Negotiation

When the cafeteria chef received the call to cook for a distinguished guest, he was so excited he could barely hold his spoon. He'd heard from a friend working security in the preparatory dormitory that this distinguished guest was most likely a doctor who could cure "milk poisoning"! The chef's daughter was a sufferer of the disease, and every day when he came home and saw his daughter's dazed expression, he couldn't help but wipe away his tears. Now, hearing that his daughter might be cured, how could he not be thrilled?

He used all his skills to prepare five dishes that were both delicious and beautiful, and also served them with fruits and desserts. He then carefully handed them to the waiter, saying, "Slow down, don't spill it. Walk fast on the road, don't let the food get cold."

The delivery man was at a loss for words, "You want me to go slow and go fast at the same time, I can't do that!"

The chef scratched his head, smiled foolishly and watched the delivery man leave, with a faint sense of anticipation for the future rising in his heart.

The news that all the patients with milk poisoning in the reserve dormitory were cured spread like wildfire, and everyone in the base was in an uproar. The senior officials were all intentionally or unintentionally asking about the background of this mysterious doctor, and tried to go to the room where Yu Sheng was resting to find out the truth, but they were stopped by Spear.

Spear's dark green pupils shrank, revealing two sharp canine teeth. "Everyone, just wait for my instructions. If anyone tries to act tricky, don't blame me for being rude!"

Yu Sheng sat next to Frey, devouring the feast. As he ate, he sighed, "It's been ages since I've had such delicious food. The chefs at this base are quite good, though not quite as good as Caesar's."

"Eat slowly." Compared to Yu Sheng's swift eating, Frey could almost be called elegant, and he would occasionally free up his hands to serve Yu Sheng food.

Not long after the two of them finished their meal, there was a knock on the door. Mu Qi walked in. Although his expression remained monotonous, his eyes were shining.

"Excuse me, have you two rested well?" Mu Qi asked respectfully, "The leader has found a volunteer, please go over and treat him."

This female leader is really impatient, Yu Sheng thought. But it was understandable. After all, the base was short on manpower and resources, largely because the milk poison patients were producing nothing, yet they were expending manpower and resources to support them. Over time, the base would inevitably run out of money. If Yu Sheng could truly cure the milk poison, it wouldn't just be a cure; it would be crucial to the future and development of the base.

"Let's go." Yu Sheng nodded. Since he wanted to cooperate with Spear, he had to show his sincerity.

Medical research institute and milk toxin treatment center.

Almost all the core medical staff responsible for the research on milk toxin removal gathered in this room. In addition to the doctors in white, there were also some middle-aged and young people in black uniforms. They were high-ranking members of the Anti-Interstellar Alliance and had come here early, waiting for the mysterious doctor.

When everyone saw the true face of the mysterious doctor, they couldn't help but show surprise. The base's top medical team has been studying the milk poison removal method for several years, but it could be cracked by such a young person?

Facing everyone's questioning gazes, Yu Sheng walked straight towards the little girl sitting on the bed, unresponsive to the outside world, and asked, "Is this my patient?"

Although he used a questioning tone, Yu Sheng had already confirmed it in his heart. The little girl's eyes were dull, and even when Yu Sheng half-knelt down to look at her, she just stared blankly ahead, as if Yu Sheng was just a stone.

A typical patient with milk poisoning.

"Can you, can you really cure Tiantian?" Next to the girl sat a middle-aged woman with gray hair and a haggard appearance. She held the girl's small and skinny hand tightly, and looked at Yu Sheng with eyes full of surprise and distrust.

"I'll do my best." Yu Sheng softened his voice, trying to comfort the mother as much as possible. "Even if I can't cure her, I won't cause any harm to Tiantian. Besides, my cure rate is quite high."

Perhaps because of Yu Sheng's sincere attitude, the woman finally slowly let go of the little girl's hand, and then touched the little girl's head with her rough palm. However, the little girl was indifferent to her mother's caress and didn't even move her eyes.

The woman looked gloomy and stood up to leave.

Being watched by so many people, Yu Sheng was not affected. He stretched out a hand and gently placed it on the little girl's forehead. Extremely fine and dense threads of mental power overflowed from his palm and penetrated into the little girl's brain.

"It's mental power!" Spear, who was watching from the side, suddenly clenched his fists, fanaticism bursting out of his eyes, and locked his eyes firmly on Yu Sheng's figure.

It's not that the orcs don't know how to use mental power. Just like before in Xiaoxi Village, the grandmother used mental power to stimulate the energy of the nuclear ore to convert into heat energy, and Mia used mental power to detect the nuclear ore. These are all practical applications of mental power, but their biggest problem is that they have no systematic learning and professional training. Even the word "mental power" was learned when the base was first built, and they tried every means to steal information from the central city in order to absorb the knowledge and technology of the interstellar people.

The inability to use psychic power meant that the Orks were unable to pilot mechas, a major reason why the Anti-Interstellar Alliance had been unable to challenge the Interstellar people of Central City, maintaining their current disadvantage. In fact, if it weren't for the Orks' explosive power and naturally powerful five senses, their bravery and combat prowess, and the fact that the people of Central City considered them a group of technologically inferior and incompetent beasts and were too lazy to pursue them, the base would have been destroyed by the Interstellar people long ago.

Therefore, seeing Yu Sheng controlling his mental power so skillfully and steadily, all the senior executives started discussing in a low voice, and for a moment, the temperature in the room seemed to rise.

"Okay." At this moment, Yu Sheng's treatment was over. He successfully removed the little girl's contaminated source of mental power. The little girl closed her eyes and fell asleep.

"Tiantian?!" The woman was horrified, her face pale. She rushed over and hugged the little girl. Yu Sheng quickly stopped her and said, "Don't worry, it's already successful. Now Tiantian needs to sleep to restore her spiritual power, so you just need to watch over her and wait for her to wake up, and she will recover."

Tears welled up in the woman's eyes, and she looked dazed. The terminal illness that had troubled her daughter for years was now cured. She felt incredible and kept bowing to Yu Sheng to express her gratitude, "Thank you, doctor, thank you so much..."

Yu Sheng burst out laughing and took the opportunity to explain to everyone, "You all misunderstood. I'm not a doctor. While I have some anatomical knowledge, it's far from enough to qualify for such a prestigious profession. I'm just a combat specialist." Seeing everyone's incredulous expressions, he added, "I can cure the milk poison because its mechanism is to contaminate the source of spiritual power, and only spiritual power can touch the source of spiritual power. So my success is just a lucky gamble. Further research still relies on real medical researchers."

Everyone's eyes flashed with admiration. The head of the Milk Toxin Removal Research Group stepped forward, shook hands with Yu Sheng, and said solemnly, "Then I'll be relying on your help for future research!"

Spear stepped forward and said with a smile, "Mr. Yu Sheng, I have something else I want to discuss with you. Why don't we go to the rest house downstairs? They offer high-quality leaf-boiled water, which you can slowly savor."

Of course, Yu Sheng already knew that Spier would look for him, so he nodded and went with Spier to the private room in the rest house on the first floor.

The pretty fox waitress brought the boiled leaf water. Her brewing technique was not very orthodox. The boiled leaf also looked like a specialty of Snow Star. It was not the popular variety in the interstellar space that Yu Sheng had tasted before, but it tasted exceptionally sweet. Yu Sheng took the first sip and couldn't help but take a second sip.

"I don't want to beat around the bush with Mr. Yu Sheng." Spear narrowed his wolf eyes, "You and your companions are not from Snow Star, right?" Not to mention that Yu Sheng has no animal ears and tail, even if he is the descendant of a half-orc and an interstellar person, it is unlikely that he has such insights and abilities.

Yu Sheng paused holding the cup and readily admitted, "Yes, we are not from Snow Star." Since they were already suspected, there was no point in forcing themselves to hide it, and it would not benefit their future cooperation.

"Well, may I ask," Spear smiled, his two sharp canine teeth faintly visible in his mouth, "that we rescued you and your companions was an accident, right?"

Is this suspected?

That’s right, Yu Sheng thought, if it were him, he would also express doubts. Two interstellar people sneaked into the base of the Orc Anti-Interstellar Alliance and caused such a big commotion. It would be strange if they were not suspected, right?

"Whether it was an accident or not is irrelevant. Even if I said it was, Chief Spear probably wouldn't believe me." Yu Sheng looked Spear in the eye frankly. "However, if I were in league with the people in Central City, then there would be no need for me to help you cure the milk-purifying poison. With the current strength of your base, the people in Central City could just apply to the United Interstellar for a few mecha regiments and we'd be able to defeat you without a fight."

Spear's aura suddenly turned cold, his canine teeth bared out, and the scabby scars on his face trembled with the movement of his muscles, looking particularly terrifying.

However, Yu Sheng showed no fear, not even a wince in his gaze. "Chief, the truth may hurt, but only by facing reality can we make progress. I'm here to cooperate, not to fight."

Spear's green eyes locked onto Yu Sheng for a long moment before finally relaxing. Her two canines were covered by her upper lip. She took a sip of the boiled leaf water. "I was reckless, Mr. Yu Sheng. Your arrival at our base was an accident, but it was also a beautiful accident. I guess..." She paused. "You originally wanted to take an interstellar merchant's car to Central City? Can you tell me what you need in Central City?"

"Yes, I do need to go to the central city." Yu Sheng did not hide this, "We need a virtual warehouse to access the Internet."

Spear's eyes lit up. "If that's the case, it would be much easier. Our base has a virtual warehouse with internet access, which you can use at will. However..." She rolled her eyes and got back to the point. "Since Mr. Yu Sheng is willing to help the base, he must have seen its future. Is Mr. Yu Sheng interested in staying at the base and working together to build the future of Snow Star?"

The words had been broken down and spread out on the table. Yu Sheng admired the female leader's honesty and straightforwardness.

"I have this plan." Yu Sheng smiled and did something that Spear didn't expect. He slowly put his hand in front of his ear, lifted the edge of the mask bit by bit, and tore it off.

The high-end realistic masks used in the past had to be washed with special solvents, but the current masks were made by Yu Sheng and Frey using local materials from Snow Star after they arrived, so they can be easily torn off.

Spear was really stunned this time. She looked at Yu Sheng's black hair and the face she had seen on the news in surprise, and was speechless for a long time.

"You, you are from Blue Star?!"

Now, even the last bit of doubt in Spear's mind was washed away, and he completely believed Yu Sheng.

As intelligent beings similarly enslaved, imprisoned, and deprived of their human rights by interstellar beings, the two of them instantly drew closer. Yu Sheng briefly explained his fate and discussed his future plans.

As Spier listened, he frowned and said, "If you want to contact Wen Xing, I'm afraid it will be a bit troublesome."

Yu Sheng was puzzled, "What's wrong? Doesn't the base have a virtual warehouse?"

Spear said helplessly, "The base's virtual warehouse can only access Snow Star's local area network, with no way to contact the outside world. These cunning interstellar people know how to keep an intelligent nation enslaved for generations." Her eyes blazed with resentment. "As long as they prevent us from contacting the outside world, we'll be confined to Snow Star, never catching up with the interstellar people's technology, and we'll never be able to make a comeback."

Yu Sheng was not surprised by the result, though it was unexpected. He narrowed his eyes and tapped the cup unconsciously with his fingers. "If that's the case, then I'll trouble you, Chief, to arrange for us to enter the central city. With the external support from Wenxing, I believe the base's process of capturing the central city will be shortened."

Spear's eyes lit up. "Okay! I'll make arrangements right away! We'll try to set off in five days. But during these five days, I'll still have to trouble Mr. Yu Sheng..."

Yu Sheng replied, "Don't worry. I will do my best to treat all the patients suffering from milk poisoning in the base in the next five days."

"Thank you." Spear said seriously, "You are the benefactor of our base."

"Don't talk about it so early." Yu Sheng smiled. "Whether we can capture the central city and help Xuexing gain independence depends on the people of Xuexing themselves."

"Of course." Spear stood up, his tall and strong body extremely straight. "We Snow Star people will definitely stand up!"

When Yu Sheng finished his discussion and returned to his room, Frey was holding a hot and sumptuous dinner and said to Yu Sheng, "Have you reached an agreement with the people at the base?"

Yu Sheng nodded, smelling the aroma of the food, and his stomach began to warn him, "I'm so hungry."

"Wash your hands and come eat." Frey placed the food on the table.

Yu Sheng devoured his meal in a hurry, then, holding his stomach, he told Frey about their previous conversation. Frey frowned, "If that's the case, even if we get to Central City, I'm afraid it won't be that easy to access the Interstellar Network."

Yu Sheng nodded and couldn't help but sigh, "The virtual warehouses that can connect to the outside world must be in the hands of the powerful forces in the central city. Let's take it one step at a time.