Lu Qingxian and the senior members of the Council and Military sat stiffly in the Meeting Room. They waited more than three hours.
Morris finally sent another communication request.
Lu Qingxian connected the call at once.
"Lord Envoy, what did the lords of the External Affairs Department say?"
Lu Qingxian and the other higher-ups looked at Morris in fearful unease, terrified that he would give them an outcome none of them could accept.
"You're lucky. After learning of the grudge between your Human Federation and the Human Race Supreme Expert Yi Chen, and confirming that this matter was likely Yi Chen's attempt to drag the Human Federation down with him, more than half of the higher-ups felt your responsibility wasn't too great. They're willing to give you another chance."
Morris spoke calmly. ❃
At those words, Lu Qingxian and the higher-ups all let out a breath of relief.
Thank goodness.
They had escaped disaster.
"As for the Human Race Supreme Expert Yi Chen, what does your Human Federation think?"
Morris asked.
"Well..."
Lu Qingxian and the higher-ups looked at one another, their hearts tangled with hesitation.
"Lord Envoy... Yi Chen really didn't sign the Subordinate Contract on behalf of our Human Race?"
Marshal Tie Xue could not help asking.
Even now, they still found it somewhat impossible to accept that Yi Chen would use such a method to take revenge on the Human Federation.
They all knew very well that Yi Chen hated the Human Federation to the bone. Whether he wanted to obtain control over the Human Federation or destroy it, both fit Yi Chen's style and personality.
But using his own future and the lives of the Great Flame Empire's citizens to deliberately toy with the Earth Tree Race and drag the Human Federation down with him was