Yes, Madam Prime Minister

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Ronan informed Lu Jianling.

A force capable of producing superhuman weapons at any time is enough to make all parties temporarily put aside their struggles and work together to eliminate the threat.

"Are you going alone?" Lu Jianling asked with great concern.

Ronan chuckled, "How could she be alone? She merged with me and then called on several of our strong fighters as well."

Although the "Dinia" from another world is not at the seventh rank, she is still at the sixth rank, and when she combines with Ronan, she is still the strongest in the world.

Then there's Victor, who stayed here, and Yan Huai, the newly joined seventh-tier cultivator.

While we're at it, let's go to another time and space and bring Lavigne and Kang Guizong over.

With the combined power of Roddy and Lavini, two super seventh-tier beings, along with two other veteran seventh-tier beings and Kang Guizong, an immortal seventh-tier being, the possibility of the opponent overturning the table has been completely eliminated.

How could Ronan, who is so afraid of death, possibly put himself in danger?

"In that case, it's probably the other faction's leaders who are more afraid."

Lu Jianling couldn't help but laugh.

While it's unlikely that Ronan will turn the tables and overturn things, just thinking about it is scary.

"Don't talk nonsense, the leaders in other places are not weak either."

Ronan said.

He wasn't just making things up; the actual leaders of other forces are at the fifth or even sixth rank.

To put it bluntly, if the Kingdom of David hadn't suddenly changed so drastically that they were all stuck, these individuals would have either retired or gone into seclusion to focus on reaching the top. Who would want to waste their time and energy on worldly matters?

The possibility of a group purchase is extremely low.

Chapter 1030 Agreeing, True Face, Foreigners Actually Have an Advantage

Ronan thought it would take some effort to persuade "Dinia" to merge with him, but to his surprise, she agreed immediately.

I just asked one extra question: when was the first time Ronan and Dinah combined?

Ronan answered truthfully that it was after the founding of New Sea City that the first ancient relic in Western history to achieve the seventh rank was resurrected, and it took the combined efforts of the two of them to barely defeat him. Although that man named Osiris always had an extraordinary dual-magic configuration, judging from his experience fighting other seventh-rank opponents afterward, he was actually quite weak and not as strong as a typical seventh-rank opponent.

In this extraordinary world, there is no such thing as the present being inferior to the past; only each generation is stronger than the last. Perhaps the founding monarch of the Golden Eagle Dynasty, who dominated the Western Ocean more than 300 years ago, would be about the same level as Ronan today.

Ronan's abilities aren't particularly strange or unusual; the only rule-based aspect is that his sword ignores magic defense, and his shield can provide absolute defense against magic as long as he has enough magic power.

He possesses strong individual kill ability, defensive resistance, wide-range group attacks, and mobility, making him a "warrior" without any weaknesses.

"Don't you have any other questions?" Ronan asked.

“That’s all,” “Didi” replied.

“I thought you were going to ask why I, in this world, chose to help you in the beginning instead of betraying you,” Ronan said.

The two worlds diverge at this point.

“There’s no need,” she said. “She and I are two separate people, and you and he are two separate people as well.”

She seemed to have let go, but she didn't want to have any further involvement with Ronan.

Afterwards, the two went to another time and space.

They brought Lavigne and Kang Guizong over.

Lavini is a true warrior, capable of defeating monsters like Dinia without giving them a chance. Kang Guizong has lived long enough that no one knows how many special techniques he has hidden away.

Kang Guizong of the other world is dead, and Lavigne of this world is dead.

The relationship between the two is quite delicate.

After returning, he called Victor and Yan Huai to set off together.

Victor is a model among elemental mages, and one who has no weaknesses.

He's a good support.

Yan Huai's ability to forcibly pull people into the "game" as an attack method is actually very inefficient, but it is a powerful form of control.

Having crowd control is quite important in team fights, although the chances of actually winning a fight are almost nonexistent.

"Sorry to trouble you all."

Ronan said, "The first one to take off."

At the seventh level, there is nothing that cannot fly. In the blink of an eye, they covered a mile, and soon the group arrived at the meeting place, Luoyang.

The area outside the city, where the former Temple of Heaven once stood, is now a forbidden zone.

The other three forces had arrived long ago and had been waiting for some time.

Most of the seventh-tier attendees were familiar faces, led by Ning Bolin and her group. They had once witnessed the combined Roddy kill another "Ronan" from a great distance.

However, not everyone came.

Lu Mingyue, whose life had been saved by Ronan and Dinia, was absent from the event, seemingly to avoid suspicion. Zhao Zhen'e, a member of the royal family, and the crippled old man Xu Shuji, also seemed uninterested in such matters and did not attend.

The other dozen or so seventh-tier transcendents of Seris did not come.

This group of people doesn't care about anything in the world.

The reason for this judgment is that when Ronan entered another dimension, he encountered ten of these people. They tried to extract some information from him, but when they realized they couldn't subdue Ronan and Dinia, they immediately retreated.

In this timeline, they also did not participate in the battle against "Ronan".

Clearly, they weren't going to budge until the fire reached their eyebrows.

"You all talk," Ning Bolin said, and Seris and the other seventh-tier members dispersed.

Ronan also told the others to evacuate.

A table, a circle of chairs, and only the power holders of a few factions remain.

Luo Nan, who is representative of Guangdong, is now in charge of the imperial court, along with Grand Secretary Zhang and Grand Secretary Yang.

Three people arrived from Jiangnan. They did not recognize the current emperor and had established a new ruler. Their new court was quite interesting, with a strong classical democratic flavor. The gentry were all members of parliament, the superhumans with little power were voters, and the vast majority of ordinary people had no right to participate in politics.

Finally, there's the Northwest Army. The Northwest did not establish a new emperor. Internally, the prevailing opinion was to promote national unity, while externally, it appeared ready to purge corrupt officials from the emperor's inner circle at any time.

The person who came was not a powerful minister, but the former military governor of Anbei, who is now the number one figure in the northwest.

He was the only person present who was nominally the number one.

Ronan sat down with an air of authority, leaning back in his chair. "I won't waste any more words. I can share the technology, but we need to agree on some rules first. I think none of you want to see one side recklessly developing superhuman abilities just to win a war, only to find yourself forced to do the same, resulting in the world being full of superhumans. That wouldn't benefit anyone, would it?"

The others remained silent, but inwardly they completely agreed with Ronan's words.

If everyone in the world were extraordinary, let alone the prosperity of one's family and the blessing of one's descendants, one might not even be able to keep one's current wealth and status.

"However, there is one more thing. I must announce to the world that I am sharing this technology with you. Otherwise, if you take it and then go back and insist that you didn't, wouldn't the whole world blame me?"

Ronan then added.

Long Hu, the number one figure in the Northwest Army, gently tapped the table with his rough, rock-like hand. "Let's discuss what rules to set," he said, sounding the most impatient.

Ronan said calmly, “Every year, we hold an exam in Guangxi. Each of our four spheres of influence will select 300 people. These 1,200 ordinary people will be given talents. In addition, each sphere will have 100 special advancement slots. You can directly recommend them.”

"You call this sharing?" Gu Zhihuan from Jiangnan asked with a smile.

Ronan didn't care at all. "You can watch the whole thing. We won't hold anything back. How much you learn is up to you."

Qian Wangling from Jiangnan spoke up, "I think we should just give us the technology directly, and agree that the number of extraordinary individuals granted it should not exceed one."

"If we do this, who can truly trust that the other side won't secretly amass troops?" Ronan asked rhetorically.

The issue of mass-producing troops is a prisoner's dilemma.

"Can you guarantee you won't do it secretly?" Zhang Mingxuan questioned. He was also from Jiangnan and was related to Zhang Yuanyi, the current chief minister of the Central Plains court.

Ronan laughed directly, "I'm a foreigner, I'll be leaving sooner or later. Do you think this world will fall into my hands? Besides, what can you do if I refuse to hand it over? I can leave at any time. You don't think I can't give up Guangdong, do you?"

In an instant, everyone's expression turned grim, because what Ronan said was true.

Damn it, having foreigners is actually an advantage.

Zhang Yuanyi coughed twice. "Brother Luo, we're all gentlemen, there's no need to make things so tense. Your idea makes a lot of sense, but how about we organize this exam ourselves?"

Ronan sneered, "I've only ever heard of the Seris exams being divided into North and South lists, but I've never heard of them having separate exams with different content. Is that convincing?"

With just one sentence, he silenced everyone else.

Ultimately, Ronan wanted to gain the right to take the exam, and indirectly, the right to education.

Chapter 1031 We've come full circle again: Yin-Yang people, the secret to immortality.

At this moment, Yang Xiu leaned back, his two legs in front of him lifting off the ground. He didn't look like a high-ranking official at all, but rather like a street thug. "Since that's the case, let's not have the system of assigning three people to each group. Let's just have an exam, and let everyone rely on their own abilities."

As a representative of the Central Plains in the north, he certainly didn't really think that way.

Each person has to rely on their own abilities; who can outdo these bastards from Jiangnan in the exam?

He said that on purpose to provoke opposition and preemptively close out all possibilities in that direction.

"I could never agree to this proposal," Longhu said calmly.

Zhang Mingxuan, who served as the head of the council in the newly established court in Jiangnan, smiled and said, "Allocating quotas is acceptable, but it should be done fairly, at least according to population."

In terms of population, the Jiangnan region is naturally the most advantageous, as they control an area with over 20 million people.

The actual area controlled by the imperial court was roughly the same.

Their two families together make up more than a quarter of the population of Seris.

If we include the "Hu people" as well, the Northwest Army has a considerable population under its control.

The population of the forces represented by Ronan is small; even the combined population of Guangdong and Guangxi provinces is less than ten million.

Apart from these four powers, the regions of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Tibet, eastern Shandong, the Western Regions, the Northeast beyond the Great Wall, and the northern grasslands are not under the actual control of these four powers.

Overall, Ronan's side suffered the most losses, while the other three parties all benefited.

This should encourage all three parties to work together to exert pressure, right?

This is what Zhang Mingxuan thought.

Ronan remained calm. "If we're going to be fair, then we shouldn't do it one faction at a time. Instead, each province should have a quota from the beginning, right? Each province should be allocated a quota based on its population. What does Dean Zhang think?"

His words caused everyone else to frown.

Take Zhang Mingxuan, Qian Wangling, and Gu Zhihuan, the three giants of the Jiangnan democratic regime, for example. Two of them were from Zhejiang, and one was from southern Jiangsu.

People from southern Anhui and Jiangxi were also within the sphere of influence of their small regime, but there wasn't a single person from southern Anhui; people from Jiangxi were at the very top.

If each province allocates quotas fairly, they will have no way to manipulate the system to gain more benefits for their own people and further consolidate their power and position.

For Longhu, this was even more unacceptable. His base consisted of a group of brothers, each distributed among the provinces. Would the other "Hu people" still be willing to be his vassals? They were nominally also subjects of David.

This was not good for the imperial court either, because the northerners who held high positions in the court were mainly from Hebei.

However, they cannot yet unite against Ronan's proposal.

Because a large portion of their respective groups support this proposal.

Zhang Yuanyi sighed, "Forget it, I think we should follow Brother Luo's original suggestion. We will all select people together to take the exam in Guangxi. Three hundred people will pass from each side, and one hundred will be specially promoted."

After going around in circles, we've returned to where we started.

It wasn't that they weren't capable, but rather that Ronan was too cunning, either preventing the three families from working together or simply causing internal conflicts among them.

"No wonder Mr. Luo, a foreigner, is doing so well in Guangdong." Yang Xiuzhi said with a hint of sarcasm. He had only seen it in intelligence reports before, but today he experienced it firsthand.

Despite being mocked, Ronan still smiled. "That's because everyone in Guangdong is as considerate as you all are. Oh, did I use the word 'considerable' correctly? If I did, please don't be offended. I'm a foreigner, after all, there's nothing I can do about it."

Yang Xiuzhi's smile vanished instantly.

Zhang Mingxuan, Qian Wangling, and Gu Zhihuan no longer wanted to argue with Luo Nan; they were already satisfied with the current outcome.

This outcome was not favorable for Longhu, but he couldn't say anything. In the end, he was short of money, food, and manpower, and was the weakest in terms of strength. Unlike the imperial court and Jiangnan, he didn't have some top-tier superhumans backing him up.

Even if he comes, he can only get a small share of the pie.

As for the imperial court, although Zhang and Yang were both secretly suppressing the three people from Jiangnan—one smoothing things over for the Jiangnan side, and the other appearing quite impolite—they were actually doing so.

After all, Ronan nominally still recognizes the imperial court and is someone who can be united with for the time being, while Jiangnan has truly rebelled and is a mortal enemy that must be suppressed and eliminated.

"I don't see anything more to say. You can all leave now. I'll stay and talk to some old friends."

Ronan stood up and gestured for him to leave, as if he were the host and the one seeing the guest off.

The group stood up, paused for a moment, then turned and left.