Copper Coconut Grand Scholar's Dilemma
Indeed, in the conventional understanding of the Underground World, even if the Underground Race's conquest of the Surface World went badly, they still had a bottom line.
That bottom line was the safety of the Underground World.
In the eyes of the Underground Race, the Underground World was a sturdy fortress. Even if Surface Humans could keep the Underground Race out of the Surface World, they absolutely could not invade the Underground World.
Not only were the passages into the Underground World easy to defend and difficult to attack, but more importantly, the Underground Race's population was simply beyond comparison with that of Surface Humans.
Under such circumstances, the Surface World trying to swallow the Underground World was no different from a snake trying to swallow an elephant. It was simply impossible.
In terms of their relationship, only the Underground Race could annex the Surface World, whether successfully or not. There was absolutely no possibility of the Surface World annexing the Underground World.
This was a basic understanding engraved into the bones of every member of the Underground Race. They had never doubted it.
Therefore, with this universally acknowledged fallback, even when things went badly for the Underground Race on the Surface battlefield, it did not cause widespread panic.
Although this war was becoming increasingly unpopular and losing its broad foundation in the Underground World, they ultimately did not feel that defeat on the Surface battlefield would affect the safety of the Underground World.
Even the Five Elements Academy held this view.
However, whether this fixed way of thinking was correct remained to be tested.
As for Jiang Yue and Han Jingjing, upon learning this tremendous good news, they were inevitably pleasantly surprised. The joy had come so suddenly that it was somewhat hard to