Chapter 3184: Passing the Buck, Redeeming Captives

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After considering it, Xia Duo still decided to meet with those Zhamudasi people. After all, there were Alliance foreign affairs personnel accompanying them; even if he didn't give the Zhamudasi people face, he had to give the Alliance face.

However, he did not meet the other party at the Psionic Network Research Center, but instead had Charles notify them to meet at the Friendship Hall next to the Alliance Headquarters office area.

Besides the Friendship Hall, there were multiple formal reception rooms named with words like "Friendship" and "Unity" over there, whereas on Xia Duo's side at the Psionic Network Research Center, there were only small reception rooms converted from lounges.

Of course, this was not the real reason Xia Duo changed the meeting location; there was only one real reason, which was that he did not want to let the Zhamudasi people get close to his Territory.

Even if the updated Computing Power Pool could already monitor Meta-thought Level intrusions, what if the psionic energy acted outside the Computing Power Pool's Mind Link?

Considering it cautiously, it was better to exclude such risks in advance.

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Friendship Hall.

The subsequent Tuokesente incident was indeed the result of a major misjudgment by Zhamudasi; the first was misjudging Xia Shao's ability, and the second was misjudging the intensity of Xia Shao's counterattack.

Originally, the Zhamudasi people actually wanted to visit privately, but Xia Shao did not want to see them privately, so he placed the meeting location in the formal reception hall next to the headquarters office area, and the negotiation process also followed formal procedures.

Zhamudasi and Kaitemier often dealt with each other, and even now, they were still in a state of war, so Elvish was naturally familiar, while Xia Shao, because of the memory of a Lingneng Dashi he had obtained previously, was also familiar with the Zhamudasi language.

The Zhamudasi Shituans Fushi lightly brushed off the hundreds of thousands of Zhamudasi people who died in the Tuokesente incident with a single sentence: "It was an unpleasant matter."

When that Elf spoke of this matter, he appeared somewhat angry. Although he had no feelings for Kalishi himself, Kalishi had not violated the Alliance's charter or principles, so how could they just give him up because Zhamudasi said so!

On the contrary, doing so would be violating the Alliance's principles.

Although Xia Shao actually understood Elvish, the process of formal negotiations was just like that.

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"They didn't say, but we speculate that they want to lobby you to come forward and have the Alliance hand over Kalishi or cooperate with them in making an arrest."

If the conflict state could be ended and the past completely turned over, it would indeed be a good thing for Xia Shao.

"Later, when we were in talks with the Zhamudasi Shituans, a Consultant Xia Duo was mentioned. At that time, one of their Envoys proposed to meet with you, saying they wanted to resolve our previous misunderstandings, and there were also some other matters to discuss with you."

Since the Zhamudasi Fushi could ignore the dead in the Tuokesente incident, Xia Shao himself would of course not bring up sensitive topics to deliberately slap the other party's face; he chose to accept the other party's rhetoric:

Xia Shao pondered. Very soon, the Zhamudasi people arrived, five in total. According to the introduction by the Alliance foreign affairs personnel, one was the Shituans Fushi, and among the remaining four, two were Envoys from the two major schools of Zhamudasi.

As for whether there would be continued conflict or even war later, it depended on whether the Zhamudasi side was truly sincere about wanting to reconcile and turn the page. If not, then the two sides would sooner or later have another battle.

Regarding that past matter, both sides wanted to turn the page—at least that was what was expressed—so under the suggestion of the Alliance foreign affairs personnel, both sides signed a memorandum of understanding characterizing the matter, which could be considered as completely turning the page on the past.

Clearly, the incident of invading the Computing Power Pool was masterminded by the Zhamudasi side, and the Computing Power Pool was closely related to Kalishi's New Artifact Project, so it was really hard not to make associations.

After listening, Xia Shao sneered and continued to ask: "Then how do the various countries view the arrival of this Zhamudasi Shituans? How are your negotiation results with them?"

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The last one was an interpreter.

"I understand." Xia Shao nodded and said no more.

At least he didn't have to worry about Zhamudasi suddenly attacking one day. If they attacked after turning the page, it would be an active provocation, and the consequences could be referenced from the Tuokesente incident.

But the previous multiple invasions of the Computing Power Pool were hard to explain by just pursuing Kalishi, and even Zhamu had explicitly mentioned that the Zhamudasi side was already attempting to replicate the Computing Power Pool.

Only then did the Xia Shao counterattack incident occur.

"In the past, there were some unpleasant matters between Zhamudasi and Consultant Xia Duo. Coming here this time is to resolve the previous misunderstandings."

It was just that this incident was not a normal situation.

"Then what do you think the true purpose of the Zhamudasi side is?"

"The misunderstandings of the past really don't need to continue to today. Let the past be the past! I hope we can have more exchanges and build mutual trust in the future, thereby avoiding misjudgments, and we can also cooperate for mutual benefit."

Therefore, after returning, Xia Shao guarded against Zhamudasi like a thief. It was not only out of concern that the other party would attack those around him, but also out of concern that the Territory would be dragged into a war, delaying the good opportunity for development.

"They should want the Alliance to help track down the treasure. This is actually the limit of what the Alliance can do. Could it be that we really let them run wild in the Northland?"

"They actually dared to make such a request!"

To tell the truth, he still hadn't figured out the true relationship between Kalishi and Zhamudasi. Logically speaking, Zhamudasi had sent a formal Shituans to the Northland, so they shouldn't be gambling their national credibility to lie.

But both sides still conducted negotiations in their respective languages. Xia Shao used Netherese, which required the Alliance's interpreter to translate his words into Elvish, and also translate what the three Zhamudasi Envoys said in the Zhamudasi language into Netherese.

"The representatives of various countries do not have specific Indication for the time being; they just instructed us to figure out their true purpose. Currently, the negotiation progress is a bit slow. They insist that the Alliance hand over Kalishi, which is obviously impossible."

After both sides briefly introduced the identities of their personnel and the background of this negotiation, the negotiation finally entered the main topic——

Actually, Xia Shao and Zhamudasi were still in a state of war in a general sense. After he destroyed Tuokesente previously, he returned directly to the Northland and did not have too much interaction with Zhamudasi.

It is believed that after that lesson, Zhamudasi would be more cautious when facing Xia Shao, rather than acting impulsively and causing another tragedy.

Xia Duo arrived for a moment, and an Elf from the Alliance also came over in advance to explain to him some basic information behind the Zhamudasi Envoy's visit:

Even for Xia Shao, who had personally done that deed, he couldn't help but be a bit stunned after hearing the other party's rhetoric. Of course, for him, if he could reach a reconciliation with the Zhamudasi side and turn the page on those past matters, it could be considered a not-bad result.

"Did they say what matter?" Xia Duo asked.

In fact, since the establishment of the Alliance, the rules and systems in all aspects have become increasingly perfect, and order has become increasingly Stabilization. Under normal circumstances, the results of the Alliance handling various affairs are predictable.

Both sides just tacitly agreed to stop there; in reality, there was no clear end state.