Galaxy City, the Mechanical Empire's headquarters.
"You want our fortress defense system?" Flash Thunder looked at True Lord Yu Chen.
He had only just welcomed the representatives of the three sects and taken a couple of sips of tea when Yuchen raised the subject.
Thoughts flashed through Flash Thunder's mind, and he soon understood what was going on.
The Tianli Sect had adopted a dual-layer defense system in every safe zone on the Red Rock Continent, and its defensive efficiency had already surpassed that of a single system.
The destructive power of technological weapons, combined with formations, produced results where one plus one equaled three, or even five.
Seeing those results, the three sects had been tempted!
True Lord Yu Chen smiled faintly and said:
"Indeed. Would the Mechanical Empire be interested? We could enter into a partnership!"
Flash Thunder looked at Yuchen with a faint, ambiguous smile.
"True Lord Yu Chen, even if we agreed, would you dare use it?"
That was precisely what worried the three sects most. If the Mechanical Empire installed a backdoor, they would have no way of knowing. Should the empire then resort to foul play, every safe zone would fall into its hands.
True Lord Yu Chen looked at True Lord Flash Thunder and said with a faint smile:
"Of course we're afraid. However, we believe that if you did such a thing, you would have to consider the consequences. The reason the Tianli Sect agreed to let you enter the Ancient Realm was that we did not stand with them. If we were to join forces with the Tianli Sect..."
Flash Thunder's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a grave voice:
"Am I to understand that you're threatening our empire?"
Yuchen said calmly:
"It hardly amounts to a threat. I'm merely