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Liu Nian arranged a room for the dwarf and then connected to a specially created temporary conference channel.

The scene before them blurred and stretched, and the next second, they found themselves in a spacious, minimalist circular virtual conference room.

The meeting room had no windows, and the walls were a soft light blue, radiating a gentle glow.

In the center was a huge circular metal conference table, around which more than thirty people were already seated, their figures gradually solidifying from faint to dense.

Liu Nian quickly glanced at them and found that he didn't recognize many of them.

No wonder, he hasn't been here long and hasn't had much contact with players from other guilds.

Aside from the people around him, he only knew one person present: Wang Mian.

Seated next to Wang Mian were likely several other important members of the Azure Council. Further to their sides were, in order, the leaders of other larger, stronger, or resource-rich guilds within the human faction, as well as representatives of top-tier lone wolves.

The people present almost encompassed all the influential figures among humanity on Earth in the cyber hell who held real power or resources.

All eyes, more or less, were focused on Liu Nian, who had just appeared.

Curiosity, scrutiny, exploration, envy... a whole host of emotions.

"Everyone's here, so let's begin the meeting," Wang Mian said, getting straight to the point.

"First of all, congratulations to President Wu Zhan, President Wang Mu, and brothers Ye Jielina and Liu Nian," Wang Mian said with a smile, "for successfully exploring and conquering the secret realm, and even defeating the legendary BOSS. Liu Nian has also tamed an eternal-level pet. These are all things worth celebrating for all the players on Blue Star!"

A round of enthusiastic applause filled the meeting room. Those who could enter this meeting were naturally not political enemies with differing opinions, and Wang Mian had no inclination to invite people he didn't get along with just to show democracy.

Wang Mian wasn't immune to dissenting voices, but it depended on the occasion and the matter at hand. In the current situation, what they needed were like-minded comrades, people who had already implicitly agreed to the matter, not those who would raise their objections and reasons, leading to a waste of time and breath in debate.

We have reached this critical juncture, and what humanity needs is a unified will, not dissenting voices.

After the applause subsided, Wang Mian continued:

"Secondly, there are two topics for this meeting. The first is the alliance intention expressed by Duke Yang Lavie of the Eagle-descended 'Wind Howling Territory'. The second is how we should respond during the Upgrade War and, ideally, formulate a battle plan. Now, let's have the Martial Arts Association President speak to everyone about the alliance."

Wu Zhan continued, "We recently had contact with Duke Yang Lavie of the Eagle Clan and reached a preliminary cooperation agreement. Just before attending the meeting, Duke Yang Lavie sent me some good news: in addition to him, three other dukes of the Eagle Clan—Duke Salvador of 'Rift Cloud Territory,' Duke Alicia of 'Sky Palace,' and Duke Godfrey of 'Far Howling Peak'—have also joined this alliance."

"These four dukes control more than a third of the Eagle Clan's current power, and most of them are relatively enlightened factions that favor communication and cooperation," Wu Zhan said. "This is a very positive sign."

A murmur rippled through the conference room.

"That's a good thing!" a burly player boomed. "In this situation, having one more friend is always better than having one more enemy!"

"Agreed. All the Eagleborn can fly, giving them an aerial advantage. Moreover, most of them are archers with strong wind magic and ranged attack capabilities, which can complement our human players," another female guild leader dressed as a mage calmly analyzed.

So, regarding the alliance, everyone offered their opinions, and we brainstormed and filled in the gaps.

This was a rather complicated matter, and everyone discussed every aspect they could think of and compiled them one by one.

Finally, after nearly two hours of discussion, a preliminary "Human-Eagle-Descendant Strategic Alliance Basic Negotiation Outline" was drafted, which clearly defined the core demands, bottom-line clauses, and bargaining chips. The thirty-five participants ultimately voted and unanimously approved the outline.

Afterwards, everyone discussed the battle plan for the Ascension War. Because they had to deal with the encirclement and suppression from three races, the human side was under considerable pressure. In addition, they had a disadvantage in level, so the general strategic intention was naturally to defend and counterattack, and to fight closely around the Azure Town.

Of course, they couldn't just cower in fear; someone had to take the initiative. Since there were three enemy races, Wang Mian shared the intelligence he had gathered over this period. Finally, the leaders and experts present each chose which enemy to deal with.

This is just a preliminary exploration. In actual combat, all sorts of situations and unexpected events will inevitably arise, so we must be flexible and not blindly follow a plan from the start.

In fact, Wang Mian also suggested that all the guilds present should be temporarily merged into a super guild, and that all players should be divided into different types of units to coordinate battles, just like in a real war.

However, the plan was ultimately rejected by everyone because the players were not soldiers and had not received systematic training. In addition, everyone's situation was different and their skills were varied. No one was capable of commanding such players in this kind of war. Therefore, it would be better for each guild to fight as basic legions.

Firstly, this reduces the pressure on the guild leader, and secondly, the guild leader knows the members better, so this is more reasonable.

Of course, communication and cooperation are also essential. Therefore, Wu Zhan proposed that the people present form an "upgraded war command and staff group" and select a commander-in-chief, deputy commander-in-chief, chief of staff, etc. to coordinate the war and determine the strategic direction.

The proposal was unanimously approved. Originally, everyone wanted to choose Wu Zhan as the commander-in-chief, but Wu Zhan refused and gave the position to Wang Mian. His reason was that he wanted to lead the players of Longyuan to the front line and could not stay in Azure Town forever.

In reality, he wanted to lead a group to launch a surprise attack on the Pigman's main city, but Wu Zhan did not intend to reveal this plan in front of so many people. It was not that he did not trust everyone, but that this matter was too crucial, and the fewer people who knew about it, the better.

He didn't tell anyone for the time being, but he would secretly tell Wang Mian when the plan was launched.

As the meeting was about to end, the participants elected Wu Zhan, Wang Mian, and Liu Nian as representatives to negotiate the alliance with the Eagle Clan.

Liu Nianmei instinctively wanted to refuse. He had no interest in this kind of political wrangling and bargaining. He would rather spend that time grinding monsters and stacking attributes.