"Do not let this battle footage spread."
Taisheng Steel's voice still echoed in Meng Jin's mind. That was the instruction he had received two hours ago when he had sought out Taisheng Steel alone to report.
He had shown the Six Elders the battle in which "Xing Tian" had erupted.
Although doing so had also exposed Meng Jin's current true strength, that was not necessarily a bad thing...
"Meng Jin? Meng Jin?"
Meng Jin snapped out of his daze and immediately recovered from his lapse in focus. He lowered his head apologetically toward Taisheng Steel, who sat at the head of the conference table.
"My apologies, Elder Tai. I'm not in great condition and got distracted."
"Mm." Taisheng Steel nodded. "You've worked hard this time. Failing to retrieve the Number Five Stone Slab was not your fault, so don't blame yourself too much."
"Thank you for your understanding," Meng Jin replied calmly.
Taisheng Steel continued presiding over the meeting.
"You now more or less understand the basic situation. Fu Jian's intention to move against us is becoming increasingly obvious.
"Perhaps you have always believed that Fu Jian was the weaker party. We have continuously encroached upon the military and political forces of the major Comprehensive War Zones and have nearly achieved substantive control over half of the Human World, so we are the stronger side.
"In truth, the opposite is the case.
"Fu Jian has already voluntarily revealed two of his three trump cards: the Autonomous Mech clusters, the overload mode of the Half-Human Mechs, and the third is his extensive influence across the major war zones.
"Now, Fu Jian has also received Black Storm's technical support: weapons that can independently utilize psionic energy, coordinated combat tactics that can gather psionic energy to combine fighting strength, as well as medicine