Chen Mei was the son of Councilor Chen San of Greater Capital District.

He was a hall master of the Sincere Assembly, as famous as Song Ci, and also the strongest extraordinary being below the title level in Greater Capital District.

"The old Mr. Gu of Nagano specifically asked me to come... so I came."

Chen Mei smiled gently and said, "You guys moved too fast, so I didn't say hello. I've already brought the main force for this Sangzhou Cave mission."

The four continents were heading south together.

Even if they had their own agendas in the dark, they still had to put on a show of unity.

To eliminate the extraordinary creatures in Sangzhou Cave, each continent brought about two hundred extraordinary beings... this number wasn't large. The remaining extraordinary power needed would be supplemented by the Holy City Church.

Again, if the forces from the four continents heading south were too large, the Storm Church would lose control of its home field.

A total of twelve people came to the conference room.

Three from East Continent: Gu Shen, Bai Xiu, and Chen Mei. Three from North Continent: Lu Zhe, Yequan, and Mu Wanqiu.

Two from Light City, and four from Upper City.

Of course... there were also "observers" outside the conference room, but [Deep Sea] only gave them permission to watch. They weren't qualified to enter the conference room. The conference table here didn't have dedicated seats for them.

"Although I'm a 'participant' in this meeting, I'm not good with words."

Chen Mei said earnestly, "I will support all your statements..."

Of the seventy-nine living zones, only East Continent had fewer than the other continents.

This was clearly a targeted "division."

The upcoming meeting was bound to be a storm.

"Me too." Bai Xiu also stated her position, "You're good at this kind of thing, so you handle it. Let me do the fighting if necessary."

Was she saying that she had a silver tongue?

Was this a compliment, or...?

Gu Shen felt a bit helpless, but mostly relieved.

"Alright. Leave it to me."

...

...

"Gu Shen!"

As figures materialized, seated in this mental space, Divine Envoy Zhuque spoke first, coldly staring at the East Continent seats... his gaze seemed to solidify.

It was a pity that fighting was prohibited inside this conference room.

Otherwise, Zhuque would have already attacked!

"Oh... is someone calling me?"

Gu Shen looked calm. He glanced around... although this conference room was large, there weren't many participants. After looking around, Gu Shen's gaze landed on Divine Envoy Zhuque.

He asked seriously, "Who are you?"

Zhuque: "???"

Gu Shen had gone to Central Continent with Hua Zhi and even met Zhuque... this information wasn't a secret. The high-ranking individuals present had all heard of it.

But Gu Shen didn't remember Zhuque.

This was quite amusing.

The greatest contempt was to ignore!

"Haha..."

As soon as these words were spoken, someone in the conference room burst out laughing, and it was one of the four Divine Envoys... a burly figure, draped in white robes, surrounded by a snow-white mental mist.

Yunhu!

As everyone knew, the relationship between the current generation of the four Divine Envoys wasn't good—

Although in group missions, as officials of the Tower of Origin, they theoretically needed to "help each other" and share a common hatred.

But the grudges between Yunhu and Zhuque were already out in the open... Full Star Divine Envoys usually wouldn't leave Upper City. As for the four of them, they were already sitting in the highest positions in the Tower of Origin's mortal realm. No matter where they went in Central Continent, everyone they met treated them with respect.

Where could they see such a humiliating situation?

So Yunhu didn't bother to pretend. He crossed his arms, smiled as he watched Zhuque, and waited for the good show to come.

However, the situation didn't worsen.

Zhuque wasn't provoked by Gu Shen. Instead, he calmed down and said coldly, "You kidnapped my people, violating the laws of the five continents..."

"Is that so?"

Gu Shen said calmly, "Do you have any evidence?"

Zhuque fell silent.

Gu Shen had smashed the cameras in the base... and Chu Ling had also erased the video before departure.

"My people can testify—"

Zhuque was interrupted as soon as he spoke.

"Don't say such stupid things." Gu Shen said lightly, "If you think I violated the law, you can apply to the Five Continents Council, or you can go to the Highest Seat... remember to bring your evidence."

This joint law enforcement operation in Sangzhou Cave was a battle of dragons and tigers.

All four Divine Envoys were dispatched, along with the Blessed Child, the First Team of the North Continent Investigation Corps, and an S-rank from East Continent...

In this situation, the Five Continents Council tacitly agreed not to deal with the "disputes" between top geniuses. If Zhuque could produce clear evidence, the Council would symbolically issue a "condemnation" and demand that Gu Shen return the "hostage," but that condemnation wouldn't have any real effect... the rules were set by the strong, the top geniuses attending this meeting.

The forces they represented behind them were the figures who set the rules of the five continents.

Behind them were the Seven Gods!

How could the Five Continents Council really intervene?

"Alright, let's drop this matter—"

The Red Dragon Divine Envoy, sitting in the center of the Central Continent seats, spoke at this moment. He glanced at Zhuque and said, "Don't mention this matter again. Resolve it yourself after the meeting."

This generation of the Tower of Origin had four genius Divine Envoys, and in the default sequence of the five continents,

Red Dragon ranked first.

"..."

Zhuque had no choice but to shut up, even though he was unwilling.

He knew very well that

There was no point in talking about this for a day and a night.

From the moment Gu Shen "kidnapped" the person, he never thought about returning them... he was obviously still resentful about the conflict in Rhein City, Central Continent.

Zhuque silently lowered his head, planning how to settle the score after entering Sangzhou Cave.

"Everyone."

The Red Dragon Divine Envoy's voice was mellow. He scanned the entire room. In terms of strength... Lu Zhe and Jia Wei were probably the "strongest" in this meeting, after all, they were older than the others.

But in terms of "status and position,"

The Red Dragon, representing the Sky Divine Throne of Upper City, had the greatest say.

He was the one who initiated this meeting—

"We've gathered here not to argue."

The Red Dragon Divine Envoy smiled slightly and said, "The 'Awakening Experiment' in Sangzhou Cave is in a bad situation now... As outsiders, we need to rescue the local residents. The top priority is to clean up those mutated extraordinary species."

"This meeting is actually to discuss how to smoothly carry out the joint mission... how to smoothly carry out."

He said in a deep voice, "Cleaning up extraordinary creatures is not a simple matter. According to the information from the Holy City Research Institute... East Continent has just cleared the 'Empress Birdwing Butterfly' in Area F."

In the conference room, everyone had an image of Area F collected by [Deep Sea] floating in front of them.

It was the scene of Gu Shen and Bai Xiu fighting the Empress Birdwing Butterfly swarm—

The scene of the two fighting in the butterfly swarm was captured very clearly. [Deep Sea] had just completed an upgrade and strengthened its control in Area F. This video was studied by everyone.

"The battle is intense..."

Lu Zhe glanced at it and sighed softly. At the same time, he smiled and transmitted his voice to Gu Shen, "Your speed of progress is really amazing. Was that move that killed the 'Butterfly King' a 'domain'? Could it be that you've already completed 'Third Transcendence'?"

Gu Shen just smiled and didn't answer.

It didn't matter that his battle video was leaked.

It was foreseeable that Zhuque would definitely study it carefully, and when he entered Sangzhou Cave... this guy would come looking for trouble.

"There are varying numbers of 'extraordinary creatures' in the outer rings of the four districts of Sangzhou Cave. There must be species that are more dangerous and more powerful than the Empress Birdwing Butterfly." Red Dragon said slowly, "So dividing the four districts equally... is really unreasonable. After all, Upper City has sent four Divine Envoys, and the speed of cleaning up the designated area will be very fast, while some weaker forces, even if they are assigned a small area, may still face greater pressure to clean up."

He looked towards East Continent.

The implication was very clear.

The weaklings he was referring to... were East Continent. The so-called "equal division" only meant that East Continent would have less than the other three continents.

Gu Shen's gaze met Red Dragon's.

He said calmly, "I agree with what 'Red Dragon' said. In order to avoid excessive pressure to clean up extraordinary species, it's best for those who are weaker to give up some territory..."

Hearing this, Red Dragon's expression was slightly surprised, and he was stunned for a second.

But after a second,

Gu Shen said calmly, "Mr. Jia Wei, only two of you from Light City have come to this meeting. Can you cope with the large-scale extermination mission of 'extraordinary creatures'?"

"..."

Red Dragon was silent.

Jia Wei looked as usual, and the new Blessed Child beside him showed a gentle smile, "Don't worry, Mr. Xiao Gu. West Continent can easily complete the task, and even provide external support. If you can't handle it, Light City is willing to provide free 'support'."

Gu Shen smiled silently.

He didn't even look at the Blessed Child.

Since he opened his mouth, he had been staring at the Great Knight in Bright Armor. At this moment, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Mr. Jia Wei... I forgot to ask, who is this?"

"I am the new Blessed Child of Light City."

The young man in white robes still wasn't annoyed and smiled, "My surname is Su, Su Ye."

"Su Ye..."

Gu Shen nodded and said sincerely, "The Blessed Child of Light City is a high-risk profession. You must be careful."

Light City kept the news of the new Blessed Child's succession a deep secret.

Su Ye was full of holy light, looking like a completely different kind of person from Meng Xiao... but for Gu Shen, who had seen too many acts of fanaticism in Light City, he simply didn't believe that the "new blessing" would be a good person!

Those who could climb to the top from countless Holy Arbiters, except for Meng Xizhou, who had a God-given Saintly Light physique, where were the so-called "pure white" people?

He had seen this kind of guy more than once.

Most likely, the more brilliantly they smiled, the more ruthlessly they would stab you in the back.

"Thank you for the reminder."

Su Ye said sincerely, "I will pay attention, and you must also be careful... the Sangzhou Cave mission is very dangerous, be careful not to die in the hands of those 'extraordinary creatures'."

Gu Shen ignored him.

He looked at the four Divine Envoys and asked, "The suggestion just now was pretty good, but West Continent is unwilling to accept it. What should we do?"

Red Dragon remained silent.

In fact, in today's meeting, the Tower of Origin clearly aimed its spearhead at East Continent—

For the past twenty years, East Continent had always been weak and inferior.

Now, even if there was a new Divine Seat, after all, it had just fused with the Fire Seed, and without any war achievements, East Continent was still at a disadvantage in this kind of world mission "cooperation."

But East Continent's attitude was unexpectedly tough.

Not only did the Highest Seat agree to the approval of the meeting... but there was also a difficult guy who stood up.

Every sentence didn't mention East Continent, but every sentence was about East Continent.

You say give up territory?

If I don't agree, what do you want to do now?

"..."

The task objective that Red Dragon received from Mr. Tianshui this time was actually Bai Xiu, so he didn't take Gu Shen seriously at all.

He knew that

This young man had been very popular in recent years, unparalleled for a time, and was also a future Grand Arbiter, and also a disciple of divination, the "hub" of the two continents merging.

S-rank... was indeed very powerful.

But he had only killed one a few years ago!

"I'll give Central Continent's suggestion—"

"Considering the combat power of the four Divine Envoys, I sincerely hope... that the three continents can each give up five living zones, which can both relieve pressure and maximize the utilization of resources within the living zone."

Red Dragon directly stated his position.

There were a total of seventy-nine medium-sized living zones in Sangzhou Cave. With this division, Central Continent would have nearly half.

This proposal was very unreasonable.

East Continent and North Continent couldn't help but laugh in anger, but the new Blessed Child of West Continent didn't get angry.

"I suggest that two of the Central Continent Divine Envoys go back."

Yequan said expressionlessly, "Then give up ten living zones. North Continent and East Continent can help complete the extermination mission... but is it difficult to kill some extraordinary creatures? In the Doru River, we joined forces to take down an enemy that was more powerful than all the extraordinary creatures in the entire Sangzhou Cave combined."

In fact, from the beginning of this meeting, everyone knew the result.

At this moment, Red Dragon's statement was like fast-forwarding the progress bar.

No one could persuade the other.

The only ones who could be "persuaded"... were the Southern Continent. So the Sages of Holy City had the self-awareness to choose to "give up" from the beginning. They simply didn't participate in this meeting that didn't match their own strength.

"So, what do you all want to do?"

Red Dragon accelerated the progress bar again, and he directly pulled the topic to the end.

For a time, the meeting was a bit chaotic.

Someone gently knocked on the table.

Dong, dong, two sounds.

Everyone's attention was attracted.

"Don't forget, everyone. We are here to 'save' Sangzhou Cave."

Gu Shen asked with a smile, "This is a righteous 'rescue operation', why make it so smoky, like the great powers dividing up land? Does Central Continent hope that we fight to decide who goes first and who gets more and who gets less?"

Of course, that's what Central Continent thought.

But Central Continent couldn't say that.

"..."

The expressions of the four Divine Envoys were very subtle. If Red Dragon hadn't stopped him earlier, Zhuque would have already stood up.

Obviously, this was a trap.

"Since it's a 'rescue mission', then the key to the meeting is to work together to clean up the 'extraordinary creatures' on the periphery of Sangzhou Cave..."

On the North Continent side, Lu Zhe understood and threw out his own point of view, "If there really is a 'lack of combat power', then we can carry out 'reinforcements', perhaps this is more 'reasonable'."

Su Ye, who hadn't made a statement, nodded and said, "...I agree."

Jia Wei also said, "I agree."

Light City had the fewest people, and according to Red Dragon's logic, this was originally to put pressure on East Continent, but it was their turn to bear the pressure instead.

North Continent took over Gu Shen's words and proposed a solution.

"It's just... East Continent is going to have one less living zone after all..."

Red Dragon looked down at Gu Shen and said, "East Continent, are you willing to agree to this plan?"

"They won't refuse."

Zhuque spoke.

He looked at Gu Shen and said quietly, "Brother Gu said earlier, under the general trend, let everyone clean up the 'extraordinary creatures' in Sangzhou Cave first. As for a living zone, this is just a small matter... Brother Gu, what do you think?"