Seer: I, Miris, have no obstacles in my evolution

The story between Hermelandi and the Phantom Alien was no different from the story in a game that Miris had played where the Yellow-browed Taoist priest was talking about the essence of human nature.

Taoist Huangmei transformed himself into a giant turtle, a turtle that could swallow and spit out large amounts of gold, silver and jewelry if anyone was hurt.

He deliberately allowed himself to be captured by the surrounding fishermen, and then deliberately displayed his special ability.

However, the fishermen did not kill him directly as he expected. Instead, they worshipped him as a god. Every once in a while, after paying tribute, they would cut wounds on his body with a knife and get corresponding gold, silver and jewelry.

Taoist Huangmei admitted that his point of view was wrong. He had manipulated the villagers to cut huge wounds on him many times and left with a huge amount of property far exceeding that of ordinary villagers.

After this happened several times, the villagers finally exploded and rushed towards him, brandishing their deadly harpoons for his money.

In the end, Taoist Huangmei came to the conclusion that greed is the essence of human nature.

How ridiculous! He is the one who is clearly challenging the bottom line of human desires time and time again, yet he says that the essence of human beings is greed.

Isn't this also what Hermelandis did? He gave the Phantom Alien people power that they could get without any effort, but he wanted them to use this power to create their own wisdom.

The essence of human nature is not so much greed as laziness.

In this situation, almost no one can overcome greed and give up a comfortable life to challenge the unknown.

It was difficult for Hermelandi and Taoist Huangmei to imagine this because they were both challenging the ordinary fishermen and the phantom aliens in the posture of a god.

Because in their eyes, what they give is basically garbage. They don't think garbage is enough to make them lower their bottom line, so they think ordinary people shouldn't give up their bottom line because of these things.

This may be difficult to understand, so let me put it in a concrete way. You put an insect in a cage, and then put in front of it a large group of difficult-to-catch prey and a few dying prey that can be caught with just a stretch of your hand.

As a human, you'd think they should eat the few prey items that are within easy reach first, and then practice catching the remaining, harder-to-catch prey in the meantime.

Because your spiritual level allows you to be prepared for danger in times of peace, and an insect cannot fill your stomach, so you can think further ahead.

Insects do not have such wisdom. Of course, they only think about sitting back and enjoying the fruits of their labor, eating prey that is easy to catch, and never think about catching prey that is difficult to catch.

Frankly speaking, it's the difference between the size and matching of the temptation. If you give someone a small insect to eat, they can certainly grasp the bottom line. But if you give someone a huge gold mine like a mountain, they won't be able to grasp the bottom line.

To put it bluntly, dung beetles will fight for dung because they eat dung. Humans don't eat dung, so humans will definitely not lower themselves to snatch dung.

"Is it really my fault? But what exactly did I do wrong?"

Hermelandi's state of mind was obviously more open-minded than the Taoist with Yellow Eyebrows mentioned in the story. Although he still couldn't believe it, he asked bravely.

"Your mistake was that you shouldn't have given them the illusion spheres that could transform into various objects from the beginning. If you had directly imparted the power of knowledge to them, they might not have been able to create anything in the short term, but they would eventually become an advanced civilization."

“No one would work hard if they were offered a good life without any effort.”

"The Illusion Orb you gave me can only temporarily improve the quality of life of the Illusion Star people. It doesn't change their intelligence at all. Instead, it makes it impossible for them to return to their previous primitive lives after enjoying the life of advanced civilization."

"Even if some of them want to change this, they will automatically give up because their efforts don't get the desired rewards."

"This is the root of human nature. I still say the same thing: it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish."

Miris spoke eloquently, as a former human being he knew these things very well.

Why do most children hate studying but can study all night to improve their gaming skills?

That’s because learning requires a long period of effort to gain a little bit of pleasure and sense of accomplishment, but sometimes there won’t even be any improvement at all.

However, games can bring you a great sense of accomplishment in a short period of time because of your little effort. In other words, if there is a game that cannot make you feel a sense of accomplishment easily, then you will not play it.

There is always a game that can easily give you a sense of accomplishment, and you can choose one of them, but learning is different. It is learning that chooses you, not you who chooses learning.

"So that's it."

Hermerandi's mind suddenly became clear. He thought a lot. If he could escape from Sorenson with his brothers without becoming stronger, he might not have worked hard to practice and become stronger.

"But what should I do now? My actions have misled them into becoming greedy and lazy. In the end, I can only let them destroy themselves."

After realizing that he was the real reason why the phantom people became like this, Hermelandi's depressed heart suddenly felt relieved for a while, but was then filled with guilt.

"No, that's not necessarily the case. Your previous actions of giving them hope from time to time were like boiling a frog in warm water. Naturally, they can't repent."

"The only way to change their thinking is to remove the root of the problem and make returning to hard work their only way out. Then some of them will surely wake up, and with guidance, they will definitely get back on track."

Miris shook his head and told Hermelandi his solution.

Nothing can replace life and death as the first priority in the mind of a living being. If there is, it means that the living being is beyond salvation.

After all, survival and reproduction are the instincts of any living thing, even unconscious plants. If a species loses its instincts, it is no different from being extinct.

"But if this is the case, won't they be completely destroyed in an instant?"

Hermelandi still couldn't bear to do this.

“Is there a difference between suspended death penalty and death penalty?”

"No."

"That's it, then. If they can't recover their original nature in the face of a crisis, then we can just leave and let them fend for themselves."

"The specific implementation method is also very simple. Don't you have a demonized star dragon? Send it out to attack those phantom aliens. Some will definitely muster the courage to resist. That will be the moment to decide their fate."

"And you don't necessarily have to actually hurt them, you can use illusions."

"It's a good idea, but how did you know I have a demonized star dragon?"

"Don't worry about those details. I know you very well, otherwise I wouldn't have let your three brothers go."

Miris waved his hand, signaling Hermelandi not to dwell on this issue anymore.