"What is this?"

"Invitation"

After a pause, the scholar added, "The invitation letter from that place." ”

He opened the invitation and showed everyone that nothing was written on it, it was blank, except for a straight line drawn in the lower right corner.

"Just sign your name here and you'll be a participant." Ji Xuemin pointed to the straight line and said.

"Didn't our predecessors often say that it was called Shiyi's long technique to control it, and we will give it to him once this time."

"But wouldn't that be too risky, what would we even have the code name 'Nothing'? Where is it? What is the purpose? There is no definite conclusion yet, and it is too risky to rush to rely on its strength. An older comrade persuaded.

"That's right, it's too risky, or let's discuss it again." Another attendee next to him chimed in.

"Risk?" Ji Xuemin sneered, "As time goes by, the strength of those participants will definitely get stronger and stronger, and at that time, if we don't have a strong force to restrain them, will they still obediently obey the state's orders like this?" Even if we don't talk about the future, just talk about the present, according to our statistics, just in the recent period, the number of violent incidents in the country has increased several times compared with before, and most of them are extremely bad in nature, and there are even more casualties, most of which are committed by those participants, although we have tried our best to suppress these bad elements, but it is conceivable that with the improvement of the strength of those participants, the situation may become worse. ”

Hearing this, the people present broke out in a cold sweat.

"Can the state cope now?" Someone asked.

"Yes, but I won't know later." Ji Xuemin felt powerless for a while.

"So!" Suddenly, Ji Xuemin's tone was much higher, "We can't sit still any longer, we must have enough strength to ensure social stability." ”

"Let's vote." In the end, Ji Xuemin completely shut his mouth and stopped speaking.

There was silence for a while, and all the participants present looked at each other with big eyes, but no one was willing to take the lead.

Suddenly, a voice broke the silence on the field.

"I agree" spoke to the old man who was respectfully called An Lao.

"Consent"

"In favor"

"Consent"

"Pass"

···

Seeing that An Lao made a statement first, the other participants also voted one after another.

"Time is running out, we have to make concrete arrangements quickly, we are already a lot behind, if we want to be one step ahead, then we can't waste any more time." One of the younger attendees reminded urgently.

"Of course" Ji Xuemin glanced at everyone, and a smile appeared on his face.

···

After the meeting, when all the other participants left, only Ji Xuemin and Secretary Kong were left in the conference room.

Secretary Kong looked at Ji Xuemin with a look of wanting to say something on his face.

"That's it, if you have something to say, just say it, don't babble." Ji Xuemin saw Secretary Kong's constipated appearance and said with a smile.

"Okay Director." Hearing this, Secretary Kong nodded and asked, "Director, why don't you tell them about the existence of the Heroic Spirit Envoys, and isn't our country already co-opting some of the Heroic Spirit Envoys and setting up a special department, for now, those participants are unlikely to have much impact on the country..."

Before Secretary Kong finished speaking, he was interrupted by Ji Xuemin waving his hand.

Ji Xuemin looked at Secretary Kong, with a meaningful smile on the corner of his mouth, "I know what you mean, you are wondering why I should exaggerate the danger of the participants." ”

"Hmm," Secretary Kong nodded.

"Secretary Kong, you've been working under me for almost 5 years." Ji Xuemin asked.

"Well, it's going to be 6 years in 4 months."

"It's been so long, so I'll tell you why." Ji Xuemin paused and continued: "First of all, I am not exaggerating the danger of the participants, because what you see is the present, and I have my eyes on the future. ”

"Secondly, I can't trust those so-called heroic spirit envoys, their appearance is too abnormal, we can't put all our hopes in one basket, scatter them, and prepare with both hands, which is the safest way."

"Besides, do you think those people just now really didn't know about the existence of the Heroic Spirit Emissary?" Ji Xuemin looked at Secretary Kong with a smile, "I don't dare to say anything else, but just by virtue of An Lao's identity, do you think he will know nothing about the existence of the Heroic Spirit Envoy?" ”

"You mean..." A guess arose in Secretary Kong's mind.

"That's right, it was just a drama just now, my country has indeed recruited a group of heroic envoys to form a special department, but the control of that department is indeed firmly controlled by the military, you must know that although our National Security Bureau also has its own combat troops, it can also carry out limited deployment of the army in critical moments, but fundamentally we still belong to the public security department, that is to say, this time it is actually a competition between the two departments, now do you understand." Ji Xuemin looked at Secretary Kong's eyes and said.

"Understood, Director, now I'll arrange work immediately." After speaking, Secretary Kong hurriedly withdrew from the conference room.

Looking at Secretary Kong's hurried appearance, Ji Xuemin smiled, and then took out the invitation letter from his arms and opened it on the table.

With a pen in his hand, he stared at the straight line on the invitation, sighed for a long time, put down the pen in his hand, and finally did not write his name.

"Let's hope everything goes well."

···

And not long after Ji Xuemin and the others finished their meeting, a secret meeting was going on on a private island somewhere on Earth.

“··· Everyone, you should already know the details. "The moderator of the meeting was an old Western man who looked to be in his fifties or sixties.

"This is our chance, our Star Atlas Foundation's chance to re-emerge and regain control of the world," an old man in a red suit shouted with a feverish face.

"That's right, that group of traitors in the United States have stolen our position for so many years, and we must take this opportunity to give them back everything we have lost in the past." Another fanatic chimed in.

While they were shouting feverishly, the younger participants in the meeting watched without saying a word, looking at the older attendees with a hint of disdain in their eyes.

"A rotten organization, a bunch of ignorant old immortals."

"Take control of the world? Boring thoughts, meaningless. ”

Several young participants glanced at each other a few times, and each could see a hint of disdain in each other's eyes.