After all, Shen Hao was mostly a commander rather than an executor, and during stages of discussion like this one, his presence would set the tone and clarify the overall strategy for the mission.
That had become the style of Human Civilization up to this point.
Thus, the meeting went on for a long time.
But indeed, the strategy became clearer and clearer.
In the case of multi-dimensional parallel universes, what needed to be determined first was the original "destiny," because this destiny wasn't only affecting one universe but formed branches throughout the entire multi-dimensional universe.
However, regardless of the discussions, everything had to return to the mission at hand eventually.