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"!!!" Zhong Kui heard those words at that moment but said nothing.
After all, the Ice Empress was still here. The system could be revealed to Electrolux, since Electrolux could now be trusted, but the Ice Empress could not yet be fully trusted. Besides, even if he explained the system, there was no way she would understand it. She would only think Zhong Kui had gone insane.
First, their worldviews differed. Then there was the gap in their knowledge and understanding.
To a powerful soul beast like the Ice Empress, how could something like a system possibly exist in this world?
If such an incomprehensible entity truly existed, then why could only transmigrators possess one? Why could soul beasts not have one?
There were far too many things that could not be explained. Even transmigrators had many things they did not understand about the system.
So there was simply no way to explain it. It was better not to mention it now; some things were better left unsaid for everyone's sake.
"Human, your name is Zhong Kui, right?"
"That is correct, Ice Empress. My name is Zhong Kui. I come from an ordinary soul master family, and I currently serve the Sun Moon Empire, where I teach others how to refine medicine.
"But I am self-taught. Although I teach others medicine refinement, I am only a Soul Emperor myself, so I attend school to study soul master knowledge as well as Soul Tool knowledge."
"I want to ask you something. If you want to cooperate with us, then tell me this: if we soul beasts do not master Soul Tools, how likely are we to win against humans?
"You must tell the truth, honestly, and swear it on your martial soul. You are not allowed to lie."
"..." After hearing that, Zhong Kui did not know what to say. Was that even a question? Human soul engineering technology would only grow more formidable. In the world ten thousand years later, even Di Tian, the Beast God, could not win. Back then, top human powerhouses wielded high technology, and a group of soul beasts simply could not withstand their combined assault.
That was not even with all of humanity's strength gathered. Although the soul beasts had already been greatly weakened by then, it also showed just how unfair the balance between soul beasts and humans was.
The soul beasts had lost the fortune of the Auspicious Beast. They had neither advanced technology nor developed a complete civilization of inheritance among themselves.
It was basically powerful figures like Di Tian holding everything up.
Even those who could have become gods were suppressed.
The war between soul beasts and humans had never been fair.
Soul beasts could still fight humans evenly now because they also possessed top-tier Limit Douluo-level powerhouses.
But once soul beast powerhouses became fewer and fewer, humans would treat soul beasts like lambs awaiting slaughter. One day, soul beasts would be completely devoured by humanity.
This had basically all been shown in Legend of the Dragon King and Ultimate Douluo.
Humanity would develop Soul Tools to the point where they reached the level of god-grade Soul Tools and could travel into space.
Meanwhile, soul beasts would be suppressed by the rules and unable to become gods, completely reduced to humanity's dependents.
Their fortune had been seized by humanity, their technological development could not compare to humanity's, and many soul beasts were not united internally either.
If soul beasts in the era of Legend of the Dragon King had possessed the ability to organize and unite, and if the Ten Great Fierce Beasts had all still been alive, then united together, they could still have fought humanity on even terms.
Or perhaps at a slight disadvantage.
But most soul beast leaders had something wrong with their heads.
So if he told the truth, he would be plainly telling the Ice Empress that humans would ultimately defeat soul beasts, and that soul beasts would only become humanity's dependents. If he dared say that, would the Ice Empress still be willing to cooperate?
Under normal circumstances, if he revealed the truth, the Ice Empress might indeed refuse to cooperate. She might even join forces with the Star Dou Great Forest, the Evil Emperor, and the others to suppress humanity and hinder the development of human Soul Tools.
And Zhong Kui would die here as well, directly killed by the Ice Empress. So at this point, he had to bring up another topic.
"Ice Empress, I can tell you the truth, but may I ask you something first? Do you know why soul beasts cannot become gods?"
Zhong Kui did not directly tell the truth. Instead, he shifted the conversation elsewhere.
"I don't know?" The Ice Empress was not that old. When soul beasts had become unable to attain godhood, she had not even come of age—she had not even been born yet.
"I can tell you clearly: the God Realm does not allow soul beasts to become gods, and it wants to use this method to slowly exterminate soul beasts completely."
"What do you mean?" Upon hearing that, the Ice Empress was utterly stunned. If that was true, then what about the Ice God? Would the Ice God worshipped in the Far North allow soul beasts to be treated this way?
Soul beasts were also subjects of the Ice God of the Far North!
"You are lying. Our Far North has the Ice God we worship..."
"Although I do not know what kind of existence that Ice God is, nor have I ever seen him, this is the truth. Otherwise, with your talent, you would have become a god long ago.
"If you do not believe me, you can ask Di Tian, the Beast God of the Star Dou Great Forest, or even ask the Silver Dragon King hidden behind the scenes. It is all true: the God Realm is suppressing beastkind.
"And it wants to use humanity's power to slowly wipe out soul beasts."
"How did you know?" Seeing that Zhong Kui seemed to know everything, the Ice Empress asked directly.
"How did I know? Is that important? If you do not believe what I said, you can go find Di Tian, the Beast God, yourself. I believe the Beast God will tell you the truth.
"As for what the Ice God really is, I have never seen him either. He may very well be a beast god, though he may also have died long ago. Let me ask you this: how long has it been since anyone in the Far North has seen this so-called Ice God? If he truly cared about the Far North, then he should at least meet with you."
At that moment, the Ice Empress had begun to somewhat believe that Zhong Kui was telling the truth.
"I can tell you clearly that the God Realm currently has a very evil law-enforcement god named Tang San.
"Although everyone on the Douluo Continent called him a peerless genius, portrayed him as a perfect man, and claimed that he led the entire world toward a better future, I can tell you that under Tang San's leadership, the Douluo Continent would sooner or later become his private garden.
"What I intend to do now is stop Tang San."
"!!!" After hearing this, the Ice Empress was beginning to feel shocked.
Brother, what exactly do you know? You are not trying to trick me with this, are you? Is it still too late for me to back out now?
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