Chapter 253
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Chapter 253: The Big Stick and the Small Sour Jujube
“Theoretically, even if Yi Chen breaks through to a higher major realm and with his ability to challenge beyond his level, his strength would only amount to level 110 at most. He will still be unable to pass through the cosmic storm zone with his personal strength.”
A Seven-Star General couldn’t help but speak up: “Although the cosmic storm zone has billions of stars, only the exile planet can provide him resources. Even if he exhausts all the resources of the exile planet, he would only reach around level 120 at best and would still be trapped in the cosmic storm zone.”
“This means that the cosmic storm zone can still restrain Yi Chen’s development.”
“Moreover, Yi Chen’s limits have already exceeded expectations time and again and have broken all understanding; it’s impossible for him to keep rising indefinitely.”
The military leaders all nodded.
This secret meeting of the Parliament and Military essentially revealed that the Parliament felt a bit unable to contain Yi Chen’s development, worrying that the future interests of the human federation would be affected.
However, the overall interest of the human federation is the primary direction.
Within that context, both the Parliament and Military have their own positions and interests.
Currently, this disagreement reflects one of their conflicting interests.
From the Parliament’s standpoint, the leaders preferred to reach reconciliation with Yi Chen sooner rather than later.
In the time when Yi Chen’s strength is weaker, reconciling with him and having him join the human federation would ensure that the power held by the Parliament’s leaders wouldn’t dramatically diminish or be lost.
The Military, on the other hand, has no such concerns.
Reaching a reconciliation with Yi Chen and having him join the human federation is the ultimate interest of the human federation.
Neither the Federal Parliament nor the Federation Military would intentionally obstruct this.
Their power is inherently tied to the overall interests of the human federation.
Even if their own interests are compromised, in the face of such a major decision, they prioritize the overall interests of the human federation.
They will only consider their own interests if the broader direction is sound.
To achieve reconciliation with Yi Chen and gain his understanding, they must offer conditions that would satisfy him.
Yi Chen is ambitious, and without enjoying the privileges of rulers, his desire for power has reached an incomprehensible level for ordinary people.
Given Yi Chen’s formidable strength, it is impossible to allow him to take hold of military power while standing for the interests of the entire human federation.
They could only give him supreme honor, wealth, and resources, and special status.
If that isn’t enough, they might have to relinquish some political power, allowing Yi Chen to become a unique presence in the Parliament, perhaps even enter the decision-making level.
No matter what, the military’s power does not need to be shared with Yi Chen.
Naturally, the military leaders hope to delay reconciliation with Yi Chen.
Because if they drag it out until after the sixth Skill Teaching to confront Yi Chen, the overall strength of the military would rise to a new level.
If they confront Yi Chen before the sixth Skill Teaching, they would lose the opportunity for rapid advancement in overall strength.
They would need to spend a considerable amount of time validating and confirming that the skills Yi Chen teaches have no traps or side effects before formally promoting them.
“Everyone must understand, according to the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy, those who can pass the trials of the heavens are individuals with immense luck, capable of founding a new race. The success rate is just one in ten million.”
Parliament Chairman Lu Qingxian said calmly, “The envoy is convinced that Yi Chen can achieve this. Can the troubles of a mere cosmic storm zone and the limited resources of an exile planet possibly hinder Yi Chen for more than ten years?”
“This…”
The Seven-Star General had no words to say.
With the speed of the top geniuses from the exile planet, it would take at least over ten years for them to grow to Yi Chen’s level during the sixth new Skill Teaching.
What is truly frightening about Yi Chen is not his talent and speed in cultivation, but his seemingly limitless ability to create new skills.
Once he discovers the existence of the cosmic storm zone, it is almost certain that he will create a set of skills that can withstand cosmic storms at level one hundred or above; it’s only a matter of time.
“Then… what about the Tree-Dwelling Tribe?”
An Eight-Star General suddenly asked.
Lu Qingxian understood his meaning but shook his head: “In the eyes of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe elders, Yi Chen’s potential to create new skills is now worth more than that of our human federation.”
“If we truly come into conflict with Yi Chen, the Tree-Dwelling Tribe is likely to side with him, helping him control the human federation, rather than assisting us in restraining him.”
“This is also the reason we feel we must reconcile with Yi Chen as soon as possible. Because the Tree-Dwelling Tribe currently views Yi Chen and our human federation as one and the same. As long as we don’t speak, Yi Chen won’t know the current stance of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.”
“By exploiting this information gap, we can still use the overwhelming strength of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe to create pressure and reach reconciliation with Yi Chen to gain his understanding.”
“If we delay, the Tree-Dwelling Tribe’s attitude will instead become our greatest crisis.”
The military leaders fell into silence.
“Since no one has any other objections, let’s move on to the next discussion!”
Seeing that the military leaders had chosen to consent, Lu Qingxian continued, “Regarding the timing of confronting Yi Chen, since this information is not suitable for the think tank members to know, my discussions with the chairpersons led to the decision to wait until the Tree-Dwelling Tribe’s strong ones find Yi Chen.”
After a moment of contemplation, the military leaders all nodded.
This is the best timing.
They could safely lean on the strength of others.
Using the information advantage, they could leverage the Tree-Dwelling Tribe’s formidable strength as a deterrent to negotiate with Yi Chen.
Lu Qingxian continued, “The Tree-Dwelling Tribe elder has selected a strong individual to come over, but that person may be looking for various excuses to postpone due to their own interests.”
“But that is just a matter of time; the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy is mobilizing all resources and connections to ensure this strong individual comes as soon as possible.”
“Once the Tree-Dwelling Tribe’s strong one arrives, they will undoubtedly prioritize the elder’s orders, first assessing Yi Chen’s talents and then helping us deal with the Soul Clan.”
“So, we do not have much time to prepare. We must quickly devise one or more plans for negotiating with Yi Chen during this meeting and begin preparations swiftly.”
These words received unanimous approval from the military leaders once again.
The overall direction reached complete agreement between both sides.
Whether from the Parliament or the military, the leaders became more vigilant and began discussing the details.
In their view, the strong deterrent of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe served as a big stick to balance Yi Chen.
But just having a big stick is not enough.
Because Yi Chen genuinely wanting to reconcile with the human federation is far more in line with the federation’s interests than turning against them or merely pretending to reconcile.
They still need sweet jujubes.
These sweet jujubes are the wealth and resources, Supreme Honor Status, and special identity privileges that would satisfy Yi Chen.
Both the Parliament and the military were very generous.
After all, it isn’t coming out of their own pockets.
Only when discussing how much substantial power to give Yi Chen did some disputes arise among the leaders of the Parliament and the military.
This was about reaching into the pockets of the Parliament leaders, with the military leaders remaining unconcerned.
The former naturally felt reluctant, while the latter continued to act generously.
In the end, following the Parliament’s concession, the sweet jujubes were decided upon.
There would be three main components: first, the special identity privileges.
This would grant Yi Chen the unique title of noble marquis in the human federation, enjoying various exemptions that overturn federation laws, as well as having the exile planet as his private territory.
The second is wealth and resources, totaling a value of one hundred billion, comparable to the wealth and resources of over ten interstellar business giants.
The third is Supreme Honor Status; in addition to various precious titles, the Parliament would arrange for Yi Chen to obtain a seat as the chairman in the Parliament, becoming one of the top decision-makers in the human federation.
All these benefits combined, in the eyes of the leaders, formed a sweet jujube that no one could refuse.
However, both the Parliament and military leaders only knew that they possessed information that Yi Chen was unaware of.
What they did not know is that Yi Chen held an information advantage of his own.
This information gap concerned the true extent of his talent and what kind of skills he could create.
This also led the leaders of the Parliament and military to overlook another possibility.
That is whether Yi Chen would truly fear the Tree-Dwelling Tribe’s big stick.
And whether he would genuinely value the small sour jujubes offered by the human federation.
