Chapter 353: Chapter 352: Pacifying the Badit People

At that moment, inside a Virtual World.

Diplomat Wang Junpeng was carrying out a diplomatic mission: to sway some stubborn Alien scientists to his side before they officially reached their destination at Kunlun Mountain.

Sitting in front of him was “Human’s lackey,” Prince Bart.

Even after ten years, the Badit people had still not realized the anomaly in this world, a fact that made all the scientists at the Unreal Laboratory extremely proud.

There was nothing more satisfying than displaying technology in front of the Aliens.

More and more Badit people were loosening their stance and beginning to serve Humans.

Especially a large number of Badit Soldiers, who had been trained for a long time, were about to start military exercises with Human soldiers. Though they were captives, they harbored a grudge, and it would be rather satisfying if they could defeat Humans in the exercises.

To prevent the exposure of Virtual World Technology, when the Badit Soldiers participated in the military exercises, they would not directly enter the 12th Virtual World; instead, they would wear a VR device in their world for indirect control.

Yes, by wearing the so-called “VR devices” in the 13th world, Badit Soldiers could again interfere with characters in the 12th world, but they would not have tactile or pain sensations, making the immersion weak.

Thus, the Badit people would just assume that they were merely practicing with VR equipment, a normal practice nearly every civilization had.

To stimulate their enthusiasm for work, there were substantial rewards for winning during exercises, and penalties for losing.

Therefore, each exercise was as exciting as it was peppered with fervor, discussing various tactics openly.

But for the Human soldiers, dying in the Virtual World really hurt; they could bleed, feel fear!

This made the entire exercise extremely effective. There were various repeated scenarios: encounter battles, position warfare, warship duels, assaults, retreats, and so on, all being tweaked.

“… We can only do so much! I don’t have the power to order those renowned experts, nor can I force them to work with punishments…”

“You should know, if intellectuals sabotage, even a small mistake can cause astonishing economic losses!”

Prince Bart yelled in the interrogation room, “Mr. Wang, we’ve been old friends. We are a race with a sense of morality and shame.”

“Please try to understand us… I can only try to persuade them not to live like they’re in prison anymore. Our current situation is barely tolerable, oh, if only we had a bit more space and freedom… Well, just forget what I just said.”

During these years, the Prince had been managing his entire race, initially trying to play it smart by withholding some information to bargain with…

However, when he witnessed Humans impatiently beating his fellow race, Prince Bart immediately became honest, pathetically trying to garner sympathy.

What surprised him the most was that these Humans could actually differentiate between true and false languages!

Could this be a special ability of this civilization? That couldn’t be!

If a lie was detected, at best, they would go hungry, at worse, they would be beaten–a living hell!

Fortunately, ten years had passed, and under Prince Bart’s brave resistance, Humans eventually stopped hitting them so frequently…

The Badit people had won more living space, no longer needing to cram into prisons and suffer; it was all thanks to him!

“Okay, okay, calm down, we won’t force or deprive you in your living circle… So, onto the next topic, Superluminal Communication, is it possible to acquire it in the Huantai Civilization Trading Market?” Wang Junpeng swallowed, uncomfortable with the other’s exaggerated tone.

Although he deeply knew he was in Virtual Space… the realism was so intense, he couldn’t tell it apart.

Such a staggering, great technology indeed.

“Superluminal Communication principles, huh… Oh, right, it’s related to the principle of vacuum phase transition energy, but it’s impossible for us to have scientists aboard our spaceship specialized in this technology. It’s too difficult, really! How could our civilization possibly master it?!”

“Trading market? The cost… forgive my bluntness, human civilization couldn’t possibly afford it. I’m telling the truth. It might cost tens of thousands of AmiBa points…”

“I’m not lying, truly, for the sake of our deep friendship, you must believe me.” Out of an expression of friendship, Prince Bart twisted the tentacles on his head, wanting to exchange reproductive cells with the other party. Suddenly realizing the other party was human, he quickly retracted.

This bizarre scene had occurred many times before, causing Wang Junpeng to shudder repeatedly. Even though this was Virtual Space, being touched by the other’s tentacles on his helmet was disgustingly unbearable.

“Alright, alright, I get it. Just relax a bit.”

Wang Junpeng nodded. Now that certain parts of memories could be accessed, there was no need to press the other party too hard anymore.

He finally said, “One last thing, which is about recruitment. Prince, after careful deliberation, we do hope to engage these experts in some targeted work. The relevant list is right here…”

“If these experts are willing to serve us humans, we will offer you better welfare benefits… and even, allow you on the spaceship to reproduce and proliferate.”

“Of course, as of now, letting you leave the spaceship and return to your Mother Star is impossible. But if we can cooperate amicably, you will gradually be able to clear your name of war crimes and gain greater personal rights…”

“Our human civilization is one that values credibility, and I hope you will consider it carefully.”

Bart glanced at the list on the table, his expression slightly changing.

Being able to reproduce, that was indeed a terrific thing!

Though he couldn’t be sure, after giving birth to infants, whether these children would always be treated as slaves by humans.

“Otherwise, I’d rather not have offspring at all… Ah… let’s consider it first.”

The list did not contain many names, but these individuals were significant experts among the captives, currently still showing a paranoid resistance to serving humans.

Including, at the back, a treatise related to Super-magnetic A material…

Seeing this, his heart sank heavily again.

What’s going on? Super-magnetic A?

That meant humans had suddenly reached the threshold of a third-level civilization!

The primary value of these experts was instantly weakened substantially.

Wang Junpeng’s face showed no emotion, but internally, he was jubilant.

Didn’t expect that, did you!

Of course, knowledge is static; what’s more important is how to apply it flexibly.

The same knowledge, the same exam, some can score high while others low; if this batch of existing experts could be utilized by humans, it would naturally be the best outcome, at least speeding up the research and development.

Bart’s mind wandered in secret; he hadn’t thought too much. “Perhaps, are there still residual instruments on our spaceship? Could they have reverse-engineered it using these instruments? It must be so…”

“So these experts’ value is greatly reduced! How foolish! A waste of an opportunity for the benefit of the whole race!”

“Must have enough authority, yes, even if it’s just to gain more external information… What does it matter if I serve humans for a while? Even if I can’t escape, living a little better is still good.”

Thinking this, the prince showed a downcast expression, “Since the principle of Super-magnetic A has been decrypted, these experts have lost their greatest leverage. I will try to persuade them…”