#489 - Chapter 489 Purchase of Warships
"Please follow our warship. Any other movements will be met with immediate attack."
"Repeat, please follow our warship. Any other movements will be met with immediate attack."
Dongfang Chen led them to Hulun City, outside the border.
The residents here had already been relocated to Bato City. It was now a ghost town.
Even so, Dongfang Chen didn't dare to meet them rashly, opting for a remote meeting instead.
After both warships were docked, a robot approached the Mayan warship.
The robot's head was an electronic screen displaying Dongfang Chen's avatar.
After confirming it was safe, the Mayans brought the robot inside their warship.
The interior of their warship was very ancient, filled with primitive mythological colors.
The warship's corridors were dimly lit, with only gems embedded in the walls on both sides emitting a faint glow.
At the end of the corridor was a security door with strange patterns drawn on it, resembling a giant human face.
As they approached, the face split open from the center, and a strong light shone out.
Inside was a multi-functional hall. Judging from the furnishings, dining, meetings, and training likely all took place here.
Seated at an irregular conference table in the middle of the hall was a long-haired elder.
Behind him stood several young people.
Everyone was wearing Daoist robes.
"Greetings, esteemed leader of Ulan. I am the High Priest of the Mayan United Empire. Please excuse this sudden visit.", the High Priest said, standing up, placing his left hand on his chest, and bowing.
The Mayan hierarchy was structured as follows: the Supreme Ruler was the High Priest, who oversaw everything within the empire.
Next were the High Priests, each with their own division of labor, responsible for assisting the High Priest in governing the entire empire, similar in status to councilors in Hua Country.
Then came the Priests, who generally governed a region, and could be understood as leaders of tribal alliances within an area.
Clearly, the High Priest before them held a very prominent position.
"We have never had any dealings before. I wonder what brings you here so suddenly?" Dongfang Chen asked.
"I will be blunt. We want to buy warships from you," the High Priest replied.
"Buy warships? Why?" Dongfang Chen was a little baffled.
Although the performance of the Mayan warships was unknown, they were able to build such massive warships, so their technology shouldn't be lacking.
With such technology at hand, why would they need to buy warships from another country?
"The warships you manufacture are very powerful, especially the energy shield, which is completely beyond our understanding," the High Priest answered directly.
Dongfang Chen now understood that they were completely after the energy shield.
Last time, they seized one from Zhong Chonghao's hands, but apparently, they couldn't figure out how to manufacture the technology from it.
"Our Ulan Neutral Zone welcomes doing business with all forces, but I wonder how you plan to purchase them?" Dongfang Chen asked.
He was very willing to sell warships, as long as they could pay enough.
As for whether selling the warships would pose a threat to him?
That was impossible.
He wouldn't dare sell without leaving some backdoors.
"It is said that you favor gold and gems. We can use these to trade," the High Priest said.
"That was in the past. Now, I'm afraid no one needs these things anymore," Dongfang Chen replied.
"Then I wonder what you want?" The High Priest wasn't surprised.
"I have always used crystal cores for transactions. Do you have any?" Dongfang Chen asked.
He knew even without asking that the Mayans didn't have any.
"Crystal cores? Are you referring to this?" The High Priest gestured, and someone next to him brought out a box.
Inside the box was a blue crystal.
"This is… Zhen Crystal?" Dongfang Chen took out the box that Okkhung's envoy had sent last time and looked at it.
The two crystals looked exactly the same.
"How did you obtain this?" Dongfang Chen suppressed the shock in his heart and asked.
"I'm sorry, I cannot disclose that," the High Priest didn't answer.
"Do you know its use?" Dongfang Chen didn't mind and continued to ask.
"It contains a strange energy inside, but we have tried many methods and have been unable to utilize it," the High Priest replied.
"How do you want to trade?" Dongfang Chen asked.
"I wonder if one hundred such crystals for one warship would be acceptable?" the High Priest asked.
"One hundred?" Dongfang Chen was shocked again.
It seemed the Mayans had a lot of Zhen Crystals.
"If I'm not mistaken, you should have a mine like this, right?" Dongfang Chen guessed.
"That's right!" The High Priest nodded in admission.
"As expected!" Dongfang Chen was extremely excited.
Although there was no way to rationally utilize this Zhen Crystal now, it certainly wouldn't hurt to hoard it first.
Since they had a mine, he couldn't be too stingy with his price.
