Xi Yan spent a long time at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs talking with Director Carls Charius. They settled the details of their cooperation, including trade in goods and the dispatch of delegations to conduct surveys.
Both sides were very satisfied with the arrangement.
It seemed the factional struggle within the M'tok Union had already grown extremely fierce, just short of triggering an all-out civil war.
Xi Yan would need to give it a little covert push.
For example, he could support the relatively weaker Megacorporate Faction.
Compared with the Criminal Enterprise Faction, Xi Yan was far more willing to do business with the Megacorporate Faction. These factions willing to maintain peaceful trade fit his strategy perfectly.
He could wipe them out once his Empire grew strong enough.
So for now, Xi Yan's strategy was to give the Megacorporate Faction strong support, turning them into his weapon to fight the Criminal Enterprise Faction in his place. If he could trigger an all-out civil war within the M'tok Union, that would be a massive windfall!
Besides, the Megacorporate Faction was actually willing to seek foreign cooperation to bring down the Criminal Enterprise Faction. That proved just how deep their conflict ran.
Xi Yan was more than willing to invest large sums of energy credits in an opportunity like this.
After finishing their discussion of cooperation, they exchanged a few pleasantries and said their goodbyes. Xi Yan let out a long breath, and exhaustion washed over him all at once.
He had originally intended to have a brief exchange with the Nier Guardians Civilization and the Zirick Cooperative Civilization, whose contact information he had just obtained. Instead, he had discovered a massive internal rift within the M'tok Union and had to burn more brainpower negotiating cooperation.
As soon as he relaxed, crushing