Chapter 1603: Increasingly Clear Nightmare
Meng Chao paused after he said that.
He frowned slightly as if he was searching for the memory fragments that were gushing out of his brain like crystal b.u.t.terflies.
“In fact, many lower-level and middle-level employees of the nine mega corporations have chosen to collaborate with the natives of the Other World and betray their own civilization!”
Meng Chao finally confirmed it. “In the beginning, I found this dream absolutely ridiculous—no matter what, we are all proud Earthlings. No matter how many differences there are internally, how can we willingly degenerate ourselves and bow down to the natives of the Other World?
“Thinking carefully, I realized that this was in line with the law of the development.
“As the saying goes, ‘If a ruler treats his subjects as his brothers, then his subjects treat him as their confidants; if a ruler treats his subjects as his dogs and horses, then his subjects treat him as their countryman; if a ruler treats his subjects as gra.s.s, then his subjects treat him as their enemies’!
“If in the future Dragon City civilization, 1% of the people have ten times more power, wealth, and strength than 99% of the people, they can decide the fate of the 99% at will. In that case, the so-called concept of ‘Earthlings’ will be completely reduced to a lie. The 1% and 99% cannot treat each other as their own kind.
“Under such circ.u.mstances, the gap between a peerless expert who has broken through to the Deity Realm and mastered a mega corporation and an ordinary basic employee will probably be even greater than the gap between an ordinary person and a native from the Other World.
“What rights will ordinary people have to regard Dragon City, which will then be firmly controlled by a peerless expert, as their ‘home’? In fact, where will the concept of ‘us’ be?
“If there is no ‘we’ and only ‘me’ left, the things that people do will not be for their own good. As long as they can obtain power, they don’t care who the h.e.l.l they surrender to. In any case, they are just slaves. Is it more glorious to be slaves to the Deity Realm warriors who are billionaires than to be slaves to the natives of the Other World?
“I will never agree with the actions of these ‘traitors of Earth.’
“But I can slowly understand what kind of power makes them walk on this path.
“Just like that, when the nine mega corporations were expanding their territory and slaughtering everything in my dream, just as they were about to devour the entire Other World…
“The incurable ‘mega corporation disease’ was also silently invading your body.
“The structure of the nine mega corporations was constantly bloated, and they gradually lost the vitality that they had in the past. Whether it was the high-level, middle-level, or the basic level, they became parasites of all sizes that were attached to their corporations.
“The parasites at the top were scheming and fighting for power and benefits.
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“The parasites at the middle level were lying to the higher-ups and those on the lower level.
“The parasites on the lower level were muddle-headed.
“They didn’t consider the overall interests of the Dragon City civilization or even the long-term interests of the enterprises. They only considered their own interests and the interests of their own faction. They were thinking about how to use the power in their hands to cut off a tiny bit of insignificant resources from the enormous enterprises, transfer them from one level to another, and even cooperate with the natives from the Other World. In the end, they cleverly transformed them into their own power.
“Of course, as the majority shareholders, the Deity Realm warriors still maintained their invincible combat strength. They also hoped that the mega corporations under their names would be able to have a long-lasting foundation.
“However, the Deity Realm warriors stood too high. They were so high that they couldn’t see the situation on the ground clearly. They couldn’t hear the sounds on the ground. It was also impossible for them to personally handle all the matters, big and small, from top to bottom.
“In the end, the nine mega corporations evolved into nine-headed, deformed dinosaurs.
“Even if their tails were on fire and their limbs were festering, the pain would still take a long time before it could be transmitted to their brains through their long nerves.
“As Deity Realm warriors with brains, they gradually experienced the feeling of being abandoned by their friends and relatives. They became the commanders of their own forces.
“It is not hard to imagine that the nine mega corporations, even if they have temporarily produced extremely powerful weapons and trained powerful experts, are destined to fail to complete the grand undertaking of ‘conquering the Other World’ in the long run. What awaits you is the ending of destruction.
“I don’t care about the destruction of the nine mega corporations.
“However, based on my understanding of you and what I have seen with my own eyes in the past few days, you will not hesitate at the critical moment of life and death. You will drag the entire Dragon City civilization and millions of ordinary citizens to be buried with you!”
Shen Yuanbao listened quietly.
Maybe it was because Meng Chao’s gaze was too piercing.
Or maybe it was because Meng Chao’s voice had the power of thunder that could shake the deaf and wake the deaf.
It was clearly an illusory dream, but this veteran expert of the older generation was still drenched in cold sweat after listening to it.
“This is just your speculation.”
Shen Yuanbao’s voice was hoa.r.s.e as he said, “It’s just an absurd dream. You want to make a big fuss in Dragon City over a Dream?”
“I hope that it’s just an absurd dream more than anyone else.”
Meng Chao said, “However, as I’ve seen more and more people and experienced more and more things along the way, the details of this dream have become richer and clearer.
“Do you know that one time, I even dreamed that the nine mega corporations had completely monopolized the power of cultivation—you had a firm control over all the crystal ore veins, the resources of monsters, and the cultivation techniques.
“At that time, the internet was no longer like today, where there were all kinds of life science forums, free downloading of cultivation methods, and exchanges of battle videos. All the information about cultivation was under your control.
“If the ordinary citizens of Dragon City wanted to cultivate, they could either buy cultivation resources and cultivation methods from you at a high price, which was even more outrageous than the current black market. They could only afford it if they had a twenty-to thirty-year loan and signed a contract of indenture with you.
“Or, they can join the nine mega corporations and become your slave. They can work day and night until they vomit blood, until they faint, until they look haggard and lose themselves. In the end-of-year a.s.sessment, they will be evaluated as ‘outstanding employees’, and only then can they partic.i.p.ate in the ‘Martial Arts Advancement Cla.s.s’ in the enterprise.
“In such a martial arts advancement cla.s.s, the outstanding employees are nothing more than to toughen their muscles and bones, strengthen their physique, become more able to endure hardships and work harder, and stand up to your oppression.
“As for the top-notch cultivation techniques and the most precious resources, of course, they will always be in the hands of you—the nine great cultivation families.
“Don’t say that this is just a dream, it will never become reality.
“Senior Shen, we saw the performance of your blood relatives in the meeting hall just now.
“If it is said that the experts of the older generation like you are not only tyrannical but also willing to face compet.i.tion and support the rising stars, your flesh and blood, those ‘second-generation cultivators’, will only be ten times worse than you.
“They are absolutely capable of monopolizing all cultivation resources and information and suppressing all potential compet.i.tors!”