Half an hour later, almost all members of the roundtable group had recognized Ulster's decision.
Even if there were concerns about the dangers of Pandora's box beforehand and members of the Round Table wanted to persuade Ulster, they still recognized his decision.
Although the Pandora's box is indeed dangerous, the positive benefits it can bring make them drool!
Similarly, the cost they would face if they did not open the box is one they cannot bear!
Under the balance of interests, in the end, no one else raised objections.
Seeing that everyone had given a positive response, the members of the Octopus Round Table Group present all had a sinister look on their faces.
"Fucking camel tribesmen... This is all on you guys!"
At the head of the conference table, Ulster's eyes also secretly flashed a cold light.
He is not an octopus race member.
But being in his position, every decision he makes is, as they say, like walking a tightrope high in the sky!
Any minor mistake will be infinitely magnified, and then attacked by his competitors!
Once people have the chance, he may be pushed up or down from this position at any time!
Since the problems in the desert started, he hasn't had a single good night's sleep!
It's not that the problems on the other side are too big, but that those who support him and those who oppose him don't want to take the blame at this time. If it weren't for that, he would have retired long ago!
And even now that he hasn't retired yet, he is as uneasy as sitting on needles!
He is well aware that the day the desert situation is resolved will be the day he can retire and enjoy his old age!
The losses in the past two years have to be borne by someone, and so many responsibilities have to be shouldered by someone!
All of this is because of Long Village, because of those damn camels!
He can't do anything about Long Village, but as for the camels—
"Everyone deserves to die!"
Ulster's heart was filled with murderous intent.
The fists clenched involuntarily on the conference table.
...
Along with Ulster's last ultimatum to the camel side.
All actions on both sides seemed to hit a pause button, coming to a halt.
The Black and White Eagle Village no longer has the ability to attack.
The camels seemed to be intimidated, and after the bombing of their strategic target ended, there was no sound at all.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the desert suddenly became quite eerie.
Not only the desert.
The atmosphere of the entire Blue Star was becoming somewhat tense.
Ulster's final ultimatum was not a secret; it was more of a public announcement to the whole world!
It was not just a warning to the camels, but also a warning to all forces in the entire Blue Star that may have ties to the camels, especially Long Village!
"Black and White Eagle…"
Long Village, still in that hotel suite, Kornofsky's eyes swept past a hint of disdain.
However, a hint of admiration soon replaced that hint of disdain.
The disdain was for the Black and White Eagle Village.
As the former superpower of the Blue Star, now he had to resort to using such things as mushrooms to deal with a mere camel, and that drained his resources.
This is a great fall from grace.
It could be said that it's a waste!
However, upon further reflection, is Black and White Eagle Village truly a waste?
If anyone has such an idea, it only means that the person is truly a waste!
Just look at the Foolish Large Wood of ten years ago to see.
A month!
In just one month, at the time, the so-called fourth or even third strongest nation in the world, Foolish Large Wood, was flat out by Black and White Eagle!
And according to the information published by Black and White Eagle Village itself, the losses incurred by Black and White Eagle Village were only a few hundred people!
Although there is a considerable amount of data falsification involved, even if all the falsified data were gathered, the total number of casualties incurred by Black and White Eagle Village during the entire operation would not exceed 100,000!
And this is while considering both the injured and deceased!
The strength demonstrated by Black and White Eagle Village at the time even gave their polar bear a tingling sensation on the scalp!
It was precisely that action that solidified Black and White Eagle Village's position in the desert.
Besides those scattered armed groups, no official force dared to continue opposing Black and White Eagle Village.
In such a situation, who dares to say that Black and White Eagle Village is a waste?
Essentially, you can say that Black and White Eagle Village is bad, but you cannot say that Black and White Eagle Village is weak!
Now, the reason why Black and White Eagle Village has become what it is now is that the village they used to laugh at as a sick patient!
Half a century ago, Black and White Eagle suffered a setback at the hands of a village that had just been established from ruins.
After half a century, Black and White Eagle suffered another setback at the hands of a village they had never looked at directly!
And compared to the last time, Black and White Eagle suffered even greater losses this time!
If the last setback was just a minor annoyance, like a superficial scrape.
Then, this time in the desert, Black and White Eagle Village can truly be considered to have been badly hurt!
Even if things go wrong, this massive beast that has dominated the Blue Star for decades will collapse abruptly!
Just like their old polar bear!
"Long Village..."
Thinking about all of this, Kornofsky's heart was filled with more admiration.
Recalling the cooperation between their polar bear and Long Village, Kornofsky's heart was suddenly filled with a sense of relief. He was grateful that he had not blindly taken sides and had not stood against Long Village due to the benefits offered by the East Indies.
Otherwise, he could not imagine what kind of consequences they would face.
Leaving aside everything else, just the things that Long Village had shown them previously were enough to give Kornofsky a tingling sensation on his scalp.
Sword Twenty-One, powered armor, electromagnetic weapons, drones, mechanical dogs...
And recently, Long Village had proposed the things inside the Southern Gate—micro-nuclear reactors, magnetic levitation flight vehicles...
And the potential things behind the Southern Gate—strategic nuclear-powered big black fish, strategic magnetic levitation nuclear-powered bombers, magnetic levitation fighter jets...
These things, if any one of them is taken out, would make people's hair stand on end.
Every time he thinks of Long Village having quietly developed these things, Kornofsky feels a chill running down his back!
These are just the things that Long Village has publicly exposed.
Considering Long Village's tendency to keep good things hidden, Kornofsky cannot imagine how many terrifying powers the village may still be hiding behind the things that have been publicly exposed!
"Mr. Kornofsky, should we continue our cooperation with the camels?"
At the moment Kornofsky was in admiration, a voice suddenly echoed in his ear.
Looking in the direction of the voice, he saw a tall man standing next to Kornofsky.
Tuhar, the senior executive of the Polar Bear Village, who had been following Kornofsky all along.
After the question, Kornofsky came to his senses, glanced at the man, pondered for a moment, and then slowly spoke:
"Is there any news from Long Village?"
Tuhar shook his head slightly and said, "There is no news at the moment. It seems that Long Village is completely unaware of the final ultimatum issued by Black and White Eagle Village..."
"No news?" Kornofsky's eyes flickered slightly.
A series of thoughts kept racing through his mind one after another.
Long Village is unaware of the final ultimatum issued by Black and White Eagle Village?
That joke isn't funny at all!
It's not just the profound intelligence capabilities of Long Village, even if we disregard the intelligence system, Black and White Eagle Village almost issued a global call-to-action this time.
In this case, Long Village would be almost impossible to not know, unless they are completely blind and deaf.
But even so, Long Village still has no news. What does this mean?
"Mr., might Long Village be giving up on the camels?"
While Kornofsky was lost in thought, after hesitating for a moment, Tuhar could no longer hold back and spoke again.
"Abandon the camels?" Kornofsky's eyes narrowed slightly.
Without hesitation, he shook his head categorically.
This possibility indeed exists.
After all, Black and White Eagle Village is clearly at the end of its rope and is now showing a stance of "whoever dares to interfere, I'll fight them to the death!"
In this case, if Long Village doesn't want to really go to war with Black and White Eagle Village, then it is indeed possible that they might abandon the camels.
Although abandoning the camels would lead to Long Village losing all its interests in the camels, and would significantly reduce Long Village's reputation in the Blue Star!
After all, although Long Village has never publicly stated it, now almost the entire Blue Star has taken it for granted that the rebellion of the camels against Black and White Eagle must have Long Village's involvement behind it.
To put it another way, in the eyes of many forces in the Blue Star, the camels are nothing more than the little brother and cannon fodder of Long Village!
Now the little brother is about to kill Black and White Eagle, at the final stage, you, as the leader, leave the little brother and run away. Who will work with you in the future?
It can be said that if Long Village runs away now, it will certainly have a hard time in the Blue Star in the future!
However, the decline in reputation and prestige will certainly bring unimaginable losses to Long Village.
But compared to the possible mushroom crisis, these losses are truly insignificant.
In that case, it's completely understandable for Long Village to abandon the camels.
However, will Long Village really give up?
Others may doubt it, but Kornofsky, who has already witnessed the true depth of Long Village's roots, does not think this is possible.
Although there is no evidence, Kornofsky has a feeling in his heart that Long Village cannot possibly be afraid of Black and White Eagle!
And maybe, Long Village may have even had countermeasures against mushrooms!
Despite this guess having no basis, even Kornofsky himself is unwilling to believe it...
However, the profound depth of Long Village's foundation forces Kornofsky to have such suspicions...
After a long time, Kornofsky took a deep breath and then spoke in a deep voice:
"Continue the cooperation with the camels..."
For a moment, Kornofsky spoke again:
"And, reveal our cooperation with the camels to Black and White Eagle, let them know..."
Upon hearing this, Tuhar was immediately taken aback.
Leak out the message?
"Mr., this..."
Almost instinctively, Tuhar was about to say something.
But before he could speak, Kornofsky's voice cut through:
"Tuhar, what do you think of Long Village's strength?"
Upon hearing this, Tuhar was once again taken aback, and then directly fell into deep thought.
The strength of Long Village?
Without realizing it, Tuhar's mind involuntarily wandered to the things he had seen and heard in Long Village before.
Before coming to Long Village, just like most Outsiders from the Oceanic World, he had not taken Long Village seriously at all. Even when he held a high position in Old Polar Bear and contacted Long Village, he had always done so with a sense of superiority.
Throughout the entire process, he never let go of his identity and status as the "big brother."
Even when Old Polar Bear had fallen, he had always felt that Long Village was just the little brother who used to shout "big brother" and was the scared little guy who trembled under their mushroom and steel tide.
Even when Long Village had already displayed various powerful strengths before, he still showed some disbelief.
But after arriving in Long Village, he found that everything seemed different from what he had imagined.
Long Village is no longer the little brother who followed them meekly, shaking with fear under their mushroom and steel tides, but has grown into a giant that they cannot fully grasp!
Light work!
Heavy industry!
Civilian technology!
Military technology!
Space technology!
Future technology!!
Long Village has almost bloomed in all fields!
They have what they have, and Long Village has what they don't!
Even the things they dare not even dream of, Long Village has!
It seems that there is nothing Long Village cannot do!
"Profound and inscrutable!!"
After pondering for a long time, Tuhar finally spoke out a few characters in front of Kornofsky's question.
"Yes... Deep and inscrutable!"
Kornofsky sighed slightly.
At this moment, Tuhar struggled for a while, and couldn't help but speak again:
"But even so, we don't need to..."
Midway through his sentence, Tuhar's voice suddenly stopped as abruptly as if his neck had been grabbed by a vajra.
"What's there to be unnecessary about?" Kornofsky looked at Tuhar and asked, "Is it unnecessary to kiss Long Village's butt?"
"..." Tuhar's mouth twitched slightly, but he didn't say anything else.
Kornofsky's words were not pleasant to hear, but his meaning was indeed that.
Although Long Village is indeed deep and inscrutable, Tuhar still cannot accept Kornofsky's behavior.
Who are they?
Polar Bears!
Once one of the world's rulers, even though they fell from the pedestal, they are still one of the most powerful villages in the world!
A dying camel is bigger than a horse!
Even though their glory has faded, now wherever they go in the world, no one dares to take them lightly!
To put it simply, in Tuhar's view, Kornofsky's behavior is almost blaming the Polar Bear Village for bringing shame!
After all, no matter what, Long Village was once their little brother!
And they were once the big brother of Long Village!
Letting the big brother bow to the little brother, what is this but humiliation?
It seems to have noticed Tuhar's thoughts, Kornofsky chuckled and said:
"Mr. Tuhar, I know you cannot accept all of this. In fact, not only you but also I cannot accept it. But, Long Village is no longer the weak Long Village!"
"Put aside your pride. Our era has passed. The glory of Old Polar Bear has faded. In our eyes, Long Village was once just a primitive village, and the Long people were just a group of primitives who had just put down their hoes. But now it's different. If we can't keep up with the new era, the next primitives might be us!"
"We must know that weakness is a sin, but the true sin is arrogance and ignorance!"
Upon hearing this, Tuhar's spirit suddenly shook.
Then he became somewhat bewildered.
Countless thoughts, like a kaleidoscope, kept flipping through his mind.
After what seemed like an eternity, Tuhar finally came back to his senses.
After a long silence, Tuhar looked at Kornofsky with a complex expression, "Mr., do you really have so much faith in Long Village?"
Kornofsky shook his head slightly and said, "No, it's not a matter of having faith, but we have to do it!"
Before Tuhar could respond, Kornofsky continued:
"I have a deep understanding of Long Village's culture. Although we have always been called the fighting race, actually, if you delve deeper into Long Village, you'll find that they are more warlike than us!"
"Their history books are mostly filled with failures, even several times almost leading to extinction. But Mr. Tuhar, do you think a people who have always been failing can continue to exist for thousands of years?"
Upon hearing this, Tuhar fell silent.
Seeing Tuhar's silence, Kornofsky sighed slightly and continued:
"Although I also don't want to admit it, I have to admit that the Long people are an extremely resilient ethnic group. They have a systematic cultural system, an cohesive force that no other ethnic group in the world can match, and wisdom that is not inferior to any other people in the world!"
"Our oceanic civilization started with plunder and became the core of world civilization through countless acts of plunder. All world civilizations are roughly equal to us, while their Long Village is the only civilization that developed and grew stronger step by step without relying on plunder, becoming the strongest village in the world!"
"The only way to destroy such a civilization is from within!"
"Now, we don't have such an opportunity!"
"So we must establish good relations with them! According to their cultural heritage style, as Long Village would say, a drop of water repays a torrent, or giving coal in the snow. Now that we have helped them when they needed it, we will undoubtedly reap far more benefits than we can imagine in the future!"
"This is our opportunity!"
"Just like the camels, after this, the camels not only can break away from Black and White Eagle's control, but they can also stand at the top of the world, becoming one of the most powerful civilizations on Blue Star!"
The low voice caused Tuhar to fall silent once more.
Decades of cultivated pride made it difficult for him to accept what Kornofsky was saying.
At this moment, Kornofsky spoke again:
"Tuhar, let's make a bet..."
Upon hearing this, Tuhar's spirit shook, and he subconsciously said, "What kind of bet?"
"I'll bet on whether Long Village will help the camels!" Kornofsky declared directly, "If Long Village chooses to abandon the camels, then I will proactively apply to the village for leave from this position. You or any other person you think suitable can take over my position!"
"Conversely, if Long Village does intervene and stop the Black and White Eagle village, then in the future, you will fully support me. What do you think?"
Upon hearing this, Tuhar fell silent.
He never expected Kornofsky to say all this to him.
Gambling?
Such a bet is like playing children's games from their position!
Theoretically, it's impossible to happen.
To be honest, it's not only the oral bets like this that are impossible to happen. Even if it were a written contract, they could tear it up without a second thought!
Such an oral bet can be considered a joke, and it might even make people laugh their teeth out when it's spread around!
However, Kornofsky clearly was not making a joke with him.
For a moment, Tuhar's face showed a struggle.
"Good! Mr. Kornofsky, I'm betting with you!"
After much struggle, Tuhar finally gritted his teeth and made the decision to agree to Kornofsky's almost childlike bet.
Upon hearing this, Kornofsky's face also quietly revealed a smile.
This bet, indeed, looked like a child's game.
But is it really a child's game?
Bang!!
At this moment, the door of the suite suddenly opened.
Then, a figure quickly walked into the room from the door.
At the same time, a voice also directly sounded in the suite:
"Mr. Tuhar, Long Village has issued a statement that a press conference will be held at 7 pm Long Village time!"
With the sound, Tuhar's pupils contracted sharply!
