Chapter 309
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Chapter 309: The Decision of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe Elder
The eighth elder of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe focused his thoughts.
The largest green light sphere flew into the barrier, hovering in front of him.
His Perception Ability surged into the light sphere.
Inside, various pieces of information flooded into the consciousness of the eighth elder of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.
The larger the light sphere, the more important it was.
At that moment, this sphere was the largest among over a thousand and represented the most crucial matter for the foreign affairs department in the past year.
The content revealed that the foreign affairs department had received information from a vassal race: one of the three major overlords of the super star cluster, the Time Tribe, had recently sent several strong individuals to infiltrate the Tree Star Cluster, likely to plot something sinister.
The eighth elder of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe raised his eyebrows slightly.
Was the Time Tribe planning to restart hostilities?
After a moment of contemplation, he quickly made a decision.
His Perception Ability enveloped his consciousness and entered the green light sphere.
On one hand, he ordered the foreign affairs department to send someone to verify this matter, while also communicating with the intelligence organization to share information and see if they had any findings to confirm the situation.
If confirmed, the message would be reported to the tribe leader.
Once the eighth elder integrated his decision through his Perception Ability, the color of the light sphere changed to white.
On a branch, a huge leaf gently waved.
The white light sphere flew out of the barrier.
Immediately, the second largest green light sphere flew into the barrier.
His Perception Ability entered it.
The content revealed that a vassal race of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe had sent a distress signal, as they were facing a strong attack from a hostile race.
The eighth elder of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe did not hesitate and immediately commanded the foreign affairs department to relay this message to the war department.
The foreign affairs department also had many strong individuals.
If it was just a smaller race, accepted by the Tree-Dwelling Tribe for their special talent, under attack, the foreign affairs department could send help directly to resolve the issue.
But if powerful vassal races were under attack, the news had to be sent to the war department, which would decide what to do.
The war department was the strongest organization of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, personally led by the Great Elder, who held a status just below the tribe leader.
After handling the second large light sphere, he quickly moved on to the third large light sphere.
Then the fourth, fifth, sixth…
Under the control of the eighth elder of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, the light spheres outside the barrier, from largest to smallest, successively entered the barrier.
The speed was fast.
The nine hundred ninety-ninth sphere.
The eighth elder’s Perception Ability entered the light sphere.
Inside this light sphere, there was not only information but also a video clip.
“Is it this human race again?”
The Eighth Elder of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe was somewhat surprised. He remembered that in the past few years, he seemed to have encountered news related to humanity twice.
His Perception Ability quickly processed the information and video clip within the Green Light Sphere.
The Eighth Elder of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe frowned.
The content mainly described how the Tree-Dwelling Tribe envoy was attacked and had his physical body taken while helping humanity resolve internal issues.
A powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe was already heavily injured, and while dealing with humanity’s problems, he was ambushed by the Shadow King, resulting in his death without having the chance to reclaim the contract signed with humanity’s strongest member.
That video showed the Shadow King’s sudden sneak attack on the powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.
With two envoys, one injured and one dead, and one being a strong member, the Eighth Elder felt that the Tree-Dwelling Tribe was having a hard time in this outer small star cluster.
However, he did not think it was worth spending too much time pondering this matter.
In an instant, the Eighth Elder made a decision to send another powerful being from the foreign affairs department to retrieve the contract.
As for humanity’s internal issues, they would have to resolve them themselves; the third envoy would only be responsible for suppressing the Shadow King.
Although he felt that the Tree-Dwelling Tribe was struggling in this outer small star cluster, the Eighth Elder did not plan to abandon humanity.
Despite being an inconspicuous small race that could be easily wiped out by sending a strong individual, humanity had an impressive troop transportation capability over ultra-long distances on a large scale.
Especially considering the actions of the Time Tribe, it was likely that the super star cluster would restart a new round of war, making this capability even more essential for the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.
Moreover, humanity’s strongest member had remarkable talent, and under his leadership, humanity’s average strength was advancing rapidly with significant potential.
If the super star cluster were to truly restart another round of war, humanity could still play a role.
However, the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, adhering to the causal path, was somewhat superstitious.
The Eighth Elder was no exception.
With the unbelievable calamity faced by two envoys—both losing their lives while helping humanity eliminate hidden dangers in a small star cluster where the level cap was only one hundred fifty—he felt a knot in his heart.
Ultimately, he decided that humanity would have to resolve their own problems.
After the third envoy retrieved the contract, he would stay with humanity for a while. If the Shadow King, who was attracted by the powerful beings from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, was still in that star cluster, he would be responsible for suppressing him.
The Shadow King was indeed a problem for the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, which they had to address.
Moreover, such a level of existence posed an overwhelming threat to humanity, which could simply not cope.
This way, they could also observe humanity’s crisis management capabilities.
This attitude was somewhat similar to how Yi Chen only helped Chief Nika eliminate the chief of the Tek tribe but did not concern himself with how Chief Nika would regain control of his tribe or even manage the Tek tribe’s members.
If humanity could not resolve even a small internal threat, their developmental potential would have to be discounted.
If their developmental potential was discounted, the level of attention and support they received would naturally decrease.
After issuing the order, the Eighth Elder of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe did not pay any further attention. With a gentle wave of a leaf on a branch, the light sphere flew out of the barrier, and the next green light sphere flew into the barrier.
This top-notch powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe did not know that this information was merely one side of the story from the first envoy of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, who had only a remnant of his soul left.
The first envoy had concealed much information due to owing favors to the human federation and the numerous benefits offered by them.
For example, the human federation and humanity’s strongest member were not a unified entity, existing with irreconcilable conflicts.
Additionally, the hidden dangers for humanity had originated from calamities and calamity fruits formed due to the human federation secretly learning from humanity’s strongest member’s skills.
Even the first envoy of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe did not know that Yi Chen, the strongest member of humanity, had never actually signed a contract.
The reason the second powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe was heavily injured was not because he was hurt before going to that star cluster, but because he witnessed Yi Chen’s fortune, which caused his soul to shatter.
Without this information, the judgment and decisions of the Eighth Elder of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe would undoubtedly be affected.
Of course, this was also because the affairs of humanity were merely small matters in the eyes of the Eighth Elder.
Deceiving superiors and hiding truths from subordinates, situations where envoys or scouts overlooked important information existed in every race, including the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.
Just like with the first green light sphere, which concerned another overlord of the super star cluster, the Time Tribe, and possibly indicated signs of restarting a war, the first thought that crossed the Eighth Elder’s mind was to have the foreign affairs department send out scouts to verify and gather information again.
As for the matter on humanity’s side, it was also considered significant in the foreign affairs department.
Though it was ranked in the nine hundred ninety-ninth position, it belonged to the bottom tier.
However, it had reached a level that required submission to the Eighth Elder of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe for a decision, unable to be arranged independently.
But on the side of the Eighth Elder of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, it was entirely dismissed.
In the Eighth Elder’s view, only those messages that interrupted his training momentarily were truly important.
Messages checked once a year were not of much significance.
Only the top ten messages deserved even a slight effort of thought.
Messages ranked below the top ten could easily be adjusted and compensated for without substantial impact if they were to go wrong.
