Without an absolute benefit, the Gu Family would never have done something like this.
Colluding with a foreign race? Did the Gu Family have a death wish?
But what exactly was the benefit? What could make them take such a huge risk?
"Jufeng City was a gift from me to the Gu Family."
"The resources were a gift from me to the Gu Family, too."
"I was the one who built up the Gu Family."
"Everything the Gu Family possesses now was given to them by me back then."
"That's why the Gu Family agreed to help me become human."
"And the ordinary people outside volunteered. We didn't force them."
They volunteered?
That genuinely surprised Chen Changan. Every one of them had volunteered?
"They're ordinary people. Jufeng City provides them with everything, so they have plenty to eat and wear and don't need to worry about making a living."
"All they need to do is give up some of their essence, energy, and spirit. Sure, it shortens their lives, but that's still better than living in poverty, isn't it?"
"Besides, ordinary people in the True Realm live a long time. Giving up twenty or thirty years in exchange for a lifetime of wealth is a good deal for them."
Chen Changan found that explanation reasonable enough. What mattered most to ordinary people?
A life of wealth, with no worries about food or clothing.
They were bound to pay a price for it. Jufeng City provided them with all those things in exchange for twenty or thirty years of their lives, and plenty of people would willingly accept.
Some would even actively cooperate with the Gu Family to make Jufeng City look like a perfectly ordinary place.
That was why the daytime scene had looked so ridiculously fake.
"I see. So