Chapter 438

Chapter 438: Secret Meeting

Upon arriving outside the Revival Army’s base, Lu Qingxian immediately contacted the large transport ship that had been waiting in space to come and pick him up.

Returning to the large transport ship, he informed the Captain to quickly deliver the communication stone back to the headquarters of the Parliament Building, then Lu Qingxian ended his virtual image state.

His physical body awakened from a virtual pod in the headquarters of the Parliament Building.

After having the staff check his physical condition, he hurried to the conference room.

At this moment, the Giants of the parliament and military had been waiting for a long time.

After receiving the news that Bai Zhenshan wanted to see Lu Qingxian, they gathered here immediately, using the imaging equipment that came with Lu Qingxian’s virtual image to understand the entire process.

“How did it go?”

As soon as Lu Qingxian entered the conference room, he eagerly looked at everyone.

Marshal Iron Blood spoke up, “We just discussed it and concluded that Yi Chen must be in urgent need of certain material resources, and he wants us to gather them.”

Lu Qingxian nodded.

This was close to what he had guessed.

Marshal Iron Blood sighed, “For the urgently needed material resources, referring to the last materials list, we probably cannot avoid high-quality spirit mines that are easier to comprehend the principles of heaven and earth, and they should be of a higher grade than the Comprehension Stone.”

“Besides that, we fear that Yi Chen might, as last time, request a batch of orphans under the age of three.”

“For these two aspects, we have already arranged personnel to investigate and prepare in advance.”

Lu Qingxian remained silent.

From his feelings, the likelihood of this happening was very high.

The higher-grade spirit mines related to the Comprehension Stone had long been collected by the wealthy of the human federation.

The parliament and military would need to expend significant effort and cost to acquire these spirit mines.

As for orphans under the age of three, the human federation had no shortage of them.

Especially considering the human federation was currently at war with the Angel Alliance, countless soldiers had sacrificed their lives, resulting in millions of orphans appearing each day.

The key issue was that if this became known to the Federation’s citizens, it would result in a plummet of reputation for the Federal Parliament and military.

Not to mention, providing both high-quality resources and a vast number of orphans to Yi Chen would significantly enhance his and the Great Flame Empire’s strength.

This would be even more unfavorable for handling future relations with Yi Chen.

But the Federal Parliament and military could only resort to drinking poison to quench their thirst.

“Additionally, after our discussion, we believe we can try sending the communication stones refined by Yi Chen to the Federation’s research institute to see if we can trace Yi Chen’s hiding area through the materials of the communication stone.”

Seeing Lu Qingxian’s confusion, Marshal Iron Blood explained, “We’ve checked the data. Communication stones, due to their differing origins, contain extremely fine impurities that vary.

On the exile planet, there are no communication stone production sources, nor do we have any communication stones among the resources we provided to Yi Chen.”

“This means Yi Chen’s refined communication stone likely came from his hiding place. If his weapon refining technique cannot completely eliminate the impurities in the communication stone, we might be able to deduce his location range.”

Lu Qingxian’s eyes lit up; this was indeed good news.

If they could estimate Yi Chen’s approximate range and then send someone to look for clues within that area, they might be able to find Yi Chen’s hiding place.

There would be no need for Morris to make drastic decisions, like selling everything to hire skilled trackers from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe; they could locate Yi Chen.

“Besides that, we need to consider what demands to make to Yi Chen…”

Marshal Iron Blood said helplessly, “Given Yi Chen’s character and arrogance, he will most likely refuse anything we propose. But we must find a way to make him agree; otherwise, the threat from the Soul Clan is too great. If it continues to develop, we can hardly imagine the consequences.”

“On top of that, the situation in this star cluster has also become stagnant. While the various tribes dare not join the Angel Alliance, they have begun secretly supporting it, leading to a noticeable slowdown in our conquest of the Angelic Galaxy.”

“Furthermore, on the Undying Race’s side, although the Undying Race Duke has the advantage, the Undying Race King holds quite a few trump cards, making it difficult to make a decisive move to unify the entire Undying Race and officially announce their alliance with us, the human federation.”

“To break the deadlock and accelerate the unification of the entire star cluster, the best way is to significantly enhance our human federation’s average strength.”

“Moreover, because the average strength has remained stagnant, the public’s anxiety is also continuously deepening. If we do not achieve any substantial breakthroughs in this area, it poses a huge hidden danger.”

“The question is, how can we persuade Yi Chen to agree to our conditions?”

Lu Qingxian frowned.

“Try to suggest conditions that are not too excessive. Besides that… it all depends on Yi Chen’s urgency regarding the second interest,” Marshal Iron Blood replied helplessly. “The initiative is entirely in Yi Chen’s hands, and all we can do is adapt according to the situation.”

“It seems we have no other choice!”

Lu Qingxian nodded.

Everyone began discussing various possible scenarios, predicting the demands and conditions Yi Chen might propose, while waiting for the large transport ship to deliver the communication stone to the Federation’s research institute.

It wasn’t until five or six hours later that they received news from the research institute.

The communication stone did contain some extremely tiny, unrefined impurities.

However, these impurities are commonly found in communication stones produced in the Milky Way.

It’s difficult to determine precisely which area of the Milky Way this communication stone originated from.

This result left the Giants of the parliament and military extremely disappointed.

In their eyes, it was certain that Yi Chen was hiding in the Milky Way.

The crucial part was determining which area he was in.

The Milky Way is vast and without knowing the specific area, they had no way to proceed.

Not to mention that Yi Chen’s defensive formations could block the scanners. Even if the Soul Clan lacked such abilities, the Federal Parliament and military could still not find their hiding place.

With no options left, they had to request the research institute to send the communication stone back.

Afterward, they could only slowly wait for Yi Chen’s contact, trying to think through various details.

At the same time, they also had to guard against Morris finding out.

Concerns about the Soul Emperor, who might dramatically increase in combat power, affecting the Giants of the human federation led them to have Morris remain on the life planet where the headquarters was located.

With Morris’s Perception Ability, he could sense the movements of all living beings on the life planet within his range.

Contacting Yi Chen was an action taken by the Giants of the Federal Parliament and military after completely losing faith in the Tree-Dwelling Tribe; they couldn’t let Morris know.

The only things capable of shielding Morris’s Perception Ability were various top-tier devices that could create energy shields.

Therefore, they had to ensure that Morris remained unaware while also finding various reasons to frequently enter and exit the conference room.

Especially Lu Qingxian, who possessed the communication stone, had to remain in the conference room at all times.