Chapter 163

Using the people's love and trust in this country as a bargaining chip to force those hidden extraordinary ones to appear.

No matter how heavy or earnest it sounds, it cannot cover up the essence contained within.

This is a high-stakes gamble.

If the superiors of the Lighthouse are serious this time, truly realizing the importance of current ability users and Myriad Realms treasure holders to the Lighthouse, and are truly willing to give extraordinary ones the status and respect they deserve, perhaps they can salvage the situation and let many extraordinary ones who love the Lighthouse and want to become heroes stand up.

But if this is another scam, like in the past, controlling and researching the extraordinary ones who stand up, or even depriving them of their power...

Then, what will be lost is not just the trust of the extraordinary ones, but the credibility of the entire country.

Integrity is like glass; once shattered, it is difficult to restore.

The first breach of trust, the people will doubt; the second breach of trust, they will completely give up hope.

And by then, those extraordinary ones who could have become heroes might completely hide, or even stand on the opposite side.

"Do we really have to do this?"

At the end of the conference table, a staff member wearing glasses speaks up suddenly. His voice is not loud, but it makes the entire conference room quiet down instantly.

He is not questioning the feasibility of this plan; with the power of the Lighthouse and their reputation to do this, they certainly have the ability to perform this "hero appearance" to the extreme.

Exquisite promotional videos, touching stories, impassioned speeches—they can even make the most cautious extraordinary ones waver and make the hot-blooded ones willing to stand up.

But the problem has never been "can it be done," but whether the group of people behind them is truly willing to do so, rather than gathering extraordinary ones in this way, just like in the past?

Or perhaps, they have this idea now, but when the number of people holding Myriad Realms treasures increases, will their ideas change?

Their ideas determine the end of this plan.

"If for some reason, this plan goes wrong in the process, what we lose will not just be the trust of a few extraordinary ones, but the suspicion of the entire extraordinary group toward our future."

He looks around at everyone, his voice heavy.

"Once it fails, we will forever lose the opportunity to recruit extraordinary ones; they will hide, they will flee, they will resist—"

"Enough, Wilson!"

The middle-aged man sitting at the head slams the table and stands up, his face angry.

"Don't treat them like fools; do you think they won't realize the seriousness of the matter and joke about such things?"

"I naturally don't want to treat them like fools, but their actions over the years feel no different from idiots to me."

Wilson says coldly, his words without the slightest hesitation.

A few gasps of air sound in the conference room; why hadn't they noticed Wilson was so tough before?

Even the man sitting at the head who questioned him didn't expect him to be so direct, and for a moment, he was speechless.

"Sometimes even I doubt, do other countries value us too much? Do we really still have the powerful strength and deterrence we had in the past?"

Wilson doesn't care about their expressions and continues:

"Before the spiritual energy recovery, this was not very obvious, and there was only one thing truly worth valuing, but even for it, it would still take a long time to catch up with us."

"But after the spiritual energy recovery, with Da Xia's overall national strength constantly increasing and the number of Myriad Realms treasure holders constantly increasing, we haven't even given birth to a single Myriad Realms treasure holder known in the true sense."

"Is it because we don't have them? No, definitely not!"

"Then why? Because of the seized Mark III armor? The disappeared ability users? Or the promises we never kept in the past?"

Wilson's voice rises. He is asking, but without waiting for anyone to answer, he gives the answer himself.

"Perhaps all of them."

"Too many things have constituted the current situation."

He rests his hands on the table, looking directly at the people in front of him.

"Is it difficult to change all this? It's very simple, even simple to the extreme, as long as they don't disregard the consequences for their own greed."

"I know the attraction of lifespan and power to them, and I know how impatient they are to enjoy the body of their youth and superhuman power."

"But they must wait, wait for us to return to the peak, wait for us to have enough strength to ignore mutant creatures, wait for us to have enough Myriad Realms treasures, instead of seizing others' Myriad Realms treasures!"

"Otherwise, everything is vanity."

The conference room is dead silent.

They all understand these principles, but there are few who truly dare to say them out like Wilson.

No, it should be said that only Wilson is one.

But has he thought about the consequences of doing this?

Wilson doesn't care about others, just lifts his hand gently, tidying up his suit collar that is slightly messy due to his excitement, his tone already returned to calm.

"This is not just my opinion, but also the opinion of the Reinstein family."

"I hope you all take care of yourselves."

After speaking, he turns and walks toward the door. The door of the conference room closes silently behind him, leaving behind dead silence.

"Da Xia has already issued an announcement that all those who have died will meet again in the future."

"Will we welcome this day?"

In the conference room, someone sighs, but in the end, no one dares to speak out.

Hangcheng.

A gentle breeze blows, the flowers and plants in the courtyard sway gracefully, Little Qilin and Growlithe are chasing and playing on the lawn, the sparks sprayed from Growlithe's mouth are flexibly dodged by Little Qilin, and the two little guys are having a great time.

Ye Xuan lies on a rocking chair, eyes slightly closed, relaxing while also sorting out his recent gains.

In terms of strength, even though he has reached Stage Five, under the cultivation bonus of the Emperor Armor, his progress speed has not slowed down in the slightest. In the "Heavenly Dao" state, both his perception of all things in heaven and earth and the efficiency of absorbing and refining spiritual energy have increased by several times.

However, it is still the same as in the past; because the speed of mental improvement under the influence of the "Heavenly Dao" state far exceeds the improvement of power, to avoid too much gap between the two, he does not use the Emperor Armor often.

But even so, his progress speed is still frighteningly fast.

In terms of cultivation techniques, the "Flying Rainbow Heart Method" from the Hongmao inheritance gave him a big surprise.

Originally, he thought that even if the "Flying Rainbow Heart Method" was faster than the cultivation speed of the techniques in the Wangquan Baye template, it wouldn't be much faster, but after trying, he found that this heart method had an extremely high compatibility with him.

Perhaps because of the Fire Shadow Stone, his affinity for fire reached an incredible level; the operation efficiency of the Flying Rainbow Heart Method is more than twice as fast as the Wangquan Heart Method.

And this is just the most basic version.

(End of chapter)