271: Chapter 271 They are clearly living in the real world, living, breathing beings!

As Heng Zhou recounted the story in detail.

Tang Ruan learned about a Former Beast God who was completely different from what she had imagined.

The Former Beast God said he came from a place called the Divine Realm.

There, there were giant birds that could fly into the sky without needing to eat.

There, there were monsters with holes in their bellies that could carry gods as they ran.

There, there were nights that never turned dark.

The gods living there had no Beast Form, yet they could use magic to kill animals many times larger than themselves.

Every god possessed clairvoyance and clairaudience, able to communicate with gods very, very far away.

Some gods liked to create worlds inside a box.

Some gods liked to fight monsters inside the box with friends.

That was the most wonderful and carefree time he had ever spent.

But later, the god grew up.

Adult gods had to enter a huge cave to do tasks arranged by gods more powerful than them.

Once, when he was extremely, extremely tired, that god who was more powerful than him still made him do work.

He got into an argument with him, which later turned into a fight, and he accidentally killed that god.

Consequently, the gods banished him to the Beast World.

Punishing him to reshape the Beast World here.

Hearing this, Tang Ruan interrupted Heng Zhou.

"Does he think that as long as he turns the Beast World into his ideal vision, he can return to the Divine Realm?"

Heng Zhou's description just now—giant birds in the sky, monsters with holes in their bellies, nights that don't turn dark, clairvoyance and clairaudience... That was clearly airplanes, buses, city nights, and mobile phones!

Creating worlds and fighting monsters inside a box, isn't that just gaming? And what else... being bullied by a god more powerful than him... That's clearly just growing up to become a corporate slave, and when being bullied by a boss, accidentally killing the boss!

"No," Heng Zhou looked at Tang Ruan and continued, "The Former Beast God said he can no longer go back; even if he did, he would just be sent back."

Tang Ruan: ... Was this a death sentence?

"He never thought about going back. He only wanted to turn the Beast World into a world as wonderful as the Divine Realm. But the beastmen were too stupid and could never develop in the direction he wanted. So, he wanted to restart the Beast World..."

Tang Ruan: Still a player who likes to restart when they can't play a game well...

Tang Ruan asked curiously: "Was he very powerful as soon as he came to the Beast World from the Divine Realm?"

It was also a transmigration, why was he so powerful?

Heng Zhou nodded.

"The Former Beast God said that when he entered the Beast World, the previous Beast God had just perished, and his Energy had not yet completely dissipated. That Energy naturally flowed into his body."

Tang Ruan: Tears of envy flowed from the corner of her mouth... His luck was truly unparalleled.

"Then how were we created?" Tang Ruan asked.

Heng Zhou: "The Former Beast God was not satisfied with the Beast World at that time and wanted to destroy it and start over. His power was very great, and destroying the Beast World at that time would actually have been easy. But he felt it was a very troublesome matter and hoped someone could help him. So, he first created monsters—"

"Monsters?" Tang Ruan repeated Heng Zhou's words in a low voice.

Heng Zhou asked curiously: "What's wrong?"

Tang Ruan shook her head: "Nothing."

She just suddenly remembered what those monsters looked like. No wonder she always felt they looked familiar. Weren't those the monster images that often appeared in pop-up game advertisements? And they were usually web games too.

"Continue."

Heng Zhou adjusted his posture and held Tang Ruan tighter.

"The Former Beast God created the first generation of monsters, but the monsters were very stupid and couldn't understand his instructions at all. So he created many different monsters one after another. Until the monsters started becoming increasingly intelligent, he began to try creating us..."

"So... we were originally monsters!" Tang Ruan exclaimed.

She found it hard to accept that she used to be such a disgusting-looking thing. And she was created according to a web game by a noob player who liked to restart games.

Heng Zhou: "Not entirely."

He continued: "He captured powerful souls wandering in the Beast World and placed them into the monsters' eggs. He hoped to use this to hatch intelligent beastmen who possessed the monsters' Beast Form. Because, the more powerful the Beast Form, the more Energy it could store. The Former Beast God wanted to have powerful servants, so he had to use the monsters' massive bodies as carriers for the servants' souls. Only then could he distribute power to his servants. Furthermore, monsters are incomparably loyal to the first person they see when they hatch... He tried many times, and I was the first one to succeed."

Tang Ruan looked at Heng Zhou, whose brows were tightly locked; he seemed to have fallen into bad memories.

"Brother, have you ever thought that perhaps in the past... we weren't just wandering souls? Perhaps we were killed by him?"

Heng Zhou lowered his eyes to look at her, tightened his arms again, and nodded slightly.

"Of course I have thought about it. But after ordinary beastmen die, their reincarnated souls forget everything from their past lives. I cannot prove that he killed me. Yet I am instinctively loyal to him... And, he was the one who raised me."

So in the beginning, Heng Zhou really regarded him as a father. Even after he learned later that besides monsters, there were many beastmen in the Beast World with very powerful Beast Forms. He didn't necessarily have to be born from a monster's egg. The Former Beast God did this just to be the first person he saw, to make him loyal to him. But he still, like someone covering his ears while stealing a bell, could not bring himself to hate the only master in the Beast World who was "good" to him.

Later on, the Former Beast God gradually mastered the Power of the Beast God. Based on his own needs, he created Yong Wu, Duan Shi, and Fen Tian. He originally did not intend to let them enter the cycle of reincarnation. In principle, as long as the Beast Form was powerful enough and the Energy was sufficient, they could live for a very, very long time, serving him continuously. But... they developed emotions, and they began to break free from his control... That led to what happened later... keeping their memories but forcing them into a deep sleep, only awakening them when needed, and a series of other things...

"Then has the Former Beast God's soul completely disappeared? Or has it returned to the 'Divine Realm'?" Tang Ruan asked suddenly.

Heng Zhou: "It should have disappeared. The combined Supernatural Ability attacks of Duan Shi and Fen Tian can directly destroy a beastman's soul."

"But he is a human—" Tang Ruan immediately corrected herself, "A god!"

Heng Zhou: "The Former Beast God's soul is very different from ordinary beastmen's and our souls, very easy to distinguish. I wandered in the Beast World in a soul state for many years and never saw his soul. It should have completely disappeared."

Tang Ruan breathed a sigh of relief. Even if he had transmigrated back, it was none of their business anymore. She just hoped that this "god" who played the Beast World like a game and treated beastmen like game characters would never appear again. They were clearly living in a real world, they were living, breathing beings!

Tang Ruan let out a breath. Suddenly, she sat up straight, "No wonder!"