"The immediate problem is how we're supposed to curb the Great Flame Empire's expansion."
Lu Qingxian's gaze swept over everyone's faces. "If we allow the Great Flame Empire to keep expanding this quickly, it won't be many years before its armies turn their blades toward our Human Federation."
"All we can do is wait for the Earth Tree Race's reinforcements to arrive."
A Council executive said helplessly, "Five level-210 experts vanished so strangely. Bunier and Blake can't possibly go running back to the Heavenly Spirit Star System."
Lu Qingxian shook his head. "I'm talking about what happens if the reinforcements arrive and Yi Chen still hasn't been captured."
Everyone was stunned.
They understood what Lu Qingxian meant.
It made all of them feel that Lu Qingxian was being a little overly anxious.
They subconsciously wanted to refute him, but when the words reached their lips, they all swallowed them back down.
Worrying too much was not necessarily a bad thing.
They were also worried about the major problem of whether the Earth Tree Race's reinforcements would be able to capture Yi Chen after they arrived.
Since they were worried, then no matter how high the chance of success was, it meant this situation truly could occur.
The best method was undoubtedly to wait for the Earth Tree Race to resolve this matter.
The problem was, who the hell knew whether the Earth Tree Race could resolve it?
In the past, every time had seemed like a sure thing, yet every time, they had returned empty-handed.
Seeing that everyone had already understood what he meant, Lu Qingxian sighed. "Just like before Yi Chen came to collect the second interest payment from us, whether or not the Earth Tree Race can resolve this trouble, we cannot just sit around and wait for