Xia Ke'an asked in disbelief.

"At least some arrangements were made."

Xu Shi nodded slightly. "I sent messages to all the regions within the Federation, informing them of what's happening and telling them to be prepared."

"Faced with 'Heavenly Principles' 'Purge Plan,' the priority now is to preserve the A-level city-states, and then proceed downwards. As for how to allocate those SS-level city-states, they naturally know how to handle that themselves."

Xia Ke'an nodded. These words sounded a bit heartless, as if the initial ranking was just for the purpose of this selection... But she also understood. Between two evils, choose the lesser, especially when the disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves is too great.

Regions with greater strength and higher value naturally deserve more resources for protection.

"But this can only be considered a temporary measure... Hundreds or thousands of SS, this..."

The older woman agreed with Xu Shi's approach, but this would only delay things temporarily. In the long run, they would still be dragged into a losing streak. Oh, no, they weren't in an advantageous position at all.

Ironically, this is the part that is hardest to deal with—SS is not so easy to solve, it's not something that can be solved just like that.

Unless it's someone like her who's purely supportive, but to be fair, there really aren't many SS-level characters with such a high level of ability who have absolutely no ability to protect themselves.

In a sense, she is truly a rare species, one in a million. (Proud)

SS-level beings aren't something you can just train them out of thin air. Even quitting smoking for three years is a stretch, let alone getting an S-level "ascended" to advance... No matter how hard Xie Qingyan and Jiang Chengcheng try to force them to grow, that amount of time still isn't enough.

unless……

"Unless we find an SSS-level one."

Xu Shi said decisively, "There is a world of difference between SS and S, and the gap between SSS and SS will only be greater."

"you're right."

The white-haired loli didn't object to this statement, but the plan involved a very crucial issue.

Where can I find an SSS?

Yes, at least SS has some traces, but SSS is something that no one has ever seen, and even in the system of Night City, it is always "data missing".

"I know."

Xu Shi remained noncommittal, saying, "Therefore, this method is not feasible."

"so."

"So...we can't rely on this method anymore, and we should resort to some unconventional means."

(End of this chapter)