In the apocalypse, I hoarded goods and handed over my storage space to the government.

"Da Xia is forcing us."

Richard's breathing was heavy.

"Either become a dog for Great Xia and go to the front line to kill Tier 3 monsters to earn more points and maintain the advantage; "

"Either stay in the camp and watch those lowly people take the weapons that rightfully belong to us!"

The virtual space was filled with curses and suppressed anger.

Richard turned his gaze and fixed it on Carl, who was sitting in the far corner.

Carl is an awakened leader supported by the North American Free Beacon Alliance. Before the catastrophe, he was a top risk manager on Wall Street, known for his shrewdness and keen sense of smell.

But since the start of the Great Xia Conference, Karl has remained silent.

"Karl! Did your computer crash?"

Richard raised his voice.

"You didn't say a word during the meeting just now."

Even now, bypassing the surveillance cameras at Da Xia, you're still in this half-dead state.

"What, do you think the Beacon of Freedom is so closely connected to Great Xia that this fire won't affect you?"

Carl looked up at Richard and spoke.

"I don't have time to complain to you."

Alexander stepped forward,

"You have an idea? This move by Great Xia to cut off our resources is clearly intended to prevent us from growing bigger."

"You've got one thing wrong."

Karl placed his hand on the armrest.

"Everything we have is obtained through the Great Xia, and fighting against them will do us no good."

His statement "there's no benefit" was like a bucket of ice water poured on hot coals, instantly creating a cloud of white smoke.

"Karl, have you lost your mind?"

Richard abruptly stood up, bracing himself on the round table with both hands, and stared intently at him.

"We're not sitting here to listen to your hymns, at the risk of being tracked down by the Great Xia cyber army!"

The power and resources in our hands are being divided up by those lowly commoners.

You want to be a submissive subject of the Great Xia? We don't!

"Daxia is the house, and we are the chips in their hands."

Karl's voice was flat and monotone.

"If you try to overturn the table with your chips, the only outcome will be that they are all destroyed."

"fart!"

Richard slammed his fist on the table.

"We have tens of thousands of Awakened Ones! The Great Xia Expeditionary Force's battle lines are stretched so thin, do they dare to force us into rebellion at this time?"

Carl looked at Richard, his eyes revealing an undisguised pity.

"Karl, you've always considered yourself smart."

Alexander also spoke with a cold expression.

"Since you don't agree with confrontation, then come up with your solution."

Several gazes simultaneously turned towards Karl.

Karl raised his eyelids and glanced at the group of leaders who had once held sway over the wasteland.

"Don't you guys feel it...?"

Karl lowered his voice, his tone cold and menacing.

"There's something wrong with our Awakened Headquarters..."

This sentence is incoherent and lacks context.

"What do you mean?"

Richard's brow furrowed into a knot.

"That madman Su Ran is definitely problematic! He wants to tie the whole world to his chariot!"

That's not what I meant.

Carl waved his hand to interrupt him.

"Explain yourself clearly."

Oleg from Western Europe pressed on in a deep voice, his body involuntarily leaning forward.

Carl did not respond.

He turned his head and looked around the virtual space, a deep sense of apprehension flashing in his eyes.

"Knowing too much about many things can easily lead to an unexpected death."

Karl's voice was flat, yet it carried a chilling undertone.

"Karl!"

Richard's expression changed, and he slammed his fist on the table.

"Stop beating around the bush! What exactly are you trying to say?"

"I've said everything I needed to say."

Carl leaned back in his chair and tapped his fingers twice on the armrest.

"A boring meeting."

Before anyone could react, he raised his hand and pointed into the air.

"Don't call me for these kinds of meetings anymore."

As soon as he finished speaking, his virtual image flickered twice and then turned into countless blue light spots, disintegrating in space.

He withdrew.

There was a deathly silence around the round table for a full ten seconds.

"asshole!"

Richard kicked over the chair in front of him and started cursing.

"He's definitely been bought off by Great Xia! Those cowards at the Beacon of Freedom are just a bunch of opportunists!"

"Shut up, Richard."

Alexander rubbed his temples, his eyes filled with gloom.

"What exactly does Karl mean?" Oleg muttered to himself.

The group looked at each other, none of them able to offer an answer.

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