DreamersGN Chapter 204 Four-Nation Conference
Chapter 204 Four-Nation Conference
The thought of going to see the universe only stayed in Song Chen's mind for two seconds before he dismissed it.
Sirius is still alive, Ice Demon is still gathering in Greenland, and humanity is still hiding behind the high walls of the base city. They're thinking too far ahead.
Song Chen turned around, and behind him was the main operating area of the command center, where dozens of staff officers were busy around the holographic sand table.
The command center of the Star River was smaller than the main hall of the Northern Expedition Command, but the equipment density was higher.
Three rows of control consoles are arranged in an arc, with an advisor sitting in front of each terminal, their fingers flying across the virtual keyboard.
The main screen occupied the entire bulkhead and was divided into more than a dozen windows. Some displayed real-time satellite images, some scrolled the intelligence data streams transmitted back from Earth, and some marked high-precision topographic maps of the Arctic Circle.
Next to the sand table, a middle-aged staff officer was projecting a batch of intelligence that had just been received onto it.
His name is He Zhengping, the director of the intelligence department in Beijing. He has been working in intelligence analysis in the northern border for fifteen years and is very experienced. He is the chief of staff for this operation.
He Zhengping tapped his finger on the sand table, and a dark red mark lit up inside the Arctic Circle.
"The location of the main force of the Sirius Clan has been confirmed."
"85 degrees north latitude, 120 degrees east longitude, about 500 kilometers from the North Pole."
He tapped the sand table again, and a dark blue marker lit up in the interior of Greenland.
"The location of the main force of the Ice Demon has been confirmed: 79 degrees north latitude, 40 degrees west longitude, in the central ice sheet of Greenland."
A female staff officer sitting in the second row reported data without looking up: "The main forces of the two armies are about 1,800 kilometers apart. The vanguard is still fighting on the ice shelf at 78 degrees north latitude. The cumulative casualties in three days have exceeded 100,000, and the main force has not moved."
"The location of the Ocean Royal Family," He Zhengping continued, tracing two lines on the sand table with his finger, and four pale blue dots lit up in the Arctic Ocean.
"The whale and sea dragon clans are all concentrated in the waters outside the ice shelf where the battle is taking place; they are not involved and are simply patrolling."
Song Chen walked to the sand table and looked at the four light blue dots.
They are separated from the red markers on the front lines by a patch of floating ice, just enough to see the battlefield clearly but not enough to intervene directly.
"What are these two races waiting for?" he asked.
"Perhaps they're waiting for us." Zhou Wangyue's voice came from behind him. He picked up his teacup, walked to the sand table, and glanced at the four points of light.
"Or rather, they are waiting for us to make a move. They are unsure whether humans will intervene, so they dare not act first."
"It's also possible they're waiting for the right moment to reconcile; both sides are quite agitated right now," He Zhengping added.
Song Chen looked at those dots: "That depends on whether they have enough leverage to mediate."
He Zhengping glanced at him and pushed up his glasses.
"Speaking of which, there's some intelligence. Yesterday, a high-altitude drone captured unusual footage near the whale tribe's temporary camp."
"They carried a large number of sealed containers made of non-metallic materials. Infrared signatures showed that the contents had faint psionic fluctuations, but they did not resemble weapons."
"A gift to reconcile us?" Zhou Wangyue put down his teacup.
"It's not confirmed yet. Ground control has been notified that the Daxia Special Operations Team is approaching the target area in an attempt to obtain physical samples."
"How long will it take?"
"If it's quick, it'll take a day."
One day later.
He Zhengping stood in front of the sand table, his expression three times more somber than yesterday.
The terminal in his hand was lit up with a newly sent ground report, its blood-red encryption icon still flashing.
"The Great Xia Special Operations Team reports that a lost item belonging to the Ocean Royal Family has been successfully intercepted at 80.5 degrees North latitude and 135 degrees East longitude."
"During the evacuation, we were intercepted by a Tier 5 Ice Spine Dragon Lizard. After suffering over a hundred casualties, we finally killed the target."
"Confirmed, the item is deep-sea essence."
There was a moment of silence in the command center.
Deep Sea Essence, produced in the deepest trench of the Pacific Ocean, is a top-tier spiritual item used by marine beasts to nurture their young. One essence can stabilize the talent of the young.
In the hierarchical system of the alien beast society, this thing is quite valuable.
Song Chen asked, "Is there anything else?"
"Not only the Deep Sea Spiritual Marrow, but infrared scanning shows that the two royal families carried more than two hundred sealed containers in total, and their spiritual energy fluctuation characteristics are similar to those of the Deep Sea Spiritual Marrow."
"If they are all the same type of items, then it means they brought a whole batch of diplomatic gifts."
"Two hundred spiritual items of the deep-sea spirit essence level, in the world of alien beasts, would be a dowry that could stop wars and arrange marriages between royal families."
"It seems the whale and the sea dragon aren't here to take advantage of the chaos this time."
He Zhengping swiped his finger across the terminal a few times, synchronizing the latest batch of intelligence to the four-nation joint channel.
"The intelligence has been uploaded. Based on all the information, it has been determined that the purpose of the two major royal families of the ocean is to mediate the war between the Sirius Clan and the Ice Demon Clan."
"It is recommended that the joint command of the four countries convene an emergency meeting immediately."
Less than three minutes after the message was sent, the communication light on the main screen of the command center came on.
The four countries held a joint video conference, with the flagship command centers of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union simultaneously online.
He Zhengping synchronized the data on the sand table to the meeting screen. Four windows were arranged side by side, and a sixth-level grandmaster sat in each window.
Song Chen stood behind Zhou Wangyue and glanced at the four windows on the screen.
The representative from the Xiong Kingdom was a bald, burly man with a gray beard, while the representative from the European Union was a silver-haired woman, around fifty years old, with sharp eyes.
A thin man in a dark blue military uniform sat in the window of the Eagle Kingdom, with a slight, ambiguous smile on his lips.
Qi Shanhe is at the very front of the window on the Daxia side.
Martial artists have strong mental strength, so learning a new language is not difficult for them, and everyone present could understand their conversation.
"We've reviewed the intelligence," the representative from the United Kingdom said first, his voice slightly nasal.
"The giant whale and the sea dragon brought two hundred gifts of deep-sea essence to mediate peace; they really went all out."
"When did the alien beasts become so united? If there were no humans on Earth, I bet Sirius and Ice Demon would have been wiped out by now."
"Without humans, the Ocean Royal Family won't come to mediate." Qi Shanhe's voice came from the window of the Great Xia.
"What they fear is not civil war, but humans taking advantage of their internal conflicts to launch a counterattack. What unites them is not friendship, but fear."
"Whom are you afraid of?" asked the bald, burly man from the Bear Kingdom.
The representative from the United States leaned back in his chair and tapped his fingers twice on the table.
"Speaking of which, this morning, my intelligence officer submitted a report."
"We have an S-class psychic ability user who captured a lone fifth-tier sea beast on the outskirts of the Arctic Ocean and searched its memories."
"The Sea Dragon Clan attached far more importance to this peace-making than to normal mediation; they not only brought gifts, but also the Sea Dragon King's decree."
"The original words of the imperial edict were: to facilitate peace talks at all costs."
"Most importantly, the decree mentioned a certain person."
"Who?" Zhou Wangyue asked.
"Song Chen." The representative from the United Kingdom looked across the screen and landed on the young man in the gray cloak behind Zhou Wangyue.
"The sea race judges that if Song Chen grows to the sixth level, even the three royal families combined will not be able to suppress him."
"Therefore, we must stabilize the situation at the fifth level, and not allow humans to take advantage of the internal strife among the alien beasts to grow stronger, nor can we allow Song Chen to continue to break through to the next level on the Arctic battlefield."