Chapter 264
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Chapter 264: Buying Time
There is no doubt that Ketes was a bit overly confident.
If it were someone else in Yi Chen’s position, they truly would not be able to refuse.
After all, the difference in strength was too great.
Meeting a generous and strong leader, the best choice would be to bow down and accept.
Perhaps they would even be eager to sign the contract.
The senior members of the human federation felt this way.
The Tree-Dwelling Tribe was something they had sought after.
To become a vassal of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe was, in their eyes, a glory and a pride for humanity.
Other races in the star cluster, even if they wanted to ally with the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, would be looked down upon by the Tribe, unwilling to take on such useless subordinates.
But others were others, and Yi Chen was Yi Chen.
His territory was small, but his ambition was as vast as the universe.
The pride within him surpassed anyone’s imagination.
Becoming a vassal of other races was never part of his future plans.
If Ketes had initially used force, he might have reluctantly signed and looked for ways to resolve the crisis later.
However, Ketes was frightened by Yi Chen’s fortune and hoped to gain his favor, wishing for him to willingly sign the contract.
That was pure wishful thinking.
“Umm… can I think about it?”
Yi Chen did not refuse directly.
He was betting that the unlucky Ketes wouldn’t be alive to ask him how his consideration was going.
“Think about it?”
Ketes was a bit suspicious that Yi Chen was overly excited and babbling nonsense.
What was there to think about?
Allying with the Tree-Dwelling Tribe meant a constant stream of higher-quality resources and treasures at his doorstep, along with an incredibly strong backing, which would save him at least tens of thousands of years of effort.
If it were him, he would have immediately signed with joy.
Wasn’t it good to lie back and become powerful?
“Yes! I need some time to think.”
Yi Chen affirmed his response.
“How long do you need?”
Ketes wanted to angrily scold Yi Chen for wasting time, but he held back.
“By the time you come back next, I will definitely give you a precise answer.”
Yi Chen replied confidently.
"Alright then…"
Ketes chose to take a step back.
After all, he needed to come over to retrieve the Space Stone, and it wouldn’t take much time to sign the contract at that point.
"You can keep this contract inside the Space Stone; you can sign it whenever you want. I hope to receive good news when I come back next time."
Ketes didn’t waste any more time.
He was busy.
Busy enough that half of his soul was shattered, and he still needed to deal with the Soul Clan, return to get the Space Stone and the contract.
Only after rushing back to his territory to handle the Shadow Clan would he have time to find a place to seclude himself and repair his soul, processing Yi Chen’s insights into the laws of causality.
His massive figure instantly disappeared without a trace.
Bai Ruo Xin and the Little Gold Ball finally regained their freedom and descended.
"Country Lord!"
Bai Ruo Xin approached Yi Chen with a worried expression.
Squeak!
The Little Gold Ball furiously waved its tiny fists at the sky, daring Ketes to come back and feel the power of its self-destruct.
"It’s fine; he wants me to pledge loyalty to his race!"
Yi Chen waved his hand, storing the green orb into his storage ring.
His divine consciousness then entered the Space Stone.
Inside was an incredibly vast space.
Various resources and treasures piled high.
Unfortunately, just as Ketes suspected,
his divine consciousness, although powerful, still couldn’t test the properties of these resources and treasures.
With his current strength realm, he had no use for these resources and treasures at all.
He could only save them for later or trade them for lower-grade resources with someone powerful who could utilize them.
Fortunately, it didn’t matter that he couldn’t use these benefits for now.
What Yi Chen hoped for the most was to buy more time until he could come up with a solution.
At the moment, the biggest problem was that he knew nothing about the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.
Only by knowing the detailed information about the Tree-Dwelling Tribe could he roughly judge when the Tree-Dwelling Tribe would send a new envoy after Ketes’s downfall.
"Any progress on the Angelic Beings assassin matter?"
Yi Chen asked.
"There has been some progress!"
Bai Ruo Xin hesitated.
Under the pressure of a powerful entity, being forced to ally with that person’s race, she knew that Yi Chen couldn’t be feeling very good right now.
Given that he had not yet broken through to a higher major realm, it wasn’t really the right time to reveal the truth.
But suddenly, a powerful race appeared to recruit Yi Chen.
The human federation, and even the entire star cluster, clearly encountered a significant upheaval.
Continuing to hide the truth could easily lead to Yi Chen making poor decisions due to a lack of information.
"Send someone to ask the Angelic Beings assassin if they know anything about the Tree-Dwelling Tribe. If they do, ask for more detailed information."
"Okay!"
Bai Ruo Xin nodded and summoned members of the Intelligence Organization to arrange this.
According to her estimates, that Angelic Beings assassin likely entered the exile planet around the same time as her and probably didn’t know much about the Tree-Dwelling Tribe’s situation either.
However, nothing in the world is absolute.
It’s also possible that the assassin knew some information about the Tree-Dwelling Tribe before entering the exile planet.
She was determined to reveal the truth to Yi Chen once she confirmed the assassin’s reply, regardless of whether it was the right moment.
The sudden significant change would undoubtedly help Yi Chen make more favorable judgments and decisions with more information at hand.
"If you manage to get information about the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, notify me immediately."
Yi Chen returned to the flying treasure and continued his training.
For now, he could only hope for a stroke of luck, enough to buy him some time.
But relying on such great fortune for such an important matter made him feel extremely unwilling and helpless.
Just like Ketes’s appearance, he had taken three chances.
Each time was a successful gamble, yet it didn’t align with his character, making him feel very uncomfortable and frustrated.
Given his personality, he would prefer to simply slap Ketes away and then let the Tree-Dwelling Tribe clean up, waiting for him to conquer them.
No matter what, the stronger one’s own power, the better one could handle crises.
Strength was the foundation for dealing with everything.
…
"What’s going on? Why did that towering tree just leave suddenly?"
"I don’t know what that green orb is; that towering tree gave Yi Chen a huge Space Stone and also handed him a light orb. I don’t know what the intention behind it is."
"It’s likely because Yi Chen agreed to ally with that towering tree, so it rewarded him with the Space Stone and light orb."
"That’s very possible, but whether it’s true or not is hard to say."
"This useless scanner can’t detect the content of their divine consciousness exchange, leaving us still clueless about the situation."
"I feel like something big is about to happen!"
After watching all day, the audience in the live room realized they had gained nothing from it.
Even when Ketes suddenly left, they still had no idea what the two had discussed or what outcome had emerged.
