This question was Meng Chao's specialty.
Even if Shao Zhengyang did not ask him, he was prepared to search for a chance to argue with the strongest fighter in the Red Dragon Army.
However, no matter what, Shao Zhengyang was a man with a lot of power in the military. Before he spoke, Meng Chao had to test his thoughts.
"Right now, many people think that the Monster War is over. We have vaccines and effective medicine to deal with the zombie viruses and Blood Flower spores. In fact, we can obtain even better biochemical technology from the legacy of the monster civilization and turn trash into treasure. We can turn the zombie viruses and Blood Flower spores into new gene medicine to speed up the cultivation of superhumans," Meng Chao said.
"We've been working hard for decades, and now, we can finally stop and take a breather. We can put away our weapons and let go of our horses. We can shift the strategic focus of Dragon City's civilization to production and economic development.
"Uncle Shao, do you think the same way?"
This was indeed a very popular view online.
Dragon City was like a nervous person who had been fighting for decades in a sea of corpses and mountains of blood. It had long since suffered from group PTSD.
The monster civilization was like a mountain that had been pressing down on the people's heads for decades, causing all Dragon Citizens to constantly feel the threat of death.
One day, the mountain was completely overturned, and the nerves that had been tense for decades instantly relaxed.
It was inevitable that while the people were delighted, they became lazy.
"Idiots! You're so stupid! You're so short-sighted that you're just digging your own grave! "
Shao Zhengyang put on a stern face and spoke in a very stern tone. "The Monster War might have come to an end with Dragon City's complete victory, but the threat to humanity's survival hasn't disappeared.
"From a certain perspective, when we come into contact with an even vaster world, the threat to our survival will continue to increase. There's a high possibility that we'll run into enemies even stronger than monsters!"
Meng Chao was delighted.
He did not expect that the higher-ups of Dragon City would be so clear-headed. Even without his reminder, they could tell just how terrifying the Other World was.
He sucked in a deep breath and suppressed his excitement. "An enemy even stronger than monsters?" he asked.
"That's right, Meng Chao. Over the past few days, you've come into contact with a lot of ancient information from the microcomputer. You can say that you've already surpassed quite a number of the specialists in the ruins research center. You've become one of the people who understand the ancient civilization the best in Dragon City."
Shao Zhengyang said with a stern expression. "Then, you should know very well that the ancient civilization was not a regional civilization. If we look at the Other World alone, the footprints of the ancient people can be found at every corner of the planet.
"In the oceans, valleys, mountains, plains, underground crevices, and even beyond the atmosphere, they established splendid, scattered cities.
"Every ancient city relied on its unique terrain to build a complicated and precise spirit energy utilization system. It contained the mysterious power and outstanding technology of the ancient civilization.
"Although these glorious cities have been reduced to ashes and turned into ruins under the double attacks of the beast tide and the space-based orbital weapons.
"But even if it's just a relic, it can still bring inexhaustible nutrients to the successors billions of years later. It can nourish all kinds of civilizations, allowing them to embark on the path of the Ancients and pursue the glory of the primordial era.
"The Ruins No. 1 under Dragon City and the Ruins No. 2 in Hidden Fog aren't all the legacies left behind by the Ancients.
"There are at least dozens of ruins of similar scale in the Other World.
"If other carbon-based intelligent lifeforms discover these ruins, there's a high possibility that they will be like us and obtain the legacy of the ancient civilization and build their own civilization!"
Meng Chao's heart raced.
Shao Zhengyang's words meant that he had changed the future again.
Due to the butterfly effect he stirred up, the higher-ups of Dragon City had a clearer understanding of the ecosystem and the level of civilization in the Other World than in his previous life.
Naturally, they could make more accurate judgments and make more logical decisions.
Meng Chao gulped and said, "Uncle Shao, do the Deity Realm superhumans believe that there are other carbon-based intelligent lifeforms in the Other World or even … civilizations?"
"That's highly probable," Shao Zhengyang explained.
Shao Zhengyang explained. "The ecosystem of a habitable planet is a single entity that cannot be separated. Since everything in Monster Mountain Range has come back to life and is thriving, and the spirit energy is so thick that it can allow carbon-based intelligent lifeforms to cultivate until they can fly and cut down mountains, the other places in the Other World shouldn't be too different.
"It can't be that the entire Other World is a hell on earth with volcanoes erupting, dust flying everywhere, and sulfur filling the air. Only Monster Mountain Range is a paradise filled with life, right?
"The specialists in Agricultural University have conducted in-depth research on the genes of all sorts of monsters and etherealized plants. They are certain that quite a number of low-grade monsters like snakes, insects, rats, and ants were not modified by their mothers. Instead, they evolved to their current state on their own over millions of years.
"From this, it can be seen that the Other World has become a paradise for carbon-based lifeforms since at least tens of millions of years ago.
"With such a long time of evolution and such an abundant natural environment with such abundant spirit energy, there are primordial legacies hidden everywhere underground. The monsters that seem to be of all shapes and sizes have already received the most advanced genetic modifications in the primordial era. They have been injected with the power of both the 'mother' and the 'ancients'.
"Is it strange for them to develop a brand new civilization?"
"That's right. I think so too!"
Meng Chao could not hold it in anymore. He nodded repeatedly and said excitedly, "There are definitely more civilizations in the Other World. Even if their civilization isn't more advanced than Dragon City's, they have mysterious, unfathomable, and destructive power. It's enough to drag us into the territory they're most familiar with. Then, with their rich experience, they can win against us and destroy us!
"That's why we can't be careless. We can't treat our victory in the Monster War as the final victory where we can rest easy!
"That's not just stupid, it's a fallacy that will lead to the destruction of a country!"
Shao Zhengyang cast Meng Chao a deep glance.
He could clearly sense his anger and anxiety.
He could not help but admire and like this young man who had a clear mind.
"I knew it. Old Lei wasn't wrong about you. I wasn't wrong either. Dragon City's future will depend on your generation to fight, defend, and save it," Shao Zhengyang said.
"The Red Dragon Army's guess is that there is a high possibility that there are creatures that are stronger, more brutal, live in groups, and are better at using spirit energy than the monsters we've seen in the vast world beyond Monster Mountain Range. They are creatures that are stronger, more brutal, live in groups, and are better at using spirit energy. They are the upgraded versions of monsters.
"Or perhaps they are intelligent lifeforms whose brute strength isn't as great as monsters', but they have already built a complicated social system. They are in control of their civilization, have armies, leaders, and beliefs. They are the weakened versions of the ancients.
"No matter which it is, they won't be easy to deal with.
"We don't know why they haven't noticed Dragon City's existence over the past half a century.
"Perhaps it's because the fog formed by the dimensional ripples is like an impenetrable defense shield. It's similar to the crystal shields of the ancient cities, and it has always protected us.
"Perhaps the civilizations outside haven't developed to the point where they can rule over the entire planet, and we're lucky, which is why we managed to escape the disaster.
"But good luck won't always be with us.
"We've never been a civilization that relies on luck to survive.
"The fog that shrouds Dragon City and Monster Mountain Range is about to disappear.
"It's especially so after the 'mother' died. The speed at which the fog is dispersing is gradually increasing.
"By the looks of it, the fog isn't just a dimensional ripple. After the 'mother' wakes up for the second time, it controls its vitality magnetic field and changes the planet's magnetic field to create a protective shield for itself. It's so that it can eat human civilization without being disturbed inside and repair more living tissues so that it can get through its most dangerous period of weakness.
"In the most extreme situation, the fog will completely disappear within a year and a half.
"At that time, Dragon City will be completely exposed to the gazes of all the intelligent and powerful lifeforms in the Other World.
"Even if they haven't developed a surveillance satellite network that can cover the entire planet, as long as they have the ability to fly at high altitudes, they will be able to see everything in our city.
"As soldiers, we're used to thinking about the worst possible situation.
"In the worst case scenario, in another year and a half, Dragon City's civilization, which is incompatible with the Other World after transmigrating here for around half a century, will be surrounded and attacked by the native civilization that has been here for millions of years.
"The end of the Monster War is just the start of an epic war of an even larger scale, more astonishing, and more grand scale.
"Even if these native civilizations haven't developed artificial satellites and can't control the entire planet, they only have the technological standards and fighting potential of Earth's civilization in the eighteenth or nineteenth century or even the middle ages.
"But their numbers are definitely ten times or even one hundred times greater than ours. It's just as you said. With the help of spirit energy and the ancient legacies, they have the power to destroy the world.
"We shouldn't hope that there won't be any existences as powerful as the Deity Realm superhumans and Apocalyptic Beasts in this huge Other World.
"If these powerful existences from the native civilizations sneak into Dragon City and learn about the inside information before they start wreaking havoc, it will definitely be a destructive blow to our civilization. It will also destroy the foundation that our ancestors and comrades built with blood over the past half a century.
"If we want to avoid the terrible situation where we'll be attacked passively, we can only strike first and take the initiative to attack.
"Even if a new war breaks out, we shouldn't fight in Monster Mountain Range. We should spread the flames of war beyond Monster Mountain Range and into the depths of the Other World. The further away from Dragon City, the better.
"'Steel army, sweep through the Other World' was once a slogan that motivated the people during their darkest moments.
"Slogans are just slogans. At that time, no one thought about it so far.
"But now, once we get a preliminary glimpse of the truth behind the Other World and the ancient era, moving forward and moving into the depths of the Other World has turned from a slogan into the only path of survival for our civilization!"
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