Chapter 4160: The First Meeting of the New Department

"There is no special theme for this morning's meeting. I have gathered everyone here mainly to ask about the progress of your work handovers and whether you have adapted to your new departments. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me; I will do my best to help you resolve them."

Strange sat at the head of the conference room, looking at the people below, and said, "I know that in terms of administrative work, you are not without experience, but the work in the new departments is still a challenge for you. You might be very confused as to why I transferred you, who have no experience in this area, to new departments. But please believe that I have my reasons for doing this; it is absolutely not about finding trouble or causing setbacks for the three major empires as you might think."

The expressions of the people below froze instantly. In fact, after the list was announced last night, this group of people had already been cursing for the whole night.

Actually, according to their experience and resumes, it wouldn't be strange for them to become department heads, but it just so happened that the departments they were assigned to were completely unrelated to what they were capable of doing. It was as if Strange had gotten drunk and decided the department heads by rolling dice.

Of course, this was impossible, so many people were speculating that Strange was purely here to stir up trouble. He couldn't stand the three major empires, nor could he stand the Interstellar Council controlled by the three major empires, so he deliberately arranged people who were not good at certain tasks into these positions, so that he could take the opportunity to disrupt the Interstellar Council.

Although everyone felt this way, they didn't dare to say it openly. After all, besides being the Speaker, Strange was also the Sorcerer Supreme, who could slap them into the neighboring universe. Most people only dared to whisper about it in private.

However, they didn't expect Strange to be so open and honest. At this time, someone bold enough spoke up: "Sorcerer Supreme, we have absolutely no intention of questioning your motives, but to be honest, perhaps it is because of my shallow learning, I have never studied any knowledge related to interstellar relations, and I don't know how to deal with so many civilizations. Can I really be a good Minister of Foreign Affairs?"

Everyone looked sideways at the person who spoke. Saying such things meant that he no longer wanted the job, just to make Strange angry and then dismiss him. According to the Sorcerer Supreme's temper, he should indeed be angry.

Strange also wanted to say, "Whether you want to do it or not is up to you," but thinking of the instructions Schiller gave him before the meeting, he still sighed and said, "I said, I know you are all very uncomfortable with your new jobs. I am no different, but I can assure everyone here that the work mode and direction of the Interstellar Council under my leadership will be completely different from the past. After all, you also know that I am a human, from Earth. The Nine Realms where Earth is located just fought a war with the three major empires, and we have never gotten along. I will not follow their old ways. So your previous work experience is useless. It is precisely because I need you to abandon the old precedents that I did not let you work in the departments you are familiar with. This is for your own good."

"After all..." Strange dragged out a long tone, then said, "As a human, I can't stand the ways of the three major empires. If any of you adopt the style of the three major empires, it will be very eyesore."

He deliberately scanned the room, and the people below immediately sat up straight. Just as they wanted to straighten their collars, they realized they were wearing imperial uniforms, and then they felt as if there were thorns under their seats; they couldn't sit, and they couldn't stand.

"Since I am a human, I must do things according to the human way. You can forget about the lack of notice today, but starting tomorrow, everyone must wear a suit to work. Don't let me see anyone wearing this kind of flashy imperial uniform again. Do you understand?"

Everyone looked at each other again. In fact, they were unhappy; they didn't even know what a suit was. It sounded like some kind of characteristic clothing of humans. They wouldn't be asked to wear tights to work, would they?

But under the pressure of the Sorcerer Supreme's power, they didn't dare not to agree. Defying the three major empires might mean dying next week; defying the Sorcerer Supreme meant becoming a box right now.

Before Strange came to be the Speaker, his happy figure of picking up boxes across the universe was still vivid in their minds. They believed he wouldn't mind collecting a few more boxes.

"Yes, Sorcerer Supreme," they said, biting the bullet.

"Alright, you don't have to be so nervous," Strange softened his tone again, then said, "You have to understand my mood. Some time ago, the Kree Empire and the Skrull Empire gathered a large army to invade the Nine Realms comprehensively. Humans and Asgard resisted desperately, and the battle was tragic, with many sacrifices on both sides. As a result, now you are wearing the uniforms of those robots and shaking in front of me. It is already considered that I have a good temper to tolerate you until now. If my teacher were here..."

Strange didn't finish his sentence, leaving plenty of room for everyone to imagine. In the universe, those with short lifespans like humans are actually in the minority. Most races can live for two or three hundred years at least, so everyone present had experienced the Ancient One's era.

Let's put it this way: Strange could at least chat with them for a few sentences. The Ancient One had been dominating the universe for many years, and few people had ever heard her voice. On one hand, she didn't speak at all and just fought when she went up; on the other hand, the demons screamed too miserably, and the onlookers like them couldn't hear what the Ancient One said at all.

If you want to say whether Strange is too overbearing, of course, he is a little bit, but compared to the Ancient One, he is still somewhat human. If the Ancient One saw someone wearing the uniforms of the three major empires after fighting a war with them, she would definitely treat them as enemies and destroy them without even looking. Strange actually explained it to them; how reasonable he is!

Anyway, these people adjusted themselves and returned to their previous state. Some were even secretly using their phones under the table to search for what human suits looked like. Even if it was tights, they had to pick a good-looking color.

"Alright," Strange knocked on the table again and said, "The reason why I didn't let you go to the departments you are good at has another reason, and that is that we will not fight alone in the future. Departments must cooperate with each other. I picked you out because you have more experience in cooperation. Some people have resumes similar to yours, but they have basically never cooperated with others, and I don't want them either."

Everyone likes to hear good things about themselves, especially when these words come from the mouth of the Sorcerer Supreme. Everyone's attention was immediately attracted, and Strange struck while the iron was hot.

"The summary of the first task has been sent to your personal terminals, and I believe some people have already read it. The Environmental Protection Department is a newly established department. The Minister, like you, has no experience, but environmental protection work cannot be neglected, and it will be the main work for a long time to come. I hope you can cooperate sincerely, work together, and do a good job in environmental protection."

These people had obviously read the summary. They were all experienced old hands and probably understood what they were going to do, but some people still raised questions. The Minister of Commerce raised his hand and said, "Are we seeking opinions on the work of environmental review? Is it internal collection or broad collection?"

"What do you think?" Strange threw the question back.

The Minister of Commerce looked left and right, then said, "The accuracy of internal collection is higher, and the sample size of broad collection is larger. Each has its advantages. It mainly depends on the purpose of environmental protection work."

This was actually throwing the question back, asking Strange explicitly and implicitly why he wanted to engage in environmental protection work. In fact, Strange himself didn't know, but it didn't prevent him from never falling behind, and he could make up a reason even if he had to.

"Standing from different perspectives, one can naturally see different scenery," Strange said calmly, "The three major empires indeed have a high status in the interstellar society. Under their rule, the economic society has indeed gone through a period of stability and prosperity, but every development has a price."

Everyone present was an expert. Don't look at the large amount of information in the second half of the sentence, but in fact, the most important thing is the first sentence Strange just said.

Most of the three major empires are robots, and Strange is naturally different from them. By saying this, does it mean that he has really seen some different scenery and has some sources of information that the three major empires don't know?

"Sorcerer Supreme, we know that you are the strongest in the universe and the first mage. Forgive my shallow knowledge, and I come from a mechanical civilization. I neither understand magic nor mages. I don't know what kind of beautiful scenery you can see standing on the top of the mountain. Do you mind telling us in detail?" said the Minister of Resources.

"Before participating in the general election, I went to the Temple of Eternity," Strange tapped the table lightly with a pen and said, "Considering that most of you don't know the existence of cosmic entities, I can briefly tell you about it. The universe has a very complex structure, but in general, it is supported by several pillars, and the personified entities of these pillars are abstract entities. The five most important and powerful ones are called the Five Great Gods, and Eternity is the head of the Five Great Gods. His temple is located in the depths of the vast universe, invisible and unreachable to those who do not touch the cosmic rules..."

When talking about his profession, Strange naturally was no longer as straightforward as he was when dealing with administrative work. His wording was very professional, even somewhat philosophical. Some races' translators couldn't even translate certain terms well, which made these words seem even more mysterious and profound.

The vast majority of civilizations, including the three major empires, cannot touch the level of cosmic rules. They can manufacture faster-than-light engines and build huge starships, but this is just utilizing cosmic laws, and wanting to touch the laws of entities is simply as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Many civilizations among them are full of interest in this deeper world, but unfortunately, without a guide, they cannot go any further until the day their civilization is annihilated.

A very small number of civilizations can touch that deep and mysterious world, but they have always been secretive about it and are unwilling to reveal even half a word. Therefore, any knowledge related to cosmic rules is very precious and can even become a family heirloom of a civilization, written in their scriptures and passed down from generation to generation.

Everyone didn't expect the Sorcerer Supreme to say such words pointing directly to the truth of the universe so lightly. They immediately opened their terminals to start recording, fearing that they would miss a single word.

Some people who didn't have their own translation software, or whose translation software didn't translate accurately, had to desperately ask the people around them what certain words meant, wishing they could slap themselves for not learning English well.

And even if the translator was easy to use, or had a built-in translation system, some were regretful. After all, no matter how easy the translation software is to use, it can't compare to learning English yourself. Maybe these terms have deeper meanings in the Sorcerer Supreme's language?

"Alright," Strange appeared very impatient, and he said, "You should also learn more about cosmic knowledge. Don't let me talk about this common sense all the time. Otherwise, if I assign any work, I have to give you a lecture first. Let's continue talking about Eternity."