Chapter 362 The Direct Cause of the Extinction of Soul Beasts

"Brother, here it is."

He handed the freshly cut meat steak that was still warm to Gu You. Under the light of the campfire, with a touch of orange on his face, Lanta turned his head slightly and asked, "Brother, I'll go pick some wild vegetables and come back."

"Okay, but please wait a moment."

With that said, Gu You took the steak from Lanta's hand, placed it on the clean and flat stone slab beside him, lifted the lid of the gurgling stock pot in front of him, stirred it a few times with a large spoon, and then scooped up the stock and served it. Bring it to your mouth and take a sip.

"Tsk, it's okay."

Gu You smacked his lips, and the unusually delicious taste filled his entire mouth, making him look intoxicated.

Guyou, who was very satisfied with this, handed the spoon to Lanta and said, "Taste it and see if you need to add more salt."

Lanta was not polite and took the spoon very naturally. He blew a few breaths and drank it all in one gulp. Then he opened his eyes wide and blurted out: "It tastes good!"

"Right." Gu You raised his eyebrows slightly, "This is good stuff. Add some ginger slices, red dates and poria cocos to the soup. It can not only clear away heat and detoxify, produce body fluids and quench thirst, dispel fire and dehumidification, but also nourish yin and kidneys, and clear away deficient heat."

"Stop." Lan Ta quickly interrupted Gu You's introduction with gestures. She knew very well that if Gu You continued to talk when Gu You was confused, this soup would probably become a magic medicine that could "refresh your mind with one mouthful, never feel tired after two mouthfuls, and make you immortal after three mouthfuls".

Lanta quickly changed the subject and whispered: "Wouldn't it be bad if we do this?"

Gu You looked puzzled: "Isn't it just a meal? What's wrong?"

Seeing that her elder brother was confused, Lan Ta could only move closer to Gu You. When no one seemed to be paying attention, he further lowered his voice and said, "Just eat soul beast meat, Sister Xiaowu."

Yes, the steaks that Lanta brought over and the pieces of meat that Guyou now stewed in the soup came from those two hospitable thorn-horned snapping turtles. They had undoubtedly been killed by the Shi brothers, and were ordered by Gu You to cut off pieces of meat and steaks for today's dinner.

It was okay when she didn't know Xiao Wu's true identity before, but now that she knows, Lanta is worried that eating soul beast meat may affect the relationship between Xiao Wu and them.

They are all soul beasts, so they will definitely feel uncomfortable.

"What do you mean?" Gu You turned to look at the two turtle heads who were staring blankly at the side, and said in an unfounded but decisive tone: "Don't worry, Xiao Wu will only be angry if you don't eat this meat."

Following Gu You's line of sight, Lanta also noticed the two turtle heads that looked like they were dying, with a trace of pity in his eyes.

The skin of the spiny-horned snapping turtle is very tough and cannot be broken with a knife. The Shi brothers did not recreate the classic knife piercing the brain in the original work. Instead, they released their martial souls, used their first soul skill to condense the turtle shell into a shield, and then hit their necks hard with the edge of the shield, tearing off their heads.

All soul beasts who have died know that this method of death is very painful. The muscles connecting the head and body are smashed into pulp, which is far less crisp than being on the guillotine.

Now, the Shi brothers are sitting under a tree not far from here, absorbing the soul rings, with a circle of powder to drive away soul beasts scattered around them. Qin Ming is also standing by, ready to respond to emergencies. When they wake up, it will be the new soul sect of the Imperial Fighting Team.

As for the knife being unable to break through the defense, it is normal if you think about it carefully. This Douluo Continent is fundamentally different from what Gu You saw in the book. With the continent's area expanding so much, the strength of soul masters and soul beasts will naturally increase.

A soul beast like the Spiny-Horned Snapping Turtle, which is famous for its outstanding defense power, can cultivate to the level of a thousand years. It must not be a fragile being that can be killed by ordinary iron tools. Otherwise, it would not be the soul master's turn to take action. A well-equipped army of 100,000 cold weapons could theoretically defeat all soul beast forests that do not have ten thousand year soul beasts stationed there.

Even if it is the kind of ten-thousand-year-old soul beast with poor defense and no large-scale attack methods, as long as it is well-equipped and equipped with the combat literacy of a special team, Gu You suspects that a ten-man team composed of ordinary people can defeat it. Clear a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast without any damage.

According to the description of the original work, the most famous mechanical concealed weapon, the Zhuge Liannu, can penetrate the defensive soul skills of the first and second soul rings of an offensive soul master. Those hand-thrown concealed weapons without any special effects can even penetrate the soul master's defensive soul skills. Zhao Wuji used all his strength to move the Fu Ming King's body.

But as far as Gu You himself was concerned, if the target of Tang San's battle was replaced by the thousand-year-old golden lion that he had passionately fought with, and if he didn't come up with a new type of soul-guiding hidden weapon, he might not be able to do anything with it.

There is no way Tang San, who is only at level 29, can throw a concealed weapon with the muzzle velocity of a sniper rifle bullet with his bare hands. There is a high probability that after fighting, you will find that all attack methods cannot even break through the weak point of defense, and you can only rely on ghost shadows to stalk you, and finally wait for an opportunity to escape with smoke bombs or tear gas.

This was no joke, Tang San's hand-thrown concealed weapon couldn't even break through Gu You's defense. If it were replaced by a golden lion, the hit on his body would probably be about the same as a mosquito bite. With this level of attack, does the Golden Lion need to defend?

Gu You just wants to laugh when I talk about the plot of this original work. Don't mention anything else, just the part in the book "Tang San used throwing and mechanical hidden weapons to deal with Soul Saint Zhao Wuji. Zhao Wuji also had to protect his fragile eyes and Ears, even forced to use the fifth soul skill that has lasted ten thousand years." If the Zao Wuji of this world knew about it, he would be able to wake up laughing even half of his sleep.

Come on, soul master is the strongest profession that transcends class, and is even slightly higher than nobles in publicity. Forget it about low-level soul masters. If even high-level soul masters like Soul Saint have to protect their eyes and ears with their hands when facing hidden weapons made of ordinary iron blocks, then the soul master profession is probably like this.

Hand-thrown concealed weapons can defeat Soul Saints. The Sun-Moon Empire soul tool that forced the Tang Sect to lose its foothold is probably not something that any ten-level soul master can easily defeat with a soul-guide pistol. King Fudo.

(Zhao Wuji: Damn, I finally cultivated to the Soul Saint level, but I didn’t expect to become a combat unit.)

Just kidding, but to be honest, Gu You really wanted to see the original Tang San recreate the scene of using the original hidden weapon to fight Zhao Wuji in this world.

I just hope that Old Zhao can show mercy and not beat him too badly.

"Why?"

There was a lot of confusion in her little body, and Lanta didn't understand the logical relationship. Gu You did not directly explain to Lanta, but asked a question in turn.

"Ata, do you think humans are the living beings that kill the most soul beasts in the world?"

After thinking about it, Lanta replied with a slight hesitation: "Probably. That's right."

"Give me a reason."

"Because the promotion of human soul masters must use soul rings." Quickly organizing his words, Lanta said: "Soul rings are necessary for soul masters, which means that every soul master will kill at least one person in his life. Only a ten-year soul beast."

"The growth cycles of the two sides are different. As long as the talent is strong enough, a human can quickly grow into a soul master who can absorb soul rings within a year, and absorb multiple soul rings in less than a hundred years. However, souls with less talented people can quickly grow into soul masters who can absorb soul rings within a year. It doesn’t matter if you are a master, even if your innate soul power is half-level, you don’t practice hard, and you don’t have the resources to support your training, as long as you don’t fall behind in the most basic training every day, you can reach the tenth level and become a first-level soul master in twenty years.”

"On the other hand, compared to the rapid growth of humans, the growth of soul beasts obviously relies more on the blessing of time. Especially in the low-life stage, except for a few special soul beasts, most soul beasts can only rely on time to accumulate, and they also show growth The cycle is extremely long.”

"Moreover, brother, according to the statistical chart we produced in the past few years, in the city of Notting alone, although the number of new soul masters who awaken their soul power fluctuates slightly every year, as long as the time is extended, it can be clearly seen that the number of new soul masters is The number of divisions is on the rise as a whole.”

"After further investigation, we learned that as long as both parents are soul masters, most of their children will inherit their parents' talents and successfully awaken to become soul masters."

Lanta didn't know when he took out the report "On the changes in the overall number of soul masters in Douluo Continent through the changes in the number of new soul masters in Notting City" that he had written before, and said: "Looking at Douluo Continent, Noting City is just a city everywhere. It can be seen that in small cities, not many soul masters would choose to live here for a long time. If it were a city with a large number of soul masters such as Tiandou City, Xingluo City, or even Wuhun City, the upward curve shown by the statistics would only be more exaggerated. "

"If there is no special reason comparable to a natural disaster that causes a large number of soul masters to die in a short period of time, there will be the 'snowball effect' that you once said, brother."

"In other words, as time goes by, the number of new soul masters in the mainland will increase every year, and the increase in the number of soul masters will in turn affect the number of new soul masters every year. This kind of positive cycle allows the number of soul masters to increase crazily in some exponential form, and will not stop until the soul beasts are exhausted."

"On the other hand, looking at the soul beasts," Lanta collected the reports and took out another report that was more speculative: "Even if the parents are both powerful thousand-year soul beasts, the child has successfully inherited their bloodline talents. But. But there is no way to inherit the years of your parents. It is impossible to have ten years of cultivation that can barely protect yourself."

"Such a comparison will obviously further widen the gap between the two sides."

After the second report to recover the soul guide, Lanta added: "In addition to these two reports, I think we should also consider the demand of some nobles for soul beast heads, soul beast skins and other luxury goods. Soul masters need soul beast products. Some rare materials are produced to assist cultivation, which will lead to a reduction in the number of soul beasts. "

Speaking of this, Lanta became more and more confident. She thought she had stated a few important points and concluded: "To sum up, excluding natural disasters or diseases, humans are indeed the living beings that kill the most soul beasts in the world. . If the number of existing soul beasts were not large enough, and there were special environments such as the restricted area of ​​life that were not suitable for human survival, humans would have had a chance to wipe out all the soul beasts in a short period of time."

"This" Looking at Lanta who puffed out his chest slightly and said "please praise me" on his face, Gu You scratched his head and said helplessly: "If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have taken you to do these reports together. This has completely turned you off." My thinking is limited.”

Gu You really didn't expect that the report he made just in case in the past not only failed to serve as a precaution, but also turned into a hindrance. What's more, he didn't expect that the conclusion he made would actually become a shackle that restricted Ranta's thinking.

Someone once said that we cannot be divorced from the masses or from reality. It is not advisable to make assumptions. Therefore, as long as conditions permit, Guyou is happy to conduct an actual investigation to verify his conjecture.

Therefore, with the acquiescence of Grandpa Matthew Nuo and Brother Tao, Gu You took Lanta to tally the data of children who successfully awakened their soul power in Notting City in the past fifty years, and came to an interesting conclusion.

"If a certain God King hadn't destroyed the Spirit Hall and allowed the imperial nobles to restrict civilians from participating in the Spirit Awakening Ceremony for the sake of their dominance, I'm afraid the spirit beasts in Douluo Continent wouldn't have been able to survive Huo Yuhao's birth, let alone come up with the spirit method. "

Of course, this conclusion was not written in the report. He only wrote that under the circumstances of the ebb and flow, the soul beast group may be exhausted by the exponential increase in the number of soul masters in a short period of time, which is the answer given by Lanta.

Gu You stretched out his index finger and shook it, saying, "No, as of now, the correct answer is the soul beast itself."

"Soul beast itself?"

Ranta was shocked. She never expected that the answer to her brother's question would be this.

If the scope is not limited to living organisms, Ranta might think that some natural disasters can kill soul beasts more than humans. But among living organisms, how can there be a life that knows how to take life better than humans.

"This is more difficult to explain."

It is related to the dynamic balance of the ecosystem, and there is also a small initial event that gradually amplifies and eventually causes the avalanche effect of overall collapse. Gu You can't explain it clearly in a few words.

He can only reluctantly explain: "We humans do kill many soul beasts, but this killing is icing on the cake. It can be said to be the last straw that crushes the soul beasts, or it can be said to be the direct cause of the extinction of soul beasts, but it can never be said to be the root cause of the extinction of soul beasts."

In terms of nature, direct causes are usually more superficial and superficial causes, which directly promote the occurrence and development of things. The root cause is the root or the most essential cause of the change of things, which is usually deeper and more internal.

If humans become the root cause of the extinction of soul beasts, then that would be too much. Wouldn't that mean they would be taking the blame for the gods?

Gu You strongly rejected this and decided to put the blame on the soul beasts for the time being.

"Soul beasts also need to eat, especially carnivorous soul beasts. Before reaching the millennium level and gaining the ability to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, their eating habits are no different from those of ordinary animals. Compared to wolves that eat a soft-bone rabbit a day, we humans can't do that."

Finding signs that Lanta was running towards the direction of animal protection, Gu You hurriedly said, "Xiao Wu is not unreasonable. What she hates is the unnecessary killing of soul beasts. Like today's soul hunting, if we don't eat the thorn-horned fierce alligator turtle and kill other soul beasts to eat, she will be angry when she knows."

"Because this is an unnecessary death."

Just as Gu You was busy correcting Lanta's thinking direction, a pair of eyes behind the two of them were staring at them dimly.

"Sister Yiran, what are these two siblings talking about when they are so close to each other?"

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ps: I remember when I said that humans would lead to the extinction of soul beasts, a friend said that soul beasts killed the most soul beasts. In fact, I also think so, but as mentioned in this chapter, the ecosystem has its own regulatory mechanism. This kind of killing (predation) will not directly lead to species extinction in most cases. Human activities have destroyed the ecological balance and are the direct cause of extinction.

By the way, I will patch the original work. Soul beasts can absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to replenish their activity consumption when they reach the thousand-year level, and eating is no longer necessary. Otherwise, according to the basic theorem that the larger the size, the greater the consumption, and the greater the consumption, the greater the appetite, the more soul beasts Di Tian has to eat every day, which is unimaginable. The Xingdou Great Forest is probably not enough for those hundred thousand year soul beasts.