Chapter 72

After a while, Elara's phone lit up again. A message popped up from "Prettiest in the World", this time containing a link. "Shocking! The Wonders of Nature! A Look at Male Creatures That Willingly Let Themselves Be Eaten by Females After Mating—share this if you're a member of Allied Forces!" Elara looked up and saw Ashley's face, illuminated by her phone screen. Ashley was grinning at her from across the crowd with a knowing expression. Meanwhile, at the meeting, several high-ranking leaders of Aether Spire were locked in a heated debate. The discussion had seemingly reached the topic of social appeasement strategies. "Perhaps we should selectively disclose information—those that wouldn't cause public panic," suggested one of the senior officials seated at the long table. "We could say that the world is still full of undiscovered species." It was, in fact, a reasonable idea. Based on current data, humanity had explored less than three percent of the ocean. That was a mere drop