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"Remember, at any cost, and without considering any country's influence."
For the National Elder to say such words, both the staff and the old man were extremely surprised; after all, Grand Xia had never been aggressive, and it was even more unlikely to have a precedent for using military action in other countries.
Even if there were some operations that needed to be carried out across borders, they were usually conducted secretly, in a way that no one would know.
Even if those special forces personnel encountered danger or even fell in other countries, their identities would never be revealed, and within Grand Xia, their identities could not be traced at all.
These people were called the Shadow Corps, and their existence was meant to deal with these tricky matters.
Now, the National Elder, for the sake of Lin Mo, gave up what Grand Xia had always upheld, which inevitably shocked and surprised everyone present.
