NOVPUBAt the moment this imprint, filled with the Emperor’s pressure and indeed displaying astonishing Power of Laws, appeared, there was a slight stir in the conference.
Everyone qualified to attend this conference was a warrior of the Eighth Stage.
They naturally could feel the immense power contained in the Emperor Seal.
Although they had guessed that a civilization like Human Civilization would undoubtedly concentrate amazing power in a single entity, the most powerful Chosen One, representing the strongest foundation of the entire civilization.
However, the extent of this power was somewhat exaggerated.
Even though they, already at the Spiritual Ability Furnace of Level 76, could not completely eliminate the influence of the laws on the frontline warriors and equipment, the Emperor of Human Civilization already had the capacity to protect legions beyond his own civilization.
"What’s the impact?" the Great Councilman also closely examined the imprint.
"With prolonged use, there will be contamination by our Emperor’s status, but, such degree of contamination, your Spiritual Energy is enough to resolve it," Qiuyue said.
The Great Councilman nodded slightly.
His observation results were the same.
If it were really so easy to be thoroughly contaminated, then there would be no need to talk about cooperation; direct subjugation would suffice.
Apart from this, the resource list provided by Human Civilization was also quite tempting.
High-level civilizations do not stop needing resources; it’s just that they are not lacking in low-level resources.
Some high-quality resources are still extremely rare.
Even without mentioning those high-level resources and materials containing Extraordinary Power, just some of the high-quality elements that exist in the Material Universe or perhaps need synthesizing are very important.
For example, antimatter.
For such a Level of Civilization, extracting elements of antimatter is quite easy.
But, compared to the huge demand, the cost is also astonishing.
And this is just one of the needed high-level resources.
However, this might just be where Human Civilization has an advantage.
For Human Civilization, which possesses a large number of points and has developed a Multi-dimensional Parallel Universe for countless billions of years even during downtime, these resources have accumulated to a massive amount.
At least in terms of wealth, Human Civilization is completely confident and free, that no civilization in this Trial can compare.
"So, what do you need to trade?" the Great Councilman asked about this important topic again.
This is also one of the reasons they are at a disadvantage.
The other party has already found them and naturally has some understanding of their civilization’s situation, especially the technology and abilities displayed.
Yet, they still know very little about Human Civilization.
This, no doubt, makes them quite passive in trade.
But preparations had already been made long ago.
Qiuyue, already instructed by Shen Hao, was straightforward and without hesitation said: "Our demands are mainly focused on three areas: first, technology; second, production products; and third, Civilization Mall requirements."
Technology and production products naturally need no further explanation.
The Spiritual Power Civilization’s technological path’s Civilization Level and production capability are all at least two to three levels higher than Human Civilization.
These are two to three levels of the Eighth Stage—a significant gap!
The difference is actually quite large.
If Human Civilization did not have Shen Hao and many powerful reward foundations, merely based on Civilization Level, especially the technological path, they probably would not even qualify to sit at the same negotiation table with the other party, let alone hold some bargaining power.
Therefore, the trade gains this brings to Human Civilization are definitely not small.
The Spiritual Power Civilization was unsurprised by the first two demands.
They did not look down on Human Civilization because of this; after all, each has its specialization, and it’s apparent that Human Civilization primarily follows the Extraordinary Path. Furthermore, they are backed by an Emperor whose strength, foundation, and status are frighteningly substantial. It’s normal for them not to be as advanced as civilizations like theirs, which are primarily focused on the path of technology.
In fact, among the many Trial Civilizations, those that mainly follow the technological path are a minority.
This is the influence of life’s instincts.
Technology benefits the entire civilization, but the instinct of life is selfish; those in power naturally tend under instinct’s influence to prefer the Extraordinary Path that concentrates power within themselves.
Even for the Spiritual Power Civilization themselves, their journey on this path was marked by many coincidences and fortuities.
However, these two points posed no issues, yet the third point was a significant problem!
Originally, by accepting resources and even protection from Human Civilization, they would reward Human Civilization with certain points during their confrontation in the Trial, as mandated by the rules of the Civilization Trial System.
But Human Civilization’s condition clearly meant to further consume their points to purchase goods for Human Civilization.
The cost was not small by any means.
During the Trial Period, the quantity of points in the Civilization Mall could even determine the survival of a civilization to a certain extent!
However, negotiations work like this; if it involved only the previous two conditions, it couldn’t be considered an equal negotiation but more of a support from Human Civilization.
Some relatively stringent conditions must be there to ensure their own interests.
Therefore, the whole negotiation process lasted a full week.
Yet, for civilizations of this level, it is still considered remarkably short.
One can only say that under severe external pressure, both sides were actively converging.
Finally, the condition for the mall points was dropped, but they acquired the fundamental technology of the Spiritual Ability Furnace!
This technology, albeit a core technology of the Spiritual Power Civilization, its basic ideology isn’t an absolutely unsharable secret. 𝓃𝓸𝓋𝓅𝓾𝒷.𝒸ℴ𝓂
Besides, the power of the Spiritual Power Civilization’s Spiritual Ability Furnace does not solely come from this technology but more from its repeated nourishing and upgrading over thousands of years.
It represents the growth and transformation of the entire civilization.
It is something unique.
Just as, even if someone had the exact same conditions as Shen Hao, it would still take a thousand years to create another Shen Hao, and many of his experiences couldn’t be replicated.
However, this was still an excellent acquisition for Human Civilization.
Even better than originally expected!
Because Human Civilization has enough foundation to assimilate this technology and can even create a "Spiritual Ability Furnace" with characteristics unique to Human Civilization based on it.
As the trade gradually concluded, this precious design plan for the Spiritual Ability Furnace was also delivered into Shen Hao’s hands.
"So that’s how it is." Shen Hao briefly reviewed it and somewhat understood, "It completely uses the logic of technology to analyze and apply Extraordinary Rules, and as much as possible, it discards the original idealistic thought of the Extraordinary Path. Indeed, it is an excellent path; however, it demands a very high accumulation of technological understanding."
This method can actually integrate more perfectly with Extraordinary Power.
High-level Transcendents might not need it, but it can significantly enhance the combat abilities of lower-level Transcendents.
It is also one of the most powerful aspects of the Spiritual Power Civilization.
Even the weakest ordinary person can, with the help of equipment and the massive Spiritual Energy drawn from the Spiritual Ability Furnace crossing spaces, achieve combat power far beyond their Life Level.
By comparison, current Human Civilization indeed shows a declining trend on the technological path, with almost all mainstream equipment/products being highly linked to the user’s Extraordinary Level.
"Therefore, exchanging with civilizations of similar strength brings more benefits than gathering some relatively weaker civilizations," Shen Hao confirmed this point, which made him look forward to interactions with other Trial Civilizations.
However, despite the benefits brought by establishing a cooperative relationship with the Spiritual Power Civilization, the overall situation against the Trial is still not optimistic.
