ccnovels #305 - This isn't blackmail.
#305 - This isn't blackmail.
Number Five stopped what she was doing.
Sabina, the number one Spirit Cultivator, also ceased her follow-up attacks.
Wang Ji Xuan's alien soul immediately wanted to escape, because he sensed the undisguised hostility directed at him.
After all, Daoist Master had seen the world.
The number three Spirit Cultivator before him, even if it was just a wisp of phantom, a sliver of consciousness here, even if they really came, his alien soul and battle puppet would be confident…
…in successfully escaping.
Fighting now would definitely be impossible.
If they were to compare their peak combat power, Daoist Master could take on an entire civilization by himself.
"Amina," Nielda Tamon said in a deep voice, "let's talk."
Number Five snorted, "What if I don't? Even if I can't defeat the three of you, I can still make you pay a heavy price today."
"That would only benefit the Blade Beasts for nothing."
Nielda Tamon calmly recounted:
"You controlled the Pillar Blade Beast, unexpectedly, and must have discovered the secrets of the Pillar Blade Beast.
"So we can negotiate with you, because you have the ticket to enter this game.
"If you insist on starting a war, then we will choose to avoid battle for now, and then launch a revenge attack on the entire surface human civilization. No matter how many spirit slaves you kill today, it will not cause direct damage to us.
"We can use the cloning technology of this world's human civilization to create spirit slaves without limit.
"Strength is our biggest bargaining chip."
Number Five pursed her lips.
She was clearly suppressed.
Wang Ji Xuan suddenly laughed, "Are you afraid?"
Nielda Tamon narrowed his eyes slightly, "Mysterious cultivator, the only anomaly beyond our control, today's embarrassing situation is almost entirely thanks to you."
"Those who commit many injustices will bring about their own downfall."
Daoist Wang shrugged, "You know in your hearts how many bad things you've done, what does it have to do with me?
"If you want to negotiate, fine, the time is limited to one hour, and a result must be reached, otherwise we will immediately launch an attack.
"The three of you are indeed very strong, and the recovery of your injuries is better than we expected.
"But there is one thing.
"Don't underestimate Commander-in-Chief Fu Jian's determination and perseverance."
Nielda Tamon slowly nodded, "He is indeed a strong person worthy of respect. Number Five will take you to our place of exchange…"
"No, the negotiations must be in reality, in front of the Pillar Blade Beast, with two tables set up, and a live broadcast.
Wang Ji Xuan's eyes were pressing:
"Otherwise, there's no need for negotiation.
"This is the first time that Earth's human civilization is publicly and openly negotiating with your Spirit Cultivation civilization, and this is to discuss your compensation matters.
"If it cannot be resolved within one hour, then we will cooperate with human firepower to continuously strike the Spirit Energy Capital, until this city, which is independent of the main order of human civilization, disappears.
"As for your Spirit Cultivation Civilization's Lightwing Council, we will reserve all rights to pursue your direct and indirect responsibility for the Blade Beast disaster throughout the entire star field."
Nielda Tamon coldly said, "That's impossible!"
"Then let's fight."
"Where do you place our dignity!"
"When you were chased by the Blade Beasts like stray dogs and even drafted a surrender agreement with the Blade Beasts, you had already lost all dignity."
Nielda Tamon's eyes narrowed slightly, "You know too much, cultivator."
Daoist Master smiled freely, "You know too little, Spirit Cultivator."
Number Five, without anyone knowing when, had restored her soul to its original appearance, slightly cocking her legs, her snow-white skin glowing, her face carrying a sense of majesty.
"I can assure you, Nielda Tamon, if you refuse to negotiate, I will do everything in my power to fight you to the death."
Number Five's lips curled into a beautiful arc:
"Don't you want to know why my strength can recover so quickly without developing spirit slaves?"
Nielda Tamon thought for a few seconds and nodded, "Since that's the case, then let's talk carefully. One hour is too short, we need to set up the venue."
"No need, I'll set it up. Let's start the timer now."
Wang Ji Xuan raised his wrist:
"Starting now, talking also counts as time."
Nielda Tamon snorted, and his phantom flashed and disappeared.
Number Five clearly breathed a sigh of relief.
Her eyes carried a hint of brilliance as she softly asked, "Aren't you afraid that he really won't negotiate?"
"You're still too young, you were almost scared by him."
Daoist Master didn't even turn his head, calmly putting his hands behind his back:
"The ones who will lose the most from fighting are them. The spirit slave legion they painstakingly built will inevitably suffer major losses, and they will most likely be forced to turn to the Blade Beasts.
"The initiative is in our hands, why should we be afraid of them?"
Number Five asked, "Then what do you want for this negotiation?"
"Nothing… Oh right, do you Spirit Cultivators have any means of ensuring that promises are kept?"
"This, there actually is."
"Teach me, I'll trick them into using it later."
…
In front of the Pillar Blade Beast, a space carrier slowly landed, hovering at a height of three hundred meters.
On the deck of the space carrier, two long tables, dozens of floating cameras, simple red carpets, and flowers were all in place.
The captain of the space carrier, a female general from the Space Fortress, was nervously directing the soldiers to set up the venue.
Three floating cameras flew from the corner, emitting several rays that condensed into Fu Jian's image.
"Commander-in-Chief Fu Jian!"
The female general shouted loudly, and the surrounding busy soldiers simultaneously stopped what they were doing, their eyes carrying a hint of fanaticism, and raised their hands in salute.
Fu Jian returned the salute seriously, and the projection sat behind the long table, with some documents in front of him, continuing to work busily.
The scene here had been broadcast to the command centers of various forces in sync;
Among the nine comprehensive war zones, six war zones chose to broadcast the live broadcast to the fortresses in real time.
However, whether the live broadcast was played inside the fortress depended entirely on the choice of the fortress administrator.
In Fortress 76, Zhou Zhengde and his mother and son, Zhou Meiying, and dozens of officials and cadres who had rushed over, gathered in front of the big screen to witness this historic moment.
This was the first time that the Spirit Cultivators had announced their own existence.
It was not out of the Spirit Cultivators' pity;
But they used force to force the Spirit Cultivators to the negotiating table.
"It would be great if we could kill them all," Zhou Zhengde said with emotion.
Zhou Meiying snorted softly, "My old son, one needs to be pragmatic. For now, forcing them out is already the limit. This is still thanks to our miracle maker. I heard that Wang Zheng did a lot of things, directly reversing the battle situation and saving us countless resources."
"Yes," Zhou Zhengde's entire person became radiant, "Our investment in Wang Zheng has already received an excess return in this war! Of course, the previous returns were also excessive."
"What did he do? Do you have any information?"
"Yes, but military intelligence cannot be disclosed at will."
"Okay, Director Zhou, don't forget, how can you, a fortress reform and development director, obtain so much military intelligence?"
Zhou Meiying changed the subject:
"I heard you're dating again recently?"
"Sort of, I haven't confessed yet."
"Before your reproductive cells lose their activity, I hope you can let me hold grandchildren sooner rather than later."
"Let's talk about the military intelligence at the front line, I did get some inside information from a friend."
Zhou Zhengde quickly admitted defeat.
At this moment, changes appeared in the projection screen, and two figures floated from the direction of the Pillar Blade Beast.
A beautiful 'goddess' in a black dress with long, deep blue waterfall-like hair drew sighs of admiration from the surrounding people.
A label appeared on the screen:
[Number Five Spirit Cultivator · Weier Amina Tuke, currently affiliated with the Black Storm Legion].
The live broadcast screen locked onto Number Five in her complete state, fully displaying her graceful figure, charming curves, and her cold and untainted beautiful face.
Only when these two figures landed on the deck did the director switch the camera to the burly figure in black full-coverage armor next to her.
[Black Storm].
These four simple words were the opportunity that the director had hesitated to switch the screen to for a long time.
The director was worried that publicizing the image of humanity's 'New Era Hero' would leak secrets, and made several applications before receiving a reply that it could be made public.
The two calmly walked to the negotiating table, and Number Five raised her right hand, elegantly gesturing for Wang Ji Xuan's battle puppet to sit in the center.
Daoist Master also understood etiquette and took the initiative to have Fu Jian's projection sit on the side, so he walked forward, pushed the table, forcibly had Fu Jian sit in the middle position, and then dragged a chair to the left side of Fu Jian's projection.
"Today you should be the protagonist," Fu Jian said without raising his head.
"I'm just helping."
Wang Ji Xuan's battle puppet chuckled behind the mask, because it was a public situation, he didn't say much.
Number Five quietly sat on the other side of Fu Jian, glanced at the countdown, "There are thirty-six minutes left."
As soon as she finished speaking, a series of explosions came from the front, and dozens of figures rushed into the air, seemingly wanting to rush over for a big battle.
On the back of the Pillar Blade Beast, thousands of high-level mechanical bodies immediately raised various long-range weapons.
These figures were just creating momentum.
A portal appeared in the air, with a vortex spinning inside, and three figures stepped out one by one, and each of them was dressed… incomparably grandly.
Sabina, the Number One Spirit Cultivator, had changed into a floor-length golden dress, her eyebrows and hair had turned golden and emitted a faint golden light, like a brilliant blooming sunflower.
Number Two, the Spiritual Cultivator Wanda, an old man in a white robe, even had a little makeup on his wrinkled face.
Number Three, the Spiritual Cultivator, who Wang Jixuan had felt the strongest spiritual energy fluctuations from on this planet so far, Nielda Tamon, wore his most prized golden armor, majestic and extraordinary.
Wang Jixuan looked at his own attire…
Hmm, next time he'd get himself a cool outfit too!
These three showy Spiritual Cultivators arrived on golden light, looking down upon the human world like gods.
"Please, have a seat."
Fu Jian gestured with his hand.
The momentum of the three Spiritual Cultivators was inexplicably interrupted; the pressure they brought to humanity was instantly reduced by more than half by these two polite words.
The three of them sat down at the same time, and the entire deck was stained with gold.
"As you wished," Sabina stared at Number Five opposite her, "Amina, you have successfully pulled us to your opposite side."
Although Number Five had a beautiful appearance, belonging to the cold and aloof type, she was only seventeen thousand years old, and her mind was still honest, and she didn't understand the treacherous intentions hidden behind these words.
—She was not good at thinking about these twists and turns, just as she was already ahead of most spiritual cultivators in spiritual energy research.
As long as she opened her mouth to answer, she would define this incident as a struggle between different factions of spiritual cultivators, and human civilization would naturally be a level below them.
However, Number Five had received Wang Jixuan's instructions in advance.
'Just be a beautiful vase.'
She smiled and looked directly at Sabina, without replying.
Fu Jian's projection put away the file, looked up at the three, looked directly at the old man in front of him, and said in a deep voice:
"First time meeting, my name is Fu Jian, wouldn't the three of you introduce yourselves?
"Or should I introduce you?
"The spiritual cultivators behind the Six Elders of the Spiritual Energy Capital, alien civilization envoys who arrived on our planet more than a hundred years ago, one of the culprits who caused the Blade Beast disaster, sinister figures who tried to control our entire human society with the Spiritual Energy Capital.
"And consider themselves gods."
"Commander Fu's words are very targeted."
The old man in the white robe, 'Wanda,' said with a smile:
"Humans used our power to resist the invasion of the Blade Beasts, they should be grateful to us."
"In fact," Fu Jian said, "the role played by spiritual energy users in various past wars will not exceed seven percent, and ninety percent of that seven percent is played by frontline spiritual energy users transformed from dying warriors. Compared to the negative impact you have caused—trafficking in human beings, screening materials, directly killing humans—your positive impact is almost negligible."
"These data are just your casual remarks, right?"
Wanda was clearly the main negotiator.
Fu Jian simply said, "I can launch a website within ten minutes and make it public to all network terminals, listing all your evil deeds in the four comprehensive war zones—note, all of them."
Wang Jixuan reminded, "The three of you, please pay attention to the time. When the countdown ends, if we fail to negotiate any results, we will take the initiative to attack the Spiritual Energy Capital and dig out this malignant tumor in human society."
"State your conditions," Nielda Tamon said in a deep voice, "I don't like this kind of occasion. We are not afraid of a head-on confrontation of force, but we don't want the Blade Beasts to pick up a bargain for nothing. The remaining eleven Pillar Blade Beasts will gradually awaken in six years."
"Our conditions are divided into two parts."
Wang Jixuan said:
"One part is proposed by me personally, and the other part is proposed by Commander Fu Jian on behalf of humanity.
"See if you can agree. If you can't agree, we'll start a war. If you execute them, we'll withdraw our troops.
"You have a kind of core circuit contract. We'll create this later, and write the contract content into everyone's core circuit… I happen to have a core circuit here too, and you can also choose someone to write the contract into.
"That way, if anyone breaks their word, the core circuit will automatically abandon the host."
"Amina has indeed been completely subdued by you," Sabina sneered sarcastically.
Wang Jixuan ignored her and just said his own thing:
"My personal condition is that you must hand over all surviving spiritual energy users who previously tried to attack me, including but not limited to Meng Jin, Angel, and others, to me for disposal.
"Commander Fu Jian's conditions are two.
"First, the Six Elders publicly apologize and admit their crimes.
"Second, complete control of two thousand B-level or higher spiritual energy users, at least three hundred A-level spiritual energy users, and thirty S-level spiritual energy users, for us to replace the chips in their bodies, and the spiritual energy circuit imprint attribute will be modified to Wei'er Amina Tuke on our side."
Number Five's expression immediately relaxed.
She liked snatching other spiritual cultivators' spiritual slaves.
Number One, the spiritual cultivator Sabina, immediately exploded: "This is extortion!"
"This is really not extortion," Wang Jixuan reminded, "Pay attention to the time, arguing also counts in the countdown."