A More Interesting Partner

Clearly, the Crimson Dragon Army, ten times stronger than in his previous life, could no longer tolerate having its strategic resources controlled by others.

They had resolved to win a sweeping victory in the Monster War, raise the Crimson Dragon Army's prestige among Dragon City Citizens to unparalleled heights, and use this once-in-a-millennium "Window Period," before the new and even larger Colonization War began, to solve the resource problem once and for all!

But such a move would inevitably shatter the tacit understandings and conventions that Dragon City's major powers had maintained for decades.

How would Qingtian Corporation, Cosmos Group, and even the "Nine," who competed fiercely among themselves in ordinary times but huddled together at critical moments, view the Crimson Dragon Army's rise to power?

Noticing Meng Chao's hesitation, Shao Zhengyang said, "Don't misunderstand. Qingtian Corporation and Cosmos Group will always be strategic partners of the Crimson Dragon Army. Our relationship has always been excellent, and in the future, most of the Crimson Dragon Army's crystal resources will still be supplied by the two major groups.

"However, unlike the Monster War, Dragon City is very likely to face a war next—a war of attacking from all sides, long-distance expeditions, and pushing deep into the Otherworld.

"The Monster War was an internal-lines operation. The battlefield was right at our doorstep, even inside our own home, so obtaining resources was still relatively convenient.

"But if the Crimson Dragon Army's spearhead reaches deep into the Otherworld, tens of thousands of miles away, and discovers large-scale Crystal Veins there, must we wait for Qingtian Corporation's and Cosmos Group's professional mining teams to catch up? Otherwise, would we just stand there, staring wide-eyed at the raw crystal ore buried deep underground? That definitely won't do.

"In this brand-new war, the Crimson Dragon Army must