Chapter 32: Covenant Headquarters: Surprises and Intrigues
More than a thousand light-years from the solar system, the Orion spiral arm, the second home of the Alqiians, and the desolate planet where the Covenant headquarters is located.
In an elegant office at the Covenant headquarters, the chief patriarch of the Archia was listening to his assistant's report on the relevant information of the earth's humans, and as the assistant's narration of the information ended, the chief patriarch's palm gradually turned from green at the beginning to blue.
After reporting the intelligence, the assistant also observed the change of the chief patriarch early, and he was also accompanied by the chief patriarch for a long time, and it was really rare for the chief patriarch to have such an obvious change in mood, which also made him aware of the importance of the current human intelligence on the earth.
After a long time, the chief elder's blue palm slowly retreated to its normal green, looked at the assistant in front of him, and said slowly: "After the human representative comes, you must do a good job of reception, and then arrange our meeting, there is nothing else to do, you can go out."
With a "yes" answer, the assistant turned and left the chief senator's office.
"Knock ......" The dull sound of hammering the table sounded, and the chief senator's body paced in his office, and the green palm that had faded before turned blue again, "How can these damn Atlanteans teach the power of the sun god to the humans of the earth, have they forgotten the previous lesson?" Thinking of this, he felt even more afraid, "It's still the chief consul who is prescient, and he was really a bit of a woman's kindness at that time."
Fifteen days after the conversation between the chief elder and his assistant, Zhao Deming and the Grand Commander appeared together at the Star Alliance Headquarters, the destination of the trip, and there was usually a simple welcome ceremony before entering the Star Alliance Headquarters, because Zhao Deming and the Grand Commander were both separate Star Alliance members, so they also carried out a welcome ceremony separately, and the content of the welcome ceremony was actually very simple, that is, the number of flag guards holding the Star Alliance flag on both sides of the Star Alliance Committee members escorted, starting from the teleportation cabin to the door of the Star Alliance headquarters.
Zhao Deming also started this journey accompanied by an Alqian, but he obviously found that he had been treated beyond the specifications, which can be simply judged from the number of Star Alliance flags in front of him, the general member states are ten Star Alliance flags, a powerful country like the Atlanteans is generally twenty, and the seven sword wielders are thirty, according to the current situation of human beings on the earth, ten flags must be the most reasonable, but what he sees in front of him is twenty flags, which is obviously beyond the specifications, He didn't know what the purpose of the Star Alliance's arrangement was, and when there was no way to stop it, he had to continue until the end of the ceremony, until the Great Commander who was not far away came over and said a few words, so that he could understand the purpose of it.
"Don't care too much about these things, it should be that the Arqiians did this in order to win you over, but your treatment is really high enough, directly with us at the same level, it is estimated that many members of the Star Alliance will be red when they see it" The Grand Commander's words were full of disdain, he could have this kind of momentum, Zhao Deming didn't dare to think so, especially when the Grand Commander said what kind of red eyes in the back, Zhao Deming didn't want to attract people to hate him as soon as he entered the door of the Star Alliance headquarters.
Perhaps seeing Zhao Deming's concern, the Grand Commander also comforted again, "The most important thing in the Star Alliance is strength, don't care about those who don't enter the stream, today's ceremony is actually to tell others that the human beings on Earth are the guests of the Arqia people, you can rest assured what to do, no, have you seen the Arqia who is coming over now?" , he's the assistant to the chief elder, I guess you're coming with something good."
Zhao Deming followed the eyes of the Great Commander, and an Arqian who had wrapped himself tightly was walking in his direction, and he was already approaching as he spoke.
"Honorable Atlantean Commissioner, Honorable Human Commissioner, it's a pleasure to meet you, if it's convenient, can you ask me to speak to the Human Commissioner alone?" The Arqian who said this has been looking at the Grand Commander all the time, and the meaning could not be more obvious.
Neither the Grand Commander nor Zhao Deming noticed that there was actually something wrong with the Arqian people's honorific title for Zhao Deming, strictly speaking, Zhao Deming's honorific title should be the Earth Human Commissar rather than the Human Commissioner, and the use of such an honorific title as the Human Commissar was deliberately done by the Arqians, because they were going to make a proposal at the Star Alliance Conference to weaken the strength of the Atlanteans, and this title was just the beginning.
"Okay, you talk, Zhao Deming, don't worry, it's okay" After patting Zhao Deming's shoulder, the Grand Commander seemed to look at the Archia with some malicious eyes, and then strode away.
Zhao Deming also saw all this in his eyes, and thought to himself, "It seems that the relationship between them is not very good at the moment, but this is sandwiching me in the middle."
"Honorable human representatives, please come with me, the Chief Patriarch has something very important to discuss with you"
"Ah...... Okay" Zhao Deming, who was interrupted by this Alqia man, also hurriedly replied, and then followed the Alqian to the meeting place of the chief patriarch.
Still in that elegant office, Zhao Deming was talking with the chief patriarch of the Archia people.
"You must be a little uncomfortable when you first come to such a planet, right? I'll ask them to prepare a dinner party for you in a while, according to you earthlings, it should be called a reception banquet, welcome to the Star Alliance headquarters," the chief elder said with a smile.
The standard opening remarks of the chief patriarch did not attract too much attention from Zhao Deming, what caught his attention was the dress of the chief patriarch, which felt that it was more tightly wrapped than the previous assistant, and during the three days of his study in the temple, he also learned a very interesting feature of the Archia people, their green skin can change color with their emotions, especially their palms are almost indicators, once they are emotional, they will turn blue, which also requires them to pay extra attention to their clothing, especially the protection of their palms, And another feature similar to this is that the psychic communication between them is to release something similar to a silk thread from the chest position, it is said that you can see each other's thoughts, if one party is more capable, there may be a situation where you can control the other party's consciousness, when he saw this introduction, a word "mental rape" appeared in his mind, but compared with the last feature, the previous two showed a drizzle, the Archia people have no gender, strictly speaking, it should be hermaphroditic, They are continuing the next generation through a method called "divergence", which is a really interesting race.
Although Zhao Deming felt in his heart that this chief patriarch who wrapped himself like a dumpling might be afraid that he would see through him, he hurriedly said politely, "I want the chief elder to be concerned, I am also a solid person, and I can still adapt to it."
"The human race was able to join the Star Alliance this time thanks to your help, the prophet has already told us everything about you, it's really terrifying, and I also hope to see your outstanding performance in future cooperation, how about it? Do you have confidence in yourself?" said the Chief Patriarch, still with that smiling expression.
Zhao Deming felt quite encouraging after hearing the words of the chief patriarch at first, but after he reminisced a little, a somewhat anxious mood came up, how did he feel like he was a subordinate, how to listen to it, it was a little angry, this can't be compared with the Atlanteans at all, although they were quite fierce at first, but at least there was respect in it, and in the end, after everyone discussed it, it was obvious that they regarded him as a friend, Thinking of this, he had a great impression of the chief patriarch, but in the current situation, he was not allowed to continue performing, according to the prophet's previous news, they Arqians were going to give him a lot of things, and he still couldn't offend this gold lord.
Zhao Deming, who was full of smiles, responded: "Where, where, I will do my best"
"Well, yes, I heard that you got a lot of good things from the Atlanteans, it seems that they value you a lot" The chief elder somehow stood up and spoke, that was three meters tall, and his strong body also made Zhao Deming feel some pressure invisibly, "But compared to us, it's far worse, not only do we send you one more battleship, but we also have 10,000 standard mechanical bodies and matching multi-functional vehicles, these are really good things."
"Yes, yes" Zhao Deming even claimed yes, and then continued: "I am really grateful for everything the Arqia people have done for us, if we have the opportunity, we will definitely repay this kindness" After saying this, he also saw the chief patriarch slowly leave his position, slowly walked past him, stopped in front of a window in this room, looked at the scenery in the distance, and when he saw this situation, he also hurriedly walked to the vicinity of the chief patriarch, waiting for the chief patriarch's next instructions.
"Well, the son can be taught" The chief patriarch first praised Zhao Deming's actions, and then continued: "The prophet really didn't misunderstand you, you can have this heart, how to say that it is also our Arqia people who have opened a new chapter for your earth humans to enter the galaxy, and we should also help you morally, for this reason I also specially prepared 10 million star coins for you, so that you will not be so difficult at the beginning, oh, by the way, if you have any difficulties, you can mention it now, I'll see if I can help you out."
This sentence really asked Zhao Deming's heart, he is now missing such an opportunity, this Star Alliance Conference in addition to those things he wants to get the most is the prophet, this thing at the door of the house is always controlled by others He is always uneasy, and he also learned in the study of the temple that a monitor like the prophet has been abandoned by the Arqians tens of thousands of years ago, and it should not be a problem for him to ask for it, but in view of the particularity of the human beings on the earth, he still feels that it is better to be cautious.
"That...... I don't know the specific things, I have just begun to understand these things in the galaxy, I just have a small request, I hope you can agree" Zhao Deming carefully organized his sentence, for fear that the sentence would be wrong and offend the gold master.
"Say, I'll listen," the chief elder didn't seem to care much about what Zhao Deming said.
"Hmm...... That's the case, I want to ask the Chief Patriarch to assign the Prophet to the side of our earth humans, so that we can use the platform of the Prophet to learn some knowledge on this side of the galaxy, and then we can better exert our abilities and do our best for the Arqia people" Zhao Deming has already done his best to compliment himself, if he continues to say this, it is estimated that he will be able to vomit himself.
"Hmm?" The Chief Elder did not speak again after uttering a voice similar to a question.
Zhao Deming, who had been by his side, also obediently lowered his head, although he didn't look up at the chief elder, but he felt that his gaze had swept over his body at least three times, "It seems that they are really very cautious about the human beings on the earth, and they all have to think about such an abandoned thing" Thinking of this, he began to be a little less confident in this matter.
"The Prophet is a watcher that is different from the weapons we have helped you, she imparts knowledge, but since you have brought it up, especially now that we are meeting for the first time, I agree to your request, and I will also send the Prophet some things that you especially need, such as the energy core of the ship, which is much better than that of the Atlanteans, hahaha, how about it?" Satisfied! As the hearty laughter of the chief patriarch resounded throughout the room, it seemed that Zhao Deming's worries were completely solved.
I thought that things might be in vain, but there was a reversal, which was also to Zhao Deming not only breathed a sigh of relief, but also was quite happy, not only got the prophet but also attached something that sounded good, this is also if he has some doubts about his judgment, is he wrong, the chief patriarch in front of him is not what he imagined, but he has to put aside these suspicions first, the first thing he has to do now is to thank the chief patriarch.
"That's really grateful to the Chief Elder, I really don't know what words to use to describe your greatness now" This time Zhao Deming's words came from his true heart, he was really grateful to the Chief Elder for such generosity, but at this time he didn't know the inside story, and when he thought about it later, his eyes were already full of flames of revenge.
In fact, if this matter was placed before the chief patriarch did not have the plan with the chief consul, he would never agree to Zhao Deming's request, but now with this plan, he has a guarantee, and it is also a vicious strategy, which not only hits the earth humans, but also makes the earth humans appreciate his generosity, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.