I'm trapped in a cube

"Are you okay?"

"It's okay."

Xi walked slowly to the fallen horned elephant, squatted down, and stroked the unrecognizable head.

"This is the last one..."

"The meat of the horned elephant is very delicious, and the horns are very hard, which is very suitable as material, but this creature has a low IQ, and will fall into madness after being stimulated by sound, so it is hunted by other creatures. Overhunting, almost no trace of them can be seen in the abyss."

"Now, the last one on Senluo Island is dead, and this creature may never appear again in the future."

Xi's dry palm slowly stroked the eyes of the horned elephant. The eyeballs of this horned elephant were not replaced by other meat. Some clear liquid like tears flowed from the corners of the eyes. This huge creature seemed to be experiencing great pain before dying.

His fingertips traced along the tear marks, and Xi squatted silently, without speaking for a long time.

For him, all the creatures on Senluo Island are of great significance.

These creatures were once "patients" and the compassion of the doctors. They were one of the few ways they interfered with the fate of other races.

Doctors have always been very contradictory. They like to cure diseases, like those patients who are suffering from diseases to recover their health, like to save, and like to save creatures in pain.

However, they are very timid. They dare not interfere with the fate of other races, dare not leave the Huasheng Islands, and are extremely careful in doing anything.

They want to save those patients who are in dire straits, and they know that there are rare "diseases" everywhere in the abyss, but they dare not, so they can only hide in the Huasheng Islands, waiting for patients who visit occasionally.

They dare not leave those intelligent lives, so they can only leave some endangered non-intelligent lives on Senluo Island, quietly protect them, provide a good environment, and interfere with the fragile fate of these creatures.

The healing ability is very strong. Doctors become timid because of this power, but this power forces them to stick to their duties and stick to the compassion of doctors.

The question that Xi has been thinking about: What is disease?

In Li Luo's view, this is a question of stance, and also a question of a doctor's self-positioning.

Doctors have always been confused, which is why Xi has never figured out this question.

Xi still can't figure out whether his companions left the Huasheng Islands to rescue the race eroded by parasitic plants. Is this right or wrong?

Xi squatted beside the head of the horned elephant for a long time, and the light ball kept flashing.

"Li Luo, you humans will also protect those animals that are about to become extinct, right?"

"Yes." Li Luo walked to his side and answered.

"Why?" Xi asked back: "These creatures should have been eliminated long ago, right? Their physiological structure is backward, their habits are backward, and their wisdom is not up to par. It is just a pain to stay in this cruel world."

"Because they are weak, they can't fight the plague, because they are weak, they can't adapt to the environment, because they are weak, they are invaded by foreign enemies... In nature, weakness is the original sin. We keep these garbage eliminated by nature in captivity, call it protection, give them a comfortable environment, sufficient resources, and build an illusory world for them. Is this correct?"

Li Luo thought about it. She didn't seem to have thought so deeply, but listening to Xi's words, she thought of something familiar...

"Are you talking about the zoo?" Li Luo asked back.

Hearing Li Luo's question, Xi was stunned.

"Almost..."

"If one day, humans are also eliminated, unable to adapt to the environment, and are protected by another life form, locked in a cage with a comfortable environment and sufficient resources, and humans can still develop according to their own 'ideas', would you be willing? Wouldn't this be desperate?"

Without waiting for Li Luo to answer, Xi You said to himself: "I have been thinking, is there any meaning in protecting these extinct creatures? In fact, we are satisfying our own desire for protection, right? There needs to be weak things for us to pity, for us to protect, so that we can gain a sense of superiority from them, and gain a sense of pride in protecting the weak..."

Listening to Xi's question, Li Luo shook his head: "I don't know, but I was quite happy when I went to the zoo."

When humans first started to protect endangered animals, it was because they could not preserve genes and could only pass on these animals through live breeding. However, with the development of science and technology, genetic technology has also been conquered, and cloned species can be created at will based on recorded genes.

Li Luo still remembers that Yuanxin Technology was punished by the authorities for using complete gene fragments to make cloned pandas. Although the head of the genetic department argued that other genes were added to these pet pandas, the authorities did not admit it at all, which also shattered the plan of "everyone has a panda".

Although cloning technology is still under control, preserving genetic diversity has gradually lost its meaning. Now those rare animals are left behind out of pity and curiosity.

"Humans can have fun, and these backward creatures can also survive. This is already very good. If one day humans are also kept in captivity and used as ornamental objects, then we can only sigh that the world is unfair."

"When you are really weak, despair will have no meaning."

Li Luo told Xi his answer.

Whether it is the abyss or the earth, there is no point in wondering why species should be protected. Whether it is for scientific research, or for pity and superiority, as a protector, you don't need to think so much.

These doctors only chose to protect because of their compassion.

But now, Xi asked such a question because she had doubts about her own compassion.

The group of doctors does have a strange compassion that does not distinguish between positions, so there are all kinds of entanglements. The more entangled they are, the less they can use their healing abilities.

"You are just a doctor, not a god. You think too much, Xi."

Li Luo said to Xi seriously:

"Protecting the weak, whether it is out of pity or a sense of superiority, or what it means to the person being protected... you just need to know that you have protected them, and don't think too much about your intentions regardless of your deeds."

After hearing Li Luo's advice, Xi pondered for a moment and slowly freed himself from the tangled emotions.

He slowly stood up and looked into the depths of the forest.

Although his heart was still full of confusion, there was one idea that was very firm:

"I have to figure out what happened on Senluo Island..."