Making this decision had not been easy for me either.
I knew what it meant. It meant I might ignite an all-out war across Little Barren Island.
Of course, this war should have been overwhelmingly one-sided, because the Four Great Families of Little Barren Island could never compare to the manor in terms of combat strength.
The manor's missile system already covered the entirety of Little Barren Island.
However, the purpose of firing this missile was to make those radicals, or their supporters, calm down.
I wanted them to be willing to sit down and talk properly. Only then could Illusory Sea return to its former order.
"Launch countdown: ten, nine, eight, seven, six..."
When the countdown ended, a small missile flew out from the manor, heading straight for its target.
With a thunderous boom, the ground beneath our feet trembled.
I stared at the display screen on the wall. The Science and Technology Institute had been razed to the ground.
Zhong Wuming's face turned deathly pale.
I asked him, "What is the Liu Family's largest business?"
"What?" Zhong Wuming had yet to recover from the shock.
I asked again. He looked at me. "You aren't planning to target the Liu Family's businesses, are you?"
"If we're going to fight, we have to make it hurt. I want to send them back to how they used to be!" Little Barren Island had once been poor and backward, surviving only on fishing. Even that was merely enough to keep people alive.
"They've lived comfortably for too long, so they've forgotten where they came from. If people like that aren't taught a lesson, they'll make the same mistakes again."
Zhong Wuming hesitated before saying, "The Liu Family has a mine. It's their biggest business, a gold mine. But you can't do that,