Seized by the System

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

What happened in the present would definitely have happened in the past before. The moment the white wolf finished speaking, the faces of the civil cultivation forces, the VIPs, and the powerhouses all changed.

They never thought that this Upper Realm demon powerhouses would be so smart!

'It was all those darn reporters, media, and various economic experts and professors' fault for explaining this and that every day. They've gone and done it this time. The demons completely saw through our tactics.'

Indeed, in a bustling world, everything was done for profits. In a disorderly and chaotic world, everything was done for profits too.

The reason why they agreed with Duke Yun's proposal was precisely that of the idea of integrating demons into high-quality labor work. Was there anything wrong with that?

Everything would be voluntary. They would be given equal treatment along with the humans. Now, vitality industries all around were in great need of manpower.

When the white wolf saw the crowd was silent, it flung its tail and said triumphantly, "Nothing else to say, huh? Where's that Upper Realm Dragon God who often claims to be righteous and calls himself the Pharos of the East?

"His justice is just a platform for you humans and those cultivation world magnates to collude in evil!

"His Path of Heavenly Punishment was only just hurting others for his own benefit!"

Although it clearly saw Vigilante A sitting on the most conspicuous seat, it feigned ignorance and shouted wildly, as if not taking him seriously at all.

"How dare you scold my Master! You're courting death, you stupid wolf!" The black dog Brett roared and jumped to the center of the area. It opened its mouth and bared its real, white 'steel teeth', confronting the white wolf.

It had been unhappy since it made a mistake yesterday and was reprimanded by its Master and Xue Ba, and it had vowed to behave well.

That was why this time, it jumped out itself without Fang Ning's instructions, intending to kill this wolf cub that dared to offend its Master's Dragon Force.

As a matter of fact, the Upper Realm Celestial Wolf Clan were enemies with the Hound Clans.

The black dog was infuriated when it saw the white wolf. In the Upper Realm, those bastards even discriminated against their own kin.

Now, in broad daylight, out in the open, anyone who deliberately caused difficulties for its kind and compassionate Master deserved to die!

When the white wolf saw the black dog appear, it turned around angrily, but the expression disappeared quickly.

This was the disgrace of the Celestial Wolf Clan, to be slaves after being domesticated by human beings!

It was clearly just a lowly dog, but it still dared to shout and raise a clamor at the noble wolf. It was completely ignorant of who was more superior and its own origin. It had no idea of death or danger!

"You, a little pug who only knows how to wag its tail at its Master, dares to shout at a noble Celestial Wolf?

"Hah! It seems after Descending, you've forgotten the rules of superiority and inferiority, you stupid dog!"

The white wolf fiercely lashed out, its emotions going out of control for a while.

After all, even the fierce and powerful Cao Cao had moments where he could not control his emotions. It was the same with these powerhouses.

"Grr…" The black dog Brett's temper rose sharply. It wanted nothing more than to viciously bite the wolf and let it know that its steel teeth were not just for show!

"Hm," Fang Ning 'coughed' lightly, and Brett immediately stopped glaring at the wolf. It turned around and ran back to the seat to guard its Master.

"Hmph, you finally showed yourself. You're just a hypocrite who's pretending to be righteous, a pseudo-dragon who had been seduced into depravity by the humans!" The white wolf scolded relentlessly.

It was as if it was completely unafraid that the invincible and undefeated Pharos of the East would destroy it in a second!

"Who are you?" Fang Ning said lightly, as if he did not hear its introduction earlier.

"I'm the Demon Alliance's military affairs executive member, the Celestial Wolf Cang Lang!" The white wolf said fiercely.

"Oh, so you're a Descended One from the Upper Realm. Can your Demon Alliance include all the demons on Earth?"

"Of course we can. As long as they're demons, they belong to our Alliance!" the white wolf said firmly.

"Hmph, then what counts as a demon?'" Fang Ning continued lightly.

"All creatures who draw the essence of the sun and moon, and feel the vitality of the world are demons!" The white wolf said disdainfully, "Is this not common sense?!"

"Then, do you know what most demons actually want?" Fang Ning did not focus on its definition and said lightly.

The white wolf hesitated. "What did those lowly, inferior demons want?'

It had never cared about that. To it, it was already a great blessing to those inferior demons if they carried out their duties and lived under the wings of the powerhouses!

It wanted to just fabricate a lie and run away, but what was this place?

Many human powerhouses were gathered here. They would be able to tell truth from lies in a single glance!

"You call others hypocrites, but you yourself do not know about the vast majority of demons and what they really want to do?! You're a wolf with a savage heart, and your selfish desire will only bound all the innocent demons to a chariot! You should be punished!" Fang Ning went straight to the heart of the matter and condemned justly.

"Nonsense, I'm doing this for the demon race's independence, so that we don't become slaves to you humans!" The white wolf immediately argued.

"Slaves? What are slaves? Those who don't have any power of choice are slaves!" Fang Ning said coldly, "The humans will give them the freedom to earn their own living and work on labor. You'll only drive them to the battlefield to die for the sake of the selfish desires of the few of you!"

Saying that, Fang Ning pointed a finger, and a water curtain appeared in the center of the site.

Seeing Fang Ning using a technique, it subconsciously retreated two steps. Afterward, it grew angry from embarrassment, knowing that it was afraid of Vigilante A after all!

A scene appeared on the water curtain.

A valley full of thick fog.

The lens gradually zoomed in. It entered the bottom of the valley and gradually cleared up.

Then, a string of "squeak… squeak… squeak" sounds came from the bottom of the valley.

There was a green landscape there, with herbs growing everywhere. Under the dense herbs, a few mountain rats passed by each other from time to time.

Some of them were catching insects, some were cleaning withered branches and leaves, and some were loosening the soil. Everything was done in a good order.

Instead of being an obstacle, their thin bodies had become an advantage.

All these herbs were extremely valuable and could not be planted on a large scale like grains or vegetables through industrial means. They had to be planted manually and attended to carefully before they could grow.

This meant that their cost was extremely high. Only by introducing enough labor force could this cost be reduced.

"Kids, it's meal time, hurry on back. Gang Ya, call those who are digging holes to come back." A slightly large, gray mountain rat appeared on the water curtain…

Before long, a group of big and small mountain rats began to line up by biting each other's tails, and started to eat in front of a rice trough.

A human chef poured a pot of hot, delicious food into each rice trough.

"That smells great, Master Wang, what did you cook today?" the great mountain rat asked.

"Braised pork with vermicelli, two bowls for each rat, so eat your fill!"

"Yay, I love eating that!" A mountain rat with an exposed steel tooth said excitedly.

"Hmph, I like stir-fried bamboo shoots with meat." another mountain rat said, slightly dissatisfied.

"Then go use your money and buy it yourself. This is a free working meal," Gang Ya said disdainfully.

Seeing this warm and common scene of humans and demons coexisting, several heads secretly nodded.

Then, the scene suddenly changed.

At a mottled ore pit.

A wolf demon holding a whip was beating a thin little demon who fell to the ground, shouting incessantly, "Get back to work. Only by working 16 hours a day will we be able to catch up with the humans!"

The small demons carrying heavy ore climbed out of the tunnel and hurried to transport the ore to a faraway place.

Along the way, some demon collapsed on the ground, unable to move. There were different figures, such as rabbits, boars, monkeys, and much more.

Seeing this scene, the white wolf was speechless.

Duke Yun stepped forward and snapped, "You claim that we humans want to enslave the demons, but the truth is that you're the ones who treat them like slaves. It's precisely you senior demons that are hostile to humans. As the Venerable One said, you're full of selfishness, and you won't hesitate to tie up the entire demon race to a chariot for your own self-interest. You deserve to be punished!"

"You deserve to be punished!"

The crowd was immediately bound by a common enemy. Yes, perhaps they had their own interests, but human civilization had already evolved to a higher level. At least, they would not whip the laborers in regular mines!

Under the whip were the slaves!

"Hmph, that's just a temporary sacrifice. Their efforts are meaningful! If we demons want to achieve independence, then there have to be a few demons that are sacrificed!"

Hearing this, Fang Ning sneered, "I heard a wise man once say, stay away from anyone who shouts for the sacrifices of others, lest when the hammer drops and you end up implicated!"

"A true warrior always offers himself up first, rather than let others bleed instead!"

The white wolf took another few steps back, its face filled with horror.

It never thought that the set of things it carefully prepared would to explode the humans' hatred and cause Vigilante A to kill it would end up with this result!

'How powerful is Vigilante A? Even I, someone who's so formidable that my aura itself scares others to the point of them being unable to distinguish true and false, was unable to faze Vigilante A at all.

'Why didn't he just kill me in one hit?!

'Why did he choose to use pointless verbal attacks?!

'A true powerhouse would never spend time engaging in verbal warfare!

'If people would be so easily convinced with words, then wars wouldn't even exist anymore!'

Cang Lang thought bitterly. It fully understood that if the scene of what happened today spread, the newly formed Demon Alliance would definitely split up!

The other party had gained the strategic advantage without spending a single soldier!

'No, I have to kill them!'

However, when it looked around, there were powerhouses surrounding them.

Vigilante A himself already had four faintly Lake-level aura masters with him!

Without even mentioning the others, it might not even be able to deal with that strange black dog from before.

'What should I do now?'

Its head span. It was already pushed to the brink after being unable to come up with further arguments!

It subconsciously said, "No matter what, demons are demons, and humans are humans. You can't confuse us demons with humans and make us sell you our lives!"

"Hmph, fool. Do you know what a human is?" Fang Ning said sternly.

The wolf demon subconsciously said, "Of course, those who look like you are humans."

"Wrong! All sentient beings who want to live good lives and trade work for livelihood are humans. Humans are animals that work!"

"Only by learning how to work, instead of killing and plundering others by force, can one become a human!"

"So-called humans who don't work with their own hands, and only know how to robs others by force, are not worthy to be humans. They're evil beasts! They're the ones that I kill!"

Fang Ning condemned severely and justly.

The white wolf was shocked.

It could tell that everything Fang Ning said was true. It never thought that there would still be a powerhouse that adopted this attitude!

'He's betraying his own position as a powerhouse!

'Isn't a powerhouse naturally supposed to oppress and exploit the weak?!'

'Isn't that just a matter of course?'

Outside the venue, various leaders of the forces were deeply shocked by what they heard. They finally understood Vigilante A's true position!

There were sentient beings who earned their own living. They should treat those willing to improve their lives through working fairly, rather than oppress them with force.

"Well said!" Someone in the crowd finally shouted this.

This person was not a leader, and no one knew who they were or what their name was. What they looked like, and even their gender was unimportant.

However, he/she shouted out what everyone was thinking in their hearts.

In all fairness, the sequence of what happened was the best case scenario for these forces.

In this era of great struggle and the emergence of powerhouses, it was very rare for someone to maintain this order and not allow the strong to exploit them by seeking gratuitous financial help and dabble in the performance stocks!

If Vigilante A was not around, perhaps more than half the forces here would not have lasted till today. They would have been hollowed out by the various powerhouses long ago!

One should never underestimate another's greed, much less the unscrupulous nature of a powerhouse!

Just by looking at the bloody reality, it was clear to what extent all kinds of evil would occur if there were no order and constraint.

The white wolf wracked its brain and finally sneered. "What's the use of all that empty talk?

"Isn't the only reason why you can say such pretty words because you're powerful?"

"That's right, it's because I'm powerful. However, to some people, power is a tool used to protect. To some people, power is just an accomplice in the path of evil," Fang Ning said lightly, "If you want to be the former, I'll gladly welcome you, but if you want to be the latter, then I'll grant your wish!"

"Damn you! I don't believe a word you say. They're all lies and illusions! Hmph, we demons will definitely won't let you humans off! Don't forget how many of our ancestors you humans have slaughtered in history!" The white wolf hurriedly bit out, as if it found the last straw to save its life.

"How many beasts have been driven to extinction by you! You should know best that the demon race will never abandon this hatred!"

"Hahaha, how ridiculous. A demon from the Upper Realm is claiming revenge for the beasts from Earth? Do you believe what it's saying?" Fang Ning looked around.

"No!" The crowd responded together.

"Humans also came from beasts, and obtained today's status by fighting. However, humans have evolved to a higher level of civilization. We recognized that this world can only develop better if there's diversity, but you, you still have the narrow-minded attitude that humans and demons can't coexist!" Fang Ning said coldly.