On an island in the White Eagle Sea, Lu Heng pulled over a chair, sat in front of Gordon Jacob, and looked at him calmly. Gordon Jacob hurriedly softened his tone: "What do you want? I agree, as long as you don’t kill me." Lu Heng asked in a casual tone: "Your number in the Creator Organization is 9, if I’m not mistaken?" Gordon Jacob quickly nodded: "Yes, I’m number 9." Lu Heng continued to ask: "I want to know the numbers and identities of the other core members." Gordon Jacob quickly agreed: "Will Berg is number 7." "The Caven Family is number 6, the Phoenix Family is number 3..." Gordon Jacob revealed the identities of most of the core members of the Creator Organization, but there were still some numbers he didn’t mention. "Your organization’s member overlap with the ASE Alliance is quite high," Lu Heng said with interest. Gordon Jacob answered shakily: "There is some overlap, but not entirely. Declining families don’t have the qualification to be invited." Lu Heng continued to ask: "What about numbers 1, 2, and 4?" Gordon Jacob shrugged and replied: "Those three, I don’t know, truly, I don’t know the identity of every Creator Organization member. "I only know the numbers for the Caven and Phoenix Families because they both belong to the ASE Alliance; I’m relatively familiar with them." Lu Heng didn’t need to worry about him lying, as he could directly use [Subconscious Invasion] later to confirm the truth of the information. "What about 013? What’s its identity?" Gordon Jacob shook his head and replied: "I’m not familiar with 013 either. I only know it’s a crow responsible for communication between the organization’s members." Lu Heng slightly frowned and pursued the question: "You don’t know 013’s identity?" Gordon Jacob shook his head again: "Really, I don’t know." "So who do you think might know the true identity of 013?" "Well... if someone were to know 013’s identity, I think it would only be numbers 1 and 2, but I don’t know the identities of those two numbers." "Who do you think numbers 1 and 2 are? Given the high overlap of families between the Creator Organization and the ASE Alliance, might numbers 1 and 2 also be in the ASE Alliance?" Lu Heng speculated. Gordon Jacob slowly shook his head: "I’ve thought about this too, but I think it’s unlikely. I’ve never actually seen numbers 1 and 2, the possibility of ASE Alliance members being numbers 1 and 2 is low. "Because the ASE Alliance members I didn’t mention all belong to declining families, if one of those families were numbers 1 or 2, with their number, their family would definitely have risen again." This explanation indeed aligns with common sense. The ASE Alliance has existed for over a century. In such a long time, naturally new families will rise, and some will decline. Just like the Berg Family was once a top family in the ASE Alliance, but due to internal family marriages resulting in the inheritors appearing with various genetic diseases, the family gradually declined. Until Will Berg appeared, bringing the Berg Family back to its peak period. With the powers held by the Creator Organization, if a declining ASE Alliance family were numbers 1 or 2, this family would inevitably have risen again. From this perspective, the possibility of numbers 1 and 2 being ASE Alliance members is low. Lu Heng fell silent, beginning to ponder the information learned today. Gordon Jacob quickly proposed a self-rescue plan: "I’m willing to submit to you, from now on, my family will ten billion in military funds to you and your Superpower Organization every year." Upon hearing this number, Lu Heng looked at him with interest and asked: "What currency is ten billion in?" Gordon Jacob quickly replied: "White Eagle Coin, of course, it’s White Eagle Coin." Converted by exchange rate, that’s seventy billion Great Xia Coin, indeed a significant amount. The key is that it’s given for free, without providing any assistance. Lu Heng didn’t immediately agree to his request but instead asked: "If the Creator Organization holds a meeting internally, how is it conducted?" Gordon Jacob quickly answered: "Online meetings, it’s all online meetings now, there’s a dedicated meeting line." Lu Heng ordered: "Then initiate a meeting now; I need to greet the big shots in our organization." "Okay... okay... is it starting now?" "It’s a temporarily convened emergency meeting, the number of participants will be relatively small." Gordon Jacob hurriedly explained. "No problem, those who don’t participate will face worse consequences." Lu Heng showed a very friendly smile. Gordon Jacob quickly called someone to arrange the online meeting. Soon, an assistant brought over a laptop. He rubbed his hands, waiting for the online meeting to connect. About ten minutes later, the laptop screen displayed a nine-square grid, several grids gradually lit up, but no human faces appeared; only a totem emblem was shown. Gordon Jacob pointed at these totem emblems, introducing: "This is the emblem of the Caven Family, the design is an eagle eye. The appearance of the emblem indicates that a representative of the Caven Family has participated in this emergency meeting, but it might not necessarily be their Family Head." For such world-class capitalist families, there are many family members. Although there will be a helm, the family is internally divided into factions, and many matters need to be discussed internally before being decided. Therefore, when participating in the Creator Organization’s online meetings, it may not be the Family Head attending, but certainly a core family member. The nine-square grid gradually lit up three squares, the third square illuminated with a Phoenix pattern. Lu Heng had roughly guessed whom the Phoenix pattern represented. Gordon Jacob opened his mouth to confirm this guess: "This is the emblem of the Phoenix Family." After three squares lit up, no more squares received signals to light up. "Only three?" Lu Heng couldn’t help but smile. Because these three included Gordon Jacob. That is to say, besides him, only two families participated in the meeting. Gordon Jacob shrugged and explained: "Because my number is quite far back, I lack influence." Lu Heng glanced at the emblem of the Phoenix Family, number 3, and said with a smile: "Very good, I’d trouble the two participants to notify the other families absent. My name is Lu Heng, number 028, those not attending today, I’ll visit them personally another day." It wasn’t long after these words that more grids began to light up with signals. Ultimately, six squares were lit, with only numbers 1, 2, and 4 remaining unlit. Lu Heng looked at these families entering the meeting later and chuckled: "It seems everyone is willing to cooperate, right? I won’t need to introduce myself anymore, will I? All of you, the upper-level members of Creator, should know me." Follow current novᴇls on noᴠelfire.net Silence, prolonged silence. No one responded to this statement. Lu Heng continued: "Today, I’m glad to meet everyone. The purpose of this meeting is simple. I hope everyone states their position, starting today to dissolve the Creator Organization." Continued silence, still no one stated their position. Lu Heng looked at these six lit family emblems and continued: "Thirty seconds to state positions, those representatives opposing, state their opposition. "If the dissolution of the Creator Organization does not pass unanimously, I will initiate Plan B, physically dissolve the organization." The meaning of this statement was already clear. Over ten seconds later, the Phoenix emblem changed, turning into a camera image, revealing Lawrence Phoenix’s figure. Lawrence Phoenix sat in his study, a copy of the Tao Te Ching opened and placed face-down on his table beside him. He spoke in a hoarse, aged voice: "Even if all six families here unanimously agree, they can’t dissolve the Creator Organization. But I can state, starting today, the Phoenix Family will no longer participate in any actions of the Creator Organization. Additionally, the Phoenix Family will annual funds to the Sword Holder, the specific amount to be discussed later." The meaning of this statement is essentially withdrawing from the Creator Organization. Then, families like number 5 Novi Family, number 6 Caven Family, gradually stated they would no longer participate in the actions of the Creator Organization. After this declaration, it signified that the Creator Organization was nominally defunct.