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Moreover, the Human Race was already weaker compared to the Outer Realm Demigods. Once an internal conflict erupts again, it would mean the loss of their last hope.

This situation really made the elders immensely troubled.

And what complicates matters further is that, although Fang Ze appears to be feuding over territory, he has provided a façade and an almost perfect rationale.

Notice Fang Ze’s wording. He uses "not open" for the space passage, rather than "close".

This is because the space passage was closed at the federal request to isolate the Eastern Administrative Region, not by Fang Ze seeking territorial disputes. Fang Ze only thinks the Eastern Administrative Region is too vulnerable now and maintains the status to protect it. This reasoning is entirely reasonable.

Moreover, Fang Ze never showed any signs of not recognizing the Federation or intending to secede from it, making it harder for the Federation to forcefully interfere in the Eastern Administrative Region’s internal affairs.

After all... since its inception, the Federation was formed by the merger of hundreds of countries and initially declared not to interfere in the internal affairs of each region or state outside wartime.

Thinking about this, the elders suddenly felt more troubled.

At this moment, the elder sitting at the far edge, with gray hair, seemed to have thought of something. He turned to glance at the young people still vigorously discussing at the back row, stood up hastily, and went to the back of the conference room to send those young ones out.

Even though these young people are the future of the Federation, the current topic has already touched on territories and issues of the Federation’s highest level, making it unsuitable for these young ones to listen in.

Indeed, once the elder with white hair sent the young people away and returned to the conference room, the elders inside had already begun a heated debate on the issue.

But it was different from what he expected. He originally thought the scene would be very intense or that opinions would be diverse. But amazingly... the entire discussion was almost unanimously on one side.

"We have no other choice, whether proactive or passive, we can only accept the current situation."

"From a military standpoint, the forces he holds are too strong for us to regain control over the Eastern Administrative Region with minimal losses. Furthermore, being a part of the Human Race himself, seeing him oppose the Venerable, he still cherishes the Human Race; we don’t need to treat him as an enemy."

"Legally speaking, we are a federal state with very strong autonomy among various states and regions. The Eastern Region merely closed the passage and made internal adjustments, without breaching the Federation’s highest law. In fact, if we force intervention, it would be a violation of the supreme law."

"Moreover." As he spoke, the elder in military uniform looked at the other elders and said solemnly, "I believe Fang Ze is indeed more valuable than the entire Eastern Administrative Region."

"In Domain Wars, swarm tactics are ineffective. It’s only because we’ve researched and invented a few new technologies over the years that allow hundreds of thousands of soldiers to come together and exert power comparable to Demigods."

"Yet even so, during the recent battle with the Venerable, we realized how helpless the military bases are against him, due to reasons such as size, materials, and morale, falling far short of a true Absolute Pinnacle Demigod."

"Thus, in the future potential wars against the Venerable, military bases might not produce the effects we previously estimated."

"Therefore, besides nurturing more Absolute Pinnacle Demigods and Unity strongmen, we must also rely on Fang Ze."

Pausing here, the military elder firmly concluded, "Fang Ze alone can substitute for dozens of military bases."

Upon hearing his words, the elders present couldn’t help but furrow their brows in contemplation.

After a moment, the elegantly dressed elder in the middle issued two chuckles.

This elegantly dressed elder clearly held the highest status among those present, so seeing him speak, everyone couldn’t help but raise their heads to look at him.

At this point, the elegantly dressed elder slightly shook his head and slowly said, "I feel that you are oversimplifying this matter. It’s not about managing or not managing, but rather a test with a third option."

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"A third option? A test?" The elders repeated the words, pondering the meaning behind the elegantly dressed elder’s statement.

After a short while, a black-clothed elder suddenly expressed understanding, "I understand the Chairperson’s meaning. Indeed, this very well might actually be a test!"

Seeing that the other elders still seemed puzzled, the black-clothed elder looked at them and said, "Reflect deeply on Fang Ze’s recent words, which essentially criticized us for sacrificing innocent people arbitrarily for racial Great Righteousness."

"So his apparent feuding over territory ostensibly claims to protect the Eastern Administrative Region’s populace. But in essence, it also tests us."

"People in the Eastern Administrative Region can be sacrificed, Demigods can be sacrificed, He Weidao can be sacrificed, then why can’t we sacrifice our own lives or interests?"

"Now, he is the strongest in the Federation, and the most promising candidate to lead the Human Race’s counterattack. The question is, will we stubbornly cling to power, ignoring the Human Race’s future, break ties with him; ignore his dominance, maintain the status quo; or sacrifice ourselves, willingly relinquish power, support him, and fulfill him."