The Situation Reverses, Super Fifth Order Card!

Hope City, Municipal Building.

A lonely crescent moon hung lazily from the corner of the building, making the night seem even darker.

The buildings around the Municipal Building had all turned off their lights, sinking into a long-lasting, peaceful darkness.

The night breeze whispered softly.

Chen Shen sat upright in his office on the third floor, approving documents one after another, his brows tightly furrowed.

Over the past half month, the few large territories nearby that liked to make a fuss had suddenly fallen silent and started behaving themselves, which relieved him considerably.

But on the other side, pressure from territories even farther from Tian Yuan Territory had suddenly surged over.

It was not much different from the situation predicted by the Tian Yuan Think Tank, which had previously consisted of over a hundred people.

With the end of Dragon Flag Territory's three-year protection period approaching, nearly thirty large territories had jointly demanded that Tian Yuan Territory open up its energy-stone technology and share this advanced technology capable of changing the course of humanity.

Many of those territories could still calmly negotiate because of their previous trade relations, even proposing to exchange benefits for the technology.

But quite a few territories had openly transformed into bullies, issuing threatening ultimatums and implying that they would immediately impose sanctions if Tian Yuan Territory refused to open up the technology.

Of course, with the industrial foundation Tian Yuan Territory had long since established, there was no need to fear these territories' threats.

But becoming the target of everyone's hostility and being opposed by so many people was absolutely not something Chen Shen wanted to see.

Even if a battle ultimately proved unavoidable, there were still questions to consider.

How should the first punch be thrown? In what way? To what extent should they