This is not mechanical ascension.

He looked at the three people opposite him, and the three people opposite him also cast vague glances.

"Your Excellency Qinglong, this is our official first meeting." Dius took the initiative to speak. The federal "goddess" had a soft voice and an even slimmer figure.

"Your Majesty Dius, I've heard of you for a long time." Li Ming nodded, very politely.

"Now that everyone is here, let's get started." Crowe's face was expressionless and his attitude was very rude. "The Mechanics Association must be divided. This huge interest group has seriously affected the development and interests of local civilization."

"In fact, in essence, there is no difference between mechanics and researchers, let alone an evolutionary system. The branches of each civilization must be controlled within each civilization."

He got straight to the point, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Reynolds couldn't help but snorted: "You only see the results? The Machinists Association has undertaken most of the training work, provided a lot of assistance, and helped many ordinary people in difficult circumstances."

"The systematic training and process, as well as the large amount of publicly shared knowledge, are all the work of the Machinists Association."

"Some people have misunderstood. This is not a discussion but a notification." Crowe said indifferently, "This negotiation has no meaning in the first place. The Machinists Association is destined to be unable to resist."

"I know that some of them just want to gain more profits. I'm sorry that we can't cooperate."

Crowe is rough in words and rough in reasoning. This negotiation is more like a part of the partition plan and an ultimatum.

Their attitude was tougher than expected. Li Ming thought, did he think they had no room for resistance?

Reynolds' face turned dark, and Braun smiled and said, "Of course, the three of you can also express your demands."

Mikhail said solemnly: "Our appeal is very simple. Each side takes a step back and engages in joint governance."

"We are willing to merge the Mechanics Association into the Interstellar Alliance and become a sub-organization under it, and it will be jointly managed by all major civilizations."

Although everyone takes a step back, it is not as simple as each taking a step back. The Machinists Association is like cutting flesh. It is not much different from being cut open. It just becomes an invisible knife.

It can even be said that it is more like a kind of respect, leaving a layer of cover for the few master craftsmen, so that they will not be reviled by the mechanics when they mention it in the future.

"Each of us take a step back?" Braun shook his head lightly, "Why do we have to take a step back? Where is the capital of the three of us that allows us to each take a step back?"

Reynolds snorted coldly, "If you push too hard, don't blame us for losing everything."

"You die... the net cannot be broken." Braun shook his head and said indifferently: "Those low-level mechanics are not worth mentioning. If you give them some benefits, they will switch sides."

"And I believe that some of you will definitely not declare war on us because of this matter."

Suppressing without concealment, there is almost nothing they can't do when the three major civilizations unite.

"You..." Reynolds looked ugly. Even though he had expected that the negotiation would not go smoothly, he did not expect that the other party would be so contemptuous.

"To put it bluntly, from the very beginning of the establishment of this association, it was destined to be divided sooner or later." Crowe further said, "The Hammersmith is indeed a person, but it is a pity that he died without cultivating a qualified successor. "

"You two, after so many years of operation, you are essentially relying on the independent expansion of the Machinists Association for development. In fact, you are just two blood-sucking insects lying on this association."

"After so many years of smoking, I should be satisfied."

Crowe said it very rudely, but ignored Qinglong. After all, his appearance was too short, and he did not get much benefit from the Machinists Association.

"I..." Reynolds opened his mouth, looking shocked and angry, but no sound was heard and was silenced.

Li Ming was suppressed throughout the entire process, and Li Ming was not surprised.

Mikhail frowned slightly, but he didn't mind these words. He glanced at Qinglong and said in a deep voice: "The ruins of the Holy Spirit Civilization, what's the price?"

After the words fell, Crowe looked subtle and looked at each other with the other two people.

Mikhail struck while the iron was hot and continued: "I know you have been coveting it for a long time. We can give you the coordinates and add new master craftsmen to the association."

When he said this, he looked solemn and said, "United governance, this is our bottom line!"

"Bottom line?" Crowe sneered lightly, "Sorry, we don't need it."

unnecessary? Mikhail's face changed slightly, and Reynolds' angry look froze on his face.

Sure enough... they already knew. It was most likely Adam's handiwork. The escape route was blocked, but Li Ming still didn't speak.

Mikhail glanced at Qinglong in surprise, and then he understood what Qinglong's previous pessimistic attitude meant.

"Do you really think you are the only ones who know the coordinates?" Braun smiled, "We can even give you a little reminder that due to the impact of the Red River Catastrophe, the area where the ruins of the Holy Spirit Civilization are located will be opened in at most half a year."

"What?" Reynolds looked stunned.

Mikhail's expression changed uncontrollably, and then he was sure that they really knew the place.

In fact, they had no cards in their hands from the beginning.

"Okay, it's over now. You guys can go back and think about how to make relevant announcements." Braun nodded, simply and casually.

"etc…"

Just when everyone was about to disconnect, they heard Qinglong, who had been silent, speak.

The faces of the three Brauns changed slightly. If Reynolds had spoken, they thought he might have said some harsh words.

However, Qinglong should not be underestimated, but the three of them quickly calmed down and looked over at the same time.

"Is there anything else, Mr. Qinglong?" Braun asked. After all, he was one of the ten senior co-founders invited by the empire, so he was very polite.

Mikhail snorted inwardly.

"I have one more thing." Li Ming said slowly.

"Oh?" Dius became interested and his eyes moved, "Is there anything else you can do that can turn defeat into victory?"

"It's impossible to turn defeat into victory." Li Ming smiled, "But it's still a small bargaining chip."

Facing the gazes of several people, Li Ming uttered four words - "The Star of Eternal Silence"

In an instant, Braun's face changed wildly, Dius's expression calmed down, and Crowe watched intently.

Reynolds looked increasingly stunned, and Mikhail looked over in surprise.

"If they are the ones you sold to me last time, you don't need to say anything anymore." Dius smiled, slightly dissatisfied.

The Holy Castle track positioning program that Qinglong sold to them last time really gave them a hard time.

It required a large amount of Terrax Stones to operate, and they had no stock at all. When they wanted to buy them secretly, they found that several forces were secretly buying them.

One share for each person is the same as none.

"Your Excellency Qinglong, you must be responsible for what you say..." Braun reminded implicitly, feeling uncertain.

"Of course..." Li Ming nodded, "I can give you a rough range."

Maybe the range is out?

Dius was thinking, Crow's eyes flickered, and Braun's heart was racing.

He vaguely knew that Prince Costart was in charge of this matter, but he didn't know where the news about Qinglong came from, let alone whether it was true or false, but...

"By the way, Mr. Braun, you can verify it with some people." Li Ming said.

"Um?"

Both Dius and Crowe looked over with solemn expressions. Can the empire's search for the Star of Eternal Silence really be defined within a certain scope?

Why didn't they receive any news?

Braun forced an ugly smile on his face: "Your Excellency Qinglong was joking, I didn't receive it..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Ming interrupted directly, "If you don't ask, then I will tell you directly."

"Wait a minute..." Braun hurriedly stopped and gritted his teeth: "I... have something urgent, please wait a moment..."

After that, he logged off.

Dius's eyes shone, this matter was almost no longer certain.

"Your Excellency Qinglong, this matter..." she said with a smile.

Li Ming shook his head, "Your Excellency Dius, until Mr. Braun returns, we should not communicate with each other."

Dius' face was slightly stiff, and Crowe frowned, looking Qinglong up and down.

I did, but I didn’t want to tell them. What did I want to do?

Various thoughts flashed through Mikhail's mind. Qinglong suddenly mentioned this matter. Was it really to help the Mechanics Association?

The information value of Eternal Star is obviously greater.

It didn't take long for someone to come back online, but it wasn't Braun, but Costart.

"Your Highness, I haven't seen you for a long time." Li Ming raised his eyebrows.

Costart's eyes swept across Qinglong's body, feeling mixed.

Because Talos suddenly appeared not long ago, their cooperation with Klonoa was temporarily in a stalemate.

Klonoa was dissatisfied with their threat, and Costa received news from Braun while he was still playing with it.

"Joint governance is absolutely impossible..." Costat opened his mouth and said.

"I don't want joint governance..." Li Ming shook his head, "It's just that I hope to use a more gentle way to let the Machinists Association complete its historical mission."

"The Machinists Association cannot fail within three years."

He wanted to delay the time. As he got to know the Machinists Association more and more deeply, Li Ming also tasted a lot of sweetness.

But now we definitely can’t save the association, so we can only delay it as long as possible.

"Three years?" Costart still shook his head, "I'll give you one year at most. It's up to you how much benefit you can get."

"One year..." Li Ming thought, frowning slightly.

Seeing the two people communicating as if no one else was watching, Dius and Crow looked unkind: "Prince Costart, we do not agree to this deal."

"This is what the Holy Emperor wants. If we don't agree, we will support the Mechanics Association instead," Costart said directly.

Mikhail's heart skipped a beat.

Crowe's expression turned ugly, "Is the Empire going to go back on its promise?"

There was no one else around now, and the six people present knew all about the twists and turns among the stars, and they began to speak more and more wildly.

Dius's eyes swept deeply from Qinglong, and she realized that the other party was not trading this information with the three of them at all.

But make the empire pay the price and cover his mouth.

By trading this information, the initiative falls into their hands, and things that are promised can easily go wrong.

The three major civilizations cannot make a final decision on the huge interstellar space, they can only provide guidance.

But once the empire jumps left and right, this matter will be in trouble.

"No, the empire only needs one year." Costat said solemnly, holding the United Organization of Higher Life Forms in his hand, Adam was not afraid of anything.

"Then I'll give you another year." Dius said expressionlessly.

In this matter, they did not find anything, at least they knew that the empire was making rapid progress in searching for the Star of Eternal Silence.

Another year of release is nothing.

"Okay, the negotiation is over." Costat looked deeply at Qinglong and ended the communication directly.

Crowe and Dius were also absent-minded. After going offline, they would probably hold a high-level meeting to discuss this matter as soon as possible.

"Is this... the end?" Reynolds was a little confused, and then couldn't help but look at Qinglong, "Can we only get information about the Eternal Star for one year..."

"Don't talk yet." Mikhail said coldly, while Reynolds remained silent.

The three people went offline from the conference room and re-established a more secret connection, arriving in the form of virtual projection.

Reynolds was still puzzled, "The clues to the Eternal Star should far exceed this value. Even if the empire supports us, it is not impossible."

"No..." Li Ming shook his head, "That area is quite special. Even if you know it, it is useless. The value is not as great as imagined. If it can be delayed for a year, the empire does not want to leak any information."

"I see..." Reynolds suddenly realized, but hesitated to speak. He was very curious about where that area was, but it was difficult to ask.

"No matter what, we have managed to gain one year. One more year will mean one more variable." Mikhail breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at Qinglong with a complicated expression.

He was really surprised. Wasn't Qinglong from the empire?

By mentioning this matter in front of Dius and Crow, isn't it a disguised reminder to them?

He couldn't figure it out in his mind, and many of the existing guesses were contradictory.

Li Ming had his own plans, and telling this was not just to delay time for the Machinists Association.

It is estimated that after this incident, the empire can probably deduce that he and Talos are related.

But the Empire will know sooner or later, and him taking the initiative to reveal it is not necessarily a bad thing, it is even a bit intentional.

After all, as long as it is beneficial to the empire, there is not much difference in who controls that dimensional world.

"Variable? Huh... Mikhail..." Reynolds' eyes turned evil after hearing what he said, "It's true that a dog can't change its habit of eating shit."

Mikhail stared at him blankly, "Reynolds, what do you mean?"

Reynolds said solemnly: "Let me ask you, how do they know the coordinates of the ruins of the Holy Spirit Civilization?"

Only then did Mikhail understand, and said coldly: "Do you think I leaked it?"

"Otherwise?" Reynolds looked at him with a very firm tone: "Also, why didn't you tell us about the ruins of the Holy Spirit Civilization appearing in advance? Don't tell us, you don't know."

Mikhail's tone paused.

Reynolds sneered and said: "I knew what Forge Hammer said was true. He is selfish by nature and difficult to maintain."

"Reynolds!" Mikhail seemed to be stimulated, the virtual projection was slightly blurred, his eyes were scarlet, and his voice suddenly became high-pitched, "Don't press me with a forging hammer. He is the founder of the association and a master of mechanics. But I, Mikhail, may not be weaker than him!"