Lu Jun paused, his gaze returning to Gu Yue Na's face as he spoke clearly:
"What Huo Yuhao wants is for a prepared me to fight him."
"Not for a group of people to gang up on him. If ten thousand years ago, he could repel Tang San of the God Realm by himself, then ten thousand years later, if he truly harbors destructive malice toward Douluo Star..."
"Do you think he would give us time to sit here and hold a meeting to discuss countermeasures?"
Gu Yue Na frowned deeply, a flicker of struggle flashing through her purple eyes.
"You're that certain... that he has no ill intentions right now?"
"Malice?"
Lu Jun raised an eyebrow slightly, the corners of his lips curving into a faint, somewhat self-mocking smile.
"Perhaps he does, but at least for now, that malice... does not seem to be directed at me personally. It is directed at the Super Divine Artifact in my hands."
He stopped arguing with Gu Yue Na and turned to Xu Tiandi at the head of the table, asking directly:
"So, what does the Federation intend to do?"
Xu Tiandi met his gaze, a calm light bordering on coldness flickering in his golden eyes.
"At a time like this, we must maintain the highest level of vigilance, but we absolutely cannot throw ourselves into disarray."
His voice was steady and forceful, carrying the decisiveness of someone long accustomed to power.
"An all-out internal conflict with Huo Yuhao would play right into the Crimson Realm's hands."
"Therefore, the Federation's preliminary strategy is this: activate all orbital reconnaissance satellites and ground monitoring arrays to conduct uninterrupted twenty-four-hour surveillance of the region where Huo Yuhao is located, as well as global energy flows."
"At the same time, order all frontline defense forces into