"No rush! Once the Golden Horned Beast completes its transformation, I can also help you increase your power by about a thousand times."

By then, your Nine Netherworld clone should be almost fully formed.

Compared to your other clones, the Nine Nether clone is truly defying the heavens!

Unfortunately, you obtained your clone a little too early. Jia Yi, Hong, and Lei Shen are already nurturing their Nine Netherworld clones and Tree of Life clones.

Without the blessing of this nameless secret manual, you would have suffered a great loss.

Qin Mu smiled.

"Haha, they used to envy me for having a clone, but now I'm a little envious of them."

The Tree of Life and the Nine Nether Seas are both top-tier avatars.

Compared to them, my Golden Horned Beast is far inferior to the Demon Slayer Clan.

Luo Feng laughed upon hearing this.

They had all agreed to go into the outer battlefield together for training, but because Qin Mu successfully developed the clone talent, everyone was busy nurturing clones, so they wouldn't be coming out at this time.

"If it weren't for my clone, I wouldn't have been able to achieve a better ranking in the Genius Battle back then. I might have been eliminated then and wouldn't have been able to enter the core of the Virtual Universe Company."

Needless to say, what happened afterward...

Luo Feng also sighed.

The two discussed matters concerning China, and soon resumed their cultivation, causing the golden-horned beast's avatar to begin its transformation.

Qin Mu focused all his energy on studying the "Nine Tribulations Secret Manual" and stopped paying attention to the changing world.

His time is very tight.

When Luo Feng transformed the Nine Nether Sea through the "Nine Tribulations Secret Manual," it was time to reap the rewards of his many schemes.

(End of this chapter)