It left his brain a little overloaded.
On top of that, he had met Huo Wujìu and Wen Zhishu in this place.
Huo Wujìu was fairly intelligent by ordinary standards and could just barely follow a little of his thinking. Among peers who seemed to have yet to develop any intelligence, Shen Yu had finally found someone whose mind had awakened.
Through their conversations, Shen Yu finally learned that this was what interacting with people his age could be like.
And it had surprised him.
He had thought Huo Wujìu would be the only one he could find things to talk about with, but Wen Zhishu, who wasn't all that bright, could be pretty interesting sometimes too.
After spending more time together, he found being around him quite pleasant as well.
It was probably because Wen Zhishu wasn't some walking freak show.
If it had been those other people, Shen Yu wouldn't have felt that way.
...Huo Wujìu noticed Shen Yu's silence.
Only belatedly did he realize that Shen Yu didn't seem to like this, or rather, didn't like being treated as a monster.
That made sense.
People were all exclusionary.
They instinctively rejected anything different. The unknown represented danger beyond their control, so they felt afraid and instinctively wanted to flee, or eliminate that unknown altogether.
Some might overcome that fear, while others might follow the crowd. If everyone else rejected something, they would reject it too.
If everyone else approved, they would follow suit.
Huo Wujìu thought about the personality Shen Yu had shown since arriving here.
Shen Yu was exceptionally good-looking, but honestly, his personality wasn't particularly nice. It was obvious he didn't want to put on an act, either. Perhaps, if Shen Yu had wanted to, he could have played a perfect persona that anyone would