northernbook Chapter 179 Global Summit!
Chapter 179 Global Summit!
The seventh day of the Star Sea Era.
The global summit was officially held in the underground auditorium of the East China Sea base amidst immense pressure and tension.
The leaders of the world's major survivor factions gathered together.
Zhao Gang, the "Iron General" of the Southern Alliance, the Speaker of the Free City-State of the Western Regions, and a woman named Karenina.
Tang Tieshan, the garrison commander of the Northeast Iron Wall Fortress, and Chen Haitao, the city lord who controls the floating cities in Southeast Asia...
More than twenty powerful individuals who had fought their way out of the apocalypse using their own strength were now sitting in the same conference room.
The atmosphere in the meeting room was so heavy it seemed like it was about to burst with tension, filled with the smell of gunpowder.
Zhao Gang, accompanied by his three strongest Awakened bodyguards, strode into the venue.
As soon as he entered, he scanned the entire room with his sharp, hawk-like eyes, full of provocation.
Finally, their gazes were fixed on Su Chen on the podium.
Su Chen sat there calmly, his expression serene, with Elder Long and Lin Xue beside him.
He didn't exude any powerful aura or pressure; he looked like an ordinary boy next door.
But everyone who enters this room can feel an invisible pressure.
That wasn't from Su Chen personally, but from the entire world—an instinctive response to its "master."
At the start of the summit, Zhao Gang launched the first attack, giving no one a chance for pleasantries.
He slammed his hand on the table, stood up abruptly, and his booming voice echoed throughout the entire auditorium.
"Su Chen! I'm here today for no other reason than to ask you three questions!"
He held up three thick fingers.
"First! By what right did you unilaterally decide to allow those aliens to settle on Earth without the consent of all of us?"
"What do you take our lives for?"
"Secondly! This so-called 'civilization test' you mentioned—the truth that concerns the fate of all humanity—why wasn't it announced to everyone immediately?"
"So you're the one who holds all the information? Are you trying to control us all by exploiting this information gap?"
"Third! And the most crucial point! You are now the ruler of the world, wielding power we cannot even imagine, and you have monopolized all alien technology."
"How can we be sure you won't become the next dictator? Who will oversee the power in your hands?"
Zhao Gang's three questions were increasingly pointed, each hitting the core of the issue.
His words immediately resonated with many people.
In the apocalypse, they have seen far too many cases of individuals being too powerful.
Excessive concentration of power ultimately leads to tyranny and tragedy.
For them, Su Chen's existence represents both hope for leading humanity out of the apocalypse and hope for the future.
It is also a terrifying threat that could spiral out of control at any moment.
Faced with Zhao Gang's aggressive questioning, Su Chen did not rush to defend herself, nor did she get angry.
He simply stood up slowly and waved gently at the empty center of the hall.
The next second, the holographic projection device in the center of the auditorium was activated.
A vast and dazzling cosmic star map was instantly displayed before everyone.
That vast sea of stars was breathtakingly beautiful.
But soon, everyone discovered that among those countless dazzling stars...
Many planets were marked in a glaring blood red.
"What do these red planets mean?"
Karenina couldn't help but ask.
Su Chen did not answer, but instead used the StarSea terminal to retrieve a video recording.
The image shows a planet very similar to Earth, also teeming with life.
But soon, a massive fleet swarmed toward that planet like locusts.
That was the scavenger fleet.
The scenes of war were incredibly brutal.
The civilization on that planet fought desperately, but their resistance seemed so powerless in the face of the scavengers.
In just three days, a civilized planet with a population of six billion was completely wiped out.
The final image shows the planet, its core hollowed out by scavengers using a cruel weapon.
It became a silent, slowly collapsing, enormous empty shell, like a corpse floating in space.
The video ended, and the entire venue fell into a deathly silence.
Everyone was so shocked by the hellish scene that they were speechless.
Su Chen turned off the holographic projection, his calm voice resounding throughout the hall: "This is the fate we may face a year from now."
"Mr. Zhao, you ask me what gives me the right to make these decisions?"
Su Chen's gaze was fixed on Zhao Gang:
"My answer is—because I know better than anyone else here what kind of enemy we are facing."
He paused for a moment, then did something that surprised everyone.
He stepped down from the podium and stood in the center of the hall, on equal footing with all the leaders.
"But you're right. One person's will should not supersede the fate of all humanity."
"Therefore, I propose the establishment of the 'Earth United Special Zone'."
"All the leaders of the forces present will become members of the United District and jointly decide the future of the Earth."
He looked at Zhao Gang, who had a bewildered expression, with sincere and firm eyes.
"Mr. Zhao, I need your military expertise."
"In the apocalypse, you used your iron fist to protect the lives of five million people. This precious ability should not be wasted on pointless infighting."
Zhao Gang clearly did not expect that Su Chen would take the initiative to delegate authority.
He was stunned for several seconds, and the anger on his face dissipated by most of it.
But he persisted, pressing for one last question: "And what about you? Who will oversee the world's power you wield?"
Su Chen smiled, a very frank smile.
"I will serve as the Chief Advisor of the Earth United Special Zone, and I will be responsible for proposing the major strategic directions."
"But the final decision-making power rests with the Joint Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Council."
"As for the power of the world—"
He raised his hand, and a gentle green light rose from his palm, transforming into a slowly blooming flower full of life.
"This power was created to protect the Earth, not to rule over humanity."
"If one day the coalition government thinks I'm out of control and no longer fit to have this power."
"I will personally break it apart and integrate it into every inch of this planet, so that it can become a force that nourishes all mankind."
After these words were spoken, a low murmur arose in the meeting room.
The wariness and hostility on most people's faces had noticeably eased.
Even Zhao Gang, whose face was tense, finally relaxed.
However, just as the summit was about to reach a preliminary consensus and the atmosphere began to ease, an unexpected incident occurred that no one had anticipated.
"Waaaaah—waaaah—"
A piercing alarm suddenly blared throughout the entire East China Sea base!
A blood-red emergency warning instantly popped up on the monitor screen in the conference room.
[Warning! Large-scale unidentified energy fluctuations detected on the outer perimeter of the East China Sea Base! A high-level mutated beast horde is suspected to be rapidly converging on the base!]
Su Chen's pupils suddenly contracted.
As he repaired the earth's surface, the fluctuations in the world's power eventually awakened the most terrifying monsters slumbering in the deep sea.
These mutated beasts are super life forms born during the demonic tide in the later stages of the apocalypse.
They are of extremely high level, with some even approaching "catastrophic" level.
They sensed the change in the world's power and were instinctively drawn to the East China Sea base, where the energy was most concentrated.
What's worse, a new comment in Su Chen's comment section sent a chill down his spine.
[Hahaha, it took me three whole days, using my SSS-level "Beast Speaker" ability, to lure those deep-sea monsters towards the East China Sea base!]
Once they storm in, none of those idiots at the summit will escape!
[Su Chen, you think you're a savior? Today I'll show everyone that you can't even protect your own backyard!]