CHAPTER 857: CHAPTER 517: INSTANT KILL

The capital of Yihanstan, Bashaw, is roughly at the same latitude as Chang’an. The shuttle crossed the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau at high altitude, and after more than an hour, the majestic Himalayas came into view. Crossing over them, it entered Yihanstan’s territory.

Today’s Yihanstan has a land area of less than 400,000 square kilometers.

Moreover, it lacks a sea outlet.

Economic development has been stymied, and the population has sharply reduced to just over 30 million, surviving only in the crevices between neighboring countries.

Even so, Yihanstan continues to be ostracized in the South Asia Alliance, especially by the Indi Kingdom, which took most of its territory but is still not satisfied, openly suppressing it while secretly employing various schemes to completely annex it.

If not for the other two major member countries of the South Asia Alliance, unwilling to see Indi Kingdom grow stronger and occasionally intervening to prevent it, Yihanstan would have been swallowed long ago.

There is another more important reason.

Yihanstan has the Asia-Pacific Community’s support behind it, acting as a wedge driven into the South Asia Alliance.

This is an open strategy.

Anyone with some international geopolitical knowledge can see it, but there’s nothing Indi Kingdom can do.

And today, this wedge will destroy the South Asia Alliance from within.

From the border to the capital Bashaw, it only took the shuttle a few minutes to fly there, landing at an airport on the outskirts of Bashaw under the guidance of fighter jets escorting it. Shen Xie and Zhu Xiaorong lead the delegation out.

"Welcome to Yihanstan..."

"Minister Shen, President Zhu."

Yihanstan’s Deputy Prime Minister personally brought people to the airport to greet them, providing very high treatment to show respect to the Asia-Pacific Community.

Shen Xie, as the official representative, led the way in warmly shaking hands with the other party, maintaining a smile to let the surrounding journalists take pictures. Zhu Xiaorong simply nodded and shook hands, participating in the formalities. She has no government position; her title is "President of Asia-Pacific Community Psychic Energy Association," but no one present ignores her presence.

Ji Xinghuo mixed in the crowd, watching both sides complete the external exchange procedures.

Then they got into cars.

With convenient transportation and the two countries sharing borders, accommodations weren’t arranged; they headed directly to the site of the award ceremony.

The location for the ceremony was set in a military camp on the outskirts, very close by.

A few minutes later, the convoy entered the military camp.

The observation delegation, led by Yihanstan’s Deputy Prime Minister, headed to a spacious playground with a hard, smooth surface that could accommodate tens of thousands in formation. On one side of the playground, the podium was set up as a viewing platform with hundreds of seats arranged in a fan shape, with the positions for various nations’ observation envoys arranged.

The process for the award ceremony was published a few days ago, and after the ceremony concludes, there will be a military parade performance, hence the arrangement here.

At the moment, numerous special-invite media reporters are broadcasting live.

Several nations have already arrived, and many diplomatic officials on the viewing platform are being interviewed.

The moment the Asia-Pacific Community arrived, they immediately attracted the focus of the entire venue, with cameras turning promptly to aim at them.

In diplomatic settings, seat arrangements most reflect international status.

The Asia-Pacific Community’s delegation seats were in the first row, closest to the podium, and right next to the host in the middle; on the host’s opposite side was the seating for the American Federation’s delegation, one to the left and one to the right.

New Roman Empire and West Alliance’s seats were adjacent to the Asia-Pacific Community and the United States, respectively.

Two superpowers and two strong forces, camps were clear.

Shen Xie and Zhu Xiaorong sat in the first row, Ji Xinghuo and two other diplomats sat behind, carrying briefcases, clearly accompanying personnel, with the rest waiting in a resting room arranged by Yihanstan.

"Minister Shen, hello, I’m a reporter from the Bashawar Daily Newspaper..." an official media reporter came forward to interview.

Ji Xinghuo looked straight ahead.

But his electromagnetic induction covered the entire venue, including the military camp, and everything was normal.

Delegations from dozens of countries continued to arrive.

The United States sent a Deputy Secretary of State in charge of Asia-Pacific affairs and "Earl of Hurricane" McFarlane Lawrence.

"Minister Shen, we meet again."

"Mr. Daniel."

Shen Xie exchanged pleasantries with Daniel across the host’s seating, both maintaining smiles, but only surface smiles without genuine warmth; the two have been rivals on the diplomatic stage for years, having clashed countless times with both overt and covert tactics.

"President Zhu." McFarlane greeted Zhu Xiaorong with a courteous demeanor.

But Zhu Xiaorong ignored him with a cold snort.

Ji Xinghuo observed this "Earl of Hurricane" closely. Two years ago, during his visit to the Star Realm, three Heavenly Kings from the United States attempted to blockade and kill him but failed, retreating in fear before Luo Yimeng and Xing Lie.

McFarlane is a trusted aide of the Sun King and has claimed countless lives of Asia-Pacific Community mutants over more than a century.

Many mutant prodigies were annihilated by his hand, he has accumulated substantial blood debts.

"Storm Lord..."

Ji Xinghuo mentally scoffed, assessing McFarlane’s strength to be Sixth Rank Second Dan, close to Third Dan.

"If you dare to make a move later, we will die together."

Shen Xie exchanged a few pleasantries before sitting down, the smile on his face immediately disappearing.

The two global superpowers’ observation delegations had arrived, and representatives from other countries were taking their seats, with multiple Heavenly Kings present.

Ji Xinghuo carefully observed each one.

New Roman Empire’s "Lady of Winter" Agnes Qimina, ranked 15th on the Global Battle Power List, higher than Zhu Xiaorong;

West Alliance’s "Beast Speaker" Atkins Fraser, ranked 22nd on the Global Battle Power List;

From Star Moon Country Alliance, the "Desert Prophet" Isa Mansour;