The Way Back to Civilization - Chapter 15

Chapter 15: Deal With A Devil

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Koss’ body was dumped on the floor, still twitching like a dying fish.

Although the other party’s tone was still considered friendly, as a traveling merchant who had traveled half the Milky Way, how could Ramchi not understand the deeper meaning behind it?

This was obviously killing lizards for the rats to see. It was a disguised demonstration.

“Oh… of course… I’m very satisfied…”

“That idiot totally deserved it…”

As he spoke, he kept rubbing his claws to try to calm himself down. His voice could not help but tremble.

Gu Fan, who was sitting at the conference table, was very satisfied when he saw that he was about to be scared silly. This was the effect he wanted.

As a merchant traveling through the universe, Gu Fan was certain that this long-haired rat in front of him must know a lot of information that he was interested in. After all, intelligence mastery was the basic skill of a merchant.

Unfortunately, he did not have any memory extraction or mental control equipment in his hands. Otherwise, why would he need to use such primitive methods?

Wouldn’t it be more convenient to directly stuff it into the machine for gene extraction? This was the case for both sides.

“Don’t feel restrained, Mr. Ramchi. Just sit down and talk. There are some things I want to ask you.”

Staring at the rat who was standing there like a statue, Gu Fan raised his hand and gestured for him to sit opposite him.

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Thanks to the previous interlude, this special symposium went exceptionally smoothly.

Amidst the questions and answers from both sides, Ramchi honestly told them everything he knew, almost without hesitation.

From his words, Gu Fan already had a preliminary understanding of the current Milky Way’s forces.

The current universe was controlled by a giant organization called the Galaxy Community. Four of the most powerful civilizations were the executives of the Community, and the Amarian Empire, which had invaded the solar system not long ago, was one of them.

At the same time, there were seventy-seven major civilizations below them. As for the primitive civilizations that were not powerful enough or had not even touched the galaxy, their numbers were almost uncountable.

Compared to the universe that Gu Fan was once familiar with, the current Milky Way was clearly much livelier.

To this day, the galaxy had yet to erupt into a large-scale battle because of the interference of the four executive civilizations. In general, the situation was in a very delicate balance.

Beyond the Galaxy Community were the high-level civilizations known as the Lost Empire. These mysterious and powerful forces were indifferent to the current power structure of the universe.

For example, the Observer who had bestowed the Piras Pirates with a technological template for unknown purposes.

If nothing went wrong, they might be very related to their human compatriots. They were one of the targets that Gu Fan had to pay special attention to.

When the conversation was about to end, after hesitating for a while, Gu Fan finally raised the question in his heart to Ramchi.

“I want to know what you think of the Human Race.”

“Human?”

Hearing this, Ramchi raised his head in confusion and stared at Gu Fan in front of him for a long time.

“It’s a race that only exists in myths… According to some legends, they are the creators of this galaxy. Many races that have reproduced until now were created by them.”

“However, in the religion of the Amarians, humans were described as cruel oppressors. It was said that they had once enslaved the ancestors of the Amarians and most of the races in the Milky Way, and they were ultimately punished by God.”

God’s punishment…

His words reminded Gu Fan of the Wither Disease that had once wreaked havoc in human society, but he obviously did not believe in the so-called divine punishment.

After all, the strength of mankind came from the worship of science and the courage to fight against the unknown.

As for the religious heresy of the strange power and chaos gods, Gu Fan had always had a disdainful attitude.

At this moment, as if he suddenly thought of something, he saw Gu Fan turn sideways and whisper to Xue Feng for a moment.

Then, the star map on the bridge lit up.

“By the way, I wonder if you know the situation here.”

As he spoke, his gaze fell on the galaxy displayed in the star map.

—Centaur Alpha.

It was the temporary base of the human migratory fleet a thousand years ago that he had learned from the Dragon Gate Factory not long ago.

Although Gu Fan had already conducted a detailed search of that star region before this, he still hoped to obtain some different information from the other party.

“The 8th Star Zone? There’s nothing there. My spaceship just passed by there last interstellar month. It’s an empty void. There’s nothing valuable there.”

Gu Fan was not surprised by this answer. He was just a little disappointed.

“Thank you. You have given me the information that I need.”

Seeing that the conversation between the two sides was coming to an end, Ramchi, who was sitting in a chair, suddenly stood up.

“Sir…”

This alien’s actions attracted Gu Fan’s attention. At the same time, the iron guards standing beside him were on guard. The ion cannon on his shoulder was already aimed at him.

“If possible, the Ram Chamber of Commerce will be honored to reach a long-term cooperation agreement with you…”

This was the name of the other party’s race. In the tradition of the Ram race, only those with enough prestige could add the name of their race to their name, and this was the origin of the name Ramchi.

As an experienced businessman, Ramchi sensed a huge opportunity from the other party, although he knew very well that in the other party’s eyes, he and his race were just laughable ants.

Making a request for cooperation in a situation where the gap between the two sides was so huge was undoubtedly a rather arrogant act. If things went wrong, it might even anger the other party and bring disaster to himself and his race.

However, after carefully weighing the pros and cons behind this, Ramchi still followed his intuition and made such a request.

Surprisingly, the other party did not seem to resist his request. Instead, he seemed to be interested.

“I want to know what you and your chamber of commerce can bring me.”

At this moment, Ramchi could not believe his ears. Then, he revealed the contents of the cooperation with the chamber of commerce excitedly as if he was reciting a book.

“Trade orders that are affordable, as well as any information that can be made public, you will enjoy the highest priority as a VIP customer of the entire Trade Federation…”

It was as if he felt that the terms of these standards were not enough to attract the attention of an advanced civilization like the other party. After pausing for a moment.

“In addition, the chamber of commerce can use their personal connections to list you as a VIP of Soma No. 4.”

At this point, Ramchi rubbed his hands excitedly.

“That’s the trade center of the entire 7th Star Zone. With your status as a VIP, you can get almost everything you want there…”

“If I’m not mistaken, you should be able to get information about the Observer from the planetary governor of Soma No. 4.”

Gu Fan found his suggestion rather interesting, but he could only hear him change the topic.

“Well, what do you and your chamber of commerce want from me?”

Ramchi fell silent, but only for a moment…

“A chance…”

“A chance that could change everything.”

“Deep in my gut, a voice is telling me that you are the one.”

As he spoke, a light flashed in his small eyes, and Gu Fan keenly caught it.

It was a look of madness in his eyes.

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After an unknown period of time, when Ramchi was sent back to his clansmen, his trusted aides surrounded him immediately.

“What did those guys do to you?”

Amidst the rats, Ramchi’s expression was very solemn. Facing the concern of his clansmen, he said calmly.

“I might have made a deal with the devil…”

However, after pausing for a moment, he turned his gaze to the sky.

“But I don’t regret it.”