Hearing about the national cultivation plan, William James’s face immediately turned grim.
Seeing William James’s unpleasant expression, Henry Labrador laughed.
As soon as their spy in China informed them about the national cultivation plan, Henry Labrador immediately suggested that William get involved to take a share of the benefits.
After all, with the Free Nation’s international status, there were countless ways to participate in any country’s plan!
Even though Henry Labrador didn’t fully understand what the national cultivation plan was or what cultivation entailed, his intuition told him that this was a plan that would shock the world!
In recent years, China’s development speed had far exceeded their expectations. Even the world-dominating Free Nation felt a sense of crisis.
In this era where divine manifestations were common and various god-gifted individuals emerged one after another, China must have had a profound reason for investing so much effort into such a grand national plan!
However, what Henry Labrador didn’t expect was that his suggestion was immediately rejected by William James.
Henry Labrador understood William James’s thoughts very well. William James believed that god-gifted individuals could only be chosen by the gods! The so-called cultivation plan was nothing but an unrealistic fantasy! If mortals could become god-gifted through their own efforts, what would be the use of gods?
Ever since William James learned about China’s national cultivation plan, he had been waiting to see China make a fool of itself! But now, it seemed that things were not going as he had expected!
William James’s face was as dark as water. He couldn’t understand why the seemingly illusory national cultivation plan was the key to China so easily resolving the Alien Beast crisis!
At the same time, William felt a bit regretful for not listening to Henry Labrador’s suggestion earlier to use his status to pressure China into allowing the Free Nation to join the national cultivation plan.
But it was too late to say anything now. William gently closed his eyes and slowly said, “Henry, what do you want? If you’re just here to mock me, then please leave. You’ve already achieved your goal.”
In a sense, William could be considered an open-minded national leader, at least in the sense that he wouldn’t avoid his mistakes after making them.
Hearing this, Henry Labrador shook his head with a smile, still maintaining his gentle demeanor. “Leader, I’m not here to mock you. But even you have to admit that your wrong thinking has caused our nation significant losses this time!”
“This Alien Beast crisis cost us over a million soldiers! The consumption of conventional weapons exceeded hundreds of billions! And that doesn’t even include civilian casualties!”
Listening to Henry Labrador’s report, William opened his eyes again, showing a trace of pain.
As the leader of a nation, William was always thinking about making the Free Nation the true world dominator! But just this Alien Beast crisis alone had set the Free Nation back at least ten years!
Although other countries also suffered heavy losses, even more severe than the Free Nation, China seemed to have suffered almost no losses!
The Free Nation’s enemy had never been other countries; it had always been China!
Henry Labrador’s voice rang out again, “Although we’ve missed the best opportunity, we still have time!”
“My suggestion is to prepare quickly and then force China to disclose all the details of the national cultivation plan!”
“This time, not only our Free Nation but other countries also suffered heavy losses. So as long as we propose that China hand over the national cultivation plan, other countries will surely support us!”
William nodded and then said, “I agree with your suggestion. Once the Alien Beast crisis is completely resolved, immediately start working on this matter without any delay!”
With William’s approval, Henry Labrador’s smile grew even brighter. “Understood, Leader. Once the Alien Beast crisis is over, I will immediately have our Foreign Ministry handle this matter!”
William straightened up, took a deep breath, and then waved his hand at Henry Labrador, signaling him to leave.
Henry Labrador understood William James’s meaning. Having achieved his goal, he left the leader’s office with satisfaction.
As he left the office, the smile on Henry Labrador’s face disappeared, replaced by a look of pathological madness.
Because the spy in China was in direct contact with him, he knew more about the national cultivation plan.
Under China’s vigorous promotion, even the spy had joined the national cultivation plan!
And now, he had started practicing the techniques the spy had told him about!
Henry Labrador was not a god-gifted individual. Although he was eager to become one, it seemed the gods had not noticed this devout believer.
Every time he saw those god-gifted individuals displaying their unparalleled abilities, Henry Labrador felt deeply dissatisfied.
For someone who had become a five-star general of the Free Nation before the age of thirty, his ambition was evident.
He believed that in every aspect, he was one of the best among the younger generation.
Yet, among the god-gifted, there were many far inferior to him!
In such a situation, Henry Labrador had long begun to doubt his faith.
He started to question whether the so-called gods existed and whether the so-called god-gifted abilities were truly divine gifts!
After learning the techniques from the spy, his faith completely collapsed.
Now, the only thing he wanted was more advanced cultivation techniques!
With more advanced techniques, he could gain even greater power.
Those who called themselves god-gifted would then only be fit to kneel before him and pray!
He would become a god!
Walking home, Henry Labrador had already figured out how to force China to hand over the national cultivation plan.
He suddenly remembered an ancient Chinese saying that perfectly described the current situation.
Although he couldn’t recall the exact words, he remembered the gist:
Everything is ready, except for the east wind!