Zero Zone: Start as Morax.

Chapter 339 Negotiations between Liyue and New Eridu

Let the new Ailidu join Liyue?

Upon hearing this request, several senior officials of New Elidu were all stunned, thinking Keqing was joking.

They admit that Keqing is very strong, and Xiao is even more terrifyingly strong.

But as two cities both experiencing doomsday and so far apart from each other, they don’t think they are much weaker than Liyue.

In the eyes of these new Elido executives.

In this plan of cooperation against Hollow Zero, New Eridu and Liyue should be on an equal footing, and the status of both sides should also be equal.

however.

Now Keqing said that the new Ailidu should join Liyue.

Such a request was too much in the eyes of the New Elidu leaders. They were no different from the rebels and actually wanted to swallow up the entire New Elidu.

A moment of silence.

The director of the Public Security Bureau laughed awkwardly: "Ms. Keqing, this is a formal negotiation, please don't make such jokes..."

The president of the Hollow Investigation Association on the side coughed lightly and said, "Ms. Keqing, Mr. Xiao, this joke is not funny. Let's start the formal negotiation..."

then.

Contrary to what they thought, Keqing was not joking at all.

In the eyes of the top leaders of New Elidu, Liyue where Keqing is located is also a city at the end of the world.

But this is not the case in Keqing's eyes. In Keqing's view, Liyue is taking huge risks and spending more than half of Liyue's combat power to save New Eridu, so of course it should get more rewards.

and.

The most important point is that the Liyue Immortals have no responsibility or obligation to save New Eridu.

Only by allowing the new Ailidu to join Liyue can Keqing make a request to the immortals and ask them to come out to save the people and territory of Liyue.

So Keqing won't give in.

Keqing sat on the chair and looked at the senior officials of New Eridu in front of her seriously: "I'm not kidding, I'm serious. If we want to suppress Hollow Zero and save New Eridu, this is the only way."

Hear this.

Several new Elido executives sitting opposite suddenly fell silent, all frowned, and clenched the documents in their hands.

Obviously this negotiation was not what they expected.

They never thought about joining Liyue.

They just wanted to use Liyue's power to fight against Void Zero and try to slow down the spread of Void Zero... As for suppressing Void Zero, let Void Zero enter a decline period.

They themselves think it is wishful thinking.

There is no telling how many high-level corpses there are in Hole Zero, and there are even more terrifying ones.

They have seen the results of Xiao's strength test and know that Xiao is very powerful, even comparable to the first generation of Void Hunter.

But it is not so easy to suppress Hole Zero.

They were worried that after cooperating with Liyue, they would not only lose their sovereignty, but also fail to prevent the expansion of Void Zero.

At this time.

The president of the Ether Technology Development Association stood up and said, "Ms. Keqing, we can use technology exchange, we can use ether resources exchange, and we can pay you enough Dingni to satisfy you, but if you want New Ailidu to become a part of your city, forget it..."

He hadn't finished yet and wanted to continue.

But he was forcibly suppressed by the director of the Public Security Bureau: "President Karl, calm down."

The head of the Hollow Special Operations Department also looked unhappy. He took a deep breath and said, "Ms. Keqing, I hope you will consider this..."

Keqing also said seriously: "I also hope that you can reconsider. Xiao Shangxian and I have entered the No. 0 Hollow and have seen it. We know what the situation is like inside. With the power of your New Elidu, you are simply unable to contend with the high-level Yihai deep in the No. 0 Hollow. Only by becoming a part of Liyue and letting our Liyue immortals take action, will you have a chance to defeat the Hollow..."

To be honest, Keqing really wants to help New Elidu.

It's not some kind of saintly heart.

Rather, it was the hollow crisis of New Eridu that reminded Keqing of the dark disaster five hundred years ago.

Keqing is worried that if the hollow crisis in New Eridu is left unchecked and allowed to continue, it might actually spread to the continent of Teyvat, which would be another huge disaster.

but.

Keqing had no other choice.

Only powerful immortals can fight against Hole Zero.

Because of the information asymmetry between the two sides, the new Ailidu’s top leaders could not accept becoming a vassal of Liyue, and Keqing could not think of any other solution.

For a while.

The negotiations reached a stalemate, and both sides could not reach any conclusion after discussing for a long time.

At this time.

The director of the Public Security Bureau stood up and said, "Ms. Keqing, Mr. Xiao, please wait here for a moment. We would like to discuss your proposal."

Keqing nodded: "Well, I hope you will consider it carefully."

The chief of the Public Security Bureau nodded: "We will consider it..."

They still want to get help from Liyue.

However, the conditions set by Keqing were too high. Without knowing the specific strength of Liyue, they did not dare to believe it easily.

He was even more unwilling to give the new Ailidu to Liyue for nothing.

……

Half an hour later.

Keqing had finished two cups of tea when the top executives of New Elidu finally returned.

Just came back.

The president of the Hollow Investigation Association announced the result of their discussion: "Ms. Keqing, Mr. Xiao, if you can really suppress Hollow Zero, we, the New Aili, are willing to join Liyue. Our condition is that we suppress the Hollow first, and then join Liyue."

Hear this.

Without even a second thought, Keqing shook her head and rejected the proposal: "No, you must join Liyue first before I can invite the Liyue Immortals here."

Everything else can be negotiated.

This is the only thing that cannot be negotiated.

Although Keqing is one of the Seven Stars of Liyue, she does not have the power to command those immortals, let alone order them to come to New Elidu to suppress Void Zero.

There is only one way to get the immortal to take action, and that is to let the new Ailidu join Liyue.

If the Emperor were still alive, perhaps he could find a way to command the immortals.

But unfortunately, the Emperor has passed away for three years.

Seeing Keqing so tough.

The top executives of New Elidu all looked miserable.

As high-level executives of the new Elido, they had seen all kinds of situations and had met countless people. They thought that this negotiation would be simple and it should be easy to deal with a young girl who was just starting out.

But I didn't expect Keqing to be so difficult to deal with.

Negotiations reached a deadlock again.

At this time.

Xiao muttered to himself, "How stubborn! Just like those guys two thousand years ago, they will eventually perish."

The forces that had negotiated with Liyue during the Demon War were just as stubborn as the new Ailidu leaders before them.

In the end, he didn’t wait for Liyue to take action.

Those forces were destroyed by other demons.

The same is true of New Elido today.

If you continue to be stubborn, you may be swallowed up by the expanding Void Zero in a few years or even a dozen years.