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Restart the command center?

Why leave such a message?

Jiang Xiaoling was completely dumbfounded.

Although he did not participate in Digital City’s plan against the King of Qin at the time, he had heard about that major incident afterward, where they abandoned the entire command center, including the Hou Family’s primary heir, as bait to barely trick the King of Qin into falling for it and isolating him there permanently by cutting the power.

But now... they wanted to restart the command center?

Aren’t they afraid that the twisted, insane individual might take control of the command center again and shut down Digital City?

Although some experimental data has shown that once power is cut off, data beings usually become dead data upon reboot, this only applies to low-end data beings.

There is no related data for high-end data beings.

That’s normal, of course, as high-end data beings are valuable resources and mostly have strong backgrounds.

Who would use them for such experiments?

But it’s also because there is no data from experiments, there’s a possibility that something could happen. Are they serious about restarting the command center now?

Jiang Xiaoling stared blankly at the note, even wondering if the person who had visited him that day was really Chen Qing. He hadn’t opened this until now because he knew that in this bizarre world, a simple letter could harbor many tricks, and he dared not open it before the specified emergency.

If he had known it was just a few words like this, he might have considered hiding it earlier.

"Jiang Xiaoling, are you sure about this?" Nie Xingjun across from him was also stunned into silence for a long time.

Restarting the command center... How big of a risk is that? He didn’t know whether the new group of people posed a threat to the Federation, but the guy locked up inside had a genuine desire to destroy the Federation; he was a madman!

"This is what’s written above..." Jiang Xiaoling hesitated, but eventually responded honestly.

It was impossible to take back his words at this point.

"Is it really Chen Qing?"

"I.... don’t know. After all, I am still very weak in this world, and I haven’t learned any Techniques. Even if it was some Demon in disguise, I wouldn’t be able to tell. I can only say that the person I saw looked like Chen Qing..."

"I see..." Nie Xingjun slowly closed his eyes and then said, "I understand. Let me ask you, currently in Jiangnan, besides Chen Qing, who else can take charge? Who is most reliable?"

"This...." Jiang Xiaoling was taken aback, as a refugee and a mere child, how could he know who was the most reliable person in Jiangnan?

This official, he thinks too highly of me...

"This... I genuinely have no contact with those higher-ups, but from what the public says, General Xuu Hu of the Warrior Army should be the most trustworthy because he has no background.

He is a grassroots man who has followed Chen Qing to his current position, and his journey is often praised and sung by storytellers as a tale of loyalty to Chen Qing. "

"Do you think you might be able to contact him?"

"How could I possibly make contact?" Jiang Xiaoling sighed. "Minister, I’m just a child under five years old..."

Nie Xingjun: "....."

"I understand... It’s indeed a bit too much to ask of you, but we are currently being forced into a corner.

I will consider taking the advice left by Chen Qing.

If you can, do try your best on your side.

.. As the saying goes, when the nest is upset, no egg remains intact.

If Digital City falls, Chen Qing’s Jiangnan.

.. will most likely not survive either."

Jiang Xiaoling felt a chill in his heart, and after hesitating, he still said, "I... I’ll try my best."

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After ending the communication, Nie Xingjun sat on the sofa, exhausted, with a look of bewilderment on his face.

What to do now?

He had always considered himself a remarkable figure, thinking that he was only behind the Hou Family’s heir due to background issues. Now, it had been most sensible for him to take the President’s position, but he barely warmed his seat before facing such a crisis.

How many past Presidents have encountered a situation like mine?

If this operation is incorrect, it might just end the history of Digital City.

What should I do?

Should I obey the commands of those mysterious people or believe in Chen Qing?

At this moment, Nie Xingjun was truly unsure of what to decide.

As an outsider, Chen Qing’s words naturally couldn’t be fully trusted. However, from what could be observed so far, all of Chen Qing’s actions seemed to be mutually beneficial with the Federation, and although there was mutual wariness, there was no reason for an outright fallout.

The group of mysterious people was different; an organization that had concealed itself for so long led him, a clever man, to immediately think of that once forbidden history.

The great global war of those years, the onset of the data age—if all this had been orchestrated by those people back then, it would mean they were a group of insanely ambitious villains.

If they could plunge the entire world into war for their selfish desires back then, snuffing out billions of lives in an instant, even deliberately destroying the world, forcing the survivors to eke out an existence as data entities, then it wouldn’t be strange for them to do something insane now.

Deep down, Nie Xingjun did not want to associate with them at all; even from a personal standpoint, he was more inclined to side with Chen Qing.

The reason was simple: these people held extremely high authority.

Once their goals were achieved, his own powers as the President of the Eastern Federation would likely become virtually nil.

He had waited many years for the chance to sit in this position, even forgoing the first opportunity to enter the New World, and then these mysterious figures swooped in like emperors-above-the-emperor, which nobody would like.

But if he decides to help Chen Qing... the risk is enormous!

The roots of these supreme beings were too deep, and he even suspected they could destroy the Nie Family in an instant. One false move... and it could mean the end of his entire family. Moreover, was Chen Qing serious about that method he proposed?

Reboot the command center?

What’s the use?

If everyone in that command center is dead, what can you do with just a command center? Surely you can’t shut down Digital City?

If they’re not dead... would it mean releasing the insane Number One?

On one hand, there are the heartless lunatics who destroyed the world and created the data age, and on the other, there’s the lunatic who nearly shut down Digital City. Letting two maniacs fight each other?

Are they mad?

"General, they’re sending messages urging us over there..."

"Tell them that Zhuxian World is still evacuating, and the other two worlds are also preparing. Shutting down a Parallel World is a big deal; even if the procedure passes, it requires various techniques and can’t be done so quickly."

"All right..." Just as the response was sent, a voice suddenly burst out.

"Is Minister Nie still there?"

Nie Xingjun abruptly sat up straight, because that voice was Jiang Xiaoling’s!

"Go on..." From just now until the present, less than half an hour had passed. Could it be that that guy already got in touch with some important person?

"I have made contact with General Xuu Hu, if you have anything you want to say, please say it now."

"That quickly?" Nie Xingjun found it unbelievable, but a chill immediately surged in his heart!