Chapter 643

Chapter 643: The Decision of the High-Ranking Leaders of the Foreign Affairs Department

The powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe waved his hand.

An energy input flowed into the Contract Pillar, quickly sensing and searching for the contracts received in recent years.

The result left him dumbfounded, yet he also breathed a sigh of relief.

“Fortunately, it’s not our responsibility!”

His previously anxious heart was completely at ease.

In his eyes, there was even a hint of schadenfreude.

He had carefully sensed and searched multiple times, but still found no sign of the existence of this contract.

The Contract Pillar had never received this contract at all.

This meant that the strongest member of humanity had not signed this contract all these years.

While the staff at the contract storage had some responsibility for this matter, it wasn’t significant because it had only been a few years.

Those truly responsible were the envoys in charge of signing the contracts with the strongest member of humanity, along with the relevant staff.

They had never confirmed that the strongest member of humanity had signed this contract, yet they had confidently asserted that the contract had been signed.

“What a major mistake at such an important time for cooperation with humanity! Our foreign affairs department is bound to have hundreds or even thousands of staff members losing their heads over this. There might even be a few strong-level supervisors punished.”

The powerful being from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe clicked his tongue and waved his hand, creating a message bubble with a diameter of two meters.

Then, he reopened the defensive barriers surrounding the jade pillar.

With the message bubble in hand, he headed towards the training area of the chief supervisor of the contract storage.

He sent the two-meter-wide bubble through the passage into the hidden chamber.

Before long, the chief supervisor of the contract storage sent him a voice communication to understand the detailed situation.

Once confirmed, he personally came to the jade pillar to carefully check again.

After verifying that the strongest member of humanity had indeed not signed the relevant contract, the chief supervisor of the contract storage quickly took out the communication stone to rapidly contact another fifteen high-ranking leaders of the foreign affairs department, informing them of this matter.

An hour later, the sixteen chief supervisors of the foreign affairs department gathered together.

Their faces were grim.

They hadn’t anticipated that there would be such a twist in this matter.

“What is Morris doing? The strongest member of humanity hasn’t signed the contract, and he doesn’t even know?”

One chief supervisor couldn’t help but roar.

“It’s probably unrelated to Morris, because when Morris went as the third envoy to the human federation, our foreign affairs department had already determined that the strongest member of humanity had signed a vassal contract with the second envoy. Morris’s biggest issue is that he hasn’t retrieved the directly signed contract from the strongest member of humanity.”

Another chief supervisor couldn’t help but retort.

The reason was that Morris was his subordinate.

If Morris was blamed for this huge mistake, he would certainly face significant punishment.

Even though he didn’t particularly like Morris, he still wanted to protect his strong subordinate.

“Now is not the time to dwell on who is at fault. I just can’t understand why that strongest member of humanity didn’t sign the contract!”

Another chief supervisor spoke up.

The second envoy was his subordinate.

The group of chief supervisors did not dwell on this matter.

In the grand scheme, the one at fault was indeed the second envoy.

But that person was already dead, and there was no one to punish, so it was unnecessary to continue arguing about who made the mistake.

Right now, they believed the most important thing was to resolve the issue quickly.

What puzzled them was why the strongest member of humanity had not signed this vassal contract.

This reason was very important.

Surely, it wasn’t that the strongest member of humanity did not want to lead humanity to ally with the Tree-Dwelling Tribe?

It was humanity that desired to ally with the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, and humanity had taken the initiative to go to the super star cluster, pleading with the Tree-Dwelling Tribe to accept their alliance.

Even if the strongest member of humanity suddenly changed his mind, it was unlikely he would pretend to sign the contract with the intention of not signing it—such a reckless act.

If he had indeed changed his mind, he would be seeking forgiveness from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, and only after receiving their consent would he abandon the signing of the contract.

After all, in the eyes of humanity, the Tree-Dwelling Tribe was a colossal entity, capable of annihilating humanity with just one of their strong members.

Seeking forgiveness from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe might still hold a glimmer of hope.

But to toy with the Tree-Dwelling Tribe like this, no matter how lenient their external policy was, they could not easily let humanity off the hook.

“Could it be that this strongest member of humanity wants to lead humanity to extinction? I seem to remember some related information that indicated there were significant conflicts between the strongest member of humanity and the high-ranking leaders of humanity.”

A chief supervisor suddenly thought of something and proposed a new explanation.

As soon as he said this, the other chief supervisors couldn’t help but nod in agreement.

If the strongest member of humanity was at odds with the high-ranking leaders of humanity, then this possibility existed.

“If it is truly like that, things could become quite troublesome. Morris, up until now, has not resolved either of the other two tasks besides suppressing the Shadow King.”

“It’s possible that he hasn’t even met the strongest member of humanity yet. Otherwise, there’s no way he would allow the tasks to drag on this long and not realize that the strongest member of humanity had never signed a vassal contract with us, the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.”

“What a bold strongest member of humanity to dare deceive us, the Tree-Dwelling Tribe!”

“I think we should first inquire about the situation on the humanity side! This strongest member of humanity dared to toy with us, and he must understand the terrifying consequences and costs of his actions.”

“The only problem is that this strongest member of humanity has a talent so powerful that he can elevate the average strength of all humanity. Even if he deliberately refuses to sign the contract and toys with us, hoping we destroy all of humanity, it’s likely humanity wouldn’t agree to let us punish the strongest member of humanity too harshly.”

“We should first capture this strongest member of humanity and then decide how to handle it. We can negotiate with humanity on how to deal with it later. We need to maintain the dignity of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, and humanity also needs this strongest member of humanity to create more skills. It may seem conflicting, but we can find a compromise.”

“The urgent priority is still to resolve the issue of quickly mass-producing Large Battleships.”

The group of chief supervisors soon reached a consensus.

At present, the situation in the super star cluster was becoming increasingly severe, and a large-scale race war was imminent.

The troop transportation capability of humanity became significantly more important as a result.

Getting humanity to quickly produce and store a massive number of Large Battleships, train enough operators, and have them completely under the control of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe was of utmost importance.

Everything else was secondary.

“Additionally, should we inform the elders about this?”

One chief supervisor inquired.

“This matter is not difficult to resolve and is not yet urgent. However, it does need to be reported to the elders.”

Another chief supervisor suggested, “We can simply inform the elders using a message bubble. By the time the elders finish their cultivation and check the various messages, this matter should have already been resolved.”

The other chief supervisors nodded in agreement.

The chief supervisor under whom Morris served promptly took out the communication stone and contacted him to inquire about the situation.