"Sadly, man proposes, Heaven disposes."
Lü Zhongqi did not deny it. He sighed. "I had calculated almost everything—except you.
"Your appearance not only thwarted the Blood Alliance's plan to seize Dragon City's highest Throne of Power, but also destroyed my chance to 'reclaim' Si Ya and set her back on the right track.
"I don't know what this truly means.
"Perhaps, Meng Chao, you will become the one who saves Dragon City.
"But it is also possible that you missed the best—and last—opportunity to strangle the unimaginable monster lurking inside Si Ya.
"And that, in the near future, may very well destroy Dragon City Civilization!"
"Rest assured. No matter what terrifying monster is lurking inside Lü Siya—even if it really is the will of the Monster Mastermind—it can no longer stir up the slightest wave."
Meng Chao said, "Thanks to you, every one of Si Ya's spiritual veins has been severed. Even the Limit Stream, combined with astronomical resources, could never restore her peak combat power.
"She has fallen from the lofty God Realm back into the state of an ordinary person, and for the long years ahead, she can only live and fight tenaciously as an ordinary person.
"No matter how grand and cruel your Perfect Carbon-Based Lifeform research plan was, it has now become a dream of yellow millet, vanishing like smoke and scattered clouds!"
Lü Zhongqi fell silent for a long time.
Then, his bony shoulders trembled slightly.
The dying old man could not help but laugh.
"Do you still not understand, Meng Chao? The competition between lifeforms and civilizations has never been about who possesses greater military strength at a given moment. Since ancient times, how many powerful species and civilizations have once commanded strength that flourished for an age? Yet in the long march of