Number One Hero

"Right now, the people of Dragon City still don't know you exist. They still believe that the 'monsters' are merely a pack of ravenous wild beasts with bottomless appetites. That is your greatest advantage."

Jin Qianxi said to the "Mother," "But if you mobilize millions of monsters and launch a grand assault on Dragon City, humanity will very likely discover signs of coordination among different monster forces. From that, they will deduce that monsters have developed a civilization—and that behind Monster Civilization stands a supreme commander, the 'Main Brain.'

"Believe me. As long as you cannot beat human civilization to death with a single blow, the provoked people of Dragon City will surely unite as one, accelerate their evolution, and pay any price to dig you, the 'Main Brain,' out.

"Are you certain that now is the right time to expose yourself and fight a strategic decisive battle against humanity?"

Like this, Jin Qianxi had repeatedly appeared to offer the "Mother" loyal counsel.

She helped it thoroughly analyze Dragon City's troop deployments, resource reserves, war potential, and the hidden conflicts between its various social classes.

She made the "Mother" hesitate and foster wishful thinking, mistakenly believing that it need not stake everything on a lose-lose strategic showdown with humanity. So long as it patiently accumulated strength and waited for the right opportunity, Dragon City would likely collapse from within.

It could not be said that Jin Qianxi's analysis was wrong.

In particular, her meticulous insight into every stratum of Dragon City had even made Meng Chao nod again and again, finding it utterly brilliant.

But intentionally or otherwise, Jin Qianxi had overlooked the resilience of human civilization.

She had overlooked humanity's ability to plant flowers and crops in mud stained with blood and atop the corpses of martyrs.

Perhaps Jin