Free Web NovelChapter 1335: 516_2
After all, killing was killing, and Zhou Tian found this task far too simple. Thus, having understood this world and with absolute confidence in his strength, believing that he could use the rules of this world to enhance his power, Zhou Tian once again began seeking suitable prey.
At that moment, Zhou Tian realized why there were so few living beings in this world, despite it being a vast territory in the Otherworld; the population was even smaller than a lower Monster group. This situation arose entirely because of the rules of this world; consuming other living beings could enhance one’s strength, which meant the living beings of this world had to consume others daily to survive or even to gain power. If they couldn’t find food, they might not end up as another creature’s food, but they would likely starve to death ultimately.
Despite the casualties of war in the Main Plane reaching over a hundred million at that time, seeming to doom all living beings, the living beings of the Main Plane were not near extinction. In fact, due to the rule change of this epoch, the living beings of the Main Plane could mass-produce in a special manner, and despite the many casualties, the number of living beings ’born’ during that period was also significant. Due to this increase and decrease, the living beings of the Main Plane were naturally not at risk of extinction at that time. ƒreewebɳovel.com
This situation from the Main Plane was clearly not applicable to this world.
Even though the rules of both sides seemed somewhat similar, this world still adhered to the old Power Rules. Under such rules, it was clear that the living beings of this world could not mass-produce directly using the Demonic Transformation Pool like the Monsters of the Main Plane could.
So, although the skirmishes of this world’s living beings seemed minor, due to them still reproducing sexually, no matter how prolific they were, they could not sustain the consumption demanded by this world’s environment. Because of the constant need to feed, in this world, the living beings were forced into a series of battles. Ultimately, due to these struggles, this world was forced to evolve into its current state.
Without a special reason, the living beings of this world were generally unlikely to go extinct. However, also because of special causes, without any particular reasons, due to environmental factors, the population of this world’s living beings could at most maintain their current standard.
In Zhou Tian’s view, although vast, this world was like an enlarged forest, and the living beings of this world like the animals in a forest. Having slowly formed a food chain, the living beings of this world, barring any major accidents, would continue to exist as they currently did.
However, there were likely some outsiders who had entered this world before, and now Zhou Tian, another foreigner, was also present. Under such circumstances, although based on the strength of this world’s living beings, they could mostly disregard natural disasters, the human-caused disasters formed by Zhou Tian and others meant that if these beings could not handle them well, they might at any time face extinction at their hands.
In fact, although Zhou Tian was just a loner, once he discovered the rules of this current world and also planned to use these rules to enhance his strength, soon after he took action, due to his cause, there were many casualties among the living beings of this world.
Finding suitable prey was not easy; even with Zhou Tian’s strength, there were too many existences in this world that he couldn’t contend with. However, although Zhou Tian couldn’t handle the truly top forces of this world, based on his abilities, in this world, most of the living beings probably couldn’t fight him.
So, although it was indeed possible that Zhou Tian might run into enemies he couldn’t handle and consequently get injured under their attacks,
with Zhou Tian’s strength, in most cases, even if he couldn’t fight the living beings he encountered, he generally possessed the ability to protect himself. Therefore, after encountering some Magpies and learning from them that there were also many beings weaker than him in this world, Zhou Tian became less cautious in his actions.
As a result, although because he didn’t hide his form and occasionally encountered some attacks while moving about in that world, unlike before when he used to flee upon encountering the living beings of this world, knowing now that there were weaker beings, Zhou Tian would often engage in battle with his attackers. If the living beings he encountered were not strong, Zhou Tian possessed the ability to kill them mercilessly and consider them his prey. But if luck was against him and he encountered living beings stronger than himself, Zhou Tian would choose to flee without hesitation.
