In this steampunk world, Golden Oak, Pandorne, and Bauhinia are recognized as the three great powers of the world. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

And around them, there are other dense countries, as well as colonies and the like, that choose to depend on a certain power to survive.

Some deliberately maintained their independent status, and declared permanent demilitarization and became neutral countries, as a place for several major powers to play games and mediate, which can be regarded as surviving in the cracks.

Aledorne is one such nation.

It is located in the gap between the three major steam powers, and the country has only a dozen cities, which seems to be small in every way compared to the behemoths of its neighbors.

It is precisely because of its unique geographical location and in the consideration of easing its borders that no major power has chosen to annex it, but tacitly classified it as a neutral country as a buffer for each other.

Today, Aledon has made a name for himself in the world for being absolutely safe and not threatening to war.

Alecône, White Pigeon City.

On this day, all the streets were urgently cleared, a large number of patrols took to the streets to maintain order, and many marchers gathered in front of several embassies with banners such as 'peace, not war'.

-- After the unremitting efforts of Golden Oak and Bauhinia, the key was Chevrolet's compromise, and finally reluctantly agreed to open a round of negotiations for a peaceful settlement of the dispute in the Pandorn Empire, until then, no one side would be the first to use nuclear weapons.

As a result, almost the entire world of people celebrated with a bullet crown, rejoicing that they had briefly emerged from the haze of nuclear war and destruction.

A huge armored airship was moored in the airship field, and Chevrolet, dressed in military uniform and white gloves, looked at the bustling street and squinted his eyes: "Mr. Ambassador, the citizens of your country are quite enthusiastic!" ”

The ambassador of Aledon replied in a deep voice: "This is a spontaneous act of our citizens, Your Excellency the President, and you should see the prayer for peace in it!" ”

"I myself have no intention of provoking a world war and the destruction of mankind, as long as the Pandorn Empire is willing to admit reality!"

Chevrolet's words made the ambassador frown.

If Pandorn's group of nobles really knew how to compromise, where would they need to come and mediate.

"In this regard, I am sure that the representatives of Bauhinia and Golden Oak will negotiate with both of you."

Fortunately, Aledon is just an errand runner this time, and the real hosts are still these two.

"Well, I'm looking forward to it!"

Surrounded by many guards, Chevrolet got into a car and drove slowly towards the state guesthouse, his car was obviously specially modified, and there was no noise from the boiler and no tremor on the road.

It's just that, after passing a few blocks, another convoy slowly drove over, causing the ambassador's face to change instantly: "It's the convoy of the Pandorn Empire, damn it, the route arranged by that bastard?" ”

Although he intended to mediate, before going to the negotiating table, he didn't want to let this pair of enemies bump into each other, otherwise he didn't know what kind of trouble he would cause.

"The plenipotentiary of the Pandorn Empire this time is Crown Prince Gaudí, right?"

Chevrolet looked at the oncoming convoy with a cold glint in his eyes.

The last time his plan to make peace by war failed, he immediately looked for the reason, and it was only recently that the spies embedded in Pandorn sent him detailed information that he knew that he had failed only because the prince had been fighting hard and had persuaded the noble senate and the emperor that his plan would have been successful.

Even, along with the intelligence, there were some ambiguous news, especially one of the speculations, which Chevrolet took very seriously.

"Reincarnation...... Is it? ”

He rolled down the window, his face sinking like water.

The convoy on the opposite side also seemed more restrained, without any provocative moves, and the two sides just slowly passed by.

It's just that when it is staggered, the middle sedan also rolls down the window, revealing the handsome face of Crown Prince Gaudí.

The two lines of sight suddenly looked at each other, and they both seemed to have sparks in mid-air.

Time seemed to pass for a moment, and it seemed as if a long time had passed, until the convoy slowly drove away, and the ambassador let out a sigh: "Fortunately, ......"

He almost thought that the two sides would fight directly, and then he would be the ambassador to the end, but fortunately the worst did not happen.

It was Chevrolet, whose face was even more gloomy at this time, as if it could drip water.

At the moment of looking at each other, he felt that familiar temperament from the other party, and he was even more sure that the other party was a reincarnation!

Now, he finally knew how his plan had failed.

"I'm afraid this negotiation will be even more difficult!"

Chevrolet sighed.

Since they are all reincarnators, their understanding of each other, as well as the bottom line, and the key terms, will definitely not give an inch.

……

The other side.

In the convoy of the Pandorn Empire, the driver in front suddenly turned around: "Your Highness, reveal your identity now......

"It's nothing?"

Prince Gaudí leaned on the sponge cushion: "Anyway, you will always see it during the negotiation, there is no difference between morning and evening...... Since last time, I don't hope to hide my identity, anyway, to keep it up to now is already a huge victory! ”

"Then this time, do we really want to compromise?"

The driver's voice looked worried.

"Of course not, now is the best chance to destroy those rebels!"

Prince Gaudí's face sank like water: "Their foundation is unstable, our territory is larger than his, our army is larger than him, and the most important thing is that the number of Thor's swords in stock is definitely beyond the other side...... That's why we can't give them time to develop! ”

He is deeply aware of the inevitability of the reincarnation space.

As long as Chevrolet is relieved, and after a few more mission worlds, his team will definitely be able to gain a lot of contribution points, and then exchange for some black technology, maybe it will be his own side that has a disadvantage.

"Then why did His Royal Highness agree to peace talks with them? Is it because of the relationship between the Golden Oak Kingdom and the Bauhinia Federation? ”

"There are parts."

In front of his henchmen, Prince Gaudí talked well: "Those two countries, frightened by our madness, may also have stocks, but they will never dare to throw Thor's sword at each other as devastating as we do, so they prepared a cage for me - the NPT, non-proliferation technology, and promised not to be the first to use nuclear weapons...... Hehe......"

Speaking of this, a mocking smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth:

"Although these two countries are quite afraid of death, the force is not fake, in order to prevent us from agreeing, they completely stand on the side of the alliance army, so we can still accept some of these terms, the war of Thor's sword can be stopped, but the ordinary war must not be stopped!"

Prince Gaudí said hatefully: "We can't give any of these rebels a chance to recuperate, even if we can't use the Sword of Thor, we must take advantage of the great victory obtained from the previous attack and use the army, navy and air force to bulldoze them!" ”

For the Golden Oak Kingdom and the Bauhinia Federation, Prince Gaudí has indeed grasped their bottom line.

It is the unanimous opinion of the two countries that the whole world and the biosphere cannot be buried together, and if Pandorn ignores this and threatens their basic survival, Gaudí has no doubt that these two undisciplined countries will directly turn around and fund the Freedom Alliance at any cost to flatten the empire as quickly as possible.

But apart from nuclear weapons, their attitude towards the Free Alliance is probably not as good as that of the Pandorn Empire.

Therefore, nuclear war must stop, but ordinary war must continue.

Perhaps, this is what the Golden Oak and Bauhinia guys want to see the most.

After all, as the war dragged on, the Empire's strategic reserves were also declining, and it had to purchase large quantities of supplies from the Golden Oak and Bauhinia Federation.

The evil result of this is the outflow of all kinds of precious metals, and even a bunch of foreign debts.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the industry and commerce of the Golden Oak Kingdom and the Bauhinia Federation ushered in a rare golden period of development, and the market share that originally belonged to Pandorn was frantically squeezed in various colonies.

After this war, even if Pandorn can still maintain his independence, it is almost certain that he will fall from the status of a world-class power.

……

"Alexorne, White Dove City!"

Just as the talks began, a train slowly stopped on the platform at the train station.

A strange man wearing a black trench coat, a hat, sunglasses, and a mask, eager to cover his entire face, also slowly came down from the platform, looking in the direction of the venue, and his eyes flashed with a strange light under the sunglasses.

The steam train emitted white smoke, made a loud noise, and rumbled away from the platform.

The strange man walked out of the train station and immediately saw a huge new slogan written on the opposite wall - 'Long live peace'! The paint on it hasn't dried off completely.

"Peace? Hey hey ......"

The strange man looked at these letters in a daze, and suddenly chuckled lowly, and his voice was full of hoarseness and unwillingness:

"Where is true peace in this world?"

He suddenly thought of himself.

Although he gave almost everything for the Federation, he got nothing in the end, and he was sent away with a meager pension.

The culprit who caused him to fall into such a situation, but because he had great power, he was regarded as a guest of honor by various magnates, and the differential treatment made the hatred in his heart burn.

True peace? Fair? I'm afraid this kind of thing only appears in fantasy, right?

"Lucius, you're here, it's good!"

At this time, a person suddenly walked over from the side, and his voice sounded directly in his heart.

"Reincarnation?"

Lucius took a deep breath: "Say it...... What did you go to such lengths to bring me for? ”

"It's just a little bit of a little thing that requires your expertise......"

The voice said, "And in return, I'll give you what you want!" ”