A second trading outpost

When the first batch of resources brought by the World-Realm Emperor Monarch were delivered to the Mechanical Civilization's base, some of the forward War Fortress were still under repair.

Those enormous storage devices were not brought close to the legion's encampment area, but rather the handover was completed on the outside.

Saine took out a small amount of the incompletely transformed alien essence from one of the containers. As a wisp of Ash Fire approached, several layers of different colored textures slowly emerged inside the originally dim crystal. He looked at it for a while, then sealed it away again.

"This batch is more complete than the previous ones," Saine said.

"Some things are more valuable to keep than to consume directly," the World-Realm Emperor Monarch replied.

This batch of materials was not the standard delivery agreed upon by the two. A portion of it would be directly transferred to the Mechanical Civilization as payment for using the new location in the Source-Devouring Time-Space.

Saine did not raise the demands further.

Several items that I truly needed have been delivered, and the remaining matters have been largely finalized during previous rounds of negotiations between the two parties.

A Delivery Zone located outside the Mechanical Civilization's controlled zone was subsequently officially designated.

Those who can enter this Source-Devouring Time-Space are the personnel responsible for transactions and transportation.

What the World-Realm Emperor Monarch desires is precisely a place where he doesn't have to rely too much on the Darkness Sword Organization.

However, Saine did not overlook the original attributes of those Source-Devouring Lifeforms because of the recent goodwill shown by the other party.

It is forbidden to arbitrarily encroach upon the surrounding natural resources, and Combat Legion cannot be left here indefinitely under the guise of transportation. These provisions were all written into the agreement reached by both parties.

A group of low-level Source-Devouring Beasts that accompanied the guard legion ultimately did not enter the Delivery Zone, but remained at their original base in the Source-Devouring Time-Space.

The World-Realm Emperor Monarch had no objection to this. The High-Level Beings truly needed to receive and transfer supplies here were capable of making their own judgments. As long as it was explained in advance, there was no need to let those beasts who followed their instinct to devour also squeeze in.

Saine also did not demand that the Source-Devouring Time-Space hand over all its transport secrets.

The extent to which the two sides can make contact is not a question that has been discussed for the first time.

The people specifically in charge of operating this place are those sent by Wojin. The Goddess of Wealth herself doesn't need to make a special trip across industries for a delivery location, but her team is clearly very familiar with the conversion, transfer, and trading arrangements of resources of different attributes.

After Saine confirmed the importance of the supplies, the handover was quickly completed.

The first expense the World-Realm Emperor Monarch received came from the mechanical protective facilities surrounding the Delivery Zone.

Unlike ordinary goods, even if the transporter has sealed them in advance, some of the Devouring Materials still need to be stored separately.

The Mechanical Civilization personnel in charge of this matter pointed out several storage platforms that were already in use to him.

The World-Realm Emperor Monarch did not dwell on these expenses. He casually allocated a portion of the resources, including those needed for the subsequent transport team's stationing and maintenance, and left them there as well.

The few Devouring Source experts who were preparing to deliver the goods here, however, felt rather unaccustomed to the constantly running mechanical facilities.

In their own Mother Time-Space, they wouldn't need to consider these things.

But this place before us belongs to the Mechanical God Emperor.

Nearby were War Fortress replenishing their energy after a recent battle with Ebony. Several Devouring Source experts finally suppressed their own fluctuations and sent the items that had not yet been unloaded to the designated platform.

The first batch of goods from the Source-Devouring Time-Space did not all end up in the Mechanical Civilization's warehouse.

Several of these were separated and sent to local caravans that were already waiting nearby.

The creatures were initially reluctant to get too close.

Only after the delivery personnel from the Mechanical Civilization opened the outer seal and confirmed that no active Fel Devouring creatures had infiltrated inside did the leader slowly move forward.

A piece of material radiating a bright yellow glow was placed between the two parties. A small amount of special rules were still flowing within it, but it did not draw energy outward.

The other item brought by the local caravan was taken over by the traders from the Source-Devouring Time-Space.

Both sides conducted their own inspections for a long time. The occasional Bright Yellow Patterns appearing on the other's body surface still made these Homeland Being uncomfortable, but in the end, the goods were still loaded into their transport equipment.

Before leaving, the caravan did not agree to go directly to the Devourer's camp. They simply agreed to meet there again next time.

The World-Realm Emperor Monarch witnessed this scene but did not demand that the other party immediately show more trust.

The fact that these creatures were willing to stay and take a look is already a significant improvement over the previous situation where even their intention to deliver the goods was rejected.

With the first exchange completed, the other teams that had been waiting on the periphery began to enter one after another.

After the new delivery point had been operating for a while, the number of records delivered by Wojin's team increased significantly.

Some goods were picked up directly by nearby civilizations, while others needed to be transported to more distant star systems via existing shipping routes.

Mechanical Civilization do not only benefit from the use of space. Some local caravans already needed to purchase mechanical equipment, and now that they have an additional place to exchange for special resources, they stay there longer than before.

Several teams that originally planned to complete only one delivery and leave subsequently added new deals.

After reviewing these situations, Saine continued to delegate the parts that did not require his decision to his subordinates.

His focus was more on the Rule Materials already contained within the Magic Cube's Cube. Several of them were remarkably well-preserved, even revealing their original properties before being corrupted by the Source-Devouring Power. Saine took one of them out and brought it into the Experimental Zone.

As for how large a business the Source-Devouring Time-Space is willing to conduct here, he has no intention of stopping it for the time being, as long as it does not violate the previously established restrictions.

When Ebony received the news, a small patch of Ash power still lingered on his shoulder, unable to be completely dispelled.

He had just suppressed the damaged part of the source when he saw the location of the new Delivery Zone.

The star system controlled by Mechanical Civilization.

Moreover, local caravans have already used that route to exchange resources from the Source-Devouring Time-Space.

Ebony's expression grew even more somber. Previously, in order to introduce the Source-Devouring Power into the Primordial Universe Time-Space, he had not only given up his stronghold but also endured considerable rejection from the Homeland Civilization.

As a result, they failed to gain any advantage at the front lines, and those bright yellow guys turned around and started doing new business with the Mechanical God Emperor.

"These guys are managing to do both without neglecting either side," Ebony said coldly.

The Darkedge Sword Lord, standing some distance away, did not respond.

The explanation sent by the World-Realm Emperor Monarch was quite clear. The delivery of existing resources would continue, and the agreed fees and guard arrangements remained unchanged. The only addition was another trading location, and the Darkness Sword Organization was not required to make any extra contributions.

Ebony naturally understood the meaning behind it.

The other party did not break the contract, but they will not always rely solely on themselves to contact other civilizations in the Primordial Universe Time-Space.

If you really want to get to the bottom of it, he doesn't have many reasons to give.

Ebony set the record aside and looked again at the recent delivery status of his several bases.

The transaction is still ongoing.

However, some things that originally needed to be arranged by the Darkness Sword Organization are now being taken from other places.

The opening of a new trading channel in the Source-Devouring Time-Space did not immediately change the views of all Homeland Civilization.

Some Super Civilization with Level-12 Strong Practitioner are still unwilling to expand their ties with them.

Those Source Star systems and communities that civilizations have cultivated over many years are already vast enough. In their view, it's simply not worth bringing a group of beings who have devoured other Dimensional Universe to their side just for a few things that are temporarily lacking.

However, another civilization had a different idea.

In the Primordial Universe Time-Space, the ownership of certain important star regions has remained unchanged for an extremely long time.

The strong possess more resources, and with these resources, they can cultivate new strong individuals. It's not so easy for newcomers to climb the ranks.

Some civilizations, despite having given birth to Level-9 Being and even more than one Transcendence Realm expert, have long been confined to their original scope.

Better spots nearby are already taken.

They might not even want the cutting-edge treasures that could help them continue to grow into their own world.

The great battle between Ebony and the Mechanical God Emperor took on a different meaning in the eyes of these civilizations.

It turns out that those seemingly unchangeable garrison positions and star system ownership can also change with a war.

This may not be all bad.

A homeland Transport Ship was originally scheduled to enter the Mechanical Civilization 'Trading District changed its course after completing resupply.

Instead of returning to its Homeworld, it followed another existing route to the location of the Darkness Sword Organization.

Inside the ship, besides the supplies to be exchanged, there was also a formal communication from the higher echelons of their civilization.

At the same time, another, smaller team directly inquired about the reception location in the Source-Devouring Time-Space.

The creature responsible for relaying the message confirmed the other party's intentions once again.

They were not going there to retrieve their confiscated items, nor were they being coerced by anyone.

These visitors from the Yuanyu region actually took the initiative to talk to the Source-Devouring Time-Space!