The whole nation is trying to survive on the cable car; I'm choosing one of three options at ea

at the same time.

19283 merged cable, Sakura Country Channel.

In the public area, those IDs that had previously mocked the people of Daxia for being "overconfident" were now all silent.

They watched as the discussions about the 886 cable and Su Mu scrolled by one after another on the public channel after the 100 cables were merged, and the more they watched, the more frustrated they became.

Level 13.

Finally, someone couldn't hold back any longer and typed a line in their own channel, their tone filled with barely suppressed anger.

"The highest level on our entire cable line is only level 10. Ishikawa-kun is already the most talented person. How come they can produce a level 13 person? I don't believe it. There must be something wrong here."

"What can you do if you don't believe me? The system announcement has already been released, and you've already lost the challenge."

"We shouldn't have gone into this battle. What kind of setup did Ishikawa's special forces team have? They were the most elite group on our entire line, with three out of eight people almost reaching level ten. If we hadn't gone to block their teleportation point, if that monster named Su Mu hadn't interfered..."

"Alright, stop talking." Someone interrupted impatiently.

The channel was silent for a few seconds, then a message popped up. It was from an ID that hadn't spoken until now, with a rank tag at the end.

"Have you said enough? If you have, then listen to me."

Several IDs that had been venting their frustrations fell silent. The message came from Sanada, one of the highest-ranking military officers among the survivors of this batch from Japan.

"You lost a challenge, and the Ishikawa squad died. You're here cursing Su Mu, cursing the Great Xia people, cursing luck. Do you think you can win by cursing until dawn?"

Sanada's messages came one after another, his tone unhurried but every word carrying weight.

"I have a question for you all: who still dares to voluntarily challenge the 886 work schedule?"

No one answered.

"No one dares to touch the Great Xia line now. After the 100 cables were merged, everyone on the public channel was discussing how to surround and kill Su Mu. It looked like a big deal, but if you really asked them to challenge 886 alone now, not a single one of them would go."

"So we're just going to sit here and watch?" someone asked, unwilling to give up.

"Watch what?" Sanada retorted. "Watch them enter Loulan, watch them take the unsealing stone, watch them empty the core area in two days? And then we continue to curse their luck along this cable line?"

The channel went silent again.

A moment later, Sanada posted another message: "I have a way. But you all need to put your emotions aside and get your heads back on track."

"What method?"

"Contact the US line at 7586."

As soon as the news broke, some people in the channel immediately objected.

"Contact them? How did we talk to them before? When they warned us to be careful of Su Mu, we yelled at them. Now we turn around and want to cooperate with them? Where do we put our faces?"

"Exactly. We've mocked that line so many times, why would they agree to it?"

Sanada's message popped up a few seconds later, and his tone was cold.

"Face? When our Ishikawa team was defeated there, we had already lost all face. Between nations and organizations, what eternal hatred exists? Only interests. Now, Daxia 886 is our common enemy. The Americans have suffered at their hands, been crushed in challenges, and had their first place in the arena snatched by Su Mu. Don't they want to get revenge? They want it more than we do."

"As for that little argument earlier..." Sanada paused for a moment, "At worst, we can just lower our stance a bit."

There was a few seconds of silence in the channel, then someone slowly typed a single word: "Okay."

The negotiations were arranged in a makeshift cross-cable channel.

After the passage was cleared, several people came in from the United States.

They are the leaders of the three super guilds of the 7586 merged cable: Harris of "Shield of Freedom", Kendred of "Iron Expedition", and Anderson of "New Continent Alliance".

As soon as the three of them entered, Harris sent a message, his tone filled with undisguised sarcasm.

"Am I seeing things? These are friends from Japan? One minute they were mocking us Americans for being too intimidated by the Chinese, and the next they're here to discuss cooperation?"

Kenneth added, "When I came to remind you last time, what did you say again? 'The Sakura Country fears no one,' I think that was the exact quote?"

Sanada didn't reply immediately. After a few seconds, he typed, his words clearly carefully chosen.

"President Harris, President Kenneth. We did make some inappropriate remarks before, and I apologize on my behalf. But now is not the time to discuss right and wrong."

"Oh?" Anderson's interest was piqued. "Then tell me, what time is it now?"

"Now that Su Mu is level 13 and has found the Loulan Ancient City with cable 886," Sanada's message came quickly. "Our intelligence indicates that the Loulan Ancient City quest has two phases. The first phase is finding the ancient city, which has already been completed. The second phase is collecting unsealing stones to unseal the ancient city."

"Two days from now, all 100 cables will be eligible to enter. But 886 has already gained a two-day advantage. You three should know better than I what two days means in a mission like Unsealing Stone."

Anderson replied, "Go on."

"I suspect that the Unsealing Stones are the core of completing the unsealing mission. Whoever possesses more Unsealing Stones will have more say after the unsealing. But if we seize their Unsealing Stones before they enter, then the initiative will be ours."

Harris sent a sneer emoji: "Rob? Why don't you go rob it yourself?"

"Because we're not enough on our own." Sanada didn't shy away from the question. "Su Mu from 886 is level 13 alone, and his combat power far surpasses any of our lines. We admit that the Sakura Country line can't suppress him single-handedly. But what if the two of us join forces?"