Chen Rui/Quotes

## Battle

*In battle, we must despise the enemy, and I must have the belief and courage to win. In strategy, I must value our enemies. I can only be unbeatable by knowing ourselves and our enemies.*

The real gains were often accompanied by costs and dangers. Overcoming challenges and not retreating was the reason why Chen Rui eventually had his power today.

The individual power was particularly important at the war in this world. It could even change the direction of the war. In the previous war between mankind and demons, the demons who originally had an upper hand eventually lost greatly because of the death of their strongest man, the Lord of Midnight Sun.

Defeating Blue Lava in Dark Moon war:

Chen Rui looked at the bloody hell around and frowned. He saw many of these scenes in [Refined Mind]'s Illusion state, but this was the first time that he saw it in a true scene. At this moment, his heart throbbed more than Athena.

*War is the cruelest and also the most beneficial topic of higher beings.*

*No matter how sacred it is depicted, war is always the cruelest act of violence.*

*However, the establishment of a peaceful and stable regime depends not only on dreams and hopes, but it always resorts to blood and iron in the end. With the current situation, if we want real peace, we must first have war.*

*We are likely to face such a cruel scene in the future, so we must adapt to it.*

## Love

Shea raised her eyebrows slightly, "You mean..."

## Wit

Chen relies on his wit, craftiness, and resourcefulness to survive in the Demon Realm. Along the way, he is able to help out many others too.

## Growth

By Chapter 111, Chen had grown from being a mere mortal to becoming one of the most powerful Higher Demons in the Demon Realm. After Naliyi dies in Kander's dungeon, Chen avenges her death by defeating Ross, the one who betrayed and sold out Naliyi:

"He was no longer a powerless weakling whose life or death lay in the hands of others. Of course, he could not change this world where the rule is survival of the fittest, nor was it possible to change. Whether it was this world or another world, it was the same. He merely used his own strength to do the things that he felt he had to do, even if these things were ridiculous or superfluous in the eyes of others. This was him, a human born again in the Demon Realm."

Paglio tells Roman: "This guy has grown from a powerless weakling to the current Great Demon King... seems to have taken less than a year? You've only just become a Great Demon King... Probably in less than a year, this guy will become Demon Emperor already."

## Demon Realm

In fact, with Athena and these friends here, Chen Rui now had a very strong sense of belonging to the Demon Realm, which he was unfamiliar at first. After staying in the Demon Realm for so long, he deeply understood that it wasn't anything like the description from the human's classics in the memory of the original owner, Arthur.

"Demon Realm is an abyss stained with blood, filled with cruel, bloodthirsty, irrational, beastlike demonic creatures. They immerse themselves in bloody killing all day. Everywhere is covered with bones..."

These theories were nothing but tricks to deepen hatred. Demonization wasn't a rare political means for the ruling class. The Demon Realm had its own race and civilization. In fact, they were nothing more than humans who lived in another environment and had a slightly different appearance. Certainly, demons respect strength and all related things the most. Relatively, business, economics and others were much ignored.

Brainwashing political ideologies also existed in the Demon Realm. However, different from the demonization of demons by the land above, the Demon Realm exaggerated the shame of being defeated. At the same time, they described the land above as luxurious and beautiful. For the competitive demons, that was double stimuli.

## Armor crafting

*See also: Mechanics*

"For example, the most widely used magic lamp at present is the one made by Martin Niming, a master mechanic 70,000 years ago. It looks simple, but it's passed down through ages! As the saying goes, there are wisdom in seemingly stupid things."

When the dark goblin master and dark elf master were thoughtful, Chen Rui once again brought up a blockbuster, saying his "teacher" once imagined designing a vehicle propelled by magic that can be used by all ordinary people; designing items that clean clothes with magic...

"Instead of making tools for killing and fighting, why don't we use the art of craftsmanship to benefit future generations?" Both top masters, who were fooled, had their eyes lit up. Actually, Chen Rui's objective was very simple, which was to make cakes for Athena to taste. However, he didn't expect this remark would become the fuse that ignited the Demon Realm's "industrial revolution" in the future.

## Honor and Dignity

Dignity was never given by others, but earned by oneself.

## Misc

"Strong endurance and combat instinct, plus an incredible armor." Water Elemental King Lambost on Chen Rui.

## References

1. ↑ 战略上要藐视敌人，具备必胜的信念和勇气；战术上要重视敌人，知己知彼，才能百战不殆。
2. ↑ Knowing ourselves and our enemies, quote from *Sunzi's Art of War* (孙子兵法)
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 321 (Steambun)
4. ↑ Chapter 52 (Steambun)
5. ↑ Chapter 393 (Steambun)
6. ↑ Chapter 111
7. ↑ Chapter 275
8. ↑ Chapter 239
9. ↑ Chapter 241
10. ↑ Chapter 337 (Steambun)
11. ↑ Chapter 421 (Steambun)