On the day that everyone in the Abyss Brink returned to their respective organizations, the news of the victory of the war quickly spread throughout the cultivation world.
A few Virtual Gods uploaded the videos they had secretly recorded to the Heart Network. Although they were deleted by the Emperor's Heart in seconds, some cultivators still saw them. A few people quickly took screenshots and shared them on different social media platforms. By the time the Emperor's Heart completely cleaned up the screenshots on all the platforms, almost half of the cultivators who had been paying attention to this incident had seen at least some of the screenshots.
In less than half a day, there were hundreds of versions of the story fabricated from the screenshots. However, the main character of almost all versions was Dynasty's Emperor, who had returned half a year ago.
This was because most of the videos that were uploaded to the Internet were of Lin Huang and several True Gods fighting.
This also led to many of the screenshots that were later taken of Lin Huang.
One of the clearest screenshots was the scene where Lin Huang had beheaded Teng Ran and hung his head in front of him to read his memories.
This scene was also interpreted by several versions of the story as Lin Huang declaring his victory after slaughtering his opponents.
Fortunately, although there were many versions of the story, and most of the details could not stand up to scrutiny, the overall story was basically not far from the truth — the people of the gravel world, under the leadership of Dynasty's Emperor, defeated the invaders and resolved the crisis.
Many people who did not like Dynasty and Lin Huang immediately attacked these stories as untrue. They said that these stories were compiled by people from Dynasty or by Dynasty's fans with the purpose of promoting Dynasty and Lin Huang. Some people even deliberately tried to stir up conflict between Dynasty and the Coalition government, inciting everyone to attack Dynasty and Lin Huang.
Dynasty's fans fought back fiercely, attacking those trolls.
For a while, a war of words raged on the Internet. In less than a day, it swept through almost all the social platforms commonly used by cultivators.
Even the internal forums of the Coalition government and the Hunters' Association were flooded with attacks from both sides.
However, the matter fermented for a whole day. Apart from the Emperor's Heart constantly deleting posts, the official accounts of all the participating organizations did not make a statement.
The Coalition government did not come forward to clarify for the whole day, which made people vaguely guess if the rumors were true.
It was neither the Coalition government nor the Hunters' Association that dominated the entire war, but Dynasty?!
Just when there was a huge commotion on the internet, Lin Huang arrived at foothold No. 1A1 in Division 1 with a few of Dynasty's upper echelons in a low-key manner — First City.
This was the headquarters of the Coalition government.
Lin Huang, Mr. Fu, Lin Xuan, Huang Tianpu, and Huang Tufu were all present in the meeting room. Two Sword Servants were sitting against the wall behind Lin Huang's chair. They were Sword101 and Sword102. The duo's combat strength had been sealed again, and what they displayed was still the combat strength of Virtual God rank-9.
No one in the room dared to look down on them.
On the Coalition government's side, Coalition government chairman Jiang Shan, Deputy Chairman Dongfang Bai, Agency EA chief Guan Zhong, Coalition government committee chairman Zhao Lingming, deputy chairmen Ran Ning and Qiu Xu, press spokesperson Han Yao, and almost all of the upper echelons were present.
In addition to the Coalition government and Dynasty, the Hunters' Association was also led by Deputy Chairman Wu Xing and brought three elders with him.
Lin Huang was not surprised by the appearance of the Hunters' Association.
After a brief exchange of greetings, Jiang Shan went straight to the point.
"Human Emperor Lin, everyone is here now. Why don't you tell us what you can share first?"
Lin Huang nodded. "Let me think about where to start …"
After a while, Lin Huang spoke again.
"The Thousand Snake Sect is a grade-4 organization in the God Territory of the great world. The so-called grade-4 organizations are guarded by top True Gods, with no less than one hundred True Gods and over ten thousand Virtual Gods. The Thousand Snake Sect is considered relatively strong among the grade-4 organizations.
"In the gravel world, excluding abnormal situations like mine, the highest level is only a grade-2 organization. The Thousand Snake Sect, on the other hand, can easily annihilate thousands of grade-2 organizations under normal circumstances.
"However, behind such a powerful sect, the Thousand Snake Sect has an extremely powerful backer. This backer is called Myriad Tribe Palace, which is one of the top grade-6 organizations in the God Territory. "
Hearing this, the expressions of almost everyone present changed drastically. They did not even know what a grade-6 organization was, but they had already realized that it was an unrivaled behemoth in the gravel world.
"Emperor Lin, with your current abilities, what are your chances of winning against Myriad Tribe Palace?" Dongfang Bai could not help asking.
Lin Huang glanced at Dongfang Bai and shook his head with a bitter smile. "Even if I were to fight them a year later, I wouldn't have any chance of winning, let alone the current me.
"The grade-5 organizations above grade-4 organizations must be guarded by Heavenly Gods. As for the grade-6 organizations above grade-5, they are guarded by top Heavenly Gods. Almost all of the guardians are ninth-rank heavenly god-level powerhouses, and there are more than a hundred Heavenly Gods.
"As a top grade-6 organization in the God Territory, Myriad Tribe Palace's overall abilities are almost second only to the five major grade-7 organizations guarded by Lords. There are rumors in the God Territory that their Palace Master and Deputy Palace Master are both half-step Lords. They have thousands of Heavenly Gods under their command, and countless True Gods … "
Hearing this, the expressions of Jiang Shan and the others present, including Mr. Fu and Lin Xuan, grew increasingly grim. They finally understood why Lin Huang said that even after a year, his abilities would not be enough to fight against Myriad Tribe Palace.
After listening to Lin Huang describe the power of Myriad Tribe Palace, Jiang Shan finally could not help speaking again.
"Will a high and mighty giant like Myriad Tribe Palace interfere with the conflict between the Thousand Snake Sect and us?"
Lin Huang looked helpless and proceeded to say, "This is what I'm going to tell you next."
"The reason why the Thousand Snake Sect attacked our gravel world was because of Myriad Tribe Palace's orders!"
As soon as Lin Huang said this, the atmosphere in the entire conference room dropped to a freezing point.
"Why? We're just a gravel world with incomplete rules. Why would we be targeted by a top grade-6 organization in the God Territory? "This time, it was Mr. Fu who asked the question.
"I'm not sure about the specific reason, and there's no specific reason in Teng Ran's memories." Lin Huang shook his head. "However, from Teng Ran's memories, I learned that every time a cultivation era in our gravel world was destroyed, it was Myriad Tribe Palace who instructed the Thousand Snake Sect to do it.
"In other words, from the very beginning, our conflict with the Thousand Snake Sect was essentially our conflict with Myriad Tribe Palace!"
In the conference room, everyone's hearts gradually sank to the bottom.
"Now that the Thousand Snake Sect's invasion has failed, does that mean that Myriad Tribe Palace will send someone here in person?" Lin Xuan turned his head and asked Lin Huang.
"Yes." Lin Huang nodded helplessly. "Every time the Thousand Snake Sect cleans up affiliated mini worlds, it takes about a year, no more than a year and three months at most. Now, it's been two months since Teng Ran and the others set off. In other words, in a year and a month at the latest, Myriad Tribe Palace will receive news that Teng Ran and the others have failed in their invasion. "
As soon as Lin Huang said this, almost everyone present fell into despair.
Unlike the previous invasion by the Thousand Snake Sect, if Myriad Tribe Palace really came, even Lin Huang would not be able to turn the tide. One could imagine the fate of the gravel world.
"Lin Huang, is there no other way?" Mr. Fu had even forgotten the endearing title he usually used to call Lin Huang "good apprentice" and asked him directly by name.
"The only way I can think of is to destroy the thirty-three space tunnels in the Abyss Brink. I'm not talking about sealing them, but completely destroying them. Furthermore, they had to destroy every single one of them! Although this is not a fundamental solution to the problem, at least it can help us buy some time.
"However, the premise of this delay is that Myriad Tribe Palace does not have the specific spatial coordinates of our gravel world. In this way, it will be extremely difficult for them to re-establish the space tunnels.
"However, if they have our spatial coordinates, there's not much point in destroying the space tunnels. I estimate that we can only delay them for a few months at most, and they will soon be able to re-establish the space tunnels.
"Whether they have our spatial coordinates or not, let's not talk about it for now. These space tunnels have existed several eras ago, and the internal Space Rule has long been stabilized. If they could be destroyed, our predecessors would have done so long ago. "Jiang Shan let out a long sigh.
"Can you do it?" Mr. Fu asked Lin Huang with a glimmer of hope.
"I've tried, but it didn't work." Lin Huang shook his head. "If I could do it, I would have destroyed all these tunnels long ago and directly cut off the Thousand Snake Sect's way of invasion.
"I called you for a meeting this time to discuss whether there is a way to solve the crisis of Myriad Tribe Palace. It doesn't matter if it's destroying the space tunnels or some other way. Let's brainstorm and share whatever we can think of as long as it's possible! "
In the conference room, everyone fell silent. They seemed to be thinking about whether there was any other way.
Suddenly, Jiang Shan's Emperor's Heart Ring vibrated.
He looked down in slight surprise. He clearly remembered that he had turned off the communication signal before the meeting began.
However, when he saw the number that popped up on the communication page, his expression suddenly changed.
"I'm sorry, I have something to deal with."
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Shan got up and left the conference room.
He closed the door of the conference room and shielded himself with a barrier. Only then did he click on the message that had just been sent on the communication page.
After reading it, his expression became even more strange.
After turning off the communication page, Jiang Shan stood where he was for a moment in deep thought before turning around and pushing open the door of the conference room again.
His gaze passed over the crowd and fell directly on Lin Huang.
"Emperor Lin, I have something on my side that requires you to come with me."
Seeing that the two Sword Servants were about to get up, Jiang Shan immediately added, "The rest of you, please wait in the conference room. We should be back soon."
Lin Huang nodded at the two Sword Servants, asking them to sit down in peace. He then nodded at Mr. Fu, who was looking at him, before getting up alone and walking toward Jiang Shan.
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