Chapter 675: Trade and A-Tier Meeting

In a certain classified area within the borders of Holivias, emergency instructions had been received earlier to clear out all unrelated personnel.

The perimeter essentially had a guard every five steps and a sentry every ten steps, and high-ranking figures arrived one after another.

However, within the Interior of this area, there were no security video feeds. Several major figures from the Hoolyvias High Council had been waiting here early on, seemingly greeting someone.

Maros was also among them, and his Status was very high, positioned at the front.

Holivias was a Pan-Racial Civilization. Their main ruling race was called Holivians, and their differences from interstellar humans were not too great.

Overall, they were taller and sturdier, their skeletal frame being 1.5 times that of an interstellar human, but everything else was largely similar.

In fact, their political form was a Parliamentary System. The three major Chairmen jointly managed the entire civilization. They also had a royal family internally, but they merely represented a Mascot, lacking any actual power.

Behind Maros stood three people, representing the three major Chairmen respectively. The expressions on their faces at this moment appeared very peaceful on the surface, but their occasionally shifting eyes indicated that their inner hearts were not calm at this moment.

One of them hesitated for a moment and said: "Only us coming to greet them, without even an honor guard, isn't it too disrespectful."

"Your Excellency Dragon Lord doesn't stick to trivialities, and should also know that now is not the time to be high-profile."

The three major Chairmen jointly controlled Holivias, and there were also many contradictions among them, and this kind of contradiction would also extend to the people below.

Maros didn't even turn his head, saying indifferently: "I've already told him, and Dragon Sovereign expressed deep understanding. He is just coming to trade."

"He can even avoid contacting the High Echelons."

"Uh..." The three fell silent. Not contacting the High Echelons was definitely out of the question.

Although the Other-Dimensional Camp was being shouted at and beaten by the Star Glory Empire, it had nothing to do with them. If possible, they didn't mind starting some cooperation with the Other-Dimensional Camp.

"He's here..." Maros suddenly reminded, causing the three to subconsciously puff out their chests and restrain their expressions.

A large transport Spaceship descended. The temporarily constructed docking area here was a half-moon-shaped platform parallel to the middle of the main building, suspended in mid-air relying on anti-Gravity Technology.

After landing, the Spaceship slowly opened, and Li Yu walked out from within.

He looked around. The place looked very simple and crude, as if it had been abandoned for a long time, and there was still some dust in the corners, as if the cleaning wasn't meticulous.

This kind of meeting environment could hardly be called suitable, but Maros had already informed him in advance. This was also his suggestion, not wanting to attract attention.

Hunter, Andrei, and some researchers walked out of the Spaceship one after another, while Maros and the three High Echelons had already come up.

"Your Excellency Dragon Lord, seeing you is better than hearing about you. You are indeed as young as the rumors say," Maros praised.

"Indeed, Moros Chairman frequently mentions you, using you to inspire the young people of our Holivias," one of them said.

"I've also yearned for Holivias for a long time. Being able to come here this time is also my honor," Li Yu smiled.

The two sides exchanged Commercial Flattery for a while, arrived at the already prepared conference room, and began to get to the main topic.

"That Void Behemoth has already been brought, it can be exchanged at any time," Li Yu said to Maros. He could already tell.

Those other three people were just Proxy sent by the three respective Chairmen of Holivias, just to display their respect for the Other-Dimensional Camp.

The one primarily responsible for this trade was still Maros.

Maros nodded, and also very sensibly said: "The Time Speed Controller is right outside. I will have someone bring it in right now."

The specific trade had already been finalized during the video meeting earlier, now it was just going through the process.

Arriving outside the conference room, the Time Speed Controller was placed in a Metal Cabin.

After being opened through multiple encryption measures, what was presented before everyone was a large mass of severely deformed and damaged metal structure, making it completely impossible to tell its material and function.

It was roughly square in shape, with a side length of about ten meters.

It stood in front of Li Yu like a small building, its surface covered with twisted metal plates.

Jagged part fragments protruded from beneath the broken metal plates.

All of its parts were pitch-black throughout, but it was unknown if this was its original color or if it became like this later.

Li Yu couldn't feel any noteworthy Energy Reaction inside it. Although there was a trace amount of radiation and Energy, it couldn't reach the level of operation.

It looked just like a mass of scrapped metal block salvaged from a battlefield.

If one had to say what was eye-catching about it, it was that this alloy lump was indeed very ugly.

"This is the Time Speed Controller?" Li Yu's expression was strange. This thing was far from what he imagined.

With his eyesight, he could even see through the gaps of this metal lump, looking at the metal gears inside that were already cracked but still interlocking.

This seemed to be an ancient gear mechanism, like a retro-style mechanical watch, operating relying on power and gears.

"Yes..." Maros nodded, with somewhat of a helpless expression on his face, "Although it doesn't look like it at all, this thing is indeed the Time Speed Controller."

"According to our data, it should be a module on the Dimensional Ship, used to regulate time."

Maros walked forward and patted this alloy lump, emitting a dull metallic clashing sound:

"Your Excellency should also know how great the temptation of controlling time is. I won't hide it from you, we spent a huge price, wanting to obtain some useful things from it."

"It's a pity that in the end we got nothing, and could only throw it in the Warehouse."

Li Yu deeply agreed, "Damaged to this extent, it's indeed very difficult to repair."

Subsequently, he looked towards Andrei. He hadn't seen the Time Speed Controller, so he could only identify it through Andrei.

Andrei also seemed somewhat hesitant. After staring at the Time Speed Controller for a long time, he had some accompanying researchers step forward to fiddle with it for a while before nodding with difficulty.

After all, this thing had become unrecognizable even to its mother. Even if he had seen it, it definitely wasn't like this.

Maros quietly swept a glance at Andrei, knowing that this guy must be a key figure.

Subsequently, Li Yu had someone pull out the Cage imprisoning Bevir from the transport Spaceship.

It's just that Bevir, who originally still had a breath left, was now Died.

"Died?" Maros frowned slightly. Listening to Li Yu's tone earlier, it seemed to still be alive.

"Yes, when we made our move earlier, we were accidentally too ruthless, the injuries were too severe, and he kicked the bucket," Li Yu said apologetically: "This was our mistake, truly sorry."

He naturally couldn't let this thing live. After all, it had witnessed the Eternal Titan, as well as the Titan he transformed into.

"This..."

Maros hesitated slightly. When this Void Behemoth was alive, it didn't just have the value brought by its body.

There was also the information value it carried as an experimental subject of the Life Titan.

Now that it was Died, its overall value was greatly discounted, deviating from the trading conditions formulated at the very beginning.

The other three Proxy looked at each other, and someone spoke: "This is just a small matter, it doesn't hinder anything."

Maros cast a glance, knowing that the three Chairmen must have informed the few of them before their departure about the unexpected situations they could tolerate.

The death of the Void Behemoth should also be within this emergency plan.

"If that's the case, then there's no harm," Maros also nodded accordingly.

Li Yu was also somewhat surprised. He didn't expect the Holy Vias Civilization to let this matter pass so easily.

He had originally prepared to pay some extra price.

Is this showing goodwill to us? Li Yu pondered secretly, suddenly reacting, and couldn't help but be Speechless.

The Other-Dimensional Camp is only me, where is the 'us'. Deceiving others all day, I've even gotten myself used to it.

"Then thank you everyone for your understanding. I've long heard that the Holy Vias Civilization acts steadily and is kind to others, it's indeed true." Li Yu delivered free flattery, making Maros and the others feel comfortable.

They could also hear this kind of praise from others, but hearing it from Li Yu gave a completely different feeling.

After all, the other party was the renowned Dragon Sovereign, and also the representative of the Other-Dimensional Camp.

"It will still take some time for both sides to conduct verification. How about we chat about other things?" A Proxy suggested.

Although both sides confirmed there were no major issues with the traded items through the first round of inspection, more meticulous testing was still needed for further confirmation.

"No problem," Li Yu also smiled, willing to give the other party this face.

Returning to the conference room, the few people waited for the specific test report, chatting casually, mainly about some superficial topics.

After about a few hours, Maros glanced at the time and suddenly spoke: "That A-rank meeting seems about to start."

"Is it today?" Li Yu was somewhat surprised. He hadn't paid too much attention to this matter.

"Hmm, is Your Excellency Dragon Lord interested in taking a look?" Maros invited.

And Li Yu didn't hesitate much, chuckled twice, and said: "Of course I'm interested."

In reality, he wasn't indifferent to the A-Tier Alliance matter. After all, he still had a [Justice League] item.

This thing couldn't be used on the virtual Other-Dimensional Camp, but it could be used on the A-Tier Alliance.

His lack of attention was only towards this meeting.

Without needing to think, this meeting definitely wouldn't discuss anything groundbreaking. Wanting to finalize any specific details was even more impossible.

It would be very difficult for the A-Tier Alliance to be established just like this. However, since he was idle right now, there was no harm in going to take a look.

This A-rank meeting used an invitation system. Only through mutual invitation among A-Tier Lifeforms could one obtain the qualification to participate.

Although it couldn't completely prevent onlookers, it wouldn't let everyone in the Interstellar participate either.

Maros had someone bring over a projection device, and subsequently sent an invitation to Li Yu. Accompanied by the descent of a glowing blue brilliance, the surroundings began to change.

This was a vast enclosed space. It was hard to clearly state exactly how big it was; after all, it was a virtual meeting on the Interstellar Network, which could be infinitely magnified.

It was roughly square in shape, the Ground divided into several areas by straight blue and black lines.

The four walls were all covered with silver-white alloy, and the Ground was a slightly deeper grayish-white, giving people the texture of a warship's armor plating.

And the sky was a pitch-black Starry Universe background, with many twinkling stars.

Many seats were neatly arranged in these areas. Right now, people were already appearing continuously, and the voices were noisy.

This Virtual Conference Room didn't allow recording, and all projections were blurred to hide Identity.

"Although this is just a meeting of a motley crew, I'm afraid the Major Civilizations also have many spies hidden among them." Maros's tone suddenly had a kind of arrogance.

This was something that had never appeared when conversing with Li Yu.

He was ultimately a high and mighty Guardian of the Holy Vias Civilization. If there was no arrogance in his heart, that would be surprising.

It's just that in front of Li Yu, he didn't think he had anything to be arrogant about.

But in front of this group of generally lower-level A-Tier Lifeforms, this arrogance was fully revealed.

"A motley crew?" Li Yu smiled, Noncommittal.

Maros continued: "I'm afraid this meeting won't yield any results. Without a leader with enough weight, it's just a waste of time."

From Maros's standpoint, the A-Tier Alliance was not a Good Thing. This meant that Holivias would have to be scrupulous when doing some things secretly in the future.

Li Yu pointedly said: "A Spark Can Ignite a Prairie Fire, even if this meeting yields no results."

"But after the meeting ends, the concept of the A-Tier Alliance will be more deeply ingrained in the Interstellar. If someone steps forward to appeal, it will form a prairie fire."

It wasn't only successful actions that had meaning.

At least before this meeting, the concept of an A-Tier Alliance didn't exist in the hearts of Interstellar Citizen, and it wouldn't rise in the hearts of numerous A-Tier Lifeforms either.

But after this meeting, it would be different.

"Hmph, that's right."

Maros also knew about this matter. What large civilizations had been doing for so many years was constantly extinguishing the Spark.

But now, it already had a trend of not being able to be suppressed.

He continued: "However, people with enough appeal and prestige are already high and mighty. Why bother touching the bad luck of the Star Glory Empire and other civilizations? No one wants to become the public enemy of interstellar higher civilizations."

"The A-Tier Alliance seems to be a massive armed tool, but it fundamentally has no formalized and effective regulations or mobility."

"For a very long time in the future, this will be a bloated organization that will drag down every person and faction that takes over!"

Maros's tone was full of confidence.

(End of Chapter)