Chapter 642

Chapter 642: Searching for the Contract

The staff member waited anxiously for Morris to end the call.

Morris, on the other hand, was deeply conflicted.

How could he complete this task when he couldn’t find Yi Chen?

Other tasks could be delayed, but this one absolutely couldn’t.

This task was a collaboration with the foreign affairs department and was related to the overall preparation for the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.

If he dared to drag it out, it would be a serious crime.

Even though he was a level 210 strong member, he wouldn’t be able to bear such a charge.

However, it was also unrealistic to expect him to find Yi Chen in a short time.

The only way was to have the foreign affairs department notify Yi Chen through the contract.

But notifying Yi Chen this way would definitely make the foreign affairs department reveal the reason for contacting him.

This would also bring him a lot of trouble.

Because Yi Chen had the initiative regarding whether to sign the collaboration contract.

As the strongest member of humanity, Yi Chen would certainly not reject signing an agreement with the Tree-Dwelling Tribe because even though humanity couldn’t withstand the burdens of the war with other races, they could gain huge benefits from it.

Moreover, the Tree-Dwelling Tribe would also provide protection.

But Yi Chen could use this situation to try and seize control of humanity.

In that case, his contract with the human federation would be completely shattered.

It was a foolish dream for him to think he could threaten or entice Yi Chen into giving him the Space Stone from the previous envoy.

He was in a difficult situation!

This task from the foreign affairs department had placed him on the hot seat, forcing him to make a choice.

No matter which option he chose, he would suffer severe losses.

“Morris sir…”

The staff member was almost in tears.

He could not understand why he, a mere nobody in the foreign affairs department, had to bear the brunt of Morris’s frustrations.

Even if this guy faced tremendous misfortune in the star cluster, he shouldn’t take it out on someone like him.

“Contact the foreign affairs department and ask the relevant personnel to notify the strongest member of humanity to discuss the collaboration matters.”

Morris felt annoyed by the urgency, wanting to scold the staff member, but in the end, he helplessly made his choice.

Deliberately delaying this task was a serious crime, and no matter what, he wouldn’t do that.

Since that was the case, he could only bear the losses he had already experienced and choose to contact Yi Chen to complete this task as well as the three tasks previously assigned by the foreign affairs department as soon as possible.

However, in this way, while the tasks would be completed, the losses would remain irretrievable.

He had traveled a long way to this star cluster outside our main region, and without gaining any benefits, he had lost all his belongings here.

He had lost all of his subordinates under his control, and they all paid the price.

"Okay, okay!"

The staff member showed signs of great joy and quickly nodded in response.

"Let’s do it this way! Notify Yi Chen to come directly to the life planet where the human federation’s Federal Headquarters is located, and I’ll be here."

Morris ended the call.

On the other end, the staff member let out a long sigh of relief.

"Finally, it’s about to end…"

Morris sighed deeply as he stored the communication stone inside the Space Stone.

He felt a mix of unwillingness, helplessness, and a little relief.

Even though the losses were severe and he had lost all his belongings, he had at least saved his own life.

This was still better than what happened to the previous two envoys.

After all, the first two envoys…

One was destroyed completely, and the other died instantly.

Surviving was already quite fortunate for him.

……

In the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, within the foreign affairs department,

a grand palace stood with dense guards and layered defensive barriers surrounding it.

Inside, many strong members were stationed to guard.

Even further down, in a hidden chamber, was a training site for a high-ranking member of the foreign affairs department at level 230.

The palace housed a vast number of glowing orbs,

so many that there were nearly millions.

These glowing orbs were all contracts,

various contracts signed between the foreign affairs department and the various tribes.

After a few staff members received the notification, they checked the records of the contracts from previous years within the palace and immediately broke out in cold sweat.

They found that the records had no sign of the vassal contract signed between the human federation and the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.

This was terrible!

This was a major mistake.

If it were some less important contracts that weren’t recorded, that would be one thing,

but a vassal agreement with another tribe not recorded was a serious issue. Even the direct superior of the person in charge would face severe punishment.

Fortunately, it was only an error and omission, and there was no record.

As long as they found it now, completed the task, and then secretly registered it, they could keep this matter under wraps.

The staff members at the contract storage site immediately sprang into action, entering the place where the contracts were kept to carefully search for this particular contract.

What terrified them was that no matter how thoroughly they searched through contracts from the last ten years, they couldn’t find the vassal contract signed between the Tree-Dwelling Tribe and the human federation.

Could it be that the contract was stolen?

But how could that be possible!

The vassal contracts signed with the major tribes were important contracts; once removed from the palace, an alarm would sound throughout the entire contract storage.

Even the strong within the storage could not disable the alarm in advance.

The staff members, helpless, could only contact their supervisor.

The supervisor hurried over and carefully used his divine consciousness to search through all the contracts, but found nothing as well.

His brows tightly furrowed, showing a hint of confusion in his eyes.

To steal a contract, one would either have to forcefully break into the palace or be an insider.

The first option was certainly impossible.

As for the second… a vassal contract is not an ordinary contract; unless it was someone from the high-ranking leaders of the foreign affairs department, even his immediate superior would not have the authority to destroy or remove it.

But why would a high-ranking leader from the foreign affairs department steal the contract?

The human federation was a star cluster outside the super star cluster and was incredibly weak, making it hard to see any benefits to the high-ranking leaders of the foreign affairs department.

After deep contemplation, the supervisor considered another possibility.

That was… the contract simply did not exist.

The strongest member of the human federation had not signed a vassal contract.

He quickly took out his communication stone and contacted his immediate superior.

Soon, a level 220 powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe arrived at the scene.

After hearing the whole story, this level 220 powerful being immediately made his way to the center of the palace, before a huge jade pillar surrounded by various barriers.

He provided an energy input to it.

Layer by layer, the barriers were unlocked.

Even with the permission to break the barriers, it took over twenty minutes for all the barriers to fully open.

The powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe approached the jade pillar.

This pillar stood a hundred feet tall, with a diameter of over ten meters.

It was entirely emerald green.

Called the Contract Pillar, it was made from a rare immortal mine known as the Contract Stone.

With this Contract Pillar, after signing a contract, no matter how far apart the tribes were, the pillar could receive the contract and instantly transfer it to the palace.

This ensured protection against hostile tribes’ assassins attacking after the contract was signed and seizing the agreement.

In addition, possessing the Contract Pillar also strengthened the binding power of the signed contracts.

Even if the signatory found a loophole in the contract terms and desired to breach it, they would first have to contend with the powerful power of the laws generated by the Contract Pillar.