The lights in the Command Headquarters' large projection display area cast bizarre, shifting lines across Bai Tiancong's face. The same was true for everyone else here.
In such a complex lighting environment, the thoughts in people's hearts became even harder to discern.
Bai Tiancong shifted his gaze forward and saw an empty seat. It had been Tai Yu's seat, but the man had already left. Before leaving, he had specifically reported to Bai Tiancong that he was going out to talk with Priest Farul.
Indeed, Bai Tiancong had personally seen Tai Yu leave with Farul.
It could be said that those two were the main reason Bai Tiancong was now completely on the back foot. Yet with them absent, he instead felt strangely unsettled.
At that moment, his trusted secretary Kaiya leaned over and said in a very low voice, "The management committee has notified us that there will be a video conference in half an hour. You'll need to explain today's operation at the meeting."
The corner of Bai Tiancong's mouth twitched, but he was not surprised in the slightest.
In fact, one of the important reasons that Si Nuowan, that Celestial bodyguard, had deliberately blown this matter up so much was to buy time for Ma Yong, Xi Chang, and the other Xi Corporation powerholders in Star Ring City to grasp the situation and come up with a response.
Besides, Bai Tiancong felt that they were most likely putting on a show for everyone:
The Red Silicon Star System was chaotic enough already, and Star Ring City was its most important rear base. If open, no-holds-barred chaos broke out here, even Chief Priest Seo would not want to see it, would he?
Bai Tiancong did not know whether Chief Priest Seo wanted to see it or not. In