Outside the window, the twilight ocean churned with inky waves. The occasional lonely cry of a seabird pierced the sky, only to be swallowed by an even heavier silence. The only sound was the rhythmic tick-tock of the electronic clock on the wall, each tick pounding on everyone’s frayed nerves.
Finally, the chief representative chosen by the various Player Alliances of the Sakura Country Realm was the first to break the stalemate. He leaned forward abruptly, slamd his palm on the tabletop, and spoke with resolute finality.
"I say we fight!"
Before his words had even faded, a low stir rippled through the conference room.
He raised a hand to quiet the room, his gaze sweeping over everyone present before continuing in a heavy tone.
"On one condition: the Eagle Country players must publicly share the thod for using your ’Immigration BUG’!"
"Only then can we imdiately consolidate global combat power and assemble the top super-elite players from every country’s realm into an unstoppable Plane Alliance Army!"
The Sakura Country representative’s eyes suddenly sharpened. He rapped his fingers hard on the table, his tone laced with undisguised aggression.
"Rember!"
"This is an assembly of the true, top-tier elite players from all national realms!"
"Not the watered-down, second-rate elites you from the Eagle Country Realm scraped together from hundreds of Plane Worlds just to make up the numbers!"
He intentionally stressed the word "watered-down," his voice dripping with contempt.
"Only a Plane Alliance Army that gathers the world’s peak combat power like this will be enough to pose a real threat to Tingfeng’s Divine Gift Ancient Giant Dragons and Divine Gift Royal Dragon Cavalry!"
The Sakura Country representative slamd his hand on the table again, the legs of his chair letting out a piercing scrape against the floor. His tone was filled with the desperate, inflammatory resolve of a man burning his bridges.
"Otherwise!"
"We might as well just drop all resistance right now and bow down to every Lord Player in the Hua Country Realm!"
His gaze swept the room, his voice suddenly rising, thick with a sense of crisis.
"Because once the fourth stage begins, with Tingfeng leading them, the Hua Country players will only beco more unstoppable!"
"When that ti cos, all of us will have that bunch of Sick n of East Asia from Hua Country lording it over us, with no room to even breathe!"
As the Sakura Country representative’s voice fell, the air in the conference room seed to freeze for a mont, only to be shattered by more pronounced movents.
The Eagle Country representative’s face instantly darkened. His knuckles gripped the edge of the table so tightly they turned white. A clear flash of fury crossed his eyes, but he forced himself to hold back his imdiate reaction.
Several representatives from more powerful nations leaned back slightly, crossing their arms. They raised their eyebrows, their expressions a mix of detached observation and calculation, as if weighing the feasibility of the proposal.
A representative from another country, sitting diagonally opposite, abruptly sat up straight. He clenched his fists under the table, a flicker of excitent in his eyes, clearly moved by the idea of a "global top-elite allied army."
Several other national representatives exchanged complex glances, their lips pressed into a thin line. So nodded slightly in agreent, while others shook their heads, their fingertips tapping unconsciously and rapidly on the table, betraying their indecision.
The representative in the far corner raised a hand to rub his brow, his face a mask of hesitation. His gaze shifted back and forth between the Eagle Country and Sakura Country representatives, clearly torn between the value of the "Immigration BUG" and the risk of a direct confrontation with Tingfeng’s forces.
Seeing this, the chief representative chosen by the Player Alliances of the Cosmic Country Realm imdiately chid in. He leaned forward, his tone urgent and filled with an unquestionable certainty.
"Yes!"
"I completely agree!"
He rapped his hand hard on the table, his eyes scanning the room as he spoke in a low, forceful voice.
"We have no retreat!"
"No one has ever dared to break the rules and initiate a national-level Plane War during the third stage... But now, just to target a single person, Tingfeng, we have launched a Plane War against his country’s Lord World. This shaless act has already offended the Hua Country players to the absolute limit!"
"They will absolutely not let this go!"
As he spoke, the Cosmic Country representative’s tone grew heavier, his eyes swirling with a potent sense of urgency.
"Therefore, our only path to survival now is to strike first and ensure Tingfeng does not make it to the fourth stage alive to participate in a true, national-level Plane War!"
At his words, the soft sound of several chairs scraping the floor was heard. Three player representatives from different countries rose almost simultaneously. Their expressions were grave but their attitudes resolute as they declared their positions in somber tones.
"We support going to war!"
"I agree to forming a true elite allied army!"
"We must strike first!"
These few short responses instantly shifted the direction of the eting.
Many people raised their hands and tapped on the electronic voting devices in front of them. The "Agree" indicator lit up on their screens, joining the choices of the Sakura and Cosmic Country representatives. The atmosphere of war in the room thickened, becoming almost palpable.
Just as the eting’s montum shifted decisively toward war, a voice laced with mockery suddenly sounded from a corner, instantly drawing everyone’s attention to the Eagle Country representative.
The speaker was a chief representative from another country. He leaned back in his chair, his fingertips tapping slowly on the table. His tone was passive-aggressive, but his words cut right to the heart of the matter.
"But..."
The drawn-out word shattered the passionate mood in the room. He looked up, his eyes sweeping over the tense face of the Eagle Country player representative, and continued.
"The global super-elite allied army we want to form depends on the ’Immigration BUG’ technology in the Eagle Country’s hands, doesn’t it?"
"If the Eagle Country players aren’t willing to share this ace in the hole, then this so-called global super-elite allied army is nothing but a self-deluding pipe dream!"
He stressed his words, his eyes filled with probing pressure.
"And without that technology, our countries can only send a very small number of elite players each. That’s not going to war; that’s just feeding kills to Tingfeng’s Divine Gift Flying legion!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the conference room soured. The soaring fighting spirit took a sharp turn, and all eyes focused on the Eagle Country player representative, filled with undisguised pressure and desperation.
Soone slamd the table and stood up, his tone harsh.
"That’s right!"
"The Immigration BUG is the key to forming the global super-elite allied army!"
"Eagle Country must share the technology with us!"
Another nation’s representative followed suit, his eyes filled with a certainty that brooked no refusal.
"You can’t expect us to go into battle empty-handed, can you?"
"Without this special technology, the idea of defeating that monster Tingfeng is just empty talk!"
Another representative crossed his arms and sneered.
"You were the first ones calling to join forces against Hua Country. Now that it’s ti to show so sincerity, don’t you dare hold back, Eagle Country."
Yet another representative laid out the stakes directly.
"Either share the technology!"
"And we all form a global super-elite allied army to give it a shot!"
"Or we don’t fight this war at all, and everyone finds their own way to survive while we wait for the Hua Country players to ride on our heads and shit on us!"
The rising tide of voices grew progressively stronger, the pressure in their words becoming thicker and thicker. An invisible force field enveloped the Eagle Country representatives, forcing them to give a clear answer on the spot.
Seeing this, the Eagle Country representative first let out a low laugh, a sound full of ridicule and impatience. Then, his eyes suddenly turned cold, and the aura around him instantly chilled.
He raised his hand and slamd it down hard on the table, his tone absolute and leaving no room for argunt.
"Fine!"
The single word landed like a hamr blow, making the water glass on the table tremble slightly.
"I can give you the special technology for the Immigration BUG!"
He paused, his gaze sweeping over all the greedy, pressuring faces in the room as he spoke, word by word.
"But I have one condition: in this Plane War against Hua Country, all Player Alliances from our Eagle Country Realm will withdraw completely!"
"Don’t say we didn’t contribute!"
"The reality is that all of our strongest elite players from the Eagle Country Realm who made it to the third stage via Rebirth..."
"Were already wiped out by Tingfeng in the first round of battle!"
"As for the remaining ’watered-down’ players among the ’watered-down,’ I’m sure your people wouldn’t be happy if we sent them to fight alongside the super-elite players from your realms!"
"Am I right?"
"Mr. Kodama Wada of the Sakura Country?"
Reviews
All reviews (0)