The Origin of Greed

The disaster that destroyed the Bodu civilization had its roots in the discovery and application of the Spirit Domain, with greed acting as a catalyst that accelerated the civilization's downfall.

Within Bodu society, there was a special elite class. They were no different from their ordinary kin at birth, yet under certain circumstances, they would spontaneously gain some kind of special power.

In Earth's terms, these people were all superpowered individuals.

For much of Bodu civilization's history, these superpowered individuals played the roles of emperors, gods, sages, and more.

As the era progressed, science awakened, and ignorance faded, ordinary Bodu people began to understand these superpowered individuals and no longer regarded them as lofty rulers.

This shift in thinking was accompanied by one meat-grinder war after another, a struggle between ordinary Bodu people and superpowered individuals.

Superpowered individuals were still mortals. Once they were regarded as dangerous aberrations and completely rejected by the general population, they found it difficult to survive as individuals. Thus, they were suppressed and remained at a disadvantage for a long time.

Ordinary superpowered individuals could only hide themselves. Exposure meant imprisonment and containment, while ordinary civilians would immediately report them to the government upon finding out. In their eyes, a superpowered individual walking around freely was like a beast escaping from a zoo. Superpowered individuals had already been demonized by society.

However, the upper-class Bodu people thought differently from those at the bottom. They longed for superpowers and firmly believed they were the future of their entire species. Thus, the government formed by ordinary Bodu people had always secretly studied the mysteries of superpowers, striving to awaken superpowers in the entire Bodu race.

In researching and developing superpowers, the superpowered individuals were very cooperative. This was not because they had submitted; they had their own