Chapter 325
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Chapter 325: The Revival Army Bears the Blame
In the headquarters of the parliament, the leaders of the parliament and military exchanged glances.
Should they give or not?
It didn’t seem like a choice at all.
Everyone understood that there was no real choice in the current situation.
Yet, no one wanted to be the first to speak up.
Whoever first mentioned it would be the one blamed if the information leaked to the public, leading to shame and scorn.
Eventually, a military leader could no longer withstand the silence and said, "There’s no room for maneuver here. Yi Chen’s stance clearly shows that he has a firm grip on our weakness and knows we won’t dare to refuse."
"Exactly!"
Another military leader nodded in agreement. "The key point now is how to send this batch of materials to the Great Flame Kingdom."
"Revival Army!"
A parliamentary leader suddenly spoke up.
Everyone’s eyes lit up at this suggestion.
It seemed like a good idea.
Among Yi Chen’s conditions, the first twenty-five actually weren’t a big deal.
The real difficulty lay in the twenty-sixth condition: five hundred thousand orphans.
For the human federation, five hundred thousand orphans was not a large number.
With over fifty thousand life planets, they could easily gather them together.
The real issue was using these five hundred thousand orphans as bargaining chips to send to the Great Flame Kingdom, which the federation’s citizens would absolutely refuse to accept.
Sending them to other races would be easier to conceal; they could easily block the news.
But now, they were sending them to the Great Flame Kingdom.
And this was a kingdom under constant live monitoring.
If millions of infants suddenly appeared in the Great Flame Kingdom, anyone would raise suspicions.
Fortunately, Yi Chen had set up a large defensive formation on the outskirts of the Great Flame Kingdom, which could block scanner scans from large battleships and provide a temporary cover.
However, while they could hide this for a time, they couldn’t hide it forever.
There was no large defensive formation beyond the Great Flame Kingdom.
With a current population of just over six million, the sudden appearance of five hundred thousand infants would surely be a hot topic among the citizens.
Especially with the four armies constantly out in battles, news could easily leak.
Once the news leaked, it would be easy to guess that so many infants could only have been sent from the human federation.
However, who sent them was critical.
The proposal from the parliamentary leader struck right at the core, making the other leaders react.
This matter, whether for the parliament or the military, could never be acknowledged or blamed directly.
But they could easily find a force to take the blame.
The Revival Army was the best choice and a reasonable explanation.
Everyone knew that the Revival Army was the only faction loyal to Yi Chen in the human federation.
Yi Chen wanted various spirit mines and spirit materials, along with millions of infants, which the Revival Army could gather using every means possible and secretly send to the exile planet.
"First, we need to promote the power of the Revival Army," Lu Qingxian said.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Only a strong Revival Army could have the capability to do something like this.
The reason was not hard to find; everyone understood that the Revival Army was loyal to Yi Chen.
Many ambitious rebellious forces, top tycoons, and military leaders would quietly align with the Revival Army to take a gamble.
"Next, we have to say that there was a rebellion incident at the Space Fortress due to infiltrators from the rebel forces," Lu Qingxian continued, "and the Large Battleship was also hacked by a top hacking team, resulting in a quick change of the monitoring system."
The military leaders nodded somewhat reluctantly, as this meant the military had to take the blame.
Moreover, it had to be the commander of the Space Fortress who would bear the responsibility.
Each Space Fortress commander was second only to the military leaders and had to incur a significant cost to balance the internal interests.
"Finally, we must inform Yi Chen to keep the news under wraps as much as possible," Lu Qingxian sighed.
This task was the easiest.
The reason was simple—Yi Chen was collecting interest and naturally wished to receive payments periodically, while also avoiding leaks of information.
"What if Yi Chen becomes greedy and demands another payment in a few weeks?" a military leader frowned.
"That shouldn’t happen," Lu Qingxian shook his head. "From the negotiation process and Yi Chen’s attitude, it’s clear he knows he has us, the human federation, in a tight spot."
"No matter what conditions he offers, at this stage, we can’t refuse."
"Therefore, he could ask for even higher conditions and demands. But in reality, he only brought forward the materials and resources needed for the Great Flame Kingdom’s rapid development in the short term."
"This implies that Yi Chen indeed treats the human federation as a cash cow, intending to extort a sum periodically."
"But perhaps he avoids significantly reducing our calamity for now, only asking for the materials required for the Great Flame Kingdom’s growth at this time."
"So, this periodic payment could be at least a few years apart."
All the leaders felt relieved in their hearts.
Calculating this way, the greater the benefits Yi Chen demands, the more it actually helps reduce the harm caused by calamity.
Allowing Yi Chen to constantly collect interest could be a good way to suppress and lessen the effects of calamity.
Of course, they were not focused on this approach right now, as they only wished to buy time.
They wanted to delay until the third envoy was appointed and signed a contract with the Federal Parliament.
Applying pressure through the third envoy, a mediator that neither side dared to offend, to compel Yi Chen to sign a contract with the human federation would provide a permanent solution, addressing all issues and crises while continuing to enhance their strength.
In their view, Yi Chen’s unwillingness to significantly reduce calamity and only planning to collect interest at intervals was merely overthinking.
Interest could only be collected this once.
"Next, let’s discuss the details!" Lu Qingxian suggested.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
This matter involved five million orphans, so they could not leave the detailed plan to the think tank.
They needed to research and discuss it themselves.
The entire detailed plan would also be very complex.
For instance, they needed to communicate with Yi Chen and the Revival Army; it required cooperation from both of them.
They had to determine what reasons to use to acquire five million orphans from various orphanages.
What justifications could they use to gather those materials?
Furthermore, how the Revival Army could obtain a Large Battleship to cross the cosmic storm zone also needed a reasonable explanation and proper arrangements.
One lie required thousands of lies to cover it up.
And these thousands of lies had to seem reasonable.
This required prior arrangements to at least avoid leaving obvious loopholes that could be easily discovered.
Only the immense power of the Federal Parliament and the Military could cover such an obvious lie.
After spending more than a day, the leaders came up with a complete set of detailed plans.
Then, they split up to take action; those who needed to contact Yi Chen did so, while others reached out to the Revival Army.
The rest were not idle either, using their power to make various arrangements in advance.
