Faced with Li Chen's barrage of questions, S2K's Clone could only smile bitterly.
After waiting for Li Chen to calm down a little, he smiled helplessly again.
"Mr. Li Chen, that is indeed the truth."
"We admit that we were too naive and our thinking was overly simplistic."
"Or perhaps putting it another way might make you feel better... We never expected Earth's lifeforms to possess such a high level of intelligence. You Earth Humans think very differently from many, many alien races."
"Simply put, Earth's creatures have more complex minds."
"That was what led to this misunderstanding."
"Mr. Li Chen, to be honest, the strategies we devised had been repeatedly and effectively tested on other planets against other alien lifeforms."
"They would often act exactly as we predicted, but Earth Humans..."
"So, are you praising us or insulting us?"
"Earth Humans aren't as stupid as you imagined, right?"
Li Chen interrupted S2K Clone's explanation.
The other party did seem utterly sincere, even admitting that they had once used these schemes on other planets.
Against other civilizations.
This fellow had revealed it all as well.
An ordinary person probably would not expose his own dirty laundry like that.
But Li Chen did not want to hear the other party's nonsense right now.
"Mr. Li Chen, in general, we did not come to Earth to destroy the life here or wipe out its civilization."
"That was absolutely not our original intention."
S2K Clone smiled and explained again.
"Then what did you come here for?"
Li Chen stared at him and pressed the question.
"This..."
"I can't tell you that for now."
"However, if Mr. Li Chen is willing to accept my Peace Talks mediation, it will benefit both sides."
S2K Clone replied.
"What benefits?"
Li Chen's interest was immediately piqued when