Chapter 71 Negotiations

Fang Senyan noticed some crucial information in Iwa's words. After bowing deeply, he said, "Venerable goddess, please forgive my presumptuousness. Since you all crave peace, why not negotiate? My friend doesn't rely on plundering and devouring other creatures' corpses to survive. Its survival and evolution follow a completely different pattern! It's like the Tree of Souls, able to survive for a long, long time solely on the energy of minerals."

"If you feel its tribe is too powerful, it can reduce the scale of its base, voluntarily kill its soldiers, and lower its combat capabilities. Please believe me, all it needs is that mineral. If you can grant it a little space to survive, then peace will return to Pandora."

Evidently, Fang Senyan's final sentence deeply moved Iwa, who didn't seem to favor war. Iwa asked doubtfully, "Is what you say true?"

Fang Senyan smiled, "You can verify this yourself." The Blackthorn Overmind clumsily flew up, facing the Iwa goddess from afar, "Respectable spirit of nature, everything he said is true. If you grant me the right to survive and dwell, I can reduce my army and the size of my territory. Before, I was forced to offer most of the energy units I obtained to my Queen. Now that I've escaped her clutches, even this small patch of minerals is enough for me to evolve and survive for several years."

The Iwa goddess also seemed unwilling to start another war; after all, it wasn't her forte. After speaking with the Blackthorn tribe, she offered her bottom line: "First: The Blackthorn tribe's territory is at its limit. Absolutely no further expansion is allowed."

"Second: The Blackthorn tribe's population cannot exceed one thousand."

"Third: The Blackthorn tribe can have its own troops for self-defense, but cannot produce combat creatures other than Zerglings and Hydralisks. Of course, rare elite creatures with names like 'Jiani' are exceptions. But the total number of such rare elite creatures cannot exceed fifty."

As long as these three points were met, the Iwa goddess could "mercifully" allow the Blackthorn tribe to reside here and have the same survival rights as other biological tribes.

From the Iwa goddess's perspective, she could see that this strange race seemed to need that layer of mucus to construct buildings, so the first condition controlled its development scale. The second condition supplemented the first.

In her mind, a tribe of one thousand was a large tribe, not uncommon among the Na'vi. As for the Viperwolf packs and the Stinger swarms, they easily exceeded this number. She knew that the Blackthorn tribe had mobilized at least five thousand, even ten thousand, in the previous war! This would greatly reduce its threat to other races!

The third condition limited the appearance of extremely powerful single combat creatures, preventing the Blackthorn tribe from taking the elite route. For the Iwa goddess, she still hadn't recognized that the difference between her and the Blackthorn tribe lay in the concept of war command art. She was only assessing the enemy's threat level based on the strength of the creatures. For example, in her concept, it took three Zerglings to defeat a Viperwolf, and two Hydralisks to defeat a Stinger, so she simply believed that this regulation could restrain the Blackthorn Zerg to the extreme.

Faced with these three generous conditions, Fang Senyan was overjoyed, and the Blackthorn Overmind also felt they were acceptable. Even if Iwa had ulterior motives, with its powerful scouting abilities (Zerg Overlords have no combat power, don't take up population, and can fly at high speed, so they can be built at will), and one thousand Zerglings and Hydralisks, it would be enough to hold out until advanced units could be hatched.

However, after thinking for a while, Fang Senyan proposed several additional conditions: "Fourth: If someone actively attacks the Blackthorn tribe and threatens the survival of the Blackthorn tribe's main buildings, then this restriction can be temporarily lifted, but the restrictions must be restored to the first three within one hour after the end of the war."

This fourth condition was a favorable right that Fang Senyan was fighting for on behalf of the Blackthorn Zerg. Mother Earth Iwa always believed that she could suppress the Blackthorn Zerg. After hesitating, she agreed to this request. After all, the Blackthorn Overmind pointed out sharply: what if Mother Earth Iwa went back on her word and controlled a large number of tribes to attack? Although Mother Earth was very angry at this statement, believing that this assumption insulted her dignity.

Thus, peace arrived in this abrupt manner. The collision between the beast tide and the Zerg tide ended somewhat anticlimactically. But for Fang Senyan, who had a smile on his face, his golden branch mission was a brand new beginning!

At the moment the agreement was reached, Fang Senyan suddenly received a prompt from the Nightmare Imprint: "The Blackthorn Zerg's strength has greatly increased."

"The Blackthorn Zerg has officially broken away from the Queen of Blades' sequence and become an independent race on Pandora."

"Blackthorn Zerg leader: Overmind Blackthorn's relationship with you is currently Worship."

"The Blackthorn tribe has obtained the title granted by the Space: Unique!"

"From this moment on, the remaining Blackthorn Zerg in other parallel sub-spaces will suffer irreversible destructive blows within one hour. Apart from this space, there will be no other Blackthorn Zerg in other parallel sub-spaces."

"Prompt: You have achieved a relationship of Worship with a powerful contractor possessing a unique title."

"Prompt: Silver-level milestone: Covering the Sky with One Hand has been activated."

"Milestone achievement requirement: Achieve a relationship of Worship with at least two powerful contractors with unique titles."

"Milestone achievement progress: 1/2."

"Reward title after milestone achievement: Covering the Sky with One Hand."

Fang Senyan immediately looked at Mogansha and Reef. Seeing the surprised looks on their faces, knowing that they must have received similar prompts at the same time, he immediately used his permissions to inquire: "Please introduce the title: Covering the Sky with One Hand attribute."

"Inquiry in progress: With your current rank, querying the detailed information of this title requires paying a cost of ten thousand utility points, and it is not guaranteed that complete information can be obtained. Please confirm whether to pay the utility points and continue?"

Seeing this prompt, Fang Senyan was surprised and delighted, and immediately chose yes.

"Platinum-level title: Covering the Sky with One Hand."

"Legendary rating +1 after equipping."

"Additional attribute: Cornerstone. This additional attribute is extremely useful in title synthesis.

Since your current permissions are insufficient, you cannot view this information further."

Even Fang Senyan, who was very calm, immediately gasped and immediately shared the information he had obtained. At the same time, he heard the gasps of Mogansha and Reef. They knew the benefits of the legendary rating very well! This opportunity must not be missed.

Calming down his excited mood, Reef began to ponder, and said after a while: "It seems that the key lies in letting a plot character obtain a unique title. Think about the process of communication with the Blackthorn Zerg, and his growth from beginning to end. See what you have to do to get the Space to grant him a title."

After a fierce discussion, Fang Senyan and the others summarized three points: "First, this plot character must be weak enough, soy sauce enough. To be more specific, the starting point is very low, basically belonging to the kind that will never intersect with the main plot."

"Second, the subsequent growth of this plot character must be strong enough. As the leader of a race, the Blackthorn Overmind's combat ability is reflected in command. But for this race, he should at least be a seventh-tier, no, most likely an eighth-tier or higher legendary creature!"

"Third, this plot character is likely to willingly break away from the world he originally lived in."

Of course, there may be other conditions for achievement, but these three must be the basis. So after the discussion, Mogansha and Reef both looked at Fang Senyan with straight eyes, and blurted out the words: "Wu Ge girl!! Boss!!!"

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Despite reaching a peace agreement, Mother Earth Iwa didn't leave as happily as she came. She stood silently beside the Blackthorn Zerg, confirming that it was indeed constantly collecting minerals and living on minerals before quickly dissolving back into the ground. Fang Senyan then encouraged the Blackthorn Overmind: "Buddy, it's time to open a sub-base."

The Zerg's nature is expansion and occupation. The Blackthorn Overmind immediately said excitedly: "Really? Do you know where there are mineral deposits?"

Fang Senyan smiled and said: "Yes, but although the total reserves of minerals there are very amazing, the purity of the minerals is very low. It is estimated that it is a very troublesome thing to extract crystals. As far as I know, the humans in this world gave up because the cost of mining was too high. I don’t know if you can mine it?"

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Is there anyone who can guess how the Blackthorn Overmind can weaselly open a sub-base without violating the agreement? Hehe, same old rules, 15 points for the correct answer. @.