Douluo Continent: My Martial Soul is the Ten Ferocious Heavenly Horned Ant

A peasant is a peasant; they should spend their whole life wallowing in the mud.

However, since this alien Dongqing has spoken up, and extraterrestrial civilizations have this basic living allowance, Earth civilization shouldn't lag too far behind in this regard.

After repeated discussions, the five elders decided to pilot the program in the China region, but whether it would be rolled out globally depended on whether Dongqing still remembered the matter.

Based on the Five Elders' understanding of Dong Qing, unless someone reminds him, he most likely doesn't remember this matter, as the people around him are mostly Chinese.

"It's alright. How much are you planning to charge per month?" Dong Qing asked.

"Three hundred RMB a month?" Old Wang asked tentatively.

"To send away a beggar?" Dongqing looked at Old Wang in disbelief.

The atmosphere was getting a little awkward.

Old Li (politics) stepped forward and said, "Xiao Qing, Old Wang was just joking. The basic living allowance has already been agreed upon, three thousand RMB a month."

Are you kidding me?

Nobody knows.

Seeing that 300 RMB a month wouldn't work, and he was even criticized for treating people like beggars, Li Lao [politics] had no choice but to raise the standard tenfold.

In his view.

Three hundred is not enough, three thousand is still not enough?

"Three thousand..."

Dong Qing was speechless. Money was just worthless paper, not a non-renewable resource. Was it so hard to treat one's own people well?

As far as he knew, the basic living allowance in the Heavenly Dou Empire was already over six thousand a month, enough for ordinary people to live comfortably without doing anything.

Furthermore, the purchasing power of the Heavenly Dou Empire far exceeds that of Earth civilization. A basic living allowance of 6,000 per month is roughly equivalent to 40,000 per month in Earth civilization.

It sounds like a lot, but it's actually not much at all.

Once a person has money, and still has the same amount of money every month, most people will spend it, except for a small number who will save it.

Consumption will promote development, and houses in the Heavenly Dou Empire are not as expensive as those in Earth civilization, where they have been maliciously inflated to the point that ordinary people need to pay off their mortgages for a lifetime.

Therefore, these are all living expenses, not real estate purchases that are gone forever. This money is alive, not stagnant water.

As for the so-called "parasite" remarks...

Over the past few decades, the Heavenly Dou Empire has proven through its actions that the "parasite" theory is unfounded.

Compared to parasites, the basic living allowance provides a guarantee of happiness and livelihood, which, apart from war, is the most effective driving force for the development of civilization.

Indeed.

Some people will live off the basic living allowance, doing nothing and just relying on the state to support them.

But even without basic living allowances, those who want to just coast along will still only want to coast along.

People with dreams and ideals will not just drift along on a basic living allowance. It provides them with the most basic security and instead gives them more confidence to pursue their dreams.

Without dreams, they are born to be lazy and wait to die. Depriving them of their basic living allowances and making them fend for themselves is just numbing them with monotonous work.

You can't expect someone who's numb to life, someone who has to do everything in their power just to survive, to pursue dreams they shouldn't even have in the first place.

They struggle to even make ends meet, and to say they aren't working hard enough is just rubbing salt into an already existing wound, only making them gradually lose hope in society.

in contrast.

These people, who are born to be lazy and complacent, without dreams or ideals, might suddenly awaken at any time if given the most basic security.

Perhaps they want to do something extraordinary.

Perhaps they want to learn something they like.

Perhaps they want to invent something entirely new.

But all of this is based on the basic needs of food and clothing. If a person is constantly struggling to make ends meet and trying to survive, then it cannot be blamed on him for being mediocre in his life.

Living is already difficult enough.

What's the point of forcing it?

To know.

No one truly enjoys a life of mediocrity or being ordinary. Many people, in their youth and ignorance, believe they are the protagonists of this world.

But as we grow up, struggling to make ends meet, enduring birth, aging, illness, and death, and doing our utmost to survive, we realize that we are no longer the main characters.

Never compare humans to other species in nature.

Compare the survival experiences of animals and humans to see who has it easier.

The fact that humans are human, and not animals, means that humans should not exhaust their lives for the most basic survival, but should use their limited lives to do things that they feel are meaningful.

Repetitive labor, like a factory cog in a machine.

This is erasing a person's humanity.

................

After half an hour.

Dongqing left the meeting room and bid farewell to the five elders.

He had no interest in discussing matters of human nature with the five elders.

He's not from Earth. If Earthlings are having a hard time, it's none of his business. You can't blame him. You can only blame yourself for not working hard enough. Why can't you do what others can do?

Just kidding...

Dong Qing is not from Earth after all; he, like Di Leina and Du Qiangwei, is an alien.

There are some things he can't control; he can't always advise Earthlings to be kinder to their own people.

He had no stance and no reason.

That's too much to say.

He might end up being the one with ulterior motives, trying to win people over with such means, and in the end, he becomes the one who is disliked by both sides.

Dong Qing is neither stupid nor foolish. He won't do anything that doesn't benefit him. The Super God Universe is just a stopover for him, and he will leave this stopover sooner or later.

.......

Earth, Juxia City.

In a cozy apartment, Dong Qing carried Su Xiaoli as they changed jobs.

"Xiao Li, are you sure you're quitting being a streamer?" Dong Qing asked curiously.

"Why would I want to be a streamer? I'm already a super soldier with a lifespan of thousands of years. I'd never bother with being a streamer," Su Xiaoli said breathlessly.

"So what do you want to do in the future?" Dongqing asked.

"Of course I'll always follow you," Su Xiaoli replied after thinking for a moment.

Honestly.

Su Xiaoli didn't know what she wanted to do. She only became a streamer for money. Now that she had Dongqing, she didn't need money anymore, so she naturally stayed by Dongqing's side.

"If, and I mean if, one day I go to another universe, another world, Little Fox, would you be willing to come with me?" Dong Qing's tone held an indescribable seriousness.

No matter how good the Super God Universe is, he won't stay here forever. His future is destined to be in all the heavens and myriad worlds. He can't stay in one universe until the universe heats up.

Unlike the Qin Dynasty world, Douluo Star, Douluo God Realm, and the 108 lower realms, he doesn't have the ability to devour the entire universe, which is 96 billion light-years wide.

This is a truly vast universe, with stars as numerous as the sands of the Ganges, not to mention planets. At present, Dongqing cannot even take a single bite of a complete universe.

and so.

One day, Dongqing will leave this super-god universe and go to other worlds and other universes; he cannot stay in this super-god universe forever.

“I’m willing. Even if you go to hell, I’ll follow you. But you can’t abandon me.” Su Xiaoli bit Dongqing’s ear, proving herself with her actions.

She's not afraid of hardship, she's just afraid of being abandoned.

The reason she is all alone is because she was abandoned by her parents long ago.

An irresponsible father and a mother who is a mistress—nobody cares about her.

Because of these childhood experiences, Su Xiaoli longs for a great and true man, a responsible man, a man who will never abandon her.

"I never abandon."

Dong Qing didn't say anything more about vows or promises. His simple five words revealed his clear conscience. He was never the kind of man who would abandon his responsibilities after changing jobs.

Even with a wicked woman like Liang Bing, he never said he would distance himself from her.

If an angel wants to cause trouble for his woman, he should be the first one to go after her.

Perhaps that's why.

That's why Liang Bing indulges Dong Qing so much. Even though she doesn't like men by nature, she still goes along with Dong Qing's every whim when he changes jobs.

.............

Half a day has passed.

Dark Nebula, Styx Civilization, Death Song Academy.

Death Song Academy was as dark and silent as ever, with only the desolate figure of Death God Karl, who was contacting former alumni of the Super God Academy.

The Super God Academy was founded by the Divine River Civilization, but with the destruction of the Divine River Civilization, the Super God Academy gradually disappeared, which is why he created the Death Song Academy.

"Liang Bing, are you very busy?" Death God Karl asked curiously.

Normally, when he makes a long-distance interstellar call, the other end usually answers quickly, but this time it took a long time, which made him suspect that Liang Bingzhi was very busy.

"Speak your mind, or shut up!"

Liang Bing tried to push Dong Qing away from her chest, but found that she couldn't budge him no matter what she did. She could only let him continue to act recklessly, gritting her teeth to avoid being detected by Death God Karl.

"Do you need any help on your end? If so, I can send another Giant Wolf Civilization over to assist the current Taotie Civilization. You can take this opportunity to get everything you want from Earth Civilization," Death God Karl said softly.

From his perspective, Liang Bing hadn't contacted him for a long time, so he took the initiative to make this long-distance call to hear if there was anything she needed his help with but was too embarrassed to ask.

Perhaps this is the thought process of a simp. Completely unaware, Liang Bing has never known what embarrassment is. She only wants to avoid any contact with him, this simp, now that she has Dong Qing.

Dongqing is her future path. The space-time he controls captivates her. In addition, she was forced to change jobs, so she naturally wants to avoid making him jealous as much as possible, so as to keep this man firmly in her grasp.

"No need. Don't contact me unless it's something important," Liang Bing said impatiently.