Fire at One's Eyebrows

Chapter 832: Fire at One's Eyebrows

If the Monster Civilization had been as formidable as it was in Meng Chao's previous life,

it would certainly have set up layer upon layer of defenses deep in the mist, amid those desolate mountains and treacherous waters, in jungles thick with miasma and swamps, stopping humanity's advance by every means possible.

Even if humanity temporarily established a Forward Base, it would surely have faced an endless Beast Tide, wave after wave of counterattacks.

In that case, the Super Enterprises' expansion could never have proceeded so quickly.

The balance of power between enemy and ally would have seesawed back and forth time and again.

The first wave of pioneers rushing into the wilderness would inevitably have suffered grievous losses.

Then compensating them with ninety-nine years of tax-free development rights would have been only natural, relatively fair, and acceptable to most people.

The strange thing was that Meng Chao, this butterfly returned from the apocalypse, had been far too effective.

He had merely fluttered his wings lightly, without even exerting much force, yet the chain reaction he triggered had utterly crushed the Monster Civilization.

After the Battle of Annihilation outside Dragon City ended, the Monster Civilization actually seemed somewhat self-destructive, collapsing in rout for three thousand miles.

A great many strategic locations that could clearly have blocked humanity's advance and inflicted severe casualties upon Dragon City were voluntarily abandoned.

The Super Enterprises' advance units seized these strategic locations, rich in resources and commanding natural barriers and high ground, without lifting a finger or even shedding a drop of blood.

This was "staking out land on horseback" in the most literal sense.

Many times, the Super Enterprises' advance units only had to send drones circling through the air before they could brazenly announce—after a desperate, bloody