After some selection, Jin Dongliang, a sixth-level innate grandmaster, was selected as the "diplomat" for this operation.
In addition, more than twenty outstanding soldiers were dispatched, each of whom is a third-level master. There is also a divine skill "Appraisal" ability user and a "Speech Translation" ability user.
Finally, they dispatched... the immortal giant turtle!
"Wow!" The turtle stretched its head and roared loudly, "An unknown civilization?"
"Don't worry, Mr. Turtle has encountered many civilizations. He has seen everyone with all their looks. He must be a qualified diplomat!"
"Leave it to me, it's absolutely right!"
Over the years, the turtle is in a good mood, sleeps well, eats normally, and has grown somewhat.
Its shell grew to a diameter of 3 meters.
The "form attribute" has also increased significantly to 28 points, which is considered to be the power level of a fifth-level master.
In fact, there are many scholars who do not want to send this turtle to the stage.
After all, it is a vision, and its value... is neither high nor low. (Currently, humans cannot study the glyphs on it and can only let it raise children in schools.)
But some people think that sending the immortal giant turtle is an excellent choice.
Since the other party has shown a vision-level background, humans have to send a vision and test the other party to see if they have malicious intentions or good intentions.
Even if the immortal giant turtle is really snatched away by this civilization, it will not die anyway.
As long as humans find a way to snatch it back, that will be it.
"Let me go with you. I won't die easily." The old cat said.
"That's okay..."
With it on the scene, Lu Yuan felt a lot more relieved. The old cat was indeed a reliable guy and could suppress the nonsense of the immortal giant turtle.
After making up his mind, the old cat changed his body and cherished his immortal fur very much.
Replaced with a slightly smaller mechanically powered body.
It bounced twice suddenly, and another "Explosive Spirit Word Rune" was stuffed inside.
And Jin Dongliang put on the most excellent armor currently developed by the Grand Engineering Academy - Poppy Vine Armor, which is made from the bark of the poppy tree, the silk of gold-loving insects, and a small amount of extraordinary metals, achieving "excellence"
level".
(It was made by a person with the "Craftsman Talent" ability when inspiration broke out. Lu Yuan worked as a deputy and wrote the glyphs, and finally achieved excellent quality.)
The remaining soldiers wore black iron armor and black iron helmets, 20 of which were "general level".
There are also five pieces of "rare" grade.
These armors have been improved by adding a layer of Tree of Life, which effectively enhances mental resistance.
At the general level and rare level, these items are also relatively excellent.
Many high-level government officials seem a little nervous.
Lu Tiantian, who is usually quite bold, is really a little uneasy now. He always feels that this decision is a bit of a straw team: "Are there any dangers if we reveal our wealth like this?"
"Excellent-level equipment is actually quite good, and we don't have much..."
"Add an immortal giant turtle...and rare-level and ordinary-level armor..."
This wealth is quite a lot.
Lu Yuan laughed and said: "Think about it, the city in the sky is already the greatest wealth in front of you. Who wouldn't want a city that can fly?"
"We must show our strength worthy of the Sky City in order to have the capital to communicate. If the soldiers dress like beggars, it will easily lead to crisis."
"That's right." Jin Dongliang, the ambassador of this operation, said with a smile, "The Mandala Empire used to deal with the barbarians by letting the barbarians witness its strongest force."
"In this way, deterring the other party can reduce a lot of governance costs."
"If you hide them and cause the other party to misjudge their strategy, it will be bad. Once the barbarians pounce, even if the empire can wipe them out, it will still have to spend a lot of manpower and material resources."
Lu Yuan nodded and smiled: "We actually have a lot of strength hidden this time, don't worry."
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At this moment, the communication radio station received another message, which was sent by Lu Xiao, the king insect responsible for the investigation, and a person with "appraisal" abilities.
"Sir, we have quietly investigated a rat man wandering on the edge... He is frantically digging coal, and he doesn't seem to have much wisdom."
A king insect, holding a scout, flies quite fast, able to fly four hundred kilometers per hour.
"After identification, I found out that it is a strange person!"
Lu Yuan frowned slightly.
"Yes... we didn't dare to get too close, and we only got a small amount of information... It was indeed an alien named Shumiba Civilization."
"And his intelligence is indeed not high, and his strength is relatively average. His three-dimensional attributes are 8.1; 7.2; 2.5 respectively. He only has one extraordinary fire type of energy."
"The divine attribute is only 2.5?"
"Yes, I should have identified it correctly."
Those with divine attributes below 3 are basically considered worthless, and even visions are not bothered to attack.
As for aliens, the usual explanation is that they are intelligent creatures left behind through some chance coincidences in previous eras.
They survived the epochal disaster with difficulty.
For example, the old cat and the conch are all part of the aliens...
They do not belong to the civilization of the Ninth Era and cannot receive milestone rewards.
But there are so many aliens, millions of them, which are really beyond the scope of human cognition.
After hearing this information, Old Cat's eyes flashed brightly: "To avoid the epochal disaster, apart from becoming siliconized, escaping, and becoming a god, there is only the last way."
"Abandon reason... In other words, most rat people are actually irrational beasts?"
Although they have known this method for a long time, everyone is still a little shocked when they actually encounter this kind of method.
This method is simple but cruel, and is simply more painful than death.
If Lu Yuanlai was given the choice, he would rather fight to the death and fight to the last moment than let his descendants turn into irrational beasts.
Of course, there will also be a small number of rational "rat people", otherwise the entire population would have dispersed long ago.
After hesitating for a moment, Jin Dongliang said: "In short, since the other party has invited us, we have no reason to back down. This is a glorious diplomatic mission!"
"Let's proceed according to the original plan and give us some means to save our lives."
Lu Yuan thought for a while and handed a piece of "Spiritual Word Talisman Paper" to him.
This thing was developed in the past two months. It is only the size of a palm and one centimeter thick. It is densely covered with glyphs.
Once the spiritual word rune is activated, it can trigger a large spiritual storm and paralyze life within 10 kilometers around it.
The cost is also quite high, and it requires "excellent grade" poppy tree heart as raw material. Although it is also a renewable resource, without infusion of energy, it takes ten years for a small piece of "excellent grade" tree heart to grow.
Lu Yuan felt a little pain in his body, but he said seriously: "After activation, the spiritual storm will be launched in a fan-shaped form towards the front of the rune."
"If you run backwards, you won't be affected."
"If something goes wrong, run back quickly."
"Don't worry, Commander Lu, you can't do everything yourself."
Lu Yuanqian told Wan Zhongzheng, and took a few more poppy tree buds and brought them to them.
These buds have a monitoring function.
After getting ready, these thirty people mounted two "flying dragon" bugs and set off in a mighty manner!
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"Sir Governor, those rat men outside are sending electromagnetic waves. If we don't open the safe zone, they will leave here and go to other places."
"I know."
The seventh branch of the Lize civilization is in a state of hesitation at the moment.
Even the most experienced politicians cannot tell whether they have missed a great opportunity...
That black rat-man has been here for more than two years.
They have been digging for coal dozens to hundreds of kilometers away... It seems that they can survive by eating some coal. It is really strange.
They behave strangely.
On the one hand, these rat men picked up a lot of garbage... Yes, the heritage from the previous era was loaded on carts pulled by some giant beasts.
Including some extraordinary animals and extraordinary plants!
They are indeed quite wealthy.
On the other hand, the intelligence of these rat people varies greatly.
Those rat men dressed in black don't seem to have much intelligence, and are almost no different from animals.
They eat when they are hungry, take off their pants to mate when they are thirsty, and some even give birth in the open air - this race gives birth to babies very quickly and can give birth to several litters a year.
Rat people in purple, gold, and blue clothes show high intelligence, social relations, and civilized etiquette.
【Trade! Legend! Spirit!】
This is the slogan shouted by the Shumiba civilization. They seem to have discovered the existence of the safe zone.
As for the explanation of these words, it is not difficult. They trade legendary materials!
Combined with their alien identities...
An association couldn't help but surface: Why does it look a bit like an NPC in a game?
Of course, reality is not a game. Once the safe zone is revoked and the consequences of trading with these rat men are unknown.
Therefore, Rize Civilization has hesitated until now.
"May the Mother Earth protect us!" In a certain room in the tallest building, a priest took out a few small bronze coins and threw them gently. After a few "dings", the coins fell on the table.
.is a special divination technique that can be used to predict "bad luck".
After seeing the result, the priest's face changed slightly, because this divination predicted some kind of "neutral to negative" result.
"Governor, these rat people may have some kind of malicious intent. Once we open the safe zone, we won't be able to get away with it. It's better to be safer."
Governor Leon, as a "predictive person", felt a little heavy.
Through his own ability, he could vaguely see the future. If the safe zone was opened to trade with these rat men, one side would be the avenue of light, and the other side would be the abyss of darkness...
The difference between the two worlds of ice and fire was so great that it made him even more hesitant.
Chapter completed!