My brother is so cunning

Chapter 925 Regaining Humanity, But Not Much

This juvenile form, created by Wen Rui, also contains a portion of Mosquito Daoist's genes. This shout, whether unconscious or not, instantly awakened a switch deep within Mosquito Daoist's soul.

She quickly opened her arms and snatched the tiny insect fairy back from Wen Rui's hands, carefully holding it in her bosom.

"What are you doing? I still need to dissect and sample this prototype. Otherwise, how can I fully understand whether its physiological structure perfectly matches my design and whether there are any defects..."

Wen Rui was very dissatisfied with her rash actions and scolded her with a stern face: "Give it back to me now. If you want to take it back to play with, wait until it is finalized and mass-produced! Besides, there are still nine samples. This one may not be the final version. If it is rejected, it must be completely destroyed humanely. Otherwise, it has the ability to reproduce asexually, and leaving it unattended will cause an ecological disaster caused by the invasion of alien species."

"No, this is my child. I will never let you hurt her!"

Mosquito Taoist had been very obedient to Wen Rui all this time, not daring to show the slightest disobedience. But now he was acting like a madman, protecting the little experimental subject in his arms and staring at Wen Rui with the eyes of someone looking at a bad guy, as if afraid that he would snatch it away.

"What the hell? I slaughtered hundreds of millions of your mosquito offspring, and you didn't even feel sorry for me."

Wen Rui was bewildered by her sudden loss of control, then his face darkened and he said coldly, "What, you've only been behaving yourself for a few days and you've already revealed your true nature? Do you think that just because I'm an avatar, I can't deal with you?"

Mosquito Taoist calmed down, and immediately trembled. A deep-seated fear of Wen Rui welled up within her, but she still refused to put down the larval insect demon in her arms.

"Please, have mercy! This is my first and only normal child. Please spare Jue'er's life. No need to choose anymore. This is the basic sample of the Zerg civilization."

Mosquito Taoist knelt on the ground, completely losing the imposing aura of a former demonic master, and pleaded bitterly with Wen Rui.

"What, Xiao Ju? Oh dear, that's a big no-no! How could you name the experimental samples!"

Wen Rui slapped his forehead and said in frustration, "We biochemists are most afraid of developing an emotional connection with experimental samples. Once we name them, we can't bring ourselves to dissect them."

"Did you know that many great biochemical experiments that could have completely changed the world were caused by a researcher who inexplicably developed feelings for the experimental samples and, out of momentary leniency, led to disaster, even causing the destruction of the world!"

"That's not the case..."

Wen Rui's serious expression and earnest tone made Mosquito Daoist a little uneasy. But the small, fragrant, and soft little life in his arms didn't seem like the cause of the world's destruction at all.

"How could it not be? I know of an experiment in one of the universes that was developing the intelligence of monkeys. It was because the researcher was soft-hearted and let a handsome monkey go that the result was the extinction of mankind."

"In another realm, there was a scientist couple who synthesized the DNA of an alien species and created a new species. As a result, the male scientist inexplicably developed an incestuous relationship with the alien baby girl. In the end, he reaped the consequences of his own actions and also caused a biochemical catastrophe."

Wen Rui became more and more serious as he spoke, as if the new species of the Mosquito Clan, which the Mosquito Taoist had specially designed with a cute and cuddly appearance, was some kind of monster in a pretty shell.

“But she was innocent. She had just been born into this world, ignorant and naive. To take her life like this is too cruel.” “You call this cruel, but I call it efficiency.”

Wen Rui said coldly, then paused, "That's not right. When you led your army of demonic mosquitoes to attack the mortal realm, you planned to use all living beings as materials and food. You're the devil! You hypocritical mosquito, do you have the right to say such things?"

The Mosquito Taoist lowered his head in shame, as if he had suddenly realized something. He straightened his knees and said devoutly, "Your Majesty, I have been lonely, wasted, and foolish for ten thousand years. I have never truly interacted with any living, independent being, and I know nothing of human emotions. Yet I dared to attempt to create civilization. Today, I have been enlightened by Your Majesty and have awakened to my humanity. If I ever commit evil deeds in the future, I will remember this day with a heavy heart."

"Hey, did I enlighten you?"

Wen Rui paused for half a second, then suddenly realized what was going on. He turned around with an air of profoundness, let out a long sigh, and said, "Ahem, it's good that you've come to your understanding. All my efforts have been worthwhile."

Having said that, he turned around, stroked his beard, and smiled, "You can keep this sample with you. The same species can have multiple subspecies and multiple races. Humans are divided into black, white, yellow, and red people. It's not a big problem for the Zerg to have a few more branches."

Mosquito Taoist then stood up gracefully, looking like a demon who had been subdued and converted by the chanting monk of the Western Sect. His eyes no longer held any contempt for Wen Rui, but instead looked like a believer looking up at Buddha, showing that he was truly convinced.

While Mosquito Taoist awakened his humanity, Wen Rui, whose main consciousness was projected onto his clone, was feeling uneasy.

He suddenly realized that it seemed that after being a god for so long, his humanity had faded!
He wasn't joking just now; he genuinely didn't consider that insect demon larva a human being. He was really going to show it off to the Mosquito Taoist before sending it to the laboratory to be dissected alive.

Looking back now, if I had been heartless and actually done that, would I still be considered a human being?
Although the experimental subject was created from a culture tank, it possessed a complete intelligent life soul. It was currently ignorant and unaware, but with a period of education, it could grow into an independent intelligent individual with a complete personality, and would be no different in essence from a human girl who was born and raised naturally.

The experimental sample, a juvenile, is not fundamentally different from a human infant.

To harm an infant without a second thought—that's incredibly low moral standards, exceeding even the bare minimum Wen Rui could accept.

Being a deity is no easy feat. No wonder the Taoist scriptures say, "The sage is ruthless and treats the people like straw dogs." Now, I'm taking a step towards the mindset of a sage, aren't I?
Is it a good thing or a bad thing?
Fortunately, the incident caused by Mosquito Taoist awakened her humanity, which in turn awakened Wen Rui's humanity as well, giving him a second to reflect.

"Hey, don't rush to take it away. Let's skip the dissection. With today's advanced technology, we can implant nanorobots to create a full-body 3D model. But we still need to take samples."

After reflecting on her actions, Wen Rui called out to Mosquito Daoist, who had a motherly expression on her face, was playing with the insectoid baby in her arms, and was about to leave the laboratory.

As he spoke, Wen Rui rushed forward, took out a syringe with a needle-like tip, and pierced the insect fairy's fair arm, unceremoniously drawing out half a tube of blood.

The insect fairy baby, who had never cried since birth, was subjected to such excruciating pain that even its biologically instinctive love of laughter, ingrained in its genes, could not withstand it. Its little mouth twitched, and it burst into tears with a "waaaah".

(End of this chapter)