Chapter 338
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Chapter 338: The Most Suitable Candidate
What exactly does Yi Chen want?
In the Federal Parliament Building.
In the conference room.
The high-ranking leaders of the parliament and military pondered this question.
After setting up the large defensive formation, Yi Chen had changed dramatically over the past few months, becoming far more active than before.
First, he transformed his previously steady expansion plans, commanding the four armies to focus on sweeping through the human tribes across the entire exile planet.
Next, he summoned the identified fake heavy criminals and forced them to choose between staying or leaving.
Those who stayed faced severe punishment, but retained their positions.
Those who chose to leave had their strength realm stripped away and were temporarily detained, awaiting unified transport.
Then, seizing the opportunity while the parliament chairman came to negotiate, he offered high interest rates.
In just a month or two, he suddenly developed a training method that increased the training speed of the fierce beasts’ army by over four hundred times.
After a brief period of calm, he ordered the complete withdrawal of the four armies and even halved the fierce beast army, leaving only a portion to continue expanding and ruling over the local fierce beasts.
All of these moves seemed connected by an invisible thread, linking everything together.
While the citizens of the federation excitedly anticipated the arrival of the Sixth Skill Teaching, the giants of the Federal Parliament and military, along with their think tank, experienced headaches trying to understand the invisible thread connecting Yi Chen’s commands.
"All the orders combined seem to suggest that Yi Chen plans to use the large defensive formation as a defense line to resist and respond to the sudden military actions of our human federation."
"But just a large defensive formation cannot hold back our attacks."
"Perhaps Yi Chen has other defense strategies? Just like previously speculated, he could place the defensive formation around the flying treasure, making it impossible for us to locate him and the citizens of the Great Flame Kingdom."
"That’s the only explanation we can give."
The high-ranking leaders felt somewhat helpless.
This explanation seemed reasonable, but they couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off.
"Fortunately, regardless of Yi Chen’s thoughts and plans, we just need to ensure that our own plans are executed flawlessly to resolve all troubles."
"Right. Let’s just hope we receive good news soon."
The mood among the giants of the parliament and military improved instantly.
They had received news that the foreign affairs department of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe had confirmed the selection of the third envoy.
And just as they had initially anticipated and inferred.
This third envoy, while having a stronger strength realm than the second envoy, Ketes, was not favored within the foreign affairs department.
His resources and treasures were even less impressive than Ketes’s.
Moreover, the reason the third envoy was not well-received by the foreign affairs department was mainly due to his greedy and sharp-tongued nature; he tried to take as many benefits for himself as possible and was unwilling to accept any losses.
People usually chose to keep their distance from such individuals and certainly did not make for good cooperation partners.
Yet from the perspective of the Federal Parliament and military, such a person was exactly the envoy they preferred to see.
They were not afraid of the other party’s greed; they feared the other party not being greedy.
Encountering an envoy who is indifferent, uninterested in resources, and merely wants to complete tasks would be a disaster.
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Tree Star Cluster.
Flying Snow Planet.
A scene of desolation.
The entire planet is home to one hundred twenty billion Tree-Dwelling Tribe members.
Not only is the population among the lowest in comparison to other life planets of the same level, but its prosperity is nearly at the bottom as well.
The root cause lies in the ruler of this life planet, Morris, who only knows how to exploit his tribe members without understanding how to manage properly.
This is the case not only for Flying Snow Planet but for over a thousand other planets under Morris’s rule as well.
As a result, many Tribe members choose to migrate to other life planets.
Although the departure of tribe members reduces resource consumption, it also significantly lowers various incomes from external trade.
Over time, Morris’s income continuously declined, becoming worse year after year.
The resources he submitted have decreased as well.
The Tree-Dwelling Tribe follows a clan system.
As long as one reaches the level of the strong, they can obtain a territory.
However, the strong who possess this territory only keep half of the tax revenue as their source for cultivation.
The other half must be submitted to the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.
Morris’s submitted taxes have decreased significantly, making the tax department extremely dissatisfied with him.
According to the Tribe’s rules, if the submitted taxes remain low for an extended period, the tax department is allowed to send someone to take over his ruling authority and help manage the territory.
If this happens, while Morris’s earnings may increase, he would completely lose control over the territory.
Unfortunately, despite feeling troubled, he is powerless to change his situation.
What troubles Morris even more is that a few days ago, the foreign affairs department sent him a notification, assigning him a mission to the outer star clusters.
The risk is low, but there’s also no profit to gain.
The entire outer star clusters have a maximum level of only one hundred fifty.
Moreover, a dominant race in the outer star clusters is a vassal race of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.
In contrast to other races, many do not mind their strong exploiting vassal races.
As long as it is not excessive and does not lead to serious dissatisfaction among the vassal races, it is acceptable.
However, the Tree-Dwelling Tribe is an exception; the rules clearly state that envoys of any level are prohibited from demanding resources and treasures from vassal races for any reason.
Even if a vassal race voluntarily offers resources, it must be reported to the respective department to ensure that accepting these resources will not greatly impact the vassal race.
The belief that those who are not of our kind will surely have different hearts is deeply rooted in every race.
The Tree-Dwelling Tribe is no exception; the primary reason for establishing such rules is to prevent envoys from receiving substantial benefits and exploiting vassal races, which could lead to negative consequences for the entire Tree-Dwelling Tribe.
An outer star cluster of such a low level, which already has little benefit, particularly with vassal races involved, offers even less under these regulations.
Adding to the difficulty is that the mission requires him to stay in the outer star clusters, helping the vassal races suppress the Shadow King of the Shadow Clan, who has powerful hidden methods and is already extinguished. Morris finds it hard not to feel frustrated.
This means not only is there no benefit to this task, but if luck is against him, he may also have to stay in that outer star cluster for a long time.
Morris simply decides to remain in his territory, planning to delay for another ten or eight years before responding, hoping that after a few reminders from the foreign affairs department, he can then address the issue.
This counts as a silent protest.
Although he is not favored in the foreign affairs department, with his strength realm, he is qualified to do so; at most, he might just become even less favored.
Buzz buzz buzz…
While Morris lounged in the headquarters of his territory, deep within the core of Flying Snow Planet, feeling depressed and cultivating, the communication stone suddenly vibrated.
His Perception Ability reached out to the leaves wrapping around the communication stone.
A subordinate from the foreign affairs department informed him that the first envoy from the outer star clusters, along with personnel from the vassal race, had important matters to discuss with him.
Morris’s first instinct was to refuse.
Regardless of what the matter was, if there was no benefit, they should just go far away.
But then he reconsidered.
Meeting with the first envoy could help him gather information about the Shadow King, which might allow him to quickly find and eliminate the Shadow King, returning sooner to complete his task.
After hesitating for a moment, he notified his subordinate to agree to let the first envoy and the vassal race personnel come over.
