Third Fleet Command Conference Room in San Diego.

Rice, the national security adviser to the US imperialist president who arrived in a hurry, sat at the conference table and looked at herself melancholy, as a female politician known for her rationality, she probably did not imagine in her most absurd dream that she would actually sit at the negotiating table with a crab.

Yes, this time her negotiating partner was a crab, and it was an Australian king crab that she loved to eat, but this one was bigger.

The latter was lying at the negotiating table at this time, a large claw holding a fresh cod next to it as if no one was eating, and on each side stood a naval soldier, with his face and chest held behind his back in a majestic shape, and at their feet there was a bucket of seawater, because the envoy of the Atlantean Empire was not very accustomed to life on land, so he needed to regularly splash water on it to ensure that it could breathe normally.

"First, sir!" After Les said this, he subconsciously covered his head, and a soldier on the opposite side finally couldn't help but laugh, but quickly regained his majesty.

"Well, sir, shall we begin negotiations?" Les adjusted his state and imagined the crab on the other side as a human in his mind, and then said slowly.

His Excellency the envoy of the Atlantis Empire picked up the tablet next to her with his idle paws and gestured to her, with a row of large bold letters on it: "Write, do you think I can understand your voice?" ”

Les was melancholy again, then picked up the notebook next to him.

"I am Condoleezza Rice, National Security Adviser to the President of the United States, and now on behalf of Your Excellency the President of our country, I would like to ask you about your identity and intentions."

After typing, she turned the screen of her notebook to Her Excellency the Special Envoy.

His Excellency the Special Envoy took the tablet and scratched it in handwriting, but the speed was very slow, of course, this is normal, in fact, the special envoy can understand English has made Rice feel that the sky is rolling, if it can write fluently, it will be against the sky, but unfortunately the assistant to the president does not know that this is just because Boss Wang himself does not know English very well.

In his villa in San Francisco, he was checking the English-Chinese dictionary and directing His Excellency the Special Envoy to write.

Ten minutes later, a text with many grammatical errors appeared in front of Rice, she finally knew the purpose of the envoy's trip, according to it, the Atlantean Emperor's favorite beast because of his curiosity about the human world, so some time ago he secretly ran to the country of sticks to land and visit, but was brutally attacked by the humans there, and now he is seriously injured and besieged, and his life and death are uncertain.

His Majesty the Emperor was very angry at this, and now demanded that the stick government must immediately lift the siege of the Divine Beast and make reparations for it, otherwise the Atlantean Empire would declare war on the American Empire.

"First, your Divine Beast definitely didn't go to the landing to visit, because it rudely sank two merchant ships, so it was attacked by the stick army.

Second, you should go to the stick government to talk about this issue, they are the ones who are besieging your divine beasts, not us.

Thirdly, even if you declare war on this, it should not be against us but on them, and the whole incident has nothing to do with us.

If it's not convenient for you to go to Asia, we can help you contact their ambassador and then you have a direct conversation. ”

When Rice finished writing, he forwarded it to His Excellency the Special Envoy.

His Excellency the envoy first held up the tablet and motioned to the soldiers next to him to delete the previous words for it, and then took it back and began to write diligently.

Ten minutes later, His Excellency the Special Envoy lifted the tablet again.

"First, the Divine Beast is revered in the Atlantean Empire, and even if it sinks a few ships, it is its freedom, and you humans have no right to interfere with this.

Second, although our Atlantean Empire has no interaction with you humans, it does not mean that we are unheard, even we know that you are the real masters of the Stick Country, in the words of you humans, you are their godfathers, of course we are coming to you.

Third, if the godson makes a mistake, the godfather must of course be held responsible. ”

Rice's nose was almost crooked, she had never seen such arrogance, but fortunately, as a professional politician, her self-cultivation was still very good, and then she wrote in her notebook: "Your understanding of the relationship between the United States and the United States is somewhat wrong, our two countries are equal allies and there is no subordinate relationship, we have no right to interfere in any decision of the stick government, and in addition, there is no hierarchy in the human world, all people are equal, and anyone or other intelligent beings on the earth commit crimes on our human land, They must all be punished according to the laws of mankind, even the mythical beasts of the Atlantean Empire.

Of course, how to deal with your divine beast and resolve the differences between your two countries must be decided by the stick government, whether they are willing to release your divine beast or continue to besiege it, this is their freedom, as a third country, we have no right to interfere, of course, if you want, our country can act as an intermediary and invite the ambassador of the stick government to our country, and you will have a face-to-face meeting directly. ”

After she finished writing, she transferred the notebook to the envoy again, Rice really didn't want to continue this devastating negotiation, to negotiate with a crab and an arrogant crab, she felt that she should have gone to a psychiatrist afterwards, if it wasn't for the fact that the military had conducted a comprehensive examination of this crab to confirm that it was indeed a real crab and not the product of a scientist, she would still think that she was a guest on some absurd reality show.

"Whatever, it's your business that you are willing to ask him to participate in the negotiations, but our principles will not change, give you twenty-four hours to consider, if we do not give us a satisfactory answer within twenty-four hours, then we think that the Atlantean Empire and you have entered a state of war, our warriors are already in place, once it is in a state of war, it will attack your ports and ships until you agree to our conditions." His Excellency replied indifferently.

After writing, it poked the soldier next to him with a large claw, and motioned for him to bring himself another cod to pour some water on it, as a diplomatic envoy, even if it was a diplomatic envoy who came to give an ultimatum, it must be treated as it deserves.

Rice watched the show with a lot of rage, then stood up and left, and at this time, the reporters from all over the world who had heard the news were already blocked outside the Third Fleet Command.

The news that the Atlanteans, who have been said to have appeared for thousands of years, have long been transmitted throughout the world through optical fibers and electromagnetic waves.

Well, although the image of His Excellency the envoy is a bit surprising, it has nothing to do with its identity, whoever stipulates that the Atlanteans must walk upright on two legs, who stipulates that the Atlanteans must not be a crab, as a race that lives in the deep sea, of course they must evolve into a body type suitable for living in the deep sea.

It is not that the US imperialist government did not try to hide it, but it has been unable to hide it, and the place where His Excellency the Special Envoy landed was one of the most famous resorts on the entire West Coast, and that beach was witnessed by thousands of people on the beach identifying itself in English on the beach. And because of its proximity to Hollywood, where reporters and even cameras were at least three television stations, four newspapers, and at least a third of the tourists were foreigners, Rice was already flooded with coverage of it before he even arrived in San Diego.

Now that the whole world knows the news that the US imperialist government and the Atlanteans have officially started contact, it is still a matter of concealment, not only journalists from various countries, but even ambassadors to the United States have called the US imperialist Ministry of Foreign Affairs to inquire about the authenticity and the purpose of the Atlanteans, and said that all countries are willing to work side by side with the US imperialists to deal with this critical moment in human history.

In fact, at this time, many people have already linked the arrival of the envoy of the Atlantis Empire with the incident of the stick navy vs. the little monster some time ago, such as a wise one like Boss Wang.

"I'll just say, there must be a black hand here, now it's clear, the origin of the whole incident is the big crab, as for the inside situation, I'm afraid only Ms. Rice in San Diego knows now, but it is precisely because the stick navy injured or killed the big crab that it attracted the Atlanteans, which is definitely right.

If I'm not mistaken, the giant octopus I encountered should be their armed forces, and this envoy has come to negotiate with some kind of mission, and if the negotiations between the two sides break down, the former will definitely attack! I'm afraid we're going to face war next! Boss Wang, who had just finished the negotiations, sat by the pool and sighed.

"Oh my God, it's terrible, you're saying that the Atlanteans didn't come for friendship but for war?" Susie exclaimed.

"I hate to admit it, but obviously yes, now it's up to your navy to defend your ports and merchant ships!" Boss Wang sighed and said.

In fact, at this time, the Third Fleet had already entered a state of operation, and the US imperialist government, which was all he could think of, could certainly also think that this was no longer the work of the Coast Guard, and all the warships, including the four aircraft carrier battle groups of the Nimitz, Carl Vinson, Lincoln, and Reagan, which were resting in the harbor, left the San Diego Military Port.

Washington's order to the Third Fleet was simple, along the entire west coast from Seattle to San Diego, at twenty-nautical-mile intervals, all the battleships were arranged in a huge horizontal formation, turned on the active sonar and kept going underwater bombardment, and in this way pushed outwards until the big octopus was pushed out. At the same time, including Pearl Harbor, all anti-submarine aircraft, regardless of Orion or Poseidon, all pretended to patrol the eastern Pacific Ocean, and once they received a call for help from a ship, they immediately went to the rescue as quickly as possible.

(Thanks to the book friend 13 bats, Dongfang Xiyue, あ "Remnant" い, it was you last night, the reward of the flying dolphin)