"Dragon City was protected by peerless experts like us!"
Shen Yuanbao said, "In the near future, we will lead Dragon City Civilization to dominate the entire Otherworld. When that time comes, all Dragon City Citizens will benefit!
"If you insist on creating some 'Highest Battle Command Center,' you'll only bind our hands and feet and hinder Dragon City Civilization's march forward!"
"That's precisely the problem. Looking at how the Nine Super Enterprises are stuffing themselves now, why should all Dragon City Citizens trust you?"
Meng Chao said, "Even cultivation resources from inside the Monster Mountain Range can be sold on the Underground Black Market at seven or eight times their price—while the Super Enterprises still aren't powerful enough to reach the heavens.
"Who can guarantee that, once you truly divide up most of the Otherworld's resources and use them to grow even stronger than Dragon City Civilization itself, you will still remain loyal to Dragon City Civilization, loyal to all Dragon City Citizens, and still count yourselves as one of 'us'?"
"We are all Earthlings!"
Shen Yuanbao said, "Isn't that identity enough of a guarantee?"
"Even among Earthlings, there can be deception, exploitation, enslavement, and even slaughter."
Meng Chao said, "Besides, even if Senior Shen sincerely believes himself to be an Earthling, what about your children? Your children's children? Your children's children's children?
"Look at Dragon City today. The descendants of some Transcendents, who stand high above everyone else in fine clothes and rich food, have almost nothing in common with poor children curled up in the depths of the slums, who can only eat Synthetic Food and perform grueling manual labor that Rune Machinery cannot yet handle. A hundred years from now, five hundred years from now, a thousand years from now, can their descendants—assuming the poor children even