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"Isn’t it unpopular for dogs to turn on their masters in the West, Madam Joseph?"

The previously immobilized Ziyue suddenly shifted her gaze, staring intently at the owner of the pale hands!

With the pale hands steadied, due to extreme distraction, those terrifying eyes clearly could no longer restrain Ziyue with that horrifying law.

She had to divert an eyeball to observe the surging flames around, which turned into black and white just before getting close, and rapidly infected the bright red Southern Clear Li Fire behind.

A force capable of infecting top-tier flames was indeed terrifying; the black flames enveloped the surrounding space in a indescribable chillyness—a chillyness of all things withering, a sensation of lifeless desolation.

And that person at the center, Ziyue recognized her with just one glance.

One of America’s four major political families, the true representative of the Ansa Aristocrats, the world’s leading arms dealer, a politician in most states of America, and a hidden behemoth in the fields of health care, finance, and various industrial businesses.

Her influence was substantially beyond those so-called Jewish individuals.

In that experimental group, Madam Joseph, representing the Joseph Family, was almost acting as America’s representative, and often held a higher status than Elder Long from the Central Federation during seat arrangements at multiple conferences!

Although Ziyue did not know by what means Elder Long managed to host the Demonic World’s client-server in Digital City of the Central Federation, securing absolute initiative—after all, the Central Federation’s power in that experiment constituted less than one-tenth, and although Liu’s external combat capabilities had notably elevated its standing at the time, it was not higher than America’s—it made her curious how the Long Family took the lead.

The one who couldn’t resist setting her up this time, she originally thought it would be the Long Family, unexpected it turned out to be the leader of the Western family...

This woman she was of course familiar with, having met several times with her batch of technicians before the experiment officially started, especially herself who managed the data, remembering she had several private chats at that time, back then Ziyue felt the investors were not united but each had their own calculations.

"Long time no see, Madam Chen..."

Madam Joseph didn’t look very beautiful, compared to those stunning European and American stars, she just looked like an ordinary Caucasian woman, but every movement carried an unusually peculiar aristocratic demeanor.

Just like now, a moment ago she was a monster capable of devouring all vitality, the next second she tucked away her sharpness and turned into a graceful aristocratic lady, giving no clue that she was just contemplating your demise.

Ziyue looked around, those eerie eyes scrutinizing everything, even the flames augmented by the Flaming Sun Array couldn’t approach, it was no wonder that individual risked betrayal for those eyes—the danger they pose might not be inferior to the Four Demon Statues she previously encountered...

"You didn’t come alone, did you, Madam Chen?" Ziyue smirked at her: "Or am I such an entity that doesn’t warrant your full mobilization, so you only brought one vicious dog?"

Upon hearing this, Madam Joseph adjusted her white gloves, the Joseph Family had been in America for many years but had still retained the aristocratic traditions of the Eagle Empire, even the decorations on her person were of the former’s British vintage style.

"Madam Chen has grown much wiser, probing me already."

Ziyue: "....."

Was I so foolish before?

She always thought she was quite clever before...

"No need for much probing, from the moment that vicious dog rebelled, you should have figured it out—I came alone."

"Alone...." Ziyue suddenly laughed: "The representative of the mighty Joseph Family, the initiator of that experiment back then, now reduced to adventuring alone—seems like you haven’t quite prospered afterward..."

"Indeed...." Madam Joseph revealed a bitter smile on her face: "I have brought shame to the family."

The largest international influence, the greatest financial impact, the world’s largest arms dealer, all powers stood below the Long Family.

Ever since the Central Federation was established, it had been guarded against and targeted by the West, and its influence expansion was always limited.

Back then in that experiment, the Long Family could at most be considered one of the participants, but who would have expected that it would become the biggest player!

The Four Major Guilds, with three of them being from the Central Federation, these noble Caucasians were indeed calculated thoroughly!

"It seems that life hasn’t been kind to you over these years...." Ziyue said with a smile.

"Not good...." Madam Joseph appeared open and straightforward.

In fact, many insiders knew that the core of the Four Major Guilds were aware, these guilds were the four top powers that divided the world after that great war, each backed by the most powerful ancient legacies.

Immortal Palace, Demon Realm, Buddha Kingdom, Taoist Court, incessantly fought amongst each other across three Eras.

Yet sadly, the Western groups who clearly held the biggest investment in the experiment, now barely secured a place among these four legacies, and even that is in a fragmented state!

"It should be so....." Ziyue said, smiling.

"Why do you think it should be so? Young lady...." Madam Joseph’s voice was the same as before, kind and compassionate, not showing any signs of being a ruthless arms dealer.

"Your powers are too mixed, you had allied with too many forces back then to guard against Elder Long."

Ziyue recalled the power distribution of the past. She was in data analysis, and even after entering the laboratory, she still demonstrated astonishing talent in data control, which quickly led her to become the data director of the entire laboratory.

Thus, even with an Eastern face, there were many Western financial backers behind the scenes trying to recruit her.

And she distinctly remembered that at least dozens of Western powers had come to woo her!

Before coming here, she had always thought that these Westerners were united, but in reality, she thought too much.

The domestic scene might be full of scheming and intrigue, but the invited Chinese powers were actually just two groups, led by Elder Long of the Long Family, and newly rising Old Liu.

On the other hand, the Western side involved representatives of the nobility from dozens of Federation countries, with just the United States alone having more than ten different forces.

For example, financial heavyweights like the Morgan Family, and military giants like the Martin Family, as well as seasoned political and judicial families, it was quite complex.

Although its scale was many times larger than that of Elder Long and his peers, the precision was significantly less.

Many of these forces, if taken individually, were not weaker than the Long Family, but there is an old saying, scattered like stars in the sky, concentrated like a pile of dung.....

"So... are you saying you calculated against me alone? Including those people on West Island, was it your doing as well?"

Ziyue asked, puzzled. The people from West Island had cost the Western Federation a great deal to secure those slots, used as bait to lure Chen Qing into the trap, she thought it was the entire Western powers at play, but it turned out... only one family?

There was only one possibility then.....

Ziyue’s heart raced fiercely, this old creature in front of her... might have used some method to keep all those Western tycoons from waking up!