Chapter 467 - Civilizing Sapient Creatures

In the ‘Fellowship Meeting’, Duke Yun, who had just received Heavenly Merit, spoke with some amount of dignity, inviting the envy of many.

However, that was not the most important point!

The most important point was that the Heavenly Axiom had approved of the humans’ idea!

That was the most amazing thing. Those who obey the mandate of heaven will prosper, while those who defy it will perish. As long as everyone worked together and did their part, they would not have to worry about going against the heavens.

Then, they heard Duke Yun say majestically, “I have received the grace of heaven, and vow to do my utmost best. Should I fail, I shall not receive longevity!”

“Hiss…” The crowd immediately exclaimed in surprise when they heard him.

That was too harsh!

After all, humans did not live long lives. The most one could live up to was a hundred years or so. Besides, there was no actual record of anyone living up to two hundred years.

In other words, in the remaining hundred years that Duke Yun had to live, he would have to complete his vow! This was harder than a certain chronic procrastinator…

No matter if he ate pills, how high his cultivation was, or even how powerful his strength grew, after a hundred years, he would definitely die if he did not fulfill that wish!

At this time, everyone heard the sound of thunder rolling and rumbling, as if responding to Duke Yun’s oath.

“It was acknowledged?!”

“Yeah, this is literally ‘the Heavens above watch what the humans do below’. If there’s any violation, there’ll sure to be retribution!”

“Didn’t Duke Yun already obtain Merit? Why did he have to make such a huge oath too?!”

“You guys don’t know this, but because Duke Yun is busy with common affairs, he’s close to his limit after cultivating to Pond-level. It’s very difficult for him to advance his cultivation. He made that vow because if he really did manage to let all demons live like humans and stop the discrimination between demons and humans, he’ll ascend directly!” As the spokesperson from the Taoist Alliance, Monastery Master Ma from the Mount Indigo Monastery was naturally among the invited.

He was very clear about these matters. This time, he only rubbed his beard and said calmly.

“Hiss… I see. I hope Duke Yun will be able to accomplish his goal,” someone sighed.

“Hehe, this is the best age. Everyone hopes for longevity. This used to be the worse age, where everyone lives in a precarious situation, but with this new wall, it’ll definitely not be the worst age anymore…” Monastery Master Ma pointed out.

The Fellowship Meeting continued on energetically, this time without any disturbances.

“Moving on to the second item on the agenda, how should we help the Post-Evolved Humans obtain the skills they need to support themselves and thus join our human family and live together with us.”

“Let’s look at a set of pictures first,” Duke Yun had obviously done his homework. With a wave of his hands, a three-dimensional image appeared in thin air over the venue.

Everyone looked up.

Various kinds of demons appeared in the images… rats, wolves, rabbits, snakes, and so on. They were all basically wild animal species.

The image switched, and a rabbit carrying a bamboo cage appeared on the lens. It was carefully walking through a herb field, occasionally collecting a few tender leaves and putting them in the bamboo cage behind it.

“Our Cloud Fog City has long since targeted in receiving these Post-Evolved Humans, under the Venerable One’s influence. Some of them are good at collecting rare minerals, some are good at planting medicinal herbs, some are good at research and innovation, and some are of course, good in combat…”

Duke Yun spoke with fervor and assurance. In actuality, he had already started using the demons as a labor force. This was a revelation he had after visiting that foggy ravine.

In fact, many small and weak demons were more docile than domestic pets after obtaining sapience. An example was rabbits, who were creatures that bred like crazy in some areas.

The lucky ones among them obtain sapience and gradually gain self-awareness, but their instincts of eating grass do not chance, so they will not prey on humans…

Preying on humans was the bottom line.

That was why they were the first to be included in the transformation of Cloud Fog City. Furthermore, they were easy to raise. Any grasslands could be their dining hall…

There would naturally be no need to give them any salary either. These kinds of workers who only cared about food and shelter were very rare in the world.

Cloud Fog City gathered quite a number of rabbit clans from the grasslands of Guifang and stationed security guards to prevent them from being captured by their natural enemies.

Even if they became demons, no, even if they became humans, they were the same as the ancient humans in the past. Without cultivation, their strength was just at the standard of ordinary living beings. They were not superhumans.

They were the same as the ancient humans, afraid of wild beasts and natural enemies.

Before they had consciousness, the humans were their enemies.

Since Cloud Fog City was in urgent need of labor and brought them in as reformation targets, the two sides underwent a short breaking-in period.

However, it was proven that in the face of the hypocritical and cunning humans, these new rabbit people who did not have their own culture and language very quickly began to assimilate.

They learned to speak in human languages and write in Mandarin and was finally able to communicate normally with other humans.

This entire process did not take long. After all, a rabbit’s life cycle was much faster than a humans’…

After obtaining sapience, not even a human baby could compare with their learning ability.

“Compared to people who only know how to slack off, I very much prefer these… Post-Evolved Humans who work as much as they eat…” Duke Yun said humorously while pointing at the white rabbit in the image.

“In other words, following your example, we should also gather some good-natured Post-Evolved Humans. Of course, it’ll be better if we prioritize herbivores?” someone chuckled.

“This is a matter of detail. Of course, in terms of civilizational difficulty, it’s not about their eating habits, but rather whether they’re social races…” Duke Yun imparted valuable experience without any concealment.

Many leaders ordered their secretaries, butlers, and managers to quickly make records. These methods on how to civilize demons were priceless!

“If it’s a social race, then it’s necessary to find the leader among them. Even if this leader hasn’t obtained sapience, it can convince those who have because the survival experiences they have aren’t something that a newborn can compare with.”

“Rabbits don’t actually have social communities. It’s because they’re docile by nature that they were picked first. We plan to choose sheep next. Their nature is gentle, and as everyone knows, haha, they do have the concept of a leader goat…” Duke Yun did not elaborate.

At this moment, a goat with blank eyes looking around in what seemed like searching for a new pasture. However, most of the pastures beneath its feet were still green. Only a portion of it had been eaten.

Behind it was a herd of goat, following suit. These goats did not lower their heads to eat the grass but instead followed the leader goat.

“This goat, codenamed ‘Yang Da’, is a goat that has obtained sapience. We’re currently exchanging environmental protection ideas with it. It’ll order the goats to change their habit of eating grass along with the roots so that the pastures can be periodically recycled. Of course, this vast grassland is mostly maintained by us. We employed a Grand Wizard from the West to cast spells twice a month to get water vapor from the Arctic Ocean to rain 50 mm of water each time in a large area nearby in order to supply grass growth.”

Hearing this, everyone marveled at one another.

That really was not a small amount. That would be 100 mm every month and a cumulative of 1200 mm of rainfall in a year. This had broken away from the concept of droughts, and even if it might be too much for grasslands, it might be an area that becomes a forest in the future.

The Era of Vitality was such a miraculous era. What was impossible in the industrial era could now be achieved by just a single person.

Let the world gather together and discuss countermeasures! Let the world gather together and discuss countermeasures!

Even if a thousand gold coins are spent, more will turn up again. Otherwise, they would never trigger any new accomplishments.