"By all rights, as Dragon City's finest crystal expert—perhaps the only one worthy of the title—you should have had absolute confidence in this Super Crystals Bomb. You believed that once it detonated, even if it failed to achieve the intended effect, the bomb itself would surely be pulverized into dust, vanish into thin air, and leave behind not a shred of evidence."
Meng Chao said, "Given Dragon City Civilization's current technological level, your confidence was not arrogance.
"But no matter how carefully you calculated, you could never have foreseen that I would bring the crystallization of Turan Civilization's Black Technology—a 'Spirit Magnetic Material' containing countless Nanobots, resembling Liquid Metal, and possessing a certain degree of Artificial Intelligence.
"The Spirit Magnetic Material is a wondrous substance you have never encountered before. Its properties lie wholly beyond the scope of your knowledge.
"You could not be certain whether, under the cutting, wrapping, and cushioning of the Spirit Magnetic Material, the Super Crystals Bomb could truly explode as cleanly as you imagined.
"Since you were able to secretly rebuild and sustain the New Blood Alliance for several decades, I believe you must be cautious by nature, unwilling to overlook even the slightest flaw.
"So, you did not dare gamble.
"Even if you guessed this might be a trap I had laid, you were unwilling to place your fate in my hands. You would rather take the risk of seizing it than let me decide your destiny.
"Of course, that was only my guess. Even if I guessed wrong, it would not have mattered much.
"Even if you had truly chosen to stay put, all I would have lost were a few fake fragments of a Super Crystals Bomb."
"Indeed."
The Gray-Haired Office Worker slowly nodded. "This old man has painstakingly studied crystals and