"Where are the others?

" After a while, Kang Xue started to question the validity behind this World Congress. She felt like she was invited into a scam meeting or something because after two minutes passed, they were still the only faction that arrived.

"They still have another eight minutes until the portal gate closes. They might be skeptical about the Portal Gate and afraid of entering the Portal Gate without precaution. After all, not everyone has experienced the Survival Game.

" Kang Jiayi responded to her daughter.

"We are too nervous because Lord Tang Shaoyang is not around, so we arrive too early.

"

No one refuted Kang Jiayi as it was the truth. Everyone was nervous about appearing on this big stage without their leader. After all, Tang Shaoyang was akin to an umbrella that protected them from any kind of danger.

Another minute passed, and the second faction arrived. The second faction was another VIP like them and located across from their seat, on another side of the platform. The Tang Empire arrived with just nine people, but the second faction came with a full party of thirty people.

Zhang Mengyao's eyes locked on the name plaque. The name plaque appeared at the same time as the people of the second faction appeared.

"First Order Guild

" was the second faction's name. After the name, she scanned the thirty people. She was sure that the second faction was not from Asia; they were white, at least the majority were white.

'Europe? American? Or Australia?' Zhang Mengyao tried to think about their background, and

suddenly she realized that at least ten people were laughing while pointing their fingers at them. She followed to where they were pointing at, and their fingers were directed toward her faction's plaque name.

Zhang Mengyao's eyes turned sharp, glaring at the opposite party, especially the younger ones, who were laughing at them. Not just her, the others seemed to realize they laughed at the name of their empire. Lu An was the first to draw his sword, but a bright red warning alert appeared in the middle of the platform.

Warning! Violence is not allowed during the World Congress. The Violator will be forcefully teleported out from the venue!

Above the platform, a big screen formed, warning the Tang Empire. Kang Jiayi was the first one to react and pushed the sword back into the sheath.

"Calm down, Lu An. You don't want us to miss the World Congress, right? We can't miss this, or we will be at a loss to what the System wants to announce to us. We can't disappoint Lord Tang Shaoyang.

"

Lu An calmed down after Kang Jiayi mentioned the last part. He calmed down and put the sword back into his inventory.

"Just remember their faces. If we can't do anything to them in this venue, we can do something outside to them.

" The old man added.

If it were three months ago, they would be embarrassed with The Tang Empire. As the people from modern society, the empire was like an ancient thing that existed in history. Bringing it back to the modern era was cringe for sure. But it was different now, The Tang Empire had become a new home to them, a new country they built with their sweat and blood. So when the others laughed at the Tang Empire, it was an insult to their home, not something they could tolerate.

Zhang Mengyao, Wei Xi, Li Na, and Lu An's aura ran wild in the venue. While the barrier separated them physically, the intense killing intent was still transmitted toward the opposite party.

The older guys from the First Order realized that the younger ones had offended the Tang Empire. They pulled back the younger one and apologized by bowing toward the Tang Empire's direction. They could feel the strong killing intent, and they did not want to mess up with this kind of group for sure.

The older guy scolded the people who laughed and put them on the back to avoid further conflict. Lu An returned to his seat and clicked his tongue, annoyed that he could not do anything to those people. The barrier separated the group and hindered them from speaking to the other factions.

Zhang Mengyao was sure that the old man was scolding their younger member, but she could not hear anything. She leaned back on her chair, but her eyes never left the First Order Guild. The nervousness was replaced with anger directed toward the First Order Guild.

After the First Order Guild, the other factions arrived at the auditorium one by one. There were eleven VIP spaces, and all the space was filled within thirty seconds. The other nine VIPs arrived within that range of time.

To the right of the Tang Empire was a faction called Blue Vest. All of their members were white, similar to the First Order Guild. Zhang Mengyao guessed Blue Vest came from America. The opposite of Blue Vest, the faction on her left was all black, and if she had to guess, they must be from Africa. On top of that, the name of their factions gave it as well, The Uprising. That name gave her a vibe of the warlord in Africa.

The other seven Factions were Revolution Kingdom, Polar Guild, World Union, North Federation, Amazon Guild, Shiva Federation, and Saint Guild. Of course, a clash was bound to happen when people with power met. Saint Guild and The Uprising clashed for some reason, and the Revolution Kingdom clashed against the World Union.

Of course, They only clashed verbally as the system immediately warned them when someone pulled out the weapon from their inventory.

"This is good for us. No other factions from our country are as big as us.

" Cao Jingyi noticed that none of them were from her country from the eleven VIPs.

"Is that really good for us? Don't you think it looks like the factions from our region are weak? What if the other factions start targeting our region?

" Kang Xue did not feel good when Cao Jingyi pointed that out.

"Of course, that's good for us. That means no faction as strong as us in our region. We can expand our territory safely.

" Cao Jingyi saw it from another point of view. Indeed, the Tang Empire would easily expand its territory without fighting a strong faction.

Cao Jingyi then started to look around. Observing the other factions one by one made her dizzy because there were too many people. But she was sure the seat was not based on the region because the faction behind them was from the west. Just like that, six minutes passed, and the portal gate was supposed to be closed by now, and the World Congress should start.

Welcome to 1st Earth's World Congress!

The golden text appeared above the platform. The text spun for a while, making sure all the factions in the auditorium saw the welcome text.

There are many purposes of the World Congress, and this will not be the last World Congress. The System will hold an annual World Congress to update about the Game and new stuff going around the Earth; hence the World Congress is held.

The welcome golden text disappeared, and a new screen appeared in front of Zhang Mengyao's eyes. The actual content of the World Congress was sent directly to each individual in the auditorium.

In this first World Congress, The System will explain the Game and why The Game is happening on Earth. We believe many of you are curious about the cause of the change in your world.

First of all, we will congratulate you guys because The Earth is the 1389th Planet to join the Game of Universe. The System selected Earth to join the Game of Universe for a reason. That is because The Earth is about to get destroyed within forty years. This will happen to Earth if The System does not choose Earth into the Game of Universe!

A giant picture appeared above the platform, and it showed the future of Earth. Lava was bubbling from the land, Earth lost its eighty percent of the land to water, the sky was dark all the time with thunder rumbling all the time, and meteors fell into the water from time to time. That was not far from the doomsday movie, but the one in the picture was worse than the movie.

The Game is the only way to save a planet from extinction, and why The Game? The Game is needed so the habitat of the Earth can adapt to the new life and environment. Once a planet joins The Game of Universe, that means your planet is interconnected with the other planets. The System is helping the habitat of the Earth, so you guys will not get oppressed by the habitat of the other worlds, hence the Game is held for you to survive within the evolved Earth.. That is the simple explanation from The System, and if you guys are curious about the Game, then explore the other worlds to find more answers.