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Early November.
Winter had arrived on the East Coast. Although it hadn’t snowed like the year before, the overcast sky was weighed down with thick clouds.
For the residents of Ideal City, it was without question a day of sorrow.
Their heroes had ultimately not returned home.
After such a long, drawn-out wait, the final outcome was one that many simply couldn’t accept.
At the press conference venue, the spacious hall was packed wall to wall with people. Journalists from every major outlet had gathered.
Although Wu Changnian, deputy head of the Enterprise Management Group, had just gotten off a plane, rumors had already swept through the city two days earlier. By the time he was still dozing mid-flight, people on the ground had already scheduled his entire itinerary after landing.
With some time left before the conference began, the crowd murmured in low, hushed voices.
"We spent billions, fought a war out there... and this is what we got?"
"We have no idea what the Highest Council is thinking."
"What could they think? By the time our people arrived, they had already been gone for ...
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