Barbecue Sauce wasn't stupid either. It naturally understood how difficult it was to travel together with a villager who had no consciousness.
Hearing Barbecue Sauce's words, Xu Yuan instead smiled and said, "Then how is this any different from the actions of those five players who went all out earlier?"
Hearing Xu Yuan's words, Barbecue Sauce's heart suddenly sank.
Xu Yuan's words were very on point, but to Barbecue Sauce, they sounded a bit sarcastic. Villagers had no consciousness, if not restrained, they would definitely run around.
But if it restrained the villager and hid him, then its actions would be no different from those players' actions.
Seeing Barbecue Sauce wearing a sowhat thoughtful expression, Xu Yuan continued speaking.
"These unconscious lifeforms are just walking plants and flowers, nothing more. You're very clear about what kind of world you live in. Your kindness toward them will only hurt you."
"You must understand, they were born as the lowest-level creatures in this world. If you lower yourself to be on the sa front line as them, no one will be able to save you or your companions." Xu Yuan spoke very directly. He said this to awaken Barbecue Sauce.
This ga world was originally designed to serve the players. Those monsters and animals were designed for players to hunt.
They were at the very bottom of the food chain from the beginning.
If these creatures that had developed consciousness still couldn't understand the situation and treated those respawning in-ga data as their companions... they would never get the peace and tranquility they desired.
Because this was a ga, players would never stop hunting monsters and animals.
Only when they abandoned these aningless feelings of helping others could Xu Yuan find a way to solve the problem.
This was also the reason Xu Yuan said so much to Barbecue Sauce.
Hearing Xu Yuan's words, Barbecue Sauce stood stunned for a long ti.
'Lowering myself to the sa front line as them…'
Actually, Barbecue Sauce understood very well that those creatures who hadn't developed consciousness were not the sa kind as itself.
But every ti it saw little chicks that looked exactly like itself being hunted by players, it still couldn't accept it.
It would always tell itself, ('I've already developed consciousness, maybe they can too. They just need a bit more ti.')
What if the mont they were killed was the exact mont they developed consciousness, how painful and helpless would that be?
Barbecue Sauce actually understood this deep down, but inside, there was always a voice trying to convince itself otherwise.
This was actually the inner struggle of most conscious monsters and animals. They actually already understood this world, but they couldn't accept it.
They clearly knew the lives they were saving weren't the sa kind as themselves, but because of the physical resemblance, seeing them suffer felt like watching themselves suffer.
They could never get past their own conscience.
Just as Xu Yuan had said, they had voluntarily lowered their own status to the level of those unconscious, bottom-tier creatures.
That sentence from Xu Yuan was like a sudden awakening for Barbecue Sauce.
Barbecue Sauce thought about it for a long ti, then let out a long sigh, then looked at Xu Yuan and asked, "Cluck… cluck cluck cluck? …(Then… what position should I put myself in?…)"
Hearing Barbecue Sauce's question, Xu Yuan knew that his words had worked.
Actually, after going through so much, these conscious creatures already understood it in their hearts.
What they needed was soone to awaken them and provide a solution.
And as it happened, Xu Yuan was just such a person.
Xu Yuan thought for a mont and said, "You and the players are equal. You are in the sa position. You need to find another path and maintain a balance with them, not continue endless war."
Hearing Xu Yuan's words, Barbecue Sauce couldn't help but be stunned. "Cluck cluck cluck? … (We're equal to the players?…)"
Barbecue Sauce had never thought that its status was equal to that of the players.
There were so many players, and Xu Yuan had also said earlier, this ga world was built to serve them. Players were born with the ability to revive, there was no way to truly kill them.
While creatures like Barbecue Sauce were originally just respawning strings of data, ant to be slaughtered by the players.
Once they understood this, how could conscious animals and monsters ever place themselves on the sa level as the players?
Even if they struggled with all their might, they had never thought they were equal.
Xu Yuan's sentence had broken through Barbecue Sauce's long-held beliefs.
Barbecue Sauce couldn't process it right away. It looked at Xu Yuan and asked, "Cluck cluck cluck? Cluck cluck cluck… cluck cluck… (How can we be equal? We and the players are in a relationship of food and eater… from the mont we were born, there's no such thing as equality…)"
It was obvious, Barbecue Sauce was complaining about the unfairness of fate.
They were born as food in the players' eyes, born at the bottom of the food chain. From birth, everything had already been unequal.
Hearing Barbecue Sauce's words, Xu Yuan just shrugged and said, "If you've always seen yourself as food, then just pretend I said nothing."
If Barbecue Sauce continued to trap itself in the identity of "food," then no matter how much Xu Yuan said, it would be useless.
Since Barbecue Sauce had awakened consciousness, it already had self-awareness. It could sense itself. Because of that, it was difficult to break free from the world's designation of it as "food."
So it kept complaining about the unfairness of the world.
But it ignored its own unique personality (or chicken-ality).
It could feel everything, perceive everything, it had emotions. In this ga world, it actually had no difference from the players.
If this situation, conscious creatures, were to happen in the real world, it would indeed be an unsolvable problem.
Because for millions of years, they had always been at the bottom of the food chain. But this happened in a strange ga world, so changing fate was possible.
Of course, the premise was that it must place itself in the sa position as the players.
Although understanding the true aning behind Xu Yuan's words wasn't easy, at this mont Barbecue Sauce had already gained a bit of faint awareness.
Simply put, its perspective had slightly widened.
Barbecue Sauce thought for a mont, then asked Xu Yuan, "Cluck cluck cluck cluck? (If I already put myself in the sa position as them, then how do I balance them?)"
This was actually what Barbecue Sauce most wanted to know.
It very much agreed with the second half of Xu Yuan's sentence. It really didn't want to continue the endless war anymore.
Hearing Barbecue Sauce's question, Xu Yuan thought for a mont, then asked back, "Do you know why players want to hunt you?"
Barbecue Sauce tilted its head and thought for a mont, then answered, "Cluck cluck cluck… (Because if they kill , they can get food…)"
Hearing Barbecue Sauce's reply, Xu Yuan nodded and said, "In short, killing you gives them benefits."
After hearing this, Barbecue Sauce also nodded seriously in agreent.
Seeing this, Xu Yuan continued, "Then the balance point lies in the word 'benefits.' If they can get benefits without killing you, would they still choose to do it?"
Hearing Xu Yuan's words, Barbecue Sauce was instantly stunned. It seed like it had never considered this question.
Seeing Barbecue Sauce still not fully understanding, Xu Yuan didn't beat around the bush anymore and said directly, "For example, you can produce poison eggs, right? And your poison eggs have a lot of damage."
"You usually use them as weapons to fight players. These poison eggs have to be used up eventually. If you changed their purpose, not as weapons but as gifts instead..."
Hearing Xu Yuan's explanation, Barbecue Sauce imdiately understood what he ant. But it didn't think it was a good idea.
"Cluck cluck cluck!! Cluck cluck! (The harm and hatred players have caused us… how could I possibly talk calmly with them and even give them things!!)"
Of course, Xu Yuan had expected Barbecue Sauce to argue like that, so he nodded and said,
"The old grudges between factions are indeed hard to resolve, it's not sothing that can be fixed in a day or two. But soone must step up and change the situation."
After saying that, Xu Yuan looked at Barbecue Sauce and smiled, "You are already the first person to change the situation… Emmmm… or rather, the first chicken…"
Seeing the warm smile on Xu Yuan's face, Barbecue Sauce couldn't help but freeze.
'I… I actually talked to a player for this long…'
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