"Isn't killing one's own people a fairly common thing in this world?" Zhou Tian said.
"Yes. In the past, we treated the Heavenly People like our parents and worshiped them deeply. Yet they carried out a massacre against us. A frenzied massacre."
As she spoke, a trace of viciousness surfaced in the girl's eyes. But she quickly shook her head and said, "I never understood it before, but I gradually came to realize the truth."
"The Heavenly People weren't trying to destroy us, nor were they trying to guard against us rising up."
"They actually wanted to use us. We share the same genes as the Heavenly People. So if they conducted experiments on us, the results would naturally be the best."
"That was their true objective. They wanted to study us to prevent their own extinction."
"They had a final enemy, and they wanted to use us to deal with it."
"The Hook?" Zhou Tian asked.
"Yes. I've seen the Hook." At this, the girl trembled all over. "The Hook is something even the Heavenly People fear. I saw it with my own eyes as one compatriot after another was destroyed by the Hook."
"The Heavenly People used countless methods to destroy the Hook and evade it. But none of them worked."
"The Hook's power is simply unbelievable. It isn't a thing at all, but a law of life."
"It is like a law of nature. It cannot be destroyed. It is truly terrifying."
"Countless Heavenly People died because of the terrifying Hook. They created us to deal with the Hook. As for everything else, they didn't care about it at all."
"Yes, this is the truth." Zhou Tian smiled faintly and looked at her. "An unparalleled truth. You experienced that era, so naturally you know how cruel the