After Qian Wendao uttered the words "kill without mercy," murderous intent suddenly surfaced on his calm face.
The Second-Batch Chosen Ones present had never seen Secretary-General Qian like this.
Even the First-Batch Chosen Ones could only find a Qian Wendao with such overwhelming murderous intent in their memories from eleven years ago.
Rather than house arrest, this was more a form of mutual supervision to ensure nothing went wrong.
Were any of those present Ander's inside agents?
No one could give a definite answer, but most of them believed such people existed.
Or at least, after hearing about the crisis they would face following the Domain Merge, someone might waver and switch to Ander's side on the spot.
If Ander could not win over even a single person, he would be quite a failure.
But they had to focus on the main issue.
Rooting out the traitors among this group mattered far less than completing the Domain Merge.
That was why Qian Wendao and Qin Siyang had resorted to this form of house arrest.
Everyone understood the reasoning behind it and raised no further objections.
Even a traitor would not dare step forward now. Doing so would surely make them everyone's target.
By the time all these arrangements were finished, it was noon.
Qin Siyang and Qian Wendao left and hurried back to District 2 to attend the emergency meeting that afternoon, which would be broadcast to the entire Safe Zone.
Qin Siyang stayed with Qian Wendao right up until the meeting began.
Yet neither of them spoke.
Both were anxious and worried about what lay ahead.
Although they were powerful men who had each died over a hundred times and weathered countless storms, they still could not help feeling unsettled.
This decision would affect not only them, nor just