Deep within the base, in a conference room even more secluded than Wen Zhaoye's secret room.

Instead of a cold, technological feel, this place is filled with an old-fashioned atmosphere.

Several gloomy faces sat around the long table.

The head seat was empty, but the atmosphere was anything but relaxed.

"What on earth has he been doing lately?!"

"Frequently mingling in the lower levels of the base, even personally paving the way for a bunch of ants?!"

An elderly man with a hoarse voice spoke first, his fingertips tapping heavily on the table with a dull thud.

"It's more than just clearing a road!"

"Based on the information we intercepted, he seems to be deliberately focusing on a certain purely human woman!"

"It is said that she was also involved in the bombing of the tower."

Another middle-aged man, Wen Xuan, with a pale face and sinister eyes, sneered as he spoke. He was one of the powerful figures in the Wen family.

"absurd!"

"Wen Zhaoye is the ultimate weapon that our Wen family has nurtured with all our resources. He is the only one destined to cleanse this filthy world and lead us into a new era!"

"His power should be used for greater destruction, not wasted on a woman!"

"It's not about playing the role of a guardian!"

A well-dressed woman with a sharp and mean expression shrieked.

"The Inner World is indeed his masterpiece, a perfect way to select the strong and absorb energy, ultimately achieving the Great Annihilation!"

"But what about now? The progress is being delayed again and again!"

"According to the original plan, at least one-third of the people should have been pulled into that world and completely annihilated by now!"

"But he acted like an indecisive fool, slowly repairing and reinforcing the structure, and even started to develop an unnecessary interest in the flowers and plants inside!!"

The old man's voice grew increasingly somber.

A sense of dissatisfaction permeated and festered in the room.

These people have all benefited from Wen Zhaoye's power to varying degrees, and many of them were even rescued or promoted by him within their families through his iron-fisted methods.

However, the baseness of human nature is clearly revealed at this moment.

A small favor is appreciated, but a large favor breeds resentment.

Once they became accustomed to gaining power and security by relying on Wen Zhaoye's influence, they began to take it all for granted.

Once Wen Zhaoye's actions deviate from the maximum benefit they anticipated, dissatisfaction and resentment will quickly arise.

What they crave is something faster and more thorough, something that gives them a greater sense of absolute control.

In their eyes, Wen Zhaoye's current sluggishness and distraction were nothing short of an unforgivable betrayal.

"Has he forgotten the lady's grudge?"

Wen Xuan suddenly lowered his voice and delivered the heaviest blow.

The meeting room fell into a deathly silence.

It was by exploiting this hatred that they were able to guide and control this humanoid weapon better and faster in the beginning.

"What he's doing now is a complete disgrace to the lady's last wishes!!"

"If Madam knew that her son was now dragging his feet over a woman he had no connection with, and might even soften his heart, how disappointed she would be!"

The sarcastic woman immediately chimed in, her tone sharp.

"This can't go on any longer!"

"The core program of the inner world must be in the hands of our own people!"

The old man beside the main seat finally made the final decision, a glint of greed and ruthlessness flashing in his cloudy eyes.

"You mean..."

Wen Xuan looked at the old man.