Sea Eagle Country First?

Midnight had arrived.

Humanity's Future was temporarily without a host.

Although there was no host,

that did not mean the show was unsupervised.

Even now, countless supervisors were monitoring the show behind the scenes.

The great wheel behind the show was still turning.

Special guest commentators from countries all over the world

appeared in a large conference room via video link.

The identities of the eighteen special guest commentators were confidential, because their decisions would affect the direction of the show.

So extreme caution was necessary.

The rule was also there to prevent certain forces from influencing the special guest commentators.

Eighteen faces.

If any one of those faces were revealed to the outside world,

it would probably cause an enormous sensation.

Because every one of them held a position of immense importance.

Some were scientists from major powers who had won Nobel Prizes, people who were not only influential in their fields but carried the weight of a thousand tons.

Some were the most senior experts in their specialties.

Some were the most famous movie stars.

And some were even members of royal families.

But they

at this very moment

all wore excited expressions.

Because they would decide the scores for the show's first day.

Some looked extremely excited, but a shadow hung over others' hearts, because they knew some things were beyond their control.

The moment the video connection opened,

they discovered that there was also a long table in the conference room. No one sat on the side with their backs to them, but two people sat on each of the other sides, and one person sat at the head.

They muttered inwardly, The seating arrangement looks so familiar!

At first, they had been somewhat reluctant, and some of their colleagues had even received invitations but declined.

Now that they saw this lineup,

it was unbelievably badass.

It was simply the strongest five-stack team on the surface of Blue Water Planet.

Even Iris Country, the weakest among them, could beat them senseless, pin them to the ground and rub their faces in it, all with hardly any effort.

They had to be utterly respectful before a big shot who could pin them to the ground and rub their faces in it.

Let alone a whole row of people who could pin them down and beat them with one hand.

Every one of them was as meek as a little rabbit.

Rabbit?

They subconsciously glanced at the yellow-skinned man sitting first on the left.

This yellow-skinned man was the only one who was a little more amiable; the others didn't care who you were.

So they took deep breaths and hurriedly adjusted their posture, afraid of displeasing the big shots.

They also noticed

that there was a pane of glass in front of their row of monitors, separating the two sides.

Then a blond, blue-eyed old man stepped forward.

They were startled when they saw him,

because he was a heavyweight Hollywood director with countless films to his name and numerous honors.

Hadn't they heard he was planning to retire?

Why had he suddenly appeared again?

Their minds were full of questions, but no one could answer them.

After James stepped forward, he said to them:

"We're delighted that you all accepted the production team's invitation to comment. We hope everyone will proceed from the facts in a fair and impartial manner. Now, let's begin the first round of scoring."

"Each of you has only one point. Please give your point to the person you recognize."

After he finished, he handed the floor over to them.

The five people in power nodded to him in acknowledgment.

"I give my point to Duke. Duke from Iris Country is very talented at stage acting, and he's consistently performed well, so I hope everyone will vote for him too."

Daniel, a medical expert from Iris Country, was the first to offer a comment.

Although they all had the same answer in their hearts,

everyone had a national allegiance.

Just like the saying that knowledge knows no borders, knowledge actually did have borders.

It was just that some people had not yet reached that height.

The commentator from Sea Eagle Country met his gaze without fear and looked at him coldly.

"Duke is nothing but a timid, spineless coward. He doesn't deserve a single vote."

"Although Andrew's methods are a little extreme, they're ultimately within the bounds of what's understandable. They also indirectly prove that my Sea Eagle Country's military strength is number one."

The moment he spoke, the other commentators who had been eager to speak instantly lost their nerve.

They couldn't afford to offend him.

But Qie'erfu from Iron Bear Country wasn't afraid in the slightest and shot right back.

"We all saw how Andrew performed. If you want to force people to vote for him, you'll have to see whether I agree first."

"On the very first day, Yige'er thought of building himself a house, and he even did a proper job of it. Doesn't that count as an excellent performance?"

No one was the first to mention Ye Jin's name.

Before setting out, these representatives from the eight participating countries had all received some guidance: they had to ensure their own country's victory first.

They did not know the reason behind it.

But from the standpoint of national allegiance, they had to take the right side.

Otherwise, once the matter came to light, they would have no place in their own countries.

And by their very nature, they also hoped their own people were the best.

Even if the contestants from their countries performed poorly,

they still had to prop them up.

At the very least, they shouldn't end up in last place.

The commentator from Nine Domains Nation was Dong Wending, a university professor renowned in his country for his work on viruses.

He watched the clowns before him argue without end.

A cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Ye Jin's performance was there on the screen for all to see. No one could deny his excellence.

Yet this group hadn't even mentioned him.

He said calmly, "If the people you just nominated count as excellent, then what does that make Ye Jin?"

As soon as he said that,

the people who had been arguing moments ago fell silent, unsure what to say.

Besides the representatives of the eight participating countries, there were also representatives from countries that were not participating.

Attempts had been made to win them over, to varying degrees.

Although some of them personally thought more highly of Ye Jin,

national interests came before everything else.

Personal preferences could only be set aside.

Seeing the Nine Domains Nation's representative step forward, they chose to stay out of it. Their own nations weren't involved anyway, so why should they care?

The countries behind these people were all too powerful. How could they afford to offend them?

Dong Wending continued, "Ye Jin is unmatched by the other contestants in every respect, from high-speed racing, wingsuit flying, cooking, studying at the library and free solo climbing to studying late into the night."

"What, you've chosen to play blind for the sake of your superiors' wishes? How pathetic!"

"Since you think Ye Jin's performance still wasn't good enough, then tell me exactly where the contestants from your countries excelled!"

"If you can't, then Ye Jin is number one!"

Every word he spoke was like thunder!