This answer caused the strongest fighter in the Red Dragon Army to view Meng Chao in a new light.
"So, you're thinking about the future five hundred years from now, not just thirty or fifty years from now?"
Shao Zhengyang cast Meng Chao a deep glance and sighed. "Meng Chao, you're the most unique young man I've ever seen in my life.
"No, I'm not talking about strength.
"When it comes to strength, cultivation realms, fighting strength, and other things, there's always a way for us to reach or even surpass them if we rely on talent, coincidences, and an astronomical amount of resources.
"I believe that as Dragon City gets its hands on more resources, our technology will develop by leaps and bounds, and our cultivation system will be perfected day by day. In the future, Dragon Citizens will become stronger, and there will be countless existences who will surpass us.
"But your mentality and mindset are shocking. It wouldn't even be an exaggeration to say that you're a weirdo.
"Honestly, if I had this cultivation realm, career, and force of power at your age, my mentality would definitely not be as stable as yours.
"I would definitely have incredibly strong desires and ambitions. I would want to do everything in my power to increase my cultivation realm and expand my force of power so that my company would become the tenth mega corporation that controls Dragon City as soon as possible. Then, I would climb to the throne of first place.
"Even if I wasn't blinded by my own selfish desires, when I faced all sorts of restrictions and responsibilities, I would definitely feel indignant.
"I will feel that everything I have was built up from scratch with my own two hands, and I will feel that I have worked hard to get everything I have.
"My cultivation realm came from my talent and my crazed cultivation. My resources came from entering the wild and the fog and risking my life to kill monsters. My connections came from going through countless life-and-death situations together and carrying out suicidal missions with powerful fighters. I'm only where I am today because of myself.
"So, why do I have to pay such high taxes? Why do I have to hand over a large amount of treasures to Dragon City? Why do I have to obey the commands of the government and carry out all sorts of arduous, thankless, and incredibly dangerous missions? Why do I have to be on equal footing with normal people who can't even truss a chicken and are incredibly poor? Why do I have to bring out real money from the profits that my business earned to feed these normal people who will never be able to fill their stomachs?
"Why can't I use the profits and resources I've earned to do whatever I want? I don't have to obey all laws and regulations, and I can march into the depths of the Other World. I can go to a place that no one has ever gone before, expand my territory, destroy mountains, and destroy temples. I can charge forward and create a world that belongs solely to me.
"I believe that I'm not the only one who thinks this way. Any superhuman at your age who possesses your power would more or less think this way."
"I used to think so too."
Meng Chao was silent for a long time before he thought about how he should respond.
He did not lie to Shao Zhengyang.
In his previous life, he had indeed dreamed about how he should be able to do whatever he wanted after he obtained great power and how he should act like a tyrant.
The beautiful scenery and the extravagance in his dreams were more than ten times more exaggerated than what Shao Zhengyang had described!
Unfortunately, there was a limit to a person's strength. No matter how brilliant his world of domination was, so what?
When the apocalypse arrived, he would still be reduced to ashes along with Dragon City's civilization.
"But perhaps it's because I came from an old residential area like Blessed Heavenly Garden and was one of the citizens at the bottom of society in Dragon City since I was young. Many of my friends and family are normal citizens. Even now, they are still working in normal jobs and making insignificant contributions. That's why I know better than any of the powerful young people who came from rich families just how important these insignificant contributions are."
Meng Chao sucked in a deep breath and enunciated each word seriously. "I definitely didn't rely on myself to be where I am today. I relied on the cooperation of countless normal citizens and grassroots soldiers.
"If it weren't for the countless normal citizens who fought to the death over the past half a century, Blessed Heavenly Garden would have been conquered by the monsters a long time ago. While I was still learning how to speak, I would have already become the monster's food.
"If it weren't for the thousands of grassroots soldiers without spirit energy who used their bodies to form a steel defense line that blocked the monster horde that filled the sky and held back most of the monster civilization's fighting forces, it wouldn't have been so easy for me and the other superhumans to take the high-grade monster's head from the army.
"If it weren't for so many powerless scientists and researchers working day and night to explore the secrets of life science, the physiological structure of monsters, the geography of the Other World, and the secrets of spirit energy magnetic fields hidden in the countless runic symbols, I wouldn't have been able to master so many killing moves, create the Ultimate Style with Mr. Gu, and build the Broken Star Club. I wouldn't even be able to talk about it.
"Also, the nano fighting suit I'm wearing, the super alloy saber in my hands, the revolving shotgun with crystals embedded in it and runic symbols carved into it, the drones, thinking fighting vehicles, and biochemical pets that surround me … These things that can help me increase my fighting strength are the fruits of the blood, sweat, and tears of all the Dragon Citizens, whether directly or indirectly.
"If I didn't have all of this, I wouldn't have been able to fight against the monster horde that filled the sky.
"In the future, my fighting strength will continue increasing, and there will come a day when I reach Deity Realm!
"But no matter how high my cultivation realm is, when I face the vast Other World and the galaxy that's even vaster and deeper than the Other World, my personal strength is too weak and insignificant.
"If Dragon City doesn't act as my powerful shield, I won't be able to move an inch in the Other World and the galaxy.
"That's why I'll never forget the source of my strength. I'll never forget the contributions the citizens have given me. I'll listen to Dragon City's civilization at any moment and fight for my home and comrades!"
Shao Zhengyang's expression changed.
He was silent for a long time before he sighed and said regretfully, "Meng Chao, it would be great if all the superhumans in Dragon City had your determination!"
Meng Chao's mind raced. He narrowed his eyes and said, "Uncle Shao, before I came into contact with the microcomputer and focused on cultivating it, I never heard of this so-called Never Setting Sun Theory. In just a short half a month, it has caused a ruckus, and everyone knows about it. Even you, a high-ranking officer in the military who has to deal with a myriad of issues every day, have sensed its influence.
"Looks like it's not a baseless rumor. It's … some sort of preparation for public opinion?"
"That's right, Meng Chao. I really don't have to worry when I talk to you. You understand everything with just one hint."
Shao Zhengyang leaned forward and whispered, "Did you know that quite a number of politicians from the Nine Great Universities are preparing to work together to bring up a new proposal to turn the temporary Land Enclosure Act into a real law?"
"That's …"
Meng Chao was a little stunned.
The Enclosure Act was a temporary act issued by Dragon City more than half a year ago after the monster horde surrounded Dragon City and the pitched battle ended.
At that time, the monster civilization had lost all their elites during the pitched battle at the borders of Dragon City. Their main force had collapsed, and the entire tactical situation had turned from a stalemate to one where the monster civilization suffered a crushing defeat. They fled and gave up on a large number of resource-rich grotto-heavens.
To seize the fleeting opportunity to devour and digest the resource-rich areas around Dragon City that were originally shrouded in fog and controlled by monsters, the Survival Committee had issued the Land Enclosure Act at the fastest speed and on the largest scale.
The law encouraged the businesses and normal citizens in Dragon City to leave the main city area and march into the wild, the fog, and the monster nests.
As long as they could use brute force to seize the land, forests, mines, and monster habitats that did not belong to Dragon City and hold on until the main army arrived to set up a permanent defense line, all the rights to mine the land for the next ninety-nine years would belong to the people who first encircled the land.
And the people who encircled the land only had to pay a very low and practically free tax.
At that time, the Land Enclosure Act was issued because it was necessary and logical.
After all, no one knew just how strong the monster civilization was. No one expected that the monster civilization would suffer such a crushing defeat and crumble so quickly and decisively. In just one night, they gave up more than 70% of Monster Mountain Range.
Even Meng Chao was affected by the memories from his previous life. He felt that even if the monster civilization lost all their main forces, with the monsters' fearlessness, great reproductive abilities, and familiarity with the environment around their nests, Dragon City would still have to face a tug of war where they would lose every inch of their territory and blood if they decided to fight stubbornly to the end.
They would still have to fight the war!
In that sort of situation, running into the depths of the wild where the fog had just faded away and the monsters might launch a counterattack at any moment to "encircle the land" was undoubtedly a life-threatening matter.
To motivate all the citizens, to let the brave warriors who faced death with equanimity obtain the rewards they deserved, and to end the damn war that had dragged on for decades as soon as possible, ninety-nine years of rights to develop the land was a very reasonable price.
But the monster civilization's rapid collapse caused a very serious problem in the practical operation of the Land Enclosure Act.
Theoretically speaking, all the citizens and all the businesses had the right to encircle the land in Monster Mountain Range, regardless of whether they were big or small, strong or weak, rich or poor.
But in reality, it was clear that the peerless fighters and mega corporations had more of an advantage.
First of all, the law was originally proposed by a few politicians who came from the nine great mega corporations.
Before the law was passed, the nine great mega corporations had already made meticulous preparations to encircle the land.
Second, it was not easy to build a forward operating base in the wild.
Compared to the normal citizens and small and medium-sized enterprises who were alone and lacked fighting strength and technology, the nine great mega corporations were undoubtedly more experienced. They could also bear the risk of a few of their forward operating bases being destroyed.
Hence, when the Land Enclosure Act was just passed down and most of the normal citizens and small and medium-sized enterprises were still hesitant or making preliminary preparations, the advance squads belonging to the nine great mega corporations who had been sharpening their weapons for a long time pounced into the wild like wild dogs released from their leashes.
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