Pretending To Be A Boss

Humans are social animals that need a sense of belonging.

Because of this sense of belonging, there is the urgency that smoke from signal fires lasting three months is worth more than home letters made of gold; because of a sense of belonging, there's the warning that the exuberance of Nine Provinces relies on the wind and the thunder, and the silent plight of ten thousand horses is indeed sorrowful.

Family, country, the world—all are manifestations of a sense of belonging. For these four words, people will willingly lose their heads and shed their blood without a second thought."

Tang Xian's expression gradually became serious:

"Regarding Tang's identity, I have my own conjecture. He is now an unknown, a unique existence.

I want to raise him as a human being, I want to give him a sense of belonging. This process is reciprocal; I recognize him, and only then will he recognize me.

So I'm not just pretending to care, being kind to him is a survival necessity."

Bai Mansheng suddenly seemed to understand some of the way Tang Xian thought.

After a moment of silence, she asked:

"You say Tang Mang is an unknown, a unique existence—what do you mean by that?"

"You'll know soon. I always thought that the evolution of creatures in the mining area followed a fixed path, but now it seems, the experiments the Beast Court has been fiddling with... have broken that narrative."

Tang Xian walked back with Bai Mansheng, and before long, they saw Tang, who was listening to Tang Xiaojiu telling fairy tales.

Tang Xian felt it was time. The preliminaries had been sufficiently set, the child's mindset had stabilized, and even if he recalled some unpleasant things, his emotions should be stable as well.

Tang seemed to realize this too.

The inhuman torments he had suffered for so many years made the flames of his vengeance difficult to extinguish.

He was also waiting for Tang Xian to ask those questions.

Tang Xian sat opposite Tang and said:

"I'm here to journey westward to find some beasts, including Lei Xiao, as well as the Judgment Chief of the Beast Court.

In another place, an absolutely safe place, I have also reserved a spot for you. If you are afraid, you can choose to go there. Once there, all you need to do is explain how we met, and someone will arrange everything for you, don't worry, they are all our own people.

But you can also choose to fight with me. I've got a big score to settle with the Beast Court."

"I, follow, you," Tang seldom spoke, and even after many days, it was still somewhat stilted.

"Good."

Tang Xian was not surprised in the slightest and continued:

"One of the Beast Court's sanctuaries lies in Nether Valley. To my knowledge, each sanctuary has at least one or two Judgment Chiefs. I can feel that you're actually very scared.

It seems that in Nether Valley, it's not just a bunch of monkeys that are suppressing you, right?"

Tang nodded, his fingers trembling slightly. After a long while, he spoke slowly:

"Monster, Chaos, very powerful, Tang Xian, be careful."

Chaos.

With Taotie, it's not surprising that Chaos, another of the four malevolent creatures, appeared.

However, such calamity-level boss creatures, indeed, have not been mentioned in the available literature of the Human World.

At least Tang Xian also did not know what Taotie looked like before.

Tang Xian said:

"What does Chaos look like?"

Tang Xian hadn't expected that his first question would touch upon the most terrifying aspect of this monster.

Tang shuddered a bit, saying:

"Chaos… can transform into, any creature…"

Transform into any creature?

Tang Xian roughly guessed what kind of ability it might be—perhaps the power of Chaos was similar to shapeshifting? But there were many details that needed to be determined. For example, whether its abilities could also be replicated after transformation.

If it could do even that, Chaos might be a troublesome existence on the same level as Taotie.

Yet for some reason, Tang Xian felt excited.

His eyes sparkled:

"Come on, no rush, tell me more, how does this Chaos transform into any creature?"