In a place where she was unfamiliar, if she truly produced such a high purity elemental crystal, the officials of the Rylan civilization would likely not be able to resist taking action against her.
"Hey, wait! This matter can still be discussed!" Su Rui, seeing her determination, immediately became anxious.
"If you genuinely want to trade, then show some sincerity. This haggling for an exorbitant price is unnecessary."
"Yes, yes, yes. How about this: see how much you can offer at most, and I’ll help you negotiate? Once we reach an agreement, we can proceed with the trade."
Lin Yao shot him a mocking glance at his words. "Do you think I can just hand over ten pieces as thanks? Surely I must have more on hand?"
Before he could respond, she continued, "I’m offering you ten pieces, but it’s not just a thank-you for this period; it also covers the protection fee for all participants from the Cloud Dream Star System at the Turing Potion Summit."
Su Rui awkwardly scratched his face. "Don’t worry; once I accept the protection fee, I will fulfill my duty. But if I want to exchange something with you, I am also sincere."
"You know the restrictions placed on your Cloud Dream Star System by the Galactic Alliance. By exchanging with you, we are taking a significant risk. If things go wrong, those teachers and professors could see their futures ruined." Su Rui's tone became much more earnest.
"I remember that the restrictions on our Cloud Dream Star System are only from the Eastern Region's primary civilization. Your Rylan is a middle-level civilization; why would you fear them?"
"Then you don’t know who stands behind the Eastern Region?"
"Is it the Lasvis middle-level civilization?"
"Since you already know that, you should understand Rylan's concerns. Although we are also a middle-level civilization, we are still far inferior to Lasvis. The Galactic Alliance may appear to be composed of many civilizations working together, but in reality, Lasvis holds most of the power. If our assistance to you were to leak out, our entire civilization would face repercussions."
Therefore, without sufficient benefits, Rylan people would certainly not take the risk of offending Lasvis to trade with her.
However, the more they spoke about it this way, the more Lin Yao felt she couldn't let her guard down. Today they were willing to take the risk of offending Lasvis due to sufficient benefits. Given her high value and their lack of support, would they really not resort to violence for profit?
"I only want to exchange for basic spatial technology; can you help me ask if it's possible?"
Su Rui's expression brightened immediately but quickly subdued again. "Alright, I’ll ask right away."
"Wait a moment," Lin Yao stopped him.
"What else is there?" Su Rui looked at her expectantly.
"I want to ask how advanced your Rylan civilization's brain domain development potion is capable of achieving."
The topic shifted too quickly for Su Rui to grasp fully. "I think it’s around three percent or so? Why do you ask?"
"I have a brain domain development potion; can you help me inquire if it’s worth exchanging?"
Surrey stared in astonishment, his eyes wide. Brain domain development? Yes, it was safe and without side effects, a gradual process of brain domain enhancement. The brain domain is the most complex tissue in the human body, bar none. Even among intermediate civilizations, research on the brain domain is extremely limited.
The level of brain domain development is closely related to a person's thinking, memory, and innovative abilities. To maintain their civilizations' advanced development, they certainly need to support those with high levels of brain domain development to continuously innovate and push their civilizations forward.
Surrey himself had shown a talent for mecha manufacturing due to his brain domain development, earning him the title of "Mecha Manufacturing Prodigy." It was hard to imagine what level of ability and talent a person could achieve if their brain domain were fully developed.
What was even more significant was that Lin Yao claimed her brain domain development potion was safe and effective, promoting gradual enhancement. This was far superior to the self-developed potions of the Ruylan civilization, both in terms of effectiveness and safety.
Upon hearing this news, Surrey stumbled out of Lin Yao's hotel in a daze. It wasn't until he approached Lans School that his mind finally cleared. Without caring about the time, he hurriedly sought out his teacher to report this news.
At that moment, Lin Yao was much calmer than she had been in the past few days. Even without signing a system contract, she still had other channels to obtain jump point technology, even if that method carried significant risks. The only industry in the outer star systems not restricted by the Yunmeng Star System was pharmaceuticals.
After so many years, the only solution that had emerged from the Yunmeng Star System was innovative pharmaceuticals, which had led to an invitation to join the Star Alliance. She had signed numerous pharmaceutical formulas before; surely there were a few that could be exchanged for something valuable.
The key was space technology. If they could trade high-purity elemental crystals for it, then they could gather bits of technology from various civilizations. Thus, discovering elemental crystal mines might not be such a bad thing after all; it could allow the Yunmeng Star System to enter the Star Alliance's vision completely.
If utilized well, they might be able to exchange with poorer and lower-level civilizations for the technologies they desired. Finally seeing new hope, Lin Yao managed to get a good night's sleep.
The next morning, Surrey burst in with excitement.
Just by looking at his expression, Lin Yao knew that things were likely settled.
"I spoke with the principal last night with my mentor for quite a while. After much persuasion, the principal finally agreed to exchange the space technology with you."
Lin Yao nodded. "What about the brain domain development potion?" In her view, this should be even more attractive than the high-purity elemental crystals. After all, once developed, the potion could be used continuously, unlike elemental crystals which were one-time use.
"Did you not understand what I meant? The principal said that high-purity elemental crystals combined with the brain domain development potion would be exchanged for the space technology."
Upon hearing this, Lin Yao was almost infuriated to laughter. "Since you lack sincerity like this, I might as well send my things to the Potion Summit. With more competitors around, even if I can't exchange for key technologies, I can still trade for something else!"
"What about your three-thousand-year bet?"
Lin Yao fell silent.
"Our principal stated that for space technology, aside from our Ruylan civilization, no other civilization would dare to exchange it with you!"
"Yesterday you told me that your Ruylan civilization feared the Lavis civilization, and today you're placing yourselves on the same level as Lavis. I don't even know if what you said yesterday was true."
Su Rui awkwardly smiled and said, "I only found out yesterday that there are even higher-ups above our Ruylan civilization. But a county official is not as good as a local manager. Being slightly wary doesn't mean we're afraid of them."
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