Meng Chao was dumbfounded.
He did not expect that there would be such a shameless person in the world. No, it should be the shameless mastermind of the monsters.
How could he turn the tables on his innumerable crimes and recount them in a hundred and eighty degrees!
"This means that all your hostility is directed at the rulers of Dragon City, the nine great mega corporations?"
Meng Chao asked angrily. "Then, how do you explain the normal mine explorers who were killed by the White Spirit, the normal warriors and university students who were nearly killed by the Red Radiance Jade tsunami, the normal citizens who took the subway to work, who died tragically under the Super Giant Sandworms, the normal guests who died during the ambush of Noble Descent Hotel, the people whose minds were controlled by the Demonic Abyss Eye, the innocent people who were turned into deformed monsters by the Blood Flower spores and the new zombie virus, the people who died during the chaos in the lair, the robbers who took the Deification Capsules, the soldiers and bottom-level officers who died in the monster horde, and the middle-grade and low-grade superhumans who were part of more than ten exploration teams who died tragically in Hidden Fog over the past half a month?"
"…"
The Wisdom Tree was silent for a long time. In the end, it said slowly, "Each small ecosystem in the forest is usually formed by thousands of species. From fungi, moss, grass, shrubs, towering trees, herbivores, carnivores, and all sorts of monsters, they eat each other, restrict each other, and transform each other to maintain the balance of the entire ecosystem.
"However, sometimes, due to abnormal weather or genetic mutations, a species will stand out from the rest. It will expand abnormally and reproduce madly, which will make it exceed its ecological niche.
"That might be some sort of moss growing madly and covering the entire forest, taking away all the nutrients from the other living beings.
"It might also be some sort of monster going berserk and killing all the animals in its hunting area. It won't be able to live for long in a forest that has been slaughtered.
"It might also be some sort of plant that has suddenly evolved and gained venomous traits. It will continuously release poisonous spores in all directions and kill all the plants aside from itself. Without plants, the animals won't be able to survive.
"No matter what, when one species becomes the strongest, it will cause the entire ecosystem to lose balance, collapse, and be destroyed. Thousands or even millions of species won't be able to survive.
"If we want to avoid destruction, we have to eliminate this dominant species before the critical point arrives.
"Usually, the best method that nature uses is to set fire to the heavens and use the blazing flames to purify the forest that has lost its balance and is heading towards destruction.
"I don't deny that many innocent animals and plants will die to this heavenly fire.
"But after the rebirth of the forest, all species will be pulled back to the same starting line to compete. It won't be long before the forest will recover its vitality. It will become lush, full of flowers, and full of vitality.
"And under the colorful flowers and branches, birds and beasts will appear again. They will be more numerous and more active than before.
"But if we were softhearted in the beginning and didn't want to set fire to the heavenly fire, we could only watch as the dominant species grew endlessly and slowly squeezed out the living space of the other species. In the end, most of the species would die in pain, as if they were suffocating.
"I've seen plenty of similar tragedies in the forest. That's why, even though I value all the living beings living in this land as much as you do, including the lives of all Dragon Citizens, I still cast this heavenly fire on Dragon City without hesitation, because no one knows better than me that there's a price to be paid to be reborn!"
Meng Chao could not help but laugh.
He laughed so hard that he squeezed out tears that were as hot as magma.
"I often hear people say things like 'regardless of the cost', but every time, the ones who pay the price aren't the ones saying it. Don't you think it's strange?"
Meng Chao stared at the Wisdom Tree and tightened his grip around Golden Tooth Bloody Soul.
"Meng Chao, looks like you know nothing about what's about to happen …"
Helplessness beamed out of the girl's face on the wisdom tree. She smiled bitterly and said, "You must think that I am a brutal, inhumane fiend who regards human lives as worthless and that I will sacrifice the lives of thousands of people as a 'price' without any hesitation to realize my dream, don't you?
Meng Chao smiled coldly. "Aren't you?"
"On the surface, you seem to be," the Wisdom Tree said faintly.
The Wisdom Tree said calmly, "But what if these people were going to die anyway?
"What if I told you that I can see that Dragon City will be destroyed in the near future and that nearly one hundred million Dragon Citizens will die without a grave? What if I only brought forward the deaths of a few million people, or at most ten million at most, with the goal of stopping Dragon City's destruction and saving the other tens of millions of people so that the flames of human civilization can continue burning in the Other World?"
Meng Chao's pupils shrank swiftly.
This was the first time his mind was thrown into disarray when he fought against the Wisdom Tree.
For a moment, he suspected that the sharp nerve electricity from the Wisdom Tree had pierced through his memory palace and broken through all his mental defenses to see the deepest secrets in his mind.
But the alarm he set in his brain cells, memories, and the depths of his soul did not budge.
The mysterious Fire Seed did not react to the invasion of the foreign power at all.
This was enough to tell that the Wisdom Tree's understanding of his mind was still at the most superficial level. It was the useless information he intentionally let the Wisdom Tree see.
But how did the Wisdom Tree know that Dragon City was about to be destroyed? How could it "see" it?!
"W-What nonsense are you spouting?!"
Meng Chao pretended to be angry to hide his shock. "Right now, Dragon City has a strong army and is growing stronger by the day. As long as we completely destroy the monster civilization, we will be able to occupy all the resources in Monster Mountain Range. Our civilization will definitely advance by leaps and bounds, and there will no longer be any power in the Other World that can stop us. The steel army from Earth will definitely plant their war flags in every corner of the New World!
"How could such a Dragon City be destroyed? How could you see the future and see its destruction? "
"Heh …"
The girl who looked like Jin Qianxi laughed in an incredibly sad manner. Her squirming face had an expression that said that she was the only one sober while everyone else was drunk.
Behind her, the tentacles swayed, and the light changed. The Wisdom Tree grew a lot of fruits.
She gently plucked an apple that was as red as blood and placed it on her open palm.
"Everyone can see the future," the Wisdom Tree explained to Meng Chao patiently.
"If I let go now, you don't even need to look to know that this apple will fall to the ground.
"If I let go from a high place, you will even see the apple shattering to pieces in your mind.
"If it's not an apple, but a little lamb and a hungry, bloodthirsty beast locked together, I don't even need to look to know that the little lamb will turn into a pile of bloody bones in less than five minutes.
"Similarly, in Dragon City, you have all sorts of plans for the future development of your civilization. Many people can tell what Dragon City will look like five years later, ten years later, and twenty years later.
"Superstar has set up a lot of strange industries beforehand. Meng Chao, didn't you make these decisions with your superhuman foresight and guidance?
"From this angle, the logical deduction abilities of intelligent life forms have always been the ability to predict the future.
"The more data I input, the stronger my logical deduction abilities are, and the higher the accuracy of my predictions.
"My main body has the ability to expand my neural network and connect to countless carbon-based intelligent life forms. Through these 'terminals', I can gather data.
"Based on the history of Peach Blossom Town, I created a model regarding the rise and fall of a civilization. Even though the scale of the model isn't big, I can use it to deduce the future of a larger human society, such as Dragon City's future.
"As my scouts gathered more data from Dragon City, I continuously adjusted, optimized, upgraded, and expanded the model. I added a lot of algorithms and formulas to it.
"In my mind, the future of Dragon City has become clearer.
"I continued calculating, thinking, and making judgments. For a few years, I completely stopped expanding outward and focused on deducing Dragon City and the regions around it. Of course, that included the future of Peach Blossom Town.
"My calculation abilities continued increasing until they reached their limits.
"Then, I threw in all my resources and mobilized the brains of countless intelligent beasts to connect to the neural network. Together, we carried out the craziest calculations."
The girl spoke tirelessly.
From the branches of the Wisdom Tree, countless lines that looked like virtual nerves extended out.
Thousands of lines intersected with each other to form a neural network that covered the sky.
The neural network gradually curled up and turned into a crystalline brain that seemed to be trembling slightly.
The girl who looked like Jin Qianxi sat cross-legged in the virtual brain. Her expression was solemn, but also confused.
Her eyeballs spun madly under her tightly shut eyelids. She mumbled something, but no one could hear what she was saying.
Suddenly, the girl opened her eyes, and a terrifying light shone in the depths of her eyes.
"Finally, one day, something unbelievable happened. It was as if … I was suddenly enlightened, and I saw the future!"
Meng Chao sucked in a deep breath and gulped. "W-What did you see?"
"In my daze, I had a dream," the girl said together with the Wisdom Tree.
The girl and the wisdom tree said together, "In the past, I never dreamed. At most, I saw some mottled, fragmented dreams in the depths of the brains of the spiritual beasts and humans that I was connected to. Even the perfect city of light was brought by Jin Qianxi.
"This was the first dream that belonged solely to me.
"But it was a nightmare, the most terrifying nightmare.
"I saw that the entire sky was ablaze.
"I saw countless huge balls of light falling from the sea of fire.
"I saw all the forests in Monster Mountain Range. Regardless of whether they were natural forests or urban forests built by humans using metal, glass, and cement, they were all flattened by the destructive shockwaves.
"All living beings, regardless of whether they were humans or monsters, pests, fungi, or bacteria, were reduced to ashes.
"Trust me, Meng Chao. I saw the apocalypse in this nightmare!"
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