At the next day's regular meeting, Old Zhao's proposal was rejected.
Despite the profound psychological impact left by the Big Eye on all attendees, the leadership team still maintained the utmost prudence concerning the decision to initiate an attack.
Proactive attack was a last resort, and retrieving data from inside First Base or Second Base was the top priority for the East Red Plan. Blindly engaging in combat with Big Eye would undoubtedly put Ban Xia in an extremely perilous situation, contradicting the first premise of the plan, "Ensure the personal safety of BG4MSR as the primary concern." The risk was deemed unacceptably high, and thus Zhao Bowen's aggressive strategy was vetoed at the meeting.
Old Zhao later thought about it and agreed that he had been too hasty.
It was mainly because he was spooked by the Big Eye. After all, he did not control the nuclear weapons. If Zhao Bowen had the launch button, he would definitely have executed the "Foshan Shadowless Hand."
