Scheming

Observation is mutual; while humans are observing the Nair Civilization, the Niel civilization is also observing humans.

Since humans only brought these few spaceships to the docking point as guided, and among these spaceships, the Flagship Lyra was undoubtedly the most eye-catching, the Nair Civilization focused most of its attention on it.

Just as humans observed its Space Elevator, the Nair People quickly discovered the differences in the Lyra as the fleet docked at its destination.

As the Lyra fleet drew closer, its massive size—5 kilometers long, 3 kilometers wide, and 3 kilometers high—quickly came into view of the Nair People. It was then that the Nair People were astonished to discover that this human warship was significantly larger than their own Lake-Class Warship.

So while humans were discussing their Space Elevator, the Nair People, just like humans, gathered inside their flagship and pointed at the image of the Lyra displayed on the large screen.

Many of the Nair People scientists couldn't help but exclaim in surprise as they spoke.

"Oh, Your Grand Governor, forgive my bluntness, but the shipbuilding technology of this Human Civilization is truly astounding. It's hard to imagine how they overcame the series of problems caused by the excessive size of their warships. You know, even the Lake-Class Warship we built using the most powerful Eldred Alloy as the main keel and load-bearing structure are only about 3 kilometers long at most. How did they break through that limit and build warships that are 5 kilometers long?"

The speaker was a designer from the Nair Civilization. The main reason for this confusion was that once a warship exceeded 3 kilometers in length, no matter what design structure was used, various stress problems would inevitably arise.

Even with the most powerful materials and the most advanced technology of the Nair Civilization, if it could be built, various structural deformation risks would inevitably occur during extreme acceleration and deceleration tests in various combat environments.

Therefore, upon seeing the Lyra symbol of Human Civilization, the designer felt a surge of resentment.

"You mean to say that the Human Civilization's exploration fleet possesses more advanced materials and technology than we do?" the Grand Governor of the First Star Region of the Nair Civilization asked in surprise.

"Yes, Your Grand Governor, Human Civilization either possesses Materials Technology that surpasses ours, or they have mastered some kind of warship manufacturing process." The designer's gaze was fixed on the Lyra on the large screen, and he continued to vibrate his abdominal vocal cords, "Gentlemen, please look, apart from this warship, the other two warships of this Human Civilization are not much different from our warships. I believe they must have mastered some kind of materials technology, but the manufacturing difficulty is very high, otherwise they wouldn't only have one warship of such a large size."

The Grand Governor raised the claw and snapped it twice, "Very good, in that case, we must get our hands on this technology."

After a pause, the Grand Governor Compound Eyes at another Nair People with his compound eyes. "Nuo Wu, the Ministry of Commerce, remember to add this item to the list as well, and bring it up together when communicating with Human Civilization."

"As you wish, Your Grand Governor." Nuo Wu snapped his claws twice and agreed.

"Alright, Human Civilization is about to reach its destination. We should go over and have a good talk with them." The Grand Governor snapped his claws twice with satisfaction.

Seeing the Grand Governor's reaction, a Nair People hesitated and said, "Um, Grand Governor, the delegation from the Second Star Region is still on its way. Shouldn't we wait for them?"

Before the Grand Governor could speak, a Nair People in military uniform answered for him, "Hehe, it's their problem if they haven't arrived. As long as we don't expose the internal situation of our civilization, we're not in breach of contract, it's no big deal. We can take this opportunity to trade more with Human Civilization. We don't need to worry about the people from the Second Star Region. It's absurd to wait for them to arrive before negotiating trade with Human Civilization. Hmm, my suggestion is to trade with Human Civilization as much as possible, ideally buying everything they're willing to trade. As for the Second Star Region, let them handle it themselves. Oh, to repay them for notifying us in advance, if they need it, we can resell them the technology we obtained from humans, hehehe. Of course, if they don't want to, they can go and buy it from humans again. But if they do that, the Second Star Region will have to take the blame for exposing the internal situation of our civilization."

This Nair People officer had a clever plan. If they went to the Second Star Region to trade with humans again, it would inevitably arouse suspicion. Therefore, he was certain that the people of the Second Star Region would not dare to do that, and would have no choice but to obediently trade with him. In this way, the cost of trading with Human Civilization could be made up for by trading with the Second Star Region.

With this in-and-out strategy, he was guaranteed to make a profit in the First Star Region.

Moreover, by doing so, and by manipulating the transactions with the Second Star Region, they might even be able to weaken it.

With one side gaining and the other losing, the First Star Region will inevitably be the one to complete the great task of Nair Civilization in the future.

However, no sooner had he finished speaking than a voice objected, "If we act this way, and the people of the Second Star Region become enraged and try to trade with Human Civilization separately again, wouldn't we be letting Human Civilization sell the same goods to two different people for free? Moreover, it will reveal clues about our civilization's internal affairs. We currently have no idea where the Main Civilization of this Human Civilization is, nor do we know their true strength. If that Human Civilization learns about our internal situation and harbors malicious intentions, wouldn't our actions be putting our entire civilization in danger?"

At this moment, the Grand Governor spoke. He first cracked his claws twice, then vibrated his abdominal vocal cords. "What you said is all correct, but you must remember that it was not us who first proposed contact and trade, but Human Civilization. Think about it, in the eyes of Human Civilization, are we and the Second Star Region both part of the Nair Civilization as a whole?"

"Definitely!" a group of Nair People exclaimed in unison. They simultaneously raised their pincers and snapped them open a few times.

The snapping motion, like using pliers, is a way for the Nair People to express emotions. Different degrees of snapping indicate different emotions, somewhat similar to how humans manage facial expressions.

"Since they consider us a unified whole, why would they wait twenty or thirty years for the people from the Second Star Region to arrive?" The Grand Governor cheerfully raised his claws and snapped them together, then continued, "So we should just go and greet them. I predict that when they arrive, they will definitely bring up trade, since one of their purposes in coming here is to replenish various supplies."

"As long as we didn't bring it up first, even if the Second Star Region finds out, they can only suffer in silence. It's their own fault for being so talkative and scaring Human Civilization to this place; they deserve to eat our leftovers!"