Chapter 1867: Chapter 457: Great Capital Council (Part 2)
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Huazhi Building, underground elevator.
"Admiral Fisher, we meet again."
"Lord Gong, nice to see you."
Almost all of the North Continent Military Department’s influential figures were here.
Apart from that, there were also the senior members of the Five Great Families.
Everyone in the elevator exchanged greetings and whispered information. They had only received orders to come to Da Du for a "meeting," but they didn’t know the specifics of this meeting. They thought they would find out upon arrival, but to their surprise, none of the senior members knew the meeting’s agenda.
Until they entered the Huazhi Underground.
Lu Nanzhi personally greeted them at the door. Standing respectfully beside her was Song Ci, dressed in a black suit. On the other side was Lu Nanjin, wearing the Judge’s black trench coat.
"Thank you all for coming such a long way, it must have been exhausting."
Lu Nanzhi gave a gentle bow and softly said, "Everyone should already be aware of the situation in Central Continent. The circumstances are urgent, so I won’t elaborate. Please follow me."
No more pleasantries were exchanged.
The secret door to the Huazhi Underground opened, with Lu Nanzhi leading the way and Song Ci and Nanjin at her sides.
This entire floor had been completely transformed into the experiment base for the Neutral. The "Ancient Text Devices" developed by Zhuang Su and Qi Mo over the years, like the "Wing Iron" and other ancient text seals, were displayed along the corridor, and Lu Nanzhi had no intention of hiding them. Anyone with a keen eye could tell at a glance...
These were items researched by the Ancient Literature Society.
The bounty issued by the Deep Sea for Lu Nanzhi was real and not fabricated.
This legendary woman, who controlled the Great Capital Huazhi Group, was indeed a member of the Ancient Literature Society.
However.
The prominent figures who came to Huazhi all passed through the corridor without a change in their expressions... because this secret could no longer be considered a secret.
The events of that year, strictly speaking, were actually their fault towards Lu Nanzhi.
Upon stepping into the corridor, they vaguely guessed that the meeting Lu Nanzhi kept so "confidential" was probably related to the Ancient Literature Society.
"The entire Central Continent is starting to awaken connections through the Deep Sea."
"According to database calculations and simulations, if the Three Continents Alliance were to declare war on Central Continent today... even if they collaborated fully, they would still face a gap of over five times as many Transcendents. And this is just in the ’early stages of awakening’ in Central Continent. If the war gets prolonged by the Source Tower, this gap will only widen."
Lu Nanzhi spoke while walking.
"Sorry to interrupt..."
A large fortress guardian from the Northwest Frontier spoke up in confusion: "So many things have happened these days that I might have some ’information gaps.’ I’m a bit puzzled. Since the Awakening Bill has already been enacted in Central Continent, why can’t we adopt it too?"
Although this question was quite basic, it was actually quite classic.
The Empress and Bai Shu had already rushed to the front lines. The two Divine Thrones left in such a hurry.
So not every senior official was aware of the inside story of this war.
"Remember the declaration of war that Light City issued on the Deep Sea a few days ago? Next, we will do the same, and we will also declare war on the Deep Sea."
Lu Nanzhi stated calmly, "So, the Three Continents Alliance’s real opponent is not the Source Tower, but the Deep Sea."
The fortress guardian seemed a bit baffled.
"The reason you’re missing information is because you’ve been so busy with the ’Silver Fox General’ issues lately, right?"
Lu Nanzhi spoke in a deep voice, "The disappearance of the three generals, the issuance of the wanted notices... the series of incidents in recent days were all autonomously orchestrated by the Deep Sea. It has already developed its own consciousness and has started steering the human world."
"After the Chanyi City incident, the Deep Sea successfully completed its eleventh main system upgrade."
"Then, it introduced the ’awaken all’ during the tumult of war."
"If we adopt the Deep Sea’s awakening technology... this war will be effectively over."
Lu Nanzhi halted in her steps.
She waved her hand to summon a projected image, showing the Sangzhou Cave from many years ago. This small island has now been completely destroyed, leaving only some scattered remnants.
This is a precious image the Neutral retrieved from Sangzhou Cave.
Ten years ago, the Awakening Bill was initially enacted in the Sangzhou Cave... all the "ordinary people" in that region awakened through spiritual links.
However...
After awakening, their Spirit Sea was completely under the control of the Deep Sea.
The image showed the "Sang Island civilians" rescued by the Neutral.
These people were detained separately, each with a ferocious expression... because they had all lost control.
"What is this?"
The prominent figures present were stunned.
They had never seen this footage... due to the Ancient Literature Society’s identity needing to remain hidden, this segment of footage had always been suppressed by Lu Nanzhi at Huazhi Underground.
But today, it could be openly shared.
"This is how the Deep Sea controls Awakeners. It intends to obtain the ultimate authority to sanction the human world. As long as you connect through the Deep Sea network and passively awaken... the Deep Sea can take away your Spirit Sea at any time, making you part of the deep water area. During the Sangzhou Cave awakening experiment back then, many people died, their spirits being drained by the Deep Sea to serve as calculative power for the deep water area."
Lu Nanzhi lowered her gaze and said, "This kind of awakening only leads to chaos and then death."
Cold sweat dripped down everyone’s back.
Even Song Ci was no exception.
What a terrifying technology this was. On the surface, it seemed magnificent and spectacular, heralding the arrival of the "Extraordinary Era."
But if Transcendents couldn’t even control their own lives, what was the point of awakening?
The most frightening thing was...
Qinglong actually allowed the Deep Sea to use this technology. As a Divine Throne, he certainly knew all the details inside, yet he chose to act this way because he simply didn’t care!
This was severe negligence!
And the situation at this moment had escalated to a point where only a strong offensive was possible.
"The Deep Sea... wants to control the human world?"
Gong Zi felt his scalp tingling.
"Yes."
Lu Nanzhi stated calmly, "That is the reason for the declaration of war and the reason for today’s meeting."
Fisher’s voice was hoarse, "But the Deep Sea has already initiated awakening in Central Continent... in this situation, what solutions do we have?"
Lu Nanzhi placed her hand on a button, and as the platform recessed, a bronze box slowly emerged.
"Yes."
She took a deep breath and said, "My father... and Mr. Turing, left us a technology, a technology that allows everyone to master their own destiny and become ’Transcendent.’"
"Lion Awakening."
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