"No wonder! No wonder Federation mental rehabilitation centers across the regions have recently been reporting frequent cases of unexplained mental agitation and extreme aggression!"
"And last month's leak of core technical data from East Soul Tool Precision Components Factory No. 3—the investigation had gone nowhere. Now it seems..."
"The Spirit Pagoda had barely completed its transfer of power when public opinion immediately spiraled out of control. They clearly wanted to exploit this sensitive period of internal transition to throw the situation into chaos and make us kill each other!"
"And recently, the online news has been impossible to suppress. There have been numerous bizarre deaths of young and middle-aged men in many places. The cause of death was... was complete exhaustion, their bodies reduced to skeletons—utterly drained to death. We previously thought it was some new method used by Evil Soul Masters, but now..."
"That must be it. It was definitely done by those Abyss creatures of the Black Empress Clan. They actually used such... such despicable methods, controlling and draining humans to weaken us, spread panic, and try to destroy us from within!"
The moment those words were spoken, the entire meeting descended into utter chaos. Panic spread like a plague. Even military heavyweight Yu Guanzhi, who had weathered countless storms, looked extremely grim, cold sweat beading in his palms.
Although humanity had won the brutal war against the Abyss Plane six thousand years ago, the price they had paid had been unimaginably severe. Even now, reading the classified files on it sent chills down one's spine.
They had never dared forget that history, carved in blood and sacrifice!
"Quiet, all of you!"
Xu Tiandi suddenly raised a hand and pressed hard against his brow, shouting in a deep voice.
His voice was not particularly loud, yet it carried