A complicated silence filled the conference hall.
There was sympathy, helplessness, and perhaps a touch of indifference from those who felt it had nothing to do with them.
Help?
How?
Send troops into that already-devastated continent?
At what cost?
And where was the benefit?
The meeting entered its final phase: proposals from the member states.
Some countries proposed strengthening intelligence cooperation and sharing technology.
Several countries in nearby regions proposed establishing joint regional defenses, dividing up defensive zones, and coordinating the elimination of Nest sites along their borders.
The light in the eyes of the Congo representative and the other African representatives dimmed with each proposal.
At last, it was the Xia Kingdom representative's turn to speak.
He was a middle-aged man with a composed air.
He stood, but did not immediately read the speech he had prepared in advance. Instead, he gave a soft cough to draw everyone's attention.
"Mr. Chairman, fellow delegates."
He cleared his throat and spoke slowly. "I apologize. Just before this meeting began, we finalized a new proposal. It was drawn up at Principal Lin Yi's request, after comprehensive consideration by multiple departments in our country."
Lin Yi!
His name seemed to hold a certain magic. The heavy atmosphere in the hall tightened in an instant.
Everyone's eyes turned toward the speaker, including those of the delegates who had already begun to lose interest.
The Xia Kingdom representative picked up an electronic document that had just been sent to him and read it out solemnly:
"Under the relevant provisions of the Blue Star Community Charter, and in view of the serious and urgent threat that the Abyss Tide crisis on the African continent poses to global security, the Xia Kingdom hereby formally puts forward the following initiative: 'Initiative on Forming the Blue Star United Expeditionary