I, the warden of Delta, am a science popularizer and advocate for nuclear peace and friendliness.

This briefing was originally convened to integrate global situation and information for the five regional Secret Service agencies, but it has now been interrupted by an unexpected discovery.

Yuan Shi sat in the chair, his wrinkles deepening, but they quickly smoothed out again.

"It seems we still have many enemies."

"They might not necessarily be enemies," the young man suddenly retorted to Yuan Shi.

"My records match yours, which means our memories have indeed been altered."

"So what you mean is?" the burly man asked.

"Think about it, these people were originally dead, but now they're alive again." At this point, the young man brought up the recorded time on the 3D projector.

"Look here, March 22nd. This is the final date after I compiled the information. In other words, before March 22nd, I believed they were dead."

The young man then brought up the current time, and the screen on the 3D projector turned, revealing a number to everyone.

"March 24th." The current time is 4 PM on March 24th.

"But now I believe they are alive, what does that mean?"

The young man didn't say anything more, but instead gave everyone a look.

Yuan Shi reacted the fastest, immediately pointing at the young man and laughing.

"You mean their resurrection is related to the season change?"

Upon hearing this, the young man nodded. "That's right. In other words, the change of seasons will not only reset our resurrection count, but also revive these important figures."

"Then these people will never die!!" The burly man slammed his fist on the table, his tone somewhat displeased.

"But we won't really die either," the young man continued, a hint of helplessness in his voice.

This is a war in which no one will die in the end, so what is the point?

Silence fell again in the meeting room. Then, the middle-aged woman, who had been silent all along, spoke again.

"Have you guys noticed that every season change only begins after a major battle, when players have suffered heavy casualties?"

At this point, the middle-aged woman operated the 3D projector, switched to the timeline of the season changes, and began to explain them to everyone one by one.

"Look here, January 4, 2036 is the start date of Season 1. Before that, the space base was destroyed by GTI once, and we had two conflicts with the Western Union during that time."

"March 24, 2036, marks the start of Season 3. Before that, Hafk and GTI had their first major battle, a new faction called Ideal Land emerged among the players and fought a life-or-death struggle with Utopia, and we also fought a battle with the Western Union."

After speaking for a moment, the middle-aged woman continued...

"Therefore, I speculate that the mastermind behind all this is using the number of player deaths as a standard to restart the season. When the number of player deaths exceeds a certain threshold, then the conditions for restarting the season are met."

"And why would the mastermind do this..." The middle-aged woman looked at everyone again and posed a question.

Yuan Shi tentatively guessed, "Could it be that they're worried about too many player deaths?"

Upon hearing this, none of the three responded, except one who shook his head.

"I think it's the exact opposite; he wants us to suffer too many casualties before restarting the season," the young man said, glancing at Yuan Shi and offering him a concept.

"Do you know about intraspecific competition? The larger the population of a species, the more intense the intraspecific competition within that species. Conversely, the more players die, the less intense the intraspecific competition becomes."

"The mastermind behind this is probably trying to increase our players' combat power by restarting the seasons one after another, so as to make up for the sharp reduction in the conflict caused by the decrease in the population size with the increased combat power."

"In other words, he wants all of us players to die; that's his real goal." The young man rested his chin on his hands, looking at Yuan Shi meaningfully.

"And we players are unknowingly watching this mysterious being walk away, actually heading towards self-destruction."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yuan Shi took a deep breath and sighed.

"Young people's minds are still sharp! I'm getting old."

"Elders, there's no need to tease me. This is just speculation, and it may not be true at all." The young man smiled, the latter part of his sentence intended to ease the tension.

Everyone knew perfectly well that although the explanation was far-fetched, it was effective in calming people's hearts.

Tie Wen turned off the glaring 3D projector, his tone suddenly turning serious.

"So, should we share this guess with the other players?"

Yuan Shi objected almost without hesitation.

"No need. Telling them about this now would be pointless and would only attract the attention of that mysterious being."

"We just need to continue to strengthen our capabilities step by step. We can secretly send people to record some major events and gradually dig out the person behind the scenes from these details."

Having said so much at once, the topic of this meeting has long since strayed far from its intended focus.

Almost no one wanted to continue the meeting. After seeing the other four people off, the eleven Yuan people sat quietly in their seats without moving.

His gaze was deep, and the 3D projector in the center of the round table suddenly lit up, the image on it rotating and then stopping in a dark room.

Inside the room, countless pipes resembling blood vessels filled the space, and a white sphere floated in the center.

Yuan Shi was startled and immediately knelt down, not daring to look up at the white sphere projected by the 3D projector.

"Sir, they...they've found you."

Whether it was nervousness or excitement, Yuan Shi spoke with a fanatical tone tinged with fear, as if he had encountered a faith.

"It's alright, this is part of the plan. Be wary of that player named Song Lanfeng. The power of [Correction] cannot be controlled at will, and he is a dangerous factor."

"Remember, do not kill him, just imprison him."