In this way, he hid and took a long detour, and finally escaped the control of New York Machine City.

That was two days later.

After getting rid of the dense search of the mechanical octopus, the speed of the fleet composed of two hovercraft and a space battleship suddenly increased, and the rush was not counted, but it was also full sailing.

In this way, after a little more than a day of walking to the northwest, the fleet finally entered the rolling mountains. The speed of the fleet has been reduced a lot.

After some twists and turns, in a valley that did not look very open, the speed of the battleship slowed down even further, and finally slowly sailed towards a towering cliff.

Because of the corresponding communication with Zion in advance, when the battleship approached the cliff, Yuan Hao saw a large mountain rock on the other side of the cliff recessed inward, and then slowly lifted up a huge gate 100 meters long and 100 meters wide.

The gates are very thick. Yuan Hao learned from Pingyuan that this gate is made of composite materials, with a thickness of more than 5,000mm, and has a defensive capability comparable to that of 10,000mm homogeneous steel plates.

"This is the gate of Zion. Looking at the white guide beam gradually lighting up, Yuan Hao sighed lightly.

As the walls of "Zion" rose one hundred meters long and one hundred meters wide, the Mohican took the lead and slid into the harbor area of Zion.

Then came the miserable-looking Nebuchadnezzar, who was badly wounded and needed urgent repair.

In the end, there was the Cruiser, which looked to be several times the size of a hovercraft.

The 305-meter-long ship, with a protruding bow that mimics the warships of the old era, a somewhat bloated width with the addition of a mobile suit catapult device and a gnaku, and a 50-meter-high horse-head bridge. When the Ranger first appeared in the Zion Tarmac port area, all the Zionites were shocked.

Looking at the huge body of the Ranger, looking at the thick black turret mounted on the Cruiser, everyone was so curious that they couldn't help but be a little afraid.

"Where's this ship? Is it ours?"

"Looks like it's powerful......"

"It seems that such a big ship can fly. I've heard from the people at the watch station that this ship seems to be able to fly very high. Fly higher than our Mohican and Nebuchadnezzar. ”

"Whoa...... Can you really fly that high?"

All sorts of chattering continued, and in addition to those who were busy, more people gathered around the Ranger, pointing fingers at them.

The House of Elders didn't tell too many people about inviting Yuan Hao to come. Because many people here didn't know that Yuan Hao was here, they didn't know that Yuan Hao actually brought such a big battleship to show his strength, and many people were a little confused. Those who knew thought that this was Yuan Hao's dismount for himself.

Those who don't know think it's Morpheus's loot they captured on the battlefield.

After a lot of hecticism, some explanations, and so busy for a long time, everyone somewhat understood what the situation was now.

It's just clear that it's clear, but what kind of etiquette to follow to receive has become a problem for those big people to worry about.

You know, the first thing Zion City thought of when it first heard that there was such a force as Yuan Hao in the southeast was to try to bring him under its jurisdiction - however, it seemed that there was no way to do this at the moment.

"Give him the treatment of a guest. Send a team to welcome him down, settle him and his entourage, and then we'll discuss what to do with them. After arguing for more than ten minutes and there was no result, the gray-haired old speaker finally decided: "In short, let's take one step at a time." ”

"Well, that's it!" no one would object to this.

In the case that the other person has not joined you, it is a matter of course to give the other person a little politeness!

So, Zion acted quickly, and quickly arranged according to the ritual procedures that he had found somewhere.

Then, after another ten minutes or so, two teams of young women with fake flowers in their hands walked out as a celebratory music sounded. They weren't very pretty, but they were absolutely young. Dressed in white yarn, the vacuum inside, and the peak jumping between gestures, people can't help but feel hot.

"Is this welcome?" Yuan Hao was stunned for a moment, and asked Mina, who had been arranged to guide him.

"Naturally, this is our welcome to Zion. Mina didn't know exactly what was going on, but according to her own understanding, she was sure that the loser would not lose.

"That feels a little weird, isn't it? Yuan Hao didn't know what to say, so he could only muttered lightly.

Then he went to the door of the cabin on the side of the ship, and walked to the other end of the trestle under the two rows of white-clothed girls who were in the form of a welcome greeting, where they were greeted with a smile.

After a heartfelt conversation without much nutrition, Yuan Hao and his party were arranged to go to a cave carved out of the rock wall. The cave is very spacious, and it is divided into two floors, and the left and right sides add up to five or six hundred square meters.

Because of the lack of wood, the furniture inside is hollowed out of the rock wall in addition to steel, which is a bit of the heavy feeling of stone buildings in ancient Rome.

Yuan Hao and his entourage stayed in it, and they didn't feel anything shabby.

In fact, Yuan Hao was in this style in the early days of the city built by the asteroid Axis, which was also a helpless reason for simplicity. Coming out of the port area and coming to the living area of Zion, Yuan Hao felt that the humans here were a little closer to the dwarves and goblins in the magic.

This is not to say that human beings have become shorter, although there is also this trend now, but it is more important to live in the environment and habits of human beings. Streets are carved out of the ground that look like caves, and mountains are hollowed out to place the settlements on cliffs with spiral walkways.

The human city is really similar to the legendary dwarf and goblin city - maybe more dwarf, the architecture is majestic and rough, but not so elaborate to speak of.

Just checked in and washed up, and Yuan Hao and his party were left aside as a matter of course.

Except for the meal and some curious people who came to visit, no more people came to watch, especially none of the elder councilors who held important power in Zion came to talk to Yuan Hao.

Ex came once, and he revealed to Yuan Hao about the entanglement of the high-level. After returning to Zion, he had already reported to the higher echelons the results of his observations on Yuan Hao's side. Although many of these are only superficial understandings, the information revealed in them is shocking enough.

Originally, Zion's impression of Yuan Hao was only that he owned a small boat, took a few people, and opened a small base, which was a guy with a little strength, but now it seems that this is not the case.

Yuan Hao and his forward base are not weak cats, but powerful tigers - it is really surprising that he was able to raid Qianli and directly kill the Los Angeles Machinery City.

However, no matter how surprised you are, the facts are already clearly in front of everyone, and everyone can only face this situation in distress.

"What should I do with Yuan Hao?" this question made everyone frown from the beginning.

A large group of people argued for a long time, but still did not come up with a corresponding answer. Regarding Yuan Hao's attitude towards Zion, they also learned about it from Ex. In general, Yuan Hao has a good impression and sympathy for Zion, but he doesn't seem to want to merge his power into Zion. This is completely contrary to Zion's original purpose.

"Forget it! The twisted melon is not sweet, I think we should give up this matter. Commander Locke, what do you see?" said a councillor who had been close friends with Locke.

His words seemed to refute Locke's opinion, but in fact, it gave Locke a chance to withdraw.

With Yuan Hao's strength again, it was obviously undesirable for him to want to annex others - Locke also knew this, so he urgently needed to get out of his original vision. It's just that he himself is not easy to regret, so he can only ask others.

If someone else gives him an opinion, he will push the boat down the river, so that he will naturally look better - there are still factions among the great people of Zion.

"Then give up. We don't do anything that goes against human freedom. Locke nodded.

"Are you messing around...... Is it not long before you are the one who says 'rules, not freedom' the most?"

There are priorities, and even the opposition understands that this is not a time to be bored. The matter of co-optation was not mentioned again, and everyone suddenly felt that a big stone had been removed from their hearts.

"Let's be pragmatic. People have a little affection and sympathy for us, which means that they still have a good impression of us. I think we should look at how we can deepen this goodness and get a better relationship with them. "There are people who put forward such politically infallible opinions.

"It's a must to have a good relationship. But what matters more is what we really want and what we can give. After the politically correct discourse, more practical questions were raised.

"So...... Let's talk about it. The people in the discussion glanced at each other, nodded slightly, and immediately began the most pragmatic discussion.

However, because they didn't know much about Yuan Hao, the result of their discussion was only half of what they initially expected - the military technology in Yuan Hao's hands, especially the related warship technology, they wanted to obtain.

As for what they can give, to be honest, they don't know very well.

Zion was short of resources, had no special products, and they didn't know what Yuan Hao was interested in. So when discussing this, they are a little stuck, after all, they don't know enough about Yuan Hao.

"Hey, I've been guessing here, from east to west, from day to night, and I can't guess a ......."

The whitebearded speaker sighed, clapped his hands and made a decision on the table:

"I don't think we're going to have to guess anymore. We went directly to ask Yuan Hao and put forward our request. Let's see what he thinks! Negotiation, negotiation...... After all, there is a judgment to be made!"

"Okay!"

"That's it!"

"I agree!"

Everyone nodded in approval.

And so it was determined.

At that moment, everyone had a discussion again, and finally decided that Councilor Ikosi, who was able to speak well and was good at observing words and feelings, would negotiate with Yuan Hao. In fact, I can't talk about negotiations, I just talked about it at the beginning, talking about my thoughts on the side, and asking Yuan Hao what needs he has.

In short, after dinner on the first day of his arrival in Zion, he went directly to Councilor Ikosi, and talked to Yuan Hao about such a thing.

"By the way, do you have anything to do when you come here?" After a while of greetings, the brown-haired Councilor Ikosi and Yuan Hao sat down opposite each other, and the first question to be asked.

This is a pun on his inquiry, and the point is to understand Yuan Hao's needs first. After all, only by knowing the needs of the other party can you have some room for negotiation later.

Now it is a negotiation, although it is not formal, but it can indeed be regarded as a negotiation.

In negotiations, it is very important to take the initiative. Ikosi understood this very well, and he asked Yuan Hao about it, and he pursued this question as well. He hoped that Yuan Hao could explain first.

In his opinion, Yuan Hao said it first, which means that he has a demand on his side, and naturally he has a demand, so if he considers it on his side, the initiative will be in hand.

Looking at Yuan Hao's youthful face, Ikosi directly regarded him as a rookie at the negotiation table.

"Well, what do you think we need...... I'll have to think about that. Yuan Hao faintly looked at the ravine-ravine old face of Ikesi, and said with a smile: "This time, we are mainly here to see how the human race is living and to see if there is anything that needs my help." ”

Yuan Hao's answer was very polite, but his answer was to push back Ikosi's words.

"Really?" Ikoth picked up the conversation, knowing in his heart that Yuan Hao was not easy to deal with, so he continued on the topic: "I don't know, how are your senses of Zion today?"

Speaking of which, our lives in Zion are really not very good...... We lacked food, cloth, and even more force. Although the hovercraft is good, it can only fight guerrilla warfare with the matrix after all. Ikoth went straight to complaining.

He was crying poor, and his intention was to tell Yuan Hao: "We are also miserable, I hope you will help us and don't ask me too hard." ”

"I can see what you said. Even though I just looked, I did understand your hardships, so I came to you. Yuan Hao understands what Ikosi means, but Yuan Hao is a very assertive person, and he will not change his original thoughts because of Ikosi's crying poverty.

He didn't want to be entangled with Ikosi, so after taking a deep breath, he asked Yang Xue to bring a document and hand it to Icosi: "I know it's not easy for you, and I also understand that you need a lot of skills, so ...... I've got this for you. This is the technical information that I am able to provide. You guys can look into it. Yuan Hao directly took out his killer idea.