Chapter 1792: We’re Good Friends, Aren’t We?

Chapter 1792: Chapter 1792: We’re Good Friends, Aren’t We?

Red·Red·Stone remained silent.

Originally, it thought that when it formally confronted Long Aotian, Long Aotian would inevitably be bewildered and panic-stricken, and grateful to it. But it never expected Long Aotian’s reaction to be so composed.

Indeed.

Composed.

Long Aotian wasn’t flustered at all, nor did he show even a hint of confusion or fear about the unknown situation... On the contrary, he seemed as calm as if he were visiting an old friend’s house, not just calm, but also extremely excited and happy.

Could it be that its judgment of Long Aotian was wrong again?

Was it really as Qing·Lv·Shi said, that he is a truly formidable opponent?

Red·Red·Stone was silent briefly, but Ji You wasn’t silent at all. She looked up, gazed forward, and said with a smile in her eyes, "Old Red, don’t be formal with me. You don’t need to go out of your way to greet me; just open the door, and I’ll walk in myself."

Red·Red·Stone’s face darkened, "You really anticipated in advance that I would proactively invite you over?"

It couldn’t understand.

As a human from a low-level civilization, when Long Aotian encountered these intermediate civilization beings like itself, he shouldn’t be merely frightened; he should humbly approach and at least bow a few times.

However—

Long Aotian dared to act like a brother with it.

And this was not all.

Even more outrageously, he went so far as to be brotherly with that beast, a creature not even considered human; by doing so, wasn’t he insulting it?

Red·Red·Stone’s face darkened, setting aside these issues, the biggest problem now was how this human from a low-level civilization, named Long Aotian, could be so confident that it was inviting her over for negotiations, instead of luring her over to kill her?

Is it because of her boldness?

Because she looks robust and strong?

...

These things aside, Red·Red·Stone didn’t like the feeling of things slipping out of its control, which made it feel awful.

Long Aotian’s current thoughts and considerations, as well as his subsequent actions, were incomprehensible to it; thus, it couldn’t formulate a next step strategy.

The previous plan was immediately disrupted.

This is not something to be happy about.

What Red·Red·Stone didn’t realize is that by proactively throwing out problems, it put itself in the lower position at the negotiation table.

Ji You squinted her eyes slightly upon hearing this.

Red·Red·Stone’s words instantly calmed the slightly anxious heart of Ji You.

Ji You spoke up first, saying something to confound it; only by doing so could her upcoming actions proceed more smoothly.

However, Ji You wasn’t cryptic anymore; she opened her mouth, revealing a smile.

On the screen, Red·Red·Stone and its tribal members saw Long Aotian smile wickedly in front of everyone, then loudly said, "Because you need allies, other tribe people are unreliable, or rather, they are all harmful to you. You can only find an ally completely unexpected by Qing·Lv·Shi to resist Qing·Lv·Shi with you and survive the upcoming brutal war."

Red·Red·Stone’s face changed.

The next second.

"And I..." Ji You’s mouth curved up, smiled, "Long Aotian is your best ally."

Red·Red·Stone’s face changed again and again, and after a while, its expression finally calmed down. Then, it looked up at Ji You and said, "What makes you think you would be my ally, not my enemy?"

Ji You smiled slightly. She imagined it to be a very innocent, pure, warm, and friendly smile, but she didn’t know that in Red·Red·Stone and its tribe’s eyes, that smile was chilling to the spine.

Cold and eerie, making one feel uneasy.

Ji You smiled and said, "Old Red, let’s not beat around the bush; let’s speak frankly. You invited me for only one reason—you can’t win against your enemy Qing·Lv·Shi, whose strength has increased tremendously, right?"

"Nonsen..." the words were about to leave his lips, but Red·Red·Stone held back at the last moment, took a deep breath, and said, "What do you mean by this?"

"Is that even a question?" Ji You raised an eyebrow and said, "Old Green caused such a commotion, caught you all off guard. What it covets is certainly not just some minor benefits, maybe it wants to obliterate all of you too. Right now, all your tribes must be on edge."

Red·Red·Stone, hearing this, was suddenly calm amid its initial shock and uncertainty; it seemed this Long Aotian wasn’t omniscient. She probably knew very little, at least nothing about what terrifying attack methods Qing·Lv·Shi currently possesses, nor Qing·Lv·Shi’s ultimate goal, so she dared to confront it.

In that case—

This was manageable.

Ji You couldn’t see Red·Red·Stone’s face and couldn’t observe its thoughts from facial details, but she knew she couldn’t act omniscient; an invincible person wouldn’t be a friend, just an enemy.

Therefore, she uttered some sincere words to ease Red·Red·Stone’s suspicious and restless heart.

Actually?

Ji You really didn’t know how formidable Qing·Lv·Shi was, or what the essence of this plane was, or what these aliens were fighting over through mutual internal conflict... But for Ji You, all this wasn’t important; what was important was—Qing·Lv·Shi wanted her dead!

If it wanted her dead, it naturally wanted her partners dead too.

Therefore—

She had no choice.

She just had to find more survival chips for herself in the gap before Qing·Lv·Shi could act.

Individual strength is limited, a group’s strength gathered is mighty.

This collective strength doesn’t need to be limited to one’s own people; an enemy’s enemy is also a friend.

The reason she and Red·Red·Stone could cooperate was because both sides had a common enemy—Qing·Lv·Shi.

Then, as long as both parties have an honest conversation and exchange their respective demands, cooperation is definitely achievable.

After Ji You finished speaking, she clearly felt the tension from Red·Red·Stone ease. She couldn’t help but smile slightly, waiting calmly and confidently for Red·Red·Stone’s next decision.

At this moment, Red·Red·Stone, who didn’t speak much before, finally opened up. Looking at the composed Ji You on the screen, it said with a slightly complex expression, "You are very clever, Lord Long Aotian."