"This angle wasn't taken by a human."
Hua Lihan, whose image was projected onto the conference screen, said, "The video also shows that Wei Jinyan and I were there at the time. If someone was filming from the angle of the video, I couldn't have failed to notice. There must be hidden cameras on the island, and someone has been hiding this footage, waiting for it to be released now."
Ying Miao sat upright in the seat slightly to the right of the head of the table, her face grim, and said, "The most important thing now is not to discuss how to film it or how the content was leaked, but how to explain it to the international community and the public!"
"Explanation? How can we explain it?" Qin Shaoji stared at Hua Lihan. "Even we ourselves can't be sure of the truth."
Countless eyes fell on Hua Lihan at the meeting, while Wei Kunyu looked at his son, Wei Jinyan, who remained silent, his eyes downcast.
Hua Lihan's tone was flat:
"As shown in the video, I extracted the source power of Biin. To ensure that the source power did not recombine with the carrier, Chang Le devoured most of the source power. The characteristics of her devouring ability have been described in detail in previous reports. I cannot be sure whether she dissipated all the energy after devouring or was able to fuse with it. What I have said above is true."
"Do you dare to swear an oath to the Heavenly Dao?" Qin Shaoji continued.
"good."
Hua Lihan's decisiveness stunned Qin Shaoji and the others.
Those with supernatural abilities draw upon the power of heaven and earth, unlike ordinary people, and their words and actions are bound by the laws of the world. If Hua Lihan lies but makes a vow, her cultivation will at least stagnate, or worse, plummet or even be crippled.
Hua Lihan's calm demeanor surprised everyone present, including Gu Lianghan, who had already spoken with Hua Lihan privately and basically confirmed that Chang Le possessed the ability to merge.
But after a moment's thought, he understood Hua Lihan's composure.
Hua Lihan played a word game.
He did see and know, but he only saw Chang Le devour Bi Yin's essence and knew that Chang Le's body was undergoing a change, but Chang Le had fused with Bi Yin's abilities.
Who saw it? He didn't see it! Chang Le hadn't shown him Bi Yin's abilities, so he was indeed "uncertain."
Everyone present was quite shrewd, and they all realized what was going on.
Qin Shaoji's usually amiable mask almost shattered. He held back for a moment, then put on an expression of an elder looking at a disappointing junior, and said in a more serious tone, "Xiao Hua, you must be careful with your words. At this point, no matter what the details are, you absolutely cannot hide anything."
Hua Lihan said expressionlessly, "I didn't hide anything, every word is the truth."
Qin Shaoji was so angry that his liver hurt.
Hua Lihan still had that deadpan face; no matter how much others looked at him, they couldn't tell anything.
Gu Lianghan gave Shen Cangbai a wink, and Shen Cangbai immediately coughed twice and said, "Gentlemen, the most urgent thing is to give a reasonable, appropriate and compliant explanation. I think that since what Hua Lihan said is no different from the previous report, and the explanation is reasonable and does not involve sensitive content, it is better to announce it like this first."
"What if someone asks how we can be sure that Chang Le only devoured and did not merge with it?" Wei Kunyu asked.
Shen Cangbai said, "For now, we will not reveal Chang Le's name, but only say that he is an official member of the participating forces; we will also state that we will investigate the members involved again. That's all."
"Is that all?"
“I agree,” Si Tuoyuan said. “The three children haven’t returned from the secret realm yet. As for fusion and anything else, the situation will change as long as they bring back any information from the secret realm. If we say too much now, there will be more trouble later.”
Ying Miao said, "Then let's announce it like this for now."
In mid-March, the Central Turkey region issued a response to the video posted by that netizen.
Meanwhile, Shen Xiu and his diplomatic officials went to international meetings to negotiate.
In late March, the League of Nations Peace Council (International Joint Peace Council) – the world's most authoritative institution under the order of natural disasters – comprised all existing sovereign states, regions, and powers with a certain degree of influence in the world.
The League of Nations instructed that this matter be taken very seriously and that an international investigation team composed of multiple countries and forces be formed and dispatched to Hua'an City, one of the four core cities of the League of Nations, to assist the Chinese local investigation team in jointly investigating the incident involved in the video.
On March 25, an international investigation team was announced to be formed and was preparing to travel to Hua'an City. Meanwhile, there was much speculation about the identity of the person "devouring" in the video, with public opinion subtly pointing towards Chang Le.
On the 26th, the Meli Federation led the coalition forces into Sunny Country to assist the government in quelling the unrest and to expedite the disposal of a series of industries in the Speymagau region.
On the 27th, the Meli Federation announced that it would conduct military exercises around the edge of the old ruins north of the North Pole.
On the 28th, the joint training between the Central Plains and Western Regions military forces ended ahead of schedule, and the participants of the Ninth District Dragon Soul Army withdrew to the Ninth District.
“Hua’an City is not peaceful lately.” Huang Mingfu and Ma Yuanhong, who was still in the city, walked down the street and noticed many faces that did not belong to the Central Plains.
Ma Yuanhong noticed the hands of the people at the next table and frowned slightly: "A storm is brewing."
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“Therefore, we cannot leave the secret realm through the original exit,” Chang Le said. “Hua’an City is like a cage; if we go out, we will be devoured by vicious dogs. The God-Making Faction, the Meli Federation’s Gallia… they are watching too closely; we simply don’t have time to buy ourselves any time.”
Gu Yujing said, "We need an opportunity to divert the outside world's attention away from you."
"An opportunity?" Chang Le stroked his chin. "It can only be the emergence of something else of equal value to the fusion secrets related to me, or the fusion temporarily disappearing from the public eye."
“Time is short and we haven’t communicated with outsiders in advance, so this method is not feasible,” Qin Xian said. “I have a suggestion.”
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