Have You Misunderstood Your Duties?

By sheer coincidence, Xu Nan, who became famous because of the preview trailer of "Extraordinary Idol Trainee", was unaware that her name had already soared to the top of the list of topics for this period of the Six-Nine Plan, and caused an uproar of discussion within the entire Six-Nine Plan sorcerer group.

Everyone was amazed at how Xu Nan managed to do it!

Judging from his points and the number of women in his harem, the number of women who consider him their husband exceeds five figures and is rapidly approaching six figures.

Even a stallion wouldn't be this powerful, right?

Many people have voiced their doubts: Even the most prolific abyssal creatures don't reproduce this much!

Melissa, who was dethroned from the top spot, publicly criticized the Six-Nine Plan for having shady dealings and loopholes.

The men who had previously disliked Melissa now stood on the same side as her, sharing a common hatred for her.

If Xu Nan could see this, he would be very pleased:

I managed to mediate the fight successfully.

It's true that only by securing first place with an overwhelming advantage can the rest of the group unite.

The idea of sacrificing myself to unite everyone must be consistently upheld; there's nothing wrong with that.

Therefore, the Organizing Committee of the Six-Nine Plan issued a special announcement declaring that Xu Nan's score was correct.

There was no real conspiracy... In fact, they were completely baffled. Despite launching an investigation immediately, they still couldn't understand why so many people called Xu Nan" husband"...

In terms of exploiting loopholes, Xu Nan is already a qualified Ron Sorcerer.

At this moment, he was leisurely lying in the cabin, watching the beautiful green aurora borealis in the sky.

This is the Queen's Ship's Ship, one of Stephenson's iconic alchemical creations. It retains many design elements from the Arcane Empire's Cloud Ascending Ship. Xu Nan noticed this as soon as he boarded the ship. However, compared to Blazing Fire, the Queen's Ship is far inferior in both strategic layout and alchemical details.

It seems that although Stephenson is a city of wonders built by the remnants of the Arcane Empire, it still falls short of the pinnacle of the Arcane Empire's civilization.

He's currently watching the drama unfold.

Although January in China is already quite cold, it was rather hot on the spaceship. Eating chilled watermelon while watching the aurora was quite pleasant.

Stephenson is a mysterious world located north of the Northern Continent of Pro World. It is covered by vast oceans and icebergs, similar to the Arctic of Earth. Beneath the sea, there live some strange species that have survived since ancient times. It is said that even the gods dare not easily approach this sea area.

This sea is also known as the Sea of Curse by the main plane of the Pro World.

Some say this sea holds the secrets of the world's end, while others Sea of Curse that its waters will eventually flow into the highest Astral Realm. But even the most learned scholars dare not draw a definitive conclusion on this matter.

The world knows very little about this.

This is one of the reasons why Stephenson was able to survive.

Stephenson is currently in a semi-secluded state, which is slightly better than the situation in Lost Paradise, where he can't even find a crack in the door, but not by much.

Generally, the residents of Stephenson are those with direct blood ties to the past rulers, mages, alchemists, or other residents of the Floating City. It's quite difficult for ordinary people to enter.

In fact, on the two continents of Pro World, north and south, countless spellcasters yearn to enter Stephenson, but opportunity is always an insurmountable hurdle for them. Stephenson sends five hundred envoys to travel around the world every year to bring back what they consider to be the Child of Arcana, but the trials are extremely rigorous, and Xu Nan has no idea what the specifics are.

But he was generally aware that Stephenson's status among spellcasters in the Pro World was roughly that of someone who could go in once and come back to brag to his friends for a lifetime.

Nevertheless, Stephenson's population is relatively prosperous.

This is a city of fervent magic. Of course, they have also inherited the rigorous spirit of their predecessors in the Arcane Empire. Even the lowest-ranking alchemists uphold the so-called "craftsman spirit," possessing a transcendent arrogance and dignity.

These were all told to Xu Nan by the Magician Apprentice on the Queen's Ship's Spaceship.

The apprentice was quite polite, knowing that he was receiving a big shot from Lost Paradise, but it was easy to tell from his unintentional gestures that he was quite arrogant.

After listening to the apprentice's introduction, Xu Nan had only one thought in his mind:

"They sound like a bunch of arrogant, demonized tech geeks! I don't know how they've survived this long without the protection of this Sea of Curse..."

Of course, he could only think these thoughts to himself; he wouldn't dare say them out loud.

After all, he came here with the mission of maintaining peace and friendship between Lost Paradise and Stephenson.

The entire negotiation team consisted of more than twenty people, half of whom were just using the company-funded trip to freeload... This left Xu Nan speechless.

Ophy sent him here to work, but he doesn't even have a proper helper. It's outrageous!

Fortunately, he had made thorough preparations, with all kinds of documents and materials readily available. He even read them while eating melons on the spaceship.

In fact, this negotiation trip is more symbolic than practical.

After all, this is the first cooperation between the two major forces in many years. The higher-ups have already reached an agreement, and Xu Nan and his group are just going through the motions.

Of course, there are some trivial details that big shots like Luo Mang are too lazy to bother with, so these kinds of characters have to do the legwork.

We can just argue about it later.

Xu Nan carefully reviewed the terms and conditions of the cooperation agreement and found them to be vague promises, basically anything that could be agreed to.

For example, Article 30 of the cooperation White Paper:

"Lost Paradise promises never to steal Stephenson's intellectual property for commercial profit..."

Isn't that ridiculous?

How could the Ron Sorcerer, who feel restless if they don't copy others, possibly actually do this? They're probably just playing word games.

Stephenson's higher-ups probably didn't expect to be able to completely control the copycat clutches of Paradise Lost Paradise in one fell swoop; they probably just wanted them to rein in their behavior.

For example, Article 84 of the White Paper:

"Regarding war warnings, both sides intend to restore the Ancient Covenant..."

Having already made a bad example of watching the drama unfold, would Stephenson still believe in Lost Paradise? No way.

Xu Nan carefully reviewed the contents of the White Paper and was not optimistic about the cooperation. He felt that the cooperation was more of a wishful thinking on the part of the two senior executives.

Well, even legendary figures fall in love, right? Recently, Xu Nan has heard a lot of melodramatic stories about Luo Mang and Ansu Li from Smith Couple. The content is so rich that it could fill several romance novels.

Recently, it seems that Luo Mang has been showering An Suli with attention again, taking advantage of Xu Nan 'Ansu Li's Breakfast Dagger. The two are currently in the throes of a passionate affair, and it's likely that Luo Mang has lost his mind and wants to bring the two major forces together.

"Never mind, it doesn't matter, as long as I can successfully get the resume."

"Besides officially signing the White Paper during this trip to Stephenson, I'll also take the opportunity to visit a few famous Alchemy Workshop and see what's going on. Who knows, I might get some inspiration?"

Xu Nan closed the White Paper, filled with anticipation for the upcoming Floating City.

However, to his utter surprise, things turned out to be even more complicated than he had imagined!

In the afternoon, devastating news arrived. "Stephenson's port refuses to allow the Queen's Ship to dock!"

Xu Nan and the Ron Sorcerer were completely bewildered. "What's going on?"

The Magician Apprentice looked troubled, hesitated for a moment, and didn't know what to do.

Xu Nan ran over and watched for a while, and found that the pilot had been sending down the signal light, but the port was refusing. After the pilot awkwardly interpreted the signal, Xu Nan realized that the other party meant that the port was full.

He glanced at the port; there was clearly enough room for many more spaceships. Stephenson's side... there might be some trouble.

"What do you all think we should do?"

Xu Nan gathered the delegation members in a closed room and decided to pool their wisdom and efforts.

Everyone looked at each other, completely bewildered.

Xu Nan suppressed her anger. "Don't you want anything?"

One of the very attractive Elder Sister, who was reportedly in charge of the paperwork for this negotiation, stepped forward and offered Xu Nan a calm and reassuring reassurance:

"Mr. Xu Nan, don't be too nervous. Actually, it's pretty good right now. The scenery outside is quite beautiful. I'm reluctant to land."

"Yes, yes, it's rare to take a vacation, and you still have to work when you land." A fat warlock smiled naively, "Since the port is full, just treat it as full, and let me know when you need to work. I'll go have dinner."

"I still need to breastfeed my child, excuse me, please excuse me." A woman with her family of three or four children calmly left.

"It's okay, let's go back and play a few rounds of Hearthstone... This game imported from Earth is really fun!" Several warlocks who were completely engrossed in the game also made their way off.

Before long, the delegation was reduced to less than six or seven people.

Xu Nan fell into deep thought, "Have these people misunderstood their responsibilities?"

Just then, the Elder Sister in charge of paperwork curiously came over:

"Mr. Xu Nan, may I ask you a question?"

Xu Nan sighed, "Ask away."

"Do you seem to have some misunderstanding about your responsibilities?" the Elder Sister asked seriously.

Xu Nan was stunned. "Aren't I the chief representative of this delegation?"

"Aren't we here to negotiate with Stephenson?"

The Elder Sister shook her head resolutely. "... No."

"Actually, we all feel that this trip for publicity is a publicly funded vacation..."

Xu Nan was annoyed. "Nonsense!"

My Elder Sister then whispered in my ear, "But that's just what they say to the public!"

Xu Nan's expression relaxed slightly.

The Elder Sister immediately continued, "... We actually discussed the big shots' intentions in private, and in the end, we were all in unison: the big shots sent us here to legitimately infiltrate Stephenson and steal more intellectual property patents..."

Xu Nan was utterly desperate.

So, he was the only one in the entire negotiation team who took it seriously?

He even prepared a lot of speeches and various arguments.

Forget it, everyone's so laid-back, if I take it too seriously, wouldn't I be out of place?

"Give the order to everyone to rest on the spot. Since the spaceship has plenty of energy and the port is full, we can just wait."

Xu Nan walked out of the room and gave this order in front of everyone.

Stephenson, the person in charge of the liaison, looked surprised.

Stephenson, in a white tower that rose up.

"Are they really floating in mid-air outside?" a shrill voice rang out. "What are those foul-smelling sorcerers doing?"

The voice belonged to a man whose face was half hidden in shadow. He wore an elegant mage's robe with profound runes embroidered on the sleeves.

A secret agent, kneeling on the ground, reported, "They are eating, drinking, and having fun."

"What?!" The male mage's expression shifted between anger and uncertainty. "Aren't they even a little bit anxious or worried?"

Secretly, his skin crawling, still managed to say, "No... They all seem to be in a very good mood. Some are fishing, some are describing the aurora borealis, some are eating watermelon and barbecue, and many more are engrossed in a game called Hearthstone, which is said to have been introduced from Earth..."

The male mage remained silent for a long time before finally waving his hand:

"Investigate further if there is any news!"

"Hehe, these warlocks seem useless, but I didn't expect there to be such a clever character among them who could calmly issue such an order."

"I need all of Xu Nan's information within three minutes!"

Lost Paradise, the Supreme Council.

"What do you think?" Luo Mang looked calmly at the yellowish image reflected in a pair of sunglasses.

"It's normal for there to be differing opinions within Stephenson's organization," Council Speaker Ophy couldn't help but give a thumbs-up in praise. "I was initially worried that Xu Nan was too young and wouldn't be able to handle things during this negotiation trip, so I arranged a few hidden measures. Now it seems I was overthinking it!"

"Luo Mang's insight is indeed extraordinary. There is intense conflict between the two factions within Stephenson. One side wants to cooperate with us, while the other side strongly opposes it. Therefore, they are trying to trip us up when the Queen's Ship is landing... If it were an ordinary person, they would probably lose their composure and make some wrong decision; but Xu Nan did not. He clearly saw through Stephenson's internal struggle intentions at a glance."

"I thought he would choose to contact us, but he was more shrewd than I imagined; staying put was the best strategy."

"After all, compared to our Lost Paradise, those factions that desperately want more support within Stephenson are more anxious about neglecting the guests from Lost Paradise!"

"Xu Nan just needs to wait quietly, and someone will naturally clear the way for them!"

"I can only say one thing: brilliant!"

Luo Mang nodded, and although he didn't say anything, Ophy could see a hint of smugness in his eyes.

At the port of Stephenson, a fleet of pumpkin carriages sped by, accompanied by the faint sound of reprimands.

Shortly after, the Queen's Ship's pilot reported, "Mr. Xu Nan, the port indicates that we can land!"

Xu Nan helplessly shrugged. "Let's not rush to land. We want to... um, take a rest first."

Stephenson and the others were completely dumbfounded.

Xu Nan scratched his head. He couldn't very well tell those guys that they had just thrown an aurora party and were all too drunk to show their faces, could he?

"Please tell Stephenson's friends that we need to wait a little longer..."

Xu Nan thought for a moment and then said, "Here."

Little did he know that his casual remark would spark countless speculations and conjectures.

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