Balance

"Not bad, not bad. I have to say, Xiao Yu, your luck is truly incredible. You found a genius like Luo Feng just by looking around!" Li Dawei sat on the sofa, the smile on his face revealing his immense delight.

First there had been Lin Qingyu, a peerless genius who woke up with Planetary level strength and could even kill King level monsters. Then Lin Qingyu had brought in Luo Feng, who possessed the talent of a Mental Master and had Warlord level Mental Power upon awakening.

For Li Dawei, whose life goal was to defeat monsters and protect humanity, the more geniuses of this caliber, the better.

"My luck is indeed good." Lin Qingyu smiled. "But Luo Feng is from Jiangnan Base City. I hope you'll take good care of his training, Uncle Li."

"Of course!" Li Dawei put away his smile and nodded solemnly. "If a genius like Luo Feng were buried, it would be a loss for all humanity! I have no intention of becoming a sinner against humanity. I've already discussed it with Commander Jia. Once Luo Feng becomes a little stronger, we'll prepare some Dragon Blood for him. His Mental Power talent is truly exceptional—he may even have the potential to reach the level of an Invincible War God. A portion of Dragon Blood is completely worth it for his training."

"Luo Feng is still young. I think it's necessary to focus on tempering his will." Lin Qingyu looked at Li Dawei. "By the way, Uncle Li, do you have a distribution map of Lord level and King level monsters near Jiangnan Base City?"

"A distribution map? I do. What do you need it for?" Li Dawei asked.

"I previously promised to provide Luo Feng with resources for his training, so I should take some real action. The institute also needs materials for experiments, so I need to kill more monsters. Besides, killing more monsters can lessen the military's burden." Lin Qingyu answered.

"Uh, about that..." Hearing Lin Qingyu's words, Li Dawei looked somewhat embarrassed, as though he wanted to say something but hesitated.

"Uncle Li, what's wrong?" Lin Qingyu asked, puzzled.

"I'm sorry, Xiao Yu. Commander Jia hopes that, for the time being, you won't slaughter King level monsters on a large scale within Huaxia." Li Dawei hesitated before finally saying it.

"Don't kill them? Why... Oh, I understand." Lin Qingyu had initially been confused, but when he saw the indignation written across Li Dawei's face, he understood after giving it some thought.

"Yes. Although it's deeply humiliating, the so-called 'balance' between humanity and monsters still needs to be maintained." Li Dawei gritted his teeth.

Whenever he thought about how humanity had no choice but to maintain some so-called "balance" with those beasts, Li Dawei felt both humiliation and helplessness. Yet he had no choice but to accept reality. After all, he had never grown stronger so that he alone could survive. He wanted to protect his homeland and its people.

The environments of land and sea were different. On land, humanity's greatest experts, such as Hong and Thor, could unleash their full combat power. If they were willing, they could actually wipe out every King level monster on land.

King level monsters were no less intelligent than humans. They could not possibly sit still and wait for death. While monsters were not as united as humans, they still had a certain degree of mutual understanding.

If humanity's super experts intended to exterminate them completely, they would naturally retaliate. A Disaster level beast tide was one of their best methods.

Humanity's experts might survive a Beast Tide, but ordinary civilians could not. Humanity also could not bear the consequences of suffering massive civilian casualties.

Thus, after Hong negotiated with the Monster Kings, a fragile "balance" between humans and monsters was established.

Humanity would not proactively use King level Laser Cannons against King level monsters. Experts like Hong and Thor would not slaughter King level monsters on a large scale, and Invincible War Gods and Planetary level experts would not massacre advanced Lord level monsters on a large scale.

Likewise, King level monsters would not unleash the most terrifying Disaster level beast tides.

With the suppression of top experts, humanity still held an advantage on land. Yet even on land, where they held the advantage, humanity could not completely drive out the monsters—let alone in the endless ocean, where monsters were everywhere.

Lin Qingyu had recently killed several King level monsters. In truth, he was already on the verge of breaking the balance.

If he kept killing, the Monster Kings across Huaxia would gather and form a Disaster level beast tide in retaliation.

The sea monsters were also making moves now. They did not care about any so-called "balance." If humanity fell into a disadvantaged position, the sea monsters would not mind launching a Disaster level beast tide to strike when they were down. Even Monster Emperors might return to join in.

Humanity did not want to go through another Great Nirvana and a global flight for survival.

"I understand. For the time being, I won't slaughter monsters on a large scale within Huaxia." Lin Qingyu said. "But can I go to other continents?"

"That should be fine." Li Dawei thought for a moment. "But the same applies there. You cannot kill more than a certain number of Monster Kings. Although Monster Kings rarely leave their territories due to their habits, as existences equivalent to Councillor level experts, it is not impossible for them to travel to other continents."

Lin Qingyu nodded. "I understand. I'll maintain this balance properly."

"I'm sorry, Xiao Yu. You've been wronged." Li Dawei said. "But we are not without hope! Humanity has experts like Hong and Thor, as well as geniuses like you! One day, we will launch a counterattack! We'll eliminate every monster and let humanity become the ruler of Earth once more."

"I believe that day will definitely come." Lin Qingyu nodded.

In fact, according to Lin Qingyu's plans, within five years, he should be able to turn the monsters on Earth from a major threat to Human civilization into whetstones for low-level martial artists to temper themselves against.

Of course, there was no need to say such things outright yet.

"Uncle Li, how is the situation in the sea now?" Lin Qingyu asked.

"There aren't any major problems for the time being." Li Dawei said. "The monsters you killed have eased the military's pressure considerably. This year, we'll be able to commit more troops to fighting the sea monsters, and with the materials you provided, we should be able to reduce casualties by quite a bit."

"That's good." Lin Qingyu said. "Since I can't casually kill monsters within Huaxia, I'm planning to make a trip to Australia soon."

To Lin Qingyu, Li Dawei's words were like a pillow arriving just as he felt sleepy. With the excuse of maintaining the "balance," going directly to Australia now would not seem too out of place.

"Australia? It's possible, but Xiao Yu, you're still young. You really don't need to push yourself this hard." Li Dawei looked at Lin Qingyu.

"It's fine. I'm one of humanity's top experts, so naturally I should shoulder the responsibilities of the strong." Lin Qingyu said. "Every bit of monster strength reduced is worthwhile."

He found an excuse to explain himself. After all, he could not exactly say that he was going to Australia for the Meteorite Star and Bata.