I created the Bureau of Anomaly Control

"Do you have any suggestions?" Shadow asked with some curiosity.

The woman sitting across from him looked at him calmly:

"If you let me out, I can tell you the answer."

The one answering the question was none other than the Divine Firmament Walker they were holding captive, and it wasn't just Shadow sitting across from her at this time.

The old man Zhao Guanwu, who led the construction of this prison, sat casually to the right rear of Shadow, tilting his head to examine the details of the room housing the Divine Firmament Walker, seemingly pondering something.

And sitting to his left rear was Li Hu, a gloomy-faced middle-aged man, one of the two deputy ministers of the Investigation Department. Although nominally Shadow's subordinate, he didn't accept his management at all. The two deputy ministers of the Investigation Department each managed completely independent systems.

This Tier V ability user had led the Federation's clandestine organization, "The Third Hand," before the Investigation Department was established. If the Coordination Bureau, led by Divine Firmament, was the Federation's sword, then the Third Hand was the Federation's hidden dagger.

In the past, the Third Hand was mainly responsible for various truly unsavory matters, such as assassinations and infiltration, as well as dirty work that was inconvenient for most ability users to know. The recent counter-infiltration of Atlantis was also carried out by his intelligence personnel.

As the leader of the former clandestine organization, Li Hu had extremely high combat capabilities and could carry out various important violent actions. He was responsible for resolving matters that Divine Firmament was unwilling to do. To the outside world, he was the second most powerful person after Divine Firmament.

But Li Hu himself knew that there were stronger individuals in the Federation than himself, such as Zhao Guanwu, who seemed a little restless. Li Hu realized how capable this old man was after he planned and proposed the plan against Divine Firmament.

Moreover, he was different from himself. The old man's relationship with the Federation was more akin to mutual benefit. They had no real constraints on him, so unless it was something like dealing with Divine Firmament, where the interests of both parties highly overlapped, he rarely did anything major with the Federation.

Even so, the benefits this old man had brought to the Federation were already terrifyingly high. Although he no longer held a position in the Federation Research Institute, nearly half of the truly significant achievements came from Zhao Guanwu, and he also led the research on several of the devices used to control Divine Firmament.

So, when faced with Divine Firmament's question, Li Hu said nothing, patiently waiting for the old man to speak.

About a dozen seconds after her reply, he reluctantly spoke.

"Stop pretending. If what they say is true, the thing under the sea is definitely related to the survival of all mankind. With your ability, it's impossible to ignore its existence. It's just that it wasn't urgent for you before."

"What harm is there in telling us the solution? We don't want to see the end of the world."

Divine Firmament shook her head:

"What you want is not a solution. The real solution I've already made very clear. As long as you pay attention to the points I mentioned and cooperate with Atlantis, you can delay this threat for at least several hundred years."

"But what you want is a way to solve the problem without paying anything. You want me to tell you how to make Atlantis have no choice but to deal with those monsters themselves, so you can reap the benefits."

"And I don't know the answer to that question."

Shadow said:

"The Federation cannot accept the method you mentioned. The cost is too high for us. How will we ensure the safety of the remaining humans in the future? And we strongly suspect that you're saying this to deplete our resources."

"In this tug-of-war, the one who is exhausted first will be defeated."

Divine Firmament said with bright eyes:

"You're right. Now you've put yourselves in a tug-of-war with me, and it will drag you into the abyss like a swamp. If this continues, you will slowly walk towards a future of doom with me."

"Even I won't be able to save you then."

"Stop pretending you don't know," the old man said. "You know very well that this is their goal. When the world is heading towards its end is the best opportunity to control you, and you don't need to say that you can watch humanity slowly die."

"You do have a far greater determination than you show on the surface. If it were an ordinary person, they might compromise."

"But we know what kind of things are gambling with you."

"Cough cough." Shadow cleared his throat. "In short, we will not provide you with any rewards or promises. You can choose not to tell us any suggestions. We will take that as you thinking our approach is effective and continue with the current plan."

"If you remember anything, you can tell us at any time."

Divine Firmament gently raised her eyelids:

"I can tell you one thing."

"You won't win."

The old man keenly noticed a slight anomaly:

"Win what?"

Divine Firmament sighed slightly:

"It's hard for me to say whether it's too late or not. I can't see everything completely, and it's one of them."

"Do you know what percentage of the volume of this planet that thing occupies? Can you understand what it is? Can you see the difference between it and us? Can you really understand how to stop its defense mechanism?"

"Do you know what mistakes will cause it to destroy this planet?"

"No, you know nothing, yet you still stubbornly like to dance on the edge of a cliff."

In fact, this passage has already revealed a lot of useful information.

The old man said:

"If it's really as you said, you would have started preparing to deal with her long ago."

"And I know what you've been doing all these years. She has never been among the enemies in your eyes."

Divine Firmament nodded:

"Because I can't win either."

Shadow looked into her eyes and said sincerely:

"You're right, we don't know anything."

"So we need your advice. The Federation needs your advice. Every human being who will die in the future needs your advice. I know this is a very excessive request, but since you said it's very dangerous, then only you can deal with it."

"You have to stand up."

He didn't say it completely, but the result the Federation most wanted to see was Divine Firmament actively accepting the shackles. As long as she appropriately used her will to distort reality, they could perfectly put a set of armor on her.

In the Federation's view, refusing to cooperate with Atlantis was not only a good decision to maintain human dominance, but also, if the cost of this matter was really serious, it wouldn't be a bad thing, because they could use it to force Divine Firmament to submit.

As long as she lowered her proud head, any kind of "mistake" could be compensated.

Divine Firmament smiled:

"They will tear down this wall, and then I will rebuild human civilization on the ruins."

Before Shadow could react, Zhao Guanwu took the initiative to answer his question:

"False, both are."

Divine Firmament looked at him, but said nothing.

In fact, she knew that her words couldn't deceive Zhao Guanwu, and the old man also knew that Divine Firmament knew this, so the purpose of her saying this was not to deceive the three people opposite her, but to test the old man.

And Zhao Guanwu also gave his answer—rejection.

"Very good." Divine Firmament said calmly, "Then wait..."

"You will see the end of the world sooner or later."

This sentence was the truth.