"In truth, many of the middle-grade and low-grade superhumans have opinions about the high-grade superhumans as well," Ye Xiaoxing said to Meng Chao.
"You should know that most of the Deity Realm superhumans in Dragon City are tactical weapons. Unless it's an important battle like the northern offense, they usually stay in seclusion and don't participate in real battles, right?
"I can tell you responsibly that these Deity Realm superhumans aren't idling around. Instead, they're carrying out all sorts of frontline explorations aimed at the ancient ruins under the Supernatural Tower. The danger and importance of it doesn't lose to any war. Many of the Deity Realm superhumans have sacrificed a lot, but they also gained a lot of results.
"Right now, we can create so many spirit energy magnetic fields and understand the meaning behind more runic symbols. We can connect countless runic symbols together to form different commands so that we can activate all sorts of divine arts. We can also create all sorts of unbelievable black technology. It's all thanks to the Deity Realm elites exploring the ancient ruins.
"But explorations and experiments will definitely fail.
"Even if we throw an astronomical amount of resources at them, the project will still fail.
"Besides, many of the projects have their sights set on the future. They can only see benefits after twenty to thirty years or even longer.
"In the eyes of many middle-grade and low-grade superhumans, they think that the Deity Realm superhumans are wasting resources. If they throw the resources they put into the projects that are bound to fail into the majority of middle-grade and low-grade superhumans, they might be able to cultivate more powerful people and obtain greater victories on the battlefield.
"There's even a ridiculous saying that once the Deity Realm superhumans monopolize a lot of valuable resources, they hide under the Supernatural Tower and enter isolated training. They only care about increasing their cultivation realm and don't let other superhumans at the peak of Heaven Realm become new Deity Realm superhumans. Only by doing so can they forever control the hegemony of Dragon City.
"Of course that's a shameless rumor.
"But some of the middle-grade and low-grade superhumans and Deity Realm superhumans are torn apart.
"It's especially so for the middle-grade and low-grade superhumans from small and medium-sized enterprises and the Deity Realm superhumans from the nine great mega corporations who monopolize the traditional industries. There's competition in the business field, and there's also a great desire for rare resources. The cake is only so big, so no matter how we split it, there will always be people who won't be satisfied."
Meng Chao nodded.
There were plenty of problems in Dragon City, but at the end of the day, there was only one problem: the cake was not big enough.
When there were many wolves, there was not enough meat. No matter how much they taught the wolves to be virtuous, united, and united, it was useless.
Going out to hunt and bringing back a few fat sheep was the right thing to do.
The problem was, the "fat sheep" in the Other World were not easy to deal with.
Ye Xiaoxing sighed and started talking about the Red Dragon Army.
The Red Dragon Army itself was fine.
The problem was that he had no money.
Dragon City was a lone army in the Other World. All of them worshiped martial arts, and the size of their army far surpassed that of the most militaristic country on Earth.
To stimulate the soldiers and citizens to fight against the monsters, regardless of whether they were active soldiers or retired soldiers, they and their families could enjoy all sorts of benefits and special privileges.
The allowance for the disabled soldiers and the pension for the deceased soldiers were even more astronomical.
And when normal citizens killed monsters, they could also get rewards. Their achievements would be calculated, and they could enjoy all sorts of benefits.
For example, when Meng Chao killed the Bloody Moon Wolf King during the practical test of his national college examination, he received medals from the military, the Supernatural Tower, and the Survival Committee. With these medals, he could apply for a house ahead of time, buy cultivation resources at a discounted price, have priority in being recruited into the military or related departments under the same conditions, and so on.
For him, it was naturally very satisfying. Next time he encountered monsters, he would have even more motivation to fight bravely.
But to the Red Dragon Army, the pension for the disabled and deceased soldiers as well as the resources needed for the rewards became a heavy burden.
"The main problem is that the Red Dragon Army set the rewards too high from the start," Ye Xiaoxing said.
"But there's nothing we can do about it. The Red Dragon Army was born when blood and fire intersected with each other. It was the most dangerous era in Dragon City. At that time, we didn't have advanced technology and cultivation methods. When we fought against monsters, we usually had a slim chance of survival. If we didn't set a high reward, we would have let down the heroic souls of the soldiers who sacrificed themselves.
"Besides, at that time, most of Dragon City had fallen under the monsters' claws. The recovered regions were usually in ruins. They were supposed to be torn down and rebuilt so that they could be distributed to the citizens.
"As long as we recovered a region, we immediately built all sorts of houses and distributed them to the soldiers and their families who contributed to the war. Then, the war achievement system in Dragon City could maintain a virtuous cycle, and the Red Dragon Army could continue developing.
"But now, it's different.
"Today, all the main city areas of Dragon City have been recovered. Our construction has pushed to the edge of the fog, and the major forces of power have occupied the land. They've long since built Dragon City so airtight that not even water can get in.
"After the twenty years of the baby boom, the population has exploded. The number of citizens in the city is now several times greater than when Earth was at its peak.
"We just don't have any place to give more rewards to those who contributed to the war.
"And over the past few decades, the number of soldiers who contributed to the war, were disabled, and died has increased, and now, there are more than one million of them. The allowances, benefits, and pension for them alone have taken up most of the Red Dragon Army's military budget, so the Red Dragon Army doesn't have the extra budget to upgrade their equipment, develop technology, or increase the fighting power of the powerful soldiers.
"The Red Dragon Army has always been troubled by the fact that they can't control the best fighting power in Dragon City. They hope to be of greater use in the war.
"That's normal. Since ancient times, no army has been able to tolerate the fact that they aren't the strongest fighting force in the country.
"But if they want to increase their fighting power, they need resources.
"If they want resources, they have to continue attacking and take the initiative to challenge the monsters.
"The Red Dragon Army isn't afraid of war, but every time they attack, there are always sacrifices. The pension for those who die can only be increased, not decreased.
"Hence, the Red Dragon Army's budget problem has become even worse.
"In any case, the Red Dragon Army is like a dinosaur that is more than five hundred meters long. It can't be said that it doesn't have any fighting power, but when it attacks, it's very easy for it to be crushed by its own weight. Most of the time, it can only drag its swollen body and lie on the ground helplessly."
Meng Chao nodded with a contemplative expression.
All countries that were built based on war achievements would run into this problem.
During the development stage, they could stimulate the strongest fighting power of their people and win one war after another.
But once they developed to the limit and could not find resources to reward them with war achievements, it was very easy for the war machine to collapse.
On Earth, Qin destroyed six countries. It swept away everything in its path, and it was incredibly domineering.
In the blink of an eye, it died after a second life. There were plenty of reasons for that, but it was also related to the fact that it could not maintain its military achievement system.
Based on the memories from Meng Chao's previous life, after Dragon City stepped out of Monster Mountain Range, they lived a rather glorious life. They used the Extraordinary Disaster to shock all of the Other World.
But in the end, the apocalypse still descended on everyone's heads. Meng Chao wondered whether it was related to the abnormal expansion of the military achievement system.
"Right now, many of the bottom-level officers in the Red Dragon Army are very displeased with the Survival Committee. They're strongly requesting for the Survival Committee to increase the investment in the annual budget so that the Red Dragon Army can be fully upgraded."
Ye Xiaoxing smiled wanly. "The problem is, the Survival Committee has always been strapped for cash, and we're at the brink of financial collapse every year. We can't bring out more money.
"Honestly, to the Red Dragon Army, the best plan is to reduce the number of soldiers and use quantity in exchange for quality.
"But no one dares to suggest reducing the number of soldiers. Forget about the other problems and let's just talk about eliminating one million young soldiers who know nothing else aside from killing. No one knows what sort of consequences it will cause in Dragon City, where there's a huge shortage of jobs and the unemployment rate for young people under the age of thirty is high.
"At the end of the day, in a world where superhumans can go anywhere, what sort of method should a normal human army use to maintain their existence, usefulness, and dignity? This is a huge problem that no army on Earth has ever faced before!"
Ye Xiaoxing told Meng Chao that aside from these problems, Dragon City also faced various conflicts.
For example, the conflict between the Colonization Party and the Return Party. One party believed that they should pour all their resources into expanding outward and continue launching colonization wars until they conquered all of the Other World.
The other party believed that using a city to conquer an entire planet was just wishful thinking and impossible. Dragon City's expansion should stop at Monster Mountain Range. Then, they should pour a small portion of their resources into defense and use most of their resources to develop controllable transmigration technology so that they could open up the tunnel between the Other World and Earth. With Earth behind them, ten billion people, and a large amount of resources, they could talk about conquering all of the Other World.
There was also the conflict between the biochemical modification faction and the runic symbol machines faction, the conflict between the Ultimate Style and the Overkill Style, the conflict between the four fighting occupations, and the conflict between Ripple Force, Reckless Bull Force, and Dragon Snake Force. These were all differences in technology, so there was no need to even mention them.
In any case, the current Dragon City seemed to have reached its peak over the past half a century. It was flourishing, but under its bright and beautiful appearance, there were still internal and external problems. They still had to be wary of the path ahead of them and act as if they were treading on thin ice.
"Meng Chao, are you a little disappointed in Dragon City after hearing me complain so much?" Ye Xiaoxing asked.
Meng Chao shook his head.
If he were a normal university student living in an ivory tower, when he heard that there were so many problems and conflicts in Dragon City, his worldview might have collapsed.
But Meng Chao was someone who knew that the apocalypse was coming.
Since Dragon City was destined to be destroyed in his previous life, aside from facing powerful enemies from the outside, there had to be all sorts of internal problems.
Meng Chao was not afraid of problems. There were always more solutions than problems.
"Captain Ye, I've heard the netizens mention some of the things you just mentioned in the dark web forums. It's normal for there to be conflicts. Tens of millions of people are squeezed into a small city. Unless they're all dead, there's no way there would be no conflicts at all," Meng Chao said.
"But what do the conflicts you mentioned have to do with the work of the abnormal beast research department, the White Spirit, and Gao Ye?"
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