In all fairness, the City of Light depicted by the Wisdom Tree was indeed attractive from a certain point of view.
It was especially attractive to the people who lived at the bottom of Dragon City, lacked cultivation potential and resources, could not see any hope, or were troubled by PTSD after years of war and were on the verge of mental breakdown.
One side was an ugly and painful reality.
The other was a beautiful and bright illusion.
If someone chose the latter, Meng Chao would not be surprised, and he had no right to scold them for their weakness.
The problem was, no one in all of Dragon City … No, perhaps all of the Other World knew better than Meng Chao just how fragile and short-lived this beautiful and bright illusion was.
If Dragon City really walked down the path the wisdom tree spoke of, they would not be able to fight against the flames of war in the Other World that was about to erupt.
Dragon City might be destroyed even earlier than in his previous life, and it might even be destroyed in an even more humiliating manner.
No matter how beautiful and colorful a soap bubble was under the sun, it was just a soap bubble. It could not be the sturdiest castle in human civilization.
When Meng Chao realized this, the destructive flames from the apocalypse immediately burned the paradise the wisdom tree had planted in his brain to nothing. It revealed the sea of flowers and the broken walls under the green tide.
A fairy tale that was too beautiful was as difficult to swallow as a low-quality drink with too many colors and artificial flavors. Instead, it stimulated Meng Chao's mind, and he became even more clear-headed. In an instant, he saw through the countless holes hidden in the "truth" the wisdom tree had told him.
"Wait!"
Meng Chao's gaze became as sharp as a razor again, and his voice became as hard as an icicle. He stared at the woman as if he wanted to see through the image the green tide created and see the true face hidden in the depths of the wisdom tree. "So, you're saying that half of your soul is human, and everything you do is for humans. You want to create a brand new and even more beautiful civilization with us?
"But how do you explain the monsters' continuous attacks on Dragon City over the past few decades?"
The woman's face created by the green tide was slightly stunned.
For an instant, an expression that did not belong to a human showed up.
It retreated a little in an attempt to avoid Meng Chao's dissecting gaze.
Then, it realized that it had lost its composure, and it instantly put on a sincere, friendly, and even slightly aggrieved smile.
"Those monsters are not under my control."
The wisdom tree explained, "Although I have the ability to expand the neural network, allowing carbon-based creatures in the network to share perceptions, emotions, and partial memory fragments, and to transmit instructions to them on a certain level, this ability is not infinite.
"Both the range of my expansion and the number of 'terminals' that I can connect to, which is the number of carbon-based creatures, are limited. Also, the higher the intelligence of a carbon-based creature, the stronger its self-awareness is, and the less likely it is to be controlled by me. Therefore, the number of carbon-based creatures I can control is smaller.
"I think it's easy to understand, right? Commanding a squad of dozens of soldiers was not the same as commanding an entire army. Commanding a squad that was close to him was also not the same as commanding another squad that was thousands of miles away. Commanding a simple infantry division was also completely different from commanding a compound rapid strike group that had tanks, airships, runic symbol machines, biochemical war beasts, superhumans, and so on were two completely different concepts.
"Even though humans have given me the title of the monster mastermind, I can't precisely command every monster in Monster Mountain Range like how the queen bee commands all the worker bees. No, if I increase the size of the bee swarm by ten thousand times, the distance the worker bees can patrol will also increase by ten thousand times. I believe that no matter how powerful the queen bee is, she will be troubled and her mind will be in a mess.
"Basically, my area of control is only limited to a small area in Hidden Fog, which is the area near the sinkhole you speak of.
"For monsters that are beyond this range, I can at most pry into some of their senses, but I can't influence their thoughts.
"Once the monsters leave Hidden Fog, my connection with them will be completely cut off. I won't be able to sense their existence, and I won't be able to stop their actions."
Meng Chao thought about the credibility of his words.
It did sound logical.
Regardless of whether it was through a neural network or a wireless information network, there were three problems when it came to controlling a large number of terminals remotely.
First, the computing power of the central processing unit at the core of the network was definitely limited. If there were too many terminals that needed to be controlled precisely, the commands and feedback given would be too complicated, and it would be very easy for the central processing unit to overload or even explode.
Second, when commands were transmitted over a long distance, it was very easy for them to be delayed, distorted, and distorted. The information sent back by the terminals would also be damaged to a certain extent.
Third, the larger and more complicated the network was, the easier it was to be interfered with.
The wireless information network of humans in the Other World had a complicated spirit energy magnetic field environment, so it was very easy for it to break down because of interference.
Was the neural network of the monster mastermind different?
Hence, there was a high chance that the wisdom tree was telling the truth when it said that it could not control all monsters precisely.
But Meng Chao believed that the area of control and the number of monsters it could control might not be as pitiful as it said. Besides, it had other methods, such as creating super powerful and intelligent abnormal beasts known as Supernatural Entities to act as frontline commanders and indirectly control the monster horde.
"Most of the monsters who invade Dragon City act on their own."
The wisdom tree could not figure out what Meng Chao was thinking, so it continued explaining sincerely. "You must know that many of the monsters gained intelligence because they had a lot of pain, hatred, and negative emotions from humans injected into their brains. They have natural hostility toward humans. In fact, you can say that they're the incarnation of the innocent souls who died tragically in Peach Blossom Town.
"My abilities are limited, and I can't completely control or destroy these monsters. Many of them gradually awakened to high intelligence and formed even more complicated races. Then, they broke free of my control and fled out of Hidden Fog to the even wider depths of Monster Mountain Range.
"They have high intelligence and a large race, so they form a dimensional reduction attack on their own kind who are still muddle-headed in Monster Mountain Range. Soon, they gain a firm foothold in the various corners of Monster Mountain Range and proclaim themselves as kings. They became the masters of millions of monsters. This is something I didn't expect, and I can't stop it.
"Besides, as Dragon City's civilization gradually grew stronger, you also extended your tentacles beyond Dragon City to the monster paradise in the depths of the fog.
"Both sides' living spaces overlapped with each other, and both sides sensed the threat to their survival. Conflict broke out, so isn't that something that makes perfect sense?
"Don't misunderstand. I'm not trying to accuse Earthlings of being invaders and say meaningless things like 'monsters are just defending their home'.
"I've said it before. There's no good or evil, good or evil, or beauty or ugliness in nature.
"To me, grass absorbs sunlight, sheep eats grass, wolves eat sheep, tigers tear apart wolves, and humans use armored cavaliers to flatten tigers' dens. They kill tigers and grind their bones into powder to make wine or create sabers. They're all for the sake of survival. There's no difference, and there's no right or wrong.
"Once we understand this, we'll be able to forget the past and surpass our hatred so that we can find a better path of survival for both of us, right?"
"That sounds logical. In fact, it sounds even better than opera singers," Meng Chao said.
"But what about those super abnormal beasts? From the White Spirit to the Earthquake, from the Demonic Abyss Eye to the Vortex, these super abnormal beasts understand the weaknesses of humans and know how to attack the weakest parts of Dragon City. It's impossible for them to be wild, right?
"Also, don't tell me that the monster horde that suddenly appeared at the perimeter of Dragon City half a year ago and attacked Dragon City from all directions at the same time to work together with the lair chaos. Don't tell me that those weren't your handiwork!"
The wisdom tree was silent for a while.
The girl formed by the green tide also lowered her eyelids a little.
After a long while, it admitted, "That's right. I was the one who modified and sent those super abnormal beasts to Dragon City."
"Why?"
Meng Chao asked. "Those guys don't seem like peace ambassadors!"
"Because the current Dragon City has become a replica of Peach Blossom Town of the past. It's a true city of sin," the wisdom tree said honestly.
"Since I absorbed Jin Qianxi's personality, will, and soul, I inherited her mission. Aside from rebuilding Peach Blossom Town, I also wanted to make Dragon City a better place. At the very least, I wanted to avoid repeating the mistakes of Earth's civilization and walking down the path of destruction.
"Hence, once the situation in Peach Blossom Town calmed down, I immediately sent some scouts, which are the spirit beasts I planted in my nervous system, to lurk in Dragon City and observe the situation.
"During the first ten years or so, I didn't do much. I just watched the development of Dragon City's society quietly, just like how I learned from Peach Blossom Town when I was just born.
"I have to admit that once we defeated the evil force known as Blood Alliance, the ruler of Dragon City did a much better job than the leader of Peach Blossom Town.
"Perhaps it's because the living environment isn't that bad, the civilization system is much larger and more stable, and the resources we can use are much more abundant. The ruler of Dragon City can calmly choose the management methods and tools they use. The rules they set are much fairer, and the powerful fighters don't have to eat in such a terrible manner.
"I was very happy to see that under Battle God Lei Zongchao's call, the nine gangs who ruled over Dragon City seemed to have given up a lot of their power on the surface and formed the Survival Committee, which is the highest management organization to lead all citizens forward.
"The organization of powerful fighters that evolved from the nine gangs to the nine great corporations seemed to have become more civilized!
"I was really happy. I thought that there were countless people like Jin Qianxi and Lei Zongchao in Dragon City. If we worked together, even if we didn't have a neural network that shared our senses and emotions, we could still make the entire civilization better."
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