You Are Different, I'll Give You Five Thousand Years

The atmosphere in the conference hall froze instantly.

All eyes converged on the black-haired member of the Human Race at the end of the oval table.

At this moment, Lin Yi, the focus of everyone's attention, felt a faint sense of amusement.

He had originally intended to remain a wallflower during this first core meeting, listening quietly to quickly familiarize himself with the procedures and the attitudes of the various parties.

It seemed that was no longer an option.

Although Eldest Senior Brother Zhen Yu had warned him that this Lord Ellis had a strong personality and spoke bluntly, potentially saying things that might be "unpleasant to hear," Lin Yi had no intention of showing weakness.

Meeting those eyes, which seemed to contain a vortex of space-time, he raised an eyebrow slightly and said calmly:

"The meeting notice and seating arrangements were issued by the base system. After receiving the notification, I took my seat here according to the guidelines. Why, does Lord Ellis feel there is something improper about this arrangement?"

Once these words were spoken, one could hear a pin drop in the hall.

Zhen Yu's brows were tightly locked, though he remained silent, while Sijia's gaze narrowed, lost in thought.

As for the other deities, most wore expressions of surprise. They had not expected that the newcomer, in his first meeting, would encounter a direct challenge from the strongest person in the base, and that there would even be a hint of a head-on confrontation.

Seeing Lin Yi's attitude, a strange light flashed through Ellis's cold eyes. He stared at Lin Yi for two seconds, then the corners of his mouth twitched, and he let out a short, light laugh.

"Ha."

The laughter was not warm, but it dispelled the icy standoff that had nearly solidified the