Chapter 261: The Purpose of the Oma Civilization

After initial screening and evaluation, Lan Ge selected as the counterpart for his first formal meeting an envoy team called the Oma Civilization.

The reason for choosing them is simple.

First, the strength of the Oma Civilization, according to the old intelligence provided by Mao Xinyang and the Federal's long-range detection analysis,

It is closest to the current Yanhuang Civilization, both being at the early to middle stage of Third-level Civilization.

Contact with them involves relatively little pressure.

Second, and this is the most important point,

In the intent letter they sent, the Oma Civilization showed great interest in the high-tech products and several special energy mineral deposits within the territory of the original Silicon-based Union.

When someone seeks help, things become easy to handle.

The meeting location was set in a newly built space city called Welcome Harbor on the border of the Yanhuang Civilization.

When the Oma Civilization's envoy fleet slowly sailed into the harbor,

Their unique appearance caused a stir among the Yanhuang side personnel.

Their warships are neither metallic constructs nor biological warships.

but rather a peculiar, semi-transparent spacecraft seemingly composed of crystalline material.

Under the starlight, the hull refracts a seven-colored halo, full of artistic feeling.

And the Oma people who disembarked from the spacecraft left the reception staff feeling astonished.

Their appearance somewhat resembles the legendary "elemental beings" of Earth.

Their bodies are composed of flowing liquid energy that emits a faint blue glow, with no fixed form.

At the center of their bodies floats a crystal-like core emitting a soft white light, which seems to be their consciousness carrier.

They lack facial features, communicating entirely through fluctuations of mental power.

Fortunately, everyone in the Yanhuang Civilization has been injected with the super-nian gene, making mental-wave communication effortless.

"Welcome to the Yanhuang Civilization, friends who have come from afar."

Lan Ge went up to meet them wearing a neatly tailored Zhongshan suit, his face bearing a professional, flawless smile.

The leading Oma Civilization envoy's liquid energy undulated, forming a vague humanoid shape,

and responded in the same way via mental-wave fluctuations:

"Hello, esteemed Foreign Minister of the Yanhuang Civilization. I am Chao Xi, leader of the Oma Civilization envoy team."

After a brief greeting, both sides entered formal negotiations.

In the negotiation room.

"Team Leader Chao Xi, we already know the purpose of your civilization."

Lan Ge got straight to the point, wasting no time.

"We are very interested in your proposal to jointly develop resources in the original Silicon-based territory."

Chao Xi's energy body emitted a pleasant fluctuation:

"I'm glad we can agree on this; the special crystal ore and zero-point energy wells left behind by the Silicon-based Union are crucial to the evolution of our Oma Civilization."

"Of course, there's no free lunch."

Lan Ge shifted the conversation and presented his own conditions.

"We can share with you part of the development rights in the Silicon-based territory, and even sell you some of the Silicon-based civilization technology products we have deciphered."

"But as an exchange, we also need something in return."

"Please speak." Chao Xi's core crystal flashed its light slightly.

A shrewd, businessman-like smile appeared on Lan Ge's face.

"First, we need you to provide information about this spiral arm of ours, and even the entire Milky Way Galaxy,

all known civilizations' political, economic, and military maps and intelligence."

"We need to know who our neighbors are, who are potential enemies, and who could be cooperative friends."

"Second, we need you to provide part of your civilization's core technological data."

for example, technical data we lack, as well as your theory on the evolution of energy-based life.

Lan Ge's conditions are by no means lenient.

This almost amounts to demanding that the Oma Civilization lay bare its secrets for the Yanhuang Civilization to see.

The atmosphere in the negotiation room instantly became somewhat stagnant.

"Chao Xi's" energy body ceased flowing and fell into silence.

It seemed to be engaging in urgent communication with its home star.

Lan Ge also wasn't in a hurry; he simply picked up the tea cup before him and took a leisurely sip.

He was well aware that the weight of the chips in his hand was sufficient.

The resources and technology left behind by the Silicon-based Civilization are an irresistible temptation for an energy-based civilization like the Oma.

After a long while, Chao Xi's body began to flow again.

"Your conditions are…… sincere."

It difficultly chose a relatively euphemistic word.

"Regarding information, we can provide it. In interstellar civilizational trade within the Milky Way Galaxy, this is not considered confidential."

"But, concerning our civilization's core technology……"

In Chao Xi's consciousness fluctuation, there was a hint of difficulty: "This concerns the very foundation of our race, I'm afraid……"

"I understand." Lan Ge set down his tea cup and smiled understandingly.

"We certainly won't demand that you provide all of your core technology; we can engage in technology exchange."

"For example, we can exchange our mastered space reinforcement technology."

I think this technology that can effectively restrict space jumps would have enormous strategic value for any third‑level civilization, right?

The new chip that Lan Ge threw out made Chao Xi's core crystal flash brightly.

Space fortification technology!

This is exactly the strategic‑level technology that all third‑level civilizations dream of!

With it, in war, one can effectively prevent the enemy from conducting strategic surprise attacks and escapes!

This temptation is too great.

"Deal!" Chao Xi no longer hesitated and immediately agreed.

An interstellar transaction concerning the futures of two civilizations reached a preliminary framework at this moment.

Once the framework of the agreement was established, the remaining details negotiations entered the fast track.

In the next few hours, the diplomatic team led by Lan Ge and the envoy team of the Ao Ma Civilization,

discussed the scope of intelligence, the depth of technology exchange, and the division of resource development zones, engaging in intense and efficient "bargaining".

The entire process was recorded without omission by the quantum sensors hidden deep in the Welcome Guest Port.

Through the real‑time data fed back by these sensors, Qin Hao monitored the entire negotiation.

His eyes slightly closed, his powerful perception ability directly enveloped the negotiation room.

He could clearly hear every mental fluctuation of Chao Xi, the envoy of the Ao Ma Civilization.

He could see within Chao Xi's flowing energy body, the core crystal producing the subtlest shifts of light and dark due to emotional changes.

He could even sense the different frequencies of fluctuations emitted by Chao Xi's consciousness when lying, hesitating, or being sincere.

Under Qin Hao's near‑omniscient monitoring, no slight thought of the Ao Ma Civilization could escape detection.

Yet the other party remained completely unaware.