Should this be called a single stone stirring up a thousand waves, or a peaceful Fish Pond suddenly being hit by a Depth Charge?
In any case, ever since Huai Shi's report had been submitted, the entire Central Decision Room had become a complete mess.
Without the premise of a major conference, countless regional and central factions had been arguing furiously over the phone.
The brokers deployed at high frequency like Sled Dogs, running back and forth with their tongues hanging out, nearly breaking their legs and gasping for breath. Through ceaseless probing and declarations of position, they sought common ground and a basis for alliance amid ambiguous wording, subtle attitudes, and all manner of hints.
Then, amid wave after wave of ripples spreading outward, everyone climbed together toward ever greater heights of blood pressure.
Bringing about another carnival of cerebral hemorrhages.
Like most fuses, once one had been lit, the focus was no longer on that fuse itself, but on deeper and older history, inertia, contradictions, and even positions.
One application had touched the sensitive nerves of countless people, while Canaan had already entered full lockdown, cut off from within and without. It was impossible even to verify things privately.
In response, everyone's first reaction was that the Heavenly Kingdom Lineage and Green Sun had indeed gotten into bed together!
Next, they thought that Huai Shi was using his authority to test the Unified Bureau's bottom line. Whether he was paving the way for the Heavenly Kingdom Lineage's next move or had some other scheme in mind, this was absolutely no trivial matter and had to be treated with caution.
But in the end, once everyone thought it over carefully, they realized... this matter, this application, seemed, perhaps, maybe, actually rather reasonable?
After all, it was the Heavenly Kingdom