International Martial Warriors Alliance Eastern Arbitration Office.
William stood in front of the holographic screen, his brows knitted together tightly.
A full hour has passed since Andrew led the team into the Great Xia Eastern Sea defense zone.
According to the original plan, this elite team led by Half-Step Martial Sovereign and equipped with top-level battleships can forcibly take over the No. 7 Crystal Mine in just ten minutes.
"Haven't we contacted you yet?"
William slapped the console hard.
The liaison officer's forehead was covered with cold sweat, his hands were tapping frantically on the operation panel, and the answers he gave made William even more irritable.
"Sir, the signal of Judgment has completely disappeared. Not only the battleship, but also the vital sign monitoring Terminal of the captain Andrew and the arbitration team members have also been disconnected."
"All broken?" William gritted his teeth, his expression becoming more ferocious.
No matter how powerful the Great Xia people are, they will never be able to silently wipe out an entire arbitration team in such a short period of time. Even the Judgment battleship failed to send back any distress signal.
The only explanation is that Great Xia used national strategic weapons, forcibly cut off communications, and illegally detained alliance law enforcement personnel.
"That's too much!"
William grabbed the coat hanging on the back of the chair and walked out.
"Notify the Public Relations Department and hold an international press conference immediately. Since they dare to arrest people, then we will settle the matter in front of the whole world. By the way, contact Western Alliance and Northern Union and prepare to assemble the multinational Martial Warrior troops."
Great Xia, War God Hall headquarters.
Ruan Long was sitting in the main seat, listening to East Sea Branch Zhou Lie's report, an intriguing smile appeared on his originally calm face.
"What did you say? Li Zhengyang stripped off all the arbitration teams of the League of Nations and dragged them away to mine?"
Not only was there no panic in his tone, but he was full of interest.
On the other side of the communication screen, Zhou Lie wiped his sweat and nodded repeatedly.
"It's absolutely true. Just now, Minister Li not only knocked down that Half-Step Martial Sovereign Andrew, but also hijacked the Judgment battleship in the sky. Now those people are wielding pickaxes at the bottom of the pit."
"Well done!"
Ruan Long slapped his thigh and couldn't help but laugh softly.
As the helmsman of the War God Hall, he is very aware of the current international situation.
On the surface, countries are smiling at peace and friendship, talking about "international conventions" and "joint development", but in fact they are stabbing each other secretly, testing Great Xia's bottom line all the time.
"Master, the International side has already taken action."
A war god walked over quickly with an urgent piece of information.
"The alliance Eastern Arbitration Office has issued a joint global condemnation statement and will hold a press conference ten minutes later. They are mobilizing the multinational Martial Warrior coalition forces in the surrounding waters and are ready to put pressure on East Sea Defense Line at any time."
Ruan Long smashed the coffee table at hand with a slap and stood up.
"Do you really think Great Xia is a soft persimmon that you can pinch whenever you want?"
"Send the order East Sea Defense Line immediately and never give in! If they dare to cross the line even half a step, fire directly!"
Ten minutes later.
The large-scale press conference at the International Martial Warriors Alliance headquarters.
The cameras of hundreds of the world's top media were all focused on the podium.
William stood in front of the microphone in a suit and leather shoes, pretending to be distressed.
"Ladies and gentlemen. Just today, International Martial Warriors Alliance encountered an unprecedented provocation."
He pressed the remote control, and a maliciously edited video appeared on the huge holographic screen behind him.
In the picture, a so-called "fierce conflict" occurred between the Great Xia defenders and the alliance exploration team, followed immediately by the warning red light before the Judgment battleship lost contact.
William pressed his hands on the podium and complained righteously, "Great Xia Martial Warrior Li Zhengyang not only brutally massacred dozens of our innocent prospectors in the disputed mining area, but even colluded with the Great Xia military to illegally detain Arbitration Team Seven who went to investigate."
The audience was in an uproar, and the shutters of reporters from various countries were flying.
William raised his voice and continued to stir up emotions, "This kind of behavior is a blatant violation of international conventions! The Alliance will never compromise."
"We have assembled multinational Martial Warrior forces and require Great Xia to immediately hand over Li Zhengyang and return control of the mining area. Otherwise, we will take all necessary means to maintain peace and justice in the international community!"
Just as he was preparing to announce the next step of sanctions.
Zhi!
A sound of electricity suddenly echoed throughout the hall.
The giant holographic screen behind him flashed twice, and the screen suddenly went black.
William was stunned for a moment, then turned around and scolded the technician, "What's going on? Repair the signal immediately!"
The technical director in the background was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and his hands were operating rapidly on the keyboard, but to no avail.
"Sir, the system has been locked by the highest external authority! The other party has accessed the main control center of Judgment and directly used the battleship's global broadcast array to forcibly cover our frequency band!"
"What?" William's eyes widened.
The underlying logic of Judgment is deadlocked by the alliance headquarters. How can it be controlled by outsiders?
Before he could react, the black screen came back on.
A young and handsome face appeared in the center of the global live broadcast.
It is Li Zhengyang.
He held a piece of High-Purity Purple Vein Crystal in his hand, and in the background was the deep pit of the Eastern Sea No. 7 Ore Belt.
"Hey, can you hear me?"
Li Zhengyang tapped the lens casually, "The equipment is quite easy to use. These people finally left something valuable behind."
The whole place was dead silent.
Hundreds of millions of people around the world who were watching the live broadcast were also stunned.
No one expected that Great Xia Martial Warrior, who was at the center of this storm, would show up forcefully in this way.
William pointed at the screen and shouted, "Cut it off! Cut it off immediately!"
Unfortunately, the battleship's broadcast authority was completely "forcibly taken over" by the system, and the technical staff at the alliance headquarters were so tired that they vomited blood and could not shake the slightest bit.
In the picture, Li Zhengyang directly ignored William's incompetent rage and spoke slowly.
"I just heard someone shouting, saying that I illegally detained the arbitration team? I have always been a law-abiding person, and I don't accept such rumors."
After that, he turned the camera downwards.
The picture on the holographic screen instantly switched to the bottom of the mine.
I saw a dozen gray-faced men wielding stainless steel pickaxes and digging wildly at the rock wall.
Every time the pickaxe went down, sparks flew everywhere, and the work was in full swing.
The person at the front who was working the hardest with the pickaxe, with half of his face swollen like a pig's head, was the famous Captain Arbitration Team Seven, Andrew of the League of Nations.
Andrew is carrying a piece of Raw Purple Vein Crystal weighing several tons, staggering towards the transport truck.
Behind him, a Battle Puppet is holding a long whip.
Snap!
The whip hit Andrew firmly on his back, causing him to stagger.
Andrew gritted his teeth in humiliation and almost shed tears, but he could only speed up his pace.
The global audience was in an uproar.
The dignified Half-Step Martial Sovereign, the elite captain of the International League, actually works as a coolie in someone else's mine?
This is too outrageous!
"Turn it off! I order you to turn off this damn picture!"
William completely broke the defense and smashed the podium in front of him like crazy.
"Insulting the alliance is a declaration of war! This is a naked declaration of war!"
He snatched the communicator from the adjutant's hand and gave the order:
"Notify Western Alliance Third Fleet, who is swimming on the high seas of the Eastern Sea, and Northern Union's "Crazy War" regiment..."
"No need to wait for assembly! Now! Immediately! Lock the No. 7 crystal mine for me and blast the entire mining area to the ground!"