"That's true."
Meng Chao admitted, "No matter how many differences and conflicts lie between us, at least when it comes to utterly wiping out the Blood Alliance, our interests are aligned.
"However, before deciding to join hands with Senior Shen, I still want to know your attitude toward war.
"Do you also believe that, before the wounds left by the last war have even been fully licked clean, Dragon City should impatiently launch a new round of Colonization War?"
"Brother Meng, I thought that, given your current realm and influence, you should understand very well that the outbreak of war has never been something any single person could decide."
Shen Yuanbao said, "Even in Earth's history, those universally despised warmongers whose names stank for ten thousand years were often not the main cause of war breaking out, but puppets swept along by the torrent of war.
"Whether I personally support war is not important.
"What matters is that Dragon City is currently filled with irreconcilable contradictions, and war must be launched as soon as possible to resolve them—or at least divert them."
"There are many ways to resolve contradictions. War is the least efficient among them."
Meng Chao said, "Especially a war that is bound to be lost, or at the very least ends with both sides crippled."
A sharp gleam flashed through Shen Yuanbao's eyes.
"It seems the situation in the middle and lower reaches of Tiger's Fury River differs from what we expected."
Shen Yuanbao said, "Since Brother Meng possesses firsthand intelligence, why don't you tell me: relying on the Nine Super Enterprises alone, what do you think the odds are of completely conquering the middle and lower reaches of Tiger's Fury River within three to six months?"
"Zero."
Meng Chao spoke bluntly. "Forget relying on the Enterprise