Forty Millenniums of Cultivation

“The inhabitants of District 10084, who do not have the concept of 'sunrise, sunset and rest', have not seen the sun for 10,000 years, so they use 'three shifts down’ for endless periods of rest. ”

Li Jialing said with deep emotion, “Early in the day, they are going to get up to fertilize all kinds of underground plants, moss and mushrooms - these crops do not originally grow underground, even if genetically conditioned, they are quite delicate, they need to mix all kinds of fine powdered minerals in the stools of rock worms, become fertilizers and growth agents, sow them in different ways to thrive, slightly carelessly, they will wither in a large area, it is the ultimate disaster of the entire town.

“Easily waiting for the vines, moss and mushrooms to grow, risking their lives climbing the rock wall, entering the seams to collect them, then transporting them to the cave to be chopped and eaten by the rock worm, while the rock worm eats, they have to give the rock worm a painstaking massage, the skin of the rock worm is extremely tough, the force of the massage is not yet light, the strength of the Nine Bulls and Two Tigers must be exerted in order to revive its flesh, the breath is busy for more than a dozen hours, it is not a second, it is not exhausting.

“So fearful, sweaty and busy for years, a rock worm matures into flesh, and hundreds of thousands of rock worms are lifted to four digit towns over thousands of metres in exchange for only one of the finest treasures and energy, as well as a tank of ultra-high compressed air of no value on the ground.

“Let's not talk about eating or not eating enough, because the fresh air is severely inadequate, and the residents here never dare to over-excite their emotions, because whether it is crying or making a scene, it will increase the consumption of oxygen, give the town a total quota of fresh air, causing unnecessary wear and tear, and after a long time, they will become like dead water, face like dead ash, without serious laughter.

“Only worry-free children who don't know anything about the preciousness of fresh air will laugh out loud and consume more precious oxygen than crystals.

“This has not happened unexpectedly, and the condition of being able to live in peace and security is not as good as death, bitterness, let alone the invasion of wildlings and demons deeper into the ground, or the earthquake that caused the collapse of the whole town, or the emission of magma, which instantaneously ashes everyone. These natural disasters, all of them high above their heads, may fall in the next second, putting them under constant and everywhere mental stress.

“This is a natural disaster and a man-made disaster, which is the accidental discovery of mineral veins or ancient relics!

“The discovery of mineral veins and relics should have been a good thing, but the inhabitants here are so small that they are caught in the throat of the upper towns supplied with oxygen, and have no capacity to protect themselves. In case of discovery of mineral veins and relics, it is extremely easy to attract an upper-town bandit who wants to fill them in, or a fairy repairer in the shallow underground and on the ground.

“By then, light will be caught as slave labour and artillery ash to explore relics, and heavy will not even qualify as slave labour and artillery ash, either deported to a deeper ground to become wildlings or killed directly - immortals naturally have stronger and more trained slaves to replace them.

“Such a tragedy has not yet been encountered in District 10084, but the other five digit towns have encountered many times. If a town finds minerals and relics of value, it often means destruction. Over time, the vast majority of the five digit towns have learned the lesson of planting mushrooms, raising rock worms in their own acres, strictly prohibiting residents from going out to explore and adventure. Whoever finds new minerals and relics, even those suspected of being merely minerals and relics, will often be relentlessly killed, leaving their secrets in the dark forever.

“Brother Yao, from the Republic of the Star Sea to the Real Empire of Humanity, regardless of the changing political and social patterns on the ground, these underground people have lived this life for thousands of years. If they really retained strong emotions, those emotions would have condensed into the word 'pain'. If they really wanted to, the only desire was to live, to continue living in such despair.

“Brother Yao, you just said that I was neglected by Sister Long, and I have thought about it carefully. I do not think that Sister Long's approach to brainwashing is correct. I can only say that if there are many underground residents willing to accept Sister Long's brainwashing and wash away most of their emotions, then I also understand their approach very well, because what they wash away is just the pain that can never be solved and the hopelessness that can never be reversed. ”

Li Yao was silent and caught in contemplation.

Li Jialing looked like he was going to accumulate 10 days or more of bitterness, all of them pouring out. He continued: "Brother Yao, I heard that more than a thousand years ago in the Republic of the Star Sea, in the world of practitioners, there is a ‘humanitarian’ concept, that when a person suffers from terminal illness and falls into absolute pain, he has the right to end his life, which is called 'euthanasia’.

“And in our true human empire, we also advocate that when a fairy practitioner can no longer contribute to human civilization, he or she should die generously and leave resources to others in order to repair the dignity and dignity of the fairy.

“When I accepted the modulation that Li Lingfeng and Wu Yinglan were less alive than dead, I didn't know once that I had thought of death. For me, death was not pain, but a relief.

“Man's most precious thing is life. If we all agree that a man can choose to give up life voluntarily in the face of irresistible and unacceptable suffering, then why not just give up part of his emotions, desires and free will voluntarily? Must it be unethical, totally unacceptable or even completely incomprehensible? ”

“That's two things. ”

Li Yao pondered for a long time and finally slowed down, “I recognize that you and I, as individuals, have the right to end our lives when we endure immeasurable suffering - which is indeed in the spirit of humanity.

“But it is one thing for individuals to choose to end their lives, and it is another for a supreme authority above the masses to end the lives of all.

“Individuals can retreat, give up and surrender in the face of pain, but no responsible supreme authority should ever use 'mass euthanasia' to solve problems - not problems at all, but ‘those who are in trouble'!

“Simply put, if faced with a lack of resources, does Longyang Jun or the supreme authority of the Alliance require individuals to suppress feelings and desires as much as possible and to minimize resource consumption, as opposed to food shortages requiring people to tighten their belts? If there is a shortage of food, then find ways to get more food out. The belt of the pants is tighter. People still have to eat. The seal of the three fundamental laws is stronger. People are still called the Spirit of all things because of emotions and desires!

“So I must not agree with this‘ resource shortage solution 'of Longyang King or the Allied authorities, which is too technical, too irresponsible, and cannot solve the fundamental problem at all - even if the underground people really wipe out all their emotions and desires, they still have to eat, breathe fresh air, consume a little less at most, what is the point, apart from the inevitable destruction, a little postponement?

“Of course, what you just said doesn't make any sense. The tip of the iceberg that Longyang King showed me has made me understand a little why so many people are willing to be branded with the three fundamental laws, so let's just keep looking.

“District 10084 is enough. Where are the exact coordinates of Longyang King? Let's find out! ”

Li Jialing inserted a special chip into Li Yao's wrist crystal brain, saying that this would connect Li Yao and Longyang Jun's wrist crystal brain together.

Dragon Yangjun went to the deeper ground to mediate the war between the wildlings and promote her “heartless" avenue. Naturally, the trail was volatile. Only this chip could lock her exact coordinates.

Li Yao Xin moved, very curious to ask Li Jialing, how is there any war in the underground world?

Li Jialing nodded, "Overall, if it is a built town with a civilized system, there is rarely a large-scale war between them. Mainly, the fresh air in the underground world is too precious. Even with the heavy labor of sweating like rain, people are careful not to breathe heavily, even if they hold their lips blue and do not dare to breathe deeply.

War, on the other hand, is the most oxygen consuming thing, and consuming only one incendiary bomb with little destructive power on the ground is enough to deplete an entire tunnel and a lot of oxygen in a hole in the ground, let alone an upgraded version of a thermostat.

So, once two or five digit towns are at war, it's often a tragedy of two defeats, and nobody gets the benefit of it.

But that does not mean that humankind can completely renounce its nature and stop killing each other.

In the event of extreme natural and man-made disasters, such as the earthquake crushing most of the towns, the lava destroying all moss, vine and mushroom plantations, or the sudden plague leading to the death of all the rock worms, once faced with this extinction, survivors have no choice but to join forces, such as madmen, to wage war on neighbouring towns.

Eighty-nine out of ten of these hastily assembled attacks end in tragic defeat, and the loser has no choice but to venture deeper into the underground, dark death zones without numbers.

Ninety-nine per cent of them will become savages for wildlings and demons, while one per cent of the “lucky ones" will soon lose their nature, extinguish their wisdom and become new generations of savages.