"Admirable courage."

"Utter stupidity!"

When these words echoed through the office, the atmosphere instantly became extremely tense, like a bowstring drawn to its breaking point. The consequence of snapping would be… many would suffer serious injuries, even death.

No one asked how Li Tianran had infiltrated the heavily guarded command building of the Xijiang Military Region. To an evolver with special abilities, the defenses of this command building were far too weak. A wooden fence might stop a stray dog, but it couldn't stop a lion or a tiger.

"Do you think that just because you're an evolver with powers beyond ordinary people, you can break into the military command system of a powerful nation and cause a ruckus?" The Xijiang Chief placed his hands behind his back, staring at Li Tianran and saying, word by careful word, "Taking Yuan Wen's medicine was my decision! If you want to get something back for her, come to me!"

"Even if you break in here, even if you kill me, I still wouldn't think my previous decision was wrong."

"Between the nation and personal life and death, even if I had a hundred more chances to choose, I would choose the former."

"Yuan Wen is a Federal soldier. I believe if she were conscious, she would definitely agree with this choice!"

The Xijiang Chief's voice was as loud as a bell. Facing the scene before him, he seemed to show no guilt or fear.

In today's world, many high-ranking officials in various countries have been assassinated by evolvers from hostile forces, which is enough to show that powerful evolvers do indeed have the ability to take the head of a general from a million soldiers. At this moment, the Xijiang Chief, facing Li Tianran, showed no sign of retreat. He truly possessed extraordinary courage!

The people in the office were silent and vigilant, their eyes all focused on Li Tianran. These words contained no personal feelings and were so heroic that they were enough to make some people abandon their anger.

Li Tianran stood there, suddenly smiled, and then began to applaud.

In the silent office, there was only Li Tianran's laughter and applause.

The Xijiang Chief frowned.

He didn't know what Li Tianran meant by this.

"The leader's words are indeed of a very high level, full of national sentiments and righteousness, putting so much pressure on me that I can hardly breathe… These words are truly impeccable!" Li Tianran suddenly raised his head, his eyes full of coldness: "But…"

"You keep saying 'your decision,' 'you think,' 'you believe'…"

Li Tianran took a step and walked towards the Xijiang Chief.

"But that life-saving thing isn't yours…"

He was originally very close to the Xijiang Chief. At this moment, he took three steps forward and was already half a meter away from him.

"The medicine isn't yours…"

Li Tianran spoke, his footsteps not stopping. He and the Chief were almost touching, and the two could even feel each other's breath.

"Yuan Wen's life isn't yours either…"

Li Tianran continued to move forward, his voice becoming colder and his eyes becoming more and more fierce.

Everyone almost stopped breathing. They were covered in cold sweat. Li Tianran's state was close to being out of control. Everyone felt that the moment Li Tianran's body collided with the Xijiang Chief, he would suddenly attack!

"What… what right do you have to make decisions for her?!"

"Everyone agrees with this decision, everyone accepts this result, even Yuan Wen herself accepts it, but I don't!"

"Since I don't accept it, the result must be changed!"

"Changed according to my will!"

Li Tianran's last words were almost roared out, accompanied by the final step.

Everyone's scalps went numb. They wanted to raise their guns and take the first shot, saving the Xijiang Chief at all costs.

But at this moment, facing Li Tianran's aggressive steps, the always-steady Xijiang Chief made a reaction that no one had expected.

He… took a step back.

Li Tianran and the Xijiang Chief were originally like two fierce tigers confronting each other, but at this moment, one fierce tiger took a step back, not because of fear, but because he didn't want the most intense conflict to erupt.

The gunpowder smell, which had already risen to its peak, dissipated a lot with this retreat of the Xijiang Chief.

The Xijiang Chief was not afraid of Li Tianran. He was not afraid of death, but he was afraid of the consequences of death.

The office now gathered most of the core high-level officials of the entire Xijiang Military Region. If Li Tianran really went berserk and something happened to all these people, it would not only cause a huge uproar in the country, but even the international situation would undergo drastic changes.

"The world has really changed." The Xijiang Chief looked at Li Tianran and said in a deep voice, "Since the industrial society, I have always believed that there would be no more absurd events like the 'Jing Ke Assassination of the King of Qin' in the feudal dynasty, where a brave swordsman broke into the palace alone and influenced the fate of a country… The emergence of evolvers is a disaster for this world!"

"Evolvers will destroy the system and rules that we have worked so hard to establish, just like you are now."

The Xijiang Chief took a deep breath. He looked at Li Tianran and said, "I am not afraid of death, but I cannot die now, so… you can make your request! How do you want this ending to be changed?"

"It's very simple, return what you took!" Li Tianran stretched out his palm, as if demanding something.

The Xijiang Chief shook his head: "That's impossible."

"I can take it upon myself to apply to the capital for the 'Federal Contributor' medal for Yuan Wen, promote her military rank to colonel, and within a year, I will make her the youngest female general. We will commend her within the Federation and allow her to enjoy first-level treatment."

"For a soldier, this is the highest honor, I believe…" The Xijiang Chief stopped here, paused for a moment, and changed his words: "You can try to ask her opinion, she will definitely be satisfied."

"That's not the honor she earned herself, that's charity, that's compromise, this kind of passively obtained honor is a disgrace…" Li Tianran shook his head and said in a deep voice: "I only want what you took from her."

"If you don't want to give it, I'll take it myself."

Li Tianran suddenly took another step forward. The Xijiang Chief's face darkened. He stopped him and grabbed Li Tianran's arms tightly, his voice becoming a little hurried: "Do you know how much impact what you are about to do will have on the Federation? You are also a citizen of the Yanhuang Federation, you have to think clearly!"

Li Tianran stopped when he heard this. He looked at the Xijiang Chief very seriously and said, "I am indeed a citizen of the Federation. The country has protected my peace for more than twenty years, and when the beast tide first invaded, I also gave the entire Federation and even the world more than twenty days of stable refuge…"

"I don't owe anyone, any country, a single bit of debt." Li Tianran said word by word: "No one has the right to make me make any sacrifices for something."

"I am fucking… clean."