Chapter 359 Revealing the Truth, Chosen Role Models
When Commander Zhang returned to the base, it was already late at night.
After a sleepless night, the next morning the guards immediately notified Commander Qi, Chen Jianguo, and Zhou Jue to meet in a small conference room.
When Zhou Jue arrived, Commander Qi and Chen Jianguo were already there, both with a hint of doubt on their faces.
"Everyone has arrived." Chief Zhang raised his eyes and looked at Zhou Jue, a hint of gentleness appearing on his originally serious face.
"Xiao Jue, sit down."
He pointed to the seat next to him.
"Old Zhang, what happened?" Commander Qi asked first.
Commander Zhang waved his hand, signaling everyone to remain calm.
He looked at Zhou Jue, his tone turning serious: "Xiao Jue, yesterday afternoon, we had a meeting and made a decision."
"This decision concerns you, and you need to be mentally prepared."
Zhou Jue's heart skipped a beat, and he roughly guessed the direction.
Chief Zhang continued, "Nationwide, the frequency and intensity of spiritual energy anomalies are increasing. We have assessed the situation, and full disclosure is only a matter of time."
"Instead of passively waiting for an event to break out, we should take the initiative to guide it."
"But if we announce it directly, public acceptance is a big problem. Panic, chaos, and even incitement by some people with ulterior motives could all happen."
“Therefore, we need a ‘role model’.” Chief Zhang refocused his gaze on Zhou Jue, his eyes filled with solemnity.
"A living example that can give everyone hope in the face of the unknown."
"Xiao Jue, we need you to step out from behind the scenes and into the spotlight."
"We have decided to immediately put the commendation ceremony for you on the agenda, raise it to the highest level, and at the same time, a documentary about you will be released to the whole country."
Chief Zhang looked at her, his tone gentle but firm: "Of course, we will only announce the achievements that are appropriate to talk about now. We will arrange for someone to take some photos of you and do a short interview."
The meeting room was quiet.
Commander Qi and Chen Jianguo both looked at Zhou Jue, waiting for her reaction.
They all understood what this meant for Zhou Jue.
This is an honor, but also a shackle and immense pressure.
Zhou Jue nodded calmly without hesitation: "I understand, I will follow the arrangements."
"Good." Chief Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, a satisfied smile appearing on his face.
"Someone from the publicity department will contact you tomorrow to discuss the specifics. Don't worry, everything will be done according to your wishes."
"Thank you, Grandpa Zhang."
With this matter settled, the atmosphere in the meeting room eased considerably.
After they finished explaining the details of the arrangements, Zhou Jue looked up and said, "Grandpa Zhang, I also have something to report to you about the next time travel."
Upon hearing this, everyone turned their attention to it.
"The system has been upgraded," Zhou Jue announced as the first piece of news.
"It can now actively filter the world."
"What?" Chen Jianguo sat up abruptly from his chair, his face full of astonishment.
"Active filtering? Xiao Jue, you mean we can... specify the type of the target world now?"
Commander Qi's eyes lit up, and his breathing quickened.
This feature is of paramount strategic importance.
This means they will completely shift from passively receiving tasks to actively taking action!
“Yes,” Zhou Jue confirmed their guess.
Seeing the undisguised joy on everyone's faces, she continued, "I've already set it to look for its next target."
"Target type - Immortal Cultivation Civilization".
"The world of cultivation..." Commander Qi murmured to himself, his eyes gleaming with a light of longing.
For Earth, where spiritual energy is reviving, nothing is more valuable for reference than a mature cultivation civilization.
"That's fantastic! This is absolutely fantastic!" Chen Jianguo rubbed his hands excitedly. "If we could obtain the complete cultivation system, and combine it with our existing technology..."
He didn't finish his sentence, but everyone understood what he meant.
That wouldn't be like boiling a frog in lukewarm water, but rather like adding a handful of dry firewood directly to the stove!
Chief Zhang could not hide his excitement, but he remained composed. He looked at Zhou Jue and asked, "Any results? Have you found a suitable world?"
“We’re still screening.” Zhou Jue replied, “I’ve made a few requests. The spiritual energy must be abundant, the cultivation system must be complete, and most importantly, the world level cannot be too high. There needs to be a relatively safe ‘beginner’ zone’ so that our people can get started quickly.”
"Our people?" Commander Qi keenly grasped this word.
Zhou Jue met her gaze and nodded.
Then, she dropped the second, and truly devastating, bombshell of the night.
"This is not the most important feature of the system upgrade."
In the conference room, everyone's heart seemed to skip a beat.
"The system has unlocked a new permission." Zhou Jue's voice wasn't loud, but it clearly reached everyone's ears.
"I can bring people with me and travel through time together."
boom!
The air seemed to freeze.
Chen Jianguo stared, his mouth agape, his expression frozen in utter shock.
Commander Qi clenched his fist tightly on the table, his knuckles turning white from the force.
Chief Zhang's hand, holding the teacup, froze in mid-air, motionless.
Taking people... on a time-travel journey together?
This was a feature they were told was not allowed when they first proposed it.
Now, Zhou Jue tells them that this has become possible.
After a long while, Chief Zhang slowly put down his teacup, making a soft sound.
He stared at Zhou Jue and asked, enunciating each word clearly, "How are you going to bring them? How many?"
“It wasn’t about being smuggled into a spatial dimension,” Zhou Jue explained. “It was about being granted a formal spot with a temporary ‘identity’ by the system, and being transported across the world with me by the system’s energy.”
She held up one finger.
"One hundred spots available."
“One hundred!” Commander Qi blurted out almost immediately.
Her eyes shone with an unprecedented light, and a crazy plan flashed through her mind in an instant.
A team of one hundred people composed of top-notch warriors, scientists, magic cultivators, and body cultivators!
A spark force deployed to a real world of cultivation to receive the most authentic inheritance!
What they bring back will not only be techniques and knowledge, but a truly powerful and absolutely loyal ace!
“Xiao Jue, this function…” Chen Jianguo’s voice trembled slightly. He had so many questions to ask: about energy consumption, about the impact, and about the return method.
However, Zhou Jue raised his hand and interrupted him.
The expression on her face was not the excitement that everyone had imagined; instead, it became extremely serious.
"Uncle Chen, everyone, don't get too excited yet."
"I must make it clear that the place I'm going to this time is not any of the worlds I've experienced before; I'm selecting a world of cultivation."
"There is no law, no order, and no moral bottom line there."
"The only law there is the survival of the fittest."
“A mere Qi Refining cultivator could be easily killed by a Foundation Establishment cultivator for uttering a single wrong word. A sect could be wiped out by a stronger sect simply because it possesses a spiritual vein.”
"If you go, you could die at any time, and you might never come back."
She looked at the silent crowd and finally said:
"Therefore, we need to reach a conclusion through discussion regarding this time travel."
"To go, or not to go?"
"If we go, who will go?"
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