In the empty hall, the magic gems engraved in the gorgeous and complex sculptures overhead cast colorful lights, illuminating the hall.
Among the seven people, only one representative from the headquarters actually makes decisions.
At this moment, facing Cheng Lin sitting on the throne, the headquarters representative was slightly shocked. After three seconds of silence, his demeanor returned to normal.
"good."
There is no nonsense. Now that it is confirmed that the other party is the representative of the elves this time, there is no reason to be verbose.
Time is precious to both parties.
"Please allow me to introduce you again. We are the national representatives of the Xia Kingdom on Earth, and I am also the leader of this team, Xu Qu."
The man wearing a civilian official uniform with a small lapel wears gold-rimmed glasses. He is tall, has good features, fair complexion, and a gentle manner, with a hint of majesty between his eyebrows.
Standing among a group of practitioners, he has a certain magnanimity. He is in a strange place, facing the bronze throne calmly, without any trace of restraint.
Cheng Lin secretly admired, not to mention anything else, just talking about his appearance and demeanor, it can be seen that the Special Intelligence Department has put a lot of effort into selecting representatives.
"Thank you for taking care of me along the way. I don't know what to call you?" asked Xu Qu, the representative from the headquarters.
Cheng Lin leaned on the throne in a comfortable position, pretending not to understand and waiting for the translation.
After that, he smiled softly, pointed to the clothes on his body, and said casually: "Just call me Black Robe."
Black robe?
Is it so casual?
Xu Kuan was stunned for a moment. He was already ready to memorize the name of the next elf.
If he knew Cheng Lin, he would not be so surprised. After all, as a novice in naming names, Cheng Lin's naming style has always been simple and crude.
Black flag, black whistle... now there is another black robe...
"The name is just a code name. I don't care about these things. Let's get down to business. We already have a preliminary understanding of your country, or the earth, through the information sent back by General Harold."
"I believe you have a basic understanding of our world along the way. In the simple conversation before, you also expressed enough kindness. However, after all, you are the ones who have entered our land, so... you
What exactly we want to do, I think, is something we need to make clear first.”
On the bronze throne.
Cheng Lin smiled and slowly spoke out the draft he had prepared.
I have to admit, this feeling is quite amazing.
As a student in an academy under the Nine Divisions, I actually hid my identity by some strange means. On such an important occasion, I represented the elves and negotiated with senior officials of the Secret Service. If I told this, no one would believe it.
.
It's really incredible.
Even Cheng Lin himself sometimes falls into a trance and laments the magic of fate.
"First of all, I apologize for entering your world without permission, but this is also an opportunity to get to know each other.
We firmly believe that the cooperation and integration of two different civilizations will bring huge benefits to both of us.
This is also our desire, which is to establish friendly and peaceful relations.
And carry out cooperation and exchanges at a certain level.”
Xu Gu said.
"This is also what we hope for. The elves are a peace-loving race, and I hope you are the same." Cheng Lin said with a smile.
"Of course! I believe we can completely put aside our prejudices and form a long-term and stable cooperative relationship." Xu Kuan's eyes lit up, and the progress was smoother than expected.
However, after hearing his words, Cheng Lin, who was leaning against the throne, suddenly chuckled.
In the dark hood, an intriguing look was cast, "Long-term cooperation? Is Representative Xu trying to test me with these words? Or is it just an unintentional remark?"
"..."
The smile that just appeared on Xu Yan's face froze slightly. Behind the two lenses on the bridge of his nose, his eyes moved slightly and he said, "Sir, black robe..., what do you mean by this?"
Cheng Lin looked at him quietly for a few seconds.
It wasn't until Xu Ku looked away unnaturally that he slowly said, "Representative Xu, I think such a test is unnecessary. After all, as I said before, our time is very tight."
After a pause, Cheng Lin sighed and said, "If I had enough time, I wouldn't mind talking slowly, but the situation doesn't allow it after all.
So... well, I'll be more open and honest.
Let me think about it, you may not be sure yet how much information we have. I mean, about the projection, or the blending of the two worlds, you probably guess that we know very little about it.
Well... from a certain perspective, yes.
There is information about the projection, but the soldiers and civilians below do not know it.
Even General Harold didn't know much about it.
This may have caused you some misunderstandings, so you are trying to use the 'inequality of information' to gain an advantage in negotiations."
When Xu Gu heard this, he hurriedly opened his mouth, trying to explain something.
But Cheng Lin raised his hand and interrupted.
Just listen to him continue: "No need to defend, this is a normal negotiation method, I understand it completely.
However, considering we have wasted too much time.
So, you might as well avoid these boring temptations.
Well, let's put it this way, regarding projection, we have no less information than you, or even more.
To avoid you thinking I'm scamming you.
Let me tell you some of the most basic and superficial information first."
After a pause, Cheng Lin pulled his black robe, raised his gloved right hand, and raised one finger.
"First, the existence of projection is time-limited, or in other words, the intersection of the two worlds is time-limited, ranging from a few hours to a few days."
"Second, our world is floating on your land."
"Third, the reason for all this is related to a certain strong man. Well, please look up and look at the carvings above your heads. You may have some memories of this image... In our world, he once saved me.
The god of the tribe, as for your earth... he seems to have another identity called..."
On the Iron Throne, Cheng Lin raised three fingers. Through the mask and hood, he stared at Xu Gu and the others who had just looked away from the sculpture on the top of the hall. He deliberately pretended to be speechless and spat out two substandard words.
Chinese syllables:
"Cheng Lin!"
…
…
silence.
After saying this, the huge hall fell into dead silence.
Even though Xu Gu and others tried their best to hide it, they still couldn't hide the shock in their hearts.
As for Sun Xiao and others, they were even more moved.
The information Cheng Lin mentioned is not a secret, or in other words, it is knowledge known to everyone on earth.
However, now that he said it as an "elf", the meaning was completely different.
This means that the "different world" in the projection is not ignorant of the situation it is in.
This is an extremely important discovery.
The scholar representative was breathing rapidly and looked at Cheng Lin with wide eyes. If he didn't still have some sense, he might have pounced on him and continued to ask for more information.
As for Xu Qui... he looked at each other and the diplomat beside him, and the two of them pursed their lips in tacit understanding.
The same emotion showed in his eyes: Now... the pace of negotiations seems to be breaking down...
Xu Ku originally planned to use this information as a bargaining chip to take the initiative in the negotiation. Who would have expected that Cheng Lin would easily reverse the situation and gain the upper hand in just a few words.
There was a long silence.
finally.
Xu Ku coughed and looked at the mysterious "black robe" on the throne again with complex eyes. Then he said in a very serious tone: "I apologize for the previous offense. I don't know, you know about Senior Cheng and the cause of the projection...
What?"
Hearing this, Cheng Lin smiled softly, changed his sitting posture, and said leisurely: "Of course we know a lot..."
Say this with your mouth.
In his heart, Cheng Lin laughed at himself: What is the cause of projection? I only know that it is related to deduction, and the rest... we don't know either...