Chapter 114

The myriad beings across the universe could not help but widen their eyes.

Having previously witnessed the technology and military might of the Zaidiguo Society,

having seen their powerful weapons, giant beasts, and psionic powers,

they had yet to see the Zaidiguo Society's diplomatic prowess.

This made the myriad beings across the universe unable to resist wanting to see

just how elegant yet forceful the Zaidiguo Society would be on the diplomatic stage of the Xianzhoulian Alliance.

The human representative of the Zaidiguo Society raised their head with a blank expression, looked at the Starfish, and then:

【"F*ck your mother, you savage! What are you barking about?"】

【"What do you mean I stole your sun!? When did I steal it? Don't slander me!"】

"?" A giant question mark appeared over the heads of the myriad beings in the universe.

The Zaidiguo Society diplomat began by greeting the Starfish's mother, their speech wild yet not lacking in literary flair,

causing the myriad beings across the universe to momentarily doubt if they had heard correctly.

The Starfish, scolded by the Zaidiguo Society diplomat, turned red in the face, clenched their fists, and pointed at the document in their hand, saying:

【"Our satellites have captured it all; you stole one of our stars without any attempt at concealment!!"】

The Zaidiguo Society diplomat stood up, widened their innocent eyes, and looked at the representatives of other civilizations nearby:

【"Look at this, everyone, just look at this. This is naked slander."】

【"I went in and picked it up fair and square!"】

【"This isn't stealing, this is picking it up!"】

108. 【Xianzhoulian Alliance? Xianzhoulian Dictatorship!】

【"Look at this, everyone, just look at this. This is naked slander."】

【"I went in and picked it up fair and square!"】

【"This isn't stealing, this is picking it up!"】

The Zaidiguo Society diplomat pointed at the Starfish representative's face and cursed:

【"How can the Xianzhoulian Alliance tolerate such unreasonable behavior?"】

【"It is simply an insult to the Xianzhoulian Alliance!"】

Watching the Zaidiguo Society representative's wild output on the light screen, the myriad beings across the universe opened their mouths wide, stunned in place, unable to speak for a moment.

A moment later, the myriad beings of the universe finally recovered from their bewilderment.

"Are you introducing yourself??"

"Is the Zaidiguo Society diplomat really this magnanimous??"

"Even after all this, the Xianzhoulian Alliance still won't sanction the Zaidiguo Society?"

Watching the scene on the light screen, Bronya could not help but offer a bitter smile.

She remembered the scene when she first met Xiao Hui.

That Lord Xiao Hui's remarks at the time also fully displayed the magnanimity of the Zaidiguo Society.

"Now I know where Lord Xiao Hui learned it from."

Bronya could not help but shake her head.

But at the same time, a strange feeling arose in Bronya's heart.

The Zaidiguo Society diplomat was so arrogant and unbridled; were they truly not worried about sanctions from the Xianzhoulian Alliance?

It wasn't that Bronya thought the Zaidiguo Society would fear the sanction actions of the Xianzhoulian Alliance,

but being sanctioned was, after all, not a good look.

Bronya could not help but cast a curious gaze toward the light screen.

In the light screen, the council space station of the Xianzhoulian Alliance rotated lonely in the starry sky.

Its upper half was completely transparent like glass, resembling a water droplet inverted among the stars, crystal clear and beautiful.

Inside the glass barrier were rows upon rows of seats, distributed in layers of steps, echoing the starlight behind them.

The seats were filled with different races,

and humans occupied about ten of the seats.

The myriad beings across the universe guessed that perhaps the Zaidiguo Society and its vassal states each had separate seats.

"Only ten seats? At a glance, there are over sixty civilizations; the Zaidiguo Society only occupies one-sixth?"

"Is it one seat, one vote? Or is there another calculation method?"

"Regardless, the Zaidiguo Society is in the minority."

In the center of the seats was a massive holographic light screen.

The holographic light screen presented various messages and scenes, with a progress bar displaying the voting results in the middle.

Above the progress bar was the topic of this Xianzhoulian Alliance senate meeting: Should sanctions be imposed on the empire and its vassal states?

On the holographic light screen, blue represented support, and red represented opposition.

The Starfish representative was impatient and voted first.

On the holographic light screen, the blue portion of the progress bar grew a little, and a number "501" appeared above it.

The myriad beings across the universe could not help but show curious expressions.

"What does this number mean? Vote count?"

"It seems to be some kind of weight representing voting power."

"Is this 501 for the Starfish considered high or low?"

Just as the myriad beings across the universe were feeling curious, a line of text appeared on the light screen:

【Diplomatic weight: Represents the size of a civilization's voice in diplomatic occasions. The higher a civilization's diplomatic weight, the more it can influence the motions and laws of the Xianzhoulian Alliance.】

【Diplomatic weight is determined by a nation's fleet strength, population, economic strength, and technology.】

【"The foundation of power lies in fear and love. Aliens submit out of fear; humans are loyal out of love."】

The myriad beings across the universe looked at the text on the light screen and suddenly realized.

The Xianzhoulian Alliance did not determine voting power based on individual civilizations, but calculated a country's diplomatic weight comprehensively to judge.

Diplomatic weight also reflected a country's strength to a certain extent.

Looking at the concept of "diplomatic weight" proposed on the light screen, Topaz's eye twitched slightly.

A conjecture arose in her mind.

"Determining diplomatic weight according to the strength of the civilization..."

"No, it couldn't be the same as what I'm thinking..."

Topaz hurriedly shook her head and looked at the voting situation on the light screen.

As time passed, most of the civilizations on the light screen cast their votes.

+406... +1003..... +1501..... +900..

The blue numbers kept jumping, and the signs of the civilizations supporting this motion appeared on the light screen; the Starfish representative also gradually puffed out their chest.

It seemed to have already secured its victory, not noticing the playful gaze of the human representative at all.

The blue progress bar on the holographic light screen in the center of the senate seats kept advancing, pushing the red progress bar into the corner.

As the last civilization other than humans cast its vote,

on the light screen, the diplomatic weight of the civilizations supporting sanctions against the Zaidiguo Society had accumulated to over twenty-four thousand,

while the red progress bar was still at 0.

The Starfish representative could not help but show a joyful expression.

Except for a portion of civilizations that chose to abstain, not a single civilization chose to support the Zaidiguo Society.

This meant that the Starfish would defeat the Zaidiguo Society on the diplomatic stage.

The myriad beings across the universe watched this scene, but noticed that the Zaidiguo Society's representative was not panicked at all.

".... Write down the names of all these civilizations that support sanctions against us."

"Now we know those aliens harbor malice toward us."

She waved her hand instead, signaling the assistant behind her to write down the names of the voting civilizations,

and then smiled as she sized up those voting civilizations.

Several civilizations, not knowing if they regretted it or could not withstand the threatening gaze of the Zaidiguo Society representative, chose to change their votes to abstentions one after another.

Even so, the number on the blue progress bar on the light screen still exceeded twenty thousand.