Universe Infinite Canteen-Chapter 326: Experiment

"An experiment, what experiment?" Bliss Bird couldn’t help but speak up at this point.

"Oh, I’m trying to find an ideal social structure where different ethnic groups can coexist equally, and there would no longer be discrimination or oppression in the world."

"Are you joking?" Ouroboros Serpent widened her eyes, displaying a look of disbelief.

"Clearly not, I have spent my entire life working on this," Yong Yi then looked at Ma Lu and pointed to a cup on the table painted with little yellow ducks.

Ma Lu had also seen this cup in the images left by Pointy Hat and knew it was Pointy Hat’s favorite drinking cup, so he nodded in acknowledgment.

Yong Yi picked up the cup and poured himself a brown liquid, taking a sip before he praised it.

"Don’t you really want to try? The flavor is quite nice; it’s somewhat like coffee. Oh, sorry, I forgot, you’ve never tried coffee, it was something from our era."

Ouroboros Serpent passionately said, "You keep talking about equality, but for all these years, you have just lived in this high tower, watching as our Witch kind were oppressed by humans, treated as weapons and expendables!"

"I can understand where your anger comes from, my child," Yong Yi sighed, "However, the path to knowledge is inevitably strewn with thorns and hurdles. If I can find the ultimate answer to this problem, then all sacrifices are worthwhile."

"How can you say that, these sacrifices could have been avoided if you had taken action earlier to correct all this, my best friend, my partners—they didn’t have to die!!!"

Yong Yi still maintained his calm demeanor, and he countered, "And what about after I am dead?"

"What do you mean?"

"I mean after I am dead, even if I stand up today and stop all of this, once I am gone, history will still repeat itself; incidents like this will happen over and over, and there will be new victims like you.

"I can understand your sorrow and frustration, child, no one is more reluctant to witness your ordeal than I am, which is why I am conducting this experiment.

"I, I want to find a way to completely end this endless cycle. The sacrifices made for this, whether it’s the lifespan I lost during my long hibernation or the unequal treatment you have suffered, are all worthwhile."

"Does the sacrifice you speak of also include destroying an entire planet with Green Hell?" Ma Lu suddenly asked.

His words stunned everyone present.

Even Yong Yi couldn’t maintain his composure any longer—his biggest secret revealed, his face briefly showing a trace of surprise.

However, that trace of surprise quickly disappeared as he straightforwardly admitted, "Yes, I did that."

The sound of a clatter reached Ma Lu’s ears—it was Yun Que, who had failed to steady her sniper rifle, causing her weapon to fall to the ground.

"You, the builder of Holy Temple City, the Savior of humanity, the Master of Order’s spokesperson on earth… personally destroyed our world?"

Yun Que felt her mind spinning.

Bliss Bird also couldn’t help but lose her composure, "Three hundred years ago, our planet had a population of 7 billion, but after the Green Hell incident, fewer than a million survived, the rest died in that catastrophe, and all those lives were lost just for an experiment?"

The old man shook his head and said, "I know what you’re thinking. Seventy billion people sounds like a lot, but in the long river of history, that’s just a trivial ripple, not to mention there are other universes beyond ours.

"If I can find the answer, it’s not only our descendants but countless races across the entire Multiverse who will benefit. Looking back, you’ll see that seventy billion is not that significant.

"When we were still in the tribal era, our ancestors, through sacrifice, made our tribes grow stronger. They fought with wild beasts, and through repeated failures and reducing numbers, they discovered the enemies’ weaknesses, created sharper spears, and stronger shields.

"Some people stepped forward to taste unknown plants in the wild; some were poisoned to death, others survived, but it is precisely because of those who died from poison that we today can distinguish between poisonous and edible plants...

"You see, sacrifice runs through the entire history of humanity."

"But that’s seventy billion people!" Yun Que murmured.

"Correct, but as I said, if you extend the timeline and look at the whole thing from a higher perspective, you’ll see there’s no fundamental difference between us and those ancestors who tasted poisonous plants.

"As time accumulates, the lost populations will grow back. The sacrifice of one generation in exchange for peace among all races in the Multiverse—a world without discrimination and oppression—isn’t that a simple math question?"

"How can you equate those things," the Ouroboros Serpent said, though it couldn’t find a reason to refute Yong Yi immediately.

It was not until Ma Lu spoke, "So, did you succeed?"

"I have made some progress. Over these three hundred years, I have eliminated many wrong answers. At first, I personally took on the role of a leader, built this city, and established many laws and systems.

"While I was still in charge, these laws and systems performed quite well. Our moral level, the degree of unity and friendship was much better than before the disaster.

"To further test the integration of different races, I created the Witches."

"Wait..." Ouroboros Serpent couldn’t help but interject, "You say the Witches were created by you, what do you mean by that? Weren’t we born this way?"

Yong Yi’s eyes were filled with compassion, "Child, I can assure you, you were no different from anyone else at birth. It was I who had people periodically select a batch of babies from hospitals and randomly inject Magic Power, turning you into Witches."

Yun Que and the others gasped again; they had never imagined their suffering and misfortune were not the jest of fate, but inflicted by someone.

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"Why, why would you torment us like this?"

"As I said, I sincerely hope to find a way for all races to coexist peacefully, resolving conflicts.

"If humans and Witches can coexist, it would prove that within their own ranks, different genders, skin colors, countries, and cultures can also live peacefully. I truly hope for that.

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"But I must admit, I underestimated the difficulty. To coordinate your differences, I set up many organizations, enacted many laws, and even modified the doctrines of the Church.

"But after a while, you both would fall into suspicion and quarreling again. Fortunately, I haven’t been without gains; this situation has made me realize one thing—rules are always just rules.

"Even the best rules have loopholes and can become weapons for the clever to oppress the less clever, so I changed my approach."