The heavily guarded venue is so simple that it is reminiscent of a conference table and chairs made of steel plates. On top of these things are retro teacups from the Earth era.

Under the indifferent watchful gaze of the robots' indifferent main monitors, I felt a sense of déjà vu.

More than a year ago, when I first came to Avalon, in the midst of a number of mechanized urban facilities, I entered Zeratul's room, and the strange atmosphere of the combination of classical and modern, nondescript was exactly that.

Completely robotic, Zeratul is still wearing the robes of ancient humans.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Biluochun cultivated in my biochemical farm is still to taste?"

In the face of Zeratul's behavior, everyone was baffled, even with well-informed people like Green and Verrell, they didn't know how to answer.

I'd seen Zeratul's quirks before, so I knew how to deal with them, but my companions around me didn't know, and I realized what I had missed in my previous preparations.

I scolded myself in my heart for being forgetful.

I obviously experienced it once, but I forgot to remind everyone, which is really a big mistake.

The atmosphere was very strange, and the Wolf elites present were all looking at us with strange mechanical faces, with a cold and inorganic light. And Zeratul's words are so confusing. I thought nervously, as time passed by second, and at the conference table, a few of our representatives couldn't hold back and wanted to pick up their teacups.

I knew that they must not be allowed to do this, otherwise it would probably end up in a collapse. From what I know about Mrs. Wall, although they are ostensibly machines, in fact, Mrs. Wall above the elite level are all modified by humans.

It's hard to define whether beings with just a few brains can be called human, but they certainly have some strange human traits, such as pride, empty eyes, and impatience. And Zeratul's attachment to formalism in ancient earth culture also belongs to this category. If he is allowed to see the actions of our negotiators, which is not in line with the etiquette of the ancient earth, God knows what will happen.

I picked up the open teacup and made a gesture of dropping, the crisp sound attracting everyone's attention.

Picking up the teacup, I used an exaggerated posture to make an ancient culture tea ceremony, smell the incense, and taste it three times. Putting down the teacup, an ingenious automatic machine slowly entered the venue and refilled my teacup with warm water. The whole process is very similar to the ancient Chinese tea tasting norms that I know, but like all the classical cultural elements here, it gives people a feeling of incompatibility.

Seeing me do this, our representatives here first stared intently at the robot to complete the final water filling work, and then imitated me and completed the action of tasting tea. I've noticed that many people are already sweating from their foreheads at this time, and it's really hard for them to remember this seemingly simple set of etiquette rules that actually have a lot of tricks and points to pay attention to after reading it once.

When everyone finished tasting the green tea in front of them, the robot filled the teacups one by one with water as usual.

Zeratul slapped the mechanical hook and let out a shrill laugh.

"Hahaha, good, good, sure enough, they are all heroes who are proficient in ancient rites, and they are qualified to negotiate with my Avalon."

The unified exhalation echoed around our side of the negotiating table.

That's when I had a chance to lower my head and relax. According to Zeratul, he actually used this method to confirm the qualifications of the negotiations, and if he hadn't come up with a way to demonstrate, maybe everyone would have been beaten into a sieve by the robot guards by now.

"Since you have come all the way from Jupiter Battlefield to ask for help, I can't turn a blind eye here in the spirit of neighborly friendship, so let's do it, the starship cores will stay on Mars, and as soon as the brain domain chip arrives, our fleet will immediately set off to help you seize control of the Jupiter system."

At the end of the politeness and etiquette, Zeratul explained his position in a straight way. Whether in terms of words or attitude, he is like an old man with a strange personality, and he does not fit in with the appearance of robots.

"It's hard for us to accept this opinion, the core of the starship is all humans, not goods, and cannot be traded. As for the brain domain chip, it has been popularized among our Marine Corps soldiers, and it is impossible to give it all to you. ”

As the head of the negotiating team, General Green also argued against each other. There was no room for maneuver in his words, and although he said what was on my mind, it still worried me that the negotiations would break down before they even really began.

"Nonsense! The core of the starship is our girl, this young man of yours, abducted from Avalon, the young girl is indifferent, the young man has an impulsive personality, I can understand all this, and I am not guilty of the past here. But it would be unreasonable not to return the people, and I have to wonder if you came with sincerity. ”

"The young man is my hero against the Brandias, and the enemy who died at his hands could fill an entire battleship, so please respect him. As for the girls, if I'm not mistaken, there are indeed 7 girls among the Martian refugees who claim to be from Wolfe, but they all left Mars voluntarily, not by us, so if you want them to return to you, please convince the girls directly. The remaining 9 starship cores are authentic earthlings, they came to our fleet during the fall of the earth, how can they be said to be yours? I think you must have made a mistake, Elder, or please investigate it before making a judgment. ”

Green was not threatened at all, and looked like he was stubborn to the end. Not only did he worry a layman who was negotiating, but even Chalma, who had expertise in negotiation and diplomacy, was afraid of what he was doing. It is conceivable that Green's approach is contrary to the principle of normal negotiation.

By the time Green had finished, all of us were holding our breath, waiting for Zeratul's response.

"Shameless lies! Great Elder, these guys are all liars, please don't listen to their nonsense, Kiana and the others are our good sisters, they were deceived by that shameless guy, the core of the starship in Zeratu was originally 16 people, and none of them were bad, so please don't trust them. ”

A guy dressed as a robot stood up and angrily accused us of lying, emphasizing his tone with a fierce gesture that could tell how he was feeling at the moment, even if the machine's face was expressionless.

Zeratul slowly lifted the mechanical arm, the posture was elegant and calm, it was hard to imagine that a robot could do this.

"Okay, Robles, we all know that you lost your best brother in the previous battle, but this is not your family, it is a negotiation between the two interstellar forces, you have to think about the overall situation, now step down, don't be so excited, otherwise I will find the maintenance department to take you apart and check the emotional control system."

When Zeratul threatens to find the maintenance department, the robot called Robles sits down in a forbearant gesture.

I, as the most important adviser to the negotiations, sat next to Green at this time. Leaning over to General Green, "The Wolf elite used to be human beings, with emotions and their own personality traits, and it is best not to think of them as pure machines. ”

Green didn't look at me, just nodded to show that he understood.

Just when I thought the negotiations were going to continue, suddenly an inexplicable abnormal radio signal entered my perceptual range, and then every Mrs. Wall present seemed to be motionless, and the atmosphere became very strange.

Extend the sensing range, find the communication relay switch of the venue, and read the emergency communication delivered to the venue with the highest priority from the monitoring port.

"What's going on?"

"There's something unexpected, wait a minute, I'm deciphering their encryption system......."

When the intelligence was cracked, I could no longer suppress the look of consternation and looked at Green, "Deputy Commander, this is trouble. There was infighting among Mrs. Wall, and the rebels demanded that we be executed immediately. ”