Chapter 625: Empire and Federation
Translator: _Min_ Editor: Rundi
Ji Yucheng was not a s.e.x slave; he was a parliament member of the Federation.
The reason why he was in prison, based on what he said, was due to an accident.
Jiang Chen had been wondering about the Federation.
In the modern world, his hometown was beside Hucheng. Because he visited it quite often, he thought it was just a small place. And in this small place, there existed two forces.
Federation? Empire?
Just from the names, it sounded much more authoritative than the NAC.
Could it be that Hucheng in this world is bigger? But from the map, he didn’t seem much of a difference compared to the modern world.
“We are different from the evil Empire, they are just bunch of raiders, thugs, or even mutated humans gathered together. We are superior to them in terms of technology and structure.” The parliament member immediately became pa.s.sionate when Empire was brought up.
Right now, he already changed into his previous suit and sat across from Jiang Chen in the building of the military outpost.
Before the conversation started, Jiang Chen expressed that he was the captain of AS Order, representing NAC to discuss cooperation and trade. The parliament member immediately expressed his welcoming att.i.tude when he heard Jiang Chen came with peace. He strongly recommended for Jiang Chen to work with the Federation and stay away from the evil Empire.
“Is that so? Then I’ll take what you have said for now.” Jiang Chen nonchalantly wrote a few things on the notebook, spun the pen in his hand, and used the tip to tap on the table, “I have one point I don’t understand. In w.a.n.ghai, the mutated humans are the enemy of all survivors, we view them as equal to the cannibals. Why does Empire… accept them?”
Jiang Chen first wanted to use the word tolerant, but he changed his mind.
Ji Yucheng took a swig of the tea and savored the taste. He never drank such delicious tasting tea before. The fresh aroma was not something mutated tea could produce.
When he heard Jiang Chen’s question, disdain appeared but quickly faded from his eyes.
“Accept? Ha! Those b.a.s.t.a.r.ds forgot the basics of human dignity. But they are not to be blamed. Raiders are raiders after all. Perhaps they sense something familiar from the mutated humans?”
“We need objective information,” Jiang Chen said in frustration.
Ji Yucheng became more collected when he heard the annoyance in his voice.
“To put it simply, they establish rules on their own territory. For example, since mutated humans are naturally violent, they permit the mutated humans to use ‘limited violence’ on inferior people, and refer to that as the intimacy of the family.” Ji Yucheng scorned.
“That’s a weird rule. If it were w.a.n.ghai survivors, they would have flipped the table and pulled out their weapons already,” w.a.n.g Zhaowu standing on the side interrupted.
“The situation at Hucheng is different from your side. You are the primary battlefield before the war, where the concentration of mutants and the number of firearms left behind is much higher compared to our side. You probably noticed that the people of the water treatment plant clan all used homemade rifles,” Ji Yucheng explained.
“How big is there territory?”
“From the west bank of the lake all the way to Gan River. Half of the city is under their control.”
“Population?”
“150,000.”
“They control more than half of the Hucheng survivors. Looks like you are weaker compared to them?” Jiang Chen smiled.
Ji Yucheng quickly added.
“That is not necessarily the case. They occupy the most fertile land, befriended the mutated human tribe, and put the shackles around normal survivors. While we are at an advantage in terms of equipment, they have a lot more people. And especially…” The parliament member hesitated but then continued.
“They are discussing allowing cannibals to eat humans so they can join forces.”
Perhaps he thought his response was not objective enough, so he glanced at Jiang Chen before carefully added, “Of course, only cannibal’s slaves are permitted to be eaten.”
Jiang Chen and w.a.n.g Zhaowu were stunned.
“Are you not going to ask about the Federation?” Ji Yucheng asked in a whisper.
“No.” Jiang Chen negated him. “We’ll personally go and take a look.”
“I’m willing to be your guide,” Ji Yucheng said fawningly.
“We’ll talk about this later.” Jiang Chen waved him off in annoyance.
Just then, Sun Xiaorou in her kinetic skeleton came inside the room.
“There are survivors outside of the outpost. They say they are amba.s.sadors from the Federation.”
“Is it Xu Chengwei?” Ji Yucheng’s eyes lit up.
Sun Xiaorou looked at Jiang Chen and received confirmation from his eyes. She then nodded. “I think that’s the name.”
“He is the advisor for our president; I can introduce you to him.” Ji Yucheng looked at Jiang Chen with his white teeth showing. “He should be here to negotiate with the water treatment plant clan. But now that I’m saved by you, the ransom should belong to you.”
“We don’t think you can pay a lot of ransom. As the payment for saving you, I’m only going to ask you two things,” Jiang Chen took out the notebook from his pocket, “Quantum computer research inst.i.tute. Doctor Sun.”
Unfortunately, Ji Yucheng couldn’t give Jiang Chen a satisfactory answer.
Doctor Sun was at the capital of the Federation, other than that he knew nothing. As to the quantum computer research inst.i.tute, he never even heard about it before.
But Advisor Xu made up Jiang Chen’s regret and gave satisfactory answers to both questions.
“The quantum computer research inst.i.tute is located inside Empire and is controlled by Qingyun High Technology Park with security robots around the perimeter. Other than some quantum computer production technology and equipment before the war, there is nothing worth salvaging.”
To most of the survivors, the sophisticated quantum computer offered no value.
“Doctor Sun is currently living in Qingshan Arena, the capital declared by the Federation. Based on rumors, Doctor Sun is not a human, but instead a digitalized human. He has lived inside the arena for eighteen years without any change to his appearance. The lone travelers and merchant fleets hold high praises about him, whether it is his medicine or his character.”
“Very intriguing information.” Jiang Chen nodded, pleased, “thank you for your cooperation, Advisor Xu.”
“My pleasure.” The tall and slim man shook his head. He then scanned the door before lowering his voice. “But in return, we hope you can do us a small favor.”
“Go ahead. As long as I can help you.”
“The head of Ji Yucheng.”
“No problem… wait, what did you say?”
“He is currently in your hands so it should be pretty easy for you right?”
The gla.s.ses on his nose reflected a menacing light. The triangular eyes resembled a snake’s.
Xu Chengwei put a stuffed bag on the table.
“There are 310 points of crystals inside, Mr. President wants to buy his life.”