When he heard Lu Siya slandering Jin Wanhao, A 'Ji was not angry. He only said, "You're right. Aside from Lei Zongchao and a handful of weirdos, all the powerful fighters who managed to stand out in the apocalyptic Dragon City are villains. Jin Wanhao is naturally not a good person. In fact, he's even more ambitious than the creators of the nine mega corporations.
"After experiencing the hellish life of being controlled by Blood Alliance, Jin Wanhao, who regained his freedom, would not allow any force of power to control his fate.
"To his knowledge, his sister was already dead. Aside from himself and Lei Zongchao, no one else could be trusted. If he didn't want to be controlled by a second Blood Alliance, there was only one way, and that was to create a force of power that was even stronger than Blood Alliance and become the overlord of Dragon City.
"Since a dragon slayer will always turn into an evil dragon, why can't that evil dragon be me?
"Just like that, Jin Wanhao created Golden Tooth.
"When Golden Tooth was just created, it had a lot of potential to become the strongest force of power in Dragon City.
"After all, after Blood Alliance collapsed, Jin Wanhao had the experience of leaving the ancient ruins unscathed dozens of times. He also received modifications from Blood Alliance's advanced technology. In terms of fighting strength, he was only second to Lei Zongchao and a few others. He was a special-class elite in the apocalyptic Dragon City.
"He contributed greatly in the war against Blood Alliance, so he had enough glory and connections to attract quite a number of people to join him with their own resources.
"Golden Tooth rose to power incredibly quickly on Blood Alliance's gradually rotting corpse. In just a short half a year, its momentum already did not lose to the other forces of power who had been working hard for years.
"But the tallest tree in the forest will definitely be destroyed. Jin Wanhao's powerful rise to power also caused the nine forces of power who later turned into mega corporations to be wary.
"Even though they were all members of the anti-Blood Alliance alliance, the nine forces of power and the experimental subjects who rebelled against Blood Alliance were never on the same side. Their relationship was very strange.
"The nine forces of power need experimental subjects like us to help them fight against the core members of Blood Alliance, but they are also constantly on guard against us, because to the nine forces of power, we've entered the ancient ruins countless times and have to endure inhuman pain day and night, just like the core members of Blood Alliance. We're all twisted lunatics and monsters in human skin.
"For those among us who don't care about fame and are easy to fool, such as Battle God Lei Zongchao, the nine forces will place him on a pedestal and force him to work for them like a slave with an illusory reputation and ideals. But in reality, they are just making him a figurehead and not giving him any power.
"The nine forces of power worked together to restrain Jin Wanhao, who was ambitious and wanted to show off his abilities. They did everything they could in an attempt to kill Golden Tooth while it was still in its infancy.
"Jin Wanhao might be powerful, but he spent the first half of his life adventuring in the ruins and being studied on research tables. At that time, if I were to put it bluntly, he was just a boor who had great ambitions but little abilities. He was brave but not astute. There was no way he could fight against the cunning creators of the mega corporations.
"At that time, zombies and monsters were the common threat to Dragon Citizens, but Jin Wanhao was not allowed to completely turn against the nine forces of power and use pure brute force to decide the victor.
"When it came to buying people's hearts, manipulating public opinion, trading resources, scheming, and other areas of soft warfare, Jin Wanhao had no chance of winning at all.
"When Golden Tooth was locked in a corner of Dragon City by the nine forces and faced a bottleneck in its development, the anxious Jin Wanhao remembered Lei Zongchao.
"At that time, Jin Wanhao truly treated Lei Zongchao as a brother who would live and die with him. He hoped that the two of them could conquer the world together, and he was even willing to let Lei Zongchao be the leader of Golden Tooth as long as Golden Tooth could become the strongest gang in Dragon City and suppress the nine forces of power so that they could rule over all of Dragon City.
"Unfortunately, Lei Zongchao flatly rejected his' good will '."
"He rejected it?"
Meng Chao and Lu Siya were engrossed. At that moment, they looked at each other and asked at the same time, "Why?"
"Because Lei Zongchao, that idiot, believed that power needed to be spread out and balanced to maintain Dragon City's long-term peace," A 'Ji said.
"Lei Zongchao told Jin Wanhao that there were two forces of power in the current Dragon City. One of them was naturally simple and crude brute force, and the other was the capital that controlled the flow and distribution of resources. If these two forces were gathered together, they would create a monster that no one could limit or fight against." This monster would definitely suffer from the boundless desire and ambition that grew endlessly. In the end, it would bring disaster and even destruction to Dragon City.
"The reason why the Blood Oath Alliance was destroyed in the past was because of those ambitious but impossibly stupid people who wanted to gather absolute power and resources on themselves.
"If Lei Zongchao and Jin Wanhao worked together and used brute force to control the flow and distribution of resources, it would mean that they had absolute power that no one could keep in check. Even if Golden Tooth could reign supreme for some time, it wouldn't be any different from Blood Alliance in the past.
"'If Qianxi's soul in heaven finds out that Blood Alliance, which she sacrificed herself to defeat, was reborn as Golden Tooth in our hands, she won't be able to rest in peace.' That's what Lei Zongchao told Jin Wanhao. Jin Qianxi was Jin Wanhao's younger sister.
"Just like that, Lei Zongchao rejected Jin Wanhao's request to fight against the nine forces of power.
"Not only did he reject it, he even tried to persuade Jin Wanhao. He believed that the leaders of the nine forces of power might not be selfless and good people, but at the very least, they were rational and skilled in the art of management. They could bring out the greatest value of each resource.
"Since the nine forces of power had already controlled most of Dragon City, there was no need for Jin Wanhao to create Golden Tooth and stir up conflict. He believed that he and Jin Wanhao were pure martial artists, so it would be fine as long as they focused on fighting. There was no need for them to step into a domain they were not familiar with or skilled in.
"Based on what he said, he had already been brainwashed by the nine forces of power and hoped that Jin Wanhao would take the initiative to disband Golden Tooth.
"There was no way that Jin Wanhao would agree to such a ridiculous request, so they naturally parted on bad terms.
"Even without Lei Zongchao's help, Jin Wanhao remained stubborn and continued fighting against the nine forces of power. Soon, he was badly battered.
"After being rebuffed a few times in a row, the hidden injuries he sustained when he explored the ancient ruins in the past flared up, making him realize that he would never be able to reach Lei Zongchao's level and suppress Dragon City with absolute strength that would allow him to fight against anyone." Jin Wanhao finally recognized the cruel reality and had to sign an alliance with the nine forces of power. He limited Golden Tooth's territory to the lair and never stepped out of the lair.
"Of course Jin Wanhao hated the cunning leaders of the nine forces.
"But what made him even angrier was that his good friend, Lei Zongchao, who had gone through thick and thin with him, just watched by the side and did not do anything about it. In fact, he ended up as the other party's lobbyist and forced Jin Wanhao to sign the humiliating agreement.
"Jin Wanhao felt that he was betrayed by Lei Zongchao, and they got into a huge fight. From then on, they broke off all ties and refused to talk to each other.
"Speaking of which, Jin Wanhao agreed to hole up in the lair and never step out for the rest of his life not because the nine forces of power forced him to do so.
"He also had a secret weapon in his hands.
"It was a pearl he obtained by accident when he explored the ancient ruins in the past.
"At first glance, this bead is like a cobblestone with an uneven surface that doesn't have any luster. However, when I hold it in my hand, I can sense a strange coolness. I can even hear fragmented murmurs in my ears, just like the call of the primordial era.
"In the beginning, Jin Wanhao did not pay much attention to it. He just wore the pearl as a protective talisman.
"Then, during the fight against Blood Alliance, he was punched in the chest by a Blood Alliance elite, and the unstoppable force of the punch struck the pearl hanging around his neck, causing the surface of the pearl to crack. His blood seeped into the cracks, and it was only then that he managed to read the information sent by the pearl in dozens of dreams.
"That was the secret behind cell regeneration and rejuvenation.
"This secret made Jin Wanhao ecstatic.
"He originally wanted to share the secret with Lei Zongchao, but he did not expect that his good friend would abandon him like a pair of old shoes. In his anger and humiliation, he decided to go with the flow and agreed to the nine forces of power's Underground Alliance. On the surface, he hid in the lair, but in truth, he wanted to turn the lair into his own independent kingdom so that he could conduct research on rejuvenation in the depths of the lair.
"Jin Wanhao felt that there were two main reasons for his failure.
"Firstly, the adventures in the depths of the ancient ruins in my early years, as well as the torture and research I was subjected to in the laboratory have left me with too many irreversible injuries. My seemingly strong body is actually a machine riddled with holes. It's strong on the outside but weak on the inside, and it could fall apart at any moment. How can it fight against others?
"Second, Lei Zongchao was right. He was a brute with all brawn and no brains. He was not as cunning as the leaders of the nine forces of power. Even in the Other World, where the strong preyed on the weak and the victors ruled, there were plenty of things that could be solved with brains and not fists.
"After a deep reflection, Jin Wanhao decided to lay low for the time being and research the secret of rejuvenation. At the same time, he learned the tricks of the leaders of the nine forces of power that hid knives in their smiles, spoke honey in their mouths, manipulated public opinion, and toyed with people's hearts. He learned how to turn from a brute to a real gang leader, politician, and even leader.
"Jin Wanhao firmly believed that as long as he stayed calm and used a few decades to learn those tricks and accumulate capital in the dark, one day, when he regained his youth, he would definitely be even more outstanding than the past Jin Wanhao and even more outstanding than the old creators of the nine great mega corporations. At that time, he would naturally use a brand new face and method to control Dragon City and its fate in his own hands!
"In a sense, Jin Wanhao succeeded. He really regained his youth and obtained new life.
"It's a pity that Jin Wanhao couldn't have foreseen that he was completely wrong about the effects of rejuvenation on the brain and consciousness. As the brain cells are fully renewed, the old consciousness stored in the old cells is instantly gone, and the new brain cells bring a brand-new consciousness. A consciousness that doesn't want to have anything to do with Jin Wanhao at all and doesn't want to follow his old path to control Ghostly Dragon City. That's me — A Ji!"
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