Chapter 219: Chapter 219 Releasing Longevity Snails
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
No one knew when it started, but freeing animals had become popular in the country.
From time to time, there would be news reports about a large number of invasive species appearing in certain places.
Or animals that pose a serious threat to humans.
[Merciful Flight Purdue ] released hundreds of venomous five-paced vipers into his nearby botanical garden.
Instead of accumulating merit, he lacked virtue.
Anyone who had been to the botanical garden knew that the main tourists were children.
“My dad is obsessed with setting animals free. We have argued several times, but he still doesn’t listen.”
“Congratulations! You are about to be kicked out of your father’s loving family.”
“If it really doesn’t work, why don’t you suggest setting free some bottles of mineral water? At least there’s no harm.”
“Did someone really set free bottles of mineral water before instead of animals?”
“The old bald donkey chanted Amitabha while doing harmful acts!”
“Since everything should be free, why don’t you free yourself into a river?”
“Dr. Chen, this isn’t the only wicked thing that the old man has done, right?”
Some of the smarter viewers immediately reacted.
Chen Yu said that hundreds of people wanted to settle scores with [Merciful Flight Purdue].
Obviously, this was not the only immoral thing he had done with the excuse of setting animals free.
Nodding at the questions from his viewers, Chen Yu said, “Search according to the city where his IP address is located, and add the word ‘alligator gar’.”
“That will tell you the answer.”
Hearing this, countless people opened their internet browsers.
A moment later, the chat was about to explode with anger.
They were all shocked and angry when they learned what had [Merciful Flight Purdue]done
A few days ago, a park in the city near [Merciful Flight Purdue] had a large-scale operation to drain the lake water.
The park had mobilized hundreds of staff and more than a dozen water-pumping trucks.
It drained nearly 300,000 cubic meters of water from an artificial lake in the park.
Just to catch a few strange fish.
The strange fish had a strange name, alligator gar.
According to the news, the alligator gar was a large, exotic creature.
They were about three meters long and were very aggressive.
During the capturing process, many staff members were bitten by him.
When the alligator gar entered the lake, it was almost invincible and had an immeasurable destructive effect on the ecology.
There were a lot of toxins and parasites in its body.
Without any understanding, fishing it out and eating it would cause very serious harm to the human body.
The reporter who reported the incident also mentioned the many alligator gar invasions in the country.
These incidents had a common characteristic.
Humans released these alligator gars that appeared in any body of water.
“In addition to the alligator gar, this patient has also organized groups of people to release channeled applesnails, commonly known as longevity snails, in the farmland many times. It was because the snail has ‘longevity’ in its name.”
“Ever since he proclaimed himself as the monk of his temple, he has organized dozens of freeing animal activities.”
“Half of these activities have caused serious ecological impacts on the local area.”
Chen Yu briefly talked about the few times [Merciful Flight Purdue] had set those animals free.
Any viewer who was in the same place as [Merciful Flight Purdue] was furious.
They could not wait to rush over to where he was and beat him up.
Even the viewers outside the local area had the urge to slap [Merciful Flight Purdue].
The longevity snail was introduced into the country as an edible snail, but the taste was really bad.
At the same time, it was very easy for the snails to feed on crops.
Any farmer would harbor a hatred for longevity snails.
This was because the longevity snail especially liked to eat rice.
“Amitabha. Chat, you’re too ugly.”
[Merciful Flight Purdue] put his palms together and said solemnly, “All living things in the world have their own habits. Our Buddha is merciful and saves all living beings in the world.”
“How can we abandon them just because of their natural habits?”
“Longevity snails eat crops, and alligator gars eat the fish in the lake due to their ignorance, so they don’t have any sins.”
“I led my believers to set them free. On one hand, it was to accumulate good karma for myself, and on the other hand, it was to stimulate the Bodhi hearts of these animals.”
“Man is the spirit of all living things, and our sins are deep.”
“Those fish that were eaten were sinful humans in their previous lives.”
The viewers looked at each other.
According to [Merciful Flight Purdue], not only was he doing the right thing by releasing all kinds of harmful invasive species, but humans who did something wrong would become fish or other small animals in their next life for these invasive species to eat.
Was this the so-called ‘retribution’?
“Almsgiver Chen, you said that I led my believers to set free the animals and that it was an evil act.”
“I released animals to help my believers accumulate blessings. All living beings are equal, and we should not be prejudiced.”
[Merciful Flight Purdue] was still spouting nonsense and twisting facts.
Chat couldn’t hold it in anymore.
“Releasing invasive species to destroy the ecosystem and hurt others to accumulate merit? You might as well go to the 18th level of hell!”
“If you want to accumulate virtue and do good deeds, you can do volunteer work.”
“These people are such hypocrites.”
“To add on, many alligator gars are raised as pets. Their owners can’t afford to raise them anymore, but they can’t bear to give them away, so they choose to release them.”
“Also, it’s not illegal to raise alligator gar, and it’s legal to import them. They’re technically considered a foreign species, but not an invasive species.”
“The main reason is that the punishment is not harsh enough. There are no relevant punishments for releasing them into the wild.”
“These people are often selfish bastards behind their backs.”
“Those who participate in freeing animal activities are those middle-aged and old people who are rich and bored. They have done bad things when they were young, and they only started to believe in Buddhism once they grew old.”
“It’s mainly because they are dumb and bored enough.”
[Merciful Flight Purdue]’s face twitched. He wanted to get angry, but he was afraid that he would lose his demeanor.
“No, no. There are not only old people among my believers, but also many young people like you.”
“These people have accumulated a large amount of merit by setting animals free. Not only did their health improve, but their families also benefited from it.”
“One of my believers had been suffering from depression before. Ever since he converted to Buddhism, not only did his depression disappear, but his personality also became cheerful and sunny.”
“The world is ignorant and often makes mistakes with biased generalizations.”
“I still have a long way to go in the great task of spreading Buddhism.”
As soon as he finished speaking, a woman’s voice came from the live broadcast room.
“Master Purdue, everyone is here. When should we set off?”
Following the voice, a slim and elegant young girl appeared on the screen.
“All Hui, you came at the right time. Almsgiver Chen questioned the good deeds we did, along with the majority of the viewers in his livestream.”
“Why don’t you tell everyone about what happened to you and let everyone understand the compassion of Buddha?”
“I’ll go out and talk to the volunteers about the next enlightenment operation.”
[Merciful Flight Purdue] whispered a few words to All Hui.
Ah Hui nodded repeatedly and watched [Merciful Flight Purdue] leave..
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