Ronan froze for a moment. Snake Tongue's "story" was, after all, widely known. Even though he could not remember the original text, once he understood who "Su," "Cao," and "General" referred to, realization dawned on him.
Snake Tongue's words came from Records of the Three Kingdoms. Before the Battle of Red Cliffs, Cao Cao had mobilized his vast forces to strike Jiangdong. The assembled officials wanted to surrender, but Lu Su believed they could not. It spoke of the subtle difference between a ruler and his subjects: their positions might appear united, yet they were fundamentally different.
Whether or not it was fitting here, it certainly gave one food for thought.
When facing the Reclamation Corps and the high-energy civilization of the Central Star Region, were the thoughts of people at every level of Li Wei's system truly aligned?
This line of thinking did not fit the principle of Anticipate the Worst of the Enemy. Naturally, the ideal situation on their side would be united in purpose: Li Wei as the core, Tu Ge as the second brain, with the Amaterasu Order, Quantum Corporation, Apocalypse, and Deep Blue Laboratory serving as his wings. Together, they would harvest Earth, help Li Wei devour and digest the Deep Blue World, and make him a "false god," or perhaps something even greater...
But on reflection, that was far too idealistic.
By that logic, Li Wei and the Reclamation Corps came from the same source. The two sides should have cooperated wholeheartedly. Even with the illusory time-space barrier between Inner and Outer Earth, now that the Amaterasu Order had extended its hand claws through the Lost Kingdom, they should have immediately contacted the Reclamation Corps, opened travel between the inner and outer realms, colonized Earth together, and explored the Mist Labyrinth.
Hmm, when they