"I was thinking, if I reach middle age and really happen to catch the Lighthouse starting a corporate war, would I abandon everything and come back in the chaos, or... join in and become a hero in troubled times?" Leng Xiangwen folded his arms, his tone bewildered. "What kind of person can become a leader during wartime?"
"Looking at world history, most leaders who rose to prominence during wartime came from the middle class—or, to be more precise, families with wealth around the middle of society," Xiang Xiaotong analyzed.
"People who are too poor tend to have received less education. Even if they can successfully raise an army through perseverance and courage in the early stages, they lack the knowledge and wisdom to make it to the end. People from overly wealthy backgrounds are often extravagant and hedonistic, lacking experience and perseverance. At the same time, their escape routes constantly tempt them to give up. Those who come from neither poor nor wealthy backgrounds, and who have struggled in different regions and among different social classes, possess knowledge, perseverance, and physical strength. They are the most likely to make it to the end."
"Patterns can only be used to estimate probabilities for groups. They can't truly be applied to individuals. Individual differences are far greater than group differences. Xiang Wen, you have the ability, but if you want to carve out territory and become a king, or dominate one side, you're clearly still too immature," Song He said bluntly.
"If you were mature, you wouldn't be hesitating over whether you could do it. You'd be discussing what to do directly. I can't say this applies to one hundred percent of the students I've taught, but it applies to eight or nine out of ten. Anyone who comes to me hesitantly