In the conference room, the atmosphere was solemn with a hint of excitement.
The long oval table was already full of people.
Li Zhenguo is sitting in the main seat. Although there are a few unnoticeable strands of white hair on the temples, his eyes are even deeper.
Unlike Nie Chang, who lacks talent in source energy, Li Zhenguo combines the atmosphere of a politician with a restrained source energy fluctuation.
While he was busy with state affairs, he did not forget to exercise his energy control. Now he not only fully digested the benefits brought by the evolutionary fluid, but even went one step further and stepped into the second level of Stardust level.
This is already the best among senior executives.
General Staff Chief of Staff Zhou Donglai is sitting on the left hand side of Li Zhenguo, his brows are slightly frowned out of habit, as if he is thinking about a certain tactical problem.
He unconsciously turned a special energy pen between his fingers, and the aura exuding from his body suddenly reached Stardust level.
Scientific Research Institute's Dean Dong is sitting a little further away. He is wearing a pair of special glasses and has an electronic notebook spread out in front of him. He seems to be still immersed in the shock of the breakthrough and battle live broadcast not long ago.
At the same time, his body also has a strong source energy response. Obviously, scientific research has not delayed his own improvement.
The person in charge of the Propaganda Department, Wang Shuo, is sitting upright with a gentle smile on his face.
But if you look closely, you can find a complex emotion of exhaustion and excitement hidden deep in his eyes.
Wang Shuo also stepped into Stardust level, but his aura was not stable because he had accumulated it for three years and exchanged his merits for the evolutionary fluid upgrade some time ago.
Zhao Bin, the person in charge of the Logistics Equipment Department, seemed a little absent-minded. He tapped his fingers lightly on the table and was silently thinking about how to deal with a lot of things that Liu Qiying handed over in the morning, especially Watcher Integrated Defense System.
Seeing Lin Yi pushing the door in, everyone in the conference room, including Li Zhenguo, focused their eyes on him, and everyone stood up in unison.
A heartfelt smile spread across Li Zhenguo's face, he walked around the table and hurried over to greet her, and took the initiative to extend his hand. "Comrade Lin Yi, thank you for your hard work! Come on, sit here."
"Principal Lin!"
"Congratulations Principal Lin!"
Everyone also opened their mouths to congratulate.
Lin Yi shook hands with Li Zhenguo, then nodded to everyone with a smile.
His attitude was calm and he showed no arrogance at all because of the feat he had just completed.
After Lin Yi sat down in the seat to the right of Li Zhenguo, Li Zhenguo returned to the main seat, cleared his throat, and the conference room immediately became quiet.
"Comrades."
Li Zhenguo spoke first, with a loud voice.
"First of all, let us congratulate our Comrade Lin Yi with the warmest applause. Today, we successfully broke through to the unprecedented Star Core level. And with a thunderous force, we killed the main nest Leader level that was entrenched in Mount Everest and had caused huge losses to our country, codenamed "Thunder Giant Dragon" Abyssal Beast."
He paused, looked across the room, and spoke in an encouraging tone.
"This marks that Comrade Lin Yi has become our Blue Star, invincible in the absolute sense."
"Wow!"
Thunderous applause broke out instantly and filled the entire conference room.
Hearing the words "Invincible", Lin Yi kept a decent smile on his face, but couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed in his heart.
Invincible?
Maybe, but only within this planet.
The real test, the gazes and potential threats from the sea of stars, are still in "heaven".
Lin Yi stood up to express his thanks, then raised his hand and pressed it softly. The applause gradually subsided, with some lingering meaning.
Afterwards, Li Zhenguo looked serious and his tone became serious. "This emergency meeting was proposed by Comrade Lin Yi. Now, please Comrade Lin Yi, please explain to us the main topics of this meeting."
In an instant, all eyes focused on Lin Yi again.
Even Li Zhenguo himself had a clear inquiry in his eyes.
This is indeed the consistent style of Lin Yi, which is vigorous and resolute. Once the key is discerned or a decision is made, the core team will be summoned immediately without lengthy preliminary preparations.
Only he has the privilege of directly submitting the matter to the Supreme Council without any prior consultation.
It would have been impossible for anyone else to hastily convene a meeting of this size with just one sentence if they had not been able to clearly explain the main content of the topic in advance.
Under the scorching gaze of everyone, Lin Yi did not get to the point immediately this time.
He leaned back slightly and his eyes slowly swept over the familiar faces present, these comrades and colleagues who had supported the sky with him in the past nearly four years.
A gentle, slightly nostalgic smile appeared on his face, and he said a seemingly casual opening sentence:
"Most of the comrades here have been working at Dragon Abyss underground Command Center for almost four years, right? How do you feel?"
This seemingly common question made the atmosphere in the conference room subtly stagnant.
Zhao Bin of the Logistics Equipment Department felt a "thump" in his heart almost like a conditioned reflex, subconsciously thinking that Lin Yi had an opinion on Command Center's hardware facilities or environment.
After all, this place was designed and built more than 30 years ago. Although it is extremely sturdy, in terms of comfort and intelligence, it is indeed incomparable with today's East Peak Military Academy buildings that apply new technologies.
He quickly explained to the biggest "funder" who supported Merit System's inventory of high-end items. "Principal Lin, do you think there is any need for improvement? The facilities here are indeed a bit old. We Logistics Equipment Department can immediately organize the most professional technical team to conduct a comprehensive assessment and upgrade to ensure"
Lin Yi smiled and shook his head, interrupting his slightly nervous words.
"No, you misunderstood. The Dragon Abyss center is very good. It is indestructible and fully functional. In the most difficult days of the past four years, it has made indelible contributions to the survival of our civilization. I have no dissatisfaction with this."
He paused and glanced at everyone again, with an inexplicable meaning in his tone. "What I want to ask you more is: Do you want to change your working environment?"
Change your work environment?
There was a brief silence in the conference room, and you could hear the drop of a pin.
Leave Dragon Abyss?
Where to go?
Should we build a more advanced command center?
Or is it that Principal Lin has obtained something new and can create some kind of new mobile command platform based on energy technology?
Zhou Donglai thought for a moment. He habitually started from the military and security perspective and asked in a deep voice, "Principal Lin means that we need to establish more backup or distributed command nodes to deal with possible extreme situations? Or is Dragon Abyss's current security subject to new threats that we are not aware of yet?"
As the person in charge of General Staff, he must consider all potential risks.
Dong Wang Dean pushed up his glasses, and his eyes lit up behind the lenses, revealing the unique curiosity and excitement of a technical expert. "New working environment?"
"Is it involving large-scale space expansion technology? Or is it a virtual immersive command system based on the energy matrix? Or is it a new ecological building complex built on a large-scale recovered nest?"
His thinking has jumped to the application scenarios of future technology.
What Propaganda Department is thinking about is the symbolic meaning and impact on public opinion that this move may bring.
He considered it and said:
"If you really want to consider relocating Command Center, site selection will be crucial. It is not only an office location, but also a symbol, related to people's morale, and requires careful public opinion guidance and image shaping in advance."
Seeing the various speculations and reactions caused by his seemingly casual words, the smile on Lin Yi's face faded slightly.
He coughed lightly, gathered everyone's attention, and then said.
"Neither."
Lin Yi's voice was not loud, but it stopped all discussions and speculations instantly.
Everyone's eyes were firmly fixed on him, waiting for his next words.
Lin Yi stood up slowly, not looking at the holographic map, but his eyes seemed to have penetrated the thick rock formations and saw the outside world.
His voice reached everyone's ears clearly:
"My proposal is"
Lin Yi paused, making sure every word was imprinted on everyone's mind, "Start preparations to launch a full-scale counterattack against Abyss Beast Nest in the country."
Full counterattack!
These four words were like thunder that had accumulated tens of thousands of tons of power, exploding in the conference room.
Although the situation has been improving in recent years and the lost ground has been recovered one after another, the concept of "comprehensive counterattack" still seems so heavy to the senior officials here who are well aware of the horrors of the giant nest and the main nest.
Even a little distant.
That means that it is no longer a small-scale clearing and defense, but to take the initiative to smash those giant nests that are entrenched on one side, with terrifying leaders and countless Abyssal Beast armies, and even the main nest that symbolizes despair and death.
"And the first goal."
Lin Yi didn't give everyone much time to digest this huge amount of information. He raised his hand and pointed at the huge holographic map in the center of the conference room.
"Select it and regain our capital."
The conference room suddenly fell into silence.
Li Zhenguo took a deep breath and tried to calm the turmoil in his heart.
He looked at Lin Yi with serious eyes.
"Comrade Lin Yi, this decision is of great importance. How sure are you? How much price do we need to be prepared to pay?"
This is not hesitation or retreat, but the responsibility of shouldering the expectations of hundreds of millions of people, which requires him to ask this question.
Lin Yi met Li Zhenguo's gaze and said slowly, "Confirmation is based on strength."
"Now, I have reached the level of Star Core level and have the ability to kill the leader of the main nest head-on. The nest in the capital is just a giant nest. In addition, the domestic Source Martial Army system is mature and perfect, and Training Corps is the sharpest knife among sharp knives. Even among the private warriors, there are geniuses who have touched the threshold of the rules."
"I think that with me dealing with the Star Core level source beast, others are already capable of handling the remaining Abyssal Beast army."
He listed his increasingly abundant capital one by one, each one representing the arduous efforts and accumulation of the past four years.
"Looking back at Abyssal Beast, its expansion momentum has been successfully curbed by us, and its Leader level units are being eliminated one by one by me. With one ebb and flow, their threat is relatively weakening."
"Destroying the giant Abyss Nest entrenched in the capital not only has irreplaceable symbolic significance and strategic value, but also declares to all survivors that we have the ability and determination to regain everything we have lost."
Lin Yi's gaze swept over everyone present, "There will inevitably be a price. War is never gentle, and sacrifices are inevitable. But we still haven't figured out the changing laws of the nest. If we continue to delay and remain stubborn because of fear of the price, if something unexpected happens, we will fall into a more passive predicament."
"The correct way to respond is to take the initiative when you are able and take the strategic initiative into your own hands."
"Everyone."
Lin Yi paused for a moment before speaking slowly.
"We have been fighting for nearly four years deep underground for the survival of civilization. It is time to step out of Dragon Abyss, return to the ground, return to the sun, and take back with our own hands the clear sky that belongs to us."