I chose the safe house, and the Human Alliance regretted it.

Zhao Lie remained silent.

Dewey's few words were like a blunt knife, each strike hitting the mark.

First, the lives of hundreds of millions of survivors in the Dragon Kingdom were tied to him personally; second, fairness was impossible to maintain in the apocalypse.

Finally, there's the moral blackmail of national righteousness—

After this series of punches, Zhao Lie found himself speechless.

Although he awakened to SSS level, he was just an ordinary office worker before.

After more than a decade of education and upbringing, the deep-rooted sense of patriotism cannot be erased in a short time.

Based on his understanding, he couldn't see through Dewey's scheme against him.

"If you were the leader of the alliance," Dewey added fuel to the fire, his voice hoarse.

"We only have a few dozen S-class ability users, but China has nearly a thousand cities. Are you asking them to save a megacity with tens of millions of people, or a city like Jiangnan with a million?"

What will you choose?

In his last words, Dewey's voice was filled with endless sorrow.

This was the rhetoric Dewey used to persuade Zhao Lie, and it was also true.

"I..."

Zhao Lie opened his mouth, but his throat felt blocked.

How will he choose?

he does not know.

Zhao Lie resented that his superiors had abandoned them, resulting in the deaths of all his relatives in a thunderstorm.

But if he really had to choose, from the perspective of "those in power,"

Zhao Liecai then realized that there was no fair answer to this question.

"But in this apocalyptic world, choices must be made."

"This has nothing to do with an individual's personal beliefs about good and evil, or fairness."

"Otherwise—the Dragon Kingdom will face extinction."

Dewey's words echoed in Zhao Lie's mind...

Dewey scrutinized Zhao Lie, knowing his words had had an effect, and then asked:

"You awakened an SSS-rank?"

Zhao Lie was still immersed in those few words and nodded mechanically.

Dewey's expression brightened, and he pressed his advantage, saying in a deep voice, "You are now the strongest person in the Dragon Kingdom!"

"The lives and fortunes of hundreds of millions of people in China are entirely in your hands."

Zhao Lie was taken aback.

The lives of hundreds of millions of people are in my hands?

"If you're willing to join the league," Dewey offered enticingly, "everyone in the league, including myself, will support you."

"How you decide to settle the survivors of the Dragon Kingdom is entirely up to you."

"Um..." Zhao Lie's mind hadn't quite processed it yet, "I'm not good at these things."

Just kidding, he had tens of thousands of people in Jiangnan City causing him a lot of headaches, but he pushed all the blame onto Fatty Li.

Resettling hundreds of millions of people? He doesn't have that kind of brain.

Having achieved his initial goal, Dewey continued to dig deeper: "The Alliance is preparing to establish a base."

"A base?" Zhao Lie was taken aback.

"That's right," Dewey sighed. "The hundreds of millions of people in China are scattered across nearly a thousand cities nationwide. We simply can't take care of them all."

Dewey looked at Zhao Lie intently. "To prevent a tragedy like that in Jiangnan City from happening again, we plan to concentrate all the remaining people in the country into the six major bases."

He looked at Zhao Lie intently: "Are you interested in participating in the site selection for the six major bases?"

Zhao Lie remained silent.

He's not cut out for this.

Even though his combat strength was already at the peak of the Dragon Kingdom, he had absolutely no ideas or thoughts on this kind of mental task.

Dewey smiled slightly and threw out his final trump card: "Jiangnan City is one of the six major bases."

Zhao Lie was stunned for a moment.

Jiangnan City is barely considered a second or third-tier city in the Dragon Kingdom. How could it become one of the six major bases?

However, Zhao Lie also realized what was happening.

Dewey must have considered that Jiangnan City was able to become one of the six major bases because he had awakened an SSS-level superpower!

"If I hadn't awakened to SSS-level, would Jiangnan City still be one of the six major bases?" Zhao Lie stared at Du Wei and asked the last question.

Dewey smiled and took a document out of his pocket and handed it to him.

Zhao Lie took it and looked through it by the light of the lightning.

"The capital city, Tianhai city, Shanghai, Jiangnan city..."

Dewey didn't know he was SSS-level beforehand; this document can't be faked!

A warm feeling welled up in Zhao Lie's heart.

But he didn't notice the faint, complex look that flashed in Dewey's eyes.

Jiangnan City made the list not because of Zhao Lie—but because of Wang Wei.

But... it doesn't matter anymore.

"Okay," Zhao Lie nodded. "We can forget about what happened before, but Tang San must die."

Zhao Lie looked at Tang San, who was frozen in ice. He had personally boasted to Wang Wei that he would roast him and bring him back.

How could I go back on my word?

Dewey nodded. "No problem."

Tang San brought this upon himself.

"However," Dewey said, looking at the other twelve S-class ability users from the Divine Alliance, "I'm taking these with me."

"Okay," Zhao Lie nodded.

He didn't care at all whether other people lived or died.

Besides, after Dewey's persuasion, his hatred had faded.

Zhao Lie flicked his finger, and a bolt of lightning shattered the ice, binding Tang San.

Tang San's face turned deathly pale as he pleaded, "Don't kill me! I'm an S-rank evolved being. Keeping me alive is more useful than killing me!"

"Heh," Zhao Lie sneered, "I'd be too ashamed to kill someone like you. It's a pity I told Wang Wei I was going to roast you and bring you back to him."

"Wang Wei?" Tang San asked anxiously, "Do you really expect someone as selfish and self-serving as him to foresee disasters?"

"I have spatial abilities; keeping me around will definitely be more useful than Wang Wei!"

The expressions of those present changed slightly.

That statement is true.

Although Wang Wei has awakened to precognition, he has never proactively revealed any information.

It's a real shame that Tang San, with his spatial ability, died.

Even Dewey hesitated.

Seeing this, Tang San pleaded desperately, "Keep me here to deal with the foreign superhumans, let me die on the battlefield!"

Just as Dewey was about to speak, Zhao Lie suddenly interrupted, "Wait."

He looked at Tang San with a strange expression: "You're saying Wang Wei never reveals his precognitive abilities?"

Tang San nodded vigorously: "Yes! He's selfish and only cares about himself!"

Zhao Lie then looked at Du Wei.

Dewey gave a wry smile: "That's true. I've tried to contact him many times, but he..."

"But he didn't say anything?" Zhao Lie frowned.

Dewey nodded.

Zhao Lie then looked at Qian Mengxun and the others.

Qian Mengxun scoffed: "He's selfish to the extreme; he doesn't care about anyone's life or death at all."

Zhao Lie was stunned.

He remembered what Wang Wei had told him—

Knowing there would be a price to pay, I recall the three months of supplies that were stolen...

A thought suddenly flashed through my mind.

"You guys..." Zhao Lie looked at Du Wei with a strange expression, "You didn't give Wang Wei anything, were you trying to get something for nothing?"

Dewey was taken aback: "What?"

"I'm asking you, what did you give Wang Wei when you sought his premonition?" Zhao Lie asked, emphasizing each word.

Dewey opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a word.

What was given?

Doesn't the position of the alliance's vice leader count?

But that's just an empty title...

Zhao Lie looked at Dewey as if he were an idiot, then glanced at the S-class members of the alliance, and suddenly laughed.

"You don't even understand the simplest principle, do you?" Zhao Lie said smugly, "Predicting heavenly secrets comes at a huge price!"

"To foresee the future, at best you'll shorten your lifespan, at worst you'll die on the spot!" Zhao Lie said coldly.

"Heavenly secrets must not be revealed—haven't you heard of this saying?"

"You want to get something for free?"