Read Novel Full Chapter 1264 - 598: Negotiation and Alliance
Chapter 1264 - 598: Negotiation and Alliance
Liang Yuan could feel the fury of Zhang Wenjing and Feng Jiangong.
However, he just sneered, showing no fear.
Eventually, it was Zhang Yujiang who spoke, "Liang Yuan, we are all children of Huaxia. Right now, our greatest enemy is the Mutant Beasts."
"I feel there’s no need for us to fight to the death. We have the foundational conditions for an alliance because we share a common enemy."
"I think perhaps we can consider re-forming an alliance."
Liang Yuan sneered, "Oh? Is it an alliance at the cost of me ceding Cangfu Mountain, Mide Mountain, and Denggong Mountain to you?"
Zhang Yujiang shook his head, "Of course not. If it were like that, I’m afraid you wouldn’t agree."
"The matter is, Cangfu Mountain, Mide Mountain, and Denggong Mountain are too close to Cangqiong Mountain. We must strive for these three mountains."
"Of course, we won’t ask you to give up these three mountains for nothing. In return, we can offer certain compensations regarding Yangshan."
Upon hearing this, Liang Yuan raised an eyebrow and asked, "What kind of compensation?"
Zhang Yujiang smiled and said, "We can open our military technology repository and offer our research results on Superpower, as well as relevant Superpower Weapons, as a trade."
"Commander! How could you!" Feng Jiangong’s face changed instantly and he immediately objected.
However, Zhang Yujiang just waved his hand, indicating he didn’t need to say more.
Zhang Wenjing was equally anxious, wanting to say something, but ultimately kept silent, only glaring angrily at Liang Yuan as though ready to devour him.
Yet, Liang Yuan wasn’t particularly excited or thrilled.
He coldly asked, "Oh? What Superpower Technology do you have that could be valued at the resources of three mountains?"
Zhang Yujiang directly pulled out a stack of documents from his pocket, saying, "These record all of our Superpower Technology inventions since the Great Flood. You can see if they’re worth it."
Liang Yuan did not hesitate and reached out to grab the stack, which immediately flew over on its own.
Crash!
The wind passed over the paper, making a rustling sound.
On the papers, there were large sections of text and diagram structures.
Liang Yuan quickly browsed through, his eyes shining brightly.
The documents contained extensive applications of Superpower Technology and Rune Technology.
There were even combined rune arrays, with a wide variety far beyond the projects developed by the Yang Mountain Research Institute.
Several technologies had already ventured into the realm of large war machines.
After thinking for a moment, Liang Yuan said, "I need to see the real thing."
Zhang Yujiang nodded with a smile, "Reasonable and fair."
Liang Yuan put away the documents in his hand, glanced at the three, and said, "I can give you one-third of the population resources, but I cannot give you ownership of the three mountains. However, I can lease them to you."
Zhang Yujiang was stunned, exclaiming, "Lease?"
"Liang, what do you mean?" Zhang Wenjing couldn’t help but angrily question.
Liang Yuan said blandly, "I can let you use Cangfu Mountain, Mide Mountain, and Denggong Mountain, but I can’t give you ownership."
"All the mineral resources, land resources, and plant and animal resources on the islands still belong to me."
"Then what do we need these three islands for?" Zhang Wenjing said angrily.
"You can cultivate, plant crops, and settle the population."
"Aren’t you short of logistical resources? I am giving you a third of the people and land resources. Isn’t this enough?"
"You—" Zhang Wenjing was furious.
However, Zhang Yujiang patted her shoulder to stop her from continuing.
He turned to Liang Yuan and said, "Okay, but I need you to open all the Genetic Species resources within the scope of your Yangshan influence."
"Don’t worry, we’re not taking Blood Crystals for free. Whatever the Yangshan people need to pay to speak with those Blood Crystals, we will pay accordingly."
Upon hearing this, Liang Yuan thought for just a moment and nodded in agreement.
"Okay."
For Liang Yuan, the Genetic Species resources needed to be exchanged with Points by everyone.
And the condition to exchange for Points was exchanging for Mutant Beasts to quickly boost his Points.
As for who exchanges, it doesn’t matter.
Of course, under the same conditions, Liang Yuan would certainly give priority to the Yangshan people.
Subsequently, both parties discussed many details.
Liang Yuan and Zhang Yujiang argued based on facts, striving to safeguard the interests they secured.
In fact, if Liang Yuan had not acted suddenly, Zhang Yujiang and the Dove Faction members would have taken action as well.
Of course, their action wouldn’t be as violent as Liang Yuan’s, directly killing Yuan Shijie and others.
Zhang Yujiang’s methods were relatively mild, focusing mostly on persuasion.
The benefits secured then would certainly not match what Liang Yuan achieved now.
Now Liang Yuan had secured too many interests, prompting them to swallow their pride and negotiate conditions with Liang Yuan.
Both sides discussed, and the atmosphere became much more harmonious.
The alliance scheme was formed, and they no longer targeted each other.
However, Liang Yuan really had no favorable impression of the Dove Faction.
If the three weren’t relatively strong, especially with Feng Jiangong’s formidable combat power, Liang Yuan would have probably stormed into Cloud Mist Island to check out the so-called Celestial Abyss.
Zhang Yujiang spoke at this time, saying, "Mr. Liang, if you’re interested in the Celestial Abyss, perhaps you could go take a look."
"I also welcome your Yangshan people to go hunting in the Celestial Abyss."
"There are many powerful mutant beasts above the Celestial Abyss that descend through it, and although we’ve repelled them many times, the Celestial Abyss passage has been repeatedly patched by us."
"But every month, those mutant beasts will tear it open again."
"Currently, the ones that manage to come down are weak, early-awakening parasitic mutant beasts."
"Genetic species-level superpower users can deal with them."
"However, there are quite a few in number."
Liang Yuan felt a slight stir at these words.
A considerable number of mutant beasts?
If the opportunity could be seized and a wave cleared, it would be just like the sea tide, wouldn’t that mean a significant increase in points?
Now, as the number of people on Yangshan, Meishan, and Lingyun Slope continues to grow stronger, the sea tide no longer comes.
In the past, when the sea tide arrived, a large number of mutant beasts would rush to shore.
Now, on the morning of the sea tide’s arrival, many patrol members wait by the shore overnight to catch fish.
After all, for them, it’s all about points.
Catch one and send it to the slaughterhouse, and there are immediately points credited.
However, now with the temperature dropping and the floodwaters freezing, few mutant aquatic creatures can crawl ashore.
So, the sea tide no longer exists for the islands.
This emergence of the Celestial Abyss now provides a channel for some strong and combat-capable superpower users to earn points.
Liang Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I’ll notify others of this news when I return."
"Since we are allied, the New District and Guangfu can open trade routes, and everyone should interact more freely."
"After all, we are all from Linjiang City, and should support each other." Zhang Yujiang said earnestly.
Liang Yuan was non-committal; he dared not trust what these people said.
"I have not yet been to Mide Mountain of the Spiritual Ability Sect, you can go clear out the remnants of the Spiritual Ability Sect yourselves."
"I will take my leave now, and I will send someone over to take over the Yellow Earth Divine Origin and the Miyuan Rainforest."
"Goodbye."
"Take care."
After greeting each other, Liang Yuan did not stay further, his figure flashed, and he flew away rapidly into the sky.
Watching his swiftly disappearing figure, Zhang Wenjing couldn’t help but angrily say, "Comrade Zhang Yujiang, why did you concede so many benefits to him? We were originally going to clean up the Three Great Sects ourselves."
"Now he’s only a step ahead, occupying the Floating Island and the resources of the three mountains, while we only have leasing rights. This is too much of a loss."
Feng Jiangong also couldn’t understand, looking at Zhang Yujiang, he asked, "Old commander, what are you thinking?"
Zhang Yujiang sighed, "You all, your view is still limited to territorial disputes. Humanity has already fallen far behind those mutant creatures."
"People outside call us the Dove Faction, why?"
"Because when we act, it’s not all about profit, our starting point should be for humanity, for the remaining survivors."
"Though Liang Yuan’s methods are domineering and he repays every slight, you see him eliminating the Three Great Sects without hurting any ordinary superpower users, showing he’s not a bloodthirsty person."
"His actions align with our intelligence reports, making him a trustworthy collaborator."
"We are in the military district, with various resource conditions and vast human and material investments in research, so we’ve grown to this level quickly."
"But look at him?"
"Before the great flood, he was an ordinary citizen, trapped in a residential building at the early stages of the flood."
"Starting from such beginnings, he climbed all the way to the present. His current strength even matches yours, Jiangong."
"Ask yourselves, any of you in his position, who among you could achieve this?"
With this question, Zhang Wenjing and Feng Jiangong fell into silence.
Clearly, they had never considered it from this perspective.
Feng Jiangong said in a deep voice, "So, old commander, you value his potential?"
Zhang Yujiang sighed, "Such an individual, his future achievements could be unlimited, and offending him now could lead to endless conflict later."
"Moreover, you are aware of the situations above; those floating islands contain many unknowns."
"Even if Pei Yuanhu uses the split mind parasitic method to infiltrate the thunderbird and investigate the skies, he cannot fully uncover all the floating island’s details."
"Moreover, Pei Yuanhu is a formidable figure, his information should not be fully trusted."
Zhang Wenjing couldn’t help saying, "Dad, Pei Yuanhu’s Water God Sect was destroyed, even his split mind was captured by Liang Yuan. This matter won’t end well, Pei Yuanhu won’t just let it go."
Zhang Yujiang nodded slightly, saying, "This is indeed a problem."
"But it’s a matter between Pei Yuanhu and Liang Yuan, irrelevant to us."
"Perhaps we can seize this opportunity for Liang Yuan to deal with Pei Yuanhu."
Feng Jiangong nodded slightly, agreeing, "He needs to know that without our military, Pei Yuanhu is nothing."
"Alright, I’ll arrange these issues later. Jiangong, continue guarding the Celestial Abyss passage, Wenjing, take charge of the handling and personnel arrangement of Cangfu, Mide, and Denggong Mountains."
"Yangshan will surely send people to oversee the situation of the three mountains, as well as the Miyuan Rainforest and Yellow Earth Divine Origin two floating islands."
"Quickly exchange the relevant attribute blood crystals, open up the channel for upgrading genetic species, allowing more ordinary superpower users to enhance rapidly."
"Understood, Comrade Zhang Yujiang." Zhang Wenjing immediately responded.