"I donât know if thatâs how they were shaved or if thatâs just how they are, but anyway, they do seem more advanced and more human-like."
"Iâve only encountered three of these furry humanoids in total. How should I put this..." Chang Yinâs stone-like face revealed a somewhat self-deprecating smile, "Compared to me, perhaps they look more like normal humans."
The people present were a bit silent, not knowing what to say.
Chang Yin continued, "They didnât come together. In fact, each of them only stayed for a day before leaving, seemingly for... inspection? These things I learned from the first furry humanoid. It was very talkative and, having nothing better to do, shared many stories about this world with me."
"As for why it told me... maybe it thought telling me didnât matter, after all, I couldnât stir up any waves anyway." Chang Yin sighed.
"Are they very strong?" Lou FeiâEr asked, a bit curious.
She was somewhat interested in these furry humanoids that bore some resemblance to her.
Moreover, she had previously encountered a powerful furry humanoid, the one that made her faint in the snow, which was completely different from the appearance described by Chang Yin.
"I donât know." Chang Yin shrugged, "From the looks of them, they donât seem strong, and I didnât sense any threat from them. But I wouldnât dare to act rashly since Xue Lan and Xiaohong are still in their hands."
"So youâre saying you canât really guarantee that everything you said before about the underground world is true?" Ji Chaoyang inquired.
"Hmm... I later subtly verified with the other two furry humanoids. It seems thereâs not much problem, but of course, thereâs also the possibility they were deceiving me or exaggerating."
Chang Yinâs stone-like hand stroked his chin, making a sound like rubbing stone.
"For instance, they claimed this underground world was created by them. To be honest, Iâm a bit skeptical. If theyâre truly that strong, able to easily dig out such a vast underground space, why would they bother with the giant beasts?"
This indeed was a bit of an odd point.
"Hey, I was just thinking the same thing," Wang Lei immediately concurred, "Digging out such a vast underground space would require tools, right? If they have such powerful tools, their weapons should be strong too, right? With such strong weapons, why go to the trouble of conducting giant beast experiments?"
"You canât say that," Zhao Xiaochuan countered, "Just like in our world, even though we have nuclear weapons, research on conventional weapons is still necessary."
"Thatâs because the destructive power and pollution of nuclear weapons are too great, and itâs an unspoken rule that theyâre not used," Wen Guixin joined the discussion, "Weâre all human, no need to go to such extremes, so theyâre mostly used for mutual deterrence. But this Blood Pattern Race clearly wants to invade, right? For invasion, thereâs no need to worry about excessive killing, right?"
Lou FeiâEr also spoke up, "Thatâs right. In fact, they have killed many, and even if they want to colonize, considering pollution..."
She pointed upwards, "This underground world doesnât seem to have any pollution issues, right? I also find it hard to believe that this underground world was dug out by them."
Indeed.
Xu Xin nodded.
If they truly dug it out, that would be terrifying, making any resistance seem unnecessary.
Creating such an underground world would be overly exaggerated, almost as difficult as destroying a planet.
Donât be fooled by sci-fi films frequently depicting planet-destroying cannons; in reality, destroying a planet thatâs existed for tens to hundreds of billions of years isnât easy. An asteroid can only make a dent, after all.
On Earth, the most terrifying weapon humans currently control, nuclear, is still insignificant compared to Earth.
Humans might destroy themselves, but for Earth, even if all nuclear weapons exploded, it would merely be like scratching an itch.
A sunspot on the Sun holds energy equivalent to tens or even hundreds of billions of megaton nuclear bombs.
And this star is evidently much larger than Earth. To hollow out a gigantic space thousands of meters high beneath this star, destabilizing its foundation just to cultivate giant beasts...
This is genuinely much more difficult than making nuclear weapons.
This truly is an achievement capable of destroying a planet.
Yet, if the Blood Pattern Race can accomplish such feats, why obsess over giant beasts, and why select people from their survivors?
Thinking this way, the Blood Pattern Race doesnât seem as terrifyingly powerful as imagined.
Of course, regardless, the Blood Pattern Race still isnât something they can currently contend with.
But if they didnât dig this underground themselves, at least itâs not so despairing.
"Alright, you can discuss these matters later." Chang Yin interrupted everyoneâs words and thoughts before stating his purpose, "My reason for helping you is quite simple. Itâs purely because youâre likely... to help us leave here. Since youâre survivors, you surely wonât stay underground forever; you must be... planning to return to the surface, to the treehouse, right?"
Xu Xin nodded, "Thatâs right. Our goal is to find the way back to the surface, and if so, taking you out with us is no problem."