William considered it carefully for a moment and found nothing wrong with Qian Wendao's argument.
The Safe Zone had managed to withstand attacks from powerful invaders like them because its people stood united. Everyone firmly believed they were fighting for their own freedom, rather than becoming sacrifices in someone else's struggle.
To the Safe Zone, the selfless Qian Wendao represented everyone's hope.
That also meant that Qian Wendao, as the symbol of the Safe Zone, had to remain spotless, without a single blemish.
Absurd as it sounded, Qian Wendao had to be a man with something divine about him.
Any misstep he made would inevitably be seized upon and magnified, affecting the entire war.
The greatest headache William faced right now was the united resistance of over a thousand War Readiness Zones.
If Qian Wendao broke his word, it might bring William an unexpected gain.
And so, Qian Wendao's words had persuaded William.
But William did not make his decision immediately. Instead, he looked at Sima Ji beside him.
"Domain Master Sima, it seems our opponent is determined to become a martyr. What do you make of Domain Master Qian's deeply moving proposal?"
Sima Ji did not answer immediately.
He took half a step forward, drawing level with William, and stared at Qian Wendao on the screen.
Then he took a deep breath, his voice filled with complicated emotions. "It's been a long time, Wen Daoqian."
The name "Wen Daoqian" spread through the ubiquitous livestream screens to every corner of the Safe Zone.
The vast majority of the people were bewildered by the name and exchanged puzzled looks.
But among them, a handful who had weathered over a decade more of life's storms froze as though struck by lightning.
In the central conference room of War Readiness Zone 1, a