The displayed momentum is part of it, and the information gap obtained before the negotiation is part of it.
But apart from that, there is more to the game revealed in the constant testing of each other after getting to the negotiating table.
Compared with humans who have been impacted by information flow, Zhu Ling's gaming skills are much worse, but this does not mean that he does not understand the twists and turns.
After he finished speaking, he saw a hint of astonishment "naturally showing" on Su Mo's face. He smiled with satisfaction, feeling grateful that he had made a comeback.
At the same time, he was a little scared.
Just an unknown person in heaven, an ordinary human being who seems to pose no threat, can have such abilities.
If the human king Sumo had come over instead, today's situation would have been even more difficult to end, and I don't know how much we would have suffered if we actually negotiated.
"Why, you are not happy?"
"I'm happy, I'm happy. Lord Zhuling wants to invite you. It's really an honor."
Standing up with a weird look on his face, Sun Di and the four others looked behind him and held back their laughter, showing expressions as if they were constipated.
Su Mo felt happy and quickly changed the topic and followed Zhu Ling.
It's really hard to find anything without wearing iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it.
Before arriving at the Treant territory, the most important task for everyone was to explore the bottom and discuss a joint attack on the Dwarf Blackstone Camp.
Unexpectedly, before this step really started, the task was completed easily and smoothly, which is unbelievable.
Stepping out of the hut, I saw Zhu Ling coming out at the lead. Zhu Xia and others who were waiting at the door hurriedly greeted them with eager faces.
"Hey, leader, is it over?"
Zhu Ling snorted with his nose and arranged the branches: "No, I will take a few distinguished guests to see the treasures of the tree people first. By the way, you go and have someone arrange a lunch. I want to entertain these distinguished guests."
arrival!"
He was embarrassed to say that he was suppressed throughout the negotiation. Seeing Zhu Xia take the order and leave, Zhu Ling breathed a sigh of relief obviously.
Then, he took a group of five people with him.
Everyone walked around the hut and began to walk deeper into the Thousand Trees King's City.
Different from the masonry walls outside, once inside, you can see vines spreading forward everywhere on the ground, moving their tentacles slightly.
Seeing everyone approaching, the vines first touched Zhu Ling's body affectionately, and then quickly dispersed as if they had been ordered by soldiers to make way for everyone to pass.
"This is the first line of defense in our city, the warning vine. Its existence prevents us from worrying about enemies sneaking in and causing trouble after we go to bed at night."
"At the same time, the growth rate of this vine is also extremely impressive. We have currently derived three varieties. In addition to the warning vine, there are also anesthetic vines and healing vines."
"Although the Narcotic Vine does not have strong attack power, even the most powerful enemy will have a headache if it is entangled by it. The Healing Vine can be crushed and applied to wounds, and it has a very good effect on external injuries."
Facing the vines everywhere, Zhu Ling first spoke proudly with his chest raised, and then started to introduce the sales method like a salesman:
"Currently, we do not restrict the sale of finished vines to external parties, but the breeding methods are kept secret for the time being. If Heaven needs it, we can sell three types of vines at a preferential price."
"You only need one fairy fruit in exchange for fifty square meters of warning vines, thirty square meters of anesthetic vines, and five square meters of healing vines!"
In terms of price, the number quoted by Zhu Ling is not high.
Based on the calculation that it only takes 50 milliliters of nether energy water to create a fairy fruit, it only takes one day's output from the well to replace enough vines for warning.
"Oh? What if we buy it back and create more varieties?"
After a pause, Sumo answered curiously.
Zhu Ling was stunned for a moment, then sneered: "Ha, don't even think about this. Our vines are not plants that you humans think of. How can you create them without breeding methods? Besides, I have heard of hybridization between you humans.
This method does have some effect on soulless plants, but when used on us, it is simply playing the piano to a cow."
"Do you know what is flowing in our branches? Do you know where the soul of the plant is stored? Do you know how much it costs to cultivate a new plant? You know."
Sumo: "Including the golden silk green of Lord Zhuling?"
"Well"
After finally finding an opportunity to "strike with dimensionality reduction," Zhu Ling originally wanted to criticize the hybridization method and demonstrate his superiority as a higher plant.
But the next second, when he heard the words from Sumo's mouth, his expression suddenly froze, and the words he had not yet finished were stuck in his throat.
"Lord Zhuling, don't worry. We are just making a routine inquiry. This is our lord's wish. As for whether it can happen, who knows? After all, we have never come into contact with this magical plant, right?"
After being comforted for no reason, Zhu Ling opened his mouth as he watched Somo lower his head and curiously touch the vines on the ground, but in the end he couldn't say anything.
The ancient tree human race is indeed peace-loving.
But this is the slogan they shouted after they occupied an entire planet.
Before the occupation, facing other powerful plants, the tree people fought bloody battles and relied on force to establish their dominance.
This can also be seen from their choice of location in the New World.
Their ambitions are not as modest as they say, and their plans are not half worse than other alien races in the New World.
But it's a pity that their current discomfort is stuck at this point.
Facing the neighbors around me now, once they can't use force to suppress everything as before, they have to use their brains, this feeling of powerlessness will suddenly become stronger.
Because of the various characteristics of the ancient tree race, they were unable to spread their territory like the dwarves, develop vigorously, and rely on their numbers to gain an advantage.
Nor can they be as flexible as the Demon Soul Clan, who can infiltrate their own clansmen into various tribes, constantly harvest information, and send back a steady stream of resources.
Even if the Bright Empire launches a war so arrogantly, they can't do it!
The combat power of the tree people is very powerful, but that is compared to other plants.
Once you encounter these alien races that you have never seen before.
Their attack methods can only be ordinary and simple physical attacks such as smashing, throwing, and drawing.
Their height makes them a natural target for their opponents.
Even their defenses, in some senses, are not much different from humans. Once their defenses are "broken", they can only wait for death.
As a lord, Zhu Ling wanted to change everything more than once.
During these two months in the New World, his plan was obvious.
It is to use the early stage to hibernate and quickly absorb the technologies of other alien races, and use them on the accompanying plants, the main combat tools of the tree people.
Wait until a batch of companion plants that are adapted to the current environment are completely cultivated, then show your fangs and attack aggressively.
But the idea is often beautiful, but the reality is very disappointing.
Even though the tree people tried their best to absorb humans at all costs, other alien races entered the territory to study together.
In terms of mutation of companion plants, their progress is still poor.
"perhaps."
With a faint thought, when he walked forward again, even Zhu Ling himself didn't notice that the hostility he had always maintained had dissipated a lot.
Looking at the curious five people in the depression along the way, his tone couldn't help but soften.
After a long while, after passing through a door made of vines again, he slowly said:
"What you distinguished guests are going to enter next is our tree people's super-large plantation. Please don't disappear from my sight after entering to prevent any misunderstanding."
"Also, I will tell you that some plants can be touched, and some cannot be touched. Please do not go up there to avoid accidents."
After raising his branches and beckoning the two tree guards at the door to step back, Zhu Ling took the lead and walked inside.
At first glance, the Shuren's plantation looked somewhat similar to the artificial greenhouses on Earth. As soon as he entered the plantation, Zhu Ling did not cover himself. He pointed at the light yellow film in the sky and introduced:
"This film looks like a formed plant, but it is actually formed by the binding of spores secreted by a plant."
"His function is very simple, it is to regulate the temperature and humidity so that the plants inside are not affected by extreme weather."
Sumo stepped forward: "Oh? This thing can keep a large area warm?"
Zhu Ling shook his head: "I know what you mean. At what you humans call minus thirty degrees, it can indeed provide a certain amount of heat preservation to keep the temperature inside above zero. But after this limit, it will
There is nothing we can do. At most we can only raise the temperature by about ten degrees to maintain the heat inside."
"This thing is not valuable. If you need to use it to protect the planting land, we can give some away for free. You only need to pay for the processing costs."
Feeling the obvious change in Zhu Ling's attitude, Sumo was stunned. First he showed a friendly smile, then lowered his head and continued to observe other novel plants.
Zhu Ling's change in attitude was both expected and unexpected.
As early as the moment he detected the attributes earlier, Sumo had already fully understood the tree people's current constraints and what Zhu Ling really needed.
Compared to the companion mutant plants they desperately needed to reverse the situation, even the "fairy fruit" couldn't compare to it.
After all, the former can be applied to the entire treant race, but the latter can only be applied to high-end combat power. Zhu Ling naturally knows which one is more important.
But what Sumo didn't expect was that Zhu Ling could react so quickly and lower his body.
Even if Sumo knew that they were eager to cultivate the human race, they would not hesitate to do so!
"It seems that the tree people must have worked hard during this period, but the effect is probably not good. This is obviously a hurry."
After coming to this conclusion and looking at Zhu Ling talking eloquently not far away, Sumo's heart moved slightly, and some thoughts fell into his mind.
The visit time passed quickly.
Although there are many plants in greenhouses, not many of them are really useful and can be applied in practical applications.
After all, the ancient tree people did not expect that one day these plants they cultivated would be traded to other creatures.
On the way back following Zhu Ling, Sumo sorted through the plants and remembered three more important plants.
First, of course, it is the land flower that I have seen before, which can upgrade the fertility of the land.
If such plants can be planted in large areas in depressions, it will definitely reduce the trouble of villagers taking care of the land and make planting easier.
At the same time, the scale can also become larger.
Second, it is a flower that can accelerate the growth of plants, the rhubarb flower.
According to Zhu Ling, this kind of giant flower can significantly speed up the growth efficiency of plants and shorten the life of plants.
Among plant cultivations that often take several years, Rafflesia has a prominent status and is a must-have.
Moreover, Zhu Ling also bluntly said that this giant flower can speed up the growth of rice and wheat, which is clearly a temptation to take advantage of the lowland.
Third, there is a spore plant that seems to be of little use, but in Somo's eyes, it has extremely high trading value, the Vermispora.
This spore plant can divide into thousands of finger-sized fruits each time it matures.
And the function of this fruit, as the name suggests, is its taste!
Ten thousand fruits have different tastes.
According to Zhu Ling's explanation, they have also made efforts to eliminate some bad flavors and retain the more delicious ones.
But unfortunately, after so many years, the genetic sequence structure of S. tenuifolia has been found to be impregnable.
This directly leads to the fact that every time you use this thing, it is like opening a blind box. You may have to try dozens of them in a row before you can find a useful one to add to meals or integrate it into other plants.
"Here we are, in front is the canteen where we will entertain you."
"The food is simple, please don't dislike it!"
Following Zhu Ling's lead, everyone finally arrived at a wooden house in the inner city.
When in town, do as the Romans do.
As soon as he walked into the room, Sumo smelled the familiar smell of Chinese stir-fry.
In the room, there were still a few humans who had not finished serving the food. When they saw the group of people coming in, they also cast their eyes over curiously.
"Okay, everyone, go down, I want to entertain the distinguished guests!"
Without giving Su Mo a chance to speak, Zhu Ling took the rest of the plate first and drove away everyone present.
When he put it down, everyone sat down.
There are not many plates on the dining table, but at a glance, you can see that there are more than two hands.
There are fish, meat, a few plates of green vegetables, and a large bowl of rice and steamed buns.
Obviously, the tree people had put a lot of thought into this meal and done enough homework.
"Lord Zhuling, thank you for your hospitality!"
After calling up the system identification and scanning to confirm that all the dishes were non-toxic, Sumo put his hands together and made a standard thank you gift.
Zhu Ling was the second alien lord Sumo met in the New World.
Compared with the stone ninjas of the Demon Soul Clan, he is obviously much wiser and has stronger methods.
No matter the position, for such a lord who is willing to lower his own status, not to put on airs, and is willing to sincerely consider the other people in the territory.
Sumo still had a hint of admiration from the bottom of his heart.
"Eat quickly. The food will be delicious when it's cold. After you finish eating, we can discuss the details."
Feeling the kindness emanating from Somo, Zhu Ling smiled in relief, stretched out a branch and pulled a wine flask from the side to drink alone.
At this point, Sumo would certainly not refuse.
As he moved his chopsticks first, the four villagers in the depression who followed him immediately understood and began to enjoy the meal.
When it comes to the taste of the food, this cook from the Tree Tribe is naturally inferior to the five-star chef from the depression.
But with some unique condiments and extremely fresh vegetables, even Somo devoured this meal.
Waiting until the last basin of Baiwei Frog Soup was finished by Sun Di and the bowl on the table was empty, Zhu Ling patted the floor with a smile on his face, and the tree man guarding the door came in and started cleaning up.
After a while, the table became clean again, leaving only three bottles of sake on the table.
"I know that you Chinese people like to talk about cooperation at the drinking table. Come on, regarding cooperation matters, Lord Somo must have given you a lot of authority, right?"
Offering a new glass of wine with a smile, Zhu Ling looked over.
But the strange thing is that what he is looking at is not Sun Di sitting in the middle, but Somo sitting next to him.
Obviously, he also discovered that Sumo was the one in the entire team who could really cause trouble.
After all, whether it was Somo's unique temperament, the inadvertent gathering of people's gazes while walking, or the calmness of his conversations, they all confirmed his judgment time and time again.
"Yes, my authority is not small, but if I want to promote cooperation, it depends on the sincerity of Lord Zhuling!"
When his almost nonexistent disguise was exposed, Sumo was not surprised at all. Instead, he shook his head slightly, picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it all in one gulp.
How can you allow others to sleep soundly on the side of the couch?
In the past, Sumo still had the idea of finding a tool man for his ally, the ancient Shuren.
But now, after observing the emptiness of Shuren and the internal social structure, his ambition cannot be stopped.
