si-mexico Chapter 442 All Ready
Chapter 442 All Ready
After leaving the Interstellar Alliance headquarters, Li Chenglong, Nina, and Nina's two bodyguards arrived at a detached villa prepared specifically for them. They would remain there until Geddes came to inform them. Jasmine, now nominally Roland's ambassador to the Interstellar Alliance, had some work to attend to and therefore did not come along.
Six hours later, Guedes came in person and gave Li Chenglong more than a dozen different documents. The most important of them was that the Interstellar Alliance had officially accepted Earth as one of its member planets and would provide Earth, especially China and Dawn City, with various forms of support. In addition, to help Earth deal with the threat of void creatures, the Interstellar Alliance would also send its own troops to be stationed there.
To express their respect and gratitude to Li Chenglong, the Interstellar Alliance almost unanimously approved his appointment as a council member of the Solar System. He would then have the authority to oversee and participate in the management of all matters within the Solar System. The last few documents concerned the plan to eliminate the Void Creatures; Li Chenglong glanced at them, finding them very detailed.
Li Chenglong chatted with Princess Nina and Geddes for a long time, and he learned quite a bit about the tree-like Geddes. Geddes is over 3000 years old, but on their planet, his age is only equivalent to a human in their forties. Although they look like a tree, they are actually a combination of plant and living organism, obtaining energy through food and photosynthesis.
It's worth mentioning that the female tree-people on their planet also bear fruit, but this fruit cannot produce offspring. Their method of reproduction is surprisingly the same as humans, involving gestation and viviparous birth. However, the tree-people's reproductive capacity is relatively low, and the number of female tree-people is significantly less than that of male tree-people.
After chatting for nearly two hours, Guedes and the other two Interstellar Alliance staff members left. Because this planet was very large and rotated relatively slowly, a day and night here was equivalent to 72 hours on Earth. Li Chenglong's watch still showed Earth time, so he didn't know what time it was on this planet. Princess Nina glanced at the wall clock and said with a smile, "Lord Li, I feel a little hungry. Let's go out for a meal. I know a place that has pretty good food."
Li Chenglong had eaten some things on Roland Star before and felt that Roland Star's taste was quite similar to his own. Since Princess Nina said it was delicious, it must be good too. So he said, "Okay, but I don't have any money. I wonder if I can pay with crystals?"
Nina smiled slightly: "I can pay with crystals, but it's a bit of a hassle. You've done so much for our galaxy, this meal should be on me. Alright, let's go." With that, Princess Nina pulled Li Chenglong out, said a few words to her two guards, and then the two left the small villa together.
The two walked for quite a while, leaving behind the tall buildings, before stopping in a place without any tall structures. Nina explained, "This is the former site of the Tarot Star Interstellar Alliance headquarters. After it automatically moved over there, this place became vacant, and people from many different planets came to live here. However, since the Tarot Star people make up the majority, this is the best place to learn about the Tarot Star's customs and culture without having to travel far."
Nina led Li Chenglong into a small restaurant and skillfully took out her "phone" and began operating it. Although called a phone, it was vastly different from phones on Earth, including crystal phones. It was only about the size of a kerosene lighter, but incredibly intelligent. It required virtually no button operation, not even voice commands, as the phone directly read your thoughts to operate. If you wanted to watch videos or have video conversations, the phone could project 3D images, making you feel as if you were actually there.
Because the Rolandians don't eat meat, Nina ordered two vegetarian dishes, while Li Chenglong ordered one vegetarian dish and one meat dish. When the main courses arrived, Li Chenglong noticed they were somewhat similar to what he ate on Roland. Nina smiled and said, "More than 30% of the agricultural products on Taro Star are imported from our Roland Star. To be frank, in the entire galaxy, no planet can compare to us in terms of agricultural and livestock development."
After enjoying the meal, the two visited several places at Nina's suggestion, and Nina even bought Li Chenglong several outfits. It wasn't until seven or eight hours later that Li Chenglong and Nina returned to the villa together.
As soon as they arrived, Jasmine came out and said seriously, "Princess Nina, we just received a message from this planet. Because the annual conference will be held in a month, and due to the frequent activities of the void creatures, we need to depart in advance. So please set off now."
Nina nodded and said to Li Chenglong, "I originally wanted to witness your battle and see how you destroyed those void creatures, but I'm afraid that's not possible now. I wish you all the best and a victorious return." Li Chenglong immediately replied, "Thank you for your company today, Princess Nina. Thank you for your blessings as well. I will do my best. Please give my regards to Queen Raemon."
Princess Nina didn't linger. After chatting with Jasmine for a while, she left with her two guards. Jasmine said that she would stay with Li Chenglong before departing, and could also share the latest intelligence she had gathered with him.
Time flies, and before they knew it, it was time to set off. Guedes, along with "Cat Girl" Lily and "Octopus Brother" Miraru, came to greet Li Chenglong and said that they would also travel with him on a warship to the space zone where they would carry out the operation.
The warship was enormous; Li Chenglong felt it was much larger than the third Chinese aircraft carrier he had boarded before the apocalypse. The warship was divided into many areas, with at least a thousand staff members working there. The Flying Dragon, which Princess Sera had given him, had already been stored in his psionic space upon landing on this planet; such an advanced spaceship naturally had to be carried with him.
He followed Guedes and the others using the special balance vehicles inside the warship, and soon arrived at the command room. Guedes introduced, "This is Sessions, a level 12 powerhouse from Tarot Star, and also the captain of this warship. And this is the key figure in this operation, the newly appointed administrator of the Milky Way Solar System, a level 13 powerhouse, Lord Li Chenglong."
Sessions, with his four eyes, nodded and extended his tentacles. Li Chenglong instinctively shook his hand, and the two became acquainted. After a while, a staff member reported that preparations were complete and they were ready to depart at any time. Sessions looked at Geddes and the others, and after receiving confirmation, he immediately took his seat in the captain's chair and loudly proclaimed in interstellar language, "Tarot 8. Depart!"
The massive warship first emitted a dazzling white beam of light from its bottom, slowly rising into the air. Then, with its tail thrusters operating at full power, it took almost only two minutes to break free of Tarot's atmosphere and fly towards its destination.