A gray sky.
The land was a scene of utter devastation, with the corpses of criminals in prison uniforms piled up like small mountains, a sight even the Eerie Monsters refused to eat.
Li Chen walked through this deathly city with an utterly calm heart until he reached the enormous Eerie Monsters that Ling had mentioned.
"Are they all from the Calamity Realm?"
"They all seem to be Eerie Monsters have been wandering outside the walls for a long time."
"But is it possible to become human like Zero...?"
It is undeniable that Li Chen played a role in Zero's transformation into a human being, as he used the power of Authority to forcibly convert Zero. However, Li Chen did not possess that power and could only rely on Forbidden to make Zero obey.
However, if this Eerie Monsters is to follow him in this manner, then it can only be regarded as an Eerie Monsters, not a major fighting force. After all, Eerie Monsters cannot understand human speech; they can only obey orders, just like a soldier, which is a product of failure.
However, Li Chen doesn't need such Eerie Monsters. He needs Eerie Monsters he can communicate with and learn from, and those Eerie Monsters have room for improvement.
If it's just this kind of the Calamity Realm, there are plenty of them.
There's no need to search for it deliberately; the world outside the wall is full of it.
Li Chen looked at the fleshy growth lying on the ground with its head slightly lowered. Although it seemed a bit strange, he still reached out and stroked the head covered in mucus.
The Eerie Monsters forms are incredibly diverse. Some are covered in eyes, hands, feet, tentacles, and even wings. Their bodies seem to encompass all things in the world, and features of any creature can appear.
It's just very strange.
Even Li Chen sometimes wondered when he looked at those Eerie Monsters they were animals transformed. But if they were animals, it was indeed quite terrifying that they could Mutation into such a form.
Tick-tock - Tick-tock
The sound of drool dripping rang out, and the Eerie Monsters in front of them suddenly opened its mouth wide and bit at Li Chen's arm.
With a tear, blood gushed out.
His entire arm was bitten off, but Li Chen remained expressionless, quietly watching the Eerie Monsters chewing on his arm. This was intentional on his part, because his entire body was now constructed of Forbidden Substance, and even his internal organs might have disappeared long ago if he hadn't been in a human body.
These Eerie Monsters see themselves as kings.
The only difference is that they also covet this body and the large amount of Forbidden Substances. These Eerie Monsters are all envious, after all, they become stronger by devouring Forbidden Substances. You can imagine how many of their own kind Eerie Monsters that can reach the Wasteland Realm has devoured.
This is the law of the jungle in the Eerie Monsters.
Until the chewing sounds weaken.
Li Chen could sense that the Eerie Monsters aura had increased significantly, but it remained unchanged.
It seems that forcibly changing things with Forbidden Substances won't work.
But he won't use the power of the rules.
Sealing these Eerie Monsters would be easy for him, but transforming them into human form would be incredibly difficult.
"If we follow the characteristics of Forbidden, then it is destruction, devouring, fusion, and becoming one."
"This is not what I wanted."
"Li Chen possesses the power of rules, but cannot control Eerie Monsters, while I possess the power to control Forbidden, yet cannot change everything... Sigh..." Shaking his head, Li Chen looked at the other Eerie Monsters that had gathered around him and muttered a few words.
This is the current situation: he can control these Eerie Monsters, but he cannot transform them into human form.
Suddenly, Li Chen's mind went blank for a few seconds.
Why would I incorporate human thought?
Why did these Eerie Monsters have to take human form?
"They are Eerie Monsters by nature, why should I try to change them?"
"Is this a perceptual illusion caused by my own human nature?"
Because Li Chen was once Human Race, and everything he saw and heard was human, he naturally believed that humans were the only ones, and these Eerie Monsters were nothing more than monsters. But now that he himself had become a half-human, half-ghost creature, did he still need this so-called visual perception?
Just because they can't become human, you abandon them?
That's unrealistic. Now is the time to need combat power. These adorable Eerie Monsters, though not very strong, are still at least at the Calamity Realm. How few Human Race are at the Calamity Realm? If it weren't for their intelligence, these Eerie Monsters would be killing each other. How could the pass possibly hold them off?
It's important to know that 95% of the planet's surface is a paradise of Eerie Monsters, and Human Race is merely a tiny remnant within its walls, relying on its intelligence to defeat these relentless Eerie Monsters, which is how it has managed to survive.
Ultimately, Eerie Monsters are the true rulers of this planet.
Humans are no longer at the top of the food chain.
Then why should I view Eerie Monsters from a human perspective? Now that I am their ruler, even my people have to be compared to others. If I am a king, then I am indeed not a very good one.
Li Chen looked at the fleshy ball in front of him again and said, "Perhaps I always feel an inexplicable aversion to Eerie Monsters, something I can't change in my heart."
"After all, I was once Human Race, and my attitude towards Eerie Monsters was ingrained in my bones. But now I understand that the birth of any kind of life should have its reason. If Human Race want to survive, they must kill you, while you want to devour everything and eventually annihilate everything, only to end up killing each other."
"The Eerie Race and the Human Race seem to be the same."
"It exists solely because of the circumstances."
"Then I'll just treat it as a chess piece..."
The ball of flesh seemed to sense the growing loneliness emanating from Li Chen, and its body involuntarily twitched, though the movement was rather loud.
After taking one last look around, Li Chen strolled toward the broken site of the Sinful Pass, his thoughts still uninterrupted.
"If I could control Eerie Monsters and transform them into Human Race- like Eerie Monsters, wouldn't that be a completely new race?"
"For example, Zero is inherently a monster, but he's able to learn human knowledge. So what kind of creature is he now?"
"Is he human? No, because he is a monster, but he has learned human knowledge and possesses a common language with humans. Could this be considered a second intelligent race, and an extremely terrifying new race at that?"
"The learning ability of the monsters is very strong. From the moment they were able to quickly master the Human Race language from scratch, Li Chen knew this, but he never guessed it. But now, through comparison with Human Race, if the Eerie Monsters have truly developed intelligence, then could they be called the Eerie Race?"
Moreover, the Eerie Race holds an absolute advantage, possessing the ability to continuously grow stronger. Regardless of age, almost all of them are soldiers, making them a force not to be underestimated.
Once they grow strong enough, the Human Race will retire immediately.
Suddenly, Li Chen recalled his Instructor Yu's words back in the Ruined Pass: Could it be that intelligent races had indeed emerged among the Eerie Monsters?
Perhaps it is the Eerie Race I've been thinking of?