The hall was so silent that even a pin drop would be audibly heard. Qin Ye paused momentarily before raising a finger. "Firstly, I want the cooperation of the Cathayan government. If our experiment succeeds, then I would like the Cathayan government to conduct surveillance on the entire national population!"

Xu Lin's brows furrowed slightly upon hearing this, and he turned to Zhao Xiangyun, who immediately nodded in response without any hesitation. "We can do that."

"Secondly, if we really decide to strike, I want the Cathayan government to lock down the city as quickly as possible and think of an appropriate story to tell the general public."

"Of course."

"Thirdly, I need your trust." Qin Ye looked directly into Zhao Xiangyun's eyes as he spoke.

On this occasion, Zhao Xiangyun didn't answer right away. Instead, he looked straight back at Qin Ye with a neutral expression.

This was a very simple request, but the implications behind it were far from simple.

The inner demon was a monster that had existed for as long as human civilization. Thinking back, it would've most likely already emerged back during the era of Homo Sapiens. In other words, the inner demon had come into existence alongside the emergence of intelligence in humans.

Thus, it had to have existed for at least over 10,000 years, perhaps tens of thousands of years. It had witnessed the entire history of the human race, and there was no way to tell just how many humans...