Perhaps it was because his surging vitality magnetic field had not completely calmed down, and it interfered with the card, which had dozens of crystals compressed to the limit until they were as thin as a cicada's wings, had nanometer spirit energy circuits carved on them, and was then glued together.
Heavenly Dragon Club's membership card shone brilliantly. There were dozens of layers of incredibly complicated spirit tattoos on it, and they looked like layers of golden scales standing up.
The majestic five-clawed golden dragon at the center of the card looked as if it had jumped into the air and pounced on Meng Chao.
Meng Chao instinctively narrowed his eyes.
When he represented Superstar to sign the cooperation agreement with the Red Dragon Army, he had thought about the possibility that the nine great mega corporations would offer a higher price to rope him in.
And he had long since made up his mind that if this "price" was just a bigger order, more cultivation resources, fame, wealth, and other things, he would not waver.
After all, in the memories of his previous life, fame, wealth, and even the power to destroy heaven and earth were all burned to ashes along with the Doomsday Flames that descended from the sky.
But he did not expect that Lu Fanghui would tell him such a story.
Of course, it was impossible for this story to be 100% true.
After all, there were certain discrepancies between Lu Fanghui's description and Long Feijun's, as well as Lei Zongchao and Jin Wanhao's descriptions.
But Meng Chao did not think that Lu Fanghui would fabricate such a story to deceive him.
After all, Lu Fanghui knew his relationship with Lei Zongchao very well.
He could ask Lei Zongchao to verify the truth of Red Heart Guild's destruction.
Lei Zongchao could not last in battle and was about to die, but he was saved by the leaders of the nine great gangs. It was impossible for the person in question to fake it.
This story made Meng Chao hesitate.
In his previous life, he had been a member of Ghost Tribe, the elite fighting force of the nine great mega corporations.
From a certain point of view, at least 50% of his fighting ideals were shaped by the future nine great mega corporations.
Hence, he agreed with Lu Fanghui's point of view.
In the Other World, the apocalypse, and the cruel era, beliefs without power were meaningless.
But …
"The nine great mega corporations are not the only ones with power in Dragon City."
Meng Chao averted his gaze from the shining Heavenly Dragon Club membership card and tried his best to speak calmly.
"Who else apart from the Nine Greats?"
Lu Fanghui scoffed. "The four great research centers, the alliance of the five universities, and Dragon City University? These organizations and institutions all rely on the funding from the Survival Committee to maintain the most basic operations, and the financial system of the Survival Committee relies on the support of the Nine Elite Universities.
"Every budget season, to fight for research funds and resources, the specialists and senior researchers will beat the shit out of each other. That scene is even more terrifying than monsters fighting for water.
"Meng Chao, you can be considered to have experienced the predicament of developing the Ultimate Style. Are you sure that you want to waste your precious life on running connections, getting sponsors, searching for resources, and fighting for budgets?
"Who else? Small and medium-sized enterprises? All the industry associations are affiliated to the Supernatural Tower. They might seem to be high-end and imposing, but they're actually just low-level organizations. You don't have money or manpower. In terms of training resources and technical reserves, it's even worse than the universities and research institutes. How can it help you advance and put your ideas into practice? "
"And the Red Dragon Army," Meng Chao said.
"Heh, Red Dragon Army!" Lu Fanghui said in disdain.
"President Lu, don't you think that the Red Dragon Army has the power to protect Dragon City?" Meng Chao frowned and subconsciously changed the way he addressed him.
"That's right. “
"Don't misunderstand. I'm not looking down on the Red Dragon Army. It's the opposite. I admire the Red Dragon Army's bravery and fearlessness. They have the courage to sacrifice themselves. I think that the Red Dragon Army has hearts of gold. Every time I see the Red Dragon Army, even if they're just a soldier in a new recruit company, I feel like I'm looking at the Red Hearts members of the past. They're really pure and cute people.
"Dragon City can't do without the Red Dragon Army. Their spirit can motivate our civilization to ride through the waves and advance triumphantly.
"But the Red Dragon Army's fighting strength is too weak. That's the truth.
"In the past few decades of the Monster War, the Red Dragon Army could only handle the monster hordes led by Nightmarish Beasts. Once Hell Beasts appeared in the enemy camp, the Red Dragon Army would pay a devastating price. If Apocalyptic Beasts appeared, no matter how many soldiers there were in the Red Dragon Army, and no matter how brave they were, if they charged forward, they would just be marching to their deaths.
"Let's not talk about anything else. During the final battle in Hidden Fog, the Red Dragon Army seemed to have mobilized one million soldiers. They also used thousands of heavy cannons to bombard the area nonstop. They attacked from night to day, and practically one-tenth of the forest was flattened.
"So what? In the end, when we fought against the monster mastermind, we still needed the Deity Realm superhumans to make the final decision.
"And most of the Deity Realm superhumans came from the nine great universities. Only a small portion came from the Red Dragon Army, universities, research centers, and other organizations. Isn't that enough to explain the problem?"
"That's because the Red Dragon Army doesn't have enough resources," Meng Chao said.
"If Dragon City gives more resources to the Red Dragon Army, the Red Dragon Army will definitely become stronger."
"That's obvious. As long as we have enough cultivation resources, even a pig can be modified into a super monster, but that's meaningless!"
Lu Fanghui said. "The Red Dragon Army has a fatal problem that can't be solved. It's too big, and there are too many people.
"The more people there are, the fewer cultivation resources we can give to each person. It also means that the average fighting strength of the Red Dragon Army will be maintained at one point.
This really low level means that the Red Dragon Army will have to rely on powerful firepower, complicated and sophisticated war machines, and even more numbers to make up for the lack of fighting strength.
"But Meng Chao, have you ever thought that this is actually a vicious cycle?
"Powerful firepower means that we have to use up a lot of ammunition, which will create a heavy burden on the logistics. Once we run out of ammunition and food, the Red Dragon Army's fighting strength will plummet by 90% or even 100%!
"Complicated and sophisticated war machines have a high failure rate, and it's very easy for them to be destroyed and interfered with. They need to be maintained daily, and maintaining them requires a large team, which wastes even more resources.
"More numbers means more complicated orders and feedback networks. It means that the distance between the Red Dragon Army's brain and nerve endings will become longer, and there will be more layers. The efficiency of commanding will become lower, and once the brain or nerve endings are damaged, the consequences will be dire.
"In other words, the Red Dragon Army's dragons aren't true dragons that can fly in the sky. They're dinosaurs with developed limbs, simple brains, and clumsy movements. They also need to consume a lot of food. They're creatures that should have been eliminated a long time ago.
"During the Monster War, the Red Dragon Army hasn't revealed their fatal weakness.
"One of the reasons is that the Red Dragon Army isn't the main force fighting against the monster civilization. The nine great mega corporations and Deity Realm superhumans are the main force. The Red Dragon Army is just there to provide support.
"The other reason is that the Monster War is a war to protect our homeland. It's a war on internal lines. From the south to the north and east to the west, our logistics supply line is at most hundreds of kilometers, so we don't face a lot of pressure on our logistics.
"Besides, monsters might be terrifying, but they follow the rule that the stronger they are, the bigger they are. Most of the strongest Apocalyptic Beasts are the ones I mentioned just now. They're clumsy, use up too much energy, and are destined to be eliminated.
"It's precisely because this is a war to protect our homeland from dinosaurs that the Red Dragon Army can play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses. They can fight back and forth.
"But we won't be so lucky forever.
"Next, we'll have to march into the depths of the Other World. We'll have to change from fighting on internal lines to fighting on external lines. In fact, we'll have to go on expeditions alone. During such expeditions, the problem of our logistics supply will be magnified by ten times or even a hundred times!
"Besides, we don't know what sort of enemies we'll run into. Will they be like monsters with developed limbs but simple brains? Or will they be smarter, more sinister, and brutal?
"If the enemies we'll face don't just have astonishing fighting strength, but also have strange concealment abilities and can even pass off as real enemies to infiltrate our ranks, are you sure that the Red Dragon Army will be able to fend off their all-out attacks?
"The enemies won't need to fight head-on against the Red Dragon Army's steel army.
"They'll assassinate the basic commanders of the Red Dragon Army and cut off the communication system between the frontlines and the rear so that the Red Dragon Army's neural network will be paralyzed!
"They'll launch suicidal attacks on the armory, which has a lot of food and ammunition stored in it, so that the Red Dragon Army will be in a predicament of running out of food and ammunition.
"They'll destroy the roads and turn millions or even tens of millions of Red Dragon Army soldiers into trapped beasts who have no reinforcements.
"They'll sneak into the military camp and launch mental attacks on the sleeping normal soldiers when it's dark. They'll use their fear brainwaves to resonate with them and release the terrifying howls in the camp.
"They'll go to the extreme and strengthen their defenses. They'll poison the farms and wells, remove all intelligent lifeforms, and kill all the creatures that can be used as food for the army. They'll leave a barren land for the Red Dragon Army.
"Do you think that this sort of unrestricted warfare is a nightmare that will never happen?
"If this nightmare really turns into reality, the Red Dragon Army won't be able to break free from it!
"Don't let your emotions affect your decisions. Think about it carefully, and you'll agree that I'm right.
"In the Other World with supernatural abilities, a large army that has low average quality can only be used for defense.
"And if we rely on defense alone, it's impossible for us to win the war to conquer the Other World. If we want to obtain the final victory, we can only attack, attack, and continue attacking!
"And who will be the main force of attack? Powerful fighters! Experts like you and me!
"That's why we're not giving our resources to powerful fighters like us or the nine great organizations of powerful fighters. Instead, we're going to fill up the bottomless pit of the Red Dragon Army. That's not just a huge joke. It's practically Dragon City's path to destruction!"
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