"Rest assured, this white fluid is just like the fig white fluid, non-toxic and tasteless!" Door Plate laughed.

Signal Lamp stared at the fruit in his hand for a while, then stood up, "I still need to take a look."

He walked out of the tent.

In the medical room, only Door Plate was left; his expression turned indifferent again.

"Keep arguing, but when the time comes you won't be able to return, and then you'll cry."

The camp was stationed by the riverside covered in aquatic grass. The water grass on the shore was parted, and two summoned soldiers were fetching water.

Signal Lamp glanced left and right, then headed straight for the largest tent.

The rectangular tent, taut on the surface, appeared castle-like.

Signal Lamp stood outside the curtain, listening attentively for a while. During this time, two soldiers responsible for the guard passed by, giving him a few extra glances.

No luck for Signal Lamp; he could hear nothing. The soundproofing was very effective.

He lifted the curtain and went inside.

Rectangular tables and chairs, not many people, just over twenty; a lot of people, however, everyone alive, except for Door Plate, was here.

The meeting room was very quiet, which made one doubt whether the silence outside was due to good soundproofing or just because they weren't talking.

"How are the injuries?" Hou Feng from the Special Warfare Bureau asked.

"It's all right now." Signal Lamp sat down at the end of the table.

Next to him was the shapely 'Aman', looking bored, supporting her head with one hand, while she kindly helped him pull out a chair with the other.

Signal Lamp whispered a thank you and looked towards the head of the table; Hou Feng was opposite Li Changzhou, who nodded at him.

Was he trying to win him over, vying for every support for the "Crown"?

"We have two and a half days left; are we going to waste our time on this?" 'All superstition' said dissatisfied.

"On the contrary, this is a time saver." Soda Crackers flashed the competent expression of an old-time social elite female.

She chuckled, "Mr. Ambitious's token is cooling down, Miss Sand Artist needs to restore her sand, Mr. Signal Lamp just woke up, and Miss Aman's gun energy isn't full; everyone's 'Ability' needs to be restored."

"While we rest, let's settle what needs to be discussed. This is the correct way to make efficient use of time."

"Then why don't you settle it, keep dragging it out, listening to it makes me... frustrated!" 'Only Strength' crossed his arms, a look on his face that made one wonder if he was about to flip the table.

But since he changed 'I' to 'me', he must still be rational.

"We're not interested in how to divide the territories of the planets and don't care about what happens to the 'Crown' after the event ends; our only demand is one—during the event, Mr. Li Changzhou uses the 'Crown.'" Soda Crackers said.

"Then let me be clear," Hou Feng said, "We don't trust it. If the 'Crown' truly has the effect to make someone a god, it is extremely dangerous for an individual to possess, and I believe, not just me, none of the players seated here feel assured."

"What's there not to trust? Is Boss Changzhou going to do something to you?" Xiao Wu was a bit impatient.

Facing his childish tone, Hou Feng smiled.

"We're afraid he'll kill us." Fiery Fire Phoenix glanced sideways at Li Changzhou.

"You!"

Soda Crackers pressed down on Xiao Wu's hand, and said with a calming smile to 'Fiery Fire Phoenix', "Miss Phoenix—"

She glanced at everyone in the room.

"—Forgive my audacity...to kill everyone here, Mr. Li Changzhou does not need the Crown."

"What do you mean!" Fiery Fire Phoenix banged on the table, pointing at Soda Crackers, "You think one person could kill all of us? I would like to see—"

"Not everyone." Soda Crackers's voice remained steady but confronted Fiery Phoenix's with equal force, "I believe there are others here, just like us, who only want to peacefully resolve this matter and return to Earth."

"Are you saying we're instigating trouble?"

"The ones suspecting Mr. Li Changzhou of murder shouldn't be me, right, Miss Fiery Phoenix?" Soda Crackers smiled.

"Suspect? Li Changzhou in the bustling area of Song City—"

"Phoenix." The composed voice of Ambitious hushed Fiery Fire Phoenix's temper.

The tent quieted for a while, the air so tense it was suffocating.

Signal Lamp had no doubt, had it not been for the 'signed in black and white', they would have already been fighting.

When he was in school, he found it ridiculous that 'as the world remained unsteady, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom fought for power and indulged in pleasures'; now he understood, it was not the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom that was ridiculous, but human nature itself.

He wasn't mocking Li Changzhou or the Special Warfare Bureau.

Before he came in, he thought there was nothing worth arguing about, but sitting here, he couldn't help but feel anxious—what if the person who wears the 'Crown' cannot resist temptation and harbors malicious thoughts?

The only opinion that the players can still unite on likely is—that they themselves are the most suitable candidates to wear the 'Crown'—that's the thought.

Signal Lamp was no exception.

He finally understood why Door Plate was unwilling to leave the medical room to enter the meeting room.

He wasn't fed up with the mundane hustle and troubles of the meeting room; he knew once he entered, he too would become part of it.

"Mr. Li Changzhou," Hou Feng spoke up, "I apologize on behalf of Little Phoenix. I trust your character; Zhèng Qīng told me about you saving her, and I understand your concerns, but I ask you also to trust the Special Warfare Bureau, to trust us."

"Although I'd like to say, this has nothing to do with the Special Warfare Bureau, it's a question of human nature, and no one can say that there are absolutely no undercover agents, spies, or selfish people in the Special Warfare Bureau..." Li Changzhou's tone was slow.

Fiery Phoenix wanted to say something but was silenced by his glance.

No one interrupted, and he continued:

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