Meng Yi replied decisively, "All right. It's a deal."
Just like that, two top survivors from Blue Star, both standing at the pinnacle of power on the West Continent, quickly settled on their next plan.
This was their first collaboration.
Before this, Cao Xing had barely interacted with Meng Yi and knew little about him.
But... he had become the ruler of the current Human Empire and had taken the initiative to contact Cao Xing, proposing that they form an alliance against Zorma.
Moreover, throughout their conversation, he had shown neither arrogance nor any attitude of superiority.
He was neither overbearing nor overly cautious, treating Cao Xing entirely as an equal ally.
This also showed that this man possessed not only formidable methods, but also a state of mind and breadth of heart far beyond ordinary people.
After all, if an ordinary lord from another world had been trapped in a dream for over a year—
Then one day, driven away a dragon and risen in a single leap to become the ruler of an empire, standing at the pinnacle of power across the continent—
Anyone would inevitably become somewhat inflated and prideful.
Yet there had not been the slightest trace of conceit in Meng Yi's tone.
What Cao Xing did not know was that during that year-plus in the dream, Meng Yi had experienced hundreds of thousands, even millions, of deaths. He had long since seen through all the varied conditions of the world.
In his current state, it was already difficult to describe him as an "ordinary person."
After all, no one could go through millions of cycles of death and still retain their original heart.
Even his soul had been tempered into something tougher than the most powerful Divine Artifact.
But regardless, Cao Xing could tell that