Faced with such a simple, unvarnished reason.
Even though Liu Longma was broad-minded and able to take things in stride.
Even though he had been prepared to fight to the death from the very beginning.
Deep down, he was still left speechless.
However, that speechlessness quickly transformed amid annoyance and fury into an even deeper rage and hatred.
His expression twisted grotesquely as he roared despite himself:
"Because of such a ridiculous reason!?"
"You brought such an enormous disaster upon countless victims and caused innumerable lives to perish!?"
From the bottom of his heart.
He refused to accept that his comrades had all descended into the abyss of death simply because some being wanted something to eat—a reason so absurd and unreasonable.
It was like an Earthling whose hometown had been bombed by aliens.
After years of struggle, countless brushes with death, and hardships beyond measure, he finally found the enemy. Just as he prepared to ask why they had destroyed his homeland before fighting them to the death, the final answer he received was merely, "No particular reason. I blew up your hometown because I happened to be passing by and felt a little bored."
After his initial stunned silence.
The fury roiling in Liu Longma's heart became utterly impossible to restrain!
Yet in the face of his denunciation and anger, Shi Tiankong remained utterly calm, showing no emotional reaction whatsoever to Liu Longma's behavior.
He answered placidly:
"When you eat fruit, do you care what the microorganisms parasitizing it think?"
"Probably not, right?"
"Both are life. Why must sentient beings be nobler than creatures without intelligence?"
"Even so-called beasts—pigs, horses, cattle, and sheep—are animals ordinary people can see with their naked eyes. They clearly possess a certain degree of intelligence, just as you do. Without any need for