Lu Jun tossed the question back to the people below.
Having been called upon, the senior officials naturally could not remain silent.
Very soon, several officials and generals responsible for intelligence, public security, and internal oversight rose one after another to present their respective plans.
Some suggested deploying new Soul Guidance detection arrays on a massive scale to scan the entire region—better to kill by mistake than let anything slip through.
Others proposed mobilizing civilian Soul Masters and sect forces, offering bounties, and launching a nationwide manhunt.
Still others advocated using key cities and energy nodes as bait, setting traps to lure the snake from its hole...
There were countless proposals, each with its own focus, and all of them sounded quite thorough.
Xu Tiandi listened quietly. Only after the final person had finished speaking did he slowly shake his head.
"Not enough."
His words were brief and direct.
"Detection arrays are enormously expensive, cannot provide complete coverage, and can easily be avoided by high-level Abyss creatures."
"Mobilizing the entire population is inefficient, likely to cause panic, and makes it difficult to verify the truth of the information gathered."
"Waiting for prey by a tree stump is too passive. The Abyss may not act at the time we expect."
He rejected several core ideas in succession, making those who had proposed them look ashamed and rendering the atmosphere in the hall even heavier.
Indeed, against elusive and exceptionally cunning Abyss creatures, conventional methods seemed utterly inadequate.
Xu Tiandi looked at Lu Jun again.
"Lu Jun, what do you think?"
Lu Jun had been listening silently all along. Only now did he smile faintly.
"Everyone's proposals have been carefully considered and offer considerable value as reference."
He first gave them his approval, then shifted his tone.
"But the core problem is