A few days after Alphimi appeared and vanished with the Native Species, the Steel Dragon Squad continued receiving special attention from the Native Species. Although Xiao Ran kept up with the Steel Dragon Squad's situation every day, there was no way he could offer them any help.
As for the Native Species, all they could do for now was wait and watch. Xiao Ran had also sent other teams to search for the true location of Baral, the homeland of the Demon Robots, but they still had no suitable leads and had not discovered where Baral actually was.
Xiao Ran could understand that, so he did not press the teams searching for Baral too hard. However, although Baral had not been found, the delegation dispatched by Zovok had arrived at Earth. Upon receiving the news, Xiao Ran hurried to White Star.
When Chief of Staff Daniel saw Xiao Ran arrive at White Star in such haste, he personally came to the port to receive him. The first thing he said upon seeing Xiao Ran was, "Sir, we have just received word from the Zovok monitoring force. The delegation dispatched by the Zovok Privy Council has arrived near the Earth Sphere. They have requested permission to enter Earth and hope that we can arrange a location for the talks."
Xiao Ran nodded and asked, "How large is their delegation?"
"Equivalent to one of our standard fleets." Daniel's expression was somewhat grave. After answering Xiao Ran's question, he continued, "Given Zovok's strength, even a single standard fleet should represent considerable military power. If we mishandle this, and that fleet joins up with the advance fleet from before, it will pose no small threat to us."
"Furthermore, we cannot be certain whether this so-called delegation fleet contains any new Zovok weapons, or how