"I'd like to see what you have to offer to convince me," the Frostwolf chieftain said with a light laugh, arms crossed.

"You don't need me to persuade you; someone else will," Zhao Chen said casually.

Just then, Chief Frostwolf received a communication request.

He glanced at it briefly, his expression changed slightly, and then left the meeting without any further explanation.

This surprised everyone around them.

"Siren tribe, because of your special nature, there are actually not many people competing with you."

However, this also limits you.

As far as I know, the Warhammer Starfleet Union only allows you to occupy a small number of purely oceanic planets, and you should know that the number of purely oceanic planets in a star system is very small.

This has directly resulted in 70% of the planets currently owned by your Siren tribe facing overpopulation.

It greatly threatens your living environment.

Prior to this, you had also applied to the Warhammer Starfleet Union leadership for more habitable planets, but you did not receive a definite answer.

After all, a habitable planet is a resource, and who would willingly give it up for no reason?

Zhao Chen seemed to be talking to himself as he spoke, then smiled and looked at the other person: "I have a friend who would be very happy to share some things with you."

Just as the siren tribe chief was wondering, she also received a message.

That came from one of her friends.

Unlike the Frostwolf tribe chief who left directly, the Siren tribe chief took his leave first before departing.

Now, only three people remained on the scene.

"I'd like to see how you convince me," the chieftain of the Bear Tribe said arrogantly, arms crossed.

"Want a starship? Want an interstellar warship even more powerful than the Dragonkin tribe?" Zhao Chen blurted out.

...

The meeting has concluded.

How's it going?

Zhao Chen opened his eyes, and Lilith, who had been waiting beside him, asked him with concern.

"With the information you've prepared for me, this is a piece of cake," Zhao Chen said confidently.

As the saying goes, "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win every battle." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Prior to this meeting, Zhao Chen had thoroughly researched these five neutral tribes.

Zhao Chen was very confident that he could take on most of them!

Lilith had anticipated this.

She brought up another matter: "Just now, while you were in the meeting, the Dragonkin tribe's representative, Leona, sent a video call request."

"Looks like our extra income is coming soon." This time, Zhao Chen didn't waste any time.

They connected directly with Leona.

The video window expands.

Leona on the other side maintained her previous 'good' attitude.

"Only ten hours have passed."

"It seems you've achieved a very good result on your end," Zhao Chen said with a smile.

Leona suppressed her anger; five hundred billion star coins was no small sum.

However, due to the unusual nature of this matter, Leona eventually turned to the family behind her mother.

After a series of threats and inducements, the mother's family agreed to pay 50% of it, which is 200 billion Star Coins.

This represents several years' worth of savings for that family!

It's likely that Mr. Robert's position as heir will be in jeopardy after he returns home.

Leona put aside her thoughts, looked at the man opposite her seriously, and said, "We agree to your ransom demand. This is our list."

The ransom payment process will proceed as you described, but we have one condition.

"What are the conditions?" Zhao Chen asked.

“I demand in-person delivery; you and I must meet in person.” Leona pointed at Zhao Chen and then at herself, a provocative look on her face.

Zhao Chen smiled slightly: "I'll decide on the location."

“No problem.” Leona stood tall and confidently agreed.

At this moment, Zhao Chen also received the ransom list sent by Leona.

However, after Zhao Chen opened it, he discovered that the ransom was only about 400 billion star coins, not the full 500 billion star coins.

Upon closer inspection, Zhao Chen discovered that the list of people to be redeemed only included the Dragonman fleet, not the 20,000 tribal interstellar warships.

Zhao Chen remained expressionless and smiled as he looked at Leona: "Shall we proceed according to this list?"

I recall that your Dragonkin Tenth Fleet also included 20,000 interstellar warships from other tribes.

"That's their starship, their business."

"You made all the arrangements beforehand, you don't expect me to pay their ransom as well, do you?" Leona looked at Zhao Chen warily.

Zhao Chen smiled slightly: "I always keep my word. Since I set the rules, then we'll follow them."

Then we will pay the ransom and the location for the release of the hostages.

"Let's set it at the stargate in the first star system of the Black Tiger Starfield. After you take over the Tenth Dragon Fleet, I can use the stargate to send you directly back."

After the Dragonman's 10th Fleet Group arrived to provide support, the stargate of the first star system in the Black Tiger Starfield was quickly taken over by Zhao Chen's Wraith Dragon Legion.

Although it was somewhat damaged, it's not a big problem.

With a few minor repairs, it's now usable again.

However, the stargates for travel are restricted; without permission from this side, the stargates from the Dragonkin tribe cannot be connected.

"Okay." Leona agreed immediately, staring intently at Zhao Chen: "We'll meet there!"

The video call has ended.

"Commander, isn't it too dangerous to hastily agree to her request for an in-person meeting?" Lilith asked worriedly.

"Danger? This is our territory, and I'll be the one to decide the location."

"If this dragon princess doesn't feel in danger, why should I be in danger?" Zhao Chen shrugged.

Lilith stubbornly said, "I still feel uneasy. Why would she ask to meet with you at the same time as paying the ransom? That doesn't make sense."

Zhao Chen smiled slightly: "If you look at this matter from the perspective of the big picture and strategy, then..."

This is indeed a very unreasonable thing.

However, if you look at it from a different perspective, you'll find that it makes perfect sense.

Lilith was taken aback; she didn't understand what the commander meant.

Zhao Chen didn't say anything more.

Because she saw the silhouette of a large white cat on the dragon princess.

His temperament and eyes were so similar to when we first met.

I haven't seen my big white cat in a long time, and I wonder what it's doing now.

He hasn't come to his flagship to report on his work for the past few days.

Zhao Chen rubbed his chin, and he began to miss his big white cat.

It's all because of this mess that's happening with Warhammer.

After dealing with this Warhammer situation, I need to take my big white cat on a proper vacation.