Otherworldly Affairs Office-Chapter 71 The Story of Shangxing

Shangxing’s way of addressing Gu Shenghui made Pei Yan smile knowingly. He nodded, "And then, you stayed with the Investigation Bureau?"

"Yes, for those of us animals with awakening abilities who were rescued, there was a lot of disagreement on how to arrange us because we held a significant amount of hostility towards you humans!"

As Shangxing spoke, he smoothed his mane and continued, "At that time, the mainstream opinions were divided into two factions. One was to exile us to the Spirit Monster World to fend for ourselves, and the other was to create a large, alternative, secret zoo to keep us confined where we would continue to be fed until we quietly died. The third option was something I only found out about later—someone suggested secretly disposing of us."

Hearing Shangxing’s words, Pei Yan silently lowered his head. He understood that this was wrong, but when he put himself in their shoes, he could understand their approach.

Feeling conflicted, he looked up at Shangxing. Now that he was alive and sitting next to him, it was evident that none of those three options had been implemented. He couldn’t help but curiously ask, "What happened later? What changed everything?"

"It was Gu Shenghui and a leader from the military. They stood against everyone’s opinion and personally vouched for us. Gu Shenghui said that the mistakes made by humans must be borne by humans. If we only erase things repeatedly, our handling of the matter will never improve." Shangxing took a long sigh, placing a cigar in his mouth and took a heavy puff.

Pei Yan nodded with relief and said, "Finally, someone who understands!"

"Hmph, pretty talk is easy for anyone! What’s the use! Can people live on pretty talk?" He Yue, who had been beaten up by Pei Yan, woke up at some point and sarcastically remarked with a groan.

Seeing this guy again made Pei Yan’s temper flare up. He stood abruptly, and a steel baseball bat formed in his right hand as he strode over to Yang Yue.

He Yue, gasping for air, saw Pei Yan approaching angrily and swung the bat in front of his nose, shrieking, "What do you want! I’m already captured! You can’t abuse me anymore!"

"Did any of you see me abusing him?" Pei Yan pointed with his bat at everyone except the always-unconscious Zou Changxing and sternly asked.

"No!" "No!" Everyone immediately moved themselves away from He Yue, except Liu Yu, who shouted viciously, "Didn’t see, I only saw He Yue disobeying orders, trying to attack Investigator Pei to escape, and getting successfully shot dead by Investigator Pei!"

"I didn’t even think of that reason, do you have to be so harsh?" Pei Yan muttered to himself as he watched Liu Yu’s excited face.

"Liu Yu, you MF!" He Yue, hearing his words, began using his head to fiercely hit Liu Yu beside him, and the two got into another scuffle.

"You F-ing jerk!"

"Stop it, calm down! If you keep moving, I’ll smack both of you!" Pei Yan shouted loudly, banging his bat on the ground, observing the dogfight between the two.

Apparently, his words worked as the two bumped each other once more and then stopped fighting, glaring fiercely at each other.

Pei Yan pointed his bat at He Yue, "You’re the T M who talks too much! From now on, if you move or say a word, I’ll knock you out with a bat. My ability ensures precise calculation of arm strength. I’ll guarantee to knock you out but not kill you! You can try if you don’t believe me!"

Having suffered a big loss at Pei Yan’s hand, He Yue knew this person wasn’t as naive as his age would suggest. Heavy-handed and not daring to test, he quickly shut his mouth and lay down quietly, motionless.

"You, and you! Spit on him for me! If he dares to make a sound or move, I’ll knock him unconscious with a bat, and you guys keep spitting!" Pei Yan, pointing his bat, ordered Liu Yu and another ability-user.

"Okay! No problem," Liu Yu promptly agreed to the order and moved his body next to He Yue, taking a deep breath and spitting thick phlegm on his face.

"You sure have some tricks." Shangxing looked at the still somewhat childish Pei Yan and returned to sit beside him with a smile.

Pei Yan thumped the baseball bat on the ground and said, "This kid annoys me! Forget about him, what happened later—how did Director Gu dispel your hatred?"

"The hatred can’t be eliminated." Shangxing took the half-burned cigar from Pei Yan’s hand, put it back into the cigar box, snuffed out his own half-burned cigar, and placed it aside before continuing, "But he taught us a very simple truth."

"What truth?"

"To hate a group of people, or to hate everyone, if we only hated a group of people, he would protect us; if we hated everyone, sorry he can’t do it, and we wouldn’t be integrated into this world, leaving us to face only death."

After hearing this, Pei Yan nodded pensively. Indeed, in this society where humans hold absolute advantage, no matter how just or justifiable your reasons are, if you stand against all of humanity, your only end is to perish.

"After understanding this truth, Gu Shenghui started changing us bit by bit into the form we originally disliked. This guy actually wanted us to become more like humans."

"I once asked him, I said, how can I become more like a human? Can you guess how he answered?" Shangxing smiled as he looked at Pei Yan and asked.

Pei Yan shook his head blankly.

"He said, of course, it’s to enjoy life!" Shangxing, mimicking Gu Shenghui’s manner, patted his hands and spread his palms open.

Pei Yan asked in confusion, "Enjoy life?"

"Yes, he told me that previously, we humans weren’t much different from animals, all struggling to survive. But once our ancestors braved challenges and completed evolution achieving civilization, everything started to change. They wanted their lives to be more comfortable, desired to enjoy treatment and status different from others or other creatures, then they invented tool after tool to satisfy such desires, and after having such tools, in order to consolidate such lives, they produced batch after batch of weapons to attack dissenters and bolster themselves, continuing to enjoy such a life."

"So he thinks that enjoying life isn’t a shameful thing; it is the driving source for human progress!" Shangxing shrug as he concluded.

"This theory is novel; I hadn’t heard it before. Didn’t expect that scar-faced guy could be so full of it!" Pei Yan scratched his head and curled his lips, dismissively remarked.

"Yeah, and then he started to teach me to smoke the finest cigars, drink the finest wines, chew betel nuts! Watch movies! Watch plays, eat Chinese food! Take a bath! Learn to recognize words, read books, use electronic devices, understand the greatness of this country, until eventually, he even wanted to take me to that kind of place, got harshly scolded by Elder Lin, and still not giving up, wanted to take me to the zoo to see another female ape, then got scolded by me severely." Shangxing reminisced with a sense of nostalgia, counting on his fingers.

"And then what?"

"And then, I believed his nonsense, picking up all sorts of lousy habits, couldn’t leave this damned place, the Investigation Bureau, ever again!" ƒгeewebnovёl_com

"Hahahaha!"

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