Chapter 641

Chapter 641: Morris in a Dilemma

Wright carefully considered the situation and immediately took out the communication stone to issue a series of orders.

The strong members on duty began to take action as well.

Some contacted the War Department to respond while inquiring about the scale needed for large scale troop transport.

Others reached out to relevant staff to have them contact Morris to collect related information.

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Buzz buzz buzz…

In a hidden chamber of the Federal Headquarters, Morris, who anxiously awaited news about Mares, lived in constant worry each day.

The communication stone vibrated slightly within the Space Stone.

Upon taking it out, he saw it was a communication request from the foreign affairs department.

His mood instantly grew even gloomier.

Yet, feeling helpless, he could only connect the call.

“Morris sir!”

The respectful voice of the foreign affairs department staff quickly rang out.

“What is it?”

Morris tried to make his voice sound calm.

“Well, the foreign affairs department received a notification from the War Department. Due to the increasingly severe situation among the various tribes, the Tree-Dwelling Tribe is currently in an emergency preparation phase. The War Department hopes that the human federation you’re responsible for can begin secretly and on a large scale to manufacture those Large Battleships capable of transporting troops over long distances.”

The staff briefly explained the situation: “You need to inform the strongest member of the human federation to prepare for the large scale batch production of the Large Battleships and submit a list of the required materials to our foreign affairs department.”

“Only then can we contact the resources department to ensure they prepare the necessary materials and transport them to the human federation.”

“Furthermore, the personnel operating the Large Battleships must also be trained. This means that the human federation needs to also develop a corresponding number of operators in advance based on how many Large Battleships they plan to build.”

“……”

Morris instantly felt a tremendous headache.

This task is not particularly difficult; it merely involves having the human federation mass produce Large Battleships.

Given the human federation’s capabilities, it’s far from a challenging task. As long as there are plenty of materials, they can easily meet the requirements.

As for the operators, that is just as simple.

The human federation already has relevant training systems in place. Although its population is not as terrifying as that of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, it is still massive.

As long as the compensation is sufficient, they won’t have trouble recruiting the necessary operators.

Especially now, as the human federation has entered the era of universal cultivation.

In the past, operating a Large Battleship required individuals who were exceptionally talented, needing high physical and reflex qualities to qualify.

But now, almost everyone can meet the requirements to be a Large Battleship operator.

They can have as many as they want.

What truly gives Morris a headache is that the only person from the human federation who holds the authority to connect with him is Yi Chen.

Because the human federation signed a vassal contract with the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, it was Yi Chen who represented the entire human federation.

This large scale cooperation involved many aspects.

The Tree-Dwelling Tribe had to provide the necessary materials, supply training resources for personnel, and subsidize various resources and treasures for the human federation.

Especially since this was just the initial phase of cooperation.

Once the human federation dispatched a massive number of Large Battleships to participate in the war between the Tree-Dwelling Tribe and other races, the Tree-Dwelling Tribe would also need to ensure the safety of the human federation and help it develop quickly.

All of this required signing relevant collaboration contracts.

Only Yi Chen could represent the human federation to sign these contracts.

Unless they confirmed that Yi Chen, the strongest member of humanity, had died or had not appeared despite needing to sign an important contract for a long time, would the other High-ranking Leaders of the human federation be allowed to temporarily sign contracts on behalf of Yi Chen.

But where could he find Yi Chen, the strongest member of humanity, to sign the contract?

“Morris sir?”

The staff waited anxiously for Morris’s response and cautiously asked a question.

“I heard you!”

Morris replied dismissively.

“In that case, we will await your good news…”

The staff member wanted to end the call.

He feared catching Morris’s misfortune.

Everyone in the foreign affairs department knew that the star cluster outside our main region and the Tree-Dwelling Tribe were completely incompatible—anyone who went there would end up unlucky.

As an employee of the foreign affairs department, he was fully aware of this.

Knowing he had to contact Morris made him feel very anxious for quite some time.

Although he wasn’t required to go to the star cluster, just reaching out to Morris, who stayed there, could also bring him bad luck.

It took him quite a while to muster the courage to contact Morris.

Moreover, he decided to resolve the matter quickly and end the call as soon as possible.

One second, two seconds, three seconds…

Half a minute passed, and he panicked to find that Morris had not hung up the call at all.

It felt like thousands of wild beasts were racing in his heart.

To him, it seemed that Morris was intentionally passing his bad luck onto him. Otherwise, having already said what needed to be said, why hadn’t he ended the call?

Yet, he did not dare to end the call himself.

The Tree-Dwelling Tribe’s belief in the causal path meant that both externally and internally, their system was relatively relaxed.

However, relaxed did not mean that the hierarchy was absent.

No matter how unappreciated Morris was in the foreign affairs department, he was still a Level 210 strong member and in the middle and upper ranks of the foreign affairs department.

His identity and status were far beyond that of a mere low-ranking member of the foreign affairs department.

If he were to end the call voluntarily, it would be like courting death.

“Morris sir…”

He nervously reminded again, his voice carrying a plea.

“Wait, I need to think!”

Morris replied coldly.

He was not intentionally prolonging the call to pass his misfortune onto the staff member.

The real reason for his delay in ending the call was that he was contemplating what to do.

He still hadn’t found any trace of Mares, which made him increasingly uneasy.

Just then, the foreign affairs department assigned him a new task, one that required Yi Chen to personally handle it.

He simply couldn’t complete it.

If it were just a minor task, he could delay time, dragging it out for ten or eight years, and think of ways to handle it slowly.

Even if he didn’t complete it, he would only face a certain degree of punishment.

It was like the three tasks previously assigned to the human federation.

At that time, the foreign affairs department only thought that the human federation’s troop transportation capability for large scale operations was impressive and might be useful in the future, which is why they agreed to the human federation’s vassal request.

Although the foreign affairs department did not undervalue the human federation, they were not in a hurry.

Since the human federation was in the star cluster outside our main region, the Tree-Dwelling Tribe had no idea about its existence unless the human federation actively sought them out.

Similarly, other various tribes could not possibly be aware of the human federation’s existence.

Because of this, the foreign affairs department did not worry at all about the human federation being taken over by other dominant races.

Especially since they had already signed a vassal contract, there were no concerns whatsoever.

The tasks assigned to Morris did not trouble the High-ranking Leaders of the foreign affairs department at all.

It didn’t matter when it got done.

If he couldn’t complete it, they would just send another envoy.

As long as the human federation was not foolishly destroyed by the other races in this star cluster, there would be no problem.

This meant that Morris actually had the option to abandon the task and return to the super star cluster.

Given that those tasks were not urgent, even if he increased their difficulty, he would only face some penalties.

The reason Morris continued to stay in this star cluster, thinking of various ways, was purely because the Shadow King had taken all his belongings when he first arrived.

Moreover, before he came, he had signed a collaboration contract with the High-ranking Leaders of the human federation.

Along with that, Yi Chen had the Space Stone from the previous envoy, which was quite valuable.

He was determined to recover his losses and even make a profit, which is why he had never considered giving up the task.

Now, this new assignment had placed him in a difficult situation.