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His roar echoed in the enclosed digital space, igniting a chord in the hearts of most of the attendees.
"Agreed! Threats must be nipped in the bud!"
"We cannot afford to take any chances!"
"Immediately implement the highest-level physical elimination plan!"
Voices of approval rose and fell like waves. Destroying the stairs, the most direct option and the one that best reflected humanity's instinctive reaction to an unknown threat, quickly became the mainstream opinion.
All eyes finally focused on the youngest and most unfamiliar figure.
Lin Che.
The prospective members of "Dragon's Spine," the initial warnings of this storm.
The alliance chairman cast his deep, ocean-like gaze over him, signaling him to speak.
The entire conference room fell silent instantly.
Under the watchful eyes of more than a dozen champion-level experts, Lin Che's projection remained stable without the slightest shaking.
"I oppose the destruction of the staircase."
His voice wasn't loud, but it pierced through all the noise and clearly reached everyone's ears.
In an instant, it was as if all the air in the conference room had been sucked out.
Disdain, doubt, astonishment, incomprehension... all sorts of complex gazes were cast from those imposing figures, almost piercing through Lin Che's virtual image.
Marshal "Iron Fist" was so angry that he laughed, his voice filled with undisguised sarcasm.
"Objection? Young man, this isn't a university debate club. Do you know what you're saying?"
Lin Che ignored him and instead focused his gaze directly on the alliance chairman.
He calmly continued his analysis, each word resounding with conviction.
"Have you all thought about what the act of destroying the stairs actually represents?"
"It represents our fear, our hostility. And this hostility will be transmitted without reservation to the being that is awakening at the other end of the staircase—Necrozma."
"According to the intelligence I've gathered, it possesses the power to warp space. For a creature that can manipulate space like paper, can blowing up a fixed 'bridge' really stop it?"
Lin Che paused, his cold logic like a scalpel, dissecting the blind optimism of the crowd.
"No, that won't stop it. It will only enrage it completely."
"What form will an enraged, unseen entity capable of tearing reality apart take when it descends? Will it arrive directly in our capital, in the most densely populated new district, or will it rip an unhealable gash over our nuclear arsenal?"
"The consequences would be thousands or even tens of thousands of times greater than what we are experiencing now!"
His words instantly cooled down the previously heated atmosphere in the conference room.
Some champions who had originally advocated for a hardline approach to destruction frowned and fell into deep thought.
Lin Che's words were not an exaggeration.
This is not a conventional military confrontation, but rather facing a cosmic behemoth beyond comprehension.
Seeing the change in everyone's expressions, Lin Che made an even bolder, even groundbreaking, prediction.
“I even believe that Necrozma’s goal is not to destroy the Earth itself.”
"It traveled hundreds of millions of miles to get here, crossing unimaginable distances, surely for something on Earth that could complete it. It is a hungry beast, driven by its instincts to find food."
"What does it need? It needs light and vitality!"
In Lin Che's eyes, there shone a light called "wisdom," a kind of absolute confidence that came from understanding the essence of things.
"Therefore, I suggest we turn the tables on them!"
The moment those two words were uttered, everyone's heart skipped a beat.
"Instead of destroying the staircase, we will actively use it to send a batch of selected, harmless, and pure natural energy to the other side!"
"In this way, we can 'appease' Necrozma as she awakens and tell her that we have no hostility towards her."
“We can even… ‘feed’ it.”
"Of course, it's not about feeding it until it's full, but rather giving it an appetizer so that it thinks the prey is right in front of it and is docile and harmless, thus slowing down its hunting pace."
"This might buy us invaluable time to prepare!"
The entire conference room was deathly silent.
Everyone was stunned by Lin Che's crazy plan.
Actively supplying energy to the enemy?
This is blatant aiding the enemy! It's collusion with the enemy! It's betrayal!
"You're insane! You're absolutely insane!"
Marshal "Iron Fist" was the first to roar, his virtual projection fluctuating violently due to his emotional outburst.
"To hand over our power to the enemy, making them stronger so they can destroy us? That's the most ridiculous joke I've ever heard!"
"I absolutely disagree!"
"I second that! The risk is too high; it's pure gambling!"
The fierce opposition was about to drown out Lin Che's proposal in an instant.
Just then, the figure who had remained silent throughout, seated in the main seat, the Alliance Chairman, slowly raised his hand.
All the noise came to an abrupt end.
The chairman's gaze pierced through layers of data and landed on Lin Che, carrying a scrutinizing look, but also a hint of barely perceptible approval.
"Has your plan been analyzed and simulated by think tanks?"
"Ten minutes before the meeting started, I had already submitted the core ideas and data models to the alliance think tank," Lin Che replied, neither humble nor arrogant.
The chairman nodded and turned to the other side.
"Think tank, report the results."
A soft, female electronic voice announced: "Reporting to the Chairman. Based on the Necrozma behavioral logic model provided by Lin Che, and after 37,000 emergency simulations, the conclusion is..."
"The 'appeasement plan' has a success rate of 73%."
"The probability of the 'destruction plan' triggering unknown catastrophic consequences is 91%."
The cold, hard data struck the hearts of all the opponents like a heavy hammer.
73% success rate!
In the face of such an apocalyptic crisis, this is an incredibly high number!
The entire room fell silent once again.
After a long silence, the Alliance Chairman's calm voice resounded throughout the conference room, making the final decision.
"The principle of majority rule is invalid in the face of truth."
“I hereby declare, in the highest authority of the Alliance Chairman, that the ‘destruction plan’ is vetoed.”
"Adopt the 'appeasement plan' proposed by prospective member Lin Che!"
Chapter 104 The World's Gift!
The deathly silence in the Alliance's highest command center was shattered by a trembling, tearful cry.
"The data...the data has stabilized!"
"Necrozma's awakening process... has stopped! My God, it really has stopped!"
All eyes were fixed on the giant light screen that occupied the entire wall.
The crimson energy curve, representing the countdown to the apocalypse, stopped its ferocious ascent after reaching a heart-stopping peak. It began to oscillate violently and unwillingly up and down, and finally, under the gentle and pure flow of green life energy fed back from the other side of the [Sky-Gap], it slowly and smoothly receded.
Each dip in the curve allowed the nerves in the command center, stretched to their limit, to relax a little.
The immense pressure that had previously been enough to crush one's spine was dissipating at a visible rate.
Some people collapsed into their seats as if utterly exhausted, their chests heaving violently as they gasped for breath, as if they had just escaped from the deep sea.
Some people wiped their faces hard with the back of their hands, only to find that they were already in tears.
Then, the emotions, suppressed to the extreme, erupted like a volcano!
First came scattered applause, then it coalesced into a thunderous frenzy! Cheers, joyful shouts, and roars of relief nearly ripped off the roof of the building, which was made of a special alloy and capable of withstanding a nuclear explosion!
Successful.
Lin Che's crazy plan, which sounded almost like a fantasy and could be described as "predicting the opponent's predictions," achieved a miraculous success that exceeded everyone's expectations!
He made the right bet.
Necrozma is not purely an embodiment of destruction; it is more like a ferocious beast driven to madness by extreme hunger. The "goodwill" that Earth actively released—the life energy delivered by dozens of top Grass and Fairy-type Devil Fruit users working together—was the most precise "plucking of its fur" and "feeding."
The awakened behemoth has temporarily halted its path of world destruction.
According to the most accurate deductions from the background of the [Eye of Truth] system, this "goodwill" has bought this precarious world at least several weeks, or even several months, of precious preparation time!
On the communication screen, even the usually stern and resolute face of the Alliance Chairman couldn't hide his excitement. He looked intently at Lin Che on the screen, stood up solemnly, and gave him the Alliance's highest-level military salute.
"Lin Che, on behalf of the Alliance, and on behalf of all life in this world, I thank you."
"Your achievements are irreplaceable."
The chairman's voice, amplified by the loudspeaker, resonated in every corner of the center, instantly drowning out all the noise.
Without the slightest hesitation, he issued the order in an unquestionable tone.
"I will use my highest authority, which I only have once a year, to allocate the highest level of rewards for Lin Che from the ultimate treasure vault of the 'Dragon's Spine'."
As soon as the words were spoken, the entire command center fell silent again, everyone's eyes filled with shock and... a sense of entitlement.
This achievement deserves any reward.
……
A few days later, at Elf University in Shanghai, in the boys' dormitory.
The familiar smell of instant noodles mixed with takeout still lingered in the air. My roommate, "Mouse," was wearing headphones and playing games on his computer.