Seeing Li Chen suddenly turn hostile and act like a boorish street thug throwing his weight around.
Saying he wanted to withdraw the certification application and refuse to accept any unequal terms.
Noah Number One's expression immediately changed drastically.
But he promptly poured a bucket of cold water over Li Chen's head.
He said something that filled Li Chen with shock and fury.
From the other party's words, Li Chen discerned several implications.
First.
Once Earth Civilization passed the legal certification.
Li Chen would completely become Earth's true ruler.
At the same time, he would obtain ownership of the entire Sixth Star Territory.
Then other Cosmic Civilizations could treat them according to the Law of the Jungle.
The Prite Civilization Empire, Noah Civilization, Valoran Civilization, and so on.
These advanced civilizations that also existed within the Orion Arm Tenth District.
Would no longer need to worry about any rules.
They could attack and plunder them without restraint.
That was the cruel law of survival in the universe.
And it was permitted—legal!
While protecting the relatively weak.
The universe was also destroying the weak who might become strong.
Upon learning of this rule, Li Chen felt both furious and helpless.
Noah Number One had also made the second implication very clear.
Sign this series of unequal contracts.
And they could give Li Chen and Earth Civilization some dignity.
Allowing him to retain a tiny shred of self-respect.
All he had to pay was the relatively minor price of losing the Sixth Star Territory and more than eighty percent of its resources.
But if Li Chen refused to sign the contracts.
And instead chose to withdraw the certification application he had submitted to them.
Then found a way on his own to bypass those five Tier 3 Universe Civilizations.
And obtained the