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Chapter 1020: Chancellor Cao and the First Emperor on Skru
Chapter 1020: Chancellor Cao and the First Emperor on Skru
The conflict on Blue Star has temporarily come to a halt.
Su Yu, along with the high-level psychics of Blue Star, swiftly reclaimed three giant spring eyes, destroying the anti-gravity crystal devices inside them.
Thus, out of the 3732 spring eyes, all but the one at Mount Fuji have been reclaimed by the humans of Blue Star! The battles on Blue Star will now take a break for a while.
As for Chancellor Cao and the First Emperor, they are still unaware of the significant changes on Blue Star.
In the past week, they haven’t been guarding the final secret realm continuously. In fact, the final secret realm doesn’t require their constant presence.
The sixth-stage players from Blue Star are all inside the secret realm, safe from external harm. Therefore, there’s no need for them to stay outside; they only need to be present when the realm’s time ends.
During this week, Chancellor Cao and the First Emperor have been actively visiting other intelligent races on Skru, apart from the Skruans.
There are over 200 intelligent races of various sizes on Skru.
It’s impossible for Chancellor Cao and the First Emperor to visit all 200 races, so they selected the 50 largest ones as their primary targets.
And it turns out that “50” was the perfect number. By the end of the seventh day, they successfully completed their visits to these 50 major intelligent races.
Even with just 50 major races, Chancellor Cao and the First Emperor’s footsteps have covered the entire Skru planet! Moreover, this week has been quite comfortable and pleasant without the interference of Plante and Manina.
Chancellor Cao and the First Emperor’s visits to these 50 intelligent races were mainly for two reasons:
1. To negotiate trade and promote equipment.
2. To showcase their strength and persuade these races to remain neutral in the conflict between the humans of Blue Star and the Skruans.
Regarding the first reason, their efforts have been highly successful!
Almost every one of these 50 major races has shown a strong interest in the equipment manufactured by the humans of Blue Star.
Despite the high price of Blue Star’s equipment, these top-tier races are quite enthusiastic, let alone the lower-tier ones.
Thus, every mention of “equipment trade” has been a success.
Each leader of the major races, upon seeing the samples displayed by Chancellor Cao, enthusiastically agreed to the equipment trade and placed orders right away.
Throughout their journey, Chancellor Cao and the First Emperor have amassed a staggering number of orders and deposits!
Just how “staggering” is it?
When Chancellor Cao left, he took 10 spatial rings with 500 cubic meters of storage from Su Yu. Now, all these spatial rings are full! They are packed with deposits (spiritual energy stones, gold, and high-tier magical beast materials).
With so many deposits, the actual transaction volume will be even more terrifying!
With two months and five days until the great war begins, they can make two more trips to Skru.
Chancellor Cao has already decided that on their next trip to Skru, he will bring more storage equipment. If necessary, he will even bring Su Yu’s [Golden Sparrow Plane Chain] to solve the storage and transportation issues!
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In terms of “equipment trade,” Chancellor Cao and the First Emperor have been making great progress, without the interference of Plante and Manina, they can easily handle each intelligent race.
However, regarding the second reason—showing their strength and persuading these races to remain neutral—their attitudes have been somewhat ambiguous.
Chancellor Cao and the First Emperor visited 50 races in total.
After demonstrating their peak-level psychic strength to these intelligent races, they immediately declared, “We will remain neutral and not participate in the war between the humans of Blue Star and the Skruans!”
But what they truly think in their hearts, Chancellor Cao and the First Emperor do not know.
Currently, these intelligent races appear to be neutral and willing to trade equipment with the humans of Blue Star. However, once the great war begins, it’s possible they might join the Skruans and declare war on the humans of Blue Star.
On Skru, apart from the Skruans, there are about 200 intelligent races of various sizes.
Aside from the Dragon Race, which is determined to stand with the humans of Blue Star to fight against the Skruans, the stance of other races is uncertain.
Even the White-Headed Eagle Race, which has a grudge against the Skruans, is not entirely certain.
Although the White-Headed Eagle Race currently seems to have a close relationship with the humans of Blue Star and provides them with a base behind enemy lines, if the Blue Star side suffers a significant setback during the war, the White-Headed Eagle Race might very well turn against them.
There is no eternal enmity between races, only eternal interests.
On Earth, China and Japan can establish relations to combat the Soviet Union, so why not with other intelligent species?
After discussing the situation, Chancellor Cao and the First Emperor came up with three strategies.
First, the equipment sold to these intelligent species should not be cheap, especially for those with ties to the Skrulls. The prices should be set higher than the normal range.
If the prices were normal, and these intelligent species betrayed Earth and joined the war, the equipment they wore would be like bullets fired at Earth's people.
By selling the equipment at a higher price, even if those bullets still hit Earth's people, Earth would gain more benefits, and the species' strength would be bolstered, offsetting some of the damage.
Second, some "backdoors" should be added to the equipment, such as mechanisms that can remotely disable the gear.
These measures require top-tier manufacturers like "Hammer 80" to implement.
If these intelligent species wear equipment with "backdoors" and plan to attack Earth with it, the equipment will fail, leaving them vulnerable.
Third, once the war begins, Earth should aim to gain the upper hand on the battlefield.
These intelligent species will likely side with whoever is winning.
If Earth gains the upper hand, they will at least remain neutral, or, like the Bald Eagles, might even take the initiative to attack Skrull territories.
After their discussion, Chancellor Cao and the First Emperor considered all possible future scenarios and made thorough preparations.
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After visiting the 50 intelligent species, on March 25th, Chancellor Cao and the First Emperor returned to the entrance of the End Secret Realm.
According to reports from their base behind enemy lines, the external illusion of the End Secret Realm was already in a state of severe decay and violent tremors, indicating that the realm would definitely end today.
Thus, Chancellor Cao and the First Emperor returned to the End Secret Realm in a timely manner.
They had been on Skrull for 14 days, and it was time to lead their team back to Earth!
...
At the entrance of the End Secret Realm.
Upon noticing Chancellor Cao and the First Emperor's arrival, a commotion immediately broke out.
The entrance was now filled with representatives from various intelligent species.
Representatives from the Bald Eagles, Rhinoceros Spirits, Sea Giants, Merfolk, and other major clans were all present, and even several clan leaders had come in person.
Seeing Chancellor Cao and the First Emperor, these representatives immediately cast them reverent glances.
Even the clan leaders among these representatives were at most mid-level deities, while Chancellor Cao and the First Emperor were genuine peak deities!
Unless the two peak deities from the Skrulls arrived, no one could match them.
Chancellor Cao did not put on any airs.
Upon reaching the entrance of the End Secret Realm, he immediately waved to the representatives of the various species: "Hello everyone! It's good to see you again."
"Welcome, Lord Cao, Lord Ying Zheng!" The representatives quickly bowed to Chancellor Cao and the First Emperor.
However, with such a diverse group of beings present, the scene looked rather chaotic.
Chancellor Cao nodded in acknowledgment and then scanned the surroundings.
There were representatives from over 20 species, with a total of two to three hundred intelligent beings.
However, he did not see any Skrulls in his scan.
As the dominant species on Skrull, the Skrulls were notably absent.
What was going on? Did the Skrulls not send any peak deities?
"Is this the Skrulls' plan?" Chancellor Cao felt something was amiss.
Could it be that they misjudged, and the End Secret Realm was not about to end?
Chancellor Cao looked up at the external illusion of the End Secret Realm.
This time, the external illusion was a vast primeval forest, with towering trees that stretched dozens of meters high. The entire illusion was nothing but trees.
Currently, the external illusion was shaking violently, and the giant trees were falling one by one, indicating that the realm was beginning to collapse.
Based on Chancellor Cao's own perception, the realm should end within 10 minutes.
Only 10 minutes left, and the Skrulls still hadn't arrived? Were they not planning to come?
So he asked, "Everyone, where are the Skrulls? Why haven't they come?"
The representative sent by the Bald Eagles was a peak seventh-stage high-level Bald Eagle. Upon hearing Chancellor Cao's question, it was the first to respond: "Lord Cao, the Skrulls are currently holding a festival."
"A festival?" Chancellor Cao was puzzled. "What does a festival have to do with the End Secret Realm? And what kind of festival are they holding?"
"Please let me finish," the seventh-stage Bald Eagle waved its wings and explained, "If the Skrulls were to send peak deities, it would be best for Lord Plautus and Lord Manina III to come together. Any other peak deities would definitely be overshadowed by you two."
But recently, the super AI of the Holy Silver Federation, Holy Hymn, has dispatched another god-tier Holy Silver race reinforcement to the Skrulls. Mariner III and Plante have been attending various celebrations over the past two days.
Just half an hour ago, they were still at a celebration in Sun City, and they show no signs of coming here.
The exact locations of Plante and Mariner III are known to all the races. They are also puzzled—why aren't these peak god-tier individuals heading to the final destination when it's almost over? Don't they care about the lives of the human geniuses in the secret realm?
"Another god-tier reinforcement dispatched by Holy Hymn to the Skrulls?!" Prime Minister Cao was taken aback. He immediately asked, "Why did Holy Hymn do that? Did something happen on Blue Star?"
"I don't know either," the White Eagle representative shook his head. "The Skrulls only announced the reinforcement sent by Holy Hymn but didn't explain the reason."
"Something like 'Cecilia is a Dark Energy Rebel spy' can't be made public. So, the Skrulls haven't revealed the reason for Alice's arrival."
"Is that so?" Prime Minister Cao frowned, lost in thought.
This is quite strange!
Holy Hymn has dispatched another god-tier reinforcement to the Skrulls for an unknown reason.
And despite being free, Plante and Mariner III haven't come to the final destination to retrieve their geniuses. What is the Skrulls' game here?
Emperor Qin also couldn't figure out what the Skrulls were up to.
So, he used his mental energy to communicate with Prime Minister Cao: "Since Holy Hymn dispatched a god-tier reinforcement to the Skrulls two days ago, it's likely that something has happened on Blue Star. Why don't I go back and check, while you stay here to lead our players back?"
"Hmm... alright," Prime Minister Cao agreed after a brief moment of thought.
He alone is enough to protect all Blue Star players, so it's fine for Emperor Qin to return.
While the Skrulls can't leave the psychic spring on Blue Star, their recent behavior has been strange. It's a good idea for Emperor Qin to go back and check.
...
After their discussion, Emperor Qin activated his teleportation pendant and returned to Blue Star, leaving Prime Minister Cao as the only one at the final destination.
But Prime Minister Cao isn't one to sit idle.
He began to ponder how he could use the current situation to create trouble for the Skrulls.
After some thought, he came up with a good idea!
He glanced at the final destination, which still hadn't ended and was expected to take a few more minutes.
Taking advantage of this time, Prime Minister Cao addressed all the representatives present: "Everyone, I have a very good suggestion. I wonder if you're willing to listen?"
All the representatives from the various races were anxiously waiting for the final destination to end, hoping to see if their geniuses had survived.
Especially the weaker races, who only had one or two representatives in the secret realm, were worried about the fate of their few survivors.
Because everyone was so anxious, no one had the mood to chat, and the scene was silent. So when Prime Minister Cao spoke, all the representatives immediately turned to him.
A very good suggestion? What is this Blue Star human up to?
Prime Minister Cao, facing the gazes of the representatives, smiled and said, "Since the Skrulls haven't sent any god-tier individuals, this is a great opportunity for us! Why don't we all work together to eliminate the Skrull geniuses emerging from the secret realm?"
Silence.
Most of the representatives were stunned after hearing Prime Minister Cao's words.
This Blue Star human really has some ideas, wanting to kill the Skrull geniuses?
However, no representative was willing to engage with Prime Minister Cao.
After a brief moment of shock, they all turned away, pretending not to hear.
They didn't want to be used as pawns by the Blue Star humans. Moreover, killing these Skrull geniuses at this moment would greatly provoke the Skrulls, which would be detrimental to them. Only a fool would do that.
Prime Minister Cao wasn't bothered by the lack of response. He understood what the representatives were thinking.
They wouldn't do anything without a benefit. To get them to act, he needed to offer them a substantial incentive.
So, Prime Minister Cao loudly declared, "If we manage to kill these Skrull geniuses, any participating race will receive a 10% discount on all equipment purchases from Blue Star! I promise!"
(End of Chapter)
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