The Convention's office is naturally not located on Intelligence Street.
The rat-man sent by Xuanyizi to contact Li Xingkong is named Baili Qiu. He is the supervisor of Knows Everything and a candidate for the next chairman.
Although he looks young, he is quite steady in handling affairs, and his every move is very pleasant to behold.
After Knows Everything, the two headed towards the exit of the Intelligence Street.
They didn't travel very fast, mainly because Li Xingkong was still taking final precautions for this operation.
All the information about the Sihali Kingdom came from Xuanyizi, which in itself carried a certain risk.
Listening to only one side leads to ignorance, while listening to both sides leads to enlightenment.
However, the information obtained from him may not be accurate.
Although Xuanyizi's words were mostly true under Li Xingkong's magical judgment, who knew if the other party could evade his detection?
Moreover, Xuanyizi himself is from the Sihali Kingdom. The attitudes of civilizations towards their own people, especially those in positions of power, and towards other civilizations are vastly different. To gain a comprehensive understanding of the situation in the Sihali Kingdom, it is necessary to consider it from multiple perspectives.
So after leaving the room, Li Xingkong quietly released his Divine Sense.
Since he hadn't yet figured out the details of this chamber of commerce, Li Xingkong naturally wouldn't rashly use his Divine Sense to infiltrate the surrounding information shops and arbitrarily browse through the information he wanted.
If the Chamber of Commerce can detect my Divine Sense, then what I'm doing will be no different from robbing someone in the street.
So he focused his Divine Sense on the street, covering the entire street of aliens.
By eavesdropping on their conversations, we can gain another perspective on the true image of this Sihali Kingdom.
The streets are crowded with people, and they talk about all sorts of things, but most of the conversations revolve around current affairs. And in this Intelligence Street, the topics of conversation are naturally inseparable from intelligence.
Since it involves intelligence, the conversation naturally turns to the merchants who sell intelligence. Besides, Li Xingkong has a very important person by his side.
As the manager of Knows Everything, Baili Qiu was quite a celebrity on this Intelligence Street, and his appearance naturally sparked a lot of discussion.
"Isn't that the Knows Everything steward? Why is he coming to the street in person, and with a strange fellow by his side?"
"Who knows about this? How about you give me 200 and I'll go and investigate for you?"
"Pah! That's just asking for trouble. If you make a bad impression, Knows Everything. Do you even want to stay in this line of work anymore...?"
"Isn't it said that their family is quite kind? Is it really as mysterious as you're making it out to be?"
"Then let me ask you, who do you usually sell your intelligence to?"
"This is my secret, why are you asking so many questions?"
"What 'secret'! I know exactly where you were bending over today. It's just your sect leader's family, the 'Wenming's' family, and the Knows Everything!"
"If you already know, then why are you even asking? What does this have to do with his family's kindness?"
"You're only unaware because you have powerful connections. For self-employed individuals like us, apart from Knows Everything, we'd be skinned alive if we went to any other shop. If we offend the boss, do you still want to make a living this way?"
"It can't be that bad, I see plenty of people from other families too."
"Look at the other families, how many outsiders come and go?"
Hearing what these aliens said, Li Xingkong paid special attention. It was true that the aliens coming and going on the street were not so picky about buying information, but those who were obviously selling information mostly only went to shops run by their own people.
"No, they're doing this and nobody's interfering? Why should anyone else believe them?"
" Knows Everything makes right. The other families combined can't match them. Besides, they're well-connected with the three major powers, which is the most important thing."
"Aren't those guys supposed to be very exclusive? How come they're so popular?"
" The Sihali Kingdom behind this Knows Everything nation, the Shari, prioritizes trust. Even the original draft of our Pan-Civilization Convention had people from their civilization involved in its drafting and revision. The contracts and agreements we use now are all part of their core business. From the three major powers to our own entity, they all emphasize honesty and integrity."
"No wonder, it's not easy to establish a reputation for trustworthiness."
"Anyway, if you're talking about the most trustworthy family on this street, it's theirs."
As he walked, Li Xingkong extended his Divine Sense and listened to everything along the street.
Regardless of what people around him say or what other shops say, Knows Everything really can't find anything wrong with its reputation.
After leaving the Intelligence Street, perhaps because Baili Qiu was accompanying them, the two went directly to the registration office of the Convention.
Although Li Xingkong had expected that such a large chamber of commerce would have an office for the Convention, he did not expect it to be so large.
The registration office alone occupies an entire street, and then the intelligent departments that handle various matters in detail each have their own blocks, making it an incredibly large operation.
Standing at the entrance of the registration desk, Li Xingkong felt completely at ease.
To occupy such a large area on this merchant ship is clearly something that an ordinary civilization couldn't handle.
If Knows Everything truly possessed such financial resources, would he even bother with the meager gains on Earth Star? It seems highly improbable.
That's like driving a luxury car while picking up trash.
The number of people on the Convention side is obviously much smaller. In most cases, the Convention within the chamber of commerce is just a mobile office, mainly responsible for monitoring local areas and handling some emergencies, and rarely for other matters.
However, since Li Xingkong came with Baili Qiu, and out of consideration for the Sihali Kingdom, the process was quite swift.
After waiting briefly at the registration desk, they were led to the office area where the Convention was responsible for compiling civilization archives.
The entire office area resembles a giant library, with eight walls forming a polygonal structure that extends upwards.
Looking up, you can't see the top at all; it's like a hollow chimney that reaches the sky.
Every wall is lined with bookshelves, crammed with all sorts of books and documents, and there are quite a few robots maintaining and cleaning them, flying up and down.
There's clearly a reason for preserving paper-based archives. While electronic information storage can handle vast amounts of data, for such a vast collection of archives from numerous civilizations, electronic storage, though convenient, inevitably impacts efficiency when accessing and retrieving them.
The physical version is clearly different; its access speed depends solely on the number of robots maintaining the area.
If there are enough copies, it will be much faster to access than the electronic version.
Moreover, some civilizations have an extremely high information content in a single word, making handwritten versions much simpler than electronic records for them.