Chapter 1095: A Summit to Chart the Nation's Fate
East Coast, El-Calvinia Continent, Lunovila Central City, Aurelian Palace—the seat of the Federation Executive Government.
Today, the Executive Government was holding its customary year-end reception, inviting numerous political and business leaders, as well as delegations from various countries.
Since taking office, the New Executive Officer had devoted much of his energy to diplomacy while maintaining the Federation's military traditions. Over the past year, his invitations had extended beyond the Great Shun Republic to the corporate Union, major regional powers, and the Continental Alliance, followed by a series of negotiations.
The topics under discussion concerned global defense security and crisis management. In truth, this was an old subject, but its revival did not mean the Federation had abandoned the struggle for interests. Rather, its strategic direction had begun shifting from regional expansion to restructuring the global order.
Although there had yet to be any clear official announcement, analyses from many countries generally believed that this major strategic shift might rest on breakthroughs in certain key technologies. One of them was the widely speculated possibility that a new generation of High-Energy Algae had already been successfully developed.
In fact, Great Shun had also drawn considerable attention at the exchange conference. The Federation had chosen the path of technological breakthroughs, but Great Shun was likewise undergoing internal structural adjustments. The advancement of the Skyline Project had attracted worldwide attention, and just last month, another Central City had joined the project. The pace of these mergers might grow faster and faster over time.
By the quickest estimates, most of Great Shun's Central Cities might be integrated into a single information exchange network within two years. Once such integration was complete, it would vastly improve Great Shun's administrative efficiency and capacity for resource utilization.
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