Leading technological levels have always been the path to power. Regarding the exploration of satellite 8, the opinions of various countries still failed to unify. The Rekart spokesperson consistently insisted on the principle of leading the pack, taking a very tough stance.

There are no eternal enemies in the world, only eternal interests. Along with them in the same trench were sworn enemies like Bergheide, as well as several major subordinate forces. Numerous permanent member states and even the imperial alliances were not exceptions; their tough stance forced many small and medium-sized countries to a passive position, causing negotiations to nearly collapse several times. Only Saudi and the Federation did not interfere.

In fact, the information that could be collected by both sides had been gathered days earlier. Although not everything could be collected, they already acquired over 50% of the resources—considering many limiting conditions, 50% was a decent harvest for the size of this spaceship-like battleship.

After all, the cake could not be enjoyed alone, otherwise, both powers would become the focal point of the world, possibly triggering a new round of unforeseen circumstances. In this case of seizing the initiative, knowing when to stop to take advantage of the situation was undoubtedly the wise move—not only that, but resource sharing would also become the primary issue faced by the two nations. As for how much to share after obtaining, that was a matter of opinion.

During this collection process of less than three days, the Federation dispatched a total of 260 exploration personnel, 58 of whom went missing without a trace, and 202 returned. Saudi faced a similar situation; these missing individuals shared a common characteristic—they all lost radio contact at a specific location. Saudi and the Federation deemed such information not worthy of concealment, as ultimately, everyone belonged to the human front.

The Federation had just briefed other countries on the general area of the personnel disappearances when the Military Department quickly received news from Feng Yi. He suggested immediately terminating the investigation, the reasons for which would be explained by Xiu Yi's pioneering exploration team.

When the higher-ups of the Federation learned from Red Ghost and others about the specific causes and the seriousness of the issue, they were greatly shocked. Such claims would likely not be convincing coming from anyone else, but given the missing personnel, they couldn't help but find it unbelievable. It was simply too incredible.

Inside the vast round hall of the Central Intelligence Agency, staff members were bustling endlessly... Some military officers were discussing something unknown, some clerks were writing documents, and others were tapping at computers to compile files—a mix of people that left the hundreds present absolutely stunned by the news! An alien battleship connected to an Outer World Space that was continuously crumbling?

My God, this couldn't be true. Groups of people immediately began whispering and discussing amongst themselves...

Given the uncontrollability of the situation, the Federation informed other countries about the news immediately—regrettably, the major powers coveted the mysterious battleship, knowing that mastering a single technology from inside could potentially put their development decades, even nearly a century ahead. How could they possibly believe the Federation's baseless rumors?

In other words, Saudi and the Federation had taken the lead, reaping many benefits while verbally promising external sharing afterward—sharing even a tiny fraction counted as sharing. Who would accept this? The other nations had yet to receive anything, so why should they accept having nothing when you have everything? Could this be the Federation's stalling tactic? After all, you're holding a plethora of alien technology in your hands, and who knows what could happen in just a few days?

Thus, after much consideration, the major powers eventually chose to give in, but only to a limited extent.

In reality, small and medium forces merely wanted a way out. How could they go back empty-handed after coming all this way? If we let you take everything, how would we explain it to our people? You should at least share some of the benefits with us.

Therefore, other countries readily reached a consensus on the following exploration efforts, adhering to the principles of fairness and justice (mutual constraints), and they successively signed their agreements in black and white in the cooperation treaty.

At the №17 Dragon Gate Space Station in the Saudi competition region, Jiu Ling found it very hard to understand why the exploration treaty that had just been signed was as it was and was momentarily lost in thought.

Just then, Kexiao suddenly entered. There was a calmness in his brows which, though similar, seemed slightly different from before, as if his entire demeanor had undergone some sort of change during these days.

"Ah, Kexiao, it seems like you've undergone some changes..."

"You can tell."

Jiu Ling shook her head saying she couldn't tell exactly, but felt he was different from usual.

Kexiao said, "I'm prepared for a fight with that guy—what about you, lost in thought all by yourself?"

Jiu Ling handed Kexiao the news of the treaty signing between the nations, "For the major nations, advancing the investigation into the mysterious battleship ought to enable them to control more benefits sooner. I really can't understand why they would agree to this timeline."

Kexiao glanced at the document briefly before gently setting down the paper, saying, "On the surface, they all appear as major powers, and signing the agreements is very disadvantageous for small and medium forces. They have more resources, giving them more thorough preparations. I anticipate this resource competition will evolve into infighting inside the battleship."

"Infighting."

"Exactly, it might even turn into a downright massacre."

Jiu Ling suddenly realized that, for Rekart, Bergheide, Zana, and other permanent member states, it appeared merely as a temporal agreement on the surface, but actually, the internal signals couldn't communicate with the outside at all. Thus, they were merely parading cooperation slogans on the surface, but they really wouldn't hand over internal resources to the defenseless smaller forces.

"Kexiao, you mean to say, those investigators from the small and medium forces are going to die."

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