tkworld Chapter 322 Tumors
Chapter 322 Tumors
Xiao Bai stood up and raised his hand towards the podium.
The man with the gold-rimmed glasses who was chairing the meeting reacted quickly, immediately pressing a button on the control panel on the desktop to turn on the microphone switch in front of Xiaobai's seat.
Xiao Bai cleared his throat, and his voice came through the conference room speakers, carrying a slight electrical noise.
"Comrade Chairman, I am Xiaobai, the owner of Club 78. First of all, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks for your recognition of my club and its members."
"But I must point out that Club 78 is still a small organization with fewer than ten operators. In terms of personnel, resources, and combat experience, it is still far behind the top clubs."
"Such a hasty promotion is unrealistic and undermines the prestige of a top club. Please give us time to develop and allow us to reconsider this matter carefully."
Xiao Bai's words were pertinent and calmed the discussions among some of the other attendees.
Promoting Club 78 to the top at this critical juncture may seem like a compliment, but it's actually throwing them into the spotlight.
The previous public opinion crisis had been barely suppressed, but this incident will make Club 78 a target for all the small clubs in the entire country.
What qualifications do you have? What makes you think you can compete? How many tough battles have you fought? What makes you think you can compare to Long Teng Feng Ming?
These questions don't need answers at all, because the answers are right there, and Club 78 can't offer any of them.
Top clubs aren't awarded titles, they're earned through performance and results.
Without solid foundational knowledge, relying solely on a single sentence from above to elevate someone is like pulling up seedlings to help them grow. Whether the seedlings survive is another matter, but the roots underneath will definitely be severed.
The person in charge seemed quite satisfied with Xiaobai's explanation. He smiled slightly, pressed his hands down to signal the room to quiet down, and waited a few seconds until the discussions had completely subsided before continuing to speak.
But his response bypassed all the previous questions, as if he hadn't heard the opposing voices at all.
"Please be patient. Let me address the third point first." He paused, his gaze sweeping across the room before settling on Su Lingyi.
"The official decision is to approve the joint training program with the United Nations. Furthermore, we are willing to invest our own technology and resources in this endeavor."
"According to UN requirements, participation in joint training programs requires a top-tier national military unit to be fully responsible. If participation is confirmed, will it be represented by your Dragon Soaring Club or the Phoenix Cry Club?"
Zhang Jun paused for a moment and looked at the chairmen of the two clubs.
"Our initial plan is to establish a separate joint training unit." He raised his hand, pointing towards Club 78. "It's true that there are few people, but there are advantages to having few people. Club 78 is just right to be the prototype for this joint training unit."
The group of people who had just been jumping up and down fell silent again. Before entering the conference room, they had already held a small meeting where the UN representative suggested that China should join the project, as many countries were already involved and that if they didn't, they would fall behind.
However, the chairmen of the other two top clubs felt that China already possessed a considerable amount of advanced technology and did not need to cooperate with other countries to share technology and resources.
Representative Su suggested that if everyone could master Han Che and Qi Yuzhe's combat maneuvers, their coordinated abilities, and their strategies, or if these became standard practice for all operators, then conquering dangerous areas would be much faster.
Currently, all maps show the danger zone as significantly more difficult, and portals on the same map are constantly appearing globally. What exactly this so-called danger zone is remains a mystery.
Why not unite people all over the world to quickly crack and study the dangerous areas, so as to facilitate subsequent development and eliminate unseen hidden dangers?
During the small meeting, the person in charge of the dangerous area did not speak at all, and everyone felt that he was not interested in the matter.
But then, he threw two bombs in quick succession, catching them completely off guard.
The UN representative's face turned pale and then flushed, it was hard to tell whether she was angry or embarrassed. Her gaze swept over the 78 Club below before returning to the person in charge, and finally she sat back down in her seat with no other choice.
"Hehehe, everyone, there's no need to worry too much. These issues have been discussed internally for a while, but they're only being brought to the forefront today."
"Those present are all elites and experts from various fields related to dangerous areas, including these two young men. They are extremely capable, and our authorities attach great importance to them." He then glanced in Han Che's direction.
"Our authorities attach great importance to everyone here. However, while you are all leaders in your respective fields, you may lack a macro-level understanding. I have a question for you: do you know the overall situation of the danger zone right now?"
No one in the room responded. Everyone was watching him.
He held up one finger, "From the moment the new map, Tidal Prison, appeared, the exploration rate of the entire map hasn't even exceeded 90%."
"Subsequently, the Zero Dam, Chang Gong Valley, and the Space Base all presented increasingly challenging situations."
The maps within my country mainly cover Dam Zero and the tidal prison; you may not be familiar with the situation abroad. But I can tell you, the situation is very grim.
"A dead zone has now appeared in Longbow Valley. The Diamond Queen Hotel, located in the very center of the map, has become a forbidden area for players to explore. Inside, there is a force even more formidable than the Warden's personal guard, which has completely sealed off the entire hotel, making it impossible to explore or conquer, or even obtain any useful information."
"The space base is even more outrageous. Players will be sniped from unknown sources while walking around the entire map and die instantly."
"These two maps used to be jokingly called maps without bosses, but now they're both more unpredictable than the last!"
As he spoke, his voice suddenly rose, and in that instant, all the kindness and gentleness of the overweight, balding middle-aged man vanished, replaced by a serious and ruthless demeanor.
He slammed his hand on the table with a loud thud, amplifying the sound several times over in the conference room.
"We don't know what's going on. Our operators, and indeed operators all over the world, are just too weak."
"We desperately need to become stronger! Because we don't know what this so-called danger zone really is!"
"If it remains as it was in the beginning, completely harmless, with its interior like a game, posing no threat to us whatsoever, and capable of producing various resources that are helpful to technology, then we can happily accept its existence and regard it as a gift from God."
"But it's not like that anymore! It will devour any operators who get lost inside!"
"It can cause mental breakdowns, phantom pain, brain hemorrhage, schizophrenia, and all sorts of other weird ailments!"
"We must take complete control of it! We can't let it grow stronger; otherwise, it won't be a gift, it will be a tumor growing inside us!"
The entire room fell silent, and everyone's expression became serious and solemn.