The entire hall immediately fell silent in the wake of Zhao Yun's response.

All of the scientists' mouths gaped open slightly as they exchanged astonished glances with one another as if they were unable to believe their own ears, immediately following which came a flurry of hushed chatter.

It had been far too long since they had seen the Cathayan Underworld adopt such an aggressive stance, but it didn't seem out of place in the slightest.

After all, the Cathayan Underworld had acted exactly like this for over 1,000 years, and upon seeing this familiar aggression from the Cathayan Underworld, their first instinct wasn't to protest in outrage. Instead, their souls shuddered in fear, and everything they were about to say instantly got stuck in their throats.

In the second row, Kana Fujii concealed her mouth behind her fan as she cast a stunned gaze toward Zhao Yun, while Khilok tightened his grip around his armrests as he leaned forward slightly. All of the consortium representatives shuddered ever so slightly as if they had been pricked by needles, and they all exchanged fleeting glances with one another before looking away again.

The entire hall had fallen completely silent.

After a long while, Archimedes turned to Aristotle and said in a low voice, "Back when the second King Yanluo was in power, he ruled with an iron fist, and that was the time when the Cathayan Underworld's...