To be fair, Shen Yulin's words were not without reason.
If not for the shared threat of the Holy Light Temple, and if Meng Chao and "Jackal" Kanus had not both personally witnessed the scene of the apocalypse descending in their nightmares—
Dragon City Civilization and Turan Civilization might truly have crossed blades.
Precisely because of that, Meng Chao understood even less. "Since this war offers so many benefits and is so imperative, why can't you state your views openly and honorably, unite the will of all the upper echelons of the Nine Corporations, then go to the Survival Committee and persuade more than two-thirds of the councilors?
"Do you really think the upper ranks of the Nine Corporations and the councilors of the Survival Committee do not understand the reasoning you just laid out?
"Why take matters into your own hands and act first, report later?"
"There are two kinds of things in this world: things that can be done but cannot be spoken of, and things that can be spoken of but cannot be done."
Shen Yulin said flatly, "There are also two kinds of people in this world. One kind is responsible for showing their faces, for being grandiose, righteous, and awe-inspiring. The other must be responsible for doing what ought to be done by any means necessary, at any cost, without scruple.
"Many councilors in the Survival Committee do not fail to understand the benefits and necessity of launching a war, nor do they oppose it.
"They simply do not want the leadership of this brand-new, certain victory to fall into the hands of our Nine Corporations and the Nine Great Cultivation Families.
"As for ordinary citizens, they are often hesitant and indecisive, greedy and ignorant—they want to enjoy the dividends brought by war while refusing