Chapter 267
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Chapter 267: Misleading
“The Tree-Dwelling Tribe, after their assessment in the galaxy, is willing to accept our human federation’s alliance.”
Lu Qingxian continued, “The only dissatisfaction is that, although our technological power is strong enough to easily destroy a planet or even an entire celestial system, our personal strength still lacks a bit.”
“The resources that the Tree-Dwelling Tribe can provide mainly enhance personal strength. According to the Tree-Dwelling Tribe’s requirements, while we advance our technological power, it would be best for us to also make progress in boosting our personal strength.”
Yi Chen vaguely understood why Lu Qingxian had invited the powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe to assess his talent.
As he speculated, Lu Qingxian explained, “Our human federation’s monitoring system covers the entire galaxy. You can think of it as using special tools that have the same function as divine consciousness, with a coverage area that is beyond your imagination.”
“The planet you are on, being a life planet in the galaxy, is also within the monitoring system’s coverage.”
“However, because the exile planet is located in the center of the cosmic storm zone, the large transport ships face interference and cannot cross instantly. It requires massive amounts of energy and powerful energy shields to forcefully pass through.”
“Moreover, the planet lacks resources and has been abandoned by our human federation. For thousands of years, it has been treated as a place for exiling heavy criminals.”
Yi Chen was somewhat startled.
He suddenly remembered that when he had just joined the Flame Mountain Tribe, he had wondered why two seemingly unrelated tribes had similar languages and writing.
At that time, since he was a traveler and his language and writing were the same as those on this planet—even his name remained unchanged—he had attributed it to coincidence and metaphysics without exploring it further.
It turned out to be because heavy criminals from the human federation were continuously being sent there.
Lu Qingxian smiled and said, “In principle, the entire planet and its humanity belong to our human federation. However, due to not enjoying the various benefits of the human federation and having limited self-governance, they hold some autonomy.”
Yi Chen remained silent.
He would absolutely not acknowledge that this planet belonged to the human federation.
“When the Country Lord first rose, we discovered his astonishing talent through our monitoring system.”
Lu Qingxian began to clarify his intentions: “At first, we didn’t pay much attention, as no matter how great the Country Lord’s talent was, his future strength would be powerless against our large battleships.”
“It was only when the Tree-Dwelling Tribe requested us to accelerate the development of personal strength that we took it seriously.”
“Although our human federation has also developed personal strength, we have always prioritized technological power. To quickly develop personal strength, we can use our strong technological power to speed up the process, but the prerequisite is having a powerful genius to lead the way.”
“We must admit that the Country Lord is the most talented individual in the entire human federation. It is precisely for this reason that we invited the powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe to help assess the Country Lord’s talent.”
“It is clear that the Country Lord’s talent has received the recognition of the powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.”
“According to our agreement with the powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, if the Country Lord’s talent is recognized, he will be eligible to represent our entire human federation and sign a contract directly with the powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.”
“For this reason, after the Country Lord signs the contract, I came personally to find the Country Lord to sign another contract, one that he absolutely cannot refuse.”
“What contract?”
Yi Chen’s face remained calm, but he began to feel alert inside.
It was only until just now that he was surprised to realize he had been led by Lu Qingxian’s words without even noticing.
The reason was that Lu Qingxian’s arguments were clearly organized; every statement was reasonable and without flaw.
Only just now did a crack show itself.
And this crack was Lu Qingxian’s assumption that he had signed a contract with the powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.
But in reality, he had not signed that contract at all.
From the behavior of the powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, it was clear they were indeed here to assess his talent.
However, whether or not the human federation invited him is debatable.
Because if the human federation had truly invited him, the president before him would not be completely uninformed about the content of the discussions between the two parties.
The powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe would not have failed to mention that he hadn’t signed the contract and was still considering it for a few days.
This means that Lu Qingxian is deceiving him.
What he said earlier may not necessarily be trustworthy.
“This contract is for the Country Lord to officially join our human federation, agreeing to cooperate with our federation’s high technology to research better skills and publish them, promoting the personal strength of the citizens of the human federation.”
“At the same time, everything must be in line with the highest interests of the human federation, and there must be no betrayal.”
Lu Qingxian continued to execute his plan, entering the final stage—offering a sweet date.
Previous stages had always revolved around the big stick approach.
Every word was aimed at guiding, instilling, and reinforcing Yi Chen’s sense of belonging to the human federation.
Moreover, the human federation was so powerful that its technological strength could easily wipe out him and the Great Flame Kingdom.
Additionally, the citizens of the human federation already had decent personal strength and looked down on the skills he created; they only needed quick improvement to satisfy the demands of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.
As for the final stage of offering the sweet date, it followed a strategy of first suppression and then elevation.
Because it was inconvenient for the think tank to know, the entire plan was discussed and formulated by the top leaders of the council and the Military.
Although not as thorough as the think tank, these leaders were all top figures who had emerged from schemes and plots.
The plans they made were also quite good.
The reason for the first suppression and then elevation approach was to initially propose Yi Chen’s obligation to join the human federation, in order to maintain the intimidation of the big stick while providing a transition.
Then, they would drop a massive sweet date, giving Yi Chen a huge surprise that he could not refuse.
With his right hand, the big stick was raised high.
With his left hand, the big sweet date was brought to his lips.
How to choose was beyond question.
“Is that all?”
Yi Chen remained noncommittal.
Just like his attitude toward the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, he certainly did not want to join the human federation, let alone sign a contract pledging loyalty to the human federation and not betraying it.
Likewise, due to his inadequate strength, he could not oppose them on the spot.
He could only try to observe the situation quietly and see if he could buy some time.
“Of course there’s more!”
Lu Qingxian felt somewhat disappointed.
The approach of first suppression and then elevation.
In fact, it was their group of leaders who aimed to achieve reconciliation with Yi Chen while minimizing costs.
If Yi Chen, fearing the power of the big stick, agreed to sign the contract right away, benefits would still have to be provided.
After all, the human federation must gain Yi Chen’s understanding to stop the calamity from arising and to allow Yi Chen to work hard at creating better skills and publishing them, significantly reducing the chances of traps and hidden dangers existing in the skills.
They certainly could not afford to withhold benefits that would make Yi Chen overjoyed.
But if Yi Chen agreed to sign the contract under the threat of the big stick, it meant they could offer fewer benefits and still make him ecstatic.
