Chapter 779

Seeing that everyone was united in thought, Primos moved on to the next topic.

“To finalize the new treaty, we first need to divide the currently available area. Does anyone have an objection?”

“No, we are fine as long as the void is equally divided.”

“Fine. In that case, how about each major alliance takes 3,000 domain areas?”

There were over 30,000 charted domain areas in the Empyrean Will Primogenal Land; with ten major alliances, the number was just right. As for what would happen after the next generation of cosmic elites came, each would be on their own.

“What about the Forbidden Domains? Would they also be divided?”

“No need. Each of us can take one and use it, whether as territory or as a site to build a dimensional-scale dark gate. It’s fine.”

There were hundreds of Forbidden Domains available in the explored territory. Unless used to build a dark gate or as a main territory, conquering one as a base wouldn’t be cost-effective.

In that case, they would probably leave them untouched until they were ready to build a dimensional-scale dark gate. By the time every forbidden domain was used, they should already have the ability to conquer another one from an unexplored domain.

Among the hundred thousand unexplored domains, thousands of Forbidden Domains suitable for building a dimensional-scale dark gate were still easy to spot.

“Does anyone still have questions?” Scanning the crowd, Primos began to answer question after question: which territory to divide, relocation fees, resource compensation, etc.

“What about the duration of the peace treaty? Is it still the same as before?”

From the signing until now, only 20 years had passed. That meant that of the 100 years of peace, 80 years remained.

“No, this new treaty doesn’t have any time limit…”

“No time limit?”

“Hmm… Either we stay united until the end, get destroyed by a foreign force, a major alliance becomes strong enough to conquer everyone, or the major alliances form a united front to crush the others…”

“This…”

The new treaty was basically a loose alliance, binding only their interests. Either it would dissolve naturally, or someone would have enough power to break free.

Yet, after thinking it over, no one objected. A loose alliance was better than a strict pact that couldn’t control anything. In this way, before a war broke out, each had to weigh their influence before taking action.

Seeing no one had more questions, Primos began to talk about the free trade agreement. To unite against the common enemy, and to not let the new generation of cosmic elites climb over them, Primos suggested an open exchange of materials, technology, knowledge, manpower, everything available among the major alliances.

“What about exclusive treasures? Are we also required to sell them?” Ferguson asked. As part of the Ancient Race, they also had unique treasures, similar to the mechanical core, that could massively boost one’s bloodline.

Such treasures had initially been exclusive to the Ancient Race, yet according to Primos, they also had to be exchanged.

“Naturally, all exclusive treasures, technology, or bloodlines are for sale. However, to make things fair, we will use a different system of barter, exchanging an exclusive item for another of similar value.”

“A different system of barter?”

Primos then explained the new system. For every exclusive item exchanged with another team, one could gain points to exchange with another. For instance, if the Eternal Star Alliance sold the Eternal Military Outpost to the Mechanical Race, they could get points to exchange with all the major alliances, which they could also use with one another.

Furthermore, to ensure everyone would fork out their exclusive treasures, they first needed to take out items vetted by everyone. Meaning, if the treasure they took out was useless and no one wanted it, they couldn’t exchange it for anything.

After explaining the rules, everyone nodded in agreement. Such a system might still be unfair in some ways, but it was already the best way to let those exclusive items circulate.

Soon, Primos and the others began to polish the free trade agreements, discussing the relevant clauses, from fair market prices, anti-monopoly measures, alliance treaty discounts, and currency exchange regulation, to equal trade opportunity, etc.

Drafting the agreement, they had each leader present sign it and act as a witness before the Void Administrator. Although it didn’t have much binding power, those who broke it would still face major backlash.

“Now, let me announce the birth of the Empyrean Cosmic Alliance Treaty!”

At Primos’s announcement, the crowd cheered and applauded. With the new alliance treaty formed, everyone felt the weight on their chests disappear. At least for a short period of time, they could rest in peace. After the new generation of cosmic elites came, they could also be more united and resilient.

“Now, without further ado, let’s start the first exchange of the Empyrean Cosmic Alliance. To warm up the scene, let me show you the exclusive items of the Mechanical Race.”

As with the Altier Auction before, Primos began listing all their wares and prices. Some were exclusive items that could only be exchanged for Empyrean points, while others could be exchanged for Chaos Stones or Merit Source.

Opening the list, surprise flashed in their eyes. Besides items they had previously sold, such as mechanical cores, battleships, defensive technology, and various mining ships, this time there were also Tier 9 materials and ready-made Tier 9 technology.

“The Mechanical Race built Tier 9 technology so quickly?” Even the other six of the seven major alliances were shocked.

Even with the same Tier 8 Scientific Paragon Saints, they were only at the stage of conception, let alone building working technology.

“How were you able to do it?” They also possessed Tier 9 technological blueprints in their vaults, however, building them was a whole other matter.

“This is the Mechanical Race’s specialty. As long as there are materials and blueprints, we can build it.” Primos said confidently.

The Mechanical Race had the most advanced processing technology in the universe plane. Although they were limited to Tier 8 industrial processing equipment, it was more than enough to roughly refine Tier 9 materials. After that, it was only a matter of assembling them based on the blueprint.

“Amazing… The Mechanical Race is truly…”

After praising the Mechanical Race, everyone began to browse the list Primos had sent. Looking at the listed prices, they quickly reserved some of the Tier 9 battleships, defense weapons, mining ships, industrial processing, and other technology.

These items were priced in Empyrean points. If they wanted to complete the purchase, they needed to sell similar exclusive items to accumulate similar currency.

No longer hesitating, the other nine major alliances began listing their most cherished items: the Time Origin Stone, Azure Royal Blood, Elemental Mother Tree sap, Chaos Blood Crystal, Void Primal Marrow, Gold Devouring Beast Eggs, etc. Most of the items were consumables or resources that could be reproduced.

Joining the feast, Nash also listed the Eternal Military Outpost, priced base on everyone’s evaluation. After agreeing to the price, he began to sweep up all the exclusive items from the other major alliances.

Nash also didn’t forget to buy Tier 9 processing, mining, and production technology from the Mechanical Race. Although expensive, it could save them a massive amount of time. The hardest part of technological advancement had always been going from 0 to 1. Starting from 1, they could easily multiply it to 100 or 1,000.

Meanwhile, as Nash leisurely swept through the other major alliances’ stock, they also took an interest in the items he had listed.

The Eternal Military Outpost’s usefulness was without question; time and time again it had shown how formidable it was on the battlefield.

Besides this, they also took an interest in the SSS-class Eternal Battleship and the Faith Essence Potion he had listed.

SSS-class battleships had always been a staple in the void. They were elite single-unit weapons that could come and go on a battlefield. Even compared to the crude F-class Tier 9 battleships the Mechanical Race sold, it was a class above. Of course, more importantly, it was very cheap!

What shocked them was that the Eternal Star Alliance accepted any amount of preorders as long as money and some rare materials were in place. Even Primos was shocked by this grand gesture.

“You really are incredible. Has your processing technology already reached transcendence? How were you able to mass-produce such an SSS-class battleship?” Primos asked. Even with their ability, they were still limited by materials. Unless they could extract those rare elements from any material, they couldn’t mass-produce an SSS-class battleship.

“How about you swear allegiance to me and I’ll tell you?” Nash suddenly said, causing the other supreme leaders to turn their heads toward him.

Unlike the singular blueprint the Mechanical Race had, the Eternal Battleship was made with whatever materials they had. That meant that to build the SSS-class battleship, it could choose from various rare materials to mix and match, instead of a single formula.

“My apologies, I shouldn’t pry into such secrets.” Primos quickly apologized, not pressing the question.

“Oh~” Nash didn’t push, not wanting to provoke the other leaders into targeting him.

“What is this Faith Essence Potion? Is the effect really as the description says?” Stragos asked casually.

According to the description, this Faith Essence Potion could massively boost the power of the soul, heal, aid with training and enlightenment, and remove the influence of dark origin essence and time dilation.

It wasn’t only Stragos who was curious, but everyone. It was as if they were seeing an all-purpose potion that could do everything one could think of. If the Eternal Star Alliance hadn’t been selling it, they wouldn’t have batted an eye, assuming it was fake.