People were leaving the room one by one, returning to their divisions or teams to deliver the news. Everyone left except for Alton, Wei Xi, Zhang Mengyao, Rosalie, and Cao Jingyi.
Cao Jingyi came over and apologized for her prejudice against him early in the meeting.
"I accept your apology. I know you are working hard to make the empire a better place to live. I know you want everything to revert back before the game where we resolve problems through discussion. That can never be achieved, you need power to make it happen. If you are weak, then no one is going to listen or have a discussion with you. That's how it works now. The only way for us to get our peace back without outside force interference is to get strong so no one dares to attack us."
"And believe me, there's a force that seeks destruction, and they will not listen to our nonsense no matter how strong we are. You will find out once you get the report from Zhang Mengyao."
