283: Must be stopped

Those who could sit in this venue all understood the gravity and urgency of the situation—except, of course, for those who had completely defected to cults or foreign powers!

After heavyweights like Tang Zhenyuan, Xu Chuanwei, and Priest Tiandao spoke, the atmosphere in the meeting hall became active. Everyone seemed to have a tacit understanding, speaking in order of their official rank and status in the martial world. Their focus essentially revolved around the two aspects Tang Zhenyuan had mentioned, and after some discussion, it proved to be quite productive.

As the meeting ended, everyone present left burdened with their own tasks. Under external high pressure, the high-level officials of the Great Ming appeared unprecedentedly united at this moment, with clear goals and related tasks being carried out in an intense and orderly fashion... Long Yuan was not actually ignorant of all this. Although the Heavenly Dao Eye could not directly observe the situation in Shuntian Prefecture, it could capture information about many high-level figures rushing there for high-level meetings. These people at the top of the Great Ming were naturally added to his blacklist for focused tracking. The tasks they brought back subsequently gave Long Yuan some insight; it seemed the Great Ming high-level was trying to find ways to deal with external pressure, and their idea and approach were to artificially push out a Martial King-level combat force for the Great Ming in the short term!

Among them, someone proposed a simple and easy method: to imitate the new Martial Kings of those three countries by recording a video of creating an island out of thin air in the sea, thereby proving that the Great Ming Empire also had a Martial King born!

This idea actually received the approval of the majority. Therefore, the Great Ming high-level meeting decided to put this plan into effect, to go out to sea within a day or two to record this video, and to prepare for the subsequent widespread dissemination of the video in various bases and externally... Long Yuan couldn't help but be stunned when he saw this plan!

Setting aside the quality of this method of self-proof for a moment, what Long Yuan knew was that if the Great Ming also went to the sea to create an island out of thin air like those three countries, it might temporarily withstand a period of external pressure, but it would surely invite a massive disaster afterwards—the frantic retaliation of the sea Spirit Beasts!

The external pressure brought by those three Martial Kings was simply insignificant compared to the pressure brought by countless sea Spirit Beasts!

But this decision was made by the highest level of the Great Ming and was already being carried out intensely. This action was likely irreversible. In the current power structure of the Great Ming, perhaps only the Emperor Ming personally stepping in to stop it could bring it to a halt... Long Yuan originally didn't want to get involved, but when he thought of his Sinkhole Base plan, if it were interrupted by sea Spirit Beasts before it was even built, the impact would be even more far-reaching. Once the Great Ming fell into a struggle with the sea Spirit Beasts, he feared his base would be stillborn. At that time, what would he use to fight these sea Spirit Beasts? And what would he use to resist the powerful alien invaders?

Conversely, if he could stop this, then the future targets of the sea Spirit Beasts' retaliation would mainly be the Snow Eagle Country, War Bear Country, and Flying Lion Country. It would likely take some time before it was the Great Ming's turn, and this period could be called a golden age for the construction of his base. As long as his Super-weapons could be built, no matter how many Spirit Beasts came, they wouldn't be enough to fight!

However, from the current situation, the northern Great Ming was indeed under immense pressure, with many soldiers dying in the flames of war every day. If the Great Ming did not show its strength, he feared even more people would die!

This was a dilemma... Long Yuan weighed it carefully and decided to find a way to stop this!

In his view, as long as the location and method of the power demonstration were changed, the established goal could be achieved without provoking the sea Spirit Beasts. That would be a win-win strategy.

But this was not easy to handle. How easy could it be to stop something decided upon by so many big shots together?

"Want the Emperor Ming to step in and stop it? This cheap grandfather of mine spends all day hiding in the harem doing woodwork, and he didn't even show up for such an important meeting. It's clear he really wants to be a hands-off boss. Expecting an emperor who plans to completely let himself go to return to the Jianghu is also an impossible task..." Long Yuan sighed inwardly.

He was currently sitting on a plane to Nanyue Base, looking at the boundless, vast wilderness below, imagining it being smashed to pieces by sea Spirit Beasts in the near future. His mood was indeed not very good... "The final years of an emperor are often years full of hidden dangers and chaos. In the end, his ambition is long gone. Even if he wants to do something, he lacks the strength. Although the high ministers under him still obey him on the surface, their eyes have long been searching for a replacement among his offspring. And that's still the better case; if none of the offspring can step up, then those powerful and influential ministers might secretly disturb the court, then rise amidst the chaos and take his place..." Long Yuan pondered.

He had such thoughts because of his recent realization from being targeted by the Xu Family, Geng Family, and other medium and small families. Emperor Ming Zhu Zhenxiang had not yet officially abdicated, but these super-clans and large families had already taken precautions and started looking for successors. Once a so-called heroic ruler approaches his twilight years, he probably no longer believes he has the ability to control the world himself... "Perhaps... there really is a way!" Thinking of this, Long Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up!

Actually, he had thought of this method before, which was to help Emperor Ming Zhu Zhenxiang extend his life. However, at that time, he was just thinking about it. After all, he did not yet have the ability to refine powerful Longevity Pills from the Cultivation World. With Zhu Zhenxiang's frail body, which had been soaked in countless drugs, it would be impossible to extend his life without those high-level Longevity Pills from the Cultivation World.

But it was different now. He really had a way on hand. This method was the Consciousness Longevity Method developed by the Snow Eagle Country, War Bear Country, and Flying Lion Country. This method did not rely on medicine but on the Tech Dao, cultivating a clone of the person and then performing a consciousness transfer, thereby obtaining a new body and achieving the ultimate goal of living another life!

Among the information Long Yuan had obtained from the Feng Residence through the last cyber warfare, there was some basic data on this Consciousness Longevity Method. Feng Guang himself uploaded his personal consciousness to the Blood Wolf Hall headquarters almost every week. In other words, there was a consciousness upload device in the Feng Residence, and this device had already been completely replicated by Long Yuan. How powerful was the Tech Dao of the Heavenly Dao Space? In just half a day, it had figured out the principles involved, and Long Yuan was still continuously improving it. It could be said that the device in the Tech Dao space had already iterated countless times, far exceeding the level of those national devices...