The venue fell silent.
The expressions on everyone's faces varied. Some lowered their heads to stare at their fingers, some looked up at the ceiling and counted its patterns, while others pretended to be ignorant and confused.
After a long while, Director An slowly said, "We had anticipated this situation long ago. We just didn't expect it to come so quickly. According to our projections, it should have taken at least several decades, perhaps even a century, before a supreme expert capable of breaking the balance of all forces emerged. With that much time, many of our technologies and research projects would have already made breakthroughs, creating a new balance of power, much like Mushroom Deterrence."
"But the problem is that someone capable of breaking the balance has already appeared," Ming Yuerong continued.
"Listen, woman, are you ever going to stop? Break the balance? Hmph, there's already a massive shadow hanging over our heads. The appearance of someone like this is a good thing!" Little Panda suddenly flew into a rage. "What, do you want to become Wanyan Gou? You don't dare fight outsiders, but you sure get fired up when it comes to attacking your own people!"
"Y-you're slandering me!" Ming Yuerong's face flushed. The sudden attack caught her off guard.
She had not expected anyone to speak of her that way. She had clearly acted out of public concern. After all, Qu Weijiang's incident had truly caught everyone unprepared. If it had not been resolved in time, the Patrol Division might have suffered a devastating setback this year.
Although many projects had failed before, none had suffered losses this severe. If they had truly lost that heavily invested Fragment World, they would likely have had to cut many projects.
Of course, her timing in raising the issue had