The job change is a bizarre and calamity; the nation begs me to tone it down.

Terence's lips moved, as if he wanted to call out to his daughter, but due to the occasion, he forcefully suppressed his excitement.

He just looked at Anya intently, his eyes filled with relief.

Anya naturally noticed her father's gaze.

She nodded slightly, then looked back at the elders around the round table.

"Yes, to be honest, I didn't expect to be standing here alive."

"When we reached the edge of the Starfall Rift, we encountered a swarm of Dimension Eaters exceeding ten billion, as well as a fleet of warships from the False God's Clan."

"The Libra Nexus fleet faced the danger of total annihilation the moment it made contact."

"I can only say that I am extremely lucky."

At this point, Anya changed the subject, her expression becoming extremely serious: "However, compared to my life or death, what's more important is the information I relayed back."

"The elders should have already received it."

Rigley nodded: "Not only did we receive it, but your divine broadcast has probably turned the entire Ashmerkton upside down by now."

"I know how much panic this will cause."

Anya said in a low voice, "But I didn't have a choice. Time simply doesn't allow me to slowly search for the Divine Court's exclusive frequency band."

"The interdimensional blood sacrifice that Munedimi is preparing within the divine realm will be fully completed at some point."

"If I don't take the most extreme approach and implement full coverage, the higher-ups of the Divine Court might not even have time to react."

Upon hearing Anya's explanation, the ruling elders present did not utter a word of reproach.

Even Hector, who was previously the most dissatisfied with this, was involved.

They remained unusually silent at this moment.

After all, the data brought by Colvin had already proven that Anya's intelligence was true.

If it weren't for Anya's reckless global broadcast, they might still be discussing how to send their main fleet to the front lines.

They even directly sold their backs to the calamity hidden in the Dark Star System.

"You don't need to blame yourself."

Elena of the Karsa family spoke first, her tone filled with undisguised admiration.

"You made the most correct judgment."

"In that situation, your ability to decisively activate global broadcasting and send back this vital intelligence makes you a hero of Ashmerkrin."

Cassius of the Wienhall family nodded in agreement: "That's right."

"Panic can be calmed, but if you lose your life, you lose everything."

"You have made the greatest contribution."

The other elders nodded in agreement, expressing great magnanimity and approval for Anya's actions.

In the face of the survival of the star system, this procedural overreach is utterly insignificant.

Once everyone's emotions had calmed down a bit, Rigli's expression turned cold again.

He looked directly into Anya's eyes and asked the biggest question on everyone's mind: "Anya, the Divine Court will remember your contributions."

"However, there is one thing we need to confirm."

"You were trapped in the dead zone of Starfall Rift, surrounded by billions of insect swarms and armies of the Old Gods. How did you survive?"

"Also, there's news about the agent Munetimi preparing a blood sacrifice within the divine realm."

"Where did you get that information from?"

The moment the question was asked, the entire conference room fell silent.

All eyes were fixed on Anya in the holographic projection.

This is also what they find most puzzling.

How could a governor who is completely sealed in the Rift know what is happening in the heart of the Divine Realm?

In response to Riglie's question, Anya in the projection fell into a brief silence.

She recalled the scene she had witnessed in that desolate starry sky.

That young figure standing in the darkness, fighting against all the gods and demons in the sky with his own strength; those calamity servants emerging from the void, exuding an aura of suffocating despair.

That is a power that transcends all common sense.

Anya took a deep breath, seemingly organizing her thoughts.

It also seemed as if he was calming the shock in his heart.

After a moment, she slowly raised her head, her gaze sweeping over each of the ruling elders present.

"The reason I was able to deploy the Star Beacon alive and obtain intelligence from the Agents is not because our fleet has a particularly strong ability to break out."

"It's because... I received help from the holders of the old authority."

As soon as those words were spoken...

The atmosphere around the round table seemed to have lost all its warmth in an instant.

Elena's fingers, which were resting on the table, suddenly froze, and Cassius's pupils contracted sharply.

Hector instinctively gripped the armrests of his seat even tighter.

A storm raged in Rigley's eyes.

The room was deathly silent, with only the occasional faint hum of the communication equipment.

Everyone was stunned.

The expressions on their faces changed from confusion to shock, and finally to an unbelievable absurdity.

It was as if they couldn't believe their ears.

It was as if they hadn't understood the meaning of those words when they were put together.

The former holders of power?

"What...what did you say?"

After a long while, Hector's voice broke the silence again, but anyone could hear that his voice was trembling.

"Anya, do you know what you're saying? The holder of the old authority?"

"The Old Ones—those are beings of a higher order than Zogra, the Lord of the Devouring Dimensions, even more ancient and forbidden. A being possessing the authority of the Old Ones—not only did they not destroy you, but they actually helped you?"

For a moment, everyone present felt as if they were listening to some fantastical fairy tale.

What does the past represent?

There's no need to say more; everyone here understands perfectly well.

That is the supreme ruler who will plunge the entire world into endless disaster, a taboo in the hearts of all living beings in the world.

Putting aside the fact that it is still unknown whether the old authority truly exists.

Not to mention getting help from the past, what's the difference between that and getting help from the world's biggest villain?

Anya was not surprised by the elders' outburst.

Because if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, if that person hadn't been standing outside the starry sky at that moment.

She herself would never believe that such a person could exist in this world.

"He is a human being, and his name is Gu Xu."

Anya made no attempt to hide anything and recounted the events in a calm and measured manner.

"When our fleet was ambushed by a swarm of insects and was on the verge of total annihilation, it appeared from a rudimentary plane called Blue Star and came to our aid!"

"This is where I am now, and it is also the current anchoring point of the Starry Sea Beacon."

"This plane has only recently entered the data age, less than a few thousand years ago, but in this plane, there has emerged an existence that has completely broken the rules."

Anya recalled Gu Xu's abilities and those summoned creatures, her tone still filled with disbelief.

"He possesses the dominion over calamity and the old days. He is not a follower of the old gods, nor is he a monster who has lost his mind. He has an extremely clear will, and... he also regards the old gods as his mortal enemies."