The next day, the eting took place as scheduled.
Just as Chen Xuan anticipated, the Execution Team did not have entry privileges; they escorted the chief captain into the conference hall and then went to the adjacent lounge to await orders.
The security caras inside the hall broadcast the footage in real-ti to Chen Xuan’s laptop.
He could see that Xiao Canong was the only representative of the Dinsional Limit chanism.
"How’s the image?" Lin Qing asked over the headset.
To ensure communication and imdiate access to hotel resources, she didn’t return to the branch office and continued to stay in her hotel room.
"It’s a bit blurry and has fra drops...feels like a live stream from the 3G era," Chen Xuan comnted, "But at least it’s clear enough."
"Nothing can be done; this is secure transmission, evading most electromagnetic detection equipnt, you’ll just have to bear with it."
"You’ve hacked into the hotel’s control system, can’t you use their antennas to send signals?"
"I could, but it would inevitably leave traces," Lin Qing replied, "Unless you want to deal with the Demon Company the sa way before, by leveling their building to the ground."
"Should we do that?" Liuli was eager on the side.
"No, let’s skip the image quality problem," Chen Xuan decided, "Can you see Honglian and the others?"
"No, there are no caras in the lounge." Lin Qing switched through several surveillance points, "But there’s nowhere else to go here. If they enter the corridor, I’ll discover them."
At this mont, Xiao Canong was invited by the host to step up to the podium.
"Distinguished organizers, esteed partners present, hello to you all."
"Thanks to Mr. Zhao Zhilei from Ronghua Group for providing this valuable opportunity to exchange ideas. My na is Xiao Canong, representing the Dinsional Limit chanism, wanting to discuss further collaboration topics with everyone."
"Firstly, I would like to establish a core the for the discussion: Survival."
"Everyone should already have a basic understanding of the world I’m from; there are many undeveloped and backward areas there. With the chanism’s power and influence, it’s not difficult to transform them into spaces for your survival..."
"Damn, this was never recorded in the files!" Lin Qing was taken aback, "The chanism wants to give demons a free pass, allowing them to co to our world anyti? This is simply... ridiculous!"
What are demons? They are Ability Users!
Letting them traverse through the erosion space equals a massive ergence of Wanderers, doesn’t it?
This equals violating both the ’maintain world stability’ and ’restrict ability dissemination’ protocols, undoubtedly cutting the foundation of the chanism!
Even Lin Qing had strong doubts about the condition offered by Xiao Canong.
"Wow, if this gets to Honglian’s ears, she might stand up and slap the captain twice right then and there." Chen Xuan watched, relishing the drama, "This isn’t sothing he can decide alone; the chanism headquarters must have agreed to this plan."
"The chanism’s upper managent is falling faster than I imagined..." Lin Qing frowned, her tone heavy, "Honestly, I don’t know whether to be happy or sad. If this video is posted online, the Dinsional Limit chanism will quickly descend into chaos."
Especially since demons have just caused a bloody tragedy at the Five Rings chanical Garden.
"...I believe our collaboration will be a mutually beneficial affair."
"In the future, both sides can even jointly explore more worlds, maximizing the expansion of each other’s living spaces, with the ultimate goal of winning this ultimate challenge of Ascension!"
Xiao Canong made an impassioned speech on stage.
The people sitting around the long table applauded to show their approval.
Chen Xuan’s heart couldn’t help but skip a beat.
Ascension — this word appears again.
The description of abilities includes ascension.
The three dead demons ntioned ascension.
Now even the chanism is using this word.
...This can’t be a coincidence.
"Did you hear that?"
"Yes, I did." Lin Qing was equally shocked, "But this makes no sense, right? In the demons’ testimony, they said the Mother of Flesh will eventually turn all life into its flesh, the only way to escape is ascension, but the Mother of Flesh is from this world, what’s its connection to the Dinsional Limit chanism?"
The ascension Xiao Canong speaks of... seems to be a challenge present in both worlds.
And the demons all seem to understand his terms!
At this point, Xiao Canong had returned to his seat, and a handso young man took the stage.
"Thanks to Mr. Xiao for his speech, and thank you to the Dinsional Limit chanism for recognizing our race. But just talking isn’t interesting; in light of Mr. Xiao’s sincerity, I represent Jade Plate Group and will show several things first, making the discussion more practical."
Upon his words, the door on the other side of the conference hall opened, and over ten waiters pushed four carts covered with red cloth into the room.
"By the way, can you detect Xiao Canong’s abilities?" Lin Qing asked.
"No, he’s too far from the cara." Chen Xuan had already tested before; the range of the scanner gun is roughly fifteen ters, sitting at the bar, scanning all guests in the shop. If scanning through a screen, the target must be within a ter, hence the previous remote transactions being close to the lens. "Unless you can drop the cara on his face."
"Alright, I’ll think of sothing..."
"Wait, you can actually make the cara fall?" Chen Xuan asked, surprised.
"Of course not," Lin Qing chuckled, "I thought of looking for opportunities among these attendees. Their phones already have caras and are connected to the hotel network; if I hack into them, I’ll get a closer observation seat. You know... not everyone is familiar with electronic devices."
Chen Xuan instantly understood.
Just like how so people roam the internet for ten years unscathed, while others download heaps of viruses when seeking resources. Most attendees are wealthy and influential, rarely tinkering with their phones, possibly catching one slip through the cracks.
The young man over there had already indicated to the waiters to unveil the red cloth.
Each cart was prominently displaying a glass box.
In the center of each box lay a ’treasure’.
Although Chen Xuan couldn’t clearly see what those treasures were, connecting this to Elorie’s intelligence and the fact these people are demons, he imdiately realized all the glass boxes showcased peculiar items.
"These things... are all on your wish list, so I suppose I don’t need to introduce them one by one, do I?" The young man looked at Xiao Canong, his tone rather prideful.
"They indeed are peculiar items the chanism wishes to acquire," the latter readily concurred.
"But don’t expect Jade Plate Group to sell all these treasures to you at once. What we need... is not so barren patch of land."
"We can certainly discuss that aspect. It’s just..." Xiao Canong glanced around, "Are you planning to negotiate one company at a ti? To be frank, the contracts signed first are likely to be better than the ones signed later... Not that we’re favoring one over the other, it’s just that the resources controlled by the chanism are limited, they can’t offer unlimited provision."
"No need for Mr. Xiao to worry about that; we will manage internal distribution ourselves. If you intend to use this trick to incite bidding among us, you’re overthinking it." An old man sitting in the middle of the long table remarked.
"Mr. Qi, I would never think that way," Xiao Canong smiled helplessly, "I’m only considering your interests. After all, for the chanism’s sake, this partnership should ideally be as profound as possible."
"That’s indeed favorable." The man known as Mr. Qi answered with a blank expression, "Moreover, no matter which company the chanism wishes to obtain peculiar items from, it must sign a contract with us."
"A contract?"
"Yes, a contract is rely a covenant in mortal transactions, but since we’re discussing matters that influence the world’s trajectory, the ans of agreent must be elevated."
As Mr. Qi’s speech concluded, four people stood up in the conference hall, along with the young man representing Jade Plate Company, making five people raising their right hands.
Instantly, the screen showed heavy interference, akin to being disturbed by sothing!
In the extrely blurred footage, a scroll of docunt appeared out of thin air above the right hands of the five people.
Incredibly, the mont they grasped the docunt in their hand, the interference signal instantly vanished.
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