When the Interstellar Peace Company contacted the Tribunal again, Duanmu Huai remained calm. He still sent Zhenjiling to negotiate with the other party, only giving one instruction.

"Remember, we have no personal grievances with the Interstellar Peace Company, so we'll see what their sincerity is. If they're not sincere enough, I'll let them witness how I thrashed Klipper... Of course, they can refuse; maybe I can't beat them."

Duanmu Huai specifically pointed out that there was no personal grievance to prevent the Interstellar Peace Company from finding a scapegoat and then handling it, considering it finished. Many factions like this trick; players often encounter it in games, where a faction causes trouble for you, and after you attack them, they claim they don't know anything, saying, "Oh, it wasn't me, it was my Second Prince! Yes, he's the one wanting to inherit the throne, so he falsely broadcast an imperial decree, damaging our relationship! Guards, drag him away and execute him!"

Then they say... "Great Judge, look, I've executed my son, our sincerity is more than enough, let's just compensate you a bit, and let's consider this matter closed."

Facing this situation, players find it frustrating whether to pursue or not. It's enough to make someone sick.

But players aren't fools; later on, when they encounter such things again, they don't look for culprits anymore, they directly beat them up, expressing that we have no personal grievances between each other. Regardless of your internal affairs, your faction has provoked the Tribunal, and you must bring an attitude and plan to resolve the issue.

What? You say it has nothing to do with you, it's your subordinates? What's it got to do with me? Solve your internal affairs internally, it's none of my business!

Let's just talk about our matters!

After using this tactic, players practically never encounter such idiotic nonsense again.

Think about it carefully, it's understandable. If you can't manage your subordinates, that's your issue, what does it have to do with me? I only care about the matters between us, all other things are irrelevant, even if you execute all his kin in front of me, it has nothing to do with me.

Want to escape using this? No way!

Sure enough, after the two sides met, the representative from the Interstellar Peace Company promptly declared to the Tribunal that the root of the conflict solely lies with the head of the Market Development Department, who recklessly acted alone, deceived superiors and inferiors, and will be strictly investigated by the company to set things right...

However, Zhenjiling interrupted the endless speech of the Interstellar Peace Company representative with just one sentence.

"We have no personal grievances with the Interstellar Peace Company. Your internal matters have nothing to do with us. Now let's talk about our issues… how will the company demonstrate sincerity to stop this battle?"

With this statement, Zhenjiling directly blocked the Interstellar Peace Company representative's speech, realizing they can't use such petty tricks, they had to enter detailed negotiations.

Of course, calling it negotiation is more like signing an unequal treaty, as the company wouldn't truly risk letting the Tribunal charge straight to Klipper. At this point, things are quite limited. The headache for the Interstellar Peace Company representative is that "sincerity."

It's widely known that "sincerity" is very elusive and intangible. The most sincere act, naturally, would be having Klipper personally apologize to Duanmu Huai—but it's clearly impossible.

So it leaves us with offerings.

After this, the Interstellar Peace Company proposed several plans, including ceding some planets or galaxies, trade routes, and even inviting the Tribunal to cooperate with the Interstellar Peace Company. These conditions might be tempting for Dada Niel, but for Duanmu Huai, the Tribunal doesn't trade, and these things are just burdens in his eyes, not assets.

"Forget it, forget it, it seems these bastards really can't think of anything else."

After reviewing the proposals sent by Zhenjiling, Duanmu Huai simply tossed them aside.

"Here's what you reply to them: tell them I want a detailed star map of the Outer Star System and a racial composition table, then they must apologize publicly to the Tribunal, and finally give us a large compensation sum, and this matter is settled—as for the amount, as long as other factions know the Interstellar Peace Company caved to us, that's enough."

It's a pity that the Interstellar Peace Company is primarily a human faction, otherwise, Duanmu Huai would take it as a chance to test if they could bring the Catastrophe timeline forward.

But it doesn't matter, with such diverse races in the Outer Star System, there must be something we can use, right?

It must be mentioned, when the Interstellar Peace Company received the Tribunal's response, many people were surprised. Originally, they thought that with the Tribunal's relentless nature, they wouldn't consider it settled without ripping a chunk from the company. But the conditions turned out to be simple: a star map, an apology statement, and compensation.

An apology statement is easy, though it would cause the company to lose face, but it's better than real disaster. Compensation is not an issue either, as the funds from the Outer Star System are mostly controlled by the Interstellar Peace Company, they can pay any amount.

But the star map...

"What do you think the Tribunal wants the star map for?"

"Could they be planning to find the company headquarters from the star map and attack it?"

"Is it necessary? If so, the Tribunal wouldn't need to negotiate with us."

"............…"

"Do you recall the Tribunal's mission?"

"Oh, I remember, it's to protect humanity and eliminate threats to humans at all costs."

"What's the definition of humans by the Tribunal again?"

"Skull, as long as the skull meets human standards, ordinary humans are considered human, those with tails and whatnot are subhumans… that's what the data says."

"Then Pipici, Sky Ring Clan, and Foxmen are also considered human?"

"Considered subhumans, but the Tribunal seems to particularly dislike Smart Machinery, referring to them as The Evil Intelligence."

"And those entirely not fitting the human skull are termed as Aliens..."

"The Tribunal's files show their enemies include what again?"

"Hmm, let me see… Aliens, Heretics, and Demons..."

".........…"

"............…"

A moment of silence.

"Could it really be what we think?"

"Can't be..."

"You don't think the Tribunal wouldn't do it? They've already pushed the company to this point!"

"But strictly speaking, it doesn't really concern us, does it?"

"......Let the higher-ups decide. Anyway, our mission is to complete the negotiation. The other party has already presented their terms, so it's pretty much settled."

After a moment of discussion, the group simply passed the responsibility to the superiors—after all, this decision concerns the future of the Interstellar Peace Company and is not something a few low-level agents can decide.

The decision from headquarters came faster than expected. Almost as soon as it was reported, a response was given without even a blink of an eye.

Soon, the entire outer star system's forces saw headlines flooding the internet—The Interstellar Peace Company has caved to the Tribunal!

Of course, the headline didn't say it like that, but everyone understood it that way. Otherwise, why would your company expose such a humiliating thing, unless you have a masochistic tendency?

The content of the news was not much to discuss, as the company internally blamed the Market Development Department, claiming the department head acted recklessly, resulting in significant losses to the company, and would face severe punishment. Everyone didn't pay much attention to this. Unless they were company employees, who cares about the internal power shifts of your company?

The more important question was, what did your company compensate them with?

Lands? Or reparations?

Then, looking closely at the details.

Oh, it was a detailed map of the outer star system and a huge number of credit points that dwarfed the sum of fingers and toes. For the Interstellar Peace Company, this was quite the financial bleed, indicating they've genuinely admitted defeat this time.

However, what puzzled people was the star map. Wasn't it just a map? Who doesn't have one? Are you just trying to fob off the Tribunal with this? That's like trying to appease a beggar!

But the statement said, "after negotiations between the Interstellar Peace Company and the Tribunal," so it was clear to the discerning reader that this condition was approved by the Tribunal, and quite possibly even proposed by them. After all, with something like a star map, it's unlikely the Interstellar Peace Company would offer it voluntarily, but for a newcomer like the Tribunal, wanting to understand the local position and environment seemed reasonable.

However, using this as compensation seems a bit inexplicable... Hmm?

Wait, could it be?

The forces in the outer star system aren't fools. After reading it, they quickly caught on.

When the Tribunal entered the outer star system to battle the Interstellar Peace Company, they also investigated the Tribunal, and the Tribunal didn't hide anything either. Hence, the major forces were somewhat aware of the Tribunal's mission, duties, and action plans.

And now, the Tribunal asked the Interstellar Peace Company for a detailed star map including the distribution of races?

What do you really intend to do!?

The human-dominated powers were merely shocked internally, but the non-human powers almost jumped in alarm.

You damn company, are you selling us out!?

Could it be that the Tribunal wants this star map to truly plan an extermination of the "alien" civilizations in the outer star system!

If they indeed have such plans, could they succeed?

What a joke, this is the Tribunal, the force that can stand up against the Interstellar Peace Company head-on!

Throughout the entire outer star system, several entities oppose the company, but none have forced the company into such submission, except the Tribunal!

Otherwise, why would the Interstellar Peace Company have dominated the outer star system for so long!

As for whether the forces feel the heat at this moment, Duanmu Huai couldn't care less. He was satisfied after obtaining what he wanted and nodded contentedly.

"Alright, that'll do, Aikute. Here's the star map for you, send out a reconnaissance fleet to take a look."

"Sure, Uncle."

"As for here... well, we still need to insert an eye in the outer star system, Ann?"

"Hmm? What's up?"

"I recall Maria reported earlier, is the first planet fortress completed?"

"Yes, it is currently in the trial operation phase. Miss Maria intends to find a place to test it."

"No need to look any further; let's do it here."

Duanmu Huai gestured dismissively.

"Let Maria prepare the planet fortress quickly and move it to the outer star system. These folks need a good look at the Tribunal's strength, so they won't foolishly think of causing us trouble."

"Sure, no problem... but Mr. Knight..."

"Hmm?"

"That planet fortress doesn't have a name yet. What do you plan to call it?"

"Hmm......"

Upon Ann's inquiry, Duanmu Huai rubbed his chin.

"How about Death Star?"

"That's too tacky..."

Ann shook her head speechlessly, knowing Duanmu Huai's lack of creativity when it comes to naming, but the bluntness was a bit much to swallow.

"Then let's call it Isherlon."

Duanmu Huai waved his hand and decisively made the decision.

"Isherlon Fortress, I think that name fits well."

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