After a simple meeting, a significant problem was placed before the three of Long Yuqiong.

"How many people do we have now?"

Long Yuqiong asked:

"Even if we know the whereabouts of Gio Zieou and that Land Loyd is at the Border Abyss, over the years we have been working under Lai Anding, and we are naturally aware of how powerful her forces are..."

"Lai Anding's forces include three major guilds, 200,000 core players equivalent to level two e-sports athletes, over a million amateur players, and 12 studios with cooperation agreements, controlling the three hierarchies of off-duty samurai, middlemen merchants, and basic production like a financial oligarchy."

Yutianxiao spread open a notebook and quickly began marking on it:

"'Starry Abyss' has gone through 8 version updates, and under the continuous mobilization of Lai Anding, the number of full-time players has greatly increased, to the extent that we have to regard all players as combatants..."

"So according to this conclusion."

Night Fighting Sword raised an eyebrow and calculated:

"Willing and potentially becoming direct or indirect supporters of Lai Anding, there are at least 2.4589 billion players."

"Moreover, that's the daily active number, excluding the 22 million ghost accounts and 10 million accounts dedicated to production bots, their actual number is still over two hundred million."

"And we are..."

Yutianxiao brought up the panel, took a glance, and said:

"1,400 people."

"Hmm, surprisingly one more than before?"

"Sorry, I haven't removed Teacher Xia yet."

Yutianxiao found 'account deleted', kicked him out of the list, and said:

"Now it's 1,399 people, the team willing to follow us in resisting Lai Anding's tyranny, including the sacrificed Teacher Xia, is a total of 1,400."

1,400 against 20,000,000.

Such a wide gap made the three of them fall silent immediately.

"So, how do we start?"

"Even without considering Lai Anding, that guy has been consuming life to maintain the medical protocol and will die sooner or later."

"And then? Once dead someone has to succeed, right? We need to find a Chief God..."

"Does it necessarily have to be a Chief God? Can't we divine clan warriors elect our own leader?"

"Narratives two and three are at the Nether Abyss, only one layer away from the Primordial Abyss. If there is no Chief God, do you think, those who have suffered abuse from the defeated divine clan soldiers will invade us?"

"What if a different Chief God comes, and becomes an ambitious person like Lai Anding?"

Long Yuqiong saw they were about to argue again, held his forehead, and growled lowly:

"Stop arguing! I'm thinking!"

He knocked on the table, continually pondering if there is a way to break the stalemate.

If it weren't for Teacher Xia or rather Shilovkin's sacrifice, they would have no hope of resistance at all.

Whether from the perspective of numbers, forces, or revolutionary goals, they do not have the conditions for success.

Unless...

"Leoz, what do you think?"

Yutianxiao pondered for a moment and then said.

"Are you crazy? Leoz is just a cannon fodder deity! Besides, have you forgotten his performance during the War Beyond the Abyss? That guy is nothing but a tyrant who usurps power. If he comes to power, he would definitely plunge into war without a care, and peace would never come again."

"But in terms of qualifications and strength, apart from Leoz, there's no more suitable divine clan, right?"

Yutianxiao shrugged and explained:

"At least if Leoz comes to power, there's a benefit. His reputation in the Starry Abyss is not bad, you could even say it's quite good. If he takes power, the Starry Abyss wouldn't split in a short time. And he has been an Executer, practically no different from a Chief God, even more adept than an ordinary Chief God."

"But that would signal: the orthodox of Starry Abyss has vanished completely, the Primordial Abyss is no longer a threat, which is why they elevate this person with a poor history and low origin like Leoz to a high position."

"What else can be done? Although Leoz is a usurper, that 'Raiding' faction Chief God is essentially a thief. Moreover, his position doesn't stand on the Starry Abyss' side anymore..."

Night Fighting Sword said impatiently:

"Alright, even if Leoz comes to power — there's another issue. When Lai Anding dies, who will manage the 'Lai Anding Medical Protocol'? And this 'From Star Abyss' project, though with a bad original intention, has become our main means to control the Six Great Abysses now. The investment is so large, it can't just be cut off?"

Long Yuqiong suddenly said upon hearing this:

"Then replace the 'Redemption' faction Chief God."

"Replace with whom?"

"If Lai Anding dies, then the 'Redemption' Pathway's godhood is actually vacant. There are still many Ascenders from the 'Redemption' Pathway on the Mass Abyss battlefield, some of whom have long been famous and have completed their ascension, just living in hidden places."

Long Yuqiong said while opening the materials Xia Yubing sacrificed herself to acquire, quickly flipping through them:

"This material not only includes the role data of our compatriots but also a large amount of information on original residents of the Starry Abyss, hidden strongholds, rare mineral deposits, and other high-value targets."

"As long as we select a suitable and powerful candidate among the 'Redemption' Pathway figures, leveraging the temptation of Lai Anding's godhood to persuade them to join the plan, we might even borrow their forces."

"What about Leoz? That guy can't possibly be obscure, remember what he once said."

Night Fighting Sword cleared his throat and mimicked Leoz's voice, coldly saying:

"'I will make Starry Abyss spew out everything that originally belonged to me; if they refuse, I will take it myself'— there you go."

"Speaking of Leoz." Yutianxiao suddenly realized: "We haven't been online for too long, how's that guy now?"

"Who knows, that guy started hiding after the last farewell, but with his character, he must be constantly leveling up, probably has reached the Void now."

Night Fighting Sword took a sip of tea, smacking his lips, muttering:

"Is it my illusion? It seems back in our version, there was no tea planting in Oxiulia, right?"

"You must be mistaken. Leoz served us with tea back then." Yutianxiao also picked up a cup and sipped.

In the next moment, he lifted his gaze and looked at Night Fighting Sword.

"Night, you seem to be right."

Yutianxiao said, shocked:

"This taste, it's exactly the same as the tea Leoz served us with back then."

"Are you kidding? That stuff should be crazy expensive in Oxiulia, yet we got it at a regular restaurant."

"I wouldn't mistake it, I'm of the Artistic Spirit Race, very sensitive."

"Then it is strange indeed."

Night Fighting Sword said as he beckoned to the waiter:

"Hey, young man, this tea is quite good, where is it from?"

However, to the surprise of both of them, when the waiter approached, it was not a local from Oxiulia, but an oriental-looking person with a flat face, black hair, and black eyes. Dressed smartly with a towel over the shoulder, he greeted everyone with a smile, speaking in fluent Oxiulia:

"Oh, you have good taste, this tea is special, imported in batches from Great Liang after the current Emperor opened the ground canal and established the eastern sea route."

"Emperor? What do you mean by Emperor?" Night Fighting Sword was puzzled.

"It seems you folks are foreigners, right?" the shop assistant chuckled, "It's understandable. The Emperor is the term used by oriental people to address the imperial majesty."

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