Chapter 868: The Answer Was Right in Front of Him
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Meng Chao thought carefully.
When he was in high school before his rebirth, he had the greatest motivation for cultivation. He also seemed to be living in Dragon City No. 1, a luxurious neighborhood, like “Soul Breaking Saber” Luo Wu.
“It looks like you have already understood.”
Lu Fanghui continued, “When we were in the Red Heart Society, we found it very strange. Although countless citizens had heard of the Red Heart Society’s benefits and swarmed to us, there were very few experts who were willing to join us in comparison to the ordinary citizens.
“Even though we went to our good friends who had fought side by side in the past and tried to reason with them, they still did not care.
“It took us a long time to figure it out. In the end, there were only a few idealists in the world who did not seek fame and fortune.. Most of them were short-sighted realists who focused on material comforts.
“It’s impossible to achieve anything by relying on a small number of people to fight alone.
“Meng Chao, since your debut, everything you’ve done has shown that you’re a real idealist. But even if you can fight, even if your state is high and you have three heads and six arms, can you save Dragon City by yourself?
“Most people may be touched by your spirit, but they are more stimulated and tempted by fame and fortune.
“How to motivate these people and stimulate their potential to the maximum so that they are willing to fight for their homeland and civilization? This is a very profound knowledge. It is not something that can be solved by singing high-sounding slogans such as ‘The blood of the strong should flow for the weak, and the extraordinary are the sabers of the civilization of mankind’!”
Meng Chao fell into deep thought.
He vaguely felt that there was something wrong with Lu Fanghui’s logic, but for a moment, he could not figure out what the problem was.
“Think about it carefully, Meng Chao. You are good at everything, except for the biggest problem. You came from a humble family. You are too petty.”
Lu Fanghui said, “Don’t misunderstand. A hero doesn’t ask where he came from. I will never discriminate against a humble family’s disciple, especially a humble family’s disciple like you who started from nothing and soared to the sky.
“However, you and your kind—the members of Broken Star Club, Blue Home, Battle G.o.d Palace, most of the people of the Red Dragon Army, and the representatives of the Home Party—are all the same. You like to stick to the minutiae and use the outdated morals of the ordinary people of the Earth era to restrain the powerhouses of other worlds to unleash their greatest power, but you will never learn to stand on a higher level and think in a bigger picture to think about the future of our brand-new civilization, which is completely different from the Earth’s civilization.
“Although I don’t want to be so presumptuous, I still want to say that if you can’t change your way of thinking, no matter how powerful you are, you will never become a true expert, let alone carry out your ideas in the new world in the future!”
That was all Lu Fanghui could say.
The SUV roared like a giant iron beast that had awakened in the night.
The high-level crystals that ordinary extraordinary humans could not bear to consume during their training had a violent reaction in the hand-polished crystal engine. They burned in a way that was a hundred times more intense than that of a steel furnace, emitting a mystic light composed of hundreds of colors.
The mystic light split the rain and lightning, guiding the off-road vehicle away from the dust.
Meng Chao frowned deeply as he watched the tail lights of the off-road vehicle gradually blend into the darkness.
He stood there for a long time before he strode away in the opposite direction of the SUV without looking back.
Meng Chao stepped on Mist Mountain.
Right now, the highest peak in the Hidden Mist Domain was also enveloped by torrential rain and rolling thunder.
The lightning shattered the rocks on the mountain, and the torrential rain broke the soil. In the Crisscrossing mountain creeks, the mud and rocks gathered into surging tides. Like hundreds of ferocious dragons, they swooped down from the sky.
Even though Meng Chao had expanded the spirit magnetic field of the five-star Heaven Realm to the maximum, the spirit ripples that were as thin as cicada wings but visible to the naked eye formed around his body as a “precaution.”
Faced with the head-on impact of the debris flow, his heart was still beating fast, and he was drenched in cold sweat.
Not to mention that the debris flow carried hundreds of tons of rocks and towering trees that were more than eight meters in diameter and smashed at him.
He could only open his eyes wide and use all his skills to capture the flow, speed, and direction of each wave of debris flow. He locked onto all the rocks and trees in the debris flow and turned all of them into mysterious and complicated data and formulas. He instantly calculated the best route to move and leap in the debris flow.
He went against the flow of the debris flow and kept marching toward the peak.
Even with the protection of spirit energy, his internal organs were still faintly aching from the violent waves.
His skin was gradually covered with the branches of spiritual plants that contained metal elements, as well as tiny wounds torn by rock fragments.
But the fatigue and pain on his body could instead give his scalding brain a precious breath.
No matter how violent, chaotic, or complicated the debris flow was,.
At least it was much simpler and clearer than the future of Dragon City’s civilization.
Meng Chao rushed up the mountainside in one breath.
He finally crossed the most turbulent part of the mudslide.
It was a platform protruding outward like a cliff.
It was a good time to stop and rest, let the scalding spirit vein cool down a little, and then climb to the top in one go.
Meng Chao found traces of Lu Siya’s cultivation there.
Three huge gullies with a diameter of more than five meters appeared on the originally flat ground.
It was like the strange claws of an ancient giant beast, leaving deep claw marks on Mist Mountain.
Meng Chao knew that Lu Siya had used the resonance of the vitality magnetic field and the planet’s magnetic field to dig out a large amount of rocks from the ground, condensing them into rock snakes or rock dragons, leaving behind the excavation site.
At first glance, it looked like there were really three dragon dragons lurking underground, listening to Lu Siya’s call and rising up from the ground.
The gully led all the way to the mountain top.
They could find Lu Siya by following them.
Meng Chao was not in a hurry.
The scenery here was excellent. Standing on the edge of the platform, he could see the entire sinkhole from afar.
He could also see the Red Dragon River and the Raging Tiger River, the two great rivers colliding, meeting, splitting, and merging.
They could see it even more clearly than the low-lying mound that he and Long Feijun had just been drinking.
Meng Chao could not help but fall into a daze when he saw the two rivers intertwining.
The Red Dragon River and Raging Tiger River were like two giant beasts that were at loggerheads. They both wanted to eat each other in one bite, but neither could do anything to the other.
Plus, their collision and merging together had shaped the topography of the entire Monster Mountain Range and the home of Dragon City’s civilization.
At the moment, were the major forces in Dragon City not full of cooperation and compet.i.tion like the Red Dragon River and the Raging Tiger River?
Meng Chao used to think that the agreements signed during the Deity Realm Conference could restore the peace and unity of the major forces.
But now, he found that he had thought too simply.
Perhaps, the major forces could reach an agreement on specific issues, such as the ownership of several mineral veins, the amount of several procurement contracts, and the budget of some projects.
However, Long Feijun and Lu Fanghui, the two core forces of different factions, made it clear to Meng Chao that they would not give in to the differences in ideology.
How could they make Dragon City completely calm down.
It was like stopping the surging Red Dragon River and Raging Tiger River. How could it be possible?
Behind the Red Dragon River and Raging Tiger River, the undulating Monster Mountain Range was like an ancient giant beast that was deep in the ground, its back covered with the bones of the halberd.
It was unknown whether it was an illusion or not.
It could also be because of the sudden flood.
Meng Chao seemed to see that the back of the “ancient beast” moved slightly.
This filled Meng Chao’s heart with unease.
He suddenly felt that he had overlooked something.
From the very beginning, he and everyone else had been indulging in the glory of “sweeping victory in the Monster War” and the compet.i.tion for the monster civilization’s heritage. They had overlooked a fatal problem.
It was like a tiny grain of sand sandwiched between his toes. In the beginning, no one took it seriously, and no one could even sense its existence.
It was not until they were exhausted after trekking through mountains and rivers, and more obstacles appeared on the road ahead, causing their toes to bleed and even fester, that they realized the destruction of the grains.
“What on Earth… have I neglected?”
Meng Chao habitually rubbed his temples and eyeb.a.l.l.s, which contained heavenly flame.
Above his vision, the golden heavenly flame turned into a row of shining messages:
[The current total progress of the Mystery of the Supernatural Ent.i.ties is 99% . All the Supernatural Ent.i.ties have appeared. The final answer is right before your eyes.]
In the past half a month, this message had flashed in front of his eyes many times.
It was as if it was urging him to complete the mission as soon as possible.
However, for the last and most critical 1%, Meng Chao was still confused, and he had no idea where to start.
“Since all the Supernatural Ent.i.ties have appeared, why is it that the puzzle hasn’t been solved yet?
“And the answer is right in front of my eyes. Why can’t I see the answer in front of my eyes?”
This matter was like a thorn, stabbing him so hard that he tossed and turned, unable to sleep all night.
Of course, Meng Chao did not want the Dragon City civilization to enter an even more intense war between worlds that was ten times grander with such a hidden danger.
But even though he racked his brain, he still could not think of a way to solve the mystery.
“Why don’t I communicate with Sister Ya and see if the Abnormal Beast Research Department has any latest intelligence?”
Meng Chao made up his mind and continued to climb the mountain.
The closer he got to the top of the mountain, the more he could hear the thunderous sounds of the wind and thunder.
No, it was more terrifying than the sound of the wind, rain, and thunder. It was the sound of friction between the vitality magnetic field and planet magnetic field.
The ground was covered with the traces left by Lu Siya’s cultivation.
The rocks had been hollowed out, leaving holes and gullies.
The towering tree had been cut in half by her rock dragons and the rock snakes.
It was deliberately shattered and then shot out at the speed of sound, deeply embedded in the rocks and the trees.
There was also smoke and dust that rose slowly under the influence of spirit energy and could not even be quenched by the rainstorm.
The shocking scene did not look like normal training. It was as if one, no, seven or eight ferocious beasts had just wreaked havoc there.
“Ever since Sister Ya broke into the six-star Heaven Realm, her combat style has become increasingly brutal!” Meng Chao clicked his tongue secretly.