"Not only that, I also discovered a very peculiar phenomenon." Lin Lun continued, "Compared to those herders with stable lives, fixed incomes even if they did not work, and all the conveniences brought by modern technology, these herders, who lived rough and had a far poorer quality of life, carried remarkably few negative emotions. Even the few elderly people in the tribe suffering from illness had only extremely faint shadows behind them..."
"From a certain perspective... they could be considered the 'happiest people' I had ever seen in the world."
"But I knew that was not right." At this point, Lin Lun slowly shook his head. "Many people might instinctively assume that these kind-hearted herders did not have all the deceit and scheming found in big cities. Their material needs were limited to having enough food and warm clothes, and they lived amid beautiful scenery, so it was only natural that they had fewer negative emotions..."
"I admit that argument has some merit, but as someone who can 'see' negative emotions with the naked eye, you should understand better than anyone that human negative emotions are not so easily controlled."
Lin Lun looked at Sun Hang. The latter neither nodded nor shook his head, instead digging at his nose with a finger in a most ungraceful manner. "Go on."
"Especially those born with defects, or those tormented by disabilities and illness. Their hearts would certainly accumulate vast amounts of negative emotion. And wherever there are people, society forms. No matter how small that society is, there will be classes. That is dictated by human nature. The tribe's chieftain and shaman possessed more power and wealth than ordinary herders. Ugly women envied beautiful women, while frail, sickly men were looked down upon by strong, imposing men..."
"And if someone leaves society,