The negotiations between Evernight and the Federation could not be settled overnight. After all, the two sides had fought each other to the death for so many years; such hatred could not be set aside in a short time. As for building mutual trust from scratch, that would require an even longer process.
However, it was relatively easy to reach a basic consensus. First, they confirmed that the bugs were a shared enemy. Second, they would strive to share intelligence. As for cooperation such as coordinated combat, who knew how many rounds of negotiations it would take before that could happen?
Both the Federation and Evernight were fairly satisfied with this form of cooperation. In fact, neither side currently intended to pursue deeper cooperation. As for the comprehensive cooperation Feng Jun had envisioned, it was anyone's guess how long it would take before they would even consider it.
For example, Evernight proposed a condition: it wanted two uninhabited planets for production facilities, and it would use the equipment it produced to offset the cost of purchasing the planets. The Federation rejected this without hesitation.
What a joke. Who could be sure that the equipment it produced would not be intended to attack someone?
In fact, the Federation had always taken a "strictly guard and destroy" approach toward Evernight manufacturing equipment. Whenever it discovered one facility, it destroyed it. Evernight was already terrifying when it could only launch cyberattacks; who would dare let it start mass-producing equipment?
On Godstop Galaxy, Evernight could manufacture a small amount of equipment and weapons because it remained under Federation surveillance throughout the entire process. Since it could be monitored in real time and its output was limited, the Federation had temporarily chosen not to act, waiting to see what it intended to do.
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