The monster stuck out its forked tongue, and there was a membrane around its eyeballs.
Through the membrane, his gaze was incredibly bloodthirsty.
"Whoosh! “
The monster spread its claws and pounced on the spot where Meng Chao had been standing. Its claws easily tore through the floor, lifted it up, and crushed it.
Meng Chao seized the chance to cut the monster's shoulder. Sparks flew, and the Surging Lightning, which was already covered in cracks, finally shattered. Only the hilt remained in his hands.
'What sturdy scales!'
Meng Chao gasped in amazement.
After transforming, Zhou Tianshui's scales were so thick that they were comparable to those of quite a number of Hell Beasts.
Whoosh!
Zhou Tianshui did not care about the small wound on his shoulder. He swung his tail, and the Morning Star went charging at Meng Chao's face.
Meng Chao snorted coldly. The chains that had lost their blades wrapped around his swollen right arm. Runic symbols surged from his spirit energy, and it was as if he had put on an invincible spirit energy glove on his right arm.
First, he lowered his body and allowed the monster's tail to brush past his head.
Then, he punched with his right fist and executed the powerful Demon Subduing Pole. The explosive power surged into Zhou Tianshui's abdomen.
The strike finally sent him flying eight meters away, and he coughed up blood.
But it did not make him lose his fighting strength. In just three seconds, he cradled his stomach and staggered to his feet.
Even though his mouth was full of blood, a crazed smile bloomed on his lips, making him look even more monstrous and ugly.
"He can take so many hits?"
Meng Chao's pupils shrank. "The original Zhou Tianshui would never have been able to cultivate such a strong body if he followed the normal path of cultivation. So, this is the reason why you betrayed your comrades and willingly became the abnormal beasts' lapdog? To obtain greater power?"
"Heh, you don't understand at all."
Zhou Tianshui laughed in a strange tone. Even though he looked like a huge lizard that was standing on its hind legs, he still had the ability to speak. His voice was hoarse, and it sounded like a claw scratching against glass. It was incredibly piercing to the ears.
"Monsters are just tools. We're the ones controlling them, not the other way around. “
He licked the blood at the corners of his lips with his forked tongue and laughed savagely. "So, I didn't betray my comrades, and I didn't become the monsters' lapdog either. Everything I did was for Dragon City's future!"
"For … Dragon City's future?"
Meng Chao could not help but laugh. "For Dragon City, you willingly led the monsters to ambush Noble Descent Hotel and sacrificed thousands of innocent people to kill all the transmigration experts. If you weren't controlled by the abnormal beast, think about it. Does that make sense?"
"The transmigration expert must die, Project 101 must stop, and the Home Party must be destroyed!"
Zhou Tianshui's gaze became more frenzied, as if he had sunk into an endless loop of logic and could not get out of it. "You don't understand. It's impossible for us to transmigrate back to Earth. In fact, it's impossible for us to open up the dimensional tunnel between Earth and the Other World. Even if we do, it's useless. No one will help us. Dragon Citizens can only rely on ourselves!
"Resources! Dragon City only has a limited amount of resources. The only way we can have a future is if we stake everything and expand outward. If we try to defend the city, we'll just end up trapped to death!"
"I understand."
Meng Chao narrowed his eyes. "So, you're not a fanatical Home Party member at all. You're a complete Colonization Party member."
"That's right. The Home Party is just a bunch of cowards who want to build a wall and live an ignoble existence inside. Even if they manage to drag out their feeble existence for decades or more than one hundred years, one of these days, we'll be found by existences even more terrifying than monsters in the depths of the Other World. At that time, Dragon Citizens, who have placed all their hopes on the wall and transmigration technology, will only be able to survive!"
Zhou Tianshui shouted. "Forward! Forward! Forward at all costs! Pour all your resources into conquering the Other World, and while you conquer it, you'll continuously become stronger. Through victory, you'll get more resources, and you'll create even greater victories! This is the only path for Dragon City! It's a bright future! “
"…"
Meng Chao's heart froze.
He was certain that Zhou Tianshui had mentioned existences even more terrifying than monsters in the depths of the Other World.
By the looks of it, he was not the only one who had valuable information about the world beyond Monster Mountain Range.
Many of the powerful people in Dragon City had a rather clear understanding of the terrors of the Other World.
Unfortunately, they could not predict the future.
Even if they knew that there were more and stronger Other World civilizations beyond Monster Mountain Range, they could only come up with the solution of colonizing madly and using war to nurture war.
Just as Meng Chao expected, the more Zhou Tianshui spoke, the more excited he became. It was as if the beliefs of the Colonization Party had turned into a brand that was carved into his cerebral cortex.
"There's only one bright path. For victory, all the people and resources in Dragon City must be used for expansion."
He extended his claws and screeched, "But just when all Dragon Citizens should be united and take the path of expansion, the Home Party jumped out and dragged everyone down.
"Do you know how much the Survival Committee and the other major corporations have invested in controllable transmigration technology?
"These resources could have been turned into crystal fighting vehicles, armored airships, and superhuman squads armed to the teeth. They could have been used as fuel for peerless fighters to reach new realms, and they could have been used as capital for us to fight the colonization war!
"But now, they've wasted all their resources!
"And the Home Party isn't satisfied. They even have wild thoughts and want to upgrade the defense systems of all the residential areas in the city. They want to pour in an astronomical amount of money and resources just to save a few more useless normal people!
"This is an incredibly brutal and lacking era. In this era, pity and wastage are the greatest crimes. Those normal people are like ants. They don't contribute anything to Dragon City, and they're not worth it for us to pour in so many resources to save them.
"If we're so short-sighted and soft-hearted, then if we pour more resources into transmigration technology and normal people, we'll have less resources for expansion and superhumans. One of these days, when the enemy forces arrive at our borders, all Dragon Citizens, regardless of whether they're superhumans or normal people, will die without a grave!
"Since the Home Party doesn't want to give up on their ideals and their ability to bewitch people is getting stronger, more greedy normal people will start believing in their nonsense. Dragon City's resources will be further scattered, and different strategies will clash with each other. We'll end up in a state where we can't make up our minds, and we'll end up losing everything. Then, there's only one solution left.
"We'll take drastic measures and kill all the transmigration experts so that Project 101 will be completely paralyzed.
"It's only by doing this that we can get rid of the Home Party's unrealistic fantasies of transmigrating back to Earth. We'll make them recognize the brutal reality and gather all their resources together. We'll cut off all our means of retreat and win this battle for survival!"
"…"
Meng Chao had to admit that Zhou Tianshui was right.
In any case, based on what he remembered from his previous life, Project 101 was a complete waste of resources. They wasted an astronomical amount of resources, and in the end, forget about transmigrating back to Earth, they could not even transmigrate back to Pluto!
If Project 101 had not existed in the beginning and they had poured all the resources into the development of controllable transmigration technology into the superhumans' cultivation and the construction of the Red Dragon Army, would Dragon City's fighting strength have become stronger?
Would Dragon City become stronger and have a higher chance of winning a series of wars to the point of conquering the Other World?
Meng Chao did not know.
Speaking of which, was it true that it was impossible to develop transmigration technology, so to avoid wasting resources, they had to get rid of all the transmigration experts, or was it true that the development of transmigration technology was paralyzed because all the transmigration experts were killed?
This was another confusing question.
Hence, he could only listen to his heart.
Meng Chao sized up Zhou Tianshui seriously.
If the person who spoke just now was a girl who was prettier than Lu Siya but had a purer presence and a pair of watery eyes that were filled with sincerity, there was a 1% chance that Meng Chao would be convinced by her.
But Zhou Tianshui had turned into a human-shaped lizard that could spit out methane …
Meng Chao heard the voice in his heart saying, 'Let him spout whatever nonsense he wants. How could this stupid thing represent Dragon City's future?'
'That's right, you're just too ugly!'
Meng Chao wrapped the two chains around his arms and took a heavy step forward. He threw both fists at the same time, and the two huge Demon Subduing Poles gave him double the power, and it felt twice as good!
"Wha —"
Zhou Tianshui looked like he wanted to say, 'Whether I'm ugly or not has nothing to do with the ideals of the Colonization Party!' “
But he could not say a single word.
Indeed, after he transformed, his scales were as sturdy as an iron wall, and it could block a full-powered strike from Demon Subduing Pole.
But Meng Chao practiced the Ultimate Style and was at the peak of Earth Realm. He was skilled in airtight chain attacks, so he would not just deliver one Demon Subduing Pole! Boom! Boom!
Boom! Boom!
Boom! Meng Chao attacked with both hands. His arms were like two heavy cannons that fired nonstop. Spirit flames surged, and even the chains around his arms burned red. The offensive talisman formations on the chains shone with a piercing light and creaked.
Every time Meng Chao attacked, it was as if a grenade had been pressed against Zhou Tianshui's chest and exploded.
In the beginning, Zhou Tianshui could use the sharpness of his scales to block the attacks.
He even tried to swing his tail to counterattack.
But soon, as Meng Chao delivered more than five heavy punches per second, dense cracks appeared on the sturdy scales on his arms, shoulders, chest, abdomen, and abdomen. In fact, quite a number of scales fell off, and Meng Chao sent them flying.
Besides, his chain-bound fists were heavy weapons that dealt blunt damage. Even if he could not destroy Zhou Tianshui's scales in one punch, some of the destructive power seeped into his organs.
Zhou Tianshui felt that there was one … No, there were one hundred lightning balls rampaging in his chest.
He lost his ability to think. He could not even breathe.
There was only one thought in his head.
'Why is it that Meng Chao can still deliver so many heavy punches that are so powerful that they seem like a storm?
'Just who is the real monster?! “
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