"The words of 'Lü Siya' were like a giant axe condensed from lightning, crashing down over Meng Chao's head and leaving him hard-pressed to parry.
On some level, Meng Chao knew that Lü Siya was right.
Spiritual Energy cultivation, Rune Technology, gene modulation—these were the three great pillars that had supported Dragon City Civilization through half a century of bloody battle in the Otherworld.
And the foundations of all three pillars had been built in the abyss of the Ancient Ruins, upon the piled corpses of countless innocent citizens forced into the ruins to explore.
The Blood Alliance was a demon through and through.
Yet it was a demon of extraordinary talent and towering ambition, possessed of an incomparably fierce desire to explore and conquer.
After this demon fell, its corpse became countless research data, experimental logs, videos of exploration and cultivation, opening a bizarre and dazzling New World to all the transmigrators. It also allowed those who came after to turn danger into safety and avoid many detours.
"Just imagine—what if there had been no Blood Alliance?"
Seeing Meng Chao remain silent, 'Lü Siya' pressed her advantage. "Suppose that, at the time, there had been another organization. An organization that was not so brutal, evil, and utterly devoid of humanity. Suppose it still upheld the moral bottom line of the Earth Era and retained even the tiniest shred of conscience.
"It definitely could not have forced hundreds of thousands of citizens deep into the Ancient Ruins to explore, the way the Blood Alliance did.
"It could not have implanted bombs and timed-release toxins into the citizens' bodies, or threatened them with the lives of their wives, children, and elderly relatives, forcing them to rush toward the secrets of antiquity like moths flying into a flame.
"Much less could it