In a vast room filled with screens inside the Imperial Capital Ancient City in Capital City, Human Nation, Kong Yanji, Zhou Qianyan, Elias, Beatrice, Yun Tian, Bian Yao, and Tang Dingyi-the nation's highest-ranking leaders-had gathered as usual to see whether there was any news.
The reason?
More than forty days had passed since Cheng Yu left for the Sandbar Continent. Back then, Human Nation's satellite had clearly captured him talking to Sphinx, followed by him effortlessly "dealing with" Sphinx. Before anyone could cheer...
Cheng Yu disappeared.
As time passed, everyone felt nothing but unease. Perhaps the only good news was that Sand, the Weird King, had not appeared either.
Clear worry marred Kong Yanji's usually warm expression. But she was not worried about the safety of "Chairman" Yuri Constantine. Rather, if anything happened to the Chairman, humanity might truly face extinction.
Once there was no longer anyone powerful enough to contend with a Weird King, even without the threat of the Weird, humanity's own fear and internal strife would destroy Human Nation as it stood.
And this time, to restore public morale, Cheng Yu's entire expedition to the Sandbar Continent had been broadcast live.
During this period, interference from the Lord of the Mist had disabled most means of communication. The only way headquarters in Capital City could send messages to the outside world was through the Weird item Watch TV Together.
Watch TV Together: an SS-Rank Weird item. Once activated, every television screen in the world would synchronize with its screen. This television was also linked to the satellite used back then.
The story of how they discovered the television was rather amusing, too. When a brat in America turned it on to watch some "educational material," every Special Affairs Bureau branch worldwide received reports of people's televisions playing