Formal Negotiation

  Humanity cannot be in a weak position in this negotiation. Because humans pretend to be fat, they will frighten the opponent for a while, and they can only bite the bullet and pursue the victory. Even if they are panicked to death, they cannot show their cowardice.

  In addition, it is necessary to confirm the bottom line of the New Humanity side in the negotiation. In fact, according to the opinions of most people, even if all the 400 amoeba points on hand are handed over to buy a peaceful development, it is not impossible... Anyway, this Human beings must keep a battle star. Spending an extra 400 amoeba points is actually nothing.

  But in this way, it is easy for the other party to see through the reality of the new human civilization.

  Once the other party turns around and tests humans again, it will be completely exposed. Even if it is not exposed, it will be very troublesome. So many years of intrigues have really made everyone a little exhausted.

  "If during the negotiation process, we make too big a concession, the other party might become suspicious and start talking loudly?"

  "But the breakdown of negotiations is not what we want."

  People know too little about the Apollo civilization. They don't know the other person's character or the other person's thinking mode. It's really difficult to guess what the other person is thinking, which makes it very uncomfortable.

  Only in the last trial, the new human civilization deliberately exaggerated its battle losses. But humans don't know what the other party's reaction will be, whether it's as expected, and it's impossible for humans to plant spies in the other party's battle stars...

  All in all, this negotiation is extremely difficult and very important. Everything depends on the adaptability of the negotiators.

  After some discussions, it was determined that the negotiators who had met with Apollo Civilization at the beginning were definitely going. They had at least met a few times and were somewhat familiar with them.

  Including Zhang Yuan, the author of the "Extra Color Perception Paper", it is best to go. Now the Apollo civilization always uses this paper as an excuse. If the other party still wants to make trouble in this regard, it can still be justified. Fight hard.

  Even if he is sure that this paper is absolutely true and reliable, because it has been successfully tested on humans, how could it be false?

  On the other hand, as the head of the Scientific Council Staff Department and the former captain, Zhang Yuan has shared a large part of the power and needs to accept such obligations.

  Even though this mission is very dangerous and may be life-threatening.

  "I have no problem here..."

  Seeing that everyone was thinking silently, Zhang Yuan said: "Let's see, there don't need to be many people going. After all, this matter is very dangerous. If negotiations fail, it is possible to break up and go to war directly... If If you go to too many senior leaders, it might turn into a Hongmen Banquet and be served by the other party."

  "So, everyone here just needs to be ready for war, or for smooth negotiations. Madam Captain, there is no need to go. The best option is to stay at the base camp."

  The captain nodded and said: "Understood, I'll leave it to you for the rest."

  After the discussion, a total of 20 diplomats were carefully selected.

  Then, humans sent a message, requiring the other party's army to retreat a certain distance before creating conditions for negotiation, otherwise there would be no negotiation!

  Three days later, the Apollo civilization's army retreated a distance of 2 astronomical units, showing its sincerity.

  Next, the spacecraft of both parties began formal negotiations near the air defense identification zone.

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  Al Planet Six, a huge squid, as the top aristocrat of the Apollo civilization, had a smooth life since birth and lived a luxurious life that ordinary civilians could not imagine.

  But Al Planet Six's temper has been bad recently because he was involved in a huge trouble.

  At the beginning, the entire senior management was eager to snatch a battle star through intimidation, and it was he who came up with this bad idea.

  If they really grab this battle star, it can greatly improve the prestige of their faction and the entire family...

  In the end, I hit a hard bone that I haven't cracked yet.

  After mobilizing so many troops, a series of injuries occurred. The people under his command began to be timid, and political opponents also began to throw dirty water. The combination of internal and external problems made him a little exhausted.

  Al Planet Six understands that if this operation fails completely, his prestige will plummet, and his forces will be seized by political opponents and purged internally. He will fall from his current high position and will no longer be trusted by the suzerain civilization.

  Therefore, with a certain purpose, this big squid can only go to the front line in person, conduct diplomatic negotiations, and try to make a final recovery.

  Anyway, he must extort more benefits!

  "Definitely! Damn new humans!"

  For individuals of the Apollo civilization, emotions usually appear on their faces. When their faces are dark and shiny, it means that their brains are rapidly congested and they are in a state of rage, vigilance, or about to launch an attack.

  This physiological phenomenon evolved from primitive conditions. In ancient times, these giant octopuses lived by preying on a kind of "cat shrimp" in the shallow sea. Although these squids are large in size, they are not very aggressive. In order to avoid predators, they have evolved a whole set of defense methods to prevent black liquid from contaminating water sources.

  However, in the interstellar age, this entire set of defense methods represents unfriendly etiquette. No one likes to be spat on, so these giant squids usually cover their huge heads to avoid being observed by others.

  If you really can't stand it anymore, you can spit the ink inside the helmet, and no one will know anyway.

  "3000...3000 amoeba points is our bottom line!" Al Planet Six spoke loudly when faced with a human negotiator who was only one-third of his size.

  He changed the original four thousand amoeba points to three thousand, which he considered to be a big concession. In fact, the Apollo star "Al Planet Six" was also very nervous. The people on his spaceship were all cronies. If the negotiations really don't go smoothly, those political opponents will definitely seize the opportunity to criticize, so it is better not to bring it.

  "We discounted the court trial by 25%..."

  The human negotiators sitting in front of the big squid were all silent. The squid's way of speaking was too rough. If you really want to negotiate properly and use this excuse, wouldn't it be fooling people?

  This was the first time Zhang Yuan saw this type of heavily armed squid-shaped aliens face to face. These guys are very large, about 10 meters in length. They hide in tailor-made mechanical armor. Their specific appearance cannot be seen clearly with the naked eye. Only the vaguely exposed white muscles can be seen.

  As a scientific adviser, he only listened to the negotiations between the two parties and did not directly express his opinions.

  "Ahem..." Zhang Yuan coughed slightly. This was a pre-arranged code, indicating that humans should be tougher in their speech, so as to save these squids from playing tricks here.

  The meeting place between the two parties was placed in a large spacecraft of the Apollo civilization. This large spacecraft came alone and stayed at the border of the human air defense identification zone, and the surrounding area was monitored by more than a dozen armed spacecraft from the New Humanity side. .

  It is basically a situation of mutual deterrence.