Lin Feng watched in amazement, musing that there was no end to darkness, only more darkness.
They appeared respectable on the surface, yet operated through bribery and corruption behind closed doors.
"Superheroes are busy saving the world every day," he thought.
"And you're busy plotting to control the world with money?"
As the footage concluded, Lin Feng waved his hand and the screens vanished.
There was not a single controllable plan that was genuinely agreed upon to reduce casualties.
Their selfishness was on full display.
"You wanted to know my combat power, didn't you?" Lin Feng said, grabbing the chairs of the two men. In an instant, he activated the spatial abilities of the Space Stone.
The scenery shifted again.
In the blink of an eye, they were far from the solar system.
Then, under Lin Feng's manipulation, the two men experienced a grand spectacle beyond anything imaginable!
A cosmic battle, truly like something out of a science fiction war.
Fleets of warships, each a thousand meters long, engaged in a massive conflict across the cosmos.
For profit, for survival.
Countless shells and lasers streaked through space, like an incredibly brilliant fireworks display, igniting in the darkness.
The Secretary of State could even feel the heat rushing towards him!
Warships and lives exploded and perished before their very eyes, a scene of extreme brutality and devastation.
The teleportation came again.
This time, it was a god's-eye view, showing how a planet could be annihilated by overwhelming power.
Happy smiles had once adorned every corner of the planet.
Then, warships that blotted out the sky descended.
Plunder, murder, enslavement!
A symphony of greed and savagery.
Just like the dark hearts of the two men.
However, those without sufficient strength became the victims.
These two spent their days holed up in their offices, having never witnessed such scenes.
They hadn't even visited the battlefields of Blue Star.
For a moment, shock and fear consumed their hearts. They couldn't understand what Lin Feng wanted, yet they were forced to watch.
They couldn't move, as Lin Feng had them completely under his control!
Lin Feng didn't intend to show them too much; these two scenes were enough.
After witnessing the demise of a living planet, Lin Feng directly found a barren planet roughly the size of Blue Star.
His eyes turned crimson. With a single heat ray, the planet shattered, vaporized, and melted, a sheer display of power.
Of course, it was intentional, designed to give the two men a preliminary understanding of his current strength.
The effect was significant; the Secretary of State and the Minister of General Affairs felt their hearts stop.
For a while, Lin Feng had been roaming the universe like a vagabond.
His specific personal power level was still the same as over a year ago, when he was rescuing people across Blue Star.
But now, he was clearly far, far stronger!
Setting aside his ability to transport people across the cosmos, he noted that even if all of Blue Star's nuclear missiles were launched simultaneously, they could only scour the planet's surface once.
They would not cause any destructive damage to Blue Star.
Only life would be harmed!
Lin Feng's power far surpassed the comprehension of the two men.
With a single strike, they understood Lin Feng's message.
He alone could destroy Blue Star!
Seeing that his demonstration was sufficient, Lin Feng brought the two men back to Blue Star.
They returned to the brightly lit conference room.
The two men gasped for air, the experience they had just endured feeling like a dream, yet incredibly real.
"Now, do you understand what I mean?"
As they began to calm down, Lin Feng spoke in a low voice.
To reach such high positions required intelligence.
He had gone to such lengths; if they still didn't grasp his intentions, they might as well prepare their coffins.
"I... I understand, Mr. Lin Feng!"
The Minister of General Affairs replied, his voice strained.
"The Super Hero Containment Plan will not be implemented further!"
A relatively sensible answer. To push forward with the plan under these circumstances would be to disregard their own lives!
But Lin Feng was not satisfied. He chuckled, "Is that all?"
His placid tone sent a tremor through the Minister of General Affairs. "We will proceed with the technology sharing with the East as agreed!"
"No, no, we will share advanced technology with the East! It will definitely be advanced!"
"The Avengers will remain as they were; we guarantee they will not interfere again!"
After a torrent of promises, akin to schoolchildren admitting fault, they finally earned a nod of satisfaction from Lin Feng.
His purpose in doing all this was to let the Minister of General Affairs know his strength and, incidentally, to warn them against acting rashly.
Whether it was showcasing interstellar warfare or his ability to effortlessly destroy Blue Star, it was all to prevent such incidents from recurring.
Only by doing it thoroughly once could he prevent them from harboring any rebellious thoughts in the future.
Lin Feng would likely be traveling across various universes for a long time.
He didn't want to return to find Blue Star in utter chaos.
Consider Avengers: Endgame. If Tony and Captain America hadn't had their falling out over this matter, even if events had reached that point, the process would have been different. At the very least, they would have fought side-by-side, leaving no regrets.
They were all species from Blue Star, and Lin Feng didn't mind giving them another chance.
If the two men proved uncooperative and tried to defy him again, Lin Feng wouldn't hesitate to use the Mind Stone to turn all high-ranking officials in the Presidential Palace into puppets.
Having accomplished all this, Lin Feng clapped his hands and left the White House in high spirits.
The Minister of General Affairs and the Secretary of State remained in the conference room, exchanging glances, unable to recover for a long time.
Although Lin Feng had not explicitly threatened them, they both knew.
If Lin Feng had been displeased, they likely would have been left to perish in the universe...
After a considerable silence, the Secretary of State hesitantly spoke, "Are we really canceling the containment plan?"
The Minister of General Affairs, still adjusting his drenched trousers, couldn't help but roll his eyes at the idiotic question.
"Do you want to experience it again?"
The Secretary of State shivered. He had surgery on his heart two years ago; who knew if he could withstand another such ordeal...
Under Lin Feng's simple methods, the Super Hero Containment Plan was urgently halted.
There was no duplicity or passive resistance, unlike in movies or novels.
As the saying goes, those who reach such heights are either life-preserving or of sound mind.
To provoke Lin Feng again would lead to something far more terrifying than a nuclear explosion.
However, the Minister of General Affairs had not given up. He intended to approve funding for increased research into unknown and high-energy items on Blue Star, in hopes of finding a way to limit Lin Feng.
This included the Obelisk and other similar artifacts...
After all, no one wanted to live with a nuclear bomb hanging over their heads every day.
These were matters for another time.