Eleven projections appeared one after another in the Supreme Council chamber. They took their places around the round table and waited for the person who had called the meeting to arrive.
One member tapped impatiently on the table. "Old Gao called us here for an emergency meeting, so why is he late? Isn't he usually the first one to arrive?"
His name was Wang Jinglong, and he was the head of the Wang Financial Group. The Murong Group was merely one of the many organizations under his control.
"Did he tell you what this meeting is about? Has he figured out why the sun in the Sagittarius System exploded?"
The people of the Sagittarius System had temporarily relocated to the Eternal System. The financial groups under Wang Jinglong had all come crying to him about the enormous losses they'd suffered from the relocation, asking when the Alliance would move everyone back.
"Chairman, do you know?"
The chairman was a middle-aged man in a military uniform who commanded all of the Alliance's armed forces and held great prestige within the Alliance.
"He said it has something to do with aiding a less advanced civilization. He didn't give me the details."
"Aiding a less advanced civilization? Wasn't the matter with Tianhai Star already settled?" The chairman's answer left Wang Jinglong confused.
"Sorry, everyone. Adjusting the projection equipment took longer than expected."
The projection device lit up, and Dean Gao arrived at last.
But this time, he wasn't alone. Another figure had appeared with him: an extraterrestrial visitor.
Seeing the outsider, Wang Jinglong looked displeased. "Old Gao, what's going on? This is the Supreme Council. Why have you brought an outsider here?"
"This is the person you wanted to meet."
Only then did everyone get a good look at the thirteenth person. Their