During this Night Expedition's Destruction mission, the three commanders faced a difficult choice.
Xixi Li, the Bio-Exterminator; Seratos, the Sky Fortress; and Hei'erwen, the Astrologer, held a fierce, secret discussion in the conference room about whether the Blood-Derived mentioned in Black Cloak Jiali's speculation truly existed.
They even gave a title to this possible Blood-Derived: a "pioneer" who had brought about a major transformation in Blood-Derived society and, in just a few decades, single-handedly established the Silver Lamp Masters' system of social evolution. They called him Zero, the Silver Lamp Master.
In the end,
the argument for abandoning the impending saturated fission-level radiation catastrophe strike gradually gained the upper hand.
Meanwhile, as the three leaders held their secret discussion in the conference room,
the people in the control room began to sense that something was amiss.
Just moments ago,
the three leaders had announced that they would launch a saturated Radiation Weapon strike on the Night Eye in three days. In the shock that followed, everyone had begun preparing themselves for war in the name of the Eagle-Non War, bracing for the brutal fighting and sacrifices to come.
Yet after Black Cloak Jiali of the Thunder Century Academy had stepped forward and said something to the three leaders, their expressions had changed in a way they could hardly hide.
Then the three of them had hurried into the secret conference room, looking tense.
As a result,
the people reading the publicly available war plans couldn't help growing intensely curious about Black Cloak Jiali.
What on earth had he just said to the three leaders?
Whether intentionally or not, several people edged closer to Black Cloak Jiali and Humble Scholar Xixido, who were talking in private.
Xixido had naturally noticed them. He sighed helplessly. "Looks like trouble's found us after all.