“Wreak havoc? No, no, no, my friend, you are completely mistaken. If everything goes smoothly, there won’t be any ‘wreaking havoc,’ and no one will be hurt because of it. I just want to put on a good show, a harmless good show!”


  Shen Yulin widened his eyes, his face full of sincerity and innocence. “Who do you think I am? A natural-born killer who has lost all humanity? No, I’m the same as you. I am fighting for Dragon City’s interests, for our respective businesses and families’ interests, and for everyone else’s interests.

  “During the Monster War, the claws and venom of the monsters left no fewer scars on my body than anyone else’s. “I swear to God that I have never thought of hurting the life of an innocent person.

  “In fact, I moved most of the guards and miners to the other side of the crystal mine in order to minimize unexpected casualties.

  “In the beginning, without you as an unexpected factor, the people wouldn’t have caused too much trouble.

  “All they needed to do was wander around the crystal mine, set a few fires that wouldn’t expand, and collapse a few houses that had submerged in the flood and were about to collapse. Then, they would steal a few raw crystals from the warehouse. Most importantly, they would be discovered and leave traces. That would be enough. That was all I needed!”


  Meng Chao was silent for a moment.

  He seemed to be pondering over the credibility of Shen Yulin’s words.

  “Alright.”


  Meng Chao said, “If you’re not going to wreak havoc, then what’s the purpose of pretending to be orcs to sneak into the crystal mine, deliberately being discovered, and leaving traces behind?”


  “The purpose is very simple. We hope that Dragon City can return to the right path, or rather, when Dragon City is hesitating on the right path and is about to make the wrong choice, we, as superhuman beings, have the responsibility and power to give Dragon City a gentle push from the back.” Shen Yulin stared at Meng Chao and said, “Did you know that the Survival Committee is going to veto the Northbound Plan proposed by the nine mega corporations?”


  Meng Chao narrowed his eyes and put on a shocked expression.

  “Those short-sighted members of parliament are going to miss the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and nail themselves to the pillar of shame in history forever!”


  Shen Yulin gnashed his teeth and said, “They say that Dragon City has just ended a protracted war, and the wounds that have been flowing for decades have yet to heal. The people of Dragon City still need to rest for a long time to solve their internal problems.

  “What else are they trying to say aside from ‘we are not familiar with the Other World’s geography and the human environment’? The Red Dragon Army has not completed the comprehensive renovation and change of equipment. The technology of the short-distance jump on the surface of the planet is not yet mature and stable. If we take too big a step, it will be easy for us to break all the eggs in our basket. Too many people, too much land, and resources will be swallowed at once. It will be easy for us to have an ‘indigestion,’ and so on.

  “All in all, we have been using many excuses to hold back the progress of our nine mega corporation.

  “Look at the north, look at the vast land in the Raging Tiger River’s basin. Who can calculate how rich and precious the resources that are hidden under this land are? Plus, these resources can help us superhumans cultivate into unparalleled super beings. They can also help our civilization evolve to unimaginable levels.

  “We’ve shattered and crossed the natural moat that once stood in front of us—the wall of mist and Monster Mountain Range. Now, there are no more obstacles in front of us. Whether it’s the torrent of steel or the extraordinary will, we can press forward without any obstacles!

  “Tell me, at such a critical moment, at the crossroads that determines whether Dragon City will survive or be destroyed, how can we be in a dilemma and cower in fear?”


  “This……”


  Meng Chao looked hesitant. “Besides, the arrow is already on the bowstring, and we have no choice but to shoot it. Right now, we’re riding a tiger, and we can’t stop at all.”


  Shen Yulin changed the subject and asked, “Since you’re a member of the Lu family, you should have a large number of shares in Sky Pillar Corporation, right?”


  “Of course.”


  Meng Chao said, “The Lu family is the same as your Shen family. The immediate interests of all the family members are firmly tied together with Sky Pillar and the world’s two major groups.” “Then, you must have made a lot of money in the past year.”


  Shen Yulin grinned and sighed. “The past year has been a golden and shining good time. Every investor of the nine mega corporations has experienced a surge in assets, freedom, and carefree life. Whether it’s Sky Pillar or Universe, the stock prices of even the most insignificant affiliated companies under their management will soar, as long as they come up with a new development plan or a new concept of cultivation. Even the descendants of the Lu family, like you and me, have earned an inexhaustible supply of cultivation resources.

  “However, the good days will not last forever. The heavenly days of yesterday will be paid tomorrow.

  “The valuation of the nine mega corporations has increased by so many times in the past year. Winning the war against the monsters and splitting the cake that is the Hidden Mist Domain is indeed a very important factor. “However, the Hidden Mist Domain is only so big. There are only so many monsters that we have suppressed and tamed. The war dividends that we have already received are not enough to support the nine mega corporations’ high valuation.

  “The enthusiasm of the capital market for us and the confidence of all the investors are mainly pinned on the future, pinned on the words of ‘conquering the Other World.’ “Unfortunately, conquering the Other World is not such a simple thing.

  “As for the distant future, nobody knows when it will come.

  “The problem is that Dragon City can’t wait any longer. Our investors can’t wait any longer. Our entire financial market and economic system can’t wait any longer! “Even after decades of bloody battles and completely defeating the monster civilization……

  “Even if Dragon City has ended its conflicts and turmoil, and ushered in peace and development……

  “We are unable to solve a problem that has been placed in front of everyone. On top of that, everyone is deliberately pretending not to see it.

  “Our population is seriously insufficient. The consumer market is too small.

  “In the Earth era, we had nearly ten billion people. We could only maintain a strong civilization and a prosperous market by exporting manufactured products and infrastructure to the entire Earth. “Now, however, we only have tens of millions of people. Due to the long war, most people are used to the wartime economic system. They are used to splitting a penny in half, tightening their belts, being self-sufficient, and storing basic survival resources.

  “Tell me, how can such a Dragon City successfully complete the transformation from a wartime economic system to a normal economic system, and create a prosperous scene that can be continuously developed and sustained over a long period of time?”


  This time, Meng Chao really fell into deep thought.

  The question Shen Yulin threw out was also the question he had been thinking about all along.

  It was just that they had different answers.

  “You should understand at this point, right?”


  Shen Yulin sighed and said, “The so-called ‘golden era’ of the past year was just a binge after the victory of the war.

  “No party goes on forever. The debauchery will eventually end. “Once the warrior, who defeated the monsters wakes up from his hangover and pulls out his sword to look around in a daze, what will he do?

  “No matter how big the monster civilization is, the war dividend left to us will be emptied sooner or later. In fact, after a whole year of wanton spending, we’ve almost obliterated the monster civilization’s provisions.

  “Including all the citizens of Dragon City, all the investors have pinned their hopes on whatever’s outside Monster Mountain Range.

  “Before everyone figures out that the Dragon City civilization has long been mired in mud, we must find a way out of Monster Mountain Range.

  “This is why the nine mega corporations are so eager to develop the mining area under our feet.

  “It’s also the reason why the entire financial market has such high expectations of us, and why they’re blowing up the bubble with us.

  “But have you ever thought that the mining area under our feet and the planned future development zone can really support such a high valuation and the entire financial market, which is flourishing and unstoppable?” Meng Chao recalled that the Dragon City civilization in his previous life did not carry out large-scale crystal mining and industrial development in this area.

  He probed, “Are you saying that there’s a problem with…… this mining area?” Shen Yulin’s eyes flickered.

  “There are abundant resources under our feet, of course. The spirit energy inside the crisscrossing crystal veins flows like the surging Red Dragon River and the Raging Tiger River. If we can exploit all these resources, it won’t be a problem to build a new Dragon City.”


  Shen Yulin said, “The problem is that large-scale development requires time and money. After all, this is not Earth, where the geological environment is relatively stable, but a foreign world where the planet’s magnetic field is extremely violent. It won’t be easy to fulfill our promises to the investors.

  “Right now, there are already a lot of rumors in the financial market. People are questioning whether the nine mega corporations, especially Universe and Sky Pillar, are honest, prudent, and transparent enough in the development of the mining area. “The sudden rainstorm in front of us has made things worse for us.

  “If we are not careful, the rainstorm will most likely become a fuse that will blow up the share prices of Universe and Sky Pillar, the valuations of the nine mega corporations, the financial markets of Dragon City, and the confidence of investors.

  “Confidence is something more dazzling and precious than diamonds and gold in this unpredictable and dangerous world.

  “Once the confidence of all investors is gone, the nine mega corporations may fall one after another like dominoes. The financial market and economic order of Dragon City will collapse overnight. Perhaps, we will degenerate to the bloody era before the Survival Committee was established, when order was broken, the strong preyed on the weak, and the law was broken!”


  Chapter 1457 - When Outside, the Emperor’s Orders Will Not Be Obeyed

  Shen Yulin’s expression became more and more ferocious as he spoke.

  The volume of his voice gradually increased, and he became more and more like a hungry ferocious beast facing its prey. The sound of his squirming intestines came from the depths of his throat.

  In the end, even he realized that he had lost his composure.

  He took a deep breath and lowered his tone as much as possible before he came to a conclusion. “Of course, no one likes war. No one is willing to put the fate of the entire city on the unpredictable gambling table again after decades of bloodshed and turmoil.

  “However, the fact is that Dragon City urgently needs a new war to stop the bursting of the bubble and reconcile its internal conflicts. It has to successfully transform from a world without spirit power, a technological civilization born and bred, to a new world with spirit power and extraordinary strength, an invincible ruler.

  “The fact is that in the past decades, everything in Dragon City-economy, morality, law, order, occupation, and scientific research

  — revolved around war and served the war. Victory was the highest and only purpose. “The profits of the nine mega corporations and the relevant departments involved in the military and war fields alone have exceeded 50% of the company’s total profits.

  “Said 50% of profits are related to thousands of jobs, the livelihood and well-being of thousands of families, and, in turn, Dragon City’s entire consumption market and financial market.

  “The fact is that the only survival skill that many citizens of Dragon City have mastered in the past twenty to thirty years is stabbing cold, shiny blades into a monster’s carotid artery of the monster, avoid its cervical vertebrae precisely, cut its throat cleanly, and harvest every bit of material on its body perfectly.

  “As for the other residents of Dragon City, the only survival skills they have are crafting cold, glittering blades out of crystals and metals, or polishing thousands of components by hand and assembling them into a railway gun that is useless except for destruction.

  “In the past year, because of the advent of peace, the skills that the residents relied on to survive have all turned into the skills of slaying dragons.

  “Our nine mega corporations can still hold on for a while.

  “How are these poor citizens going to survive?

  “Don’t say such stupid things like changing careers.

  “You should know that these citizens have devoted their entire lives to the only skill they have mastered in order to become qualified warriors and bladesmiths.

  “Plus, the battles over the past decades have also left an extremely deep imprint on their bodies. It’s impossible for them to start a brand-new life from scratch as they drag their broken limbs.

  “Besides, there are only so many people in Dragon City, and the consumer market is only so big. How can there be so many new jobs for thousands of citizens to live an easy and decent life when they are unable to expand to the outside world?

  “Therefore, you will find that there is a very strange phenomenon in Dragon City today. “On one hand, after inheriting the heritage from the monster civilization, all kinds of new technologies, new projects, and new plans are springing up like bamboo shoots after the rain. The financial market is booming, and the entire city is rushing forward as if hundreds of rocket engines have been installed. It’s as if an incomparably beautiful future will arrive tomorrow.

  “But on the other hand, as the war machine gradually dies down, an increasing number of ordinary citizens can’t find satisfactory jobs. Even many superhuman individuals have lost the purpose of training and the goal of fighting

  “Superhuman individuals like you and me who are engaged in the exploration, mining, and smelting of crystals and have a family background are quite lucky.

  “The monster hunters who majored in combat and hunting skills aren’t as lucky. In the past, they were all superheroes who rushed to the front line of the Monster War and enjoyed the most beautiful flowers, the loudest cheers, and the warmest hugs. Naturally, they were the first to get the biggest piece of the cake.

  “But now, the ferocious monsters in the past have either become a pile of broken bones or become obedient under the shackles and suppression of human beings.

  “Therefore, these monster hunters with unparalleled military strength, like many ordinary citizens who have lost their jobs, are lost in the ever-changing new era and have tasted loss.

  “The problem is that monster hunters are different from ordinary citizens. They can’t bear the fate of being ignored for a long time. If we don’t give them the sharp sabers in their hands and find a target that they can fight to their heart’s content, something bad will definitely happen!

  “All in all, Dragon City, a war machine that has been rumbling and operating at high speed for decades, cannot be stopped. Once it stops, the power that can destroy everything will backfire on us, tearing the entire Dragon City into pieces.

  “A brand-new war, although not a panacea to solve all problems, can at least stimulate Dragon City’s sluggish consumption market and bring new hope to all the citizens. It will unite everyone, including the ordinary citizens and superhuman ones. Of course, there is also a high chance that it will help us seize more resources, including, but not limited to, the natives of the Other World, the crystal lodes, the wider and more fertile land, and so on. “When the territory of the Dragon City civilization is ten times or even a hundred times larger than it is today, you’ll find that many problems that you can’t solve today will be resolved and disappear! “In the end, perhaps the most important thing is both of our immediate interests.

  “As long as the nine corporations has control over it. More specifically, Dragon City has actually started a brand-new war and ushered in a glorious victory with advocacy from Universe Corporation and Sky Pillar Corporation. Without it, not only will there be no bubble in our valuation today, but we will also be in a once-in-a-lifetime depression. With it, there will be no problem for the stocks and options in our hands to rise ten times or even a hundred times.

  “With your brains and skills, as well as the connections and opportunities provided by ‘us,’ won’t you have more than just wealth and freedom when the time comes?

  “Owning an entire vein of crystals, together with hundreds and thousands of natives from the Other World as slaves who can be passed on to future generations… That’s not wishful thinking, but a bottom line that can be easily obtained!”


  Shen Yulin was lively.

  Every muscle on his face was dancing.

  He had a talent that could make the aroma of a large pancake assail one’s nostrils and make one’s appetite soar.

  It was a talent that could take out real gold and silver from the pockets of investors with just a few PowerPoint slides.

  Meng Chao listened attentively, and his Adam’s apple moved.

  It was as if he had really swallowed the large pancake that Shen Yulin had drawn.

  “However, the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is about to slip through our fingers!” Shen Yulin changed the subject and gnashed his teeth. “There are a lot of short-sighted idiots in the Survival Committee who are about to destroy the Northbound Plan, destroy Dragon City’s future, and destroy the wealth and future that you and I are about to obtain.

  “The vast and boundless valley of the Raging Tiger River is right before our eyes. Countless slaves that can be passed on to our descendants are right before our eyes. The crystal veins are right before of our eyes. The glorious victory is right before our eyes. The hope of conquering the Other World and building a ‘New Earth’ to establish the foundation of the world is right before our eyes! “However, we are about to be bound by the idiotic order of the Survival Committee and be stuck from moving forward!

  “I think that the ancient generals were advancing triumphantly. Just as they were about to attack the yellow dragon, they suddenly received twelve gold medals consecutively from the back. They could not have felt more helpless, frustrated, and indignant!

  “However, we are not, nor should we be, the ancient generals who only know how to be foolish and loyal.

  “Even the ancient generals on Earth know that ‘when the general is outside, the emperor’s orders will not be obeyed.’


  “Outside Monster Mountain Range, with first-hand intelligence, we are shouldering the important mission of finding and creating hope for mankind. Of course, we are much clearer about where Dragon City’s sabers should be pointing than those naive, immature idiots who only know how to be moved.

  “The Survival Committee’s order must be respected.

  “However, isn’t it reasonable for the natives of the Other World to take the initiative to provoke us and sneak into the crystal mines to wreak havoc during the downpour, forcing us to defend and counterattack?

  “It’s also reasonable that we, who have been tracking and searching for the orcs’ lair, lose our way due to the interference of the dense fog and the planet’s magnetic field, chased farther and farther away in the middle and lower reaches of the Raging Tiger River’s basin, isn’t it?

  “In order to rescue our companions who’ve lost their way, we should send more troops to explore along the Raging Tiger River. It’s a reasonable decision that we should make. “When our main force finds and defeats the main force of the orcs, and we can even occupy a few large-scale orc lairs, the Survival Committee can only acquiesce and support our actions. Then, Dragon City will return to the right track, which leads to victory. “That’s all we have to do.

  “After hearing all of this, you should understand that everything we do is not for our own selfish interests, but for Dragon City’s entire future.

  “Once the situation really develops in this trajectory, the benefits your Sky Pillar Corporation can obtain from it will definitely not be half a copper coin less than Universe Corporation.

  “After all, Sky Pillar Corporation also has a large number of armed personnel stationed outside Monster Mountain Range.

  “Your Sky Pillar Corporation also has a lot of idle weapons and ammunition, as well as the production line of weapons and ammunition.

  “The overall valuation of Sky Pillar Corporation is at an all-time high too. If you can’t extract an astronomical number of crystals from the mining area under your feet in the shortest amount of time to fulfill your promises to the investors, you’ll also be in an unprecedented crisis.

  “Also, the Lu family has a lot of experienced monster hunters who are used to living on the edge of a knife. In times of peace, their income and status have plummeted. They are full of complaints, and they create trouble for nothing.

  “Hence, there’s no reason for you to stop me, and there’s no reason for me to kill you. “We are tied to the same boat. Do we have a second choice besides sticking together?”