Chapter 2120: Summit Battle 8

"Shut up, all of you!"

"At this time you're still arguing, do you want to die!? In three minutes... no, two minutes, whatever we choose is useless!"

"Listen to my order! Everyone immediately notify subordinate units to activate self-destruct; run as far as you can, destroy as much as you can!"

Seeing that even at such a critical moment they could not reach agreement, the No. 03 Commander, who had remained silent, could no longer contain his anger and interrupted.

Having lost his usual composure, facing a crisis that could collapse the Alliance, even as a top-tier Seventh Stage he could not remain calm.

In an instant.

Everyone froze at the shout, instinctively closing their mouths in the face of the highest-authority No. 03.

Seeing no opposition, the hulking No. 03, like a mountain, wasted no more words; only saw his hands swiftly tapping in front of him, a hidden communication panel instantly unfolding.

"I'll go activate the ritual to wake that one right now, you all immediately..!"

However, before No. 03 could finish activating the wake-up procedure while urging, a second later an urgent voice suddenly sounded.

"Wait!"

"No. 03, Your Excellency Star Sea!"

"Don't destroy! Don't give up! Don't awaken!"

Without paying attention to Star Sea's angry glare, the lowest-ranked No. 13 hastily explained:

"I don't have time to explain further! But have you all considered why the system would detect the battlefield!? In my view, does this not mean our experiment has succeeded!"

"Just now, in a test area of the battlefield, some test specimen suddenly succeeded, triggering the detection!"

"We can't give up! We can't destroy! We've paid such a price, isn't it for this step!?"

One hand pressed hard on the virtual panel, No. 13 excitedly gazed at No. 03, his mind full of wanting to stop the battlefield from being destroyed.

Amid violent emotional fluctuations, his voice became somewhat distorted.

Unlike the other twelve commanders who, upon receiving the alarm, instinctively wanted to avoid this crisis, his first reaction upon hearing the alarm was that the experiment had succeeded!

Although he didn't know where the experiment succeeded, it was very possible!

Their test range was too vast; with countless test subjects randomly 'computing' results, it was very likely that a qualified test specimen appeared in some unmonitored area!

Destroying it would be a waste! Giving up would be a waste!

In his view, if the Alliance could never take that step, they would ultimately perish; dying early or late is still death, he absolutely refuses to die so unwillingly!

"You mean...!?"

What a quick reaction.

Although No. 13's words were somewhat confused, everyone present instantly understood his meaning.

If it weren't for the Overseer's threat being too great, interfering with their judgment, they could actually have thought of this right away.

But even though they realized this possibility was extremely high, No. 03 Star Sea still did not want to stop.

"You think the value is too great, so you don't want to give up?"

"Good! Then I ask you, what solution do you have for the current crisis!? Give me an answer within three seconds; if you can't, I cannot possibly take this risk..."

"Betrayal!"

"We betray them!"

Likewise, not waiting for No. 03 to finish questioning, facing the greatest threat, No. 13 Yin Kong spoke his solution at lightning speed:

"Everyone! Is the threat from the Overseers!? Actually the system isn't targeting us, and the system doesn't know what's inside; otherwise we'd already be dead!"

"Don't forget, when we initially established the battlefield, we deliberately chose a barren void; there the system is merely a terminal node, not a true system at all!"

"Therefore we just need to deal with the Overseer and send him packing!"

The idea was extremely clear and calm.

Perhaps because he is a special mental-type rule, Yin Kong found the crux of the problem in less than a second.

"Although Overseers are lackeys of the system, they may not be loyal! I believe you all know the Overseers' modus operandi; after their Descent, if they can avoid trouble, they certainly won't bring trouble upon themselves!"

"Therefore they don't care what the anomaly is, nor do they seriously investigate! As long as they can eliminate an anomaly, they consider the mission done!"

As the words fell, all the Stellar Radiant Commanders present were shocked, finally understanding No. 13's line of thought.

"Betrayal?"

"You mean we just need to hand over a loophole or anomalous factor to deceive the Overseers?"

"Find a scapegoat to take the blame for us?!"

No. 09 urgently asked; after quickly simulating it in his short time, he also realized this method was not impossible.

But the problem is..

Who do they find to take the blame? Who do they betray?

"No. 09, you're right, but we're not deceiving the Overseers; we're giving them an excuse to abandon the search, a reason! If the Overseers truly wanted to investigate, we definitely couldn't hide it."

"But even the liaison system hasn't precisely located the anomaly; a single Overseer would surely not want to waste time here!"

"So we'll just make a deal with him; he'll have it easy, and we can keep it concealed!"

Making a deal with Overseers might be a fantasy for most civilizations, but for the Stellar Radiant Alliance it's not impossible.

Furthermore, the Stellar Radiant Battlefield initially had only a single Junior Overseer in its area to prevent accidents; without system privileges, that Overseer might not even be their match before transformation! Therefore Xing Kong believes they have the capital for negotiation!

"I agree!"

"Xing Kong's idea has a great chance of success! We are indeed overly tense, after all the truly frightening thing is the system, not the Overseers!"

The speed of reaching consensus was extremely quick; as Seventh Stage powerhouses, they might panic briefly when facing a system crisis, but once they reacted, everyone present returned to a state of utmost rationality and calm.

Furthermore, after instantly exchanging their thoughts, a new plan was instantly decided upon.

Meanwhile, far away on the Stellar Radiant Battlefield, Lin An probably didn't even realize how profound the consequences of his inadvertent action were, let alone its impact on countless civilizations.

Likewise, in their mistaken blunder, the Stellar Radiant Alliance's misjudgment of the truth also stopped him from facing a near-certain death crisis.