He said, "The above are just some of the obvious issues, some major ones that must be resolved immediately, and there are smaller ones... those that haven't been exposed, that no one has mentioned, and perhaps, some that have even been in contact with the Pope—"

He glanced at the people around him, and they all covertly observed each other.

"Of course, I believe everyone is still loyal," Li Changzhou continued.

"Not just you, everyone here is at fault, including me, and my mistake is the greatest. But I hope that no one will overlook these mistakes, whitewashing the past, concealing errors, as it will cause us to suffer the consequences."

"As the ancients said, being able to recognize and correct your mistakes is the greatest of virtues. I hope we can all recognize the errors of our past, not avoid the issues, and proactively solve them."

With these words, Li Changzhou tapped his fingers on the tabletop, pondering and reflecting:

"In the past, I thought I didn't need Earth.

"I could walk, jump, run, even fly. Only now do I understand that without a place to sit, one cannot endure for long—I believe this principle holds true for everyone. Let's work together to fix our 'chair,' so when we want to sit down, we'll have a place to rest."

"I hereby command you—"

「King of Black Fog - Royal Decree」

"Address Earth Corporation's issues with full effort."

"Yes!" everyone responded in unison.

Li Changzhou's tone eased, "Once everything stabilizes, for whoever performs well among you, I can remove their player status and bestow upon them a divine position, but there is only one spot available."

Right now, he only had one Divine Position available, but if Earth Corporation were truly stabilized, the number of Divine Positions would definitely increase, and the various enhancements brought about by the 'King of Black Fog' would also increase.

Breath caught with excitement among the crowd.

The future of players was uncertain. What could be safer than becoming a god?

Even immortals would envy it—Immortals wanting to increase their strength have to either endure for hundreds or thousands of years or enter a Value Game, but gods only need to manage the company well (also enjoying privileges), and their strength would soar incredibly!

"You," Li Changzhou looked at Beia, "if you don't perform well, I'll revoke your divine position."

"Understood," Beia nodded.

"Alright, this meeting is now adjourned. Following this, various commands will be sent down to all of you to carry out. Everything is to be done according to my orders."

Addressing the enemy was just one part of Earth Corporation's issues; there were also public welfare, systems, and so on.

Stepping out of the conference room, Li Changzhou said, "First, let's take a look at the storeroom."

He intended to place all the artefacts, including some important strategic secular resources, into the National Treasury.

Of the ten National Treasuries, he would rank the importance of the items stored. S-rank or above, or those artifacts that were particularly special, would be kept in a separate treasury, with very few allowed access.

"Choosing artifacts, choosing artifacts, choosing artifacts~" Li Qianxia almost sang.

In the time he was away, the collection of artifacts had grown.

Each artifact, with its own unique attributes, lay there for their selection, and that was the benefit of power—followed by the downside of having to spend time on governance.

Li Changzhou put all these artifacts into the National Treasury and used 'Teleportation' to inform all the major branches, granting them the right to store artifacts and access to five of the National Treasuries.

"Let's go," he said, somewhat wearily.

Just thinking about the National Treasury system was enough for him to ponder for a long time, not to mention the other matters.

First, he had to find a way to deal with the Pope.

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The five Big Stars were about to face turbulent times, but Yang Qinglan and Turquoise Pool entered the silent depths of space.

"This is the place," Yang Qinglan held a palm-sized copper token in her hand.

Holding the copper token naturally led one to sense the Daoist Ancestor's Dojo.

At this moment, the copper token in Yang Qinglan's hand emitted a faint glow, a sign they had reached the precise location.

The precise location was on a perihelion of Mercury's orbit.

"Be careful, the Queen Mother might intend to use the Daoist Arena to trap Li Changzhou." Turquoise Pool took out the 'Dancing Phoenix Mirror,' encircled by a floating ribbon at her arm.

Yang Qinglan held the copper token in her left hand and Ruyi in her right, her delicate lips reciting an incantation.

Light surged from the token, cleansing the vacuum, and within the light, a stone gate as large as a star flickered in and out of visibility.

Turquoise Pool looked up, her lips slightly parted, her heart filled with indescribable shock.

"Who was this colossal gate built for?" she murmured.

"Perhaps it was simply for grandeur," Yang Qinglan said, putting down the token as the immense stone gate stabilized within the flowing light.

"...You really do lack reverence," Turquoise Pool, a bit drained by her assertion, found herself also losing some of her own awe.

They heightened their vigilance and stepped into the flowing light.

The stone gate silently cracked open a sliver, and infinite Chaos Qi gushed out like a flood, prompting them to retreat hastily.

"Just as I thought, there's trouble!" Turquoise Pool's eyes were sharp.

So-called Chaos Qi is the collective body of the highest energy in the universe.

If the cosmic energy Li Changzhou's 'Divine Body' normally absorbed was hot food, then Chaos Qi was the frying pan, the volcano, Absolute Zero, the thunderstorm—a combination of extreme forces, any single one of which could easily obliterate him.

"No, wait," Yang Qinglan said thoughtfully, "let's wait a bit longer."

After a while, the previously swarming Chaos Qi no longer flowed, and the stone gate quietly opened just a crack.

For the stone gate, it was a mere sliver, but for humans, it loomed wide beyond imagination, comparable to the length of a soccer field.

Compared to the stone gate, the two of them were like a drop of water to the ocean, or like a hydrogen atom suspended in front of a tombstone (a single drop of water contains an unfathomable number of hydrogen atoms).

They didn't need any Qi—just the overwhelming disparity in size was enough to instill awe and even fear.

They flew for quite some time before truly entering through the gate.

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