Qin Hu's words were like a bolt of lightning that stirred up a storm in Meng Chao's heart.
The vague image of the instructor with the black skull who had once "cut his throat" in Ghost Tribe's training camp appeared in his mind again.
What was the black skull instructor trying to tell him this time?
Qin Hu did not notice that Meng Chao's eyes had become incredibly profound. He was still talking nonstop. "Brother Meng, I really should thank you. You're the one who enlightened me.
"Originally, I was muddle-headed and just wanted to train hard, fight hard, and climb up the ranks.
"But I didn't think about it. I'm just a powerless martial artist at the peak of Earth Realm. I'm also old, and my spirit meridians and Affinity have long since been set. Even if I reached a higher realm, how far could I go? "Even if I really reached Heaven Realm, I'm just a four-star superhuman. In the eyes of cultivation families and mega corporations, I'm nothing. Their feathers are thicker than mine, so how am I supposed to fight against them?"
Lu Siya frowned a little and coughed softly.
"Ms. Lu, I'm sorry. You know me. I'm a martial artist, and I'm straightforward. My words are crude, but my reasoning is crude!"
Qin Hu continued, "When I lost all my power, Brother Meng explained to me the principles of how to be a person and how to do things. He asked me to consider problems from the perspective of a normal person. It was only then that I suddenly saw the light, and I was enlightened. Really, I understood!
"Compared to the Heaven Realm and Deity Realm elites of the powerful sects, I'm nothing. At least my farts still stink a little.
"But compared to the broken-star superhumans and normal people, my experience, connections, skills, resources, and all other aspects of my advantage immediately show up.
"That's why I shouldn't compete against the Heaven Realm and Deity Realm elites. Instead, I should sink into the middle-tier and low-tier market and unite and lead all the broken-star superhumans. As long as half, no, one-third of the broken-star superhumans in the city are willing to join the Broken Star Club and connect information, products, and demand channels with us, we'll be rich!
"Ms. Lu, you're knowledgeable. Tell me, will this business model work?"
Lu Siya thought about it for a while before she nodded. "Now that you said it, it's indeed possible and there's room for imagination. Even I'm a little tempted. So, is this why you're willing to give up on the rights to mine the Red Radiance Jade mine for decades?"
"Tsk, what decades of mining rights? I'm greedy, but I'm not stupid."
Qin Hu spread his hands and said, "I've lost all my power now and have become a cripple. What's the use of giving me more money? A three-year-old child carrying a suitcase full of gold and silver was not only not a good thing, but it would also bring disaster.
"If I don't spend money, it's just waste paper. I can't even wipe my ass with it. Instead of waiting for the rights to mine the Red Radiance Jades for decades to be coveted by others, it'd be better to get all of it in one go and invest in the Broken Star Club so that I can gain the broken-star superhumans' trust and friendship.
'One day, if I can obtain the trust and friendship of one hundred thousand broken-star superhumans, who says that I won't be able to rise to power again using another method?'
Lu Siya chuckled. "One hundred thousand broken-star superhumans? You sure have a big appetite. "
"One hundred thousand is just a conservative estimate. Ms. Lu, do you know how many applications the Broken Star Club has received over the past month?"
Qin Hu did not wait for Lu Siya to answer. He just stroked his beard and said, "Fifty thousand! Fifty thousand!"
Lu Siya's expression changed. "So many?"
"Of course," Qin Hu said.
"You're not a broken-star superhuman like Meng Chao, and you've never lost your power like I did. You don't understand our thoughts at all.
"If we hadn't awakened to supernatural abilities and tasted the feeling of splitting mountains and slaying dragons, it would have been fine. But even though we've awakened to supernatural abilities, we're still broken-star superhumans. The gloom, frustration, and desire in our hearts are stronger than anyone else's. What's the saying again? Those who have seen the light can endure the darkness."
"If I hadn't seen the light, I would have been able to endure the darkness," Lu Siya said.
"That's right. That's what it means. To broken-star superhumans, as long as they have the slightest possibility, they want to repair their spirit meridians and increase their fighting strength so that they can hold their heads up high in the superhuman circle!"
Qin Hu said. "But the superhuman circle doesn't just ignore broken-star superhumans, they look down on them. They think that they're not real superhumans just because they've cleared three to five main meridians and can use one or two skills. Broken-star superhumans are treated unfairly when it comes to their studies, careers, promotions, and everything else.
"That's why broken-star superhumans desire to have their own organizations so that they can form a group and work together to protect their legal rights.
"There are plenty of superhuman organizations in Dragon City, such as the Hunter's Association, the Monster Controller's Association, the Machine Master's Association, the Harvester's Association, and others. But most of these organizations are limited to a single industry, and the information they communicate with is limited to the industry itself.
"As for the Supernatural Tower, it's too big and too complicated.
"The Broken Star Club is the only one that's set up for broken-star superhumans, and it spans all industries. It can reach most of the regions in the city.
"After you join the Broken Star Club, you can practice the Ultimate Style to increase your fighting strength. You can also exchange information with the members from different industries who share the same fate and create business opportunities. You can also get rid of the gloom in your heart. As the saying goes, if you have more friends, you'll have more options.
"Let me tell you, Ms. Lu, the Broken Star Club has just gotten on the right track. We haven't even finished renovating the headquarters yet. Once this place is renovated, we can help the broken-star superhumans solve one or two practical problems and get a few big orders. Forget about one hundred thousand, we can even easily get two to three hundred thousand members!"
Lu Siya nodded repeatedly. Just when she was about to speak, she suddenly noticed that Meng Chao was acting strangely.
As a Spirit Sensor, she could keenly sense that Meng Chao's vitality magnetic field was like an erupting volcano, especially his brain.
"Meng Chao, are you alright?" Lu Siya asked in concern.
"I'm fine. I suddenly thought of something unrelated. Don't mind me. You can continue." Meng Chao rubbed his temples gently to ease the bone-chilling pain.
In the depths of his brain, the memory fragments from his previous life reflected the black skull instructor's face like a broken mirror.
"In Ghost Tribe's training camp, the first thing we receive is assassination training."
Meng Chao felt as if he could hear the black skull instructor shouting in his ears. "But on Dragon City's path to conquer the Other World, assassination is the final step. It's the final step, the final step, the final step, and the horn to launch a charge!
"The races of the Other World have gone through thousands of years of bloody war, and many of them are born for war. It's useless to assassinate their leaders. They can easily elect a new leader, and that new leader might be even more cunning and brutal.
"Before assassinating the leaders of the intelligent beings of the Other World, we must first infiltrate their civilization and stir up chaos and conflict. Then, we must support the faction that is pro-Earth in the Other World civilization and form an organization that is friendly to Dragon City.
"No matter what, there are too few Dragon Citizens. If we want to conquer all of the Other World, we can't rely on the local organizations.
"Now, I will give you a simple introduction to the basic methods of infiltrating and organizing …"
"Meng Chao? Meng Chao! "
Lu Siya spread her fingers and shook them in front of Meng Chao.
Meng Chao sucked in a deep breath and snapped out of his daze. He blinked, and the profound light in his eyes disappeared without a trace.
"Are you sure you're alright?"
Lu Siya looked at him with a puzzled expression. "Did you know that your expression just now was sinister and terrifying?"
"It can't be, right?"
Meng Chao rubbed his face and forced a smile. "I'm just a naive university student. Sometimes, I'm really kind and childish!"
But he suddenly felt enlightened.
He realized that he had made a mistake after he returned from the apocalypse.
He wanted to walk down the path of the higher-ups too much.
That's right. After he awakened to his previous life's memories, he wanted to find the peerless elites who ruled over Dragon City and influence them to change the future. This was a very logical train of thought.
But the problem was, first, peerless elites were not easy to find.
Regardless of whether it was the leaders of mega corporations, the veteran politicians of the Survival Committee, or the Deity Realm elites who were in isolated training in the Supernatural Tower, they were not people he could easily meet or talk to.
Second, the peerless elites definitely had their own worldview and methodology. They would not be so easily influenced by him.
Even the puny Lu Siya would not listen to him. She had her own ambitions.
Even if he trusted them wholeheartedly, there was no way that the peerless elites would dance according to his script.
Third, the more powerful the peerless elites were, the more benefits they would be implicated in other areas, and they would face all sorts of restrictions. It was lonely at the top, and there were plenty of times when Dragon City's development was not decided by a few powerful elites.
'Perhaps Dragon City's future isn't decided by the politicians of the Survival Committee, the leaders of mega corporations, and the peerless elites in the Supernatural Tower.
'Instead, it's decided by the millions of normal citizens.
'What I should change isn't the peerless elites who stand at the top, but the millions of normal people, right?'
Meng Chao would definitely hug the coattails he should hug without hesitation.
But if he wanted to forge iron, he had to be strong. If he did not have a pair of strong arms, how could he hug the incredibly strong coattails?
'If I were just a normal university student, no matter how many schemes I stopped, how many truths I revealed, and how many peerless elites would meet me, they wouldn't treat me seriously, right?
'But it's completely different if I'm the club leader of the Broken Star Club with hundreds of thousands of members. I might not be able to stand on equal footing with them, but at the very least, the peerless elites will listen to me patiently and think about my thoughts about the future more seriously.
'Qin Hu is right. I'm a broken-star superhuman, and I feel the same as all broken-star superhumans. We're in the same boat, so we're naturally allies in the same camp. Based on Lin Chuan's words, we're the same kind!
'These broken-star superhumans and the normal people they protect are the power I can truly rely on. Lu Siya and I are at most hugging each other's coattails, but they are the ones who can become the foundation of my bloodline!'
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