Diary System—Chapter 72: The Two People Who Were Awakened Should Recognize Their Own Identities!
[If Ah Yin and Xiao Wu were placed in front of these soul beasts without resistance, their first reaction would be to eat these two to improve their cultivation! Instead of letting them go, wouldn't it be better to take care of their relatives?]
[If Xiao Wu had held such an attitude at the beginning, perhaps she would not have been criticized so much for feeling that she was betraying the soul-beast clan. After all, the promise she made casually at the beginning was not fulfilled later, and the number of soul beasts has been decreasing.]
Xiao Wu and Ah Yin fell into deep thought after seeing what Dai Yichen said, especially Xiao Wu. She truly did not want to see soul masters hunting soul beasts or see soul beasts dying in front of her, as Dai Yichen pointed out.
But when she read what Dai Yichen wrote later, her brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and her mind became a bit confused.
Suddenly, she realized that what Dai Yichen said made sense. She was not the Soul Beast co-leader. It was fine if she had too much sympathy for weak soul beasts, but why did she feel sympathy for other soul beasts with a certain level of cultivation?
Gu Yuena: …
At that moment, Xiao Wu recalled a very distant memory—when she, Da Ming, and Er Ming were still young and her mother and father protected the three of them among other powerful soul beasts.
Among soul beasts, the more advanced the bloodline, the earlier they develop spiritual intelligence and memory, just like human babies. Normally, they can't remember what happened before the age of three, except for some particularly precocious ones.
Now that she had been awakened by Dai Yichen, it seemed that she had eaten too many carrots, and it was indeed a bit like "eating salty carrots and worrying about nothing"!
Dai Yichen didn't expect that the content he wrote casually would directly alter some of Xiao Wu's ideas.
Indeed, those fierce beasts themselves don't care much about the lives and deaths of other soul-beasts. She is just a 100,000-year-old soul beast who has also transformed into a human. Why should they care so much?
Di Tian is now temporarily replacing Gu Yuena as the soul beast leader, but he also needs to hunt his kind to fill his stomach due to physiological needs.
As for Xiong Jun, he is cruel by nature; hunting soul beasts is not just about satisfying his appetite but also for fun.
For Di Tian and others, only members of their race caught their attention. As for the soul beasts from other races, they are merely tools for them to launch a counterattack against human soul masters. They don't care much about the lives and deaths of these soul-beasts. Otherwise, they would not have lived in the central area all the time!
If it weren't for the fact that human soul masters began to explore the central area thousands of years later due to the significant reduction of peripheral soul beasts and discovered the existence of more advanced fierce beasts, Di Tian and others would probably not have caught the attention of humans.
Dai Yichen was writing his diary seriously and didn't notice that Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling were secretly watching him. Moreover, two copies of the diary appeared in front of them, but Dai Yichen couldn't see them.
Of course, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling couldn't see Dai Yichen's copy either, so, strictly speaking, the system didn't deceive Dai Yichen; it just enjoyed playing word games.
Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong were deeply affected by it.
Regarding what Dai Yichen said, Bibi Dong, Bo Saixi, and even Liu Erlong—who held high positions and had much experience—understood that Xiao Wu and Ah Yin lacked social experience, making their perspective rather naive.
In their opinion, placing Xiao Wu and Ah Yin's ideas within the context of the soul master world is equivalent to a country's high-level officials or an emperor becoming a soul beast while still hoping that the soul beasts wouldn't kill humans, which seems a bit ridiculous.
Alternatively, they believe that the intrigues between soul beasts are underestimated, which also seems a bit absurd. Human society is much more complicated than they think.
Although they belong to the same human race, they are very clear about their identities and positions. If you are just a commoner, you should survive; if you are noble, you should strive to create better benefits for your family; if you are the leader of a country, you should work for the benefit of the country and be responsible for the people as much as possible.
If you are foremost among humans, you should consider how your actions can improve the whole human race!
This is a shift in concept—moving from the individual to the collective, first from individuals to countries, and finally to the entire world.
What about Xiao Wu and Ah Yin? In their view, they are merely 100,000-year-old soul beasts of a certain clan, equivalent to the clan leader; since Ah Yin is indeed the Empress of the Blue Silver clan, her status is comparable to that of a country leader in the soul master world. Isn't it enough to care for her clan members and relatives?
For example, Bo Saixi never cares about what happens on the mainland. She only looks after the safety of the people on Sea God Island because she is the high priest of Sea God Island!
If they want to improve the Soul Beast clan, it is the responsibility of the Soul Beast leader, and it has nothing to do with the two of them.
The stronger members of their kind don't worry about these issues. Since the two of them can't even rank among the powerful soul beasts, why should they concern themselves with such matters?
Gradually, Ah Yin and Xiao Wu began to consider this perspective, and their ideas started to change.
Extreme North.
The Ice Empress looked at Snow Empress and pouted. "Sister Xue, why do I feel that Dai Yichen is making a point? It seems reasonable, but I feel like something is off."
Snow Empress pondered for a moment, her cold and beautiful face thoughtful, then smiled. "He wrote so much that can be summed up in one sentence."
"What words?"
"Whether it's a soul master or a soul beast, if you don't have the ability, take care of yourself. If you have the ability, to take care of yourself and your family. As for the safety of all soul beasts or all mankind, that's not something that Xiao Wu and other 100,000-year soul beasts can consider. Those should be concerns of Di Tian or the soul beast leader."
"Look, even Dai Yichen, with such talent and system, initially just wanted to ensure the people in his country lived better, instead of being arrogant enough to consider the entire soul master world. Later, due to his current lack of strength, he had a clearer understanding of his situation, believing it best to take care of himself and his relatives first."
"He doesn't lose sight of his current environment because of his talent and system; he knows what he needs to do now and avoids being empty and pretentious."
She learned the phrase "empty and pretentious" from Dai Yichen's diary this year and found him to be a very interesting individual.
It's not that because of the system or the life reflection shield, he felt invincible and wanted to consider all mankind.
If you are struggling, you should take care of yourself. If you are prosperous, you should contribute to society. Only by attending to yourself and your family first, can you begin to discuss the so-called larger matters!
Xue Di discovered that even though she had not received any rewards from Dai Yichen this year, she had learned a lot and understood many things.
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