Terrified.
All those consortium bigwigs from the Old Ugly were scared out of their wits.
"Fack!"
"Have we completely enraged him?"
"Is he now furious and coming for us to settle the score?"
"Oh my God, if he's really coming to trouble us, who in the world could possibly resist him?"
"I damn well told you not to launch the nuclear missile—it would be a terrible international incident. Now we've enraged the Ancestor, and we will end up like the Morgan Clan, without even a burial place!"
The dozens of consortium bigwigs on site suddenly turned pale!
Before today, George, Marcus Locke, and Steven Rockefeller III, though aware of the Ancestor's terrifying nature, still entertained the hope that if they seized the opportunity, it might be possible to eliminate the Ancestor. But after witnessing the astonishing scene just now, they all understood one thing: based on Earth's current level of technology, it's simply impossible to eliminate the Ancestor.
