In mid-September, the UHC's second in-person meeting was held in the Solloma Empire.
The main purpose of this meeting was to confirm the results of their previous cooperation and establish guidelines for the next phase of collaboration.
As the host, Mary, Solloma's representative commissioner, arranged a steak dinner for the commissioners from the other nations before the meeting.
This left the commissioners puzzled. As they sat in the restaurant, they exchanged confused looks, unable to understand her intentions.
"It wasn't easy for me to make the trip to Solloma. Instead of using this precious time for the meeting, we're sitting here waiting around for steak. Honestly..."
"Exactly. We didn't come here to travel."
"What the hell is that Mary from Solloma up to?"
Most of the commissioners were unhappy, and Gao Liangwei was there as well, his brow slightly furrowed.
He had come all the way from North Star, not to eat steak. Still, he felt that Mary might have some other purpose in arranging this meal. It was not as simple as having steak.
Before long, the host, Mary, appeared.
She had not come alone. Two attendants followed behind her. To everyone's surprise, one was male and one was female. Though both wore waiter uniforms, their mechanical heads, flashing with blue lights, made it clear that they were robots.
"Sorry for the wait." Mary smiled as she approached the table. The male robotic attendant behind her elegantly pulled out her chair, while the female attendant arranged Mary's cutlery.
The movements looked ordinary, but they were impossibly smooth, indistinguishable from those of a human. If the two robots put on hoods, no one would doubt that they were real people.
The Black Flag Nation commissioner exclaimed, "Solloma's robotics technology has always been advanced, but I never expected it to reach