At this moment, after everyone witnessed the scene,
they were all silent, stunned by the grand military might, sitting like wooden blocks on their chairs.
Yao Shuimei, still wearing a smile, walked up to the center podium and stood before the enormous screen: "Everyone, don't be so pessimistic, you must believe that the Empire is still powerful. And the five hundred thousand alien races, this represents the majority of the forces that both races can muster, proving that they have no reinforcements behind them, whereas we have the entire Empire's support."
The military forces of Mountain City exceed a hundred thousand.
Of course.
The maximum would not exceed one hundred fifty thousand.
All these soldiers are Martial Artists, rather than ordinary people, so they are very troublesome to train, and their numbers cannot be vast.
As for the regular army supporting logistics, there are millions.
But these consist of ordinary people whose role in wartime is to maintain city stability and order.
Not until the last moment.
Will they be sent to the battlefield.
So the force comparison between the two sides is one hundred thousand to five hundred thousand.
The gap is vast.
However, Yao Shuimei did not pay this any mind, she paused slightly, organizing her words, and said to He Jin:
"Give me the details of how Qiu Yun was captured."
As soon as she spoke.
The atmosphere in the conference room became more tense.
Aside from the initial insiders, many people were completely unaware of Qiu Yun's capture and hadn't received any information.
Baiyu and He Jin had sealed off the news back then.
And except for Baiyu, there were no other surviving witnesses from that incident, so naturally, most people were unaware.
For someone like Qiu Yun or He Jin, not appearing for ten days or half a month was quite normal.
No one suspected anything in that direction.
No one would think that a Minister of Armament could be captured by the alien races, and within the jurisdiction of Mountain City, no less.
After being questioned by Yao Shuimei, He Jin did not continue to conceal it and recounted the entire process.
However.
Most of his information came from Baiyu.
So afterward, Baiyu retold it, mainly focusing on describing the hand that tore through space, giving a more direct impression.
By now.
Others began to realize the severity of the situation in Mountain City. If the news of Qiu Yun's capture had leaked out earlier, who knows what kind of turmoil it would have caused.
Fortunately, Yao Shuimei arrived now.
With her strength and status, she could completely suppress the situation, not worrying about the absence of Qiu Yun.
After listening to the descriptions of Baiyu and He Jin.
Yao Shuimei frowned and said coldly: "It seems that outside Mountain City, it has already been infiltrated by many alien races. The Heavy Fog Forest is key to Mountain City and must be entirely controlled by us."
He Jin deeply agreed.
During this period, he had been working on this, continuously purging spies in the Heavy Fog Forest, reviewing outposts one by one.
This is a task with significant workload.
However.
When Baiyu was clearing the city, He Jin happened to clear all the outposts in the Heavy Fog Forest.
Now Mountain City has entered a comprehensive state of war readiness.
Through the screen in the conference room, the various materials in her hand, as well as He Jin's on-site explanation, Yao Shuimei quickly learned about the situation in Mountain City.
Finally.
She learned about Mountain City's current situation and, with frowned brows, marked on the sand table map in front of her: "Clear the Exotic Beast gathering areas to the east and west of Heavy Fog Forest, then build a Spiritual Array Altar at four locations according to my requirements. I'll give you the specific construction plan in a moment."
He Jin nodded repeatedly, having no doubts about Yao Shuimei's decision.
As for others, they had even less reason to doubt.
At the moment, Baiyu was sitting at the conference table, keeping his head down after speaking earlier to avoid drawing too much attention.
He's almost done with his recent tasks.
There's no need to take on additional duties.
Mountain City is the Empire's most important Shelter, and it is absolutely impossible for it to be breached by the alien races. Besides Yao Shuimei, the Empire's Second Legion and Third Legion are rushing here urgently through Canglan Star.
Were it not for the Sea Demon Race war delaying much of the Empire's primary fighting force.
And with Eternal Sleep City also tying up a lot of the Empire's strength.
Otherwise.
The Second Legion and Third Legion would have already arrived at Mountain City.
In this situation.
Since Baiyu has completed his duties, he also doesn't want to undertake more tasks now, as Mountain City cannot possibly be overrun by the alien races.
After making the arrangements, Yao Shuimei continued: "Once construction is complete, assign two battalions to guard each Spiritual Array Altar.
As for Qiu Yun's matter, I will handle it myself.
Oh right.
I hear you've been catching spies in Mountain City lately, you can stop this for now, it's not very necessary.
Also, you've almost cleaned up, and absolute cleanliness leaves no fish, many spies might unexpectedly prove useful in the future.
After all.
If they dare to betray us, they might also betray the alien races."
Baiyu, hearing this, felt a bit uneasy.
Although the alien army seemed formidable, they were still far from breaching Mountain City.
But these spies.
Were hiding among the people, easily able to threaten Mountain City's internals, potentially causing widespread damage.
After a moment of thought.
Baiyu still spoke up: "Director, we have not found the leader of these spies, the mastermind behind the scenes.
I believe this person must be found, they cannot be allowed to escape."
Yao Shuimei nodded slightly and did not refute Baiyu, but explained: "What you said makes sense. If it were easy to find them, of course we would address it, but what if we can't?
We must understand.
A spy able to infiltrate Mountain City and even rise to leadership won't be easy to find.
This kind of person.
Surely has extremely powerful concealment abilities and absolutely secure hiding places.
And he himself.
Must also be deeply hidden, not easily discovered.
Trying to find such a person would consume too much time and effort, something not worth the cost.
I will stay in Mountain City, constantly monitoring this situation.
Once these spies can't help but reveal themselves, it won't be too late to act."
Yao Shuimei's words were indeed reasonable.
Most importantly, she had the strength and confidence to control the overall situation, solving issues when these traitorous spies acted, and capture them all.
Baiyu obviously didn't have this assurance.
So when Yao Shuimei proposed this plan, Baiyu did not object; anyway, with Yao Shuimei here, he planned to return to the Earl's Mansion to retreat and break through the Master sequence.
Yao Shuimei handled Mountain City's affairs one by one.
The entire conference room.
The screen continuously displayed various videos and materials, with most of the discussions involving only He Jin and Yao Shuimei.
Baiyu and others basically had no opportunity to speak.
But most didn't want to talk.
Because once called upon, it would certainly bring about troublesome issues.
The meeting lasted an entire day.
Finally, after He Jin formulated a series of plans and arrangements, everyone was allowed to leave.
Baiyu was about to leave.
But hadn't reached the door before Yao Shuimei called out to him.
"Director, is there something else?"
Baiyu turned around, showing a smile.
Yao Shuimei approached and said: "As the Security Bureau Director, how can you leave at such a time?"
Seeing her expression.
Baiyu felt a sense of unease rising in his heart.
Shortly after.
Only Baiyu, He Jin, and Yao Shuimei remained in the conference room.
"Baiyu, come out of the city with me tomorrow."
Yao Shuimei stated directly: "I want to personally see the scene. If Qiu Yun was captured like that, it surely involved a Demon King.
I need to see.
To what extent the Fourth Celestial Demon King has recovered."
Baiyu was quite uncomfortable: "Director, can I not go? I can mark the location for you on the map. You know last time I went out of the city, I nearly lost my life."
"No, you must go. And don't call me Director, call me sister."
Yao Shuimei waved her hand confidently: "Don't worry, there won't be any danger."
