Today's meeting was a new experience for both Katreina and Lorenz. The Queen of the Sirens rarely left the deep sea, and had never signed any agreements with other races. Lorenz, on the other hand, was born and raised on the ark, and had never seen an alien before. The last time he saw Nangong Wuyue, he was shocked. Both of them were new to the journey. Thanks to their strong mental fortitude, they did not screw up even though it was their first time negotiating.
There was not much to be said during the negotiation. Everything went as planned. The Queen of the Sirens had already agreed on many things with Hao Ren. As for Lorenz, all he wanted was to find a place for the ark fleet to settle down and repair the ship's equipment. Faced with a problem that threatened the survival of his race, he was willing to accept almost any condition.
The Queen of the Sirens only wanted one ark from him, which was better than he had expected.
The negotiation took place in a lounge beside the bridge of the Petrachelys. For a meeting that would decide the survival of their race, the lease of the planet, and the exchange of the top leaders of the two civilizations, the venue was simple. Perhaps in the future, the sirens and the ark people would write about this meeting in their history books: On a certain day, two leaders shaped history in a small spacecraft's lounge.
There were a total of five people participating in the negotiation. The Queen of the Sirens and her two clerks represented Io, while Lorenz represented the Ark civilization. Hao Ren was there as a witness to the whole process. There was also an outsider observer on the scene: Little Nolan sat at the negotiating table and was responsible for recording the entire process of the meeting.
In the end, the two parties agreed on the lease of the planet. The ark fleet would be given the right to dock on Io for a period of two hundred years, which was agreed upon by both parties. If the ark fleet could complete the repairs and find a new, long-term settlement before then, they could leave early. But if they could not find a suitable new home, the sirens were willing to negotiate with the ark civilization to solve the problem, such as extending the lease period.
Katreina did not mind how long the ark fleet stayed in Io. After all, she and her people could not move back to Io anyway. Io had nothing to do anyway. Even if the sirens returned to Io, they were a race of the deep sea, and did not have much interaction with the ark people who lived on the surface of the sea. The only time they would meet was when they launched their ships into space. Even if the sirens did not care about the lease, as a formal negotiation, both parties agreed on a period of two hundred years. But Hao Ren and Katreina both knew that this period was meaningless.
Lorenz did not object to the sirens' request. He said that aside from the King's Throne, the sirens could choose any of the twelve remaining arks as' rent '. Since the ark civilization's technology had collapsed and they had lost the ability to control the arks, the negotiation process was entrusted to the third party, Hao Ren, to assist.
After the two siren clerks had finished exchanging their opinions, and the two siren clerks handed the documents to Katreina and Lorenz, Little Nolan got up from the table. "All the documents have been recorded. They will be uploaded to the Civilization Supervision Department in 180 seconds."
Hao Ren was taken aback. "Why are you talking like this?"
Nolan pointed at her tiny body. "Activate the container and control the thirteen arks at the same time. Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo …"
Hao Ren broke out in a cold sweat. "Let's move one of the arks back to the Surface World and stop this unlucky cargo container … I don't get it. How can a cargo container take up so much space?"
Nolan said, "That's a space cargo container, and it's not compatible with the arks. It takes a lot of computing power …"
"Stop it, it's tiring listening to you." Hao Ren waved his hand and stood up to look at Katreina and Lorenz. "Then it's settled. I'll supervise as a third party. Err, even though we're all friends, I'd like to state two things formally. First, both parties promise to abide by the terms of the agreement, unless there's a force majeure. Second, if both parties wish to renew the agreement, change the agreement, or terminate the agreement early, they must file it with me again. If either party violates the agreement in any way, I will intervene. Tens of thousands of armed drones can reach Io in twenty-four hours, although I don't think I'll need them. "
Lorenz stood up with a serious expression. "As long as I'm alive, I will not violate the agreement."
In order to conserve the Petrachelys' system resources and prevent any problems when navigating the other twelve arks, Hao Ren decided to have Nolan transport the ship that the sirens had agreed to take back to the Surface World. The blueprints of the twelve arks and the conditions of each ship were presented to Katreina. These were the information that Nolan had compiled during her inspection of the arks. Hao Ren told the siren queen the truth about the arks. "To be honest, these arks are all missing parts, mainly due to the severe damage to their life support systems. The arks had to rely on each other to survive in the later stages of the war. So, if you can wait, I can piece these arks together and make a complete one for you … Lorenz had the same idea. "
"There's no need for that." Katreina's eyes glowed as she looked at the holographic images of the arks. Each of the arks was larger than Nasaton. To the sirens, this was a huge fortune. "As long as the energy and propulsion systems are mostly intact, it doesn't matter if we have life support systems or not. To be honest, the life support systems used by humans are useless to us. We'll just turn them into scrap metal if we bring them back. We can only study the propulsion systems and the like. "
Hao Ren thought about it and agreed, "Then you pick one."
Katreina immediately turned to the two secretaries beside her for a discussion. Finally, she pointed to one of the arks. "This one is called 'Long Road'. It looks big!"
Hao Ren was speechless.
Little Nolan sighed. "I feel a little creaky …"
Everyone waited in the drone nest while Nolan piloted the Petrachelys alone to retrieve the ark that the siren queen had chosen. Hao Ren wanted to see what the newly activated super container would look like, so he asked the MDT to show him the images from space. He saw the Petrachelys slowly flying towards the ark "Long Road". Suddenly, a small bright spot appeared on the front of the small spacecraft. The bright spot was like starlight. At first, it was inconspicuous, but then it expanded rapidly. In the blink of an eye, it became a bright ball of light hundreds of meters in diameter, and continued to expand. On the surface of the bright ball, one could see the distorted images of the stars in the universe projected on it. The ball turned out to be a distorted surface of space. Because the space was closed, the starlight was bent on its surface, and this allowed the ball to be seen with the naked eye.
Otherwise, it would have been impossible to see.
The distorted surface of space continued to expand, and in half a minute, it was large enough to swallow the ark that was more than a hundred kilometers long. The ark slowly sank into the strange, curved surface that looked like the surface of a black hole, and soon disappeared.
After that, the spherical surface rapidly shrank, and returned to a device on the bow of the Petrachelys. Nolan's image appeared on the communication screen, and this time, she turned into a pixel image. "Retrieval complete, bibi …"
"Alright, alright. Hurry up and go with the MDT." Hao Ren was speechless. "I'm really tired for you."
After the Petrachelys had stored the Ark in the cargo hold, the MDT would store the Petrachelys in the Dimensional Pocket. Finally, they would return to Earth through the crack in the Wall of Reality in Tannagost. That was the entire process. It sounded a little unbelievable, but for the Xi Ling Celestials who had mastered spatial technology, this little trick of nesting space was an outdated technology from many years ago. However, Hao Ren was still a little unhappy. "The space crack in Tannagost is a little too small. Every time we want to transport something big out, we have to use a lot of technology. Tsk, how troublesome."
Vivian could not help but roll her eyes when she heard what he said. "Do you really expect a big crack in the Wall of Reality?"
Hao Ren smacked his lips. "The universe is so big, and we've only explored so little. Maybe there really is a big crack …"
Before he could finish, Lily and Vivian jumped over and stuffed his mouth. "Shut up!"
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