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Chapter 424: The Tireless Tribe
"If I have to describe them, I think 'machine' is the most appropriate word."

The elf's ethereal voice echoed in the dim sea water, and it slowly told Mo Ling what happened when it first arrived at the Sea of ​​Creation...

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After arriving at the third layer of the abyss, the elf began to look for the meaning of his existence.

After no longer living for the wishes of others, it feels very free, but more often than not, there is only endless emptiness in its heart.

“I thought I had escaped the fate of being dominated, but I fell into an even more chaotic nothingness.”

Without a purpose, the elf began to wander around the third layer of the abyss.

Until we arrived at the Sea of ​​Creation.

As soon as it entered this sea area, it felt the presence of countless fellow species, which made it very excited as it had always felt lonely.

After passing through countless mirrors, the elf found the location of his fellow tribesmen.

They hide in a hidden ocean and fulfill the wishes of other races through the mirror.

As soon as the elf arrived in the sea, he was taken to participate in the "Sacrificial Ceremony" before he had time to greet his fellow tribesmen.

As one of them, the elf quickly understood the operating principles of the Sea of ​​Creation.

The fellows in the Sea of ​​Creation adopted a very clever method. They did not directly realize the wishes of living things, but used the carrier of "God".

They gather the wishes of a race together, put them into a container, and then use this container to give birth to a "god", and use the god to realize the wishes of those races.

In fact, this god is a relic of their creation.

In this way, they can be completely removed from the wishing process and act as a hidden third party.

The process of making a wish only involves the creatures making the wish and the created gods, and has nothing to do with them.

This is a very energy-saving method and can ensure their safety.

This golden sea is hidden under layers of mirrors and is difficult to detect, so they don't have to worry about being coveted by greedy creatures.

Sacred objects and sacrificial rituals set a threshold to a certain extent, making those creatures restrain themselves.

Creatures will believe that it is "God" who fulfills their wishes, but they will also remain in awe and will not be too indulgent or make unreasonable demands on God.

After completing several sacred rituals with his fellow tribesmen, the elf was extremely impressed by this way of fulfilling wishes.

"If I had known this method earlier, I wouldn't be trapped by wishes, nor would I be troubled by those unreasonable wishes."

Not only that, the fellows in the Sea of ​​Creation seem to be very motivated. They run tirelessly to different sacrificial sites every day to fulfill the wishes of living things.

Moreover, the mirror seems to be able to not only see what is happening within the Sea of ​​Creation, but also connect to some strange places.

These places are the famous wishing places in the abyss.

Wishing pool, wishing statue, wishing tower...

Some of the same tribesmen are specifically responsible for making wishes in these places.

Granting a wish is simple, but delivering the relic to the wishing location consumes a lot of energy, so these places can only be opened periodically to avoid too many creatures making wishes and insufficient energy.

When the elf first arrived at the Sea of ​​Creation, he was curious about everything, so he often ran around, and then was caught by his fellow tribesmen there and taken to fulfill their wishes.

With everyone working together, the scope of wish fulfillment became very large and the intensity of the wishes became very high, which made the elves admire their fellow tribesmen here even more.

However, the elves soon discovered that these "motivated" people seemed to be working too hard. They didn't communicate, rest, or think... Every day they worked and rushed between various wishing locations.

Not only are they responsible for making wishes in the Sea of ​​Creation, but they are also responsible for making wishes in those distant places. These people exhaust themselves every day and will not stop to recover until almost all their energy is depleted.

The elf felt more and more strange as he looked at his fellow men who were risking their lives.

"Why are you so tired?"

The elf asked a fellow elf who had almost lost all his energy and could only drift weakly in the sea.

Its fellow creature just looked at it and continued to drift away along the ocean current. When its energy was fully restored, it would start working again in the original place, working wherever it drifted to.

The elf asked many of his fellow tribesmen and got the same result.

Those tired fellows didn't even have the energy to respond.

Those of the same species that still have energy will simply pull the elf to do the work, regardless of whether it refuses or not.

If the elf runs away, its fellow elves will not care about it.

In their eyes, work seems to be the most important thing. Instead of chasing elves, it is better to use this time to work.

After realizing this, the elf even deliberately provoked some of its own kind to catch it, but those same kind still firmly put their work first and completely ignored the elf's provocation.

The elves have also made some other efforts.

It tried to take some of its exhausted fellows away from the Sea of ​​Creation and ran to a far place.

However, after these fellows recovered their energy, they hurried back to the Sea of ​​Creation and threw themselves into their work, working even harder, as if to make up for the time they had spent on the journey.

They work tirelessly to fulfill the wishes of other creatures without complaint.

“Isn’t this a machine?”

The elf has been in human society for a long time, and the more he looks at it, the more he feels that these fellow elves are very similar to the machines in human society.

Inflexible, extremely rigid, only knows how to work but not how to think.

They do their job brilliantly and efficiently, but they have completely lost the freedom that a living being should have.

Looking at these fellow creatures who were like machines, the elf felt more and more frightened.

Not only that, those of the same race are also influencing it.

As long as you stay in the center of the Golden Sea, you will be taken to work.

After being conscripted several times, the elf finally couldn't stand it anymore and hid in the deep sea alone. He continued to observe his fellow tribesmen while trying to find a way to rescue these mechanical compatriots.

"They asked you to go to the Wishing House to teleport the relics. They must have discovered your teleportation ability. This way they can save a lot of energy." The elf said to Mo Ling.

“Is this lazy?”

"No, they won't be lazy at all. They save energy just to use it for other tasks. Even if you have helped them to teleport all the relics, they will only lift the opening restrictions on those wishing locations and let you continue to teleport."

The elf said seriously, "You may not understand. They don't have the concept of 'work saturation'. As long as the workload keeps increasing, the work will never be saturated."

"As long as you keep working, there will always be work, until you can't work anymore!"

(End of this chapter)