Chapter 277
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Chapter 277: Passing the First Barrier
"Country Lord, may I enter and speak further?"
A day and a half later, the president of the Federal Parliament, Lu Qingxian, appeared again as a virtual image outside the flying treasure.
He felt anxious.
His face, however, displayed a cultured and friendly demeanor, as calm as a light breeze on a clear day.
The door of the flying treasure did not open.
Inside, there was no response whatsoever.
Yi Chen was still fully focused on his training, ignoring everything around him.
Seeing him like this, Bai Ruo Xin chose not to respond, acting as if she hadn’t heard anything.
Only the Little Gold Ball was eager to try, wanting to represent Yi Chen and experience the taste of negotiation.
"Country Lord, for the future of humanity, please set aside past grievances. I have come this time with even greater sincerity."
Lu Qingxian felt a bit flustered.
Not discussing matters was even more frightening than a failed negotiation.
Still, within the flying treasure, there was no response.
…
"It’s over. Last time the negotiation fell apart, and this time he won’t even talk. Yi Chen’s temper seems to be a bit too extreme!"
"When two armies confront each other, they don’t harm the messenger. Our president of the human federation personally comes to negotiate; he shouldn’t be turned away at the door!"
"I can’t understand what Yi Chen is thinking. This concerns the major interests of all humanity. Even if he resents us, he should at least set aside his hatred for the moment."
"Let alone the fact that our human federation has offered absurdly generous terms."
"That’s two hundred trillion in funding, royal status, territory of two life planets, and two parliamentary seats."
The audience in the live room, seeing that Yi Chen had not yet allowed Lu Qingxian to enter for the second round of negotiations, grew increasingly dissatisfied under the guidance of some parliamentary staff.
When the first round of negotiations fell apart, the Federal Parliament chose to confront the public and officially announced the situation with the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, along with the negotiation results.
The public had no objections to aligning with the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.
Having a powerful leader who treated their subordinates well was not a bad thing at all.
Moreover, the Tree-Dwelling Tribe had already contacted the federal parliament before Yi Chen’s rise, during a time when humanity faced both internal strife and external threats.
This even proved the competence of the Decision-Making Level of the Federal Parliament.
As for the announced negotiation results, they naturally leaned in favor of the Federal Parliament.
The announcement described how Lu Qingxian, the esteemed president of the human federation, after revealing the truth, sought Yi Chen’s understanding by offering astonishing compensation and even kneeled to apologize on behalf of all humanity.
Attached was a segment showing Lu Qingxian kneeling and crying profusely.
From the perspective of the federal public, it seemed that Yi Chen was making a mountain out of a molehill and had a bad temper.
Today, when Lu Qingxian returned with even greater sincerity to restart the negotiations, only to be turned away again, it further kindled dissatisfaction among the federation’s people.
Yet, no one knew that the Federal Parliament still had information that was being concealed.
He concealed the true nature of the negotiations, as well as the calamity and its fruit, and the fact that the powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe was now completely destroyed in spirit.
"Country Lord, the powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe is about to return. Once he knows we have not reached an agreement, he will surely be dissatisfied. For the benefit of humanity, please allow me to enter and discuss further."
For over ten minutes, Lu Qingxian, seeing the righteousness of humanity was of no use, began to apply pressure.
Inside the flying treasure, Yi Chen’s mind stirred slightly.
Whether confronting the Tree-Dwelling Tribe or the human federation, the strength of him and the Great Flame Kingdom was like a little ant, in an absolutely weak position.
But he wasn’t completely without leverage.
Especially against the human federation, he even held a small amount of initiative.
Because the human federation needed to continue evolving the entire population, they had to reconcile with him; if possible, they would not resort to force.
This gave him the possibility of buying time.
What he needed most now was time.
In comparison, the Tree-Dwelling Tribe was the greater threat.
The Tree-Dwelling Tribe’s attempt to ally with him was merely to gain a potential subordinate; their interests did not reach the level of the human federation’s.
If they continued to delay a response, they would either give up or try to force him to compromise with military might.
He could only rely on luck.
As a little ant, this feeling made him feel powerless, yet he had to accept this reality.
Right now, the first hurdle lay before him.
Could the powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe return?
According to his deduction, luck had been drained to a disastrous level, and regardless of how powerful they were, it was highly likely they would not return.
But "highly likely" was still not "certain."
There remained two variables.
One was that bad luck might not end quickly.
The other variable was whether the laws of heaven in this star cluster could annihilate the powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.
After all, the powerful being was a strong entity that stepped out of this star cluster; even if their luck was exhausted, they might not face the consequences of the laws of heaven here.
Yi Chen could only observe the situation and wait for results.
Outside the flying treasure, Lu Qingxian was having a difficult time as well.
He did not expect that even bringing up the powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe could not persuade Yi Chen to allow him to enter for a discussion.
Yi Chen appeared indifferent, even if it meant a deadlock with the human federation.
This confirmed his and the many leaders’ suspicions that Yi Chen was likely plotting something.
Such behavior was definitely not characteristic of Yi Chen.
During the first round of negotiations, despite knowing the truth, he maintained restraint and calm, proving he would never resort to a course of vengeance against the human federation, even if it meant his death.
But he simply could not comprehend what Yi Chen could still be planning in this situation.
The contract with the Tree-Dwelling Tribe had already been signed; Yi Chen and the human federation were now bound together.
If things became too tense, it would surely displease the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.
After all, the Tree-Dwelling Tribe preferred to focus on Yi Chen’s talent.
But this was based on the premise that Yi Chen could lead the human federation to develop faster.
Without this foundation, no matter how talented Yi Chen was, he could not be valued by the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.
Conversely, even if Yi Chen learned about the Tree-Dwelling Tribe’s attitude through his interactions with Ketes, he should have guessed that the human federation would never compromise.
Even if he wanted to do so, he would have to slowly use the Tree-Dwelling Tribe’s deterrent force to plan.
Not just Lu Qingxian, but the leaders aboard the large transport ship were also completely at a loss.
No matter how knowledgeable they were, they could not imagine that Yi Chen had not signed that loyalty contract with the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.
His ambition and pride were so great that he refused to be constrained by anyone, unwilling to be a subordinate to the Tree-Dwelling Tribe despite ruling not even a single exile planet.
Even more surprisingly, Yi Chen created the Luck Technique, which extracted luck from Ketes, betting that he could temporarily escape the pressure of loyalty to the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.
The two sides fell into a stalemate, and the second round of negotiations remained unlaunched due to Yi Chen’s attitude.
Until a day later, when Yi Chen broke through to the Sixth Stage of the Crossing Tribulation Stage, Ketes still had not appeared.
He understood that he had successfully passed the first barrier.
The powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe was done for.
They would not return.
