Chapter 1637 - 526: Why Is This Different From What Was Promised?
Chapter 1637: Chapter 526: Why Is This Different From What Was Promised?
On the other end of the communicator held by the senior agent, the President was already able to confirm that his suspicions were correct.
Just as expected, the organization behind these people turned out to be a certain church.
And they needed cooperation with the Roes Civilization to hide themselves.
However, even though he had anticipated this church would propose such conditions, he couldn’t help but feel a surge of anger, feeling underestimated.
He understood that this was a negotiation tactic, to start with an outrageous condition most favorable to themselves, and then gradually lower the demands, eventually reaching a consensus with the other party.
Even the conditions he prepared were similar.
But to start off by wanting an entire civilization, it’s like asking the other party to give away their goods for free in a business deal; it’s really leaving no room for negotiation.
If he were negotiating with someone else, he would just brush it off with a smile.
But given the fact that the other party indeed held great power, they could really accomplish such feats when necessary.
This was also why he felt irritated.
Taking a deep breath, the President finally responded.
The senior agent was silent for a few seconds, listening to the sound from the implanted brain module’s micro communicator, reciting:
"Since you have already stated your demands, why not listen to our suggestions?
If you only wish for a civilization to cover your actions, let us Roes Civilization take the lead, and we can cooperate together.
You provide us with strength, becoming our secret force, fighting for us, and we will provide you with shelter, covering your whereabouts and actions.
Isn’t that a form of cooperation as well?"
"That’s impossible. We absolutely cannot accept anything that is not under our control.
For the sake of safety and confidentiality, we must have complete control. It’s not that we look down on you, but we indeed do not trust your ability to maintain secrecy.
Moreover, we cannot let the key to secrecy be held by others.
Mr. President, you should understand that it’s not possible."
The Believer on the communication line with the President on the other end threw down a micro communicator, which was also connected to the President on their home planet.
Suddenly, both the two of them and the micro communicator fell into silence.
This civilization was indeed a technological one, very adept at quantum network technology, and Bai Yi was indeed not as skilled in quantum networks.
But that also depends on the comparison.
In any case, Bai Yi also mastered quantum network technology from the Truth Society.
Not using quantum networks was simply because they couldn’t match up to the Three Great Civilizations, making it easy for the Three Great Civilizations or various high-tier Mechanical Masters to eavesdrop, but their mastery of quantum network technology was not poor.
However, this "Roes" Civilization was not on the level of the Three Great Civilizations.
To conquer the Roes Civilization’s proud quantum computing array, tackling that pure computational power could be troublesome, but just eavesdropping on a secret line was easy as pie.
Moreover, someone at a high position in this civilization was their own.
If they really wanted to take action, their own person, already in charge of logistics and research, could play a few tricks, making that computer just a display piece!
After a long while, the President on the other side of the communication seemed to accept the reality.
The agent was instructed to switch to speaker mode, without asking how the eavesdropping was done or asking such naive questions, reluctantly admitting:
"It’s me, I don’t know what this...
This gentleman, wants."
Hesitating for a moment, the President still used a relatively polite address.
This time with the President himself appearing, Bai Yi also spoke for the first time:
"Our conditions remain, with us having full control of the civilization; my promise also remains unchanged, that I will not harm the civilization’s people and will bring development to the civilization."
The President fell silent on the other end, silently scratching a question mark in his heart.
Since when was negotiation like this? Isn’t a normal negotiation supposed to have everyone present their conditions, then each side makes concessions, using various conditions and threats to clash, and thus reach a consensus favorable to themselves?
How could negotiations be like this, with no concessions made on the conditions; how does one even play?
The President unhesitatingly rejected:
"We can make concessions, but such unchanging conditions we absolutely cannot accept.
If that’s the case, I’m afraid we can’t agree."
Bai Yi nodded approvingly.
"Understandable, considering we’ve shown nothing, with no basis for trust.
This is just our first contact, simply an exchange of opinions, without any expectation of immediate results.
I’m not in a rush.
Because even if successful, we’d have to stage a battle with us to respond to the outside.
Let’s show a little of our strength first, so the President knows our true power.
The next time we negotiate, I can still offer the same condition.
However, I need to state in advance that we are willing to negotiate only because we are willing; if I wanted to seize it by force, it would only take some extra effort.
This condition is already a preferential offer we’re extending.
I believe we will see each other again soon."
Bai Yi squinted his eyes, leaned back against the chair, crossed his legs, revealing his stick after presenting his carrot.
Even the young agent already understood the intimidating tone in the last statement.
How could the President not understand? He could only sigh lightly.
This was a reminder that they had enough power behind them as a guarantee.