Soul of Burning Steel

As the Mycroft civilization continues to place super-large space-time hubs one after another in every corner of the multi-dimensional galaxy, and detects the signs of intelligent life in one galaxy after another, the intensity of communication between the Starfall Era and the outside world has been intensified in the past year. Among them, it even surpassed the previous era of Glorious Era.

After all, the Era of Glory is too introverted in nature. With the support of sages, gods and many legendary powerhouses, Era of Glory does not need to trade or communicate with the outside world at all, and can be completely self-sufficient-of course, they are not counted as They are immersed in their own world, but the vast majority of people are obsessed with the giant wonder buildings full of glory, and the new forms of pioneering extraordinary ways. They have no need to actively contact the outside races. On the contrary, many outside races want to catch up with them. The relationship of the Era of Glory.

But the Starfall Era is different. Today's Mycroft civilization is extremely open, partly because of the urgency of the evil god's imminent invasion, and partly because of the pressure brought about by insufficient internal population, but the really important reason is because the star The essence of the Fallen Era is no longer the "unified large-scale centralized extraordinary federation" of the past, but a "loosely dispersed multi-power extraordinary alliance". The former can provide for itself, improve itself, be stable and powerful, while the latter has many The problem, the contradiction is relatively large, and the selfishness is even more serious, but because of this, the latter is far more motivated to open up to the outside world than the former.

In fact, apart from the combination of medium-sized humanoid creatures in the traditional sense of 'humans, elves, and dwarves', other ethnic minorities in the Starfall Era are going through the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrificial Field, looking for " Opportunity to gain more voice in Starfall United.

They have clear goals, firm actions, and will never let go of any opportunity.

any.

"...We follow the ancient tradition and don't communicate too much with any alien creatures."

The unnamed star field is a medium-sized special category world, which is different from the "continent world" and "star world" in the usual sense. The interior of this world does not have any sky and atmosphere in the common sense, but is completely composed of rocks and underground caves. , and the 'cave world' formed by the hot core at the core. In this world, there are many primitive earth elements and fire elements multiplying in the area close to the core of the world, and no civilization has been developed, but in the super large caves in the crust and mantle, there is a civilization composed of highly intelligent creatures.

In an underground cave full of glowing moss, energy-gathering crystals, and stalactites, a giant three-meter-tall Shibato slowly exudes its own spores—that is, a special mixture of elements—these element mixtures carry A large number of special structures, its smell, energy fluctuations and mixed properties form a unique elemental language.

As if afraid that the little creature in front of him would not understand, the three-meter-tall elder Zhiren slowly activated the spores he had spread before. For their race, it was just saying again: "We don't like war. , I don’t like contradictions, naturally, I also don’t like outsiders. The ancient ancestors warned us not to communicate with alien creatures, they will inevitably bring war. Please come back, Mecroft civilization messenger, we thank you We value it, but we, who love quietness, cannot accept your overly enthusiastic lifestyle."

As the name suggests, Zhiren looks like a huge active ganoderma, similar to the shepherd's eight-legged fungus. They are all civilized species formed after giant fungi gain wisdom. But unlike the eight-legged fungi that are closer to parasitic fungi, for example, Cordyceps sinensis, the Shiba people are more inclined to plants. They decompose the biomass in underground caves and are an important member of the world cycle.

It is also because of this that after gaining wisdom, the Shiba people are as quiet and peaceful as plants. They do not expect violent happiness or violent conflicts. They pursue a peaceful life and live a quiet life. This is their ideal. nature. The Chi people refuse to engage in diplomacy with most non-plant intelligent life forms. They like dark and damp underground areas, so rather than go out to explore, they prefer to stay in their homeland of the mother world and live an undisturbed life.

"I do not mind!"

However, the small creature standing in front of the Zhiren elder was not 'reasonable'.

A little wind elemental fairy proudly puffed out her chest, and also used the method of spreading elements to say loudly: "It doesn't matter if you don't plan to be friends with us, we plan to be friends with you anyway!"

...No, this is not an indifferent question.

And friends are not relative, or is it that the definition of friends in Mycroft civilization is different from that in Multi-Galaxy?

It is worthy of being a descendant of the ancient civilization of the lost galaxy, extraordinary...

Because his thinking was a bit behind, the elder Zhiren who was dispatched by the clan to be fully responsible for communicating with the ambassador of the Mycroft goblin clan was silent for a long time, and then slowly said: "I mean, we have no intention of communicating with the outside world. .We are more used to living a peaceful life and don't like to talk much..."

"It doesn't matter!"

The wind goblin enthusiastically patted her flat chest, and said loudly: "We usually use sound waves and mental waves to speak, and we don't usually use elemental spore language, which is equivalent to silence— —And before you refuse, you should also listen to our plan, it is definitely beneficial to both parties ~ super ~ win-win ~ plan!"

No, not the mute question. Then again, what is going on with this guy, and isn't the Mycroft civilization rumored to be very domineering and cruel? How could their envoys be like this... Could it be that they are fishing law enforcement (roughly)?

Elder Zhiren was silent for a while, he shook his mushroom cap, sprinkled a piece of spores, and then tentatively asked: "Messenger, may I ask, if we sternly refuse... how will your upper echelons react? "

"have no idea!"

It was also a concise but loud reply. The enthusiastic Wind Fairy blinked her eyes, showed her tiny teeth, and then proudly raised her thumbs up: "I never thought about this question!"

Nothing to be proud of.

The performance of the wind goblin immediately shocked Elder Zhiren, and made him feel a deep sense of fear.

The Mycroft civilization is so arrogant—they never thought that their request would be rejected! How domineering!

The wind goblin's smile and the elemental aura called 'excitement' radiate undoubtedly prove this fact—the Mycroft goblin ambassador in front of him is not at all worried that his mission may be difficult. Frustrated by failure, even on the contrary, Fang Zheng became happy for no reason!

The opponent is excited about the possible 'contradictions' and 'battles'! Although the body is petite, the restless elemental power proves that the opponent's life form is extremely advanced, what a terrifying race, born with such strength and desire, it can be said to be the embodiment of the essence of war!

For the elder Zhiren who hadn't spoken for a long time, the wind goblin tilted her head curiously, and flew around the opponent, but soon, her attention was diverted, and she began to happily chase after the glowing moss The big moth next to it.

At this time, Elder Zhiren was thinking, and he was rapidly weighing the pros and cons in his mind.

... In this case, there is only one answer, and that is that Mycroft has his own way of dealing with civilizations that refuse to cooperate. The Mrs. Microroe will definitely use her own world as a model for refusing their request without hesitation, and then be completely destroyed... They have this ability. Madam Microroe extinguishes the sun and creates the sun This move, as well as the power to easily destroy a third-level civilization empire, can definitely do this!

"Then, Master Messenger, can you tell me a little bit about your plan?"

Thinking of the possible devastating massacre, Elder Shiba's tone suddenly softened. When he spoke to the wind fairy who was making faces at a moth, he immediately reminded the other party of the purpose of his visit. Therefore, the wind fairy He flew down immediately, cheered and sent the complete cooperation plan to Elder Zhiren with mental fluctuations.

The goblin's plan is simple.

As a Shiba who is born with the ability to secrete in the body and breed the heart of elements, its existence itself is a great benefit to the goblin town. The goblin has actually found a way to complete the creation of the world, but as long as the goblin family cannot cultivate If there are at least two legends, then the day when their world will be formed is nowhere in sight.

Cultivating two legends of goblins is really a matter of luck. Before training, goblins hope to get help from more elemental races to enrich the number of species, elemental balance, and ecological complexity in the world of goblin towns. The elements other than the four elements are complex enough, and the goblin can also accomplish the feat of creation, which is even better than creating a few more legends and forcibly maintaining the stability of the elements.

As a third-level void civilization, the Zhi people are well-known in the surrounding star field for their high degree of civilization and strong use of elements. The only negative news is that they are too exclusive and closed, no different from stones. But for goblins, it's not surprising to be friends with stones. There was even a story that a goblin and a stone have been friends for more than two hundred years. So for goblins, none of this is a problem! It doesn't matter if the other party doesn't want to talk to you or be your friend, they have plenty of time and patience. (provided you don’t forget halfway through)

As long as Zhiren is willing to join, then if Fairy Township becomes a truly complete world in the future, Zhiren will be one of the great heroes of the creation and one of the elders!

The conditions are very generous and the terms are very loose. It can even be said that the goblin has not put forward any conditions at all except that he hopes that some Zhi people will relocate to the goblin town. Trying to cooperate with Zhiren, conduct comprehensive technology sharing, and improve the element cycle of Zhiren's world. Of course, there are many terms that are taken for granted, but the sincerity is undoubtedly overflowing.

After reading all the terms, Elder Zhiren was shocked.

Mrs. McRaw, what a horror!

If you don't agree, you will wash the world of Zhiren with blood, but if you agree, you are willing to spend a lot of money to buy mushroom caps! This kind of hegemony that prospers along the way and perishes against the opposite... is worthy of being a terrifying civilization that came from a galaxy in another world and can be evenly divided with the three major natural disaster civilizations!

"In this way, we have no reason to refuse..."

Elder Zhiren, who thought he had fully figured out the cause and effect, spewed out a long flow of elements, and let out a long breath: "Then, I hope the messenger will give us a little more time, we need to have a discussion within the clan..."

Afterwards, Elder Zhiren explained the general action plan of Zhiren. Due to the complex elder leadership system within Zhiren, this process is very complicated, but the elder Zhiren explained it very seriously, so he did not He didn't notice the confused eyes of the wind goblin in front of him.

"...That's roughly the case, Mr. Messenger, do you have any comments?"

"Huh~ huh? Huh huh!"

After roughly listening, the wind demon, who felt that she didn't hear any harm, suddenly realized: "So, I understand! (In fact, I don't understand at all) So, you agreed?"

"Naturally." Elder Zhiren replied.

But as the vibration of the elemental spores ended, a bigger vibration came.

"how?!"

Click! Under the pressure of the sudden appearance, Elder Zhiren couldn't help taking a step back.

Then, he saw that there seemed to be four doors opened on the petite wind fairy in front of him. These doors were invisible, but unimaginably high-concentration elements could gushes out from them, calling for the response of the earth, water, fire, and wind.

The phantoms of the four legendary fairy queens floated behind the still confident Wind Fairy, rising like flames, dancing like strong winds, drifting like water, and thick like the earth, but Wind Fairy didn't seem to feel anything wrong, she still had a happy expression on her face. Hehe said: "Then, sign the contract now!"

"……nature."

...

"That's right, that's right!"

After signing the preliminary cooperation contract, the wind fairy who was planning to leave suddenly remembered something, she turned her head quickly, and asked with a serious face: "Mr. Mushroom!"

"What is it, honored messenger?"

Although he didn't understand what "Mr. Big Mushroom" was at all, the elder Shibato knew that the other party was calling him, and it was the first time that Shibato saw the other party's serious expression, and at the same time he was curious about what the other party was going to say, he couldn't help feeling nervous .

Could it be that there are any additional conditions? !

However, the wind goblin just remembered the extra task arranged by a certain expeditionary fleet marshal.

"Have you heard of the 'exchange system'?"

...

The Shiba people's perception of the exchange system is not bad, especially when they find that the high-concentration element crystals naturally secreted by their own groups have a high value in the exchange system, they have a good impression of this strange cross-world trading system It's even higher.

Whether it's exchanging exchange points for natural legendary powerhouses to optimize the local ecological structure, or exchanging for 'Druid Way', 'Elemental Mage Inheritance' or 'Sublimated Elemental Life Form', for the calm-tempered Chi people With their strength alone, it would take a long, long time to do things, and now they can use the exchange system to do it for them, which is naturally the best.

It is precisely because of this reason, coupled with the force and reputation guarantee of the Mycroft civilization, that the promotion of the exchange system is extremely fast, and it even spreads geometrically, which even surprised Joshua.

However, not all civilizations and races can readily accept the combination of the exchange system and the restoration of the beam of light.

For example, a certain sea snake race contacted by the murlocs, a legendary powerhouse in their group, a "super giant continental python" and "Abu Ush the Ringer" that can surround the entire planet continent It can be seen at a glance that the essence of this repairing light beam is the semi-autonomous clone of a certain legendary powerhouse. And the exchange condition it follows is "equivalent exchange", but who knows what conspiracy is behind this, or what potential danger is there?

Although they didn't know that this thing could be used as a coordinate to summon Joshua's body, they really didn't like this kind of thing, so they declined the sale.

Of course, some races do not like it, and there is indeed no way to do it. Mrs. McCrom respects the choices of most races.

But for some special races, the Starfall Era will not be so tolerant...

What awaits them is in-depth 'communication' and 'persuasion'.

I went to see Wandering Earth today (alone), and I also learned that Rune Factory 5 is being produced. It was the best Valentine's Day (great read)

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