The Entire Empire Started Playing the Great Compassion Mantra

Mo Bai grew even more curious about his little uncle, whom he had never met.

Wen Zhaoyan was the Crown Prince, with exceptionally high mental energy. He was
the only person who could see Mo Bai’s spiritual form, and in Mo Bai’s opinion,
he was also somewhat difficult to deal with.

For someone like that to like his little uncle, his little uncle must be a very
special person too.

But in the end, Mo Bai still didn’t agree to Kai’s request.

Kai thought he was worried they had ill intentions toward ‘Li Chaoci’ and tried
to persuade him. “Don’t you want to keep a mermaid? As long as your Mo family is
willing to help, I’ll work behind the scenes to make it happen for you. I
promise you, we really have no bad intentions toward your uncle.”

Mo Bai still shook his head. “No need.”

Kai didn’t give up. “Think it over. It’s not easy to keep a mermaid, especially
for someone as young as you. But precisely because you’re so young, you could
pick a mermaid that’s also young. You could grow up together, and your bond
would be even closer.”

Mo Bai shook his head again.

Seeing that the little brat wouldn’t budge, Kai finally gave up. “Fine, then.”

He even deliberately tried to scare the little brat. “But don’t say I didn’t
warn you—it’ll be hard for you to get a mermaid in the future.”

Mo Bai finished the last bite of his dried fish, wiped his little mouth, slowly
looked up, met Kai’s eyes, and spoke—

“Don’t you know you can also keep a virtual one?”

Kai: “??”

Of course Kai knew.

These days, who didn’t like raising virtual babies?

If you couldn’t afford a real mermaid, you could keep one online.

The intelligent races of the Uruk Civilization all looked like monsters, but
some people still loved to turn their images into monster babies, attracting a
huge fanbase of people who all said they wished they could keep a real monster
baby one day.

But the Uruk Civilization had incredibly strong combat power. Want to keep one?

You could only keep a virtual one.

Add to that the Empire’s emphasis on child protection and the fact that newborns
were simply too few, families without children could only keep virtual babies.

But hearing those words come from a little brat himself was a bit strange.

He was still a cub himself, and he wanted to keep a virtual baby?

Very soon, however, Mo Bai used practical action to show them he wasn’t joking.

That evening, Mo Xiangtian’s personal account gained a new post.

[Mo Xiangtian V: I have tipped contestant ‘Xiao Xi’ 5,000,000 interstellar coins
to support him in winning first place in the singing competition!]

Ever since the Mo family had turned things around and Mo Xiangtian had become
the new richest person in the Empire, every move he made was watched by the
entire interstellar network. When they saw that Mo Xiangtian had used his main
account to tip ‘Xiao Xi’ five million, netizens asked whether the richest man
was also following the competition.

Mo Xiangtian replied to one comment: [It’s my baby who’s following it. My baby
really likes Xixi.]

Kai: “…”

Kai murmured to himself, “So it turns out that when you’re rich, you really can
do whatever you want…”

With Mo Xiangtian’s public support, Xixi’s audition video shot even further
ahead, taking first place.

Half a month later.

The auditions ended. Xixi was still first, and Mo Bai was still third.

Second place was a very skilled singer with a huge built-in fanbase that voted
every day.

But third-place Mo Bai could be considered a dark horse that had burst onto the
scene.

More and more people started asking about Mo Bai.

However, Mo Bai’s smart brain had a minor protection mechanism. His information
was all closed to the public. The personal data he could make public, Mo Bai
didn’t hide.

But that data was the kind that even if made public, wouldn’t affect him at all.

People didn’t even know if the name ‘Mo’ was real.

Because Mo Bai hadn’t changed his appearance data, that meant his current
appearance was his real-life appearance.

So screenshots of his face were being verified everywhere, in an attempt to find
him in real life.

The Mermaid Association in particular used its authority to run Mo Bai’s photo
through the citizen database, but it didn’t match anyone.

Possessing a soothing special ability and being so mysterious, the Mermaid
Association once again suspected he was a wild, unregistered mermaid.

Whenever Mo Bai logged into the interstellar network, he could see the daily
private messages the Mermaid Association sent him.

The private messages from strangers in his inbox had actually decreased
significantly from the beginning, because he never replied. People sent messages
for a while, but seeing that the person involved never responded, they gradually
stopped.

But the Mermaid Association still sent him messages diligently every day:

[A mermaid living alone outside is a very dangerous thing. Please, Mr. Mo, you
must consider carefully.]

[The Mermaid Association will not restrict your freedom. We will provide
everything you need, whether food or money. And there are many of your kind
here. You would be very safe and happy in the Association.]

[The Empire prohibits private keeping without Association approval. Is Mr. Mo
currently living with a human? Mr. Mo must be careful. Humans who have not been
evaluated and screened by the Mermaid Association cannot have their character or
level ofdanger assessed. This poses a certain threat to Mr. Mo’s safety.]

[Mr. Mo! Please reply to us as soon as possible. No matter what conditions you
raise, we will meet them! Under no circumstances should you live alone outside.
You need to know that besides Empire citizens, other civilizations are also
extremely scarce in their demand for mermaids. Therefore, we cannot guarantee
that every Empire citizen, or citizens of other civilizations, will treat you
politely. If you really encounter any danger, we will be very hard on
ourselves!]

Mo Bai skimmed them and then closed the messages.

He hadn’t forgotten the Mermaid Association’s attitude on the night of Mo
Xiangtian’s mental energy surge.

Meanwhile, on the interstellar network, many people were also asking what the
lyrics of The Great Compassion Mantra meant.

Mo Bai thought for a moment, then retranslated and recorded an interstellar
common language version of The Great Compassion Mantra.

He also explained that this was a very great scripture from the ancient Earth
period. Then he logged off.

—Still not replying to the Mermaid Association.

With the common language version of The Great Compassion Mantra, interstellar
network users finally understood the meaning of the sutra. The more they
listened, the more they felt its wisdom was boundless, and this made the ancient
Earth seem even more mysterious.

The Mermaid Association saw Mo Bai log on and off. They knew he had clearly seen
their messages but still didn’t reply. They were furious.

“President, what do we do? This Mo simply ignores us! Do you think he’s living
with humans and that’s why he’s so brazen?”

Others were also worried. “If he keeps living outside and ends up having
children, then our Mermaid Association might be…”

The unfinished words made the expressions of all the Association staff shift.

After a long moment, an elderly man said, “Then we announce his identity as a
mermaid and let the entire Empire ‘search’ for him.”

Everyone’s expressions changed. They understood the old man’s meaning.

This ‘Mo’ hadn’t changed his appearance. They couldn’t find him, but that didn’t
mean others couldn’t.

There is no wall in the world that doesn’t let through some wind. Since he had
already appeared in public, let the entire Empire search for him. There would
eventually be news of his whereabouts.

A wild, solitary mermaid—what a huge impact that would have on the entire
Empire. There would definitely be a ton of people wanting to know where he was.

If he had to hide and flee, and didn’t want to fall into human hands or be
fought over by humans, he would naturally contact them, the Mermaid Association.

Then, they could easily bring him back.

If he was still unwilling, then they would have no choice but to…

Thus, the Mermaid Association quickly released a statement.

The statement explained that the third-place contestant in the singing
competition, Mo, was actually a mermaid. A wild mermaid, and his situation was
dangerous. It urged all Empire citizens to promptly contact the Mermaid
Association if they discovered Mo’s whereabouts, so they could rescue him.

The entire interstellar network was shocked.

Mo really was a mermaid!

But now that the auditions had ended and the second round hadn’t started yet,
people could only discuss it on their own dynamics. Some people even secretly
started looking for hackers to unmask Mo’s IP address, hoping to find Mo first.

Because at this point, whoever found Mo first would very likely be able to own a
mermaid with powerful soothing abilities.

Soon, a hacker cracked the protection system under the interstellar network
system and found the star system of Mo’s most recent internet connection—

The sanatorium planet!

Meanwhile, as the auditions ended.

The Great Compassion Mantra he had sung had gone viral in a very strange way.

Whether on the streets and alleys or on the interstellar network, the background
music you could hear everywhere was—The Great Compassion Mantra.

Both the interstellar common language version and the Sanskrit version played
together.

As time passed.

Starnet police noticed that the interstellar network had become much more
harmonious. Curse words and crude language had decreased.

The entire online world felt strangely filled with an atmosphere of peace and
tranquility.

And some strange videos quietly climbed their way to the trending page.

In one video, on a certain street.

A young man was emotionally agitated, his consciousness sea storm on the verge
of erupting.

Someone nearby shouted, “Oh no! His mental energy is about to go violent! Hurry!
Calming spray! Quick! Play The Great Compassion Mantra!”

Half an hour later.

The young man calmed down. His expression was peaceful, his face full of
compassion.

Someone asked him, “Are you okay?”

The young man, filled with pity for heaven and mankind, said, “I’m fine.”

The other person said, “Good that you’re okay. You’ve been through a lot.”

The young man said, “I haven’t been through a lot. It’s all beings under heaven
who suffer.”

The other person: “…”

The other person asked, “…Do you have a mermaid at home? If not, I can take
you to the Mermaid Association. Spend some money and let their mermaid treat
you?”

The young man said, “All beings are busy. You are busy, I am busy, the mermaids
are busy. Why force a busy mermaid to stop for me?”

The other person: “…”