His efforts in the end were not in vain, pufferfish Jio and Barbecue Sauce finally understood what Blue Demon meant.
Pufferfish Jio and Barbecue Sauce looked like they had a sudden realization, and said excitedly:
"Right, right!! As long as we take care of the players, they won't hurt those animals anymore!!"
"Cluck cluck cluck!! Cluck cluck cluck!!"
"..."
Seeing that they finally understood what he meant, Blue Demon also felt a bit gratified.
Just as he was about to ask them if they wanted to come with him, pufferfish Jio interrupted.
"But..."
"Those players can keep resurrecting, they basically can't die, right?"
This question that pufferfish Jio raised was something Blue Demon had already considered.
He already had an answer too. After thinking for a moment, he said, "They indeed won't die, but they do have things they're afraid of."
Hearing Blue Demon's words, pufferfish Jio tilted his head and asked, "What what? What are they afraid of?"
At this moment, the Barbecue Sauce nearby seemed to know the answer, flapped his wings and flew up.
"Cluck cluck cluck!!!"
Seeing this, Blue Demon nodded, confirming Barbecue Sauce's words.
"That's right. It's HIM."
"From what I know, he can infect players into zombies."
"Once those players become zombies, they don't need food, and then they won't kill those animals anymore. If all the players become zombies, then all the creatures in this world will stand on the same front line, and there will no longer be war in this world!"
After hearing what Blue Demon said, Barbecue Sauce flapped his wings, looking very excited. He seemed to really like Blue Demon's suggestion.
But pufferfish Jio beside him shook his head and said, "He does indeed have great power, and the players are all very afraid of him."
"But I don't think he would care about those living beings..."
Hearing pufferfish Jio's words, Blue Demon argued back:
"He doesn't need to care. As long as he unifies the world, there won't be war anymore!"
After hearing what Blue Demon said, pufferfish Jio's body suddenly swelled up a lot, and he looked kind of angry.
"The so-called unification you speak of is only from your own perspective! You are a zombie! Even if you've now turned into a drowned, you're still a zombie!"
"And I am just an insignificant little pufferfish in this world! We were never the same kind from the start!"
"After those players turn into zombies they indeed won't kill your kind anymore, but can you guarantee they won't kill my kind?!"
"Even if all the players in this world become zombies, we animals are still the weakest group! This may bring change for you, but what change does it bring for us?!"
The more pufferfish Jio spoke, the more emotional he became, and the more his body swelled up.
Seeing this, Barbecue Sauce quickly flapped his wings to mediate.
"Cluck cluck cluck!! Cluck cluck cluck!! Cluck cluck cluck!!"
After hearing what pufferfish Jio said, Blue Demon instantly fell silent.
That sentence from pufferfish Jio, "We were never the same kind to begin with", completely hurt Blue Demon.
It was pufferfish Jio who gave Blue Demon the hope to live. He had always accompanied pufferfish Jio to fulfill pufferfish Jio's so-called goal of conquering the world. He never felt that there was anything different between them.
Even though they were not the same kind of creature, he always believed that pufferfish Jio and he yearned for the same kind of world.
Blue Demon never thought pufferfish Jio would say such words.
Turns out pufferfish Jio always made a clear distinction between animal, creature, monster, same kind, different kind.
After thinking this, Blue Demon no longer argued with pufferfish Jio. Instead, he turned around and silently left.
Seeing Blue Demon leave, pufferfish Jio was suddenly stunned. Only then did he realize that what he had just said may have hurt Blue Demon.
Actually, those words weren't what he truly meant. It was just that he knew Blue Demon too well, so when emotions flared up, he went straight for the painful spots.
For such a long time, he had already considered Blue Demon as family. He never felt that Blue Demon and he weren't the same kind.
Seeing Blue Demon's departing figure, pufferfish Jio suddenly panicked. But seeing Barbecue Sauce beside him staring at him, his pride got in the way, and he didn't want to back down.
"If… if you leave, then don't ever come back again!!" As soon as pufferfish Jio said this, he instantly regretted it.
This was clearly pride making him suffer.
After pufferfish Jio said that, Blue Demon didn't look back, not even pausing his steps.
At this moment, Barbecue Sauce at the side started to panic a little.
Ever since they were rescued, the three of them had always been together. Now that Blue Demon and pufferfish Jio had a disagreement and parted ways, this forced him to make a choice.
Should he continue following pufferfish Jio to endlessly save those lives? Or should he follow Blue Demon and take a gamble?
After thinking for a moment, Barbecue Sauce finally chose the latter…
Even though pufferfish Jio's words did make sense. Animals and zombies were never the same kind.
But after experiencing so many rescues with Blue Demon and pufferfish Jio, Barbecue Sauce was also mentally and physically tired.
He also realized that as long as players existed in this world, there would be endless rescue missions waiting for them.
Barbecue Sauce didn't hate this job. On the contrary, he really liked it.
Every time he rescued those animals and saw the expressions on their faces, he felt happy and fulfilled.
This job also helped him find his purpose.
But this job was one that had no end, and would never be finished. He had seen more than once the same animals that were rescued asking for help again later.
He had also witnessed the deaths of tens of thousands of lives that they couldn't save in time. They had done rescue work for a long time, but it had no effect on the world.
Every day, there were still tens of thousands of lives dying. Every day, they still received rescue messages from all over.
It was as if the world was telling them that everything they had done all this time was meaningless.
Since this method didn't work, why keep banging their heads against the wall? Why not try another method?
Even though no one could guarantee other methods would definitely work, at least there was a basis for the hypothesis. So why not give it a shot?
That's why Barbecue Sauce chose to go with Blue Demon to try it out.
Also, after doing rescue for so long, every time he failed to save lives, Barbecue Sauce would fall into deep guilt. Every time he saw the tragedies those lives suffered, he felt so small, like he couldn't do anything.
He really didn't want to see that anymore.
So he wanted to choose a different way to achieve the goal.
Thinking of this, Barbecue Sauce looked toward pufferfish Jio, his bean-sized eyes filled with reluctance.
"Cluck cluck cluck… cluck cluck cluck… (We said we'd conquer the world together, I'm sorry, I broke that promise…)"
"Cluck cluck cluck cluck cluck cluck! (But this is not the end, it's a new beginning!)"
"Cluck cluck cluck… cluck cluck (I won't forget my original intention, and I believe Blue Demon won't either.)"
"Cluck cluck cluck… cluck cluck cluck! (I'll take good care of Blue Demon, you take good care of yourself too!)"
"Cluck cluck cluck cluck cluck… (Don't be sad, maybe when we meet again, we'll welcome a new dawn…)"
After Barbecue Sauce finished, he flapped his wings and chased in the direction where Blue Demon had left.
Hearing Barbecue Sauce's words, pufferfish Jio stood dumbfounded on the spot. He seemed unable to believe the fact that Blue Demon and Barbecue Sauce had really left.
Watching the two of them walk farther and farther away, their figures gradually disappearing on the horizon, only then did pufferfish Jio's tears pour out, endlessly flowing.
Until their figures disappeared from sight, pufferfish Jio finally realized, they had really left.
The three-person team that had promised never to part, in the end, only had him left.
"Liars!! You're all liars!!"
"We said we'd conquer the world together, we said we'd never part…"
"Why did you leave?! Why… why do you all want to leave me…"
"Big brother too… Blue Demon too… Barbecue Sauce too…"
Pufferfish Jio screamed hysterically, venting.
"I said those things on purpose to anger you just now…"
"How could we not be the same kind?… You're my family… I already treated you as family…"
"..."
Pufferfish Jio finally revealed its inner voice, but the Blue Demon could no longer hear it.
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