This Game Is Too Realistic

The Alliance Building, the office area of ​​the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is very busy at the moment.

This has been the case recently.

As representatives of enterprises, colleges, and legions gathered in Dawn City, more and more small and medium-sized settlements that sensed opportunities to harvest wool sent envoys to the alliance.

Of course, some of them come with sincerity, and there are also a lot of fake ones. There are even some who pretend to be normal settlements and come to gather wool and plunder them.

There was a case not long ago.

The surviving settlement registered in an abandoned city 200 kilometers away is actually a human trafficking and kidney plundering farm.

Businessmen from the Free State saw the numerous business opportunities in Dawn City, bribed the person in charge of the plundered farm, set up a disguised radio station for sending and receiving signals, and packaged the settlement into a A kind-hearted little white rabbit, and used this to deceive the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' signal positioning detection and power verification procedures, and obtain the agency authorization of the local base.

The merchant was betting that the alliance could not spare so much energy and went to the scene to confirm the surviving settlement applications one by one.

In this way, he can obtain "diplomatic immunity" in the alliance as a diplomat, and seize territory from all forces on behalf of a surviving community of a thousand people.

It must be said that he accurately judged the operational capabilities of the alliance's external departments.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Alliance does not have the ability to inspect the situation of settlements offline, and the Alliance still has a special group of "players".

It's clear that he underestimated players' enthusiasm for exploring new maps and new settlements.

Several players parachuted into that area that day, and after discovering differences between the actual local conditions and the mission description, they immediately submitted reports offline through the official website.

Although the local area is far beyond the alliance's law enforcement scope, the guards will not be dispatched because of this. The semi-official refugee home will issue plunder and camp clearance missions based on player feedback and offer rewards for rescuing hostages.

At this point, the work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is over, and then it is the work of the alliance's corps.

It is said that the Silver Corps took over the follow-up mission, and the whole battle only lasted half an hour and ended.

After capturing and plundering the camp, the player discovered the radio station in the stronghold that was verifying and interacting with the Alliance's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and brought it to Dawn City along with the prisoners captured in the battle.

The witnesses and physical evidence were all there, and in the end the businessman from the Free State was arrested on charges of fraud, and became the second Free State businessman to be arrested by the Alliance after Hindison.

Faced with irrefutable evidence, even the Free State Foreign Minister Noregg did not say anything even when the Alliance was participating in the Community Meeting. He could only pinch his nose and admit this embarrassing loss.

Since that incident, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Alliance has strengthened its review procedures for surviving settlements from outside the River Valley Province, and the workload of various departments has more than doubled.

As usual, Alliance Minister of Foreign Affairs Cheng Yan was sitting in his office reviewing documents.

At this time, his deputy came in with a letter and placed the envelope on his desk.

Cheng Yan stopped his pen and took a look, raising his eyebrows and giving him a questioning look.

"This is it?"

"A protest from the Xilan Empire."

Looking at Cheng Yan with a surprised expression, the Deputy Foreign Minister made a helpless expression, took out a crumpled newspaper from the document bag and placed it next to the letter.

"...the cause was this newspaper."

Cheng Yan did not go to open the letter, but picked up the newspaper and took a look at it. He saw that the photo on the headline was the one that had caused a lot of noise recently.

"...Goblin Observer?"

The deputy foreign minister nodded.

"Yes...but it has nothing to do with the headlines. It has to do with the news on page 2. You will know it at a glance."

"Let me see."

After leaving these words, Cheng Yan immediately turned to the second page.

Unlike the "Survivor Daily", the "Goblin Observer" is an unofficial, privately-run "entertainment newspaper", and it is also run by the residents of the shelter.

After the Sindison case, the Alliance Representative Conference voted to pass the Media Qualification Review Act, and the Industry Committee formulated detailed regulatory rules. However, it only required that current news should not be fabricated or have subjective tendencies, and comments on news must be Just cite news from reliable sources.

Although someone suggested to the management that the alliance authorities should review the media's qualifications, the management did not nod on this matter. Instead, as before, it adhered to the principle of "experts handling, public supervision" and transferred the management to The power is given to the Industry Committee composed of industry experts, and the supervision power is given to the Representative Council representing the public opinion and voice of the alliance.

In other words, the alliance's external departments cannot do anything to this newspaper in terms of procedures. Even if they want to do something, they have to go through the representative meeting or management...

Pressing his index finger between his eyebrows, Cheng Yan looked at his deputy standing aside and asked in an uncertain tone.

"Are they protesting against our taking in Yue Clan refugees?"

The deputy foreign minister sighed.

"No... they protested that we used the term 'refugee' to call those Yue people, and then told some fables about the sacred cow that carries the sun. To be honest, I didn't really understand it. In short, they asked us to use the term "sin people" or "sin people" Call those people derogatory terms such as sinners, and then expel them for the sake of the empire."

Cheng Yan couldn't help but move the corners of his mouth in laughter.

"Tuo, another big-antlered deer god."

The deputy foreign minister gave him a helpless look.

"I told the guy that we respect their beliefs, and we also asked them to respect our atheism... But the guy had a very tough attitude and even threatened to confront us at the slime mold research community meeting."

Cheng Yan looked at him in astonishment.

"What... does this have to do with slime mold?"

The deputy foreign minister shrugged his shoulders and complained in a low voice.

"Who knows...Mom, I feel like the Weiland people are behind this. I know those big noses are not worried about dragging these cerebral palsy into the viscous body!"

"You can't say that. Borneo Province is also a part of this land. Any voice of progress is worthy of encouragement...even if the progress of some surviving forces is not so obvious."

Cheng Yan coughed, looked at the deputy and continued to ask.

"The important thing now is to solve the problem... Is that all they ask for?"

The deputy foreign minister hesitated for a moment and then said truthfully.

"They still have to summon the administrator."

Cheng Yan was stunned for a moment, thinking he heard wrongly, so he asked again uncertainly.

"Summoned??"

Didn't these guys wake up?

The deputy foreign minister said with an unhappy expression.

"Yes... they think we were at fault first."

Cheng Yan's expression gradually became serious.

"Did Duke Galawa propose this?"

Deputy Foreign Minister: "I'm not sure that the person who delivered the written appeal to us was his entourage, a guy named Niyang."

Cheng Yan pondered for a moment and then spoke.

"If anyone can meet the manager for such a boring reason, we managers don't have to do anything else... I am free this afternoon, and I'm here to meet with the Ambassador of the Xilan Empire. "

The Xilan Empire can no longer be regarded as a small or medium-sized surviving force. It also occupies an entire administrative division in the pre-war era.

Even if the other party's appeal sounds outrageous - even a bit unreasonable, Cheng Yan feels that it is still necessary to listen.

Maybe there is some misunderstanding.

As management always says, misunderstandings are caused by lack of communication, and many problems can be solved through communication.

The slime mold research community was established based on this principle.

If all the surviving forces in the wasteland can put aside their long-standing disputes and cooperate on issues related to the common destiny of mankind, at least on some issues, this land can hope to usher in a new era. .

For the sake of the future of human civilization, he felt that it was necessary to have a face-to-face talk with this ambassador from afar...

…

The next day, Cheng Yan summoned Duke Galawa and set the meeting place at Conference Hall 2 of the Alliance Building.

With a long face, Duke Galava walked into the conference hall.

He did not sit down immediately, but glanced around the circular conference table, only to see that the person sitting in front of the conference table was just the foreign minister, and the look between his eyebrows suddenly showed a hint of arrogance and laziness.

Meeting with him at the community meeting was also the management of the alliance.

What the hell is a foreign minister?

Do you deserve to sit at the same table with him?

However, taking into account diplomatic etiquette, Duke Galava patiently walked to the conference table and sat down, tapping his index finger on the table.

"Where is your management? Let him come and talk to me."

Faced with Duke Galawa, who showed an aggressive attitude when he first came up, Cheng Yan just stared at him intently and spoke in a neither humble nor condescending manner.

"Our management has a tight schedule recently, and it is difficult to arrange a private meeting with you in the short term. However, he has told me to fulfill the host's etiquette and take care of the emotions of foreign guests. It is also okay for me to listen to your worries. Same--"

"This is not an annoyance," interrupted him rudely. Duke Galava narrowed his eyes and said in a threatening tone, "I'll say it again, you are trying to provoke the empire's anger."

Resisting the urge to roll his eyes, Cheng Yan adopted the attitude of solving the problem and decided not to worry about his rudeness for the time being, and continued patiently.

"I'm just here to solve the problem... So first of all, I want to know, what is the conflict between you and those Yue tribe people?"

As he spoke, he opened the notes on the table and picked up a pen to prepare for recording.

As soon as he finished speaking, Duke Galava's angry protest rang out in the conference room.

"They are sinners!"

"reason?"

"The sacred cow that carries the sun——"

"That's enough, Mr. Galawa, you know we don't want to hear that!"

Cheng Yan couldn't bear it anymore and finally couldn't help but interrupt this guy's nonsense.

Seeing the stunned expression on Duke Galawa's face, he raised his voice and continued.

"We want to understand where your grudges come from, for example... did they kill any of you, or have they committed crimes such as theft, robbery, human trafficking, etc. You can treat this as a hearing, and we will simultaneously Listen to the opinions of both of you and strive to achieve a result that satisfies both of you. If it can help you reconcile, that would be the best... What do you think? "

Duke Galava looked at him blankly, as if he were looking at a strange and exotic animal.

……reconciliation?

He suspected that he had heard wrongly.

Why should he, who has noble blood flowing in his veins, reconcile with those lowly guys who only deserve to kiss his toes?

The Empire was kind enough to imprison them in shacks instead of beheading them.

On the other hand, those guys who didn't know what was wrong actually fled from Borneo Province shamelessly and eloquently excused their dirty bloodline, pretending to be pitiful and innocent people.

This makes other people who survived see how the empire looks!

Seeing that he didn't move for a long time, Cheng Yan reminded him seriously.

"Mr. Duke of Jarava?"

Duke Galava suddenly calmed down and leaned back on his chair.

Just when Cheng Yan thought he was finally going to communicate properly, he put his right leg on the knee of his left leg and said coldly.

"that's not important."

Cheng Yan looked at him in astonishment and was stunned for a while.

unimportant?

"Then...what's important?"

"Your Majesty said they are sinners, and they are. That is not only His Majesty's will, but also the will of the sacred cow that carries the sun. What do I need to explain to you?"

Duke Galawa raised his head slightly, raised his chin, looked at the Alliance Foreign Minister sitting across the conference table with his nostrils, and continued speaking unceremoniously.

"This is our own business and none of your business!"

Make sure this guy isn't joking and actually means it.

Cheng Yan calmed down, glanced left and right at the secretary who was taking the meeting minutes, then put down the pen in his hand and closed the notebook.

There is no need to do this anymore.

Seeing his actions, other staff members who took meeting minutes also closed the notes on the table.

It seems that not only they, but also the Foreign Minister think this is a waste of time.

Galawa frowned slightly, not sure what these people meant. He just felt that the situation was a little different from what he imagined.

Before getting up from the conference table, Cheng Yan cleared his throat, looked at him upright, and asked him again solemnly.

"Then...Duke Galawa, I want to hear your appeal again."

Galawa frowned.

"...What appeal?"

Cheng Yan: "About what exactly do you want us to do."

Galawa said without hesitation.

"Expell those criminals immediately! And publish an apology from the Western Lan Empire in the newspaper!"

He made some concessions.

It seems unrealistic to ask the emperor of the alliance to apologize himself, but it should be okay to apologize in the newspaper.

In his opinion, he has given enough steps.

Cheng Yan nodded to show that he heard.

Seeing him nodding, Galawa had a happy smile on his face and leaned back in his chair at leisure.

“This makes communication much smoother, and we should have done this from the beginning.”

Unexpectedly, the alliance was easier to talk to than imagined.

He just applied a little tough pressure, and these guys gave in.

It seems that he still thinks highly of these people, and maybe he can be tougher next time.

"I think so too. We should communicate in this easy-to-understand way from the beginning," Cheng Yan said expressionlessly as he looked at the proud Duke of Galawa, "So... What does this have to do with us?”

The smile gradually solidified on his face, and Galawa stared at him dumbfounded.

"What did you say?"

Looking at the astonished Duke Galawa, Cheng Yan no longer hesitated, stood up from the conference table, and tucked the untouched notebook under his elbow.

"You said it, this is your own business, let us mind our own business."

"So what does this have to do with us?"

Galawa: “???”

What is this word?

What does it have to do with you?

He opened his mouth and was about to rebuke, but for a while he couldn't think of how to refute.

Ignoring the shocked expression on this guy's face, Cheng Yan walked out of the conference room without looking back.

"Wait, wait a minute-"

Duke Galava stood up and stretched out his hand to stop him, but no one paid him any attention.

Seeing that the foreign minister had left, everyone sitting at the conference table also stood up and left the conference room.

In a blink of an eye, he was the only one left in the huge room, standing dumbfounded in front of the conference table.

Looking at the rickety, half-open door, Galawa retracted his trembling fists and roared angrily in the face of the empty conference room.

"You...will regret it!"

The roar echoed in the conference room, but no one paid attention to him, no one even heard him.

Finding nothing to throw on the table, Duke Galava punched the table hard and kicked the table leg with the toe of his shoe out of frustration.

Enduring the pain in his toes, he chewed up the anger and swallowed it into his stomach.

Just wait.

This humiliation——

He will definitely pay back twice as much!

…

After the meeting, Cheng Yan, who had calmed down, went to the management office, found Chu Guang and reported the situation during his meeting with the Ambassador of the Xilan Empire, and reviewed the mistakes in his work.

"...I'm sorry, Mr. Manager, I messed up this matter."

After reading the meeting minutes in his hand, Chu Guang didn't say anything after listening to his statement, but simply made a comment.

"Don't blame yourself. You just did what was within the scope of your responsibilities. At least in my opinion, you didn't mess up anything."

If I had to say it, I shouldn't have talked to that guy from the beginning.

For example, he himself, during the symposium on the agenda related to the Adhesion Community, did not pay much attention to the trash who spoke without any nutrition.

Originally expecting to be criticized by the management, Cheng Yan was stunned and hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"But... you said that problems should be solved through communication as much as possible."

Chu Guang said patiently.

"I did say that, so we will communicate with a creature that can understand human speech, even if it is slime mold, but there is nothing we can do if we can't understand human speech. We must change a way of communication. You have to understand, Not everyone can communicate, and it’s them who refuse to talk to us, not you who refuse them.”

Cheng Yan thought for a long time after hearing this and said respectfully.

"My subordinate understands!"

Seeing how he seemed to really understand, Chu Guang nodded approvingly.

He had heard about the situation in the Xilan Empire, but he didn't take it too seriously.

Those people are essentially just followers of the Willant people. Like most of the surviving settlements, they have no immediate interest in solving the threat of mutant slime mold. Interested in the ancient survival of the forces in exchange for the benefits of other areas.

This is actually nothing, after all, this is why the sticky community exists.

Obviously, the legion promised some benefits to the Xilan Empire, whether it was military support or economic benefits.

Therefore, no matter whether the Alliance offends them or not, they will stand with the Legion.

There is no value in winning over this kind of vassal who has already taken his side. Even if we can't negotiate, it doesn't matter.

As for their so-called threats, Chu Guang didn't take them seriously.

Even the legion didn't dare to mention military threats, let alone these followers. He didn't think these guys really had the courage to take revenge.

Whatever form of revenge it may be.

Putting the meeting minutes aside, Chu Guang looked at Cheng Yan and continued to ask.

"Anything else?"

Cheng Yan nodded and said immediately.

"There is one more thing you need to decide on. The Humpback Kingdom has expressed the hope that we can set up an embassy in Silvermoon Bay."

Chu Guang asked doubtfully.

"Didn't we set up an embassy there a long time ago?"

Outside the alliance, the embassy is not only a dialogue channel for the alliance to communicate with other forces, but also a save point for players.

Especially for forces that do not have a military base, the embassy is almost the only official save point besides the player-operated save points.

"That's true, but the ambassador of the Camelback Kingdom said... We have many more active people in Silver Moon Bay than in Camel City. He hopes that for the sake of those alliance citizens, we can at least set up a dispute resolution service for those people. But I feel...the real reason that prompted them to make this request may be related to the Xilan Empire's recent military activities in the Silver Moon Bay area."

Upon hearing this, Chu Guang frowned and turned his attention to the map hanging on the wall of his office.

After pondering for a moment, he spoke.

"This can be arranged."

Ignoring the Haiyia Province, which is controlled by the Torch Church, Silver Moon Bay is the closest seaport to the Alliance, and it is of vital importance both in terms of strategic and economic significance.

Although the Alliance does not directly control this port, its economic interests in the area are no less than those in the Kingdom of Lions or the Kingdom of Honey Badgers.

In order to prevent some blind guys from making small moves, it would be better for him to make some appropriate gestures.

"Yes." Probably guessing what Chu Guang meant, Cheng Yan nodded with understanding, followed the order and turned around.

Watching the foreign minister leave, Chu Guang looked again at the map hanging on the wall.

I saw a railway line along the edge of the Dzobar Mountains, passing through the battlefield where the Skeleton Corps once fought, and reaching the Petra Fortress, the throat of the mountains.

The Jian Express Railway will pass through there, entering the rich oasis No. 4 and the port of Silver Moon Bay, and connecting with the sea route to the Strait of Crossing.

At first, the Camelback Kingdom was wary of the Alliance's railways, fearing that what happened in Boulder City would happen again in Oasis No. 4.

The military pressure from the southwest forced the nobles and businessmen of the Camelback Kingdom to form alliances and seek closer cooperation in exchange for security protection.

In fact, Chu Guang didn't hate this stick extending from the southwest.

Although this shit-stirring stick was annoying, compared to the actual harm, it gave him more of a laughable comical effect, not even as good as the group of rats in the north.

Besides, these guys brought some gifts to the alliance.

And it’s a visible gift…