The atmosphere in the room suddenly became tense. Michael strode forward and calmly swept his gaze over everyone present. A slight echo came from beneath his silver helmet, "Is everyone here?"

"Not yet."

Nebula, also part of the Global Occult Coalition, stood and reported, "The people from the Voodoo Black Witch Clan and the Chicago Ghosts are still on their way. Their teleportation array technology ran into some issues."

"The situation is urgent, let’s not wait."

Michael shook his head and said to the others, "The strength of Sibi King is above that of the fully formed Desolated Lion. It’s not too late to withdraw now."

...Discouraging the morale right off the bat?

The expressions of the people present were somewhat peculiar; they were witnesses themselves at the time.

Back in the Lost World, they rushed in all together, only to be suppressed by the Desolated Lion at first, retreating constantly. If not for the issues with the Mutated Starfish, they might all have died there.

Although several months had passed since the Lost World, and everyone had made some progress, the fully formed Desolated Lion was still one of the top performers in the battlefield games.

"Ahem,"

Hoenhem lightly coughed and asked Michael, "Since we’ve all come, we can’t just leave without meeting Sibi King.

You should first tell us about the matters within the Buddha Country."

"Alright."

Michael calmly nodded and began his exposition.

The Buddha Country almost possesses all the traits of a God’s Kingdom in mysticism — omnipresent Divine Power, soil essentially assimilated by the deity, a large number of devout Petitioners continuously producing Power of Faith.

Within his God’s Kingdom, a Deity is virtually undefeatable, as long as there are Petitioners, Divine Power is perpetually regenerated.

Ordinary Transcendents or other deities entering the God’s Kingdom will experience massive overall suppression,

like being rejected by the entire world,

unable to receive external Energy replenishment,

with every action under surveillance.

Fortunately, the Buddha Country is not a completely formed God’s Kingdom,

it remains physically based on temples around the world without detaching from reality, completely entering an alien dimension.

Moreover, the Buddha Country does not have a large number of freely moving Divine Envoys or so-called Angel Envoys —

Divine Envoys are also devout believers elevated to God’s Kingdom upon death,

but they differ from Petitioners by not only providing Power of Faith but also moving freely within God’s Kingdom, possessing a higher degree of free thought.

Like Valkyries guiding fallen warriors to Valhalla,

Divine Envoys manage God’s Kingdom for deities, handling various daily matters and monitoring borders to prevent invasions.

Some privileged Divine Envoys may temporarily leave God’s Kingdom and descend to the real world as representatives of deities,

even receiving Divine Power infusion directly to become God’s Avatar.

The combat power of Divine Envoys depends on their personal experiences in life, with vast disparity between the minimum and maximum,

possibly just at the level of ordinary Transcendents,

or nearly as powerful as Demigods, second only to deities.

Michael did not see numerous Divine Envoys at the perimeter of the Buddha Country, which is undoubtedly uplifting news; at least there is no life-threatening danger when entering the perimeter.

However, according to Michael, the Buddha Country is continuously absorbing Power of Faith from mortal believers, that is, ordinary people compelled into Buddha Country,

becoming more complete and perfected at every moment.

As time advances, the functionality of the Buddha Country may also become comprehensive, growing more perilous.

Last time, Michael entered Buddha Country alone, opposing the surrounding Buddhist light with his own power, flying all the way to the Ajanta Stone Cave,

only to find that upon entering, the cave was like a moving labyrinth, continuously changing shape and paths.

The cave itself was deeply saturated with Buddhist light, indestructible, perpetually regenerating,

and even seemed to evolve consciously to hinder Michael — such as strengthening cave layers to resist high temperatures and pressure, reducing the destructive power of the fiery Longsword.

"I understand,"

David pondered upon hearing Michael’s exposition and said, "To destroy God’s Kingdom, rescue all the ordinary civilians coerced there, and halt the spread of the anomaly into the real world.

There are only two ways.

One, cut off the Power of Faith to the Buddha Country, halting its evolution.

Two, navigate the labyrinth, locate Sibi King’s true body, and obliterate it, thus dismantling the Buddha Country at its core."

Michael calmly nodded, "Exactly."

"Then, directly killing the missing persons in Buddha Country, is it possible?"

Youyou, completely hidden under a yellow robe, said softly, "If we were to annihilate all those missing persons,

or terminate their thoughts,

then it would be possible to sever the channel of Power of Faith, wouldn’t it?"

"What?!"

King Bu Liuxing was shocked, instinctively raising his voice, "There are already over a million missing persons now!

How dare you..."

"It’s merely over a million,"

Youyou said calmly, "There are over seven billion other people on Earth.

To protect seven billion, sacrificing a million Indians and hundreds of thousands from other nations is a deal worth making."

Youyou emphasized the word "India,"

and the expressions of those present changed slightly; those who were obviously the Indian representative team looked immensely distressed,

almost stepping forward to angrily rebuke Youyou’s cruel bloodthirst.

"Impossible."

King Bu Liuxing shook his head, "The Global Occult Coalition won’t allow you to do this, neither will any other organization.

I won’t either..."

"Really?"

Youyou spoke hoarsely, "Have you noticed the aircraft carriers docked in the ocean port next to this base building?

They are equipped with missile launch bays?

Mortal weapons are ineffective against deities, but they are extremely effective against ordinary mortals.

Can you guess what those missiles are intended for?"

After Youyou spoke, the atmosphere in the room grew strange once more,

The Indian representatives’ expressions changed repeatedly,

while the representatives of the Global Occult Coalition collectively fell silent.

"The missing persons inside the Buddha Country are now bound to it. Previous experiments have proven that if one does not sever the Divine Power Connection and attempts to remove them from God’s Kingdom, the victim’s brain will collapse —

Their soul will be extracted in one go, transformed into a large amount of Power of Faith, injected into Buddha Country.

It will further enhance the completion of Buddha Country, increasing variables.

Furthermore, within the Ajanta Stone Cave range, only some of the missing persons are present.

Many missing persons have not been found,

even bombing may not be effective, and might have the opposite effect."

Nebula took a deep breath and said, "Therefore, collectively bringing the missing persons out of Buddha Country,

or conducting a carpet bombing with missiles are last-resort tactics.

Before that, our optimal plan is still to deal with Sibi King’s true body."