MTLNOVEL Chapter 176: Candid Speech
Jade Skirt, South First District.
After several years, Tilan returned here once again, but this time her feelings were entirely different. If she had approached it as a student with anticipation and reluctance in the past, now she no longer had the energy to focus on such emotional nuances. Her mind was occupied with the major events about to unfold.
The car window of the hover car gradually descended, allowing the moist sea breeze to flow in, bringing a refreshing current. It felt as if a constant rhythm was resonating by her ears, urging her forward eagerly to meet the slowly rising tempest on the horizon.
A few minutes later, the hover car stopped under the government building of the Star Domain. As she had already made an appointment in advance, Tilan led her entourage swiftly inside the building. The government staff in charge of leading them did not dare to inquire too much or obstruct them but focused intently on answering the questions of this songstress girl.
"Lady Isabella and many notable figures from the Star Domain are attending an economic planning seminar that started the day before yesterday. The main purpose of this meeting is to discuss the industrial layout and investment direction of the Four-leaf Crystal Star Domain in the future, and it has invited luminaries from various circles and representatives of numerous businesses."
"Looks like I arrived just in time." While walking, Tilan tied up her hair. The two women by her side helped her tidy her hair as they walked. After a complex process of combing and tying, her long, straight hair looked simple and elegant from the outside, with strands forming protective wing-like patterns behind her ears, meeting at the back of her head, then tied tight and adorned with a black bow hair clip.
Following that, her clothes were also adjusted by two people, and the Four-leaf Crystal Badge and Night Flower Badge, which symbolized her status, were pinned side by side on her shoulder collar. The girl then spread her arms, and her followers put on the Black Rose lace long gloves on her hands.
Finally, the group halted in front of the main entrance of the conference hall. The girl took a deep breath with her eyes closed, then opened them and gently pushed open the door with her hands. The ancient and heavy wooden door turned, and with her presence, it was as if a beam of light shone into the slightly dim and dull conference hall.
The numerous attendees were astonished by the high-profile manner in which someone entered the venue, and as this girl, accompanied by her group dressed in black uniforms, swiftly walked down the central aisle and approached the podium, only then did the crowd see her appearance clearly and recall her identity.
"Why did she suddenly come back?" Many harbored doubt and curiosity in their hearts.
A company representative who was initially giving a speech paused and, after some thought, picked up the chip from the table, took a few steps back, and yielded the spot.
"Thank you." When ascending the podium, Tilan curtsied by lifting her skirt, showing gratitude to the one who yielded the position, then turned around and stood firmly at the podium.
Her gaze quickly swept across the room, roughly 40% of the members here were government officials from various parts of the Star Domain, about 40% were representatives of local businesses in the Four-leaf Crystal Star Domain, and the remaining 20% were representatives of religious circles, regional celebrities, and various non-governmental organizations.
"Hello everyone, I am Hexia Tilan. I apologize for interrupting this important meeting." The girl's voice was clear and calm, lacking the tremble of youthful nervousness from the past.
Just that opening line sent a strange and cool mental ripple across the room, causing all attendees who had been sleepy or puzzled to immediately regain clarity.
Such an ability? Many immediately realized what this signified—namely, that at this moment Hexia Tilan possessed the strength of a Moon Level Songstress. Those who had intended to voice their doubts immediately sat upright without further movements.
The conference hall's doors gently closed again, then the lights within gradually dimmed, leaving only the girl at the podium, enveloped in a faint halo.
"I know this is sudden, but the situation no longer permits us to idly watch." Tilan said without unnecessary words, inserting a chip into the card slot on the podium table.
A grand galactic map unfolded across the dome of the conference room, with countless rivers of stardust flowing slowly to form a vast star nebula vortex.
"As you each see, this is a map of the Milky Way, and the territory of the Rose Federation is located on an arm near the Silver Heart."
"Since the dawn of the Sixth Era, when Lady Isenisha established the Federation, the Federation's territory has continuously expanded for hundreds of years, and gradually extended to occupy many important nodes within the Milky Way."
"The occupation of these nodes has enabled the Rose Federation to monitor most of the star systems within the galaxy, prohibiting the emergence of Black Suns. From then on, civilization has gradually stabilized, extending and migrating through these nodes, which eventually formed the current distribution of various star domains within the Federation."
"Early in the Federation period, such expansion brought numerous opportunities. Many fleet members migrated with their entire families into the vast sea of stars, heading thousands of light-years away, possibly never returning once they embarked on their first voyage."
"Yet, even so, countless people forged ahead, and the planet beneath our feet today is a product of that great era."
"Why don't we see such a scene today?"
"In times of weakness, life had to conform to the environment, worship nature, and believe in gods imagined in fantasies. But our civilization has long past the stage where we trembled at lightning and storm in caves in ancient times."
"Humans disdain the void of myths, picking up the tools of creation themselves, designing the world they love, altering their defects, and continuously moving forward as civilization evolves."