Pretending To Be A Boss-Chapter 634 - 48: The Benefits of Being a "Duck" _2
Based on various reasons, Tang Xian felt that "special humans" like Akasi and Yuan Wu might only have gained their uniqueness after the Pyramid Era.
Because in the several thousand years of human civilization before that, the most formidable were probably capable of fighting a hundred men at most.
Figures like Xiang Yu, Lv Bu, and Li Yuanba never set foot in the high-martial world.
If the likes of Tang Suoye, Akasi, and Song Que were in ancient times, wouldn’t they have unified the world all by themselves?
The boat rises with the tide. Human combat strength became ferocious, and it was related to the world becoming more hostile. But who is the cause, and who is the effect?
Tang Xian shook his head and didn’t ponder deeper.
He looked at Yuan Wu and said solemnly,
"Don’t loathe yourself, whatever you did before; it was not your true intention."
Yuan Wu was surprised that Tang Xian actually knew what he was thinking.
Ever since he had encountered Xi He, Yuan Wu would often dream about that girl, like an object about to be burnt, while he just stood by silently, watching her being consumed by the flames.
Then she said to him, Yuan Wu, don’t cry.
No matter how many fragments he recalled, he couldn’t remember more, only feeling deep anxiety about the truth.
Because with Xi He’s words, he always felt brutal—
"Did you really remember her? Or did she die in front of you, time and time again?"
This remark scared Yuan Wu quite a bit; he always felt he had done something terrible to someone, but just couldn’t recall it.
It was for this reason that Tang Xian felt this silent, emotionally scarred child harbored a certain tendency towards world-weariness.
"I am a sinner..." Yuan Wu said subconsciously.
Tang Xian said,
"Coincidentally, we all are."
"I really did some terrible things, sir... I just can’t remember them."
"Tang Suoye and Akasi were once locked up in cages, killing many of their comrades. The terrible things they did might be even more than yours, and all that was just for survival."
"Does everything done for survival deserve forgiveness?"
"That’s too big a question. I can’t explain it to you in a short time. But since you’re still alive, you should live well, with awareness."
Tang Xian’s expression was serious as he looked at Yuan Wu and said, word by word,
"Death cannot atone for sins; this world isn’t that cheap."
Yuan Wu was stunned; those words were meant to encourage one to keep living, yet they seemed excessively cruel.
Tang Xian didn’t mind and, during the following process, he caught two more blue-eared rabbits and said,
"Let’s go, we’re heading back."
Yuan Wu nodded, no longer dwelling on the things he couldn’t make sense of for the moment.
However, on the way back, he asked another question:
"Sir, aren’t you worried about Chaos? According to Tang Mang’s story, it should be a very strong enemy."
The forest trail was quiet, and the sound of Tang Xian’s footsteps on the littered leaves and twigs was soft and moist, mingling with the dampness of early morning.
He was somewhat puzzled; why did Yuan Wu also call that child Tang Mang? Was Tang not good enough?
Shaking his head, Tang Xian said,
"Any of the Four Ferocious Creatures would be difficult to deal with. However, Chaos may not necessarily be our enemy."
"What do you mean?" Yuan Wu asked, puzzled.
"We have to wait until I find Chaos to make an accurate judgment. Taotie is a creature with obsessive-compulsive disorder, and Chaos sounds like it suffers from other mental illnesses."
Tang Xian pointed to his temple and continued,
"This kind of illness is called Histrionic Personality Disorder. Qiao Shanshan once told me about a similar condition, about a woman who came to the hospital, claiming there was a problem with her hand, that it wouldn’t obey her and kept being raised, unable to lower it. The doctors examined her and told her there was nothing wrong with her hand, but the woman didn’t believe it, insisting that her hand had a problem. She held her hand up like that, looking very much like a patient, even when a normal person would have felt tired, she kept it raised, and even after a whole night passed, her expression still showed great pain, and she wouldn’t put it down."
"What’s even more widely known is the story from a mental hospital, where an old lady stood holding an umbrella without moving. The doctors didn’t know what she was doing, so one of them mimicked her behavior. After a long time, the old lady finally said, ’Are you a mushroom too?’"
Yuan Wu still didn’t know there were such strange people.
Tang Xian said:
"Chaos is a classic case of histrionic personality disorder, and also suffers from some self-recognition disorders. In short, it’s madness."
"But even so... That must be a very tricky enemy, right?"
"Yes, very tricky. I haven’t figured out a viable battle plan yet. It may come down to luck."
Yuan Wu couldn’t understand Tang Xian’s thoughts, and Tang Xian did not bother to explain in detail.
All he thought was, if according to the Sea God who isn’t exactly a good bird either, then Tang Feiji could also be considered a ferocious beast in another sense.
Dragons are often sacred in many stories, but there are also many evil dragons in the world of myth."
But Tang Feiji had been tamed by him, and an Oscar winner from Myriad Beasts Realm might not be untameable either.
"Chaos’s abilities are just too useful. Based on past data, there’s only a seventeen percent chance that I’ll kill Chaos and gain its abilities. I don’t want to bet on a one-in-six chance, but if I tame it, I can make use of these abilities with one hundred percent certainty. That’s much more rational."
Even though Yu Xiaozhe and Lin Sen’s disguises are powerful, they can’t cross species. Chaos is different--it has the ability to cross species."
"Tame?"
Yuan Wu was truly surprised this time. A human taming a calamity-level boss creature?
However, he soon came to terms with it as this great human had done similar things many times before. In a sense, Tang Feiji, Qing JiuYu, and Bai Mansheng were all tamed.
It is said that this great human had even tamed all the creatures on a small continent on a southern island.
Thinking this way, Yuan Wu didn’t consider it a wild fancy anymore, yet he was still amazed and wondered how Tang Xian would accomplish it.
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In the following days, Tang Xian was feeling out the movements around him.
He even went to Nether Valley once. There was no movement in Nether Valley, as the Long-Ear Ancient Apes had all fled. It seemed that even if they went to other sanctuaries in search of reinforcement, they wouldn’t be able to reach here anytime soon.
Therefore, Tang Xian began to peruse some records.
When the intelligence of a being reached the level of the Long-Ear Ancient Apes, they began recording various things just like humans do. However, though Tang Xian could understand the voice of all things due to his Eden bloodline, he couldn’t understand the ancient apes’ script.
This script, which looked like a combination of Latin and Korean to Tang Xian, was even more alien than Martian.
Neither Bai Mansheng nor Tang knew it.
With no other choice, Tang Xian resorted to an old method: he memorized all these things for future study.
Just like when he encountered those steles on the southern island, in Jin Lu’s territory, Tang Xian etched the inscrutable characters firmly in his mind.
Although he couldn’t find clues in the documents, Tang Xian didn’t give up. He meticulously searched every nook and cranny of the vast castle.
Using his sense of smell, Tang Xian quickly found a clue.
It was a piece of animal feather, which, judging by its color and hardness, looked much like the spines of a hedgehog.
It was discovered in the passageway leading to the highest level of the castle.
As he held the feather, a relieved smile spread across Tang Xian’s face as he said:
"It seems it’s not far off from what I had imagined."
"What is this?"
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"Feathers of a Sword Feather Duck," Tang Xian replied.
"Sword Feather Duck..."
Bai Mansheng recalled. He had had such a conversation with Tang Xian before. Tang Xian was surprised that the Sword Feather Duck dared to migrate toward the monster-filled Northwest. This elite boss creature, so timid, was somehow able to survive safely in the Northwest. Tang Xian had thought that some creature must have been protecting the Sword Feather Duck in secret."
"Why would it choose to become a duck?" Bai Mansheng couldn’t understand. One of the four great fierce creatures, the top combat power of this world, why would it want to become a duck? Why disguise himself as something else?
"Ducks get paid very well. You’ll know once you become a rich woman," Tang Xian nonchalantly replied.
